[ANN] DriveShare - Earn money by sharing your extra hard drive space

[STORJX]

Interesting.. i always have few houndreds GB free.. is it enough to earn something? or we are talking about houndreds TB?

If the Burst crowd move over to this - in case this will get more profitable -  I don't think a few GB or even TB be very profitable.

I mean hundreds..  

when we will be able to see any calculation?

Until the beta is well underway and possibly after Test Group B, which includes rewards for sharing storage, it is difficult to estimate.
There will be a lot of feedback from users once we reach the second stage of the beta, bear with us.

[ed_teech]

Watching this

[STORJX]

We have had this question asked several times by our supporters and non.

Not on my drive: saying no to illegal content on Storj

Read our latest blog post. 

[STORJX]

The official Storj Whitepaper has now been released!

http://storj.io/storj.pdf

[STORJX]

Storj performing its first load test for DriveShare! 

[dezoel]

Is that only online drive?

[bigadam0101]

and how does it work   everything all right 

[STORJX]

Is that only online drive?

These are preliminary tests to make sure we can have quite a few farmers running at the same time.

[STORJX]

and how does it work   everything all right 

We are getting there, things are coming into place nicely. There is still a bit of work to be done to make sure we can have a successful Test Group A beta launch.
Our devs are ironing out the essential components for what we want to test during the first phase.
Watch this space! 

[activebiz]

this looks like a nice project. I've tried to get access into the program without much luck.
is there a guide somewhere or a public release date.

[ed_teech]

Is there a working alpha/beta ? I'm interested in this project.

[ninjaboon]

I own enough coins to be on the Test Group A beta launch. Hope you guys launch soon since the big holidays are coming.

[STORJX]

this looks like a nice project. I've tried to get access into the program without much luck.
is there a guide somewhere or a public release date.

You can have a look at the source code with instructions on how to compile it yourself here: https://github.com/Storj/downstream-farmer.
We will soon make available binaries for all major OSs, it will be very easy to use and configure.

[STORJX]

Is there a working alpha/beta ? I'm interested in this project.

We are nearing the launch of our beta for Test Group A. See above post for details.
Our dev team has been testing our beta software for a while now and is being tuned for the launch.

[STORJX]

I own enough coins to be on the Test Group A beta launch. Hope you guys launch soon since the big holidays are coming.

Shouldn't be much longer, bear with us, announcements will be made soon when we have a set launch day.  

[STORJX]

We have perform a second DriveShare load test, this time with 502 Farmers, all seem to work well.
A few more tests and some tuning and we should be on our way to the beta launch for Test group A.
Not long to go!

[sherbyspark]

We have perform a second DriveShare load test, this time with 502 Farmers, all seem to work well.
A few more tests and some tuning and we should be on our way to the beta launch for Test group A.
Not long to go!

How do we sign up to be a part of the beta launch? If we own SJCX can we directly do that?

[STORJX]

How do we sign up to be a part of the beta launch? If we own SJCX can we directly do that?

To participate in Test Group A and B you need to have contributed to our crowdsale. If you have 10000 SJCX in your wallet, and are not a crowdsale contributor, then you can participate to Test Group C in early 2015. More info here: http://storj.io/earlyaccess.

[STORJX]

Dear Storj supporters,

We are announcing the start of Test Group A. We want to be sure you understand the requirements to participate and what outcomes we expect from Test Group A.

Requirements

• A crowdsale SJCX address where you control the private key, to be able to sign a message for ownership verification. We recommend using Counterwallet. Addresses from exchanges and sources you don’t control will not be valid.
• A balance of 10,000 SJCX in your crowdsale address. Your original crowdsale address can be topped up to and over 10,000 SJCX to be eligible.

What outcomes do we expect from Test Group A

• To get load testing experience and statistics on our verification nodes.
• To get uptime statistics for farmers, which is useful data for our distribution algorithms.

Who is Test Group A for
This is our first software beta and there may be technical problems and issues. Ideally we would prefer power-users, willing to deal with the problems and give us feedback. Users not willing to go through technical issues, troubleshooting, and actively provide feedback, should participate in later test groups.

• There will be no SJCX rewards for participants.
• We will not be loading users' hard drives with data yet, only 100-byte test files.

Ready to Get Started?

• Proper instructions and support will be provided at the Hangout and IRC at release time.
• Visit the Dedicated Thread for Support and Feedback on StorjTalk.

Not Eligible?

• Details on other test groups can be found on the Early Access Page.
• Visit the Dedicated Thread for Early Access Questions.

When is the launch?
The launch will be on Saturday December 20 at 8 PM (EST). We will host a live hangout and an IRC chat. In that event we will provide instructions and support, as well as answer questions. If there are any updates or delays we will keep you informed via social media or email.
 
Have a great day,
The Storj Team

[bigadam0101]

I'm sorry, but I do not understand. Why do I have to buy 10,000 SJCX to take part in tests?