[ANN][FAIR] FairCoin - for a fair economy, featuring proof-of-cooperation

[idandeal]

put a term to refund like 26th of august 2015 it's exactly six month after the fork, they have had sufficient time to remember
while the team and the community have worked hard... 

Yea good idea.

[Zombie123]

put a term to refund like 26th of august 2015 it's exactly six month after the fork, they have had sufficient time to remember
while the team and the community have worked hard... 

Yea good idea.

I think thats FAIR. please put a stop to refunds now or least have an ETA. All those people who have forgotten about fair should be forgotten now. You gave them a FAIR chance 

[smartaction]

(that is a two pieces small bulletin just sent to all the faircoop site members)

SPECIAL NEWS FOR THE FAIRCOIN COMMUNITY!

English

FairCoop Launches “Faircoin week” | Jul 24-31

With the goal of moving towards the creation of an alternative economic and financial system to the current predatory capitalist one, FairCoop launches the first “Faircoin Week” from 24 to July 31, 2015.
 
During this week shops, cafes, restaurants, fair trade shops, self-employed people, and  cooperatives, etc. around the world will be invited to accept Faircoins  in their transactions and verify firsthand how this fairtrade cryptocurrency can be a very useful tool in their economic exchanges.
 
The initiative also aims to encourage consumers to use Faircoin, show its real use in businesses, and contribute to their integration within the society we are helping to transform.
 
We call out to all those individuals and collectives committed to the values that FairCoop promotes to participate in this week of action!
 
Taking advantage of the Faircoin Week, we have launched the web portal http://use.fair-coin.org as a reference to facilitate and promote the use of Faircoin as a payment tool.
On this site we provide useful content on how to participate in the initiative,  and other useful information for those users who want to know where to  go to try Faircoin, what businesses are already using the system, and how and where to spend their digital currencies.
 
As active participants and as local nodes of FairCoop, you can contribute to this Faircoin Week by promoting it among your local contacts; and particularly by finding shops aligned with the Faircoop principles which can participate in the event and adopt this cryptocurrency. We invite you to get involved in this action and start to visualize the network we are forming together!
 
As a shop you can join the Faircoin Week and start to make the new economic system a reality! You help us to promote Faircoin and through http://use.fair-coin.org we help you to spread your project.
 
As a user, stay tuned to the updates on this website, and if you want you can prepare for the Faircoin Week by:
 
* Downloading the wallet http://www.fair-coin.org/#wallet
* And buying some Faircoins in http://getfaircoin.net to use them during the Faircoin week.


FairCoop give away 40 FairCoin for you to participate in FairCoin Week!

With the aim of promoting FairCoin Week, FairCoop has allocated a budget of 40,000 FAIR to invite anyone to have a fairtrade drink or meal and pay with FairCoin.
That’s it! We will distribute 40 FairCoins to anyone who wants to participate in this action from anywhere in the world. We want to reach a thousand participants using FairCoin.
To participate in this collective action, you‘ll need to find somewhere in the town or city where you are going to be between 24 and 31 July, that accepts FairCoin.
It is important that you help to spread awareness of FairCoin Week by raising awareness of the proposal to a bar or shop that you trust, and encourage them to to accept this fair cryptocurrency.
You may feel now all this is almost symbolic, but it could soon become a globally accepted monetary system that allows us to share in economic solidarity and social justice. Now you can contribute to this next step!
Find all the information you need to participate at
http://use.fair-coin.org.
** So, about the 40 FairCoins… How does that work?**
1) First, download a FairCoin wallet
– If it’s to buy something in a physical shop we suggest you use the Android Wallet https://fair.to/androidwallet which you can use with your Android smartphone or tablet.
– If you want to use your FairCoins in the long term, we suggest you also download one of the pc/mac wallets:
* The official wallet, with it your computer contribute to the FairCoin network security https://fair-coin.org/#wallet
* The electrum wallet, faster and easy to use (https://electrum.fair-coin.org )
2)  To request your 40 free FairCoins, complete this form where you provide your personal details and the FairCoin address you’ve taken from your wallet.
3) If you want to learn more about how the FairCoin wallet works, here are some links and tutorials:

    Official Wallet: https://getfaircoin.net/tutorial/

    Electrum wallet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFqSYrSI074 (It uses bitcoin as an example, but it’s the same for FairCoin)

    Android Wallet: https://fair.coop/?get_group_doc=40/1436520126-UsersGuide.pdf

4) To find shops and businesses near you that accept FairCoin, use our directory: http://use.fair-coin.org/.  Although as stated earlier, ideally you‘ll invite your  favourite shop or bar to participate in this initiative, enabling you to spend your  40 FAIR with them.
You can also buy more FairCoin at http://getfaircoin.net/

+ info: https://use.fair-coin.org





Castellano

FairCoop lanza la semana de Faircoin  |  24-31 de julio
https://fair.coop/es/semanafaircoin/

FairCoop te obsequia con 40 faircoins para que participes en la semana de faircoin
https://fair.coop/es/faircoop-te-obsequia-con-40-faircoins-para-que-participes-en-la-semana-de-faircoin/

Más información y directorio de lugares que aceptan faircoin:  http://use.fair-coin.org/es/


Greek

To Faircoop ξεκινάει την “Eβδoμάδα Faircoin”- 24 με 31 ιoυλίoυ 2015
https://fair.coop/el/faircoinweek/

H FairCoop σας κανει δώρo 40 FairCoin για να συμμετέχετε στην Eβδoμάδα FairCoin!
https://fair.coop/el/40fair/

 επιπλέoν πληρoφoρίες y  Kατάλoγoς :  http://use.fair-coin.org/el/


Portuguese

FairCoop lança a semana Faircoin | 24-31 Jul
https://fair.coop/pt-pt/faircoop-lanca-a-semana-faircoin-24-31-jul/

FairCoop te obsequia 40 faircoins para que participe na Semana de FairCoin!
https://fair.coop/pt-pt/faircoop-te-obsequia-40-faircoins-para-que-participe-na-semana-de-faircoin/

Mais informações e diretório:   http://use.fair-coin.org


Italiano


FairCoop Lancia “Faircoin week” dal 24 al 31 luglio 2015
https://fair.coop/it/faircoinweek/

Faircoop ti regala 40 FairCoin per farti partecipare al FairCoin Week!
https://fair.coop/it/faircoop-ti-regala-40-faircoin-per-farti-partecipare-al-faircoin-week/



Català

FairCoop llança la setmana Faircoin | 24 al 31 Jul
https://fair.coop/ca/setmanafaircoin/


FairCoop t’obsequia amb 40 faircoins perquè participis en la Setmana de Faircoin!
https://fair.coop/ca/faircoop-tobsequia-amb-40-faircoins-perque-participis-en-la-setmana-de-faircoin/


Més informació i directori: https://use.fair-coin.org/ca/




German

FairCoop startet die “Faircoin-Woche” – vom 24 -31 Juli 2015
https://fair.coop/de/faircoinwoche/

Weitere Informationen und das Verzeichnis:  http://use.fair-coin.org

[Anduril_FotW]

Hi Enric,

I saw this article on Coindesk a few days ago:

http://www.coindesk.com/gates-foundation-blockchain-financial-inclusion/

Might be interesting to reach out to/ team up with on a project basis ?


And I also saw this article on NewsBTC:
http://www.newsbtc.com/2015/07/19/bitsoko-receives-global-challenges-exploration-grant/

Also a project I think is in the line of Faircoop's goals.

If it's not interesting then it might be an idea to ask any of these reporters to also do a piece on Faircoop and/ or the Faircoop week that's coming up 

[smartaction]

Hi Enric,

I saw this article on Coindesk a few days ago:

http://www.coindesk.com/gates-foundation-blockchain-financial-inclusion/

Might be interesting to reach out to/ team up with on a project basis ?


And I also saw this article on NewsBTC:
http://www.newsbtc.com/2015/07/19/bitsoko-receives-global-challenges-exploration-grant/

Also a project I think is in the line of Faircoop's goals.

If it's not interesting then it might be an idea to ask any of these reporters to also do a piece on Faircoop and/ or the Faircoop week that's coming up 

I dont like to have any relation with  a global economic power like Gates fundation.   But is great  to be pending of what is happening, and perhaps someone can use that

[smartaction]

A lot of things going on, related the faircoin week:

be pending
https://twitter.com/fair_coop
https://www.facebook.com/thefaircoop

And the growing directory
http://use.fair-coin.org
https://use.fair-coin.org/directory/

[thokon00]

Announcing a new wallet:

Electrum for FairCoin

We are happy to announce the immediate availability of a new FairCoin wallet: Electrum for FairCoin.

Further information and download are available here:

https://electrum.fair-coin.org

During the last weeks much work has been put into creating a stable, feature complete port of the Electrum wallet which was originally created for Bitcoin. I have created binary packages for FairCoin for all common operating systems. It runs smoothly even on a Raspberry PI

By downloading Electrum for FairCoin you can start using FairCoins within minutes and without any hassle: it's easy to use, blazing fast and feature rich.

Some of the key features are:

Safe
Your private keys are encrypted and never leave your computer.

Flexible
You can use your wallet on several computers at the same time.

Forgiving
Your wallet can be recovered from a secret phrase.

Instant On
Electrum is fast, because it uses servers that index the FairCoin blockchain.

No Lock-In
You can export your private keys and use them in other FairCoin clients.

No Downtime
Electrum servers are decentralized and redundant. Your wallet is never down.

Proof Checking
Electrum Wallet verifies all the transactions in your history using SPV.

Cold Storage
Keep your private keys offline, and go online with a watching-only wallet.

Multisig
Split the permission to spend your coins between several wallets.

Add-ons
Electrum supports third-party plugins: Multisig services, Hardware wallets, etc.


This technical innovation moves FairCoin forward just another step and especially promotes the forthcoming FairCoin week: https://use.fair-coin.org/

Have fun with it: https://electrum.fair-coin.org/

regs
Thomas

[smartaction]

Announcing a new wallet:

Electrum for FairCoin

We are happy to announce the immediate availability of a new FairCoin wallet: Electrum for FairCoin.

Further information and download are available here:

https://electrum.fair-coin.org

During the last weeks much work has been put into creating a stable, feature complete port of the Electrum wallet which was originally created for Bitcoin. I have created binary packages for FairCoin for all common operating systems. It runs smoothly even on a Raspberry PI

By downloading Electrum for FairCoin you can start using FairCoins within minutes and without any hassle: it's easy to use, blazing fast and feature rich.

Some of the key features are:

Safe
Your private keys are encrypted and never leave your computer.

Flexible
You can use your wallet on several computers at the same time.

Forgiving
Your wallet can be recovered from a secret phrase.

Instant On
Electrum is fast, because it uses servers that index the FairCoin blockchain.

No Lock-In
You can export your private keys and use them in other FairCoin clients.

No Downtime
Electrum servers are decentralized and redundant. Your wallet is never down.

Proof Checking
Electrum Wallet verifies all the transactions in your history using SPV.

Cold Storage
Keep your private keys offline, and go online with a watching-only wallet.

Multisig
Split the permission to spend your coins between several wallets.

Add-ons
Electrum supports third-party plugins: Multisig services, Hardware wallets, etc.


This technical innovation moves FairCoin forward just another step and especially promotes the forthcoming FairCoin week: https://use.fair-coin.org/

Have fun with it: https://electrum.fair-coin.org/

regs
Thomas

Great, finally and just in time. Thanks for that hard work, Thomas!!

[smartaction]

Faircoin week, being promoted in greece,
https://www.facebook.com/faircoinweekgr

[smartaction]

Commoney, work in process around faircoop

"By means of its  decentralision and openness, Commoney’s infrastructure would be  available to any currency and anywhere connected to the Internet, so  that its extent and use would only depend on the common will to  collaborate rather than its technical infrastrcture which will be  available for all.

In Commoney,  national currencies, cryptocurrencies, coins based on mutual credit and  self-issued credit can coexist allowing users to choose which best suits  their needs in any given situation. The use of various forms of  reserves such as banknotes and cryptocurrencies can serve to provide  greater flexibility within the system by making it possible to ‘get in  and get out’ of easily"


English versión:   https://fair.coop/docs/commoney-a-public-banking-system-for-a-commons-centred-world/
spanish version:  https://fair.coop/docs/commoney-un-sistema-bancario-publico-para-un-mundo-que-pongo-el-bien-comun-en-el-centro/

Thread to discuss:  https://fair.coop/groups/faircoop-community/faircredit/forum/topic/commoney-a-public-banking-system-for-a-world-that-put-the-common-at-the-center/

[smartaction]

The Faircoin week is Live!



Ecological food, a menu in a cooperative restaurant, a photografer, a drink, a coffer,
some clothes, cosmetics...
thinks like that from the very real world, can be bought from today, as a part of the faircoin week.

More than buying, is about create community and networking. For that

This morning was the first of a install party that will be every two days, In Arbucies, Girona at 11.00 AM. In a cooperative bar and social center.
https://use.fair-coin.org/company/13-bruixes/  

Also will be  a meetup , next sunday at 12h, in the cooperative restaurant Terra, Ultramort, Girona, where people interested in faircoin will be able to meet together and test it.

See:  https://use.fair-coin.org/events/setmana-del-faircoin-al-restaurant-terra/  (cat)

https://use.fair-coin.org/company/restaurant-terra/  (eng)

Meanwhile the people in the Faircoop summercamp is networking high, and already 4 shops in Heraklion, the Crete capital in Greece, has been registered in the faircoin directory this last days.

Other events and actions will be published next days. Keep pending of the updates.

Meanwhile the Faircoin directory is growing and now have more than 50 places:
https://use.fair-coin.org/directory/  Something to sell in faircoin? Join us!!

A cashout system has been implemented in the use.fair-coin.org where merchants can exchange the faircoin received to national currencies if they need so. That exchange will have as a reference the getfaircoin.net in order to make possible a stable valuation that makes possible. This will show how the value of 1 € = 20 FAIR is supported by the community making possibles to buy real things with that real relation.

[smartaction]

This morning the Faircoin directory has awake with three new members:  http://use.fair-coin.org/directory
- A Coffee producer in Perú   https://use.fair-coin.org/company/compadre/
- A coffe Restaurant in Austria  https://use.fair-coin.org/company/cafe-elastisana/
- A coffe and music bar, in Crete, Greece.   https://use.fair-coin.org/company/%cf%80%ce%bb%ce%bf%cf%85%ce%bc%ce%af/

Yesterday a book was bought in Barcelona with faircoin, meanwhile a fair drink was in Arbucies..

Thats real fair economy in action. And thats the programme of the faircoin week in Arbucies, Catalonia

[Indal0]

Amazing great work!!! this summer will be THE SUMMER for Faircoop

[smartaction]

English cooperatives, joining the faircoin week!

https://twitter.com/hashtag/faircoin?src=hash

Do you need a " Creative communcation design and production "  ?

Calverts can bring to you this week in Faircoin!!
http://www.calverts.coop/
https://twitter.com/calverts/status/625367058965000192

[smartaction]

Faircoin becaming for real with the faircoin week

This is Crete, Greece, a food cooperative, apokimou, learning to use faircoin


This is Catalonia near Girona in the cooperative restaurant, Terra





More images coming....

[smartaction]

People of the summer camp, shopping with faircoin in Heraklion, Crete

[smartaction]

A 3d version of Faircoin 



See more:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:943116

[Indal0]

Is amazing how Heraklion merchants are growing every day!! Faircoop SummerCamp is doing things great!!! is a pity I cant stay there!!! lot of love for the Summer Camp people!!

[Sebastien256]

faircoin is being dump hard lately. No friend in Crete want to participate in faircoin saving? it would be a good time for them to get in, imo.

You know the saying, buy low, sell high (if need). Now it is time to buy. 

[smartaction]

faircoin is being dump hard lately. No friend in Crete want to participate in faircoin saving? it would be a good time for them to get in, imo.

You know the saying, buy low, sell high (if need). Now it is time to buy. 

Yes, that price is  a good oportunity for cooperative projects, It will be worth  for promoting a transference of value where projects affne with the values of faircoop could join the ride....