[ANN] SMLY- smileycoin - for rewards in education

[gstefans]

We decided to put this unusual summer of COVID-19 to good use by hiring a lot of people to work on new features for SMLY.

We'll list these features in lots of announcements, but here are a few of the ongoing projects this summer:

• secure on-chain messages
• support for generic on-chain services
• support for secure on-chain voting
• tests for atomic swaps
• on-chain DEX
• on-chain sales of coupons (incl movie tickets)
• formal on-chain support for universal basic income
• links to computer games

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[gstefans]

I hope everyone remembers this:

As everyone here knows, SmileyCoin has been used quite a bit for charity and education.

The Smiley Charity and Education in a Suitcase receive SMLY from every generated block, in the form of 10 income streams. We've talked about how to use it: The African Maths Initiative and UNICEF will receive some of it in sub-streams to be set up and automated.

We've also talked about possibly using one stream for Universal Basic Income. This could be really neat, but the problem is that you can't just print money for UBI -- it needs to be a part of a circular economy, something like UBI->purchase->tax->UBI, whatever "tax" means.

The SmileyCoin Fund receives applications for grants in SMLY. One grant has already been accepted: Refilling the tutor-web wallet for rewarding students for their studies.

It is time to consider the next step: Should we try to use (some of) the Transaction Fee to test a UBI economy, possibly supported by one of the 10 income streams?

Proposed implementation: Take a version of the wallet and modify it so that the TxFee is split up and sent to a bunch of UBI recipient addresses. Do this in a few iterations, starting with just a handful of addresses, then move on and have the addresses coded as UBI-addresses into the blockchain. Eventually figure out a registration mechanism.

This is neither a fork nor is it mandatory: It is just a subgroup of people who mine and send the TxFee out as a UBI. But this subgroup will probably insist on fees of at least 1 SMLY per Kb in their blocks and movements using UBI addresses 

Comments are welcome as always.

The plan is to implement the (optional) TxFee split in the next version of the wallet.

[crackfoo]

your chain is stuck now 26h+

2020-08-01 20:37:09 ERROR: ConnectBlock() : rich address not getting paid correctly

But the pool gets the value from getblocktemplate so whats the deal?

Cheers

[gstefans]

your chain is stuck now 26h+

2020-08-01 20:37:09 ERROR: ConnectBlock() : rich address not getting paid correctly

But the pool gets the value from getblocktemplate so whats the deal?

Cheers

Thanks for the note -- working on it.

[crackfoo]

your chain is stuck now 26h+

2020-08-01 20:37:09 ERROR: ConnectBlock() : rich address not getting paid correctly

But the pool gets the value from getblocktemplate so whats the deal?

Cheers

Thanks for the note -- working on it.

I've fixed it on pool side.

Thanks, smile on

[gstefans]

your chain is stuck now 26h+

2020-08-01 20:37:09 ERROR: ConnectBlock() : rich address not getting paid correctly

But the pool gets the value from getblocktemplate so whats the deal?

Cheers

Thanks for the note -- working on it.

I've fixed it on pool side.

Thanks, smile on

Thank you!!!

[gstefans]

The p2pb2b pool folks are updating a software module so SMLY deposits and withdrawals are closed for up to 2 days.

[HashBro]

SMLY- smileycoin available on:

Mining-Dutch Pools

website:
https://www.mining-dutch.nl/

Payout:
Proportional/pay per share in any currency every 15 minutes.

Mining modes:
We offer the following modes that are all completely isolated from each other.
1. Multiport (can be Solo / Party )
2. Normal Pooled + Custom sets
3. Solo + Custom sets
4. Party + Custom sets

Peers list:
addnode=130.208.143.226:11337
addnode=194.160.80.217:11337
addnode=46.105.63.132:11337
addnode=85.15.179.171:11337
addnode=193.70.35.154:53780

https://i.imgur.com/BhFfhhh.png

[gstefans]

First in a series of posts on Patreon, describing our work on #edTech in Kenya.

Pledge any amount, e.g. $5 per month to see the internals of how this works

First post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/educational-in-1-42911077

[gstefans]

We have talked about this for a long time and the time has finally come: SmileyCoin is about to be used for Universal Basic Income.

The first recipient group are students who study in a community library in Kibera, Kenya. Over the next few weeks and months, more community libraries will be added.

The students get registered on UBI lists on the blockchain and become automatic recipients of SMLY.

The point of this is to help the students and the libraries so the students will be able to purchase fruit/protein bars and juice in the libraries and pay for those in SMLY. This is a very low-income region and these students typically receive only one meal per day. These snacks are important just so they can better study in the library.

In addition, if they ace some of the material in the tutor-web system, then they will earn enough SMLY to purchase the library tablet. The Smiley Charity will then replenish the stock of tablets in the library.

Later on we will modify the transaction fees to support this. For now, one of the donation addresses is used for this purpose. To see how this works, check out the address using the block explorer: https://chainz.cryptoid.info/smly/address.dws?BDLAaqqtBNoG9EjbJCeuLSmT5wkdnSB8bc.htm

[gstefans]

The CoinLim exchange has died.


This looks very much like an inside job....

[gstefans]

New mining pool being set up for SMLY: https://miner-world.com/

[gstefans]

So here are some of the things that have happened recently:

• Overall SMLY goal: Become the go-to coin for donations in crypto
• Support for general on-chain services
• Can now register UBI projects on-chain: automate UBI in SMLY
• Web-based wallet greatly improved: https://wallet.smileyco.in/
• Donations button added to the web-based wallet (also called the HTML5 wallet)
• Donations are now a one-click operation
• 5 organisations now accept SMLY donations - up from 2 since November
• Goal for 2021: 100 organisations accept SMLY donations
• Icelandic tourism project (4 current partners): Can now advertise with QR-code to raise funds
• Traceability project: Cooperation with several partners to track fresh fish products
• SmileyCoin faucet (more later)
• UBI experiments with SMLY in libraries in Kenyan slum (SMLY, buy food)
• Students borrow tablets and study in Kenyan libraries: ace their on-line studies, earn 1 M SMLY and can then buy the tablet for SMLY
• ongoing: sell movie tickets on-chain; sell book chapters on chain ...
• To be continued

[gstefans]

Short status report on tutor-web and SmileyCoin in Kenyan libraries:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/kenyan-libraries-46398567

[gstefans]

We now have a new subreddit dedicated to anything to do with SmileyCoin, Education in a Suitcase, educational technologies, charity, Universal Basic Income etc etc.

https://www.reddit.com/r/EducationInASuitcase/

[gstefans]

Major milestones reached in the Kibera Community Library.

First students have bought their tablets for SMLY and a store in the library sells essentials which the students can buy using SMLY obtained either through studying or as a Universal Basic Income.

Visit the Patreon site to check the article which is open.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/47023338

[gstefans]

There are now 5 community libraries in Kenya where students borrow tablets to use the tutor-web and earn SmileyCoin as they study. Registered students can also receive a small Universal Basic Income in SMLY. They can use these SMLY to either purchase small items like snacks or sanitary pads, but if they work hard they can also buy the tablet for 1 M SMLY.

A total of 9 tablets have been sold in the first 3 months of the project.

Major milestones reached in the Kibera Community Library.

First students have bought their tablets for SMLY and a store in the library sells essentials which the students can buy using SMLY obtained either through studying or as a Universal Basic Income.

Visit the Patreon site to check the article which is open.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/47023338

[gstefans]

Users of the most recent MacOS have seen a problem where the SmileyCoin software can no longer open the old wallet.

It is not enough to download the most recent wallet software nor can the old software open the old wallet.dat after the OS upgrade.

Until we figure out exactly the problem, the workaround is to run the SmileyCoin wallet software on a Linux computer (and know how to use it - or have a friend who does).

It is then possible to copy the old Mac wallet to the Linux computer and open it using the Linux software. The "dumpwallet" command can then be used to dump all the private keys to a file. Transferring that file back to the Mac, opening a new wallet and using "importwallet" will restore all the old amounts. We have just tested this using an Intel NUC running Ubuntu and yes, it does work.

If you do not have access to a Linux computer and can not wait until, then you can send us a note e.g. to education.in.a.suitcase@gmail.com and we'll see whether we can figure something out.

[gstefans]

This thread remains the place where you should find everything about SMLY.

But daily news and discussions have move to Telegram, Discord, Twitter, Facebook and Patreon.

The links should all be in the OP.

[coudin]

Any news on the macOS wallet issues?