Topic: [ANN] -NEW BURST OP- MINE ANY FREE SPACE-(HDD MINING)- ATs, AE, P2P MARKET+MORE! - page 135. (Read 346529 times)

Thank you for spending your time with the Crowdfund and writing this manual! That's exactly what we needed!

I posted it here: http://forum.burstcoin.info:4567/topic/69/how-to-start-a-crowdfund-on-burst-quickstart-manual

and I'll add that manual in the next version of the Burst Win Client.

User feedback is very important, because we know the software too much to see the problems.

I am happy to edit it, improve it, change it - just tell me what you would think could be expressed better, clearer, shorter. Thx.

Crowdfunding on BURST
Quickstart manual by @AltSheets


--- preparations for first time users; experienced users skip to (7) ---


(1) download & unpack "Burst_Windows_Client_Portable_0.2.2.zip"
      from https://github.com/dawallet/burstwindowswallet
   
(2) download & unpack (into the aboveFolder\burst_db\ ) the blockchain
      from http://db.burst-team.us/
   
(3) start   Burst_Wallet.exe   OR    start
      aboveFolder\run.bat and open http://localhost:8125/ in your browser.
   
(4) Generate new, store passphrase in a supersecret place.
      Treat your passphrase safer than money, it equals your private keys.
      Login. Logout. Login. Still the same BURST-... address? Good.
   
(5) Dashboard --> Recent blocks --> wait until fully synced.

(6) Get initial BURST from (faucet / poloniex bittrex ccex / friends / ... );
      sent to your BURST-... address. For 1st TX you need PUBLIC KEY also.
   

--- preparations done, now you can e.g. buy assets - or get crowdfunded: ---


(7) "Burst Windows Client v0.2.2" ... Menu ... Crowdfunding ...
      OR http://localhost:8125/atcrowdfund.html in your browser.

(8 ) Active/Funded - study the existing ones.
      Ideally, help funding an "Active" one first, to see what happens.
      Your contribution appears in wallet --> Transactions as "Ordinary Payment".
   
(9) Press "+New Project", fill in your details.
      Name: no spaces, no "non-standard" chars.
      Password: is your secret passphrase from (4).
      The "AT Creation" will cost you 10 BURST.
      Press "Deploy AT", and WAIT. Can take long!
      If "Transaction has been processed successfully" appears, all is good.

(10) See wallet --> Transactions, when confirmed your project appears on
       http://localhost:8125/atcrowdfund.html  - now you can start marketing it.
   
N.B.:
The time period starts running when the first 7 BURST have been pledged.
Then you can use AltSheets' neat countdown image service ChainCountDown.


Good luck with your crowdfunding projects

If you like this manual, then show it: BURST-ESVR-L2WJ-NT3Y-BWM6V

Thanks :-)

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EDIT: line spaces, visually easier
EDIT2: name constraints, 7 BURST initialization (*)

EDIT 4: Coloured the improvements which could be implemented, to make this better.



I am trying, but it just does not work.

This time, I have tried from inside the "Burst Windows Client v0.2.2".
Still, this is the same remote website, right?
Or is this running distributed, and the crowdfunding website locally on my own NRS node?

Anyways, even when I fill in a (of course test account) real BURST secret key password ...
and then press "Deploy AT" ... nothing happens. Actually, the button gets gray for a few seconds ... and then is black again.


Perhaps you need to work on:
* availability of the crowdfunding system
* explanations how to use it
* error messages when something does not work


EDIT: Ah, now (quite a while later) ... there is a green "Transaction has been processed successfully."

So ...

* I suggest you display a "received ... please wait" message, for when I have pressed "Deploy AT"

* create a "how to use this" page on /atcrowdfund.html

* explain which password is meant (*)


and IF (*) really needs my private keys supersecret burst passphrase ... then consider to create a distributed, local version, that directly interacts with the blockchain, without contacting that remote https://wallet.burst-team.us:8125/atcrowdfund.html service. Perhaps the "Burst Windows Client v0.2.2" does that? But if so, then that is not transparent. What I mean is something like this:   https://localhost:8125/atcrowdfund.html <-- into such local pages I am more inclined to enter my password.  You see?


Thanks a lot. I just wanted to make my little service available, in return for some donations. Isn't all this here a bit too much overhead, just to get that going?

 


EDIT 2: Hah. My bad.
It is exactly how I had wished for;
and the webwallet is unnnecessary (and I would not put in my real passwords anyways, any webservice can always get hacked) [ it seems unstable anyways? ]

Perhaps the https:// of the webwallet (that I had been given a few posts before) ... had confused the whole thing? Or was it because I had used the v1.2.3 wallet from https://github.com/burst-team/burstcoin and that does not contain the /atcrowdfund.html ? I really don't know. But I am sure I had an error 404 there before. But now, starting completely anew, taking the wallet from https://github.com/dawallet/burstwindowswallet ... it actually worked --> Suddenly ...

--> at http://localhost:8125/atcrowdfund.html  there IS actually the distributed version.

Now I am happy. Well done, folks, this is how it should be. Thanks!


EDIT 3: You long term users might laugh about me now. For you most of this is implicitly clear. But just look at these postings yesterday and today ... as a logbook for how a first time user is approaching your system, and is trying to fiddle through it - and what -unexpected- trouble can happen. May this help to make BURST even better. In the end I have managed, and have learned a lot. But I have also had to spend much time on this. Better be more explicit, about how stuff is actually working. The best thing I could do now is to already help improving the situation by typing a concise manual - such a thing would have saved me a lot of time. May it now help future users. Enjoy your day, everyone.

 


EDIT 4: Coloured the improvements which could be implemented, to make this better.

The service still doesn't seem to work for me. I bet it is why passwords are not working

Ah nice, thanks for telling me, Xavier59. That explains it, of course.
Perhaps a cron job might help that is restarting it every 6 hours anyways?


Secondly, can I also access that whole crowdfunding functionality distributed, in my own wallet download? How?
I would not like to input my private key into a website. If it was a locally running burst-NRS that feels different.


Thanks a lot!


EDIT: Service is back. Thanks a lot! Tried again, any password does not seem to do the trick. Where is a manual for that crowdfunding functionality? Thanks.

This server is friendly hosted by haitch. Howewer, since a week or two, there is little buys who ask for haitch to restart the server.
So yes, basically, there is no doubt haitch will restart the server in a few hours, as soon as he will see it or those post.

I am trying to understand this better. Last night when I quickly checked that URL I could see many projects there.
Now zero. Perhaps you need to restart your system? I wait, please send me a PM, thanks!



Is that server based or distributed?  On http://localhost:8125/atcrowdfund.html I only get a 404.


EDIT: I have just tried to submit a "test proposal", but when submitting via "deploy AT" the result is "Error sending transaction".
What is "password"?  Is that my private key to my own BURST account, or a freely choosable password?

I am actually interested in that too; see my signature.

I had been using nxtad.net which is a great great service, and cheap too, now I am looking for other ones, to get exposure on different sites.

Purely crypto, affordable, fully automated advertisement service, with bannerspaces on attractive websites? Any hint is welcome. Thanks.

hi devs any bounties for translations? I can translate to Filipino. there are so many Filipinos in this forum so it would help promote this coin.

Thanks for the hint. I might look into that.


Until then - low tech high impact - direct donations:


Thx.

I tweeted about your scrip and included your site but agree with the Devs that you should try CFs. Perhaps a small one for starters to see the interest.

If you want to contribute more to BURST, you can simply present the idea and the crowdfund.  

with usb i would split up the drives to several ports since if one drive on a bus times out it freezes all others.
depending on the setup you want (external usb drives with own psus) it may be cheaper and maybe more reliable to put some sata controllers into the rig and connect them to the systems psu (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124070).

Yes, just note that reading speed is limited to the connector. You might encounder problems running 10-20 harddrive from 1 usb on the motherboard. While not the perfect setup, it should be doable. You might also want to get a usb hub with external power.  

According to backblaze, a new HDD last from 4 to 5 years and mining burst dosn't stress the HDD more then normal usage. I can't give a better answear, it's really the best answear I could find.

I don't think I got a comment on this one and I see similar stuff being discussed recently, so I'm just throwing it out there again in case someone finds it useful:

Crowdfund/asset for the advertisement of Burst using advertising sites that specialize in bitcoin + social media exposure = win

Thank you, your help is greatly appreciated ! But tell me, if I buy a USB "adder", with 10 more USB ports, I can theorically add at least 10x 4 To HDD ?
BURST isn't really paying at the moment according to the calculator, but I'll stick to my idea.
A final question, maybe a bit hard to answer : what lifetime can I except from a new HDD running 24/7 BURST ?

You are welcome to start a Crowdfund. Exactly for this situation we made it possible! The windows client or the online wallet are the easiest way:

https://wallet.burst-team.us:8125/atcrowdfund.html

and the first API you can use:

https://wallet.burst-team.us:8125

Price is currently 59sat on POLO - with a few small walls stoping an even higher price. Despite the rise, I've been buying a mil tonight; just wanna see what happens if we get those walls down Would be great with a new floor

Lower the priority of the Eth miner - it'll still impact JMoner, but it's minimal instead of the major impact at default priorities.

H.