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i don’t know if this is the best place i don’t know who to talk to about this i don’t know what to do how to accept what i have just gone through.
Today i was scammed. Although it wasn’t a lot, i had the worst breakdown i’ve ever experienced. I don’t know how i was so stupid (let me mention i have always been alert for scams and i normally would sense not to do something this stupid) but i think this came out of desperation, the person played me so good i am actually in disbelief. i am a fucking idiot. i can’t move on or accept this.
the most embarrassing part of this is what i lost my money on and how i could be such an imbecile to go through with it. There was already so many signs from spending 30+ mins in the atm, to scratching my fucking car) this is how bad my day was and how much worse it ended because of this scam. i can’t believe i would fall for this i don’t know how to move on and quite honestly i was ready to end my life over something like this... pathetic idk what to do, who to talk to about this a fucking therapist? i know i may be going overboard but i am crushed. i don’t know what i’m more crushed about the money i lost or the fact that whoever scammed me has my address. i am scared bc of it and i just can’t accept that this is what has happened to me.
to explain the scam (i won’t mentioning over what) but i basically gave cash and as soon as they received it on their end there was nothing else i could do, did it through a bitcoin atm, money gone as soon as i put it though.)
not asking for pity, but i feel like this is the last string to remind me how bad everything is in my life, maybe i’m being dramatic but this event itself has lead me to losing my fucking mind.
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As the coinburn is almost upon us, I thought I'd take the opportunity to point out some of the changes that will be taking effect.
For the "superblock": each block reward will be reduced by 5% of the normal block reward. This is the funding for community proposals. Takes effect: starting block 39,420 (~ 16 days after the coinburn).
First superblock is at 43,800 (~ 46 days after the coinburn).
Any undistributed funds between superblocks get burned. So please note, we are less than 50 days away from the first superblock being paid.
Please familiarise yourselves with the entire process before submitting a proposal - check out all the resources, and it will be a lot easier!
Github: Step-by-step guide for generating proposals https://gist.github.com/kaypon/7beb3ecd5f64d31915167d4cb5aeb2b9
Reddit: Proposal generation resources https://www.reddit.com/r/AnonymousBitcoin/comments/9og792/first_anon_governance_proposal/
There are 4380 blocks between each superblock. 4380 x 50 x 5% = 10,950 ANON to be distributed per superblock.
As this will be AUTOMATED distribution of live funds, it is important to VERIFY the proposals being voted for.
"Build a reputation The ANON community is growing more and more each day, always welcoming new users. Because of the nature of Crypto in general, and how proposals work, trust plays a key role in a successful proposal. Starting small is advised, allowing you to prove your credibility to the community. Keybase is a great way for users to build a verified online persona, and in turn, build trust in the community."
Refer to the "tips for a successful proposal" on github (in the link above) for more. For anyone that does not have access to reddit for viewing the details of proposals, they will be cross-posted to http://forum.anonfork.io/
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#bitcoin-otc is a trading channel on the Freenode IRC server that has existed since 2011 and is still around today. It's been a well known hub among Bitcoin traders, buyers and sellers and the chatroom has helped facilitate tens of thousands of trades across its lifespan.
Across its lengthy existence, many important lessons in safe trading have been learned by its members. One of its members has compiled a great deal of wealth into a document known as "Cult of Turtle", which contains 38 of the most valuable tips you could keep in mind when trading.
The list has been around for years now, and has been proven time and time again to be extremely accurate. (and tounge-in-cheek partly)
I've left all of the tips and original phrasing to preserve the original feeling of the guide - but for Reddit's benefit, I've highlighted the most relevant ones that are also extremely applicable when trading on Reddit or elsewhere. (and omitted several less relevant ones)
Hopefully this wealth of knowledge will help improve your resiliency to scams and scammers. :)
2. Never trade with someone who doesn’t have a long and good AND RECENT trade history (check ;;gettrust, ;;events).
5. Never lend bitcoins. you will probably never see them again. As Coolio- used to say “Loans are a gift”.
8. Don’t talk about your money, worth, or wealth
9. Don’t leave large sums in shared or online wallets (or other online games or services)
11. If someone is scammer tagged, don’t give them the benefit of the doubt. it might feel weird to consider someone guilty until proven innocent, but it will save your coins.
12. High yield investment programs (HYIP) or loans are pretty much always scams. think about it. if it sounds too good to be true…
13. Never let someone control your computer (teamviewer scams). Don’t install anything suspicious on your computer (trojans, viruses). Ideally have a clean dedicated computer for your transactions. Wipe that computer regularly.
14. There are no tricks to avoid chargebacks on paypal, credit cards, moneypak, dwolla, banks, etc. some services might be harder to chargeback, but nothing is immune.
15. People with good reps can turn bad or get in a bad spot. having a good rep does not mean they will never scam.
16. Break up large transactions into smaller ones, preferably with multiple people
18. Don’t trust someone who can’t speak proper English or your language of choice. this may sound classist, but your money is on the line; trade with professionals or reputable people
22. Don’t trust fast talkers, sweet talkers, smooth talkers. don’t be swayed by emotion or inability to think. a good deal is rarely time sensitive.
23. If someone gets agitated when you ask questions, they were probably trying to scam you
25. Many people offer escrow. use it. BUT ONLY IF YOU TRUST THE PERSON OFFERING ESCROW.
27. Don’t trust gamblers, addicts, or people who are constantly broke
30. Someone buying just to build ratings is suspicious. this goes for the OTC, btcjam, or anywhere else. beware.
31. Don’t use paypal. come on. people tell you this all the time. and for a reason. it’s easy to get scammed by people using paypal. and it’s easy for paypal to freeze your assets and hold your money for 180 days. [same applies for ebay]
32. You will eventually hear someone say “come on, it’s not like I’m going to scam someone for just $___”. yes. someone would scam for that amount. don’t fall for it
34. People with non-random X ending their name are highly likely to be a scammer <FonziScheme> have you ever noticed that everyone with names ending in a random x is highly likely to be a scammer? <FonziScheme> freefox <– non-random thetruthx <— random <FonziScheme> also, framing x’s are not so random xFBASTAGEx <– not so random
35. Unsolicited messages/spam/requests to trade are almost always scams.
36. Trust your gut. if someone gives you a bad vibe, there’s probably a reason. be safe rather than sorry
38. Nobody listens to turtle
You can find the full source on one of the mirrors: http://pi.littlebird-design.com/bitcoin/cult-of-turtle/ (or http://www.cultofturtle.com but seems like that ones hosting expired)
Which tips from this list are your favourite, have helped you prevent scams, or are completely new to you?
Comment below and share your insight with others. :)
Cheers!
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#bitcoin-otc is a trading channel on the Freenode IRC server that has existed since 2011 and is still around today. It's been a well known hub among Bitcoin traders, buyers and sellers and the chatroom has helped facilitate tens of thousands of trades across its lifespan.
Across its lengthy existence, many important lessons in safe trading have been learned by its members. One of its members has compiled a great deal of wealth into a document known as "Cult of Turtle", which contains 38 of the most valuable tips you could keep in mind when trading.
The list has been around for years now, and has been proven time and time again to be extremely accurate. (and tounge-in-cheek partly)
I've left all of the tips and original phrasing to preserve the original feeling of the guide - but for Reddit's benefit, I've highlighted the most relevant ones that are also extremely applicable when trading on Reddit or elsewhere. (and omitted several less relevant ones)
Hopefully this wealth of knowledge will help improve your resiliency to scams and scammers. :)
2. Never trade with someone who doesn’t have a long and good AND RECENT trade history (check ;;gettrust, ;;events).
5. Never lend bitcoins. you will probably never see them again. As Coolio- used to say “Loans are a gift”.
8. Don’t talk about your money, worth, or wealth
9. Don’t leave large sums in shared or online wallets (or other online games or services)
11. If someone is scammer tagged, don’t give them the benefit of the doubt. it might feel weird to consider someone guilty until proven innocent, but it will save your coins.
12. High yield investment programs (HYIP) or loans are pretty much always scams. think about it. if it sounds too good to be true…
13. Never let someone control your computer (teamviewer scams). Don’t install anything suspicious on your computer (trojans, viruses). Ideally have a clean dedicated computer for your transactions. Wipe that computer regularly.
14. There are no tricks to avoid chargebacks on paypal, credit cards, moneypak, dwolla, banks, etc. some services might be harder to chargeback, but nothing is immune.
15. People with good reps can turn bad or get in a bad spot. having a good rep does not mean they will never scam.
16. Break up large transactions into smaller ones, preferably with multiple people
18. Don’t trust someone who can’t speak proper English or your language of choice. this may sound classist, but your money is on the line; trade with professionals or reputable people
22. Don’t trust fast talkers, sweet talkers, smooth talkers. don’t be swayed by emotion or inability to think. a good deal is rarely time sensitive.
23. If someone gets agitated when you ask questions, they were probably trying to scam you
25. Many people offer escrow. use it. BUT ONLY IF YOU TRUST THE PERSON OFFERING ESCROW.
27. Don’t trust gamblers, addicts, or people who are constantly broke
30. Someone buying just to build ratings is suspicious. this goes for the OTC, btcjam, or anywhere else. beware.
31. Don’t use paypal. come on. people tell you this all the time. and for a reason. it’s easy to get scammed by people using paypal. and it’s easy for paypal to freeze your assets and hold your money for 180 days. [same applies for ebay]
32. You will eventually hear someone say “come on, it’s not like I’m going to scam someone for just $___”. yes. someone would scam for that amount. don’t fall for it
34. People with non-random X ending their name are highly likely to be a scammer <FonziScheme> have you ever noticed that everyone with names ending in a random x is highly likely to be a scammer? <FonziScheme> freefox <– non-random thetruthx <— random <FonziScheme> also, framing x’s are not so random xFBASTAGEx <– not so random
35. Unsolicited messages/spam/requests to trade are almost always scams.
36. Trust your gut. if someone gives you a bad vibe, there’s probably a reason. be safe rather than sorry
38. Nobody listens to turtle
You can find the full source on one of the mirrors: http://pi.littlebird-design.com/bitcoin/cult-of-turtle/ (or http://www.cultofturtle.com but seems like that ones hosting expired)
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Comment below and share your insight with others. :)
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Hi Everyone,
I've had a pi LN node up and running for about a week, no problems (Stadicus guide).
I decided to get a little adventurous with it, so I installed LndHub as I'd been playing around with BlueWallet and wanted to try to connect to my node. I got the LndHub service all up and running but somehow I couldn't connect to the node so ended up giving up on it.
Then I figured I'd try setting up a BTCPay Server and after a bit of fiddling managed to get both the services up and running together but couldn't connect to it from my pc and running "stretch lite" headless so couldn't test with a localhost web session.
At this point I noticed my telnet sessions were getting reeeaal sluggish. I guess adding dotnet, NBXplorer and btcpayserver on top of bitcoin and LND was just too much for the little pi3.
Fortunately I had taken an image of my node os a few days before, so figured I'd roll back to just bitcoin + LND.
The idea was that I would close all channels, then once everything had settled - reflash my drive and hope that the old channel states would be ignored...
So running **lncli closeallchannels** - saw confirmation that everyone agreed to close amicably. Cool beans.
Or so I thought.
*Before closing all channels:*
{ "total_balance": "2747347", "confirmed_balance": "1241892", "unconfirmed_balance": "1505455" }
*after closing all channels:*
{ "total_balance": "745703", "confirmed_balance": "0", "unconfirmed_balance": "745703" }
I figured it was just a timing thing and I had to wait for on-chain confirmations so I moved that wallet balance out and left it overnight. Nothing changed. Empty wallet. Still nothing the following day.
So I figured I'd just gone and lost myself ~2m sats *somewhere* in the ether. Annoying.
I then transferred 0.01btc back in and re-established connections to nodes. Before I opened any actual channels - I noticed a few new channels appearing and just assumed it was autopilot kicking in.
Then I noticed my lightning walletbalance had increased in sats to account for the missing 2m sats! (So channels didn't close properly it seems, maybe I was too quick to re-flash my box? I assumed the last bit was on-chain only).
So now to my current problem that I hope someone with better understanding than I can help with... the pending_open_balance
**channelbalance** now gives me:
{ "balance": "1608916", "pending_open_balance": "684334" }
That 684334 sat pending amount has been there for a couple of days now and I don't know what to do about it. Don't know if I've orphaned it somehow. I've now installed ZAP-Desktop and can see the channel entry on the right in Orange. When I click the popout icon it says "Transaction not found", whereas all my green ones resolve to a valid transaction fine.
**pendingchannels** gives me:
{ "total_limbo_balance": "0", "pending_open_channels": [ { "channel": { "remote_node_pub": "031d244a60d61936834f290656cdf0ed4b9979260c19b07804bde681819f8e14ca", "channel_point": "3f530cceeaef7364079c5662e71980d24d85afefcf43cc0201d0986031e07ddc:1", "capacity": "686094", "local_balance": "684334", "remote_balance": "0" }, "confirmation_height": 0, "commit_fee": "1760", "commit_weight": "600", "fee_per_kw": "2432" } ], "pending_closing_channels": [ ], "pending_force_closing_channels": [ ], "waiting_close_channels": [ ] }
Sorry for the long read but wanted to give the full story in case my "dirty restore" was the cause.
Does anybody know what's going on, or how I could start tracking the issue down? (Or even just reassure me that once the week has passed, it'll just settle itself...? )
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This is it. If you're interested to see what NAV is all about, this is the ultimate guide for you. You will learn about the history of NavCoin and how it evolved. You will learn about the current state and features of NavCoin and you will learn about the exciting new features that are planned and coming up in the (near) future.
So buckle up, this is going to be a long ride!
Introduction
The following chapter will summarize and break down the history of NavCoin in a few sentences. NAV started a long time ago, went through rebrandings and changes of the core team before it became what it is today.
SummerCoin
NavCoin was initially first introduced under the name SummerCoin on April 23 in 2014. SummerCoin was a fork of the Bitcoin blockchain. It used to have a PoW/PoS hybrid algorithm with a block time of 45 seconds.
SummerCoinV2 /NavajoCoin
Soon after the initial launch of SummerCoin, the original developer left and SoopY (soopy452000 on bitcointalk) took over as the main developer and rebranded the project to SummerCoinV2 respectively NavajoCoin and introduced new features.
The name NavajoCoin was chosen in honor of the Navajo Code Talker. The unbreakable Navajo code was used to encrypt highly classified military information and commands and decrypt the same in WW II.
SoopY introduced a technology which allowed sending transactions anonymously and private. This technology was called "Navajo Anonymous Technology". SoopY also released a new wallet and set the Proof of Stake rewards at 10% for the first year, 5% for the second year and 2% for every year after.
NavCoin
On August 12, 2014, Craig (current lead core developer, pakage on bitcointalk) started to get involved with NAV by helping to set up a website [10].
It was officially announced that Craig joined the core team as a "Wallet & Web Developer" on November 06, 2014.
The last tokenswap and restart of the blockchain of NAV happened on May 12, 2016.
Soon later, SoopY stopped showing up and Craig stepped into the role of the lead core developer. Since then, Craig has assembled a strong team with which he built NavCoin into what it is today.
Currently, Craig and the NavCoin Core team is located in New Zealand and they are actively developing many ground-braking features which differentiate NAV from other cryptocurrencies. You will read more about that later in this article.
Introduction
The year 2018 has been a thriving year for the NavCoin ecosystem. Despite the USD price of NAV not reflecting it, in 2018 the core team has developed a whole bunch of new features. Also the core content creators published the first official guidelines that function as an orientation guide for community content creators. This chapter will give you an overview of the current team, the features, the prior mentioned guidelines and the community of NavCoin.
Core Team [1]
Last year, the core team has grown alot. It contains of developers, content creators and interns. The core team are employees of Encrypt S, the New Zealand's leading blockchain R&D lab. Encrypt S is developing blockchain solutions since 2014 and values building open-source software highly.
Craig MacGregor - Chief Executive Officer
Craig is the CEO of Encrypt S and the founder of NavCoin. He is one of the world's most experienced blockchain developers. Craig founded NavCoin in 2014 and is developing software for it since then. He has assembled a strong team of like-minded people. Craig also speaks at seminars and conferenced. Some of the companies and conferences he did blockchain education sessions at are Oracle, Xero, Air New Zealand, Blok Tex and trademe. Together with the team, he is also doing a education series on YouTube where he explains upcoming features in-depth for the community.
Alex Vazquez - Chief Technical Officer
Alex is the CTO of Encrypt S and the most active contributor to the NavCoin core Github. He has incredible knowledge of blockchains and proposes and implements solutions for challenges and features. He supports community developers frequently and answers any questions of the community thoroughly. Like Craig, Alex is developing software for the NavCoin ecosystem for a very long time. Alex speaks at universities at times and educates students about the blockchain technology.
Paul Sanderson - Lead Software Engineer
Paul is the Lead Software Engineer at Encrypt S. He has a flair for technology. His technical and management skills are perfectly suited for consultancy and investment advising. He also frequently contributes to the NavCoin core source code.
Rowan Savage - Senior Software Engineer
Rowan is a full stack software engineer with more than a decade experience in developing complex front-end web applications. He joined Encrypt S in February 2018 and has since been involved in the Valence Plattform, the Kauri Wallet and NavCoin Core. You will read more about these feature/projects later.
Carter Xiao - Lead UX/UI Designer
Carter specializes in user-centric design and is also very talented with 3D animation, motion graphics and programming. One of NavCoins core principle is "Simplifying Crypto" and UX/UI is a very important part of that.
Matt Paul - Software Engineer
Like Rowan, Matt is a full stack Software Engineer. He joined the core team in Mai 2017 and has since worked on NavPay, NavPi, the Kauri Wallet and NavCoin Core. Kieren Hyland - Chief Strategy Officer Kieren is one of the employees that are working for Encrypt S for a very long time. He is the CSO and is a digital strategist and growth hacker with a passion for new technology and has a lot of experience in online marketing. Laura Harris - Creative Director Laura has a combination of commercial and creative flair. She manages the social media accounts for NavCoin and ensures, that NavCoins' message is always powerful, relevant and distinctive. John Darby - Content Creator John is an internationally awarded Technology and Financial sector marketing communications specialist. He is one of the Core Content Creators for NavCoin.
Features of NavCoin [2]
The following features are currently available and have been developed in the last months and years. It is sorted from newest to oldest.
Static Block Reward
The soft-fork for the enabling of static block rewards have been accepted and became active recently at 5th January 2019. This means, that the block reward was changed from a percentage based reward to a static reward. This will incentivize the stakers to have their node online 24/7 which increased the security of the network. It also aligns NavCoin with the PoSv3 specification. With this implementation, the yearly inflation will be 3.6% currently and will exponentionally decrease because of the static value of the rewards. Every staked block will now give the staker 2 NAV. Depending on how many people are staking, the yearly percentage varies. With the network weight currently being around 20'000'000 NAV, stakers earn around 10% rewards from staking 24/7.
Cold staking
To provide extra security to participants in the staking process in the NavCoin network, the core team decided to implement cold staking. This allows to store NAV offline and still be able to sign staking inputs. Looking forward, a possible integration into the Ledger Nano S would mean, that one can stake NAV securely from a offline hardware wallet. How cool is that?
OpenAlias
One of the core principle of NAV is to simplify cryptocurrencies. Many non-technical people are deterred from the long, cryptic addresses used in wallets. When sending funds, you have to make sure that every single letter and digit is correct which is nerve-wracking for the average person. NavCoin has implemented OpenAlias, which allows to transform the wallet address into a email-like form. Everyone can register a name like "[cryptosif@nav.community](mailto:cryptosif@nav.community)". Funds can then be sent to this name, which makes sending crypto much easier and less error-prone.
Community Fund
This is the one big feature I was most excited about. NavCoin core has implemented the first fully decentralized community fund. Acceptance of proposals and release of funds is all approved by the decentralized network. No central authority has access to the fund. The community fund enables everyone to propose their ideas to the NavCoin community and to get paid to implement these ideas. Everyone can propose whatever they like (of course there is a higher rate of success if the proposal contributes to the NavCoin ecosystem ;-)). In fact, this article was sponsored by the NAV-Community by voting "yes" for my proposal. The fund works like this:
For a fee of 50 NAV, everyone can create and present his idea/proposal to the entire NavCoin network. The fee is here to help prevent spam attacks. Proposals can literally be anything - be it development, marketing or anything else you can some up with.
After creating the proposal, everyone contributing to the NavCoin network can then decide if they like the proposal of not. They vote with "Yes" or "No" for the acceptance of the proposal. Voting happens via staking. Every transaction that gets validated by you gives you one vote. This means that the more NAV you are staking, the higher your voting weight is.
The proposal stays in the state "Pending" until it is accepted or rejected. To be accepted, a proposal has to have a participation of at least 50% of all staked blocks and at least 75% of these votes have to be "Yes"-votes. Like-wise to be rejected a proposal need 50% participation of the network and 75% of these votes have to be "No"-votes. Additionally, if a proposal didn't pass after 6 voting cycles (about 6 weeks) it is also rejected.
After a proposal has been accepted, the creator of the proposal can start his work. When the work is finished, or at in the proposal defined checkpoints, the proposal creator can create a payment request for the full or part of the requested funds.
The NavCoin network can then again decide, if the work is what the creator promised to do and vote for the funds or reject the payment request because it was not what he promised. This mechanism ensures, that the funds are only release if the creator of the proposal did what he promised. The NavCoin network decides everything, there is no central authority which makes the community fund 100% decentralized.
The community fund is quite new but there have already been some proposals that were accepted like paying for the development & hosting of NAV block explorer, the creation and distribution of NAV car stickers to the community for free (or paid by the community fund), the funding of interns for NavCoin Core, translation of the website into other languages and YouTube videos. What ideas could you come up with? By the way: this article was also sponsored by the community fund :-)
Proof of Stake
Like said before, NavCoin uses the Proof of Stake algorithm to create and validate blocks. Participants of the NavCoin network can earn rewards by putting their coins to stake and thus validating blocks and securing the network. The reward used to be 4% fixed but recently changed with the implementation of PoSv3. Currently, rewards for stakers that are staking 24/7 is about 10% but it is dependent on how many people are staking. If more nodes come online, this reward will go down. If 90% of all NAVs would be at stake, stakers would still earn 4%.
Tutorials And Guidelines [3]
The NavCoin Core team pushes the community to contribute to the NavCoin ecosystem constantly. They emphasize that NavCoin is an open source project and everyone can contribute. The team tries to make it as easy as possible for the average person to contribute and thus created different tutorials and guidelines.
Tutorials To Contribute To The Website
The whole website is open source. Everyone can contribute to the website. The team created different guides for people to follow [4].
The NavCoin Developer Manifesto
The content creator core team has build a developer manifesto. It defines the values that should be uphold like for example that they will always operate in the best interest of the network. If defines the principles, purposes, scope of involvement and operational requirements [5].
The NavCoin Content Creation Manifesto
Similar to the developer manifesto, there is also a content creation manifesto. Again it defines the principles for creating content, the purpose, the scope of involvement and the operational requirements [6].
NavCoin Brand Guidelines
In addition to the content creation manifesto, there is also a brand guideline booklet. This should help content creators to create images, videos, articles etc. in the same style as the core team. It defines the NAV brand. The brand guidelines contain definitions, the language to use (words to use, words not to use), the tone of voice, what the community aspires to be and what we discourage to be. It also contains the logo pack which can be used in graphics etc. It describes correct logo spacing, logo placement, the colors of NAV and different web assets. It gives tips about gradients and overlays, the typefaces (with a font pack) and many more. Check it out yourself [7].
NavCoin Educational Series
The core team has decided to actively involve the community in the creation of new features. For this reason and to allow users to ask questions, they created the NavCoin Educational Series. The core team schedules an online live meetup which can be joined by everyone. On YouTube they do live-streams and explain upcoming features. Examples of these series are explanations for cold staking, static rewards (PoSv3) and the community fund. The community can ask questions live and the core team will answer them immediately.
Community
During the last year there have been an influx of software developers from the community starting to create features for NAV.
An examples is navexplorer.com which is programmed by community developer prodpeak and is a block explorer for NavCoin. Additionally, it functions as a interface to see what is going on in the community fund. It shows pending proposals and payment requests.
NEXT Wallet
The NEXT Wallet is an alternative wallet for NAV and other cryptocurrencies. It has a beautiful user interface and is additionally the easiest interface to interact with the community fund (create proposals, create payment requests and vote for proposals and payment requests). It is programmed by community developer sakdeniz who put hundreds of hours into it during last year.
There were also some marketing activities starting to emerge with the release of the community fund. Some of these were for example free stickers for everyone in the NAV community to stick to their car / shop / window etc. or YouTube videos of CryptoCandor and Cryptomoonie that explained the details of NAV. I am sure, that with the 500'000 NAV available in the community fund per year there will be an influx of gread ideas - development as well as marketing activities - that will be funded.
Introduction
These features are planned for the future. Many of the following features are part of the 2019 roadmap. Some will not be described in great detail because not much is known about them yet. I've still listed them as they are part of what is yet to come.
Features
Rimu - Improved Privacy Solution
NavCoin used to be a optional privacy coin. That means, that you could choose to send a transaction in private. NavCoin was criticized for the way it handles private payments because it relied on a few servers which didn't make it that decentralized. The technology was called "NavTech" and was a secondary blockchain that obscured the transaction and the amount that was sent. NavCoin Core is currently developing a new improved privacy solution that will make the private payment system completely trustless and districuted and runs at a protocol level. Alex of the NavCoin Core team has published a paper that describes this new privacy solution. It's called Zero Confidential Transactions and can be found here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330366788_ZeroCT_Improving_Zerocoin_with_Confidential_Transactions_and_more. What I want to highlight is the collaboration between Alex as the proposer of the solution and the Veil team, a Bitcoin Core developer and Moneros main cryptographer as reviewers. When the best work together, it will be interesting to see what the outcome is!
Valence Plattform [8]
Valence is an applied Blockchain platform that can help businesses realise the tangible benefits of blockchain. You can think of Valence as a platform with which you can build Anonymous Distributed Applications (aDapps) with. But Valence is a different kind of platform that enables developers to create new types of blockchain applications. The problem with current (turing complete) dApp platforms are their complexity and rigid nature. Security holes in smart contracts and scaling issues happen frequently [9].
Valence provides transitional pathways that let businesses migrate only part of their activities to the blockchain without having to restructure their entire business model [9].
Valence will provide a spectrum of blockchain application solutions which sit along the decentralized spectrum, offering businesses simple ways to dip their toes into the blockchain at minimal risk or complexity [9].
Thanks to the proof of stake nature of the Valence blockchain, more of a node's resources can be used for processing and routing application data which makes the platform faster and scalable.
Valence aims to make building blockchain applications as accessible to the general public as WordPress or Squarespace has made building websites.
The developers NavCoin and Valence aim to make Valence extremely easy to work with:
A Valence application could be an open source mobile or web application that submits unencrypted or encrypted data directly to the blockchain. The only configuration necessary for the app developer would be setting up the data structure. Once they've done that they can start writing to the blockchain immediately.
The Valence blockchain interface is language agnostic, meaning developers are free to build applications in whichever language they're familiar with, which greatly reduces the barrier to entry.
As the platform progresses, Valence will introduce more and more smart contract templates in collaboration with the development community. These will be like plugins that users can simply select and configure for their application, without having to reinvent the wheel and risk contract errors or spend countless hours of research to program them.
NavShopper
The following information is taken from the latest weekly news: NavShopper is a new project which will allow people to spend NavCoin on a growing list of retailers and service providers. NavShopper sits between traditional retailers accepting fiat and NavCoin users and purchases products on behalf of the user by managing the crypt-fiat conversion, payment and shipping. This project will unlock many more ways for people to spend NAV on existing websites/marketplaces without requiring each site to individually accept cryptocurrencies. Some of the prototypes we are working on include crediting your Uber account, buying products on Amazon and donating to charities.
Kauri Wallet
The Kauri Wallet aims to be an open-source, multi-currency wallet which functions as a foundation for other features.
Kauri Enhanced
Enhancements to the Kauri Wallet will allow multiple accounts, pin numbers, recurring payments and more.
Kauri DAEx
The Kauri DAEx is a Decentralised Atomic Exchange that utilises the features of the Kauri Wallet and enables users to create safe peer to peer atomic exchanges for any currency supported by the Kauri Wallet. NavDelta NavDelta will be a payment gateway that allows users to spend NAV at any business which accepts currencies supported by the Kauri Wallet. NavMorph NavMorph is a fusion of Rimu and Kauri DAEx and will allow to privately send every cryptocurrency supported by the Kauri Wallet.
If you have made it this far: Congratulations! You have learned about how NAV evolved, what its current state is and what the future will bring. To sum all up: NavCoin has made incredible progress during last year and released many long awaited features despite the bear market. Many more exciting features are yet to come and it's going to be very interesting to see where we will stand on this day next year.
Unfortunately, the giveaway was not possible in the cryptocurrency-subreddit because of their rules, so I'm doing it here :-) As a surprise, in the next 2 hours I am going to send some NAV to everyone who wants to try out the awesome features and NavPay you read about above.
To get your NAVs, all you have to do is the following:
If you liked the experience, I'd be happy to hear back from you :)
[1] https://encrypt-s.com/company/
[2] https://navcoin.org/en/roadmap/
[3] https://navhub.org/get-involved/
[4] https://navhub.org/how-to-guide/
[5] https://navhub.org/assets/NavCoinDeveloperManifesto.pdf
[6] https://navhub.org/assets/NavCoinContentManifesto.pdf
[7] https://navhub.org/assets/NavCoinBrandGuidelines.pdf
[8] https://valenceplatform.org/
[9] https://valenceplatform.org/learn/business-on-the-blockchain-made-easy/
[10] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=679791.msg8320228#msg8320228
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Over the weekend from 1/19-1/20 a whole bunch of Bitcoin enthusiasts stayed up coding and presenting their submissions for the 5th annual Miami Bitcoin Hackathon. This was our 4th time competing in the hackathon, and we won first place! Our team was made up of Bernardo Garciarivas, a developer at Florida software shop SetOcean, and Evan Martinez, a Boston local returning to defend his 1st place title from last year.
We love bitcoin because when you own it, it's yours and you can do with it whatever you please. We have some of the same needs, like sending and receiving bitcoin, and most wallets today only serve those functions. But one of the side-effects of that freedom is that everybody uses their bitcoin differently. WiNode (pronounced We Node) was built for customization. WiNode is an all in one bitcoin/lightning node with a customizable GUI dashboard, so you can work with your crypto on your terms. Your Platform. Your Tools. Your Money.
For those unfamiliar with what a hackathon is, it's an event where developers, designers, and everyone in between try to build a project in 24 hours. We put an incredible amount of effort into this project, and neither of us slept from when the competition started at 9:30 AM on Saturday, to code freeze at 11 AM on Sunday. We're proud of what we were able to accomplish, and are now working towards building it out as a real venture. Ask us anything, and if you're interested in helping out, feel free to DM!
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We are super proud to announce that a new chapter has been written in the 0xcert book.
The 0xcert Framework v1-RC1 for developing decentralized apps is now officially released.
After months of hard work, the final result is now published and open for everyone as an open-source framework.
You may find it on our new GitHub repository or learn how to use it and where to implement it in our documentation guidelines.
The Framework was publicly announced last week in Miami, at the North American Bitcoin Conference during the talk by our CEO Kristijan Sedlak.
The 0xcert Framework is aimed at supporting the developer community in building the decentralized world. Up to this date, developing decentralized applications (dapps) took months and whole dedicated teams, and still, there was plenty of room for errors and bugs.
With the goal of bringing the potential of dapps to any business and development teams of any size, we have created a framework as a JavaScript API that drastically reduces the hassle of dealing with distributed systems and applying them to real-world operations and businesses.
https://i.redd.it/tz5inq225ec21.jpg
The 0xcert Framework packs all the complexity of developing a decentralized app into a sleek few-lines-long string of code. This way, the professionals facing the task of developing a dapp do not need to have a whole range of decade-long experience. Instead, the knowledge of building a website will do the job.
So if you thought the complexity of blockchain tech is slipping through your fingers and you won't ever be able to grasp it and work with it, it's not too late yet. With the 0xcert Framework, you can build a dapp just as good as any other blockchain developer.
Let's imagine the 0xcert Framework as a funnel that untangles the complexity of the current way of building a dapp and narrows it all down to just a few lines of code.
But you don't have to push your imagination too hard. Here is what the difference looks like.
Needless to say, this brings enormous reductions to developing time and needed personnel (both equal lower budget). Also, you can be much more confident in the quality of the final outcome, as the Framework follows strict conventions and standards.
Apart from making the code a whole lot more cleaner and transparent, the Framework serves as an essential contribution to the decentralized world for the following reasons:
A complete guide for building a decentralized app by leveraging the features of the 0xcert Framework can be found here. Depending on the level of your knowledge and the state of development of your dapp, feel free to move through sections in the menu on the left.
You can employ the 0xcert Framework for creating and managing your unique assets on the blockchain, from collectibles, certificates, to tickets and coupons. What's more, you can even build a decentralized exchange for trading them!
At the moment, the Framework is built for developing dapps on the Ethereum blockchain. But not for long, as we will soon add operability for other systems, too, aligned with our blockchain-agnostic commitment.
We strived to make the user flow of the Framework as friendly as possible, and we hope you share our opinion. We believe it is essential for the Framework to be built as an open-source product, and we'll continue supporting the developer community creating a better tomorrow.
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You're also very welcome to join our newly opened Gitter channel and to talk with our devs.
We're excited to see all the good stuff you'll be able to build with the 0xcert Framework, and we hope it serves you well!
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I will be bringing you upcoming events/announcements every day. If you want improvements to this post, please mention /u/houseme in the comments. We will make improvements based on your feedback.
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If you like an event to be added, click Submit Event, and we will do the rest.
General
| Bakkt Launch Date | January 24, 2019 | |
| Bitcoin(BTC) | Bakkt Launch | January 24, 2019 |
| Exchange Mobile Version | January 25, 2019 | |
| Bitcoin(BTC) | CME: January Last Trade | January 25, 2019 |
Conferences
| Bitcoin(BTC) | Unconfiscatable Conference | January 24, 2019 |
I will be bringing you upcoming events/announcements every day. If you want improvements to this post, please mention /u/houseme in the comments. We will make improvements based on your feedback.
https://kryptocal.com | /r/kryptocal | Android | iOS | Telegram Interactive Bot (add cryptocalapp_bot) | Telegram Channel @kryptocal
If you like an event to be added, click Submit Event, and we will do the rest.
General
| Bakkt Launch Date | January 24, 2019 | |
| Bitcoin(BTC) | Bakkt Launch | January 24, 2019 |
| Exchange Mobile Version | January 25, 2019 | |
| Bitcoin(BTC) | CME: January Last Trade | January 25, 2019 |
Conferences
| Bitcoin(BTC) | Unconfiscatable Conference | January 24, 2019 |
I will be bringing you upcoming events/announcements every day. If you want improvements to this post, please mention /u/houseme in the comments. We will make improvements based on your feedback.
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If you like an event to be added, click Submit Event, and we will do the rest.
General
| Bakkt Launch Date | January 24, 2019 | |
| Bitcoin(BTC) | Bakkt Launch | January 24, 2019 |
| Exchange Mobile Version | January 25, 2019 | |
| Bitcoin(BTC) | CME: January Last Trade | January 25, 2019 |
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| Bitcoin(BTC) | Unconfiscatable Conference | January 24, 2019 |
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This thread is for any events going on in Iowa this week! What events will you be attending? What events do you want to attend? What events do you want to promote? Whats new around that state this week? Add a comment below. Anything from music to politics to a house party.
If you have any recurring events, specials, or other suggestions for this weekly thread, please send us a modmail or post it here and ping /u/annarchist - else it will likely be focused on shit Im interested in.
Please provide the following when posting new events: Time, Date, Location, Cost and some sort of description of the event.
New threads start every week, and will be stickied at the top of the subreddit. I am still working on the formatting, so if it sucks or you want changes, please provide feedback.
Here are some places to find things to do - if you see something that looks cool feel free to discuss it here because I'm sure some of us will miss it: Cityviews Calendar - Juice Calendar - Des Moines Register Event Page - Catch Des Moines Calendar - Travel Iowa Event Search
Outdoors: Trout Stocking Schedule | Iowa Biking Maps | Outdoors Things to Do | Hunting Regulations | Fishing Regulations Note -Annual Iowa hunting and fishing licenses expire on Jan. 10.
Sports: Iowa Cubs Schedule | Cedar Rapids Kernal Schedule | Hawkeye Football Schedule | Hawkeye Basketball Schedule | Iowa State Football Schedule | Iowa State Basketball Schedule | Drake Basketball | UNI Football | UNI Basketball | Barnstormer Schedule
Music: Bands in Town - Des Moines | Bands in Town - Cedar Falls | Bands in Town - Iowa City | Nitefall on the River
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Des Moines Reoccurring Events:
*Third Friday of Every Month is Mixology at the Science Center in Des Moines * Blues Jam Band every Tuesday at Carl's Place, $3 tallboys * Area515 1731 Grand Avenue, Des Moines - Electronics Club 2nd Wednesdays at 7pm - 3D Printing Club 3rd Mondays at 7pm - Ham Radio Night 4th Mondays at 7pm * Young Professionals Connection Calendar * Des Moines Bitcoin and Blockchain MeetUp at Gravitate in West Des Moines - 4th Thursday of the month - 7:00pm * D&D at Mistress Brewery in Ankeny Sundays 3:30pm-7:30pm.
Quad Cities Reoccuring events: * Every other Wednesday (July 25th): Eat the Streets (downtown Davenport) * relevant sub thread
Cedar Falls Reoccurring Events: * Every Tuesday night there are rides that leave at singlespeed in CF. 5:30 is the 22mph average ride. 6:00 is the 18mph average ride and women's ride. * Every Wednesday is the the CvC WOW ride that meets at 6 pm at 4th and Main St in CF. Several types of rides for all types of riders.
Council Bluffs Reoccurring Events: * Every Thursday night in council bluffs is the Taco Ride from CB to mineola Iowa
Central Iowa Bar Map - If you know who created this or want to download the XML and expand on it, please do so! If you create an updated one including your regions bar, Ill replace this one.
Note this is going to start likely central Iowa Centric as I am using that as the baseline the creation of this.
Tag/ping /u/AnnArchist if you post in here with like something added on a weekly basis. I also included the tag here so I remember to check this.
