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February 12, 2015, 06:10:26 PM
Last edit: February 12, 2015, 07:43:31 PM by STORJX |
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Is Storj internet bandwidth dependable?
It doesn't depend on it but it is needed, consider that you will be downloading small file chunks from possibly many different hosts (nodes) spread across the network. So for instance if you use a centralized cloud provider which has servers in a specific area you will be downloading (or uploading) a 1GB file to and from that central server. If there are too many users connecting to one server, or a server that is not so close, in another country for instance, you may experience slow speeds. On Storj you will be downloading many different chunks to make up that 1GB file from different nodes, possibly even more local to you, performance wise it should be better for the end user. |
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Youghoor
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February 12, 2015, 06:11:13 PM |
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hello i whant to know how can i claim my 10000 sjcx ?
From where do you want to claim. |
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coins101
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February 16, 2015, 10:12:29 AM |
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Is Storj internet bandwidth dependable?
It doesn't depend on it but it is needed, consider that you will be downloading small file chunks from possibly many different hosts (nodes) spread across the network. So for instance if you use a centralized cloud provider which has servers in a specific area you will be downloading (or uploading) a 1GB file to and from that central server. If there are too many users connecting to one server, or a server that is not so close, in another country for instance, you may experience slow speeds. On Storj you will be downloading many different chunks to make up that 1GB file from different nodes, possibly even more local to you, performance wise it should be better for the end user. This seems a little inefficient. If I'm based in Japan, I'd want to think that I was storing chunks of data in Japan. But while the network is still in it's infancy, I could have chunks of data in South Africa, Brazil, France, Canada, etc. To recompile my data I need to wait for bits to download from all over the place. That sounds inefficient, until you reach a tipping point and data gets pushed to more local hosts. I also think that people will have a mental issue of trusting data on other people's computers. It maybe very secure, but its that little voice that nags at you and says 'what if they figure out a way to get my data'. There are already governments and private businesses that won't allow their data to be stored on servers outside of their home country. That's for all sorts of reasons, including trust, legal disputes and problems if hosting businesses go out of business (you are in one country and your data is in another). What would be cool, I think, is if you can have an option to elect where in the world your data is stored. Maybe this project could do with being regional to start with, and then global as people gain confidence and then ignore where their data is stored, so long as there are enough nodes / hosts to make their data upload/ download super fast. I'm interested because I think the whole torrent angle can sit really nicely on this platform. Then it just needs an interface. |
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February 17, 2015, 03:39:37 AM
Last edit: February 17, 2015, 03:52:10 AM by STORJX |
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Is Storj internet bandwidth dependable?
It doesn't depend on it but it is needed, consider that you will be downloading small file chunks from possibly many different hosts (nodes) spread across the network. So for instance if you use a centralized cloud provider which has servers in a specific area you will be downloading (or uploading) a 1GB file to and from that central server. If there are too many users connecting to one server, or a server that is not so close, in another country for instance, you may experience slow speeds. On Storj you will be downloading many different chunks to make up that 1GB file from different nodes, possibly even more local to you, performance wise it should be better for the end user. This seems a little inefficient. If I'm based in Japan, I'd want to think that I was storing chunks of data in Japan. But while the network is still in it's infancy, I could have chunks of data in South Africa, Brazil, France, Canada, etc. To recompile my data I need to wait for bits to download from all over the place. That sounds inefficient, until you reach a tipping point and data gets pushed to more local hosts. I also think that people will have a mental issue of trusting data on other people's computers. It maybe very secure, but its that little voice that nags at you and says 'what if they figure out a way to get my data'. There are already governments and private businesses that won't allow their data to be stored on servers outside of their home country. That's for all sorts of reasons, including trust, legal disputes and problems if hosting businesses go out of business (you are in one country and your data is in another). What would be cool, I think, is if you can have an option to elect where in the world your data is stored. Maybe this project could do with being regional to start with, and then global as people gain confidence and then ignore where their data is stored, so long as there are enough nodes / hosts to make their data upload/ download super fast. I'm interested because I think the whole torrent angle can sit really nicely on this platform. Then it just needs an interface. We discussed this previously and yes there will be options to choose how geographically distributed you want your redundancy to be. It may not be there at the beginning, as soon as we launch to the public, but over time we will add more options to fulfil requirements. It is something we have thought about, users should be able to decide how much redundancy they feel more comfortable with and how distributed they want it to be. Consider there will be a minimum of 3 copies of each chunks for redundancy so 1 copy could be nearer to you, another in a different country and so on. If there is a local wide-area outage of the internet for any reasons in one country (like a country at war that disables the internet temporarily) users will still have a chance to retrieve their data at a later date. Just one example, I'm sure there will be more use cases for both having the data closer to you but also further away. Data distribution needs to be a balance between reliability, retrievability, and efficiency, a lot of thought will have to be put in that to make sure it works well for as many people as possible, while allowing them to choose what's best. |
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February 18, 2015, 02:28:51 PM |
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Is Storj internet bandwidth dependable?
It doesn't depend on it but it is needed, consider that you will be downloading small file chunks from possibly many different hosts (nodes) spread across the network. So for instance if you use a centralized cloud provider which has servers in a specific area you will be downloading (or uploading) a 1GB file to and from that central server. If there are too many users connecting to one server, or a server that is not so close, in another country for instance, you may experience slow speeds. On Storj you will be downloading many different chunks to make up that 1GB file from different nodes, possibly even more local to you, performance wise it should be better for the end user. This seems a little inefficient. If I'm based in Japan, I'd want to think that I was storing chunks of data in Japan. But while the network is still in it's infancy, I could have chunks of data in South Africa, Brazil, France, Canada, etc. To recompile my data I need to wait for bits to download from all over the place. That sounds inefficient, until you reach a tipping point and data gets pushed to more local hosts. I also think that people will have a mental issue of trusting data on other people's computers. It maybe very secure, but its that little voice that nags at you and says 'what if they figure out a way to get my data'. There are already governments and private businesses that won't allow their data to be stored on servers outside of their home country. That's for all sorts of reasons, including trust, legal disputes and problems if hosting businesses go out of business (you are in one country and your data is in another). What would be cool, I think, is if you can have an option to elect where in the world your data is stored. Maybe this project could do with being regional to start with, and then global as people gain confidence and then ignore where their data is stored, so long as there are enough nodes / hosts to make their data upload/ download super fast. I'm interested because I think the whole torrent angle can sit really nicely on this platform. Then it just needs an interface. If you look at our visualizer you can see the locations now: http://live.driveshare.org. Should would just be another field to plug in for location, since we already have that info. |
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xxxgoodgirls
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February 20, 2015, 03:18:42 AM |
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Hello! Where can I store my SJCX locally? I can't find the wallet.
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STORJX
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February 20, 2015, 04:37:50 AM |
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Hello! Where can I store my SJCX locally? I can't find the wallet.
There isn't a local wallet. Conterwallet is the most practical way to store your coins but then people may have issues with keeping their coins online. We have a guide on StorjTalk.org on how to store them in Armory How to keep your SJCX in cold storage using Armory. You can also store them in any BTC Address of your choice. You can then add that address to Conterwallet as a "watch only address" or use Blockscan to view the balance. Conterparty is also working on a local desktop wallet, but that may be some time in the making... |
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xxxgoodgirls
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February 22, 2015, 06:32:53 AM |
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Thank you for the response. Is "A computer that has never been connected to the Internet since before the operating system was installed, and never will." mandatory?
I do not want to keep my SJCX on the exchange but unfortunately I do not own an offline computer. Any workaround?
Cheers
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seasonw
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February 22, 2015, 08:44:40 AM |
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Can I just go poloniex exchanger and purchase 10000 SJCX to join Test Group B?
If yes, what is the process after purchased 10000 SJCX?
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STORJX
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February 22, 2015, 09:54:09 PM |
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Can I just go poloniex exchanger and purchase 10000 SJCX to join Test Group B?
If yes, what is the process after purchased 10000 SJCX?
Test Group A and B are exclusive to our crowdsale supporters. So even if you buy 10,000 SJCX you won't be able to participate unless you have an SJCX crowdsale address. You will have to wait for Test Group C to be able to join the beta, more info here: http://storj.io/earlyaccess. |
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STORJX
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February 22, 2015, 09:57:24 PM |
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Thank you for the response. Is "A computer that has never been connected to the Internet since before the operating system was installed, and never will." mandatory?
I do not want to keep my SJCX on the exchange but unfortunately I do not own an offline computer. Any workaround?
Cheers
It is not mandatory but recommended. I personally don't have a computer that has never been connected to the internet. But you can have a Virtual Machine installed on your PC or Mac and leave it disconnected from the network. Check out: https://www.virtualbox.org. |
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seasonw
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February 23, 2015, 01:38:20 AM |
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Can I just go poloniex exchanger and purchase 10000 SJCX to join Test Group B?
If yes, what is the process after purchased 10000 SJCX?
Test Group A and B are exclusive to our crowdsale supporters. So even if you buy 10,000 SJCX you won't be able to participate unless you have an SJCX crowdsale address. You will have to wait for Test Group C to be able to join the beta, more info here: http://storj.io/earlyaccess. Thank you for your reply~~ |
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February 24, 2015, 02:58:49 AM |
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Can I just go poloniex exchanger and purchase 10000 SJCX to join Test Group B?
If yes, what is the process after purchased 10000 SJCX?
Test Group A and B are exclusive to our crowdsale supporters. So even if you buy 10,000 SJCX you won't be able to participate unless you have an SJCX crowdsale address. You will have to wait for Test Group C to be able to join the beta, more info here: http://storj.io/earlyaccess. When will Test Group C be running? |
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STORJX
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February 24, 2015, 03:05:53 AM |
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When will Test Group C be running?
We don't have a date set yet. There is a lot to be done still and Test Group A is still ongoing. |
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nade70
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February 24, 2015, 08:05:13 AM |
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When will Test Group C be running?
We don't have a date set yet. There is a lot to be done still and Test Group A is still ongoing. Does Test group A have a projected time line for that testing or is this an ongoing adhoc arrangement? |
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STORJX
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February 24, 2015, 10:51:58 AM |
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When will Test Group C be running?
We don't have a date set yet. There is a lot to be done still and Test Group A is still ongoing. Does Test group A have a projected time line for that testing or is this an ongoing adhoc arrangement? We will move onto the next phase when the infrastructure and the software is ready for it. We don't have set timelines. |
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xxxgoodgirls
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February 24, 2015, 02:14:09 PM |
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I have problems with bitcoin-qt (it does not load up) ona VM ubuntu OSed therefor I am not able to store my SJCX locally.
Anyway what happens if I just send SJCX to a BTC address?
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marcoman22
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February 24, 2015, 03:43:53 PM |
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I have problems with bitcoin-qt (it does not load up) ona VM ubuntu OSed therefor I am not able to store my SJCX locally.
More details please. Why don't use Armory to store SJCX? See http://blog.pryds.eu/2014/07/store-your-sjcx-in-armory.html. Anyway what happens if I just send SJCX to a BTC address?
 -MZ Armory will be the best alternative to store SJCX. |
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xxxgoodgirls
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February 24, 2015, 04:04:09 PM |
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I have problems with bitcoin-qt (it does not load up) ona VM ubuntu OSed therefor I am not able to store my SJCX locally.
More details please. Why don't use Armory to store SJCX? See http://blog.pryds.eu/2014/07/store-your-sjcx-in-armory.html. Anyway what happens if I just send SJCX to a BTC address?
-MZ Bitcoin-qt stucks on loading wallet. Armory does not see bitcoin-qt ! |
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