Coming soon to a Friday Night / Saturday near you:Kobocoin: Launch Schedule - Saturday 7th February, 2015 at 07:00 GMT (only the Atlantic Ocean is inconvenienced)
To give the BitcoinTalk website a break,
the launch is to be held live on twitter only:Please follow @Kobocoindev on twitter
https://twitter.com/kobocoindev (I will follow back)
1. On launch day, I will not be posting updates to this thread from 06:00 until probably well after the launch. I think it's best to keep communications going via tweets and retweeting.
All important information will be readily available on the @kobocoindev twitter feed.2. At 06:30 I'll start uploading the software and posting the links on twitter (minus the decryption keys)
TWEETS:
Link to Kobocoin Source code <link minus decryption key>
Link to Kobocoin Linux/Windows wallet <link minus decryption key>
Link to Kobocoin Mac Wallet <link minus decryption key>You can use the links that are tweeted to have a window open ready for the decryption keys
3. At 06:50 I will start Bubba, to mine first ten blocks to make sure everything's working. This is Bubba (
Bubba!). It has a broken GPU (only 2 GPU's still online) and lives in my attic/loft. It will be retired permanently once it's switched off for the last time on launch day.
4. 10 blocks will be mined to confirm everything is working. These 10,000 kobocoins will be used for a giveaway on Twitter, Facebook, and BitcoinTalk. The first users who post a screenshot of a request for coins (including QR code) taken from their mobile handset will be sent kobocoins. The QR code will be scanned and kobocoins sent. BitcoinTalk members will be given a double allocations as it's a lot harder to post an image on BitcoinTalk. This is to encourage mobile wallet usage. All giveaway winners usernames (Twitter/Facebook/BitcoinTalk) will be posted on this thread. Full details of the giveaway will be posted before launch. This is to encourage mobile wallet usage.
5. I will then post the following tweets:
TWEETS:
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Welcome to Kobocoin!
1=<#Source code decryption key> 2=<#Linux/Windows wallet decryption key> 3=<#Mac wallet decryption key>
Kobocoin Node addnode=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Kobocoin RPC Port xxxx
Kobocoin P2P Port xxxx
Kobocoin Example conf file <link>The decryption keys will all be in the same tweet, and in the correct order.6. Unfortunately, the Android wallet is not available for launch.
7. I'll then upload the source code to github.
If details of a pool are tweeted to #kobocoin or @kobocoindev I will retweet it.
I think it might be best to wait 20 mins before tweeting or posting alternative nodes to try and avoid any issues around forking. This is just from experience of a few previous launches. But it's just a guess. Is 20 mins too long? Should it be less? Should it be more? Am I over-thinking everything? Please let me know.
For Kobocoin, we'll be cloud mining, but that means we'll also be waiting for a pool to come online so we can join.
(And for those wondering - yes, Bubba gets a head start unless there's any objections - I reckon I can get 2/3 blocks tops if I'm lucky!).Any comments? Have I missed something very obvious?
