Topic: [ANN] (QTUM) - A Scalable Smart Contract Platform w/ Proof of Stake - page 43. (Read 525472 times)

The cryptocurrency market will grow and all of us with it. And also we humanity will wear shiny suits and will eat from tubes.

what will happen for crypto in 2 years?

super great news!

(republshed on Nasdaq.com: https://www.nasdaq.com/article/qtum-platform-now-available-through-amazon-web-services-cm996151)

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by Jimmy Aki
Guest Contributor

Jul 25, 2018 9:06 AM EST



Singapore-based Qtum has launched its decentralized application (DApp) development platform on Amazon Web Services (AWS). With this launch, AWS users and developers will be able to develop and launch smart contracts using an Amazon Machine Image (AMI), made up of Qtum Core, Solidity and Qmix web IDE.

Qtum is a hybrid platform, developed by the Qtum Foundation, which uses the Account Attraction Layer, an interface layer, to merge the strength of Bitcoin’s blockchain with the Ethereum Virtual Machine to build decentralized applications. Designed as a toolkit, the platform uses the proof-of-stake model to reduce the network’s computational difficulty while mitigating and solving scalability.

Speaking to Bitcoin Magazine, Qtum Foundation CIO Miguel Palencia said, “Qtum’s launch in the AWS marketplace provides an easy-to-use and powerful cloud-based solution for end users and the Enterprise. Anyone who wants to develop/build DApps on the Qtum platform or use it as a staking node will benefit from this.”

Usage
One of the benefits of using the new Qtum AMI on AWS is the ease of getting started on the blockchain without the “hassle of handling dependencies.” The platform makes it possible for anyone to run a Qtum node or use Qtum pre-installed to launch a server on its mainnet or testnet.

According to Palencia, this is what makes the Qtum technology attractive to both small and large businesses. Companies can launch the servers without “having to spend a large amount of resources on infrastructure.” The Qtum AMI is also free for AWS customers to deploy a Qtum instance (server). Users can deploy a test network on the instance to simulate a public blockchain without paying a fee.

Features
Among some of the features of the Qtum AMI is a Qmix development IDE — the development libraries and tools created for the desktop QT wallet — which launches by default. Users will also get the Qtum and Solidity compiler needed for building and executing smart contracts.

Amazon Web Services has been quite active in the blockchain space since it opened its arms to blockchain startups in 2016. Earlier this year, ConsenSys partnered with AWS to launch Kaleido, a service similar to Qtum’s, which simplifies the adoption and implementation of blockchain technology.

The difference between Qtum’s offering and Kaleido, according to Palencia, is that Qtum is not strictly for enterprise, “but for end users, as well as anyone wanting to create and build something on the Qtum blockchain.”

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New partnership, new members joined the team, lots of upgrades in the Qtum platform, including wallets.
Thanks for all great works of Qtum team over the first three weeks of July.

Qtum Community & Development Updates — July 23rd

https://blog.qtum.org/qtum-community-development-updates-july-23rd-7d0924927e8d

So long as your Windows computer is secure (no keyloggers, viruses, other people using computer) it should be fine. While there is no absolute security, having an encrypted wallet on a Windows computer with a strong password is far better than leaving your Qtum on an exchange.

I also using this wallet from long time without any problem especially in case if I want to store something as hot wallet. This is good choice to keep our coins into this wallet it provide good security features.

administrators of Windows can see all our passwords

use this one

qtumwallet.org

If you downloaded it from our official Git, then it's a false positive, and safe to open

https://github.com/qtumproject/qtum/releases

Make sure to use a dedicated device for storing your Qtum. Always encrypt your wallet and back it up to multiple locations, use a password longer than 17 characters. Don't install on a device you use for every day computing.

Hi,
My nod32 antivirus finds threat on the 1st page of this topic and warn me not to open it...
I see first time such thing on this forum...
Is it safe to open it? 

That's fine, you can use the QT wallet to safely store your Qtum. It's a really good idea to use a dedicated device to store your coins:

http://docs.qtum.site/en/QTUM-wallet-usage-best-practices/

I do not want to buy a hardware wallet, I want to be able to be like here: https://kb.myetherwallet.com/offline/making-offline-transaction-on-myetherwallet.html

We recommend using a hardware wallet that supports Qtum, like the Nano Ledger.

We also provide the Qtum QT wallet, which you can encrypt. It's best to use a device (or virtual machine) that does not see daily computing for security reasons. Be sure to use a very strong password.

https://github.com/qtumproject/qtum/releases

i do not know if you can do that

maybe use Qtum core.

how to save a wallet page on an offline computer? No file to download https://qtumwallet.org

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(Press Release)

The award was given to the Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering. The university's proposal is designed to expand the blockchain community's experience with how blockchain protocols perform in lower power and low bandwidth environments.

As a unique innovation, the project makes novel use of the Qtum protocol, implementing specially designed “smart contracts” to update a blockchain's individual parameters, thereby ensuring that the data that the sensor measures are accurately transmitted throughout the network.

Qtum, based in Singapore, is an open-sourced value transfer platform which focuses on mobile decentralized apps, or “dapps.”

The proposed project, which will begin immediately, will deploy a pan-European network to connect sensors that measure electrical power reliability and availability. The project will provide cutting-edge hardware prototypes connected to a bandwidth-constrained low power wide area network that will serve as a reference platform for protocol and network testing.

According to Patrick Dai, founder of Qtum, the growth of the Internet of Things will require fundamentally new methods of transmitting vast amounts of data over a global network. He added that the aim of this work is to provide the Qtum community with a better understanding of how current and future features of the Qtum protocol can be applied to the IoT.

Dr. Jonathan Rigelsford, principal investigator for the project on his part said the viability of any massively scaled solution such as the proposed network requires long service life, and long-range, high-reliability radio systems that consume very small amounts of power and utilize a very narrow portion of the increasing crowded radio spectrum.

Also, the project will investigate the practicality of using the IoT network to provide LoRaWAN (Low Range WAN) based data connectivity for power metering and monitoring systems.

Zaki Manian, Executive Director of the Trusted IoT Alliance add that as the IoT grows and demands maximum use of the RF spectrum, knowledge of the sources and causes of power quality disturbances is vital.

The knowledge gained from this project, both theoretical and practical, will be shared via the academic partnership with the Trusted IoT Alliance.

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And I wonder how much more the market will stay in sleep mode and will not be active. Because it is very hard to wait and watch a constant flat on the market. Although it is clear that now you only need to buy qtum

Qtum Berlin Meetup, Germany (2 August)
https://coindar.org/en/event/qtum-qtum-qtum-berlin-meetup-germany-11428