Topic: [ANN] CIF Blockchain | Launchpad | Education | cryptoimprovementfund.io - page 31. (Read 28179 times)

haha I guess:p I am not in the telegram group, but do you guys also advertise there to to invest in the ICO?

I don't know - a new one pops up every once in a while to ask a random question. This thread has also been viewed 13K times... I guess waiting to see if they'll make more money by holding BTC?

I don't get it... there are 1894 members in the telegram group but only 69 people have invested in the ICO... What are they doing haha

Try renaming it to cryptoimprovementfund.conf instead... I'm still not certain if it's cif.conf or cyrptoimprovementfund.io

Match the content with the information given here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.22085864

Sure, but you should know that design and look is actually very important. Especially, when you are a project that is all about marketing. It should be part of your strategy.

Always interested in joint ventures - we'd be somewhat hypocritical if we weren't! Dawq - lets speak further - message me and we can connect - or reach out to me on telegram @admincif. Look forward to speaking!

Hah that is me indeed. It's more like robin hood, except the poor give to the rich to make them less poor.
https://www.dawq.org and https://goo.gl/Z9Bok3 so you have an idea

I just have to advertise for this other ICO - I'm not involved, but I know the guy is almost as obsessed as our CIF Scott is with making his project a success. PS: he's even open to participation / investors... Scott?

FROM: https://twitter.com/devnullius/status/932334475748487171

IN FOLLOW-UP OF: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.24811520

For version 2 of the wallet... I think we should take a look at the Vericoin wallet. I like what I see there and they have a very intuitive business mindset. Worth to check out ;-)

We had a couple of people whom had problems with starting the CIF wallet: they would get an error and nothing else would get started. This even happens if you start the CIF wallet for a 2nd time.

I do not have an answer for this yet, so if you are stuck too kindly quote and reply this message and add the following information:


1. Windows version?
https://www.google.com/search?q=how+do+I+know+what+windows+version+I+have&oq=how+do+I+know+what+windows+version+I+have&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l7.7948j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

2. x86 or x64 Windows version?
https://www.google.com/search?q=do+I+have+x86+or+x64+windows%3F&oq=do+I+have+x86+or+x64+windows%3F&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l2j69i64.5089j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

3. Error text given (a screenshot will work too but text is most convenient for us)

4. Anything else you think of (or what I will edit in later)?

Currently I have the wallet fully synchronized and connected without a cryptoimprovement.conf file.

These are my current getpeerinfo peers:

"addr" : "[2a02:4780:1:1::1:8d99]:53621",

"addr" : "[2001:0:9d38:90d7:24e1:23f:c38f:6e79]:53621",

"addr" : "[2001:0:9d38:953c:2c67:346a:d1ee:696a]:53621",

"addr" : "[2001:0:9d38:90d7:47c:3c13:c23a:4a7]:53621",

"addr" : "[2001:0:4137:9e76:3cc5:229e:faae:c312]:53621",

No IP 4 addresses. Which is very weird, because according to (among others) http://ipv6-test.com my ISP does not support IP6!

You can find more information about the cryptoimprovementfund.conf file here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.22085864

Since we are attracting many crypto newbies (welcome!), one of the most asked questions for our support (me & Scott ;p) is how to backup and restore your "CIF coins".

So... Let me start with an edited copy paste from: https://freedomnode.com/guides/14/how-to-backup-and-restore-bitcoin-wallet

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A wallet backup protects your $CIF conis against computer or software failure. It may also help you retrieve your funds after your device was stolen or lost.

There are generally 3 ways to backup the cryptoimprovementfund wallet. Different software supports different methods. We only discuss one - to keep it simple'ish : )

Make sure you're familiar with your wallet before loading it with CIF.

If you lose the backup and can't access your wallet for some reasons, your CIFs are permanently gone!

Remember: Always encrypt your wallet with a strong password to make it more difficult for an attacker to steal your coins!

The method discussed here is used by the Cryptoimprovementfund CIF wallet (and few others like Bitcoin) and comprises of backing up your wallet.dat file. It's a file that holds keys to spend outputs, addresses, transaction information, and other metadata such as contacts.

It has a different location based on the computer operating system you use.

Windows: %AppData%\cryptoimprovementfund
Linux: ~/.cryptoimprovementfund/
Mac OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/cryptoimprovementfund/

If you can't find the location please let us know here on bitcointalk, we'll try to assist you.

Installing the Software
Download the zip file. Extract it to a new folder. Place the new folder on a place that makes sense (other than the download folder that is). Start the executable in the folder with the extracted file. At first run, a new empty wallet.dat will be created (if it does not exist). If you get an error, start the wallet a second time. Within an hour you should start synchronizing.

Backup
Locate your wallet.dat file (see above) and copy it to another device only you have access to. Make sure to leave instructions in your will & testament... ;-(

The 'device' used may be a USB drive, a CD, another computer or your private (!) home cloud storage. Even a not often used online email account with a secure password works great. With (e.g.) Gmail you can easily find back the email and wallet.dat if you send an email to yourself with the text "backup recovery wallet wallet.dat cif $cif bitcoin altcoin coin coins has:attachment".

You may also copy it to a cloud storage such as Mega or Dropbox but make sure it's encrypted there with a strong password. Anyone that gets access to the unencrypted file wallet.dat will be able to steal your coins IF you didn't set a password on the wallet.dat. We'll discuss protecting your wallet.dat with a password later.

Note: If you use the cryptoimprovementfund wallet, make sure to backup the wallet.dat file regularly after every ~100 transactions. This way you make sure you have backup of all wallet and change addresses. In case of wallet corruption, you have a copy to go back to.
Note: The wallet has a built-in backup option via File-menu. You can choose the folder and the file name of your backup. The wallet does not offer a restore option. For that, you'll have to work manually with explorer and overwriting an empty wallet.dat with your backup.

Restore
To restore the backup, simply copy your backed up wallet.dat over an existing one in the cryptoimprovementfund data location (on Windows: %AppData%\cryptoimprovementfund). Just make sure your existing one is empty...!
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Some extra newbie information, assuming you are on Windows...

How to get to %AppData%?
%AppData%\cryptoimprovementfund is a shortcut notation for the folder C:\Users\YourWindowsUserName\AppData\Roaming\cyrptoimprovementfund. There you will find the blockchain files and most importantly, the file wallet.dat which contains your wallet addresses, your private keys & your $CIF coins!
If no wallet.dat exists, the CIF wallet will create one for you when you first start the wallet. If you are 100% certain that your wallet.dat does not contain any coins, you can safely replace it with your backup of wallet.dat - just make sure you close the CIF wallet first...!
If your explorer (you know, the yellow binder icon you use to browse to your folders with documents and downloads) does not have an address bar at the top, you can click your way to this folder and the wallet.dat. Just start with Computer, then double click your C:-drive, the Users folder, your User's name and finally to AppData and Roaming. For the last 2 to be visible, you need to tell explorer to show hidden files and folders.
If your explorer does have an address bar, you can save yourself some time by just going to %AppData%\Cryptoimprovementfund.


How to encrypt your wallet?

It's so simple, you won't believe it! : )
Start the CIF wallet. Click on Settings. Click on the option Encrypt Wallet. Type your password twice. Be sure it cannot get lost. No password == no access to your $CIF coins! WARNING: ONCE YOUR WALLET IS ENCRYPTED, ALL BACKUPS ARE INVALID AND CANNOT BE USED ANY LONGER! SO: new password? You MUST make a NEW backup! Your old wallet.dat backups will not work any longer. Seriously. It won't ;p


How to stake with your wallet?
1. you have no password on your wallet.dat (so no encryption). Start the wallet and wait for the stakes to come, Coins will mature even when the wallet is offline but for staking to happen, you'll need to have the wallet open and running (PoS works through the blockchain and the blockchain can't give you coins if you're not there to receive them).
2. you have a password on your wallet.dat (so your wallet is encrypted). Start the wallet. Click the Settings menu and choose Unlock Wallet. Staking (PoS) will only happen with an unlocked wallet only. If you have the CIF wallet running but don't unlock it with your password, you will earn no interest / stake / PoS / bonus $CIF coins!

4 in the morning in Canada yet guess who's still writing articles to inform the community? That's right - Scott, founder of CIF Ltd. with the flue and all!

#dedication

I'm still impressed here - anyone else? ♥

As far as *I* know... Upgrading the wallet won't change anything to your staking or age of coins. At least, not any more than closing and starting the wallet would.

The wallet is just a front-end to the blockchain through your personal wallet.dat file. So while closing a wallet might interrupt a stake coming in, upgrading the wallet isn't anything more than closing the wallet and starting it again. Unless there's a (soft) fork... Then all bets are off

All wallets are basicly the same. The ones with extra features are very very rare. And for a reason. Security! Proof of concept is not alone - proof of practice is what rules (especially if you target business users).

So why does our wallet look bad? Because we did not invest in fancy graphics and a good designer. Should we do that? Of course! Pretty is nice. Should it be our first focus when you see the full concept of CIF Ltd.? Of course not. You can only spend your dollars once.

Though (as an oldie) I *am* curious which wallets are liked most atm. One thing I like in wallets is a Twitter feed for example to keep up to date. I also love grahpics: current price, time for staking, etc.

So do let us know (but remember: we know, graphics, colours, design: it matters but it *costs* too!)

POST-EDIT: MORE ABOUT THE WALLETS HERE: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.24862386

Guess who's back!

And: LOL - first message I read is again about the PoS - it must be the entrepeneur in our fans that makes this so fascinating : )

Let's catch up on what else has been going on!

Devvie
twitter.com/devnullius

The whitepaper speaks more to the actual project and goals we're trying to accomplish as a company. We've written a few articles on our medium https://medium.com/@admincif regarding staking but we didn't want to dilute our project with specific knowledge than that - we could have written a 100 pages on PoW/PoS alone!

I would say that this wallet and the fact that it seems basic is because so many projects are based on erc-20 tokens. We wanted something safe, reliable and functional - QT fork does all that. Now that our project is underway we can move onto bigger and better things. Creating a custom blockchain takes alot of time, money and expertise. Look at what's happening with complex wallets like Parity etc. Sometimes simple is better - to start.

But yes agreed - as our project grows - additional tech is needed, and will be delivered.

Thanks Kamikaza - so own them for 30 days, online or offline and they mature. To stake them then its 30 days online acting as an approver of transactions and thus benefiting from the mining done.

I think I need to do more research on the differences between a mature coin and a staked coin. Definitely need to figure out creating a staking weight.

Basically, I've had some coins since mid October (tiny amount, gratefully received via airdrops!) and overnight on Tuesday some mining occurred and I was given a snippet of another $CIF. I did not (knowingly) create any staking weight, merely kept it open and online.

LOL I guess I'm easily pleased, and simple things please simple people! Thank you for the pointers, Im not sure the Whitepaper covers it in so much details so Ill do some further googling.