05.11
Linux x86 wallet released27.10
Mac Wallet now available for download.
09.10 Another wallet update with minor design and overall stability fixes
https://mega.co.nz/#!UNUWiaaY!mlOgsE1vhe5nsN4dJTpWbo0bWHBg7Tjig08jnX8KhE008.10 Press release text posted. Negotiations about placement in progress.
05.10 Wallet looks updated. You may download new wallet at:
https://mega.co.nz/#!EQk30QoS!JOtvKUfc44qryYxujZSsAtwqdW1I15hsSIOscpfaXvgLinux/Mac wallet in queue.
04.10 WebSite source code published:
https://github.com/CraigsCoin/website-ads30.09 Ad listing website updated
-Fixed bug with categories not appearing properly
30.09 Ad Listing website is up at
http://list.craigscoin.info/known bugs:
-new categories not showing up (Fix ETA 12 hours - let us sleep sometime)
-Character encoding problems (Fix ETA 1-2 days)
28.09 Twitter tip bot is up. It gives you some free Craigs if you put your Craig address, cashtag $CRAIG and link
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=780334.0 in your twit text. If you are new to Craig, tipbot will give you just enough to post your free ad and test the coin functionality.
27.09 I have decided to launch this coin buyback as I want to get more exposure to CraigsCoin future and also might need some CRAIG for promotional purposes (e.g. tipbot). The buyback is capped at 5 BTC and will be completed in the coming days. After completion screenshots that confirm the buyback will be provided. Any future buybacks will be announced in due course. 1 BTC Bought. 4 BTC left.
The main idea of CraigsCoin is to provide the world with trustless, decentralized classified ads listing. Since everything is stored in the blockchain no entity will be able to delete or somehow edit an ad once it is posted. CraigsCoin is essentially decentralized database of ads that can be implemented on any website or any other third-party technology.
CraigsCoin utilizes a modified blockchain in order to allow any user to post their ADs directly into the blockchain. Normal transactions between users will be no different from any other coin out there. There will be a "special" wallet that will accept special type of transaction, called ADTX (AdvertisingTransaction). In first prototype version of CraigsCoin ADTX's will have fixed cost (i.e. you can only sent 5 CRAIG to ADTX wallet). This cost is called Listing Fee. In the current build of CraigsCoin listing fee has a fixed value of 5 CRAIG, however in future releases ADTX may be recalculated depending on the price in order to indirectly reflect CRAIG market value. Every message to the ADTX wallet will look like genuine transaction with one exception - this transaction may contain user created message (Ad text). This may be any message from 1 to 10 000 bytes. This message will be readable by anyone using custom block explorer. It is as simple as that.
1. CraigsCoin Launch (13 September 2014)CraigsCoin launched with basic features (Block-chain AD posting and listings).
2. Getting ads from the blockchain (24 September 2014)Abe block explorer patch - CraigsCoin ads are added to Abe database. Any third-party developer can simply install modified Abe block explorer from here:
https://github.com/CraigsCoin/abe-craigscoin CraigsCoin ads are stored in abe db, tx table, tx_msg field as a plain text.
http://testnet.craigscoin.info is an example of modified block explorer. tx_msg field contains Ads message json.
JSON has the following format:
{
"person": {
"name": "John Smith",
"contacts": "my email or phone",
},
"location": {
"country": "USA",
"state": "California",
"city": "Los Angeles",
"street_address": "Avalon Blvd, 10",
"postal_code": "123456",
},
"category": {
"level_1": "services",
"level_2": "farm+garden"
},
"ad": {
"ad_title": "Hello world!!!",
"description": "My first message",
"tags": [
"happiness", "christmas", "hugs"
],
"price": "10$",
"images": [
"http://craigscoin.info/img/logo.png", "http://craigscoin.info/img/about.png"
],
"videos": []
}
}
All json fields are always present. Even if the Ads message was created without these fields, in the json they will be empty.
The following limits are in place:
Ads message maximum size – 10 kB
“ad” – “ad-title” minimum length – 10 characters
“ad” – “description” minimum length – 10 characters
Alternatively, ads can be accessed by gettransaction RPC call to the wallet deamon. Each ad is stored in its corresponding transaction that was used to pay 5 CRAIG fee.
3. Classified ads websiteClassified ads website with ads from the blockchain. This is just an example what could be done with CraigsCoin blockchain ads.
4. Wallet design update (early October 2014)Working on the updated wallet design. This is how it will look like!
5. Image parser (October 2014)Images will be displayed in the wallet
6. Tags and AD editor (October 2014)A solid wall of millions of ads is not fun. Therefore wallet will be upgraded with custom parser and AD editor. A simple tag-based language, similar to BBCode will be implemented in order to allow users to customize their ads. This is easily to imagine, but it may take a while to develop. The language and interface will remain as simple as possible.
7. Filters (November 2014)Eventually I will add tag filtering so that only relevant classified ads are displayed to the user. Using tags everyone will be able to filter out old entries, use geographic filtering and sort ads by other means.
8. Block chain Search (TBD)9. Digital auction house (TBD)An auction feature within posted ads. Each bidder with send coins to her designated address, and only the funds of the winning bidder will be locked in. These funds will be exchanged for the purchased goods/service between the winner and the seller simultaneously.
Name: CraigsCoin (CRAIG)
Algo: X11
100% POS
Presale coins: 30'000'000 CRAIG
POS annual interest: 2%
Block time: 30 sec
Source code available here: https://github.com/CraigsCoin/CraigsCoinWindows wallet:https://mega.co.nz/#!Co9THRAI!s8L1PyX0ueGeE1b0aYhltUWHU-Mc03qsRQ1MVDe5FCoLinux wallet:https://mega.co.nz/#!m4NCHawA!sZ_a23tZTe9ZIGcT28ksENWhUeFm3-oo7LRYXCad-7QAll wallets & source code:https://github.com/CraigsCoin/CraigsCoin/releases/tag/walletsListing site source codehttps://github.com/CraigsCoin/website-adsF.A.Q.Q. Is it possible to post pictures in the blockchain?
A. No. The limit for the AD is only 1 000 bytes. This is not enough for media. However you can post links. The reason for that is because with bigger AD size limit blockchain will very soon grow bigger that average persons hard drive just to store irrelevant media.
Q. Does CraigsCoin affiliate with Craigs List?
A. No. CraigsCoin does not have any connections, affiliation or parthnership relations with this service. CraigsCoin is free to use, opensource software. CraigsCoin does not use any technology or parts of technology protected by the law. CraigsCoin source code is available to anyone, everywhere for free without any limitations.
