Topic: [ANN] [888] [SCRYPT] OctoCoin ◦ The Power of Eight ◦ Don't Blink - page 108. (Read 297728 times)

Hey devs, since you weren't too thrilled about the OctoBank name why not some of these?

-OctoSafe
-OctoVault
-OctoReserve
-OctoCache

I know a few poker pros that are in Vegas playing, right now. Kind of hard to get in touch with them, at the moment... But, there is always next year!

If someone does make a logo, do not include 888 in it as there is an online 888 poker room and an 888 poker team for live events.

Something green and with the squiddy would be cool. I'm currently tied up with other projects (that pay the bills around here), but I'll see what I can come up with over the next few days if someone else doesn't make something first.

I'll be old enough for the senior's event next year, so everyone could just sponsor me! LOL 

HOLY SHITSNACKS

http://youtu.be/k0UNxlTYADI

i'm having heart palpitations, the bank is amazing, sounds well vetted even if the gears move slowly in the fiat world...

BUT............................

the ANON feature!? you've got to be kidding me. first to anon? you guys saw what happened to DRK right? and they still haven't delivered... omg, i have to lie down, feeling dizzy.

just saying, i've always believed in this coin, but having it start to come around is a nice feeling, a nice feeling *eyes roll into back of head* indeed. if you could bottle this buzz you'd make a killing. well, not as much as i'm going to make as an octo-holder, but you know... a couple mil at least =p

just tell me that at some point in the future, us early adopters can treat team octo to a drink in macau, or at least make your donation address available

The new OctoCoin Reddit Tip Bot is nearly complete - it was temporarily bumped down the priority list as more resources were needed to collaborate on a key aspect of one of our big projects (which is now nearing completion). We will be releasing a small (optional) update to the OctoCoin client which adds a bit more functionality, fixes a couple of minor bugs (such as issues where the QT client was sometimes closing incorrectly on Windows if it was still open during a reboot/etc), and will be implementing a (beta) stealth addresses feature. Of course, as strong believers in the open source movement, we will be contributing a number of the bug fixes and minor enhancements to Bitcoin Core (obviously, the vast majority of the OctoCoin code is a direct result of their effort and it's only fair to give back). The stealth addresses feature will add additional anonymity to OctoCoin and we should be the first coin to include this technology in our official client (although I'm sure it will be "borrowed" by a number of other coins shortly after we release the source - we're debating a binary-only release for the first 30 days).

Finally, we have been given the green light to provide a teaser for one of our upcoming projects: OctoBank (working title). OctoBank will fill a variety of voids which include paying interest on deposited 888, providing economical escrow services, an Android app (and hopefully an iOS app although we haven't broken ground on it yet), and, in the near future, a debit card which allows you to take out cash in your local currency at a variety of ATMs (countries/currencies TBA). While we originally intended to act as a 2-way exchange as well, we ran into a number of hurdles with USD restrictions and banking regulations (paperwork has been filed but the wheels are moving slowly!) but the features we've listed here will all be launch features and will absolutely include US ATMs (we will just be working with a 3rd party bank to facilitate the transactions initially). Obviously, we aren't currently at a volume where this service seems to make a lot of sense but I can assure you we will get there before you know it. Based on our release schedule, OctoBank (can't stress enough that this is just our working title - can you tell I hate it?) should be the 3rd major OctoCoin-exclusive service we launch (while the two before it will, unfortunately, remain shrouded in secrecy for the time-being).

We targeted Q3 2014 for the release of our first 3 major services and, well... we're now in Q3. The pressure is high but things are progressing well. As somebody who knows where we're at, understands what remains, and also must consider the additional management of services as they are released... I think it would be prudent to lower expectations to 2 services released in Q3 - if we can beat that, it's just icing on the cake. It's important to stay on top of the less-complex tasks as well such as ensuring the OctoCoin Core remains solid and technologically advanced and our marketing strategy is put into effect as well. There is an important balance here and I'm confident we can reach that balance.

I want to close by once again thanking our awesome community - you are all OctoWorthy.

i think it's doable.

Will be hard without payed votes. 

I'm thinking 13 by the end of the week on MintPal... any takers on that? I'll betcha some Octo! 

See, if I can ever get my multipool situation off the ground, its things like this I want to avoid. I'm still working on a gameplan but the amount of distractions, detours, and interventions by Murphy's Law have been completely ridiculous.

@Thenotfatguy - Sent you that bounty I owe ya
Sorry it took so long, pumping coins back into my own pool plus having to reformat my mining rig's screwy usb stick every other day is getting tedious!

edit: at least one of my detours involved a close encounter with a female kind.

yeh the multi pool dumping is ridic.....

Ah okay. That makes sense to me. I just couldn't believe that there are people out there selling their coins for nothing.
I hope by next week things will start getting better. 

It's private multipools mining 888 and auto-dumping for BTC - we've been dealing with the same situation for a while with Murraycoin. There is no strategy - they just sell to the top bidders no matter what. If there isn't enough buy support, the price just slowly dwindles down. The good news is that it can recover rapidly as there is virtually zero downward pressure on many of these quality alts. If FusionHash can get their X11 multipools up soon it would quickly reverse the trend. At sub-10 BTC daily volume, you will not see an accurate representation of an altcoin's value. *edit: also realized the block reward drops by over 50% in about a week - this will really cut down on the auto-dumps.

How long will people dump for a price like this?

I had an good promo idea for later, when Octocoin is bigger than now.
Cause Octo has to do with gambling, maybe we could sponsor 1-2 good (and maybe famous) Pokerplayers to the WSOP.
This would be a great story i think.

All in all, maybe someone could make a Octocoin Poker logo, so i'll print them on shirts and give them to some of my friends.
Living only a few kilometers away from Europe's biggest pokerroom, so maybe they'll wear it while they're playing there.