Topic: [ANN] Metadisk - Blockchain Based File Sharing - Powered by Storj - page 3. (Read 39241 times)
January 02, 2015, 07:34:51 PM
Has to be cheaper, or it doesn't make sense. Market will decide.
January 02, 2015, 07:31:55 PM
It can definitely be profitable. The actual "product" Storj is offering is rock-solid. And I, for one, will definitely use it. My only concern is whether the public actually cares enough to be smart about their security. A lot of times, success is about who gets to market first. And with people heavily invested (space-wise) in things like Dropbox, laziness about moving could outweigh the protection they'd get from moving to Storj.
as i've said before, as long as the word gets about Storj, and as long as Storj itself is easy and accesible for the customer, we're going to see a quite a few people switching from other centralized storage systems to Storj.
If it's cheaper than centralized storage systems people will adopt it.
January 02, 2015, 07:26:13 PM
I am confident they're going to make it in 2015, official does not need to mean stable 
January 02, 2015, 05:04:42 PM
I'am very confident there will be a lot of development done in 2015 Storj will take profit from, although there is a official version ready to become realesed or not.
January 02, 2015, 01:52:00 PM
when will the official version be released? 
it is unknown. but i think in 2015. The progress is good
January 02, 2015, 01:23:19 PM
when will the official version be released?
it is unknown. but i think in 2015. The progress is good
January 02, 2015, 01:07:00 PM
when will the official version be released?
January 01, 2015, 11:22:30 PM
Can i join the beta group 2 please?
The second beta group (B) is only open to early crowdfunders, as stated in the early access terms here:
http://storj.io/earlyaccess.html#testgroups
So unless you participated in the crowdsale, you will have to be patient and wait for Group C, in which case you would also need to acquire at least 10,000 SJCX. This rule is still subject to change, though, as we get closer to the time when Group C gets started, this may be adjusted.
I'm a early crowdfunder yes
January 01, 2015, 10:04:22 PM
It can definitely be profitable. The actual "product" Storj is offering is rock-solid. And I, for one, will definitely use it. My only concern is whether the public actually cares enough to be smart about their security. A lot of times, success is about who gets to market first. And with people heavily invested (space-wise) in things like Dropbox, laziness about moving could outweigh the protection they'd get from moving to Storj.
as i've said before, as long as the word gets about Storj, and as long as Storj itself is easy and accesible for the customer, we're going to see a quite a few people switching from other centralized storage systems to Storj.
January 01, 2015, 09:35:08 PM
Can i join the beta group 2 please?
The second beta group (B) is only open to early crowdfunders, as stated in the early access terms here:
http://storj.io/earlyaccess.html#testgroups
So unless you participated in the crowdsale, you will have to be patient and wait for Group C, in which case you would also need to acquire at least 10,000 SJCX. This rule is still subject to change, though, as we get closer to the time when Group C gets started, this may be adjusted.
January 01, 2015, 05:12:46 PM
Can i join the beta group 2 please?
January 01, 2015, 04:08:18 PM
It can definitely be profitable. The actual "product" Storj is offering is rock-solid. And I, for one, will definitely use it. My only concern is whether the public actually cares enough to be smart about their security. A lot of times, success is about who gets to market first. And with people heavily invested (space-wise) in things like Dropbox, laziness about moving could outweigh the protection they'd get from moving to Storj.
January 01, 2015, 01:30:48 PM
Although 10k Storj is a bit too expensive but the coin is based on a revolutionary idea and it has all its bases covered and can be a huge success. Imagine if the coin is an instant hit then the return these early adopters might get. More often than not the early adopters always get the profit by investing in these kind of projects.
January 01, 2015, 12:08:18 PM
This phase of the project is basically a closed beta, because just having 10k SJCX is not enough, you need to have been a crowdsale participant as well. So it basically is an invite-only closed beta. In later stages, anyone will be able to participate, so there is going to be the open beta stage too. Hopefully the devs will anounce a more precise timeline soon.
Anyway, this is one of the most exciting developements in the crypto world, and it is refreshing to see a real, need-fulfilling project alongside all those useless coins (that have a larger market cap then storj, btw, but that's another story and oddity of this world)
Anyway, this is one of the most exciting developements in the crypto world, and it is refreshing to see a real, need-fulfilling project alongside all those useless coins (that have a larger market cap then storj, btw, but that's another story and oddity of this world)
January 01, 2015, 01:48:21 AM
Due to the increase in value, the 10 000 SJCX "ticket" to enter the beta might be too steep for some.
agreed. its the equivalent of telling some one "here is the very first iPod, but it will cost you $350 to try it, if it works well, we will release 450 million iPods, but at a cheaper price."
There is only 44 million coins out in the wild out of a possible 500 million. The devs should release a block of coins, say 20 million, and put a sell wall well below the current market price say 4k SAT or even cheaper. it shouldn't cost 1.5 BTC to participate in a beta. They would still raise money, get more people involved in the beta, which will look amazing in regards to media and advertising.
It will get more people involved... but can everyone's computers handle any problems that may occur, thats why Storj only wants those that can handle any problems that may happen and can give valuable feedback...
so you are saying that the only way Storj can ensure beta testers give valuable feedback is by making it cost prohibitive for people to participate? Having money doesn't mean you are smarter. You can always get one person with 10,000 STJX who will give bad feedback.
Also, you want things to break during the beta phase, so issues can be addressed before public release. You don't to find out that storj has problems with 1000 nodes if the beta phases was only completed with 100 due to the 1.5 BTC "buy-in" required to participate.
There are plenty of people here who could contribute valuable time and energy to this project, but will choose not to participate due to the 10,000 STJX required.
Sometimes we're lucky enough to hop on board early, and sometimes we get stuck playing catch-up... It's all part of the game. 10,000 SJCX is cost prohibitive, but it sets a fair barrier of entry for those who are really invested in the project. (No, I don't have 10,000 SJCX... still debating whether I can afford it - prob not.)
December 31, 2014, 10:00:23 PM
Due to the increase in value, the 10 000 SJCX "ticket" to enter the beta might be too steep for some.
agreed. its the equivalent of telling some one "here is the very first iPod, but it will cost you $350 to try it, if it works well, we will release 450 million iPods, but at a cheaper price."
There is only 44 million coins out in the wild out of a possible 500 million. The devs should release a block of coins, say 20 million, and put a sell wall well below the current market price say 4k SAT or even cheaper. it shouldn't cost 1.5 BTC to participate in a beta. They would still raise money, get more people involved in the beta, which will look amazing in regards to media and advertising.
It will get more people involved... but can everyone's computers handle any problems that may occur, thats why Storj only wants those that can handle any problems that may happen and can give valuable feedback...
so you are saying that the only way Storj can ensure beta testers give valuable feedback is by making it cost prohibitive for people to participate? Having money doesn't mean you are smarter. You can always get one person with 10,000 STJX who will give bad feedback.
Also, you want things to break during the beta phase, so issues can be addressed before public release. You don't to find out that storj has problems with 1000 nodes if the beta phases was only completed with 100 due to the 1.5 BTC "buy-in" required to participate.
There are plenty of people here who could contribute valuable time and energy to this project, but will choose not to participate due to the 10,000 STJX required.
December 31, 2014, 09:07:50 PM
Due to the increase in value, the 10 000 SJCX "ticket" to enter the beta might be too steep for some.
agreed. its the equivalent of telling some one "here is the very first iPod, but it will cost you $350 to try it, if it works well, we will release 450 million iPods, but at a cheaper price."
There is only 44 million coins out in the wild out of a possible 500 million. The devs should release a block of coins, say 20 million, and put a sell wall well below the current market price say 4k SAT or even cheaper. it shouldn't cost 1.5 BTC to participate in a beta. They would still raise money, get more people involved in the beta, which will look amazing in regards to media and advertising.
If can't get 10k SJCX, they can join the final release, everyone can farm and get reward
December 31, 2014, 07:26:21 PM
Due to the increase in value, the 10 000 SJCX "ticket" to enter the beta might be too steep for some.
agreed. its the equivalent of telling some one "here is the very first iPod, but it will cost you $350 to try it, if it works well, we will release 450 million iPods, but at a cheaper price."
There is only 44 million coins out in the wild out of a possible 500 million. The devs should release a block of coins, say 20 million, and put a sell wall well below the current market price say 4k SAT or even cheaper. it shouldn't cost 1.5 BTC to participate in a beta. They would still raise money, get more people involved in the beta, which will look amazing in regards to media and advertising.
It will get more people involved... but can everyone's computers handle any problems that may occur, thats why Storj only wants those that can handle any problems that may happen and can give valuable feedback...
Well said, kingnuze, the early beta groups are targeted to people with some level of technical knowledge to be able to provide valuable feedback which will make the end product much more resilient upon release to the general public. And regarding the comment made by entharal, please remember that there is no requirement for anyone to buy a "ticket" - if you don´t believe it´s worth the current price of SJCX to be part of the beta testing groups, please be patient and wait for the final release to the general public. At that point you will be able to farm on DriveShare and earn SJCX without having any previous SJCX balance. The coins that are not currently in circulation are reserved so that Storj can raise more money in the future to continue development and to pay early farmers for contribution to testing the system. We need to keep these coins in reserve, there are relatively few people using SJCX and no one farming yet (for a reward). Please check the FAQ for more details here: http://storj.io/faq.html#faq-7-3 and join the storj community at https://storjtalk.org so you can actively participate in the community development and post your suggestions on the forum for discussion.
December 31, 2014, 07:02:13 PM
People would need to keep their computers on for this to work right? What if you need to access your data and they turned their computer off? Great idea though, I'm excited to see how this turns out.
I imagine people would have an incentive to leave their computers on 24/7 to earn more. I know I certainly will. I also imagine that file storage would have redundancy for safety reasons.
you need to leave your computer running. storj uses "heartbeats" to check the status of a node. If a node drops (ie you turn off your server), it will seek out another node to copy the file you hosted, then it will end your contract. It does this so 3 copies (minimum) of the hosted file is available online at all times. When you contract ends you will no longer be paid storj because you are no longer providing the service of hosting the encrypted files.
There's no way to resume a contract? That's a bit silly. What if I need to turn off a server for maintenance? Do I have to start a new one?
Don't think there's a big deal to resume a previous contract. Just turn your node back up again and get another contract in the queue.
#tip - run it on a Linux box, you will have better uptime on it.
http://rs2img.memecdn.com/update_o_986903.jpg
most likely this ^. it seems to be a intuitive and simple enough UI. resuming a contract will most likely require no great effort.
December 31, 2014, 06:25:47 PM
Due to the increase in value, the 10 000 SJCX "ticket" to enter the beta might be too steep for some.
agreed. its the equivalent of telling some one "here is the very first iPod, but it will cost you $350 to try it, if it works well, we will release 450 million iPods, but at a cheaper price."
There is only 44 million coins out in the wild out of a possible 500 million. The devs should release a block of coins, say 20 million, and put a sell wall well below the current market price say 4k SAT or even cheaper. it shouldn't cost 1.5 BTC to participate in a beta. They would still raise money, get more people involved in the beta, which will look amazing in regards to media and advertising.
It will get more people involved... but can everyone's computers handle any problems that may occur, thats why Storj only wants those that can handle any problems that may happen and can give valuable feedback...
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