After much delay, we are proud to publicly launch SOIL-ex.
you will need to launch your gsoil instance with the parameters:
gsoil --rpc --rpccorsdomain http://45.63.4.165:7105 --unlock 0 console
the webserver providing the user interface can be connected to at:
soilex.soilcoin.xyzthe FAQ and white paper are available at:
http://soilex.altervista.org/index.htmli am working on the user manual presently, which will be updated on the altervista site as soon as it is done.
the master exchange contract is located at:
0xe32a3b99ca304e3b59879473700eb8df9f27e920this platform does contain a live version of btc-swap, which leverages the btcrelay suite of contracts to allow for direct purchase of SOIL using BitCoin without having to go thru a conventional online cryptocurrency exchange.
**we are still busy testing the bitcoin relay** we should have the btc-swap aspect of the exchange running smoothly within the week, and the user manual will have all the information needed to use it, as well as to set yourself up as a "BTC block header relayer" and to set your relay fees using
btcrelay-fetchd. this also will be documented as quickly as i can get it ready. that being said, use the btc-swap at your own risk. there are still a few kinks to iron out.
the btc-swap contract is resident on the SOILnet at:
0x528e8d40b0ddd61c2ed4932ea00ce78036137c56, and references the btcrelay suite, which maintains its "trusted BtcRelay" at
0x31f6e855e0c9bae4e6d3d766d8771d31e9f8ff5dbear in mind that this "Phase1" release of SOIL-ex is simply a SOILcoin-resident subcurrency market at present. i will write an article in the next couplefew days regarding subcurrencies, showcasing ideas regarding what they can be used for or represent, and how we can build a flourishing subcurrency marketplace
im already hard at work on "Phase2" which will hopefully feature further crosschain payment gateways (im working on LTC, DGC, QUARK, PPC and MEC at the moment) and a precious metal backed asset. im currently in communication with palladium and platinum bullion retailers, and custodial vault services to get this set up. note: the payment gateways are not a method of bringing the actual altcoin asset itself ONTO the SOILnet, it is simply, in the method of btc-swap, a way to verify transactions on the outside blockchain and then take action upon that proof, as in: "send $X SOIL to userA's SOILcoin address if $Y BTC has been sent to userB's BTC address"
it is not the most elegant solution for crosschain gateways, and requires a bit of fussing about to fulfill transactions, but it works.
SOIL-ex, itself, is not the most polished and suave platform, either. we will be working on improving its functionalities and user interfaces over the coming months, so the project will remain ongoing. there have been countless hours spent already, working on this platform, going over every line of code from its parent project, EtherEx, and testing the platform out frontways, sidewards and upside down.
with this release, there are two subcurrencies released alongside the system: DEVs and SEEDLINGSs.
DEVs will be sold on par with SOIL, 1-for-1, at launch. the proceeds from the sale of DEVs will go towards server fees and further developments to SOIL-ex itself. the platform is not a profit-producing entity, the only fees attached to transactions with the platform will be the gas fees, which go to the miners. SOIL-ex is hosted on our official server, alongside our faucet, mining pool, network intelligence platform and website. naturally, there is a real cost to using these servers to host such things, which is why we are releasing DEVs. sort of a "pay what you feel is appropriate" program, if you feel this platform is useful to you, and want to help fund its ongoing development, then by all means, buy some DEVs. the parent project to SOIL-ex, EtherEx, will be releasing their ETX tokens as a crowdsale, and while this is a worthwhile way of raising the funds necessary, i have an aversion to crowdsales and ICOs, so we've simply released the DEV tokens for voluntary community action if they feel like contributing.
if anyone feels like contributing directly in appreciation for the work done, i accept SOILcoin payments to my developers wallet at:
0xe46731382FbC47621A6C480d4b6118026bBBCb3ASEEDLINGS (ticker stamp:SEED) are part of a side project i have been working on, which will have a more comprehensive posting about today or tomorrow (im sorta goofed up on pain meds right now due to throwing my back out playing "aeroplane" with my grandson, so itll probably more likely tomorrow than today) SEEDLINGS will be involved in a "carbon footprint offset" program that will be used to equalize the greenhouse emissions we create as a community to mine the blockchain consensus engine.
you can list your own tokens on the exchange, but please be aware that once listed, they cant be UNLISTED until such a point a full platform redeployment becomes necessary. ive found that using the etx.se contract to build these tokens is the most efficient in ensuring that the tokens are easily listed on the exchange. you can find that contract here:
https://github.com/soilcurrency/soilex/blob/master/contracts/etx.seits written in serpent, so you will need to compile it using a serpent compiler, or send me a message and ill send you the compiled code, and then deployed using our DUST dApp/wallet. after that its a simple matter of registering it on the exchange. there are some parameters that need to be filled out to do so, and ill be covering those in the user manual.
i hope that SOIL-ex will become something extremely useful to the community in the months to come, and i will be working very hard at bridging the divide between the SOILcon blockchain and other currencies in order for them to be traded directly on the exchange, and improving in any way i can the user experience in utilizing the exchange.... at present, though, build your tokens, make your brand, persuade us to its intrinsic value, and list them!! ill be available to assist you find folks with any problems, although this evening, considering the amount of morphine in my system and the fact i cant quite feel my nose, i might make a little less sense than i normally do!
and finally, this project couldnt exist without the hard work done by the parent project EtherEx, which is working on their exchange on the Ethereum blockchain. you can visit their site at etherex.org i truly appreciate the work theyve done and the fact that theyve released their project in an open source fashion, in the true spirit of decentralization.
