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legendary
Activity: 938
Merit: 1000
October 09, 2015, 02:14:42 PM
Hey Boarders,

Just received a email from Storji, you have heard of them right? Well they beat you to it  Sad

Email extract.

$384,000 Invested from 11 investor's -  Storj brings cloud storage to the Blockchain to make your files cheaper, faster and more secure than services like DropBox and Google Drive

When Bitcoin invented the Blockchain it made it possible for you to own your own money and send it cheaper, faster and more securely than when using a bank. It also gave investors the opportunity to profit from the same privileges that banks and governments have had for decades - the ability to benefit from the profits of newly created money.
 

Now Storj has taken that very same model and applied it to file storage. We all use services like Google Drive, Apple iCloud and Dropbox to store our files and we place a lot of trust in them to keep those files safe and secure, but what if we no longer have to?
 

Storj allows users to store their files encrypted across a decentralised network of computers rather than trusting one company to keep your files safe. This means they can be stored cheaper, faster and more securely as there is no central point of failure. It also means that anybody can rent out their spare hard drive space and get paid for contributing to the network.
 

Storj is the AirBnb of file storage. Qualifying Investors can check out full details about

So what's new? and what's your point? maybe they beat Maidsafe to it? but they fall short as well like Storj

Storj is what it is and Sia has its own means of storage and how you pay, and how you can earn money by renting/hosting out that storage. How much can I earn per GH/month by hosting Storj?

Can I share my files publicly using Storj? or upload various file types to sunfish servers with Storj? for others to download and use? or is it only good for storing my junk files on... can my files be used for collaboration with Storj?

Also: can I mine for Storj coins to pay for my hosting? or would I be "forced" to buy coins at market price only... can I use Storj coins for other things?

I just don't see where Storj has anything to offer that compares or even comes close to the potential of Sia.

Storj just doesn't measure up at the end of the day.

Sia will virtually have its own global economy which can be expanded upon, even rival Bitcoin possibly one day as a very reliable and secure form of cyrpto currency.

Ok, good luck with Storj, report back in a year  Grin



Not that it much matters, but one of the main devs for Storj is on the Sia slack channel and is a self professed holder of MAID and SIA. None of them, STORJ included, is dependent of the failure of the others. On the contrary, which is why I hold all three.  I do confess that my main "alt" holding is SIA though.
legendary
Activity: 2688
Merit: 1240
October 09, 2015, 02:09:20 PM
Anyone else getting HTTP Error 400 with the gpu miner ?
legendary
Activity: 2198
Merit: 1000
October 09, 2015, 01:20:50 PM
I wish someone would sell me a Sia Fund or 2  Smiley

Did you check the Sia Trader thread on the Trading forum on Slack? Individuals there post SF for sale regularly. Seems the going price is 10m SC, which to me sounds a lot.
Hey I will take a peek and also I see in the trading thread someone selling at that price, but ya seems a little high nowadays having and knowing the market for Sia. Will scout for a good price, but need to brush up on how to receive and store the fund addresses etc.  Smiley

Use to be no one would sell early on.... now they will lol
hero member
Activity: 671
Merit: 505
October 09, 2015, 01:13:48 PM
Great project, thank you!

How can I backup my wallet? SIA UI version 0.4.2, SIA version 0.4.3? There is no wallet.json.
Is the password enough or I need to backup some directory?
sr. member
Activity: 247
Merit: 250
October 09, 2015, 10:16:07 AM
I wish someone would sell me a Sia Fund or 2  Smiley

Did you check the Sia Trader thread on the Trading forum on Slack? Individuals there post SF for sale regularly. Seems the going price is 10m SC, which to me sounds a lot.
sr. member
Activity: 247
Merit: 250
October 09, 2015, 10:14:01 AM
Just received a email from Storji, you have heard of them right? Well they beat you to it  Sad

Great!! So then we won't be expecting to hear back from you.
legendary
Activity: 2198
Merit: 1000
October 09, 2015, 08:24:40 AM
Soonish" is better than never  Cheesy

Yes Suprnova is my all time favorite pools

Thanks for checking in ocminer!
legendary
Activity: 2898
Merit: 1017
legendary
Activity: 2716
Merit: 1094
Black Belt Developer
October 09, 2015, 06:34:21 AM
I still can't get the miner to work.. fml

Just wait for a pool.....     oh..  Roll Eyes

Soon Smiley

that's cool, suprnova rulez ;-)
legendary
Activity: 2688
Merit: 1240
October 09, 2015, 06:31:41 AM
I still can't get the miner to work.. fml

Just wait for a pool.....     oh..  Roll Eyes

Soon Smiley
legendary
Activity: 2198
Merit: 1000
October 09, 2015, 06:19:27 AM
I still can't get the miner to work.. fml
Taek mentioned a fix coming for the miner. But like mishax1 said, wait for a pool soon and the updated miner. You can still mine using 0.3.3.3 if you must with existing miner.
legendary
Activity: 2198
Merit: 1000
October 09, 2015, 06:17:26 AM
I wish someone would sell me a Sia Fund or 2  Smiley
hero member
Activity: 655
Merit: 500
October 09, 2015, 05:59:59 AM

Please, perspective is needed here people! Sia is one of the few crypto projects with a seriously viable business plan for making money in the real world. It passes the Warren Buffet "if you can't understand the business in 5 minutes, don't invest' - Jo Sixpack can understand Sia in 3 minutes - decentralized cloud storage, as a buyer and/or seller - it's that simple!

Sia is one of those rare 'chance of a life-time' opportunities to be part of something potentially as large as Google or Facebook, but it's early days, and I'm actually surprised at the low number of bugs and issues to date.

Perspective people!!

Hey Stop hogging all the METH You Crazy MethHead.      Decentrlized Cloud Storage, what a joke.

"potentially as large as Google or Facebook" if anyone reads that and thinks "really"  (you deserve to loose ALL of your BTC).

Storage should be on the Blockchain, clearly way out of these Devs reaches, if people want to see how real Decentralized on the BLOCKCHAIN is done, they should check out I/OCoin.
But be careful, the posters in that forum are a bunch of little girls.

legendary
Activity: 2898
Merit: 1017
October 09, 2015, 05:55:56 AM
I still can't get the miner to work.. fml

Just wait for a pool.....     oh..  Roll Eyes
sr. member
Activity: 280
Merit: 250
From Russia with love
October 09, 2015, 05:51:13 AM
I still can't get the miner to work.. fml
legendary
Activity: 2198
Merit: 1000
October 09, 2015, 05:15:21 AM
Hey Boarders,

Just received a email from Storji, you have heard of them right? Well they beat you to it  Sad

Email extract.

$384,000 Invested from 11 investor's -  Storj brings cloud storage to the Blockchain to make your files cheaper, faster and more secure than services like DropBox and Google Drive

When Bitcoin invented the Blockchain it made it possible for you to own your own money and send it cheaper, faster and more securely than when using a bank. It also gave investors the opportunity to profit from the same privileges that banks and governments have had for decades - the ability to benefit from the profits of newly created money.
 

Now Storj has taken that very same model and applied it to file storage. We all use services like Google Drive, Apple iCloud and Dropbox to store our files and we place a lot of trust in them to keep those files safe and secure, but what if we no longer have to?
 

Storj allows users to store their files encrypted across a decentralised network of computers rather than trusting one company to keep your files safe. This means they can be stored cheaper, faster and more securely as there is no central point of failure. It also means that anybody can rent out their spare hard drive space and get paid for contributing to the network.
 

Storj is the AirBnb of file storage. Qualifying Investors can check out full details about

So what's new? and what's your point? maybe they beat Maidsafe to it? but they fall short as well like Storj

Storj is what it is and Sia has its own means of storage and how you pay, and how you can earn money by renting/hosting out that storage. How much can I earn per GH/month by hosting Storj?

Can I share my files publicly using Storj? or upload various file types to sunfish servers with Storj? for others to download and use? or is it only good for storing my junk files on... can my files be used for collaboration with Storj?

Also: can I mine for Storj coins to pay for my hosting? or would I be "forced" to buy coins at market price only... can I use Storj coins for other things?

I just don't see where Storj has anything to offer that compares or even comes close to the potential of Sia.

Storj just doesn't measure up at the end of the day.

Sia will virtually have its own global economy which can be expanded upon, even rival Bitcoin possibly one day as a very reliable and secure form of cyrpto currency.

Ok, good luck with Storj, report back in a year  Grin

hero member
Activity: 770
Merit: 511
Im the One who Knocks.
October 09, 2015, 05:01:10 AM
Hey Boarders,

Just received a email from Storji, you have heard of them right? Well they beat you to it  Sad

Email extract.

$384,000 Invested from 11 investor's -  Storj brings cloud storage to the Blockchain to make your files cheaper, faster and more secure than services like DropBox and Google Drive

When Bitcoin invented the Blockchain it made it possible for you to own your own money and send it cheaper, faster and more securely than when using a bank. It also gave investors the opportunity to profit from the same privileges that banks and governments have had for decades - the ability to benefit from the profits of newly created money.
 

Now Storj has taken that very same model and applied it to file storage. We all use services like Google Drive, Apple iCloud and Dropbox to store our files and we place a lot of trust in them to keep those files safe and secure, but what if we no longer have to?
 

Storj allows users to store their files encrypted across a decentralised network of computers rather than trusting one company to keep your files safe. This means they can be stored cheaper, faster and more securely as there is no central point of failure. It also means that anybody can rent out their spare hard drive space and get paid for contributing to the network.
 

Storj is the AirBnb of file storage. Qualifying Investors can check out full details about
legendary
Activity: 2198
Merit: 1000
October 08, 2015, 04:08:29 PM

Is there a sia testnet? How to set the wallet to use it?

Nobody knows?

Still no testnet. We'll probably have one for 0.5.0.

Is there a strong reason that you need one? I can help you set one up but you'll need to recompile Sia with some constants changed.

I need low diff to test miners. Not having a pool, I thought the simple way, without modifying the wallet, was testnet.
Clever idea for testing out miners  Wink ...... hopefully a pool soon though.
legendary
Activity: 2716
Merit: 1094
Black Belt Developer
October 08, 2015, 02:53:17 PM
Thanks Taek, I'll try that!
hero member
Activity: 543
Merit: 501
October 08, 2015, 01:47:26 PM

Is there a sia testnet? How to set the wallet to use it?

Nobody knows?

Still no testnet. We'll probably have one for 0.5.0.

Is there a strong reason that you need one? I can help you set one up but you'll need to recompile Sia with some constants changed.

I need low diff to test miners. Not having a pool, I thought the simple way, without modifying the wallet, was testnet.

For testing, you can use a developer build. running `make` will build siad using developer constants, which are designed to be minable with a CPU. For GPU mining you can either modify the RootTarget (found here: https://github.com/NebulousLabs/Sia/blob/master/types/constants.go) or just mine a few hundred blocks and let the difficulty adjust on its own. Especially if you are testing stuff, you probably want a high amount of control over things like difficulty and block time. Best way to control that is to manually adjust the constants yourself.
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