[ANN] Sia - Decentralized Storage - page 240.

Dent_DC

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Be nice

I love Sia, its like Pied Piper for real Grin

Its such an awesome idea. But the install process, configuration and usage of Sia need to be heavily simplified so that any "idiot" can use it for it to be a true success. Most people using internet does not know how to configure anything, even less calculate profits etc. It needs to be made so that everything can be done by someones grandmother as well as a 5 year old.
Like dropbox, install, choose folders and done. "Rent out unused space" checked would generate Siacoins, but you wouldnt have to configure it unless you would want to change the default values.

I think making it more user-friendly and easier to install and configure would mean a lot for the future.

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Quote from: Adam D Levine on June 28, 2017, 03:13:49 AM

How can I check balance for a siacoin address? looks like block explorer only allow search by block height and tx hash ...

https://explore.sia.tech/

No block explorer with the ability to check an address's balance is available yet. Some independent devs are working on that.

In the meantime, just use the Sia client to check it

crypto research

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Quote from: betaboot on June 28, 2017, 03:03:11 AM

David Vorick presenting Sia at QCon London 2017: https://www.infoq.com/presentations/decentralized-storage

Great news.

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Active Trading on EPIC5k and Spectre.Ai

Quote from: metallicelmo on June 28, 2017, 08:05:28 AM

If Sia is as cool as ETH, how would that relate in price if you look at the total number of coins in circulation?

Eth has a MC of 28.3 Billio, with 93 Million coins outstanding for ~$300 per coin.

If Sia was as cool as eth (assume same MC)

28.3 Billion divided by 27.3 Billion coins outstanding means $1.03 per coin.

Highly doubt this coin will ever be as "cool" as eth. Might see it gain popularity as the revolution to cloud storage but who knows.

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If Sia is as cool as ETH, how would that relate in price if you look at the total number of coins in circulation?

10foldtony

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Sia is as undervalued as it is disruptive. Easily has what it tales to be worth as much as the most valuable coins in the crypto market and defiantly has the tech to take on the giants of the cloud storage industry (they should be worried). It has a great team with a clear vision of what they want and where they want to take Sia. Its defiantly a solid buy and hold imo. Looking forward to big things from this tech and team in the near future.

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Quote from: renes on June 28, 2017, 02:20:50 AM

I've just noticed that Sia is the next big thing after Ethereum, it is the new era of cloud storage. Stay with Sia for years to be happy.

Actually it took SIA just a year after mining has started to become pretty big project with high and stable coin price... More will come 500 +- sato is still not much at all, a lot of room to grow!

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Quote from: betaboot on June 28, 2017, 03:03:11 AM

David Vorick presenting Sia at QCon London 2017: https://www.infoq.com/presentations/decentralized-storage

Yeah that's great news. Future of Sia is bright, I hope it will hit $200+ soon.

Adam D Levine

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How can I check balance for a siacoin address? looks like block explorer only allow search by block height and tx hash ...

https://explore.sia.tech/

betaboot

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David Vorick presenting Sia at QCon London 2017: https://www.infoq.com/presentations/decentralized-storage

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Quote from: renes on June 28, 2017, 02:20:50 AM

I've just noticed that Sia is the next big thing after Ethereum, it is the new era of cloud storage. Stay with Sia for years to be happy.

I'm gonna stock sia for long term, hope so it will rise like eth.

renes

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I've just noticed that Sia is the next big thing after Ethereum, it is the new era of cloud storage. Stay with Sia for years to be happy.

jnation

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Quote from: Doctor.Strange on June 28, 2017, 01:37:09 AM

Where to buy Sia and stock it in wallet?
Do they have desktop wallet?

Sia UI can be downloaded here: http://sia.tech/apps/. Once downloaded you can open it and create a wallet address. Syncing the blockchain will take a while.

You can buy SiaCoins on Bittrex or Poloniex and transfer them to the Sia UI wallet.

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Where to buy Sia and stock it in wallet?
Do they have desktop wallet?

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I just noticed my posts aren't getting counted towards my activity. Awesome....I'm a newbie forever.

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Quote from: Razoo on June 27, 2017, 05:40:00 PM

Quote from: Hakkane on June 27, 2017, 04:27:59 PM

Quote from: obszoenling on June 27, 2017, 10:35:35 AM

What is the point of Sia then...

The blockchain is currently less than 4.5Gb. That is a small size that can be handled by any computer. BTC blockchain is 125Gb, for instance.

Next update (v1.3), that will be released in the very next days, will accelerate the initial download.

And in the future, dev team or independent devs can develop light wallets for certain case-uses. But as with any crypto, the safest way is to store your coins is a client that can verify the full blockchain instead of trusting on a 3rd party that could be manipulating your transactions

I never heard anything about an update coming in the next couple of days. Where did you hear that?

Devs do not check Bitcointalk, but are very active at the Slack and at the Reddit

Sia usually releases quarterly updates. v1.3 ("Capricorn") was meant for June, but probably due to overlap with the pre-sale of the Obelisk ASIC, it has been delayed a bit more than usual. However "Release Candidate 2" is already available for testing purposes (https://www.reddit.com/r/siacoin/comments/6jnqn8/sia_v130_beta_rc2_try_out_the_upcoming_release/?st=j4g60v1w&sh=8f6f95af), what means the final release will be very soon. Last week devs said most probably this week or the next one.

The roadmap actually states a an update for June ;-)

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Quote from: Hakkane on June 27, 2017, 04:27:59 PM

Quote from: obszoenling on June 27, 2017, 10:35:35 AM

What is the point of Sia then...

The blockchain is currently less than 4.5Gb. That is a small size that can be handled by any computer. BTC blockchain is 125Gb, for instance.

Next update (v1.3), that will be released in the very next days, will accelerate the initial download.

And in the future, dev team or independent devs can develop light wallets for certain case-uses. But as with any crypto, the safest way is to store your coins is a client that can verify the full blockchain instead of trusting on a 3rd party that could be manipulating your transactions

I never heard anything about an update coming in the next couple of days. Where did you hear that? There's nothing on the SIA road map about it.

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Quote from: obszoenling on June 27, 2017, 10:35:35 AM

What is the point of Sia then...

The blockchain is currently less than 4.5Gb. That is a small size that can be handled by any computer. BTC blockchain is 125Gb, for instance.

Next update (v1.3), that will be released in the very next days, will accelerate the initial download.

And in the future, dev team or independent devs can develop light wallets for certain case-uses. But as with any crypto, the safest way is to store your coins is a client that can verify the full blockchain instead of trusting on a 3rd party that could be manipulating your transactions

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What is the point of Sia then...

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Quote from: obszoenling on June 27, 2017, 09:50:45 AM

I am currently synchronizing the Sia-Wallet. At 40% it took 2GB yet. So I assume it will take about 5Gb altogether.
How will this handled in the future? I mean Sia is still young. In one year it's maybe 10 GB of space. Some people may want to use Sia because they don't have any free space on their drive. It's kind of ironic. Is there any plan to deal with this?

Get another HD for more free space.

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