[KOBO] Kobocoin - Mobile Money for Africa

[mammix2]

Hello World!
Nice to see this project still ongoing  

[mix29k]

v2.13.1 is quite a step up, looks fancy and working as charm,
except one strange thing - no pop-ups (i'm using official Kobocoin-2.13.1-win64)

[TheTribesman]

v2.13.1 is quite a step up, looks fancy and working as charm,
except one strange thing - no pop-ups (i'm using official Kobocoin-2.13.1-win64)

Yes, it's definitely a step up. Kobocoin at Bitcoin core 0.13.0 is a major milestone.

I've been doing some testing on it to make sure everyone's funds are safe when upgrading. I haven't posted an update yet so I'm surprised you found it!

Which popups are you referring to? I've got a new wallet running on win64 and it seems to be responding. It's possible there's more tweaking to be done.

[mix29k]

I've been doing some testing on it to make sure everyone's funds are safe when upgrading. I haven't posted an update yet so I'm surprised you found it!

hm, it's posted here
https://github.com/kobocoin/Kobocoin/releases
so github notified

Which popups are you referring to? I've got a new wallet running on win64 and it seems to be responding. It's possible there's more tweaking to be done.

when you hover mouse over a transaction in tx list or some other object in wallet GUI
a tiny window shows up with that object parameters or some help.
i get popups on several GUI elements but none on tx-es in this new KOBO version.
other than that it's working perfectly.

[TheTribesman]

I've been doing some testing on it to make sure everyone's funds are safe when upgrading. I haven't posted an update yet so I'm surprised you found it!

hm, it's posted here
https://github.com/kobocoin/Kobocoin/releases
so github notified

Which popups are you referring to? I've got a new wallet running on win64 and it seems to be responding. It's possible there's more tweaking to be done.

when you hover mouse over a transaction in tx list or some other object in wallet GUI
a tiny window shows up with that object parameters or some help.
i get popups on several GUI elements but none on tx-es in this new KOBO version.
other than that it's working perfectly.

Yes, I meant I've not posted an update here on BitcoinTalk. The github release was done a few days ago. I didn't expect anyone to check github before I'd updated this thread.

The popup issue is being looked into. Thanks for pointing that out.

Also, the Client sub-version is now specific to our base denomination - Mansa

[MammothK]

New wallet works well, only thing found was staking wallets can get large and it may slow down too much, suggest creating a new wallet as a remedy. Good to see the scam kobo twitter account was suspended quickly, hope nobody sent ethereum to that address expecting lots of kobocoin on a made up IPO con!

[abimco]

What is the latest update on kobocoin. It seems no longer available on crypto exchange

[TheTribesman]

New wallet works well, only thing found was staking wallets can get large and it may slow down too much, suggest creating a new wallet as a remedy. Good to see the scam kobo twitter account was suspended quickly, hope nobody sent ethereum to that address expecting lots of kobocoin on a made up IPO con!

Yes, it's working well. The thing is to keep it synced (try not to leave it too long between syncs) if you're staking a lot and occasionally send balances to new addresses to keep the wallet efficient.

It wasn't easy but we got it upgraded

Work has started on the mobile wallet for KOBO. It will be a schildbach wallet which isn't the greatest (in terms of being constantly synced) but it hopefully allows KOBO to be completely independent without the need for a backend server pushing out hashes. Once the mobile wallet is built, there's a young UI designer from Nigeria that I'll be sending it to for a new look and feel that utilises the different denominations as a swipe option (KOBO / MANILLA / COWRIE / MANSA). She's a fantastic UI designer and I'm sure she'll help produce something very different from what's currently available.

Btw, I've relocated to Gaborone, Botswana and I'm now working with BitcoinLady https://twitter.com/bitcoinlady on KOBO, Satoshicentre https://satoshicentre.tech/, PLAAS https://plaas.io and also Asdex https://asdex.com - I'm hoping there might be some good news soon on the Asdex exchange. We've been talking to a few people.

[TheTribesman]

What is the latest update on kobocoin. It seems no longer available on crypto exchange

We're hoping that the Asdex exchange will be open soon with KOBO pairings. I've also (as usual) been in touch with YoBit trying to get them to update their KOBO wallet and open up deposits/withdrawals.

I know it's frustrating but I'm working on getting KOBO onto exchanges. I just refuse to spend $20,000 - $50,000 on an exchange listing that might only last for a year or so. I don't have the luxury of ICO money to do all that. I can use that money to develop the Asdex exchange for African crypto projects that have been sidelined (just like KOBO). It would be a new trading environment for investors interested in exploring new options.

[mix29k]

did you contact freiexchange ?
yobit is monsters university of crypto )

[TheTribesman]

did you contact freiexchange ?
yobit is monsters university of crypto )

I'll do that. Thanks!

Update - Just applied via their helpdesk - Let's see if they list us

[MammothK]

Yes, it's working well. The thing is to keep it synced (try not to leave it too long between syncs) if you're staking a lot and occasionally send balances to new addresses to keep the wallet efficient.

It wasn't easy but we got it upgraded

Work has started on the mobile wallet for KOBO. It will be a schildbach wallet which isn't the greatest (in terms of being constantly synced) but it hopefully allows KOBO to be completely independent without the need for a backend server pushing out hashes. Once the mobile wallet is built, there's a young UI designer from Nigeria that I'll be sending it to for a new look and feel that utilises the different denominations as a swipe option (KOBO / MANILLA / COWRIE / MANSA). She's a fantastic UI designer and I'm sure she'll help produce something very different from what's currently available.

Btw, I've relocated to Gaborone, Botswana and I'm now working with BitcoinLady https://twitter.com/bitcoinlady on KOBO, Satoshicentre https://satoshicentre.tech/, PLAAS https://plaas.io and also Asdex https://asdex.com - I'm hoping there might be some good news soon on the Asdex exchange. We've been talking to a few people.

Fantastic sounding news on all fronts, Bitcoinlady is an amazing woman and a true ambassador for crypto, she's been on the Keiser Report, is in regular twitter contact with Stacy. Max and her are really into African projects, if you could get on a KR that would be amazing PR for the project.

You just need 1 decent reliable exchange, its sad not having anywhere to trade kobocoin when the market is like it is, you could be flying along right now 

Good luck in your relocation to Gaborone
Regards,

Mammoth

[MammothK]

What is the latest update on kobocoin. It seems no longer available on crypto exchange

We're hoping that the Asdex exchange will be open soon with KOBO pairings. I've also (as usual) been in touch with YoBit trying to get them to update their KOBO wallet and open up deposits/withdrawals.

I know it's frustrating but I'm working on getting KOBO onto exchanges. I just refuse to spend $20,000 - $50,000 on an exchange listing that might only last for a year or so. I don't have the luxury of ICO money to do all that. I can use that money to develop the Asdex exchange for African crypto projects that have been sidelined (just like KOBO). It would be a new trading environment for investors interested in exploring new options.

Hi Felix, how is it going there, hope you are well over in Africa. Its been a long time since an update and I saw that there is a kobocoin airdrop promotion going on and the video mentions that you are going on a new exchange shortly.
Is this an officially backed project, I am having trouble finding more information about it, can you enlighten us?

Thanks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-OhLDjlM2w