Topic: [ANN][DCR] Decred - Community Governance | Bitcoin Devs | Lightning Network - page 552. (Read 1201332 times)

What are new features (or problems) that  this cryptocurrency offer (or really solve) relative to other existing coins? Monero, Bitcoin ...

All domains possible have been grabbed in the interest of preservation, but I'm sure some have been missed! Top-level is definitely a preference though - for a broader audience expansion in the future. Any domains people want to develop can be included, or reimbursed at cost like you suggest, and we can include those in the broader Decred infrastructure. As a community, we should try and set up something where we can put up tasks for anyone to pick up and do and have a process whereby that gets included throughout the larger system - that could work really well.

Thanks for your thorough answers.

Like jcv said above (he's a Decred dev), it's definitely not just coding contributions. If you have plans to support Decred in the future in whatever way you want, you'll be part of the airdrop. If you've already made contributions to other technological ecosystems, even better. There's plenty of space since the hard cap is 5,000 people. The intention was to make it broad but contribution focused - as that's the system Decred envisions and builds itself around. If you want to contribute, there's space for you, and if you are contributing to Decred in the future, there's opportunity for you. Those are the basics of the system everyone's looking to build.


As you may now, veteran devs are pretty set in their ways. There's a security protocol in place around development communication and code before mainnet is live and open-source, so it's unlikely devs will make their way to an external service like slack - especially since they're focused now. If Decred members (that includes you) want to set one up, the project will make sure there's representation in there with someone who can communicate with devs prior to mainnet. Once mainnet is live and public, even IRC will have more activity and other mediums too. So feel free to set it up if you want and let people know here so community members can engage and organise that way too - you've got freedom here, don't need to ask for permission!

i guess it comes down to your personal preference so we might end up having both. I like it as its available on mobile & all 3 major OS & its easy to share files right in the app. Maybe slack for general community & IRC for tech discussions.

ill be mining this coin next year...

thanks for all the information 

I'll let someone else answer about what non-coding contributions are (other than again saying we want to be pretty inclusive in how we consider things).

As for slac vs IRC, personally, I really prefer IRC.  I already use it for a number of other projects and communities that I'm part of and am very used to it.  Also looks like slac is not open source and does not run on *BSD (where I do a lot of my work) so I'm fairly unlikely to use it.  Does not mean other might not be interested, but I know that at least a few other people on the current team probably feel that way too.

Here's to hopin' they pick it up, for it was freely given to them as a gift. If anybody else picks it up first, please consider passing it to them for cost at the most.

Thanks for replying. I have been reading MC2 thread and your blog etc so maybe i picked up on that name there. Someone mentione ticker XDC which is a good option if it is available.

You talked about non-coding contribution. Is running full nodes, mining/staking also considered contribution or it has to be with designing, marketing, blogging or community management/support on various social platforms?

EDIT: Will there be a slack for decred? I find it great for chatting & file sharing as compared to IRC. Its free version is great if someone keeps backup logs as it shows only 10K msgs on all channels.

If you haven't already done so, sign up for the airdrop (can be as a team, but it's recommended you do it individually). If you want to talk about specific contributions get in touch on here or any of the other platforms (some of the devs are also in #decred on irc.freenode.net).

Agree with the points on vendors and exchanges. We as a community will have to make that happen, since the primary focus now is making sure the technology is up and running and tested thoroughly. Beyond that, anything done will be a collaborative effort anyone can engage in. Lots of energy in the community, so no doubt we'll be able to make it happen if the tech is solid.

looking good count me in

Welcome back guys,
Its a gd mix of people here, lots  of matured traders, so many friends and enemies unite with the same goal. 
im sure this coin will do well...im gona pump the fk outta this 

I am interested in potentially submitting some contributions, either personally or with my team.

On-chain dice is the traditional first use case for a bootstrapping new coin.   

We shouldn't approach vendors until it actually exists and has been verified to work properly/safely.  They ain't got time for no vaporware!

Of course getting XDC listed on exchanges should start ASAP.

Have you set up any vendors yet that want to start taking Dcred. For this to go it is going to have to be spent. And just converting it to Fiat is not gonna make it grow.
I wanna mine, stake and spend. Can't wait to fill up my wallet and pass some to my friends.

Donny

Dcred.it is growing on me.  The 'D' doesn't just connote decentralization but also System D, as well as removing (de-leting) sovereign debt/financialization from the world order.

Better than my crummy suggestion of SprawlCoin or GridCash!   

5 min. 1 MB. No penalty for size (as of yet). Anything within reason is up for voting where the technology permits it with sufficient testing and simulation. ~21e6 works well as a comparison to Bitcoin, for a short answer.

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Even back to Castoria from the mid 1800s  (see e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher%27s_Laxative)