Topic: [ANN] Zimstake (ZS) - PURE POS - No IPO / PreMine - SHA-256 - page 3. (Read 152407 times)

I think we should start an OP for zer0stake and open up a logo bounty using foundation funds. We can offer a few bounties for things we ourselves cannot complete. I need to get in IRC and talk with icecube and see what he has in mind for a fork.

From their we can build an OP and at least get a cross post thread to talk in. Not sure the time frame for the fork, and if we want to go POW/POS again or if we want to premine a small amount for bounties. Others have advised against it and I think with my funds I send we will be close to 15k in the foundation fund. Only fear is it won't cover all we need to get stuff done. Offering a large bounty like 50k to perm DEV might be a good idea. Releasing 5k a week or every other week to ensure continuous development.


When I get back to my PC I'll send uki my 7500 ZS donation!

What sort of program would you use to create a logo?

Im not a graphical type of guy but I would like a stab at having a go to design a zerostake logo.

Im also just about to open and sync my old zs wallet and then I will be donating 2500 to the cause 

 I Think that looks fine. I will be glad to help moderate / answer questions in the thread. We do need a Zerostake logo.

Ok. Time to start thinking about new thread.
Here is one example of the recent coins, where the Dev abandoned and they are currently looking for replacement.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/annxbm-bitmo-bittrex-pos47manonencrypted-messagingweb-wallet-772235
Shall we post something similar, or shall we do something completely new?
Your opinions, comments?

We have received 3100 ZS over the weekend to the development fund.
Currently we have 4100 ZS collected and the wallet is staking.
thanks a lot for the contribution so far and we are looking for more.
Below are confirmations of both transactions:





update: another 6001 ZS are in the pot. We currently have: 10101 ZS

I'll post a lengthy post tonight. I apologize for the absence last week.

found working nods. thx to UKI's post.

Looks like things are moving apace! Glad to see it, ladies and gentlemen, and sorry I cannot be of much assistance at the moment. I hit the road tomorrow morning and will be mostly if not entirely incommunicado for about a week. After that time, I'll be able to assist to some degree. If you do get some programming work going, I'm always happy to test new stuff and let the smarter people know what it's doing vs. what it should be doing. I do not hold a great deal of ZS at the moment, less than 500 coins. So I can't promise any grand amount of donations to the cause, but I will try to pop something towards it. It also might not be a bad idea to have other coins as a donation option so that we can gather funds. I'd recommend Fire, Hyperstake, and Tek as candidates. BTC should go without saying, but just in case, I'm saying it anyway

See y'all in a few days. Peace and success!

thanks chickenfried12, for kind words.

I just created zer0stake development fund address for collecting the donations.
The address is the following:

E6H5g3JwwaEELKC9Smk7xVBfPHtGPNpqGj

as promised I put 1000 ZS into the pot:

I would like to ask ZS community who want to participate to direct your donations to that address.
I will post confirmations as soon as I receive coins.
I will be away from PC tomorrow morning till Sunday afternoon CET - all donations made during that time will be confirmed after I come back.


Now, regarding the new topic, I am definitely in favour of that, provided we have clear at least the general shape of the idea. Then the remaining discussions we can have in the new topic and then update the new OP. That is why I propose to have some more discussion during the weekend still in this topic and start the new one on Monday.

 Uki, I have heard good things about you from others, so I think It would be good if you are willing to handle the donation wallet. There is some opposition to the 500K coin addition. I think this community has some very strong members here. There are also a lot of varying ideas for the direction of the currency. I believe we can pool our thoughts together and make a strong diverse currency. If you have a strong idea about the currency, please express the idea and as long as the board/foundation thinks the idea could help, we can implement the idea. If you do have a strong idea, be ready to accept responsibility to help the idea come to fruition.
 1. Uki go ahead and setup a donation Wallet.
 2. Does someone want to start a new Zer0stake OP?
 3. I will work on The Asset Properties. I would Appreciate any help, including donations of Domain Names, Emails or other Items.
 4. We need a developer but sitting on our hands will not get one here faster. If we start working as a community a developer(s) will seek us out. 
 5. Tigerwoods thanks for working on the wallet syncing issues. 

You are misinformed on some of those points but right on others:

1. Bitcoin is not anonymous.
2. Merchant adoption of Alt-Coins is a cliche and after 4 years not even Bitcoin got it right properly. Bitcoin has shortcomings which is one of the main reasons that alt-coins exist to plug the gaps and improve. Minutes are optimistic for Bitcoin and is one of the reasons why alt-coins were created. Unfortunately alt-coins are 90% scams, 9% devs that start ok but are not committed to see things through (eg. ZS) and 1% that struggle along in a hostile market where the attention span of the average holder is 3 weeks max and short term profit is everyone's motivation and hoping they don't hold the bag when the music stops.
3. The only alt-coins that are reasonably successful are those that have built in anonymous features because there is an instant demand for it. People inherently want to keep their lives private and yes there will be those that misuse the anonymous features for illegal purposes unfortunately.
4. Implementing real life services takes time, 6-12 months IMO. Any coin that wants to do that will have to find ways to fund dev work and keep the coin alive during that period. Whatever the revival plans will have to include ways to keep the coin alive while real life services are chased.

I have an idea that ZS could focus on with the revival. Unfortunately I can only offer advice and strategy to whomever takes this forward as that is what I have time for. I am a thinker and not a do-er. If the decisions are made of names of the people that will take it forward, then I will give the idea to that person to take further as i cannot be a foundation member myself. The trick will be for the marketing and branding to differentiate ZS from the rest on its own unique ladder and to that extent you are correct about merchant adoption, but ZS has to focus on a specific purpose. I also recommend to create a new thread once the revival is up and running and to let this thread and its skeletons be tucked in the crypt where it belongs.

In my opinion we don't need full time dev (satoshi nakamoto created bitcoin , people developp it) . We need full time public relation manager + people creating applications or websites to use ZS in real life .

First thing is to create a martketplace : why people will buy and use zimstake ?

People are buying bitcoins , because there is applications in real life :

- you can buy drugs with bitcoins
-people can transfer money anonymously
-you can receive money from brazil to singapour in minutes , by exchanging your btc in localbitcoins
- Tax fraud
-investment
-trading (buying and selling btc to make quick profit everyday)
-You can buy anything you want in bitcoins anonymously

.......................................

If you want Zimstake to recover , we need application in real life , Marketplaces , Services paid in btc (proxy,domain names,download games ........) 

I'm willing to give 5000 Zs to the foundation if needed .


Ps : if anybody can show me how to create a Zimstake payment button >>> i will create a Marketplace .

Hi bro , here is the link to new wallet :

https://mega.co.nz/#!pQJ3CTwZ!OROzAOAh2Pdp7DBdYXMv9nPBYdsLHnZ5V0qWv5Xoaq8

Delete everything (EXCEPT wallet.dat ) and set up >> it will synch.

I prepared a short list of the things we should discuss and posted them at both IRC channels.
I post them here too, to start some discussion:

I tried to prepare a todo list:

anyone have working nodes?

I, along with Chickenfried, have been nominated to the foundation, I nominated chicken, and he me, Gologuzan seconded both.

Hi guys, good to see some work and dedication on the abandoned zimstake, sorry to hear about it.
I have a small amount on bittrex, can still withdraw but can't setup the wallet, can anyone direct me to the right .config or steps and is it working ? I am given an adress but not syncing.
Would like to stake if possible, also downloading the blockchain in the side would be a usefull feature if it's possible ?

Cumps guys and good work if that's the case 

So, in irc, I nominated crazywack and uki to the foundation, circusmidget seconded, they are now the first foundation members and have been invited to #ZS-Foundation

Icecube has offered but I think the general agreement is to secure a full time DEV before we fork.

Hi everyone! I'm a silent ( mostly reading and suffering newbie in crypto ) member of this community.
I can chip in 3000 ZS when and where needed for this ongoing project.
Not a programer, not a braniac that is the only way I could help getting ZS back on track. Thanks everyone who's trying.