Topic: [ANN][DCR] Decred - Community Governance | Bitcoin Devs | Lightning Network - page 553. (Read 1201332 times)

That is very odd. Can't replicate it on this end at all. What browser are you using? If you're not comfortable discussing here, send a PM or visit the other Decred sites to get in touch so someone can help you.

sounds great, i would love to be part of airdrop and i can surely contribute somehow. following

here's what the tab I open for your website says

"SSL connection error

Unable to make a secure connection to the server. This may be a problem with the server, or it may be requiring a client authentication certificate that you don't have.
Error code: ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR"

any other websites I go to open up no problem so I just wondered if I needed some authenication to get in or what.

Alex

Non-coders are welcome! The project is inclusive by design and in its philosophy going forward. If you are interested in contributing in the future, there's a place for you, even if you haven't contributed to things in the past. All we ask is that you submit some form of online presence so we can filter out people who have no real interest, since the project will be built on contributors. Even a forum account where you've talked and thought about the issues is sufficient to be included in the airdrop. It's a crude mechanism to try and act in the best interest of the starting conditions of the project (balanced against the realities of building technology like Decred).


The web site is up and running on this end. Can anyone else confirm problems? If you continue having problems, contact @decredproject on Twitter or post in r/decred on reddit for help with getting submitted for the airdrop.

So ONLY people that are contributing to this coin like coders can get this coin? I don't know anything about coding but would like to get some of these coins to stake up, so what do I need to do in order to either earn some or be in the airdrop? I tried to go to your website https://www.decred.org/ but either it's not working or I don't have permission to actually go there, so how do I sign up or show support as a non coder?

Everything is up for discussion - but at this point in time all effort the project has is going into making sure the technology works as intended and is tested properly. That's the primary focus now. The logic behind the structure of the airdrop is for it to be as simple as possible. It will all be over in a single block.


Funny you should mention that, pretty sure it came up in early discussions. In all likelihood it'll end up being a made-up word now in terms of meaning - have it take on a meaning people ascribe to it over time.


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So, should i assume that airdrop is not up for discussion?

Also, the name could be D(ecentralized)-Cred(it), so D-Cred with ticker DCRD

@decred I still dont get the starting block reward, can you give me a number?

Nicely nicely, Brothers Isley.   

Answered in IRC, but for others' info, you should be able to buy Decred from people/exchanges after mainnet is live - after the projected date of Jan 18th. For now, you can sign up for the airdrop if you want to participate and contribute to the building up of the project with others - but that is strictly unconditional, meaning you won't be held to any expectations (but everyone hopes you do care enough to participate when you sign up).


There will be a simple GPU miner built for AMD/nVidia cards. The project will start working with everyone interested in mining to help them set it all up in the week of Jan 4th - which is, as it stands, the projected date to turn testnet on.


That's pretty cool! Haven't thought about shortening "decred" to "dcred". Both could work well without necessarily being a "change" in name. Super hard to get consensus on a name though - especially when something is new and people are just now beginning to learn about the project and what it represents. One very positive thing about the name "Decred" is that the project was able to secure top-level domains (.com/.org/.net) for a short name, which is somewhat unusual and will help a lot for a general audience as it grows.


Hey iCEBREAKER! Never got the chance to thank you for stopping by. The plan now is to collect all technical questions for the day and answer them in one shot. The devs are working pretty hard, so these are noted and there will be a post to answer them specifically today.


Hah, yes. The vast majority of people working on Decred at the moment are not design-oriented. There has already been interest from new participants in playing with the logo here and here. Anyone who wants to mess with the logo can download .svg files here and here. But a warning: current Decred people are devs, not designers - so any help is greatly appreciated!

Those who buy into this wannabe crap deserve to get screwed up hard.

I like this one and i will be mining.

Always interested in the dispute POW v POS. If the coin is successful then the question can be closed.
I wish success to the development team. With the help of the community. Followed.

dCred.it and 4Cred.it are still both available.

The name is OK but looks like 'decrepit' to me.     D-cred or Dcred is cleaner and dcr.edu is available...

What's the blocktime?  2 min?  10 min?  Is it up for a vote?  Same for max_block_size?  Is there a Monero-like penalty for large blocks?

Is everything up for a vote (including the ~21e6 coin limit)?

And we need to talk about the logo...   

How to download the program for mining? It will be effective only on the ASIC? When can I start mining?

Deltacredits is still active...

Where can I buy Decred? Thanks.

So, no keen with Decred.co.in, eh?

I don't mind the name, I'm just glad they left off Coin.

In essence, you're seeking a quorum to brainstorm the renaming of Decred to something having more cred. How 'bout DeCred.icio.us.

I'm not thrilled with the name either; it's somehow cacophonous. I suggest a brainstorming session, if the devs are open to alternatives.