Topic: [ANN] GiveCoin - [X11 Darkcoin descendant-KGW] CHARITY THROUGH CRYPTOGRAPHY - page 2. (Read 59536 times)

Thanks for your continued support!

Our GIVE P2pool still alive: http://give.x11pool.com:17903 

I'm not sure what you mean by "investors" -- considering that we have provided a significant amount of backstop and transactional support for GIVE on Bittrex whomever is selling us their coins is doing so willingly and profitably.

We'll disclose our investment in the chain soon.  

doabitofgood.com received a 200,000 coin bounty that is being distributed Bit4Bit to everyone who downloads the screensaver as well as however the foundation see's fit to donate within our system.  That 5% premine has been used for similar bounties so I wouldn't get too anxious about it.  The REAL question one ought to ask about ANY pre-mined chain is whether they are getting the long term value from the on-going support of the developers?  Unlike a stock in a company where there are all kinds of "undisclosed warrants and grants" I think having a full disclosed pre-mine is a perfectly acceptable method for potentially rewarding the early investors.

Our use of the coin is as our internal score keeping / "reserve currency" -- the coins will largely stay within our system to be pledged, purchased, re-pledged as users see fit.  The target "user" of the coin is NOT a cryptocurrency miner -- we are establishing a corporate "underwriter" model whereby institutions and individuals can "bid" on a non-profits or prosocial causes coins and in turn donate those coins to another cause.  We are working with the developers to add in POS as well as a way of tying coins to exchange values by acting as a signatory on the ledger, which means we'll be able to show the historical values of given coins.  This is a first step towards a "colorcoin" implementation.

Given how trivial it is to establish a new chain for our own purposes (something we haven't ruled out by the way) -- I would think that any additional support, including marketing and infrastructure would be welcome by any ALT ;-)

David V Duccini
Executive Director
doabitofgood.com

so you been acquiring and you have a 5% premine...how much of supply do u have lol , you don't think that scared investors?...  come on now...

So our block explorer based on a stock ABE install works well -- we need to brand it before making it publicly available.

We have been steadily acquiring GIVE in the open market and will be making a public declaration of our holdings as well as our plans regarding our reserves going forward.

As always, "GIVE early! GIVE often!" - :-)

David V Duccini
Executive Director
doabitofgood.com

Just a quick announcement to relay that doabitofgood.com is spinning up a GIVEcoin block explorer on its own infrastructure to add some stability to the publicly available information on GIVE.  The official one has been up and down lately.

The one hosted at CryptoBlock is also available and appears to be stable, so definitely bookmark that one as well:

http://explorer.cryptoblox.com/chain/GiveCoin

We started the database load/indexing about an hour ago and are up to first 18,000 blocks so I expect to have an initial test site online yet today or tomorrow.  Will announce an update with an official url after it completes our rigorous dev and q/a testing.

We're still looking for additional launch partner organizations so if you have a charity in mind either [email protected] or have them register as an organization on our site.

GIVEcoin Early.  GIVEcoin often ;-)

Sincerely,

David V Duccini
Executive Director
doabitofgood.com

My wallet updates perfectly, never had any trouble. I tried searching for .conf file in appdata folder but I don't have one there. It still syncs without problems.

My GIVE wallet will not update, is there a new list of addnodes? Is anyone able to update their wallet?

LOL -- GIVE it another chance ;-)

If you're looking for a solid "system of record" consider ADDNODE ing us to your config.

http://www.reddit.com/r/DoABitOfGood/comments/27s69p/dobitofgoodcom_givecoin_public_peering_node_online/

We are in the process of spinning up a second blockchain explorer on our infrastructure as we are committed to this coin for the long haul.

As for wealth from the coin -- I hope you can take credit for your generosity -- and maybe get a tax-advantaged receipt for it in the process ;-)

David V Duccini
Executive Director
doabitofgood.com

Sorry I wasn't offending the coin, the coin is actually cool and original. What I do hate is a wallet that doesn't sync. Let's say I had GIVE's in my wallet and wanted to donate I couldn't because it doesn't sync.

And for the record I won't be nor richer nor poorer if I donate a couple of Euros. Just GIVE me a working wallet.  Get it?


Couldn't resist.

Hardly.  It's summer and there is a lot of work going on in the background to add in support for POS which is a much better model (IMHO) for the mindset of this blockchain.

doabitofgood.com is putting in the infrastructure with a licensed payment processor gateway to allow people to act as "underwriters" for charitable giving organizations by allowing them to bid and buy their coins, which in turn they can donate to other causes that they care about.  We're also slowly acquiring GIVE to build our reserves and to take the coins out of circulation.

In this way, we will be creating a "virtuous cycle" in charitable giving!

What is NOT clear at this point is what kind of preferential tax treatment one might enjoy from this kind of transaction set.  It's akin to a "silent auction" that many charities hold today.  Let's say you buy a piece of artwork or kitcsh/schwag thing that had been donated to the charity.  That donor gets a tax break.  You get a tax break by acquiring because you've just given money to a charitable cause.  You will also likely get another tax-break when you gift the item to another cause.

Our goals are to create a long term value in this blockchain for pro-social causes.  To build value in the coinbase by linking the historical exchange activity of the coins so that some coins may be worth more than others (aka "colorcoins").

We're also strongly investing into ClearWaterCoin as well for the same reasons.

So if you're into GIVE for a quick buck, you probably want to point your miners elsewhere.

David V Duccini
Executive Director
doabitofgood.com

Well this is obviously deader than dead...

No help need it anymore... will send the coins directly to Bittrex, only solution i have now

Hi,

since yesterday im mining GiveCoin (think charity is good in all ways and want to support the coin) but even if after i put the nodes u are giving here and on the front page it is not possible for me to download the blockchain. The wallet get connect and disconnect, i can see it on the symbol, sometimes get one connection and 5 minutes later nothing... also on the pool im mining givecoin.miningpoolhub.com (think is the only one working now from the list on the frontpage) even if i see the reward in coins all the graphics are wrong, they dont show the real info about blocks, shares, etc , etc...i was mining there other coins and was just fine...only with GiveCoin...

Would be nice to have some help, would like to take the coins out of the pool

Thanks for the hard work... and keep it like that

Givatoshi_Moremoto check message please

Ryan-

doabitofgood.com has steadily acquired and made a significant investment into this coinbase.  It is the "transactional currency" of our platform and we are in the process of spinning up our integration with PaySimple's API so that we can support our non-profit and pro-social partners ability to allow underwriters the ability to "purchase" the coins which will in turn be re-donated back to other causes.  In this way we will be bringing about a "virtuous giving cycle" in charitable giving.

We are just two weeks into socializing out our plan via Crowdfunding campaign

http://startsomegood.com/doabitofgood

We are working with the team to add in Proof of Stake to the coinbase as well as some research along the lines of the "colorcoin" concepts as we will have the ability to provide evidence of historical valuation on specific coins due to our underwriter activity.

I would humbly ask that Bittrex be patient with the team and to put a 90-day stay in place on GIVE and allow it to continue to trade.  We can jointly re-evaluate our and their progress at that time.  In the mean time, I am happy to backstop some of the valuation and continue to acquire the coinbase to support our need for a healthy reserve.

Thank you for your time, consideration, and the awesome work that Bittrex is doing for ALTS!

Sincerely,

David V Duccini
Executive Director
doabitofgood.com

how about the giveawaycoin？

Bittrex currently has GIVE on the removal list for Friday, June 27th.

In order to keep this coin listed please explain any upcoming improvements to the coin that will generate community interest.  We try to keep coins that have community interest.  However, this coin has fallen below an average of .1 BTC Daily volume.  Coins below this threshold have been marked for removal.  We will weigh all information before making our final decision.

Thanks all,

Ryan @ Bittrex

So... what's up dev?

Just announced on Twitter and Reddit

http://www.reddit.com/r/DoABitOfGood/comments/27s69p/dobitofgoodcom_givecoin_public_peering_node_online/

Our GiveCoin public peering node is online and serving as an authoritative system of record for the GiveCoin block chain. Feel free to addnode= us!

addnode=204.246.67.106:9339

coind@xtc:~$ ./givecoind getinfo
{
  "version" : 1000000,
  "protocolversion" : 70002,
  "walletversion" : 60000,
  "balance" : 0.00000000,
  "blocks" : 73566,
  "timeoffset" : 0,
  "connections" : 23,
  "proxy" : "",
  "difficulty" : 7.68674195,
  "testnet" : false,
  "keypoololdest" : 1397940813,
  "keypoolsize" : 103,
  "paytxfee" : 0.00000000,
  "mininput" : 0.00001000,
  "errors" : ""
}
coind@xtc:~$ ./givecoind getpeerinfo | grep heig
    "startingheight" : 71894,
    "startingheight" : 71894,
    "startingheight" : 71894,
    "startingheight" : 71894,
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    "startingheight" : 71894,
    "startingheight" : 71895,
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    "startingheight" : 72411,
    "startingheight" : 40607,
    "startingheight" : 72524,
    "startingheight" : 72919,
    "startingheight" : 73252,
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