[ANN][FLO] A Worldwide Public Record | Alexandria | ETDB | Medici | 0.15 Segwit - page 86.

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Quote from: BitcoinSanDiego on April 18, 2015, 02:03:02 AM

@blocktechceo @metacoin

Can you explain how the exchange will happen. There was something said about being able to buy Florincoin with Bitcoin directly in the Alexandria wallet. How does this work? Shapeshift.io? APIs?

Initially we wanted to go thru shapeshift, but they said Florincoin didn't have enough volume to justify the effort to add it to their system, so we did it internally. It's a very simple process, just click "buy more" in the Alexandria wallet and a new btc address will be generated and provided to the user - a script watches the new address, and when a deposit comes into it, it looks up the exchange price, averaging the 3 current exchanges and sends flo to the users address. it's a 1-confirmation thing, so with BTC it should take 10-20 minutes to load up a wallet to be able to publish content.

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@blocktechceo @metacoin

Can you explain how the exchange will happen. There was something said about being able to buy Florincoin with Bitcoin directly in the Alexandria wallet. How does this work? Shapeshift.io? APIs?

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Quote from: BitcoinSanDiego on April 17, 2015, 05:25:01 PM

Quick question: Once this is hooked up with BitTorrent, will this really be possible to use without a central service? ie: videos can be shared and streamed P2P with a torrent link and never require any hosting

That's correct, it will be possible to use without a central service. Media is streamed directly from webtorrents and the blockchain is used as a ledger of publisher information and published media (including magnet URIs).

Quote from: BitcoinSanDiego on April 17, 2015, 05:25:01 PM

It looks like the current Alexandria wallet is custom made HTML wallet and synchronizes with the Florin blockchain. So, this app currently requires no central servers whatsoever to function?

Yep, exactly.

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Quote from: Zer0Sum on April 17, 2015, 07:32:26 PM

You also are replacing a free add supported service... with pay-as-you go = may be some initial resistance.

Content can be accessed for free, if the person that is paying to put the content into the Florin Blockchain wants it accessed for free. The fee system does not require a fee, and can even simply allow for suggested donations.

Watch the video more closely.

BTW, can we just call the Florincoin blockchain the "Flockchain" ? Grin

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Quote from: Zer0Sum on April 17, 2015, 07:32:26 PM

Quote from: blocktechceo on April 17, 2015, 06:24:13 PM

Quote from: BitcoinSanDiego on April 17, 2015, 05:25:01 PM

Quick question: Once this is hooked up with BitTorrent, will this really be possible to use without a central service? ie: videos can be shared and streamed P2P with a torrent link and never require any hosting

It looks like the current Alexandria wallet is custom made HTML wallet and synchronizes with the Florin blockchain. So, this app currently requires no central servers whatsoever to function?

This is very interesting, thanks for sharing.

Yes, the whole point is that it works without any servers. The lookup info that gets stored in the blockchain is simply the torrent hash. Right now, the client finds the file in the DHT using this hash - pretty soon we'll be adding some alexandria-specific torrent trackers to make peer discovery happen faster, so at that point there will be "servers" involved to an extent, but they wouldn't be required, just beneficial.

And yes, the app is an HTML and JS front end, with a python and go backend, compiled into a standalone app with Node Webkit. And yes, it syncs with the florincoin wallet, which needs to be running as well. Later in our dev plan we'll be integrating the wallet itself into the Alexandria app so that users dont need to run the separate Florincoin-QT wallet as well.

I've been waiting for someone to build "Pirate Bay on a Blockchain"...
But this needs to breakout in the "torrent community" as opposed to the "crypto community"...
Get an article on TorrentFreak and promote on file-sharing forums.

There is ongoing Total War on the torrent space from rich, fat Hollywood lawyers...
(In spite of the fact that Hollywood has > $10 billion in revenues versus about $200 million for all torrent sites)...
Build a toolkit so any torrent site can move quickly (in days) to Alexandria... as opposed to shutting down.

You also are replacing a free add supported service... with pay-as-you go = may be some initial resistance.

Yep, this is a pretty radical concept and has some pretty crazy applications such as what you speak of.

This is the advantage of using Florincoin actually. This way Blocktech has no financial connection to the network and can build the network without fear of the financial/legal issues related to token issuance and Torrent

Bravo.

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Quote from: blocktechceo on April 17, 2015, 06:24:13 PM

Quote from: BitcoinSanDiego on April 17, 2015, 05:25:01 PM

Quick question: Once this is hooked up with BitTorrent, will this really be possible to use without a central service? ie: videos can be shared and streamed P2P with a torrent link and never require any hosting

It looks like the current Alexandria wallet is custom made HTML wallet and synchronizes with the Florin blockchain. So, this app currently requires no central servers whatsoever to function?

This is very interesting, thanks for sharing.

Yes, the whole point is that it works without any servers. The lookup info that gets stored in the blockchain is simply the torrent hash. Right now, the client finds the file in the DHT using this hash - pretty soon we'll be adding some alexandria-specific torrent trackers to make peer discovery happen faster, so at that point there will be "servers" involved to an extent, but they wouldn't be required, just beneficial.

And yes, the app is an HTML and JS front end, with a python and go backend, compiled into a standalone app with Node Webkit. And yes, it syncs with the florincoin wallet, which needs to be running as well. Later in our dev plan we'll be integrating the wallet itself into the Alexandria app so that users dont need to run the separate Florincoin-QT wallet as well.

I've been waiting for someone to build "Pirate Bay on a Blockchain"...
But this needs to breakout in the "torrent community" as opposed to the "crypto community"...
Get an article on TorrentFreak and promote on file-sharing forums.

There is ongoing Total War on the torrent space from rich, fat Hollywood lawyers...
(In spite of the fact that Hollywood has > $10 billion in revenues versus about $200 million for all torrent sites)...
Build a toolkit so any torrent site can move quickly (in days) to Alexandria... as opposed to shutting down.

You also are replacing a free add supported service... with pay-as-you go = may be some initial resistance.

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Quote from: blocktechceo on April 17, 2015, 06:24:13 PM

Quote from: BitcoinSanDiego on April 17, 2015, 05:25:01 PM

Quick question: Once this is hooked up with BitTorrent, will this really be possible to use without a central service? ie: videos can be shared and streamed P2P with a torrent link and never require any hosting

It looks like the current Alexandria wallet is custom made HTML wallet and synchronizes with the Florin blockchain. So, this app currently requires no central servers whatsoever to function?

This is very interesting, thanks for sharing.

Yes, the whole point is that it works without any servers. The lookup info that gets stored in the blockchain is simply the torrent hash. Right now, the client finds the file in the DHT using this hash - pretty soon we'll be adding some alexandria-specific torrent trackers to make peer discovery happen faster, so at that point there will be "servers" involved to an extent, but they wouldn't be required, just beneficial.

And yes, the app is an HTML and JS front end, with a python and go backend, compiled into a standalone app with Node Webkit. And yes, it syncs with the florincoin wallet, which needs to be running as well. Later in our dev plan we'll be integrating the wallet itself into the Alexandria app so that users dont need to run the separate Florincoin-QT wallet as well.

Thanks for your quick answers!

First off, if you are in San Diego, you have company here in North County

One more question for you Devon. Is Florincoin going to remain the defacto cryptocurrency for this project?

If so, Florincoin is likely the most undervalued cryptocurrency in history of cryptos. I believe with an increasing market cap for FLO, it will be much easier to crowd-fund.

Cheers, thanks

This is kind of funny, but FLO is traded on Cryptsy in the LTC markets: https://www.cryptsy.com/markets/view/FLO_LTC This needs to be added to the BTC markets

blocktechceo

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Quote from: BitcoinSanDiego on April 17, 2015, 05:25:01 PM

Quick question: Once this is hooked up with BitTorrent, will this really be possible to use without a central service? ie: videos can be shared and streamed P2P with a torrent link and never require any hosting

It looks like the current Alexandria wallet is custom made HTML wallet and synchronizes with the Florin blockchain. So, this app currently requires no central servers whatsoever to function?

This is very interesting, thanks for sharing.

Yes, the whole point is that it works without any servers. The lookup info that gets stored in the blockchain is simply the torrent hash. Right now, the client finds the file in the DHT using this hash - pretty soon we'll be adding some alexandria-specific torrent trackers to make peer discovery happen faster, so at that point there will be "servers" involved to an extent, but they wouldn't be required, just beneficial.

And yes, the app is an HTML and JS front end, with a python and go backend, compiled into a standalone app with Node Webkit. And yes, it syncs with the florincoin wallet, which needs to be running as well. Later in our dev plan we'll be integrating the wallet itself into the Alexandria app so that users dont need to run the separate Florincoin-QT wallet as well.

BitcoinSanDiego

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Quick question: Once this is hooked up with BitTorrent, will this really be possible to use without a central service? ie: videos can be shared and streamed P2P with a torrent link and never require any hosting

It looks like the current Alexandria wallet is custom made HTML wallet and synchronizes with the Florin blockchain. So, this app currently requires no central servers whatsoever to function?

This is very interesting, thanks for sharing.

BitcoinSanDiego

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Interesting stuff happening with Florincoin, I wonder how this development on top of FLO blockchain will affect it's value in the next few months

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Someone posted a reddit thread about Alexandria:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/32wz0i/introducing_alexandria_a_decentralized_opensource/

neutraLTC

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Looking forward to the public beta

Vlad2Vlad

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I sold all my FLO [2.8 million coins] except for 7 coins. Don't you guys go doing anything too crazy or good yet. lol

gnargnar

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Devon, metacoin...

Thank you a lot guys for your updates. Awesome news and this project is really amazing, it's chasing the right and original ideology of what crypto was aimed to be [should be] and putting to full contribution the blockchain tech. I've read the roadmap a couple of times and can't wait to see this coming to life, as well as the api's that I will definitely play/work with

I see we can support this development by donating and you've added all possible payment options for us Cheesy

I will make sure to contribute, even if little, I guess if we are many that do it, it all adds up and can do magic. I really hope you guys will also find few angels investors among the crypto enthusiasts that also believe in this Alexandria project.

Cheers!

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Small update on my part -

I've been unable to work on anything lately due to my computer being in for repairs followed shortly by a personal issue which has resulted in my inability to focus on work for the past weeks. Most of this has been sorted out and I will be hopefully returning to development work within a week or so.

Development on Alexandria doesn't depend solely on my input and the team has been able to get updates done without my involvement lately; I will soon be working hard again on the project to ensure we reach the May 26th goal for public beta release.

By the way, this is hilarious:

source

blocktechceo

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Hi Folks

Just wanted to share this video walkthru to update everyone on the status of Alexandria!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHoWBLFxcng

TL;DR - it's in alpha right now, we're aiming for a private beta release in 6 weeks, and public beta with open source code on github about 6 weeks after that. You can see the features that will be included in the private beta in the video, and there is a full run-down of planned feature development at www.Blocktech.com, where we are starting a crypto-only crowd funding campaign today. This isn't a coin offering, as Florincoin is of course already on the market, but a request for the community to contribute toward the development of a product designed to be used and owned by all.

The dev team and I try to keep an eye on this thread and will be happy to answer any questions we can.

Devon

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Quote from: gnargnar on April 15, 2015, 08:24:41 AM

well, i know that BTCarchitect (lead of Arch) seem to have a big interest in florin and project Alexandria.
We can see him re-twitting about Florin sometimes and even some direct tweets to @blocktechCEO
so, must be something big, but what? this dump was quite unexpected tbh, hence why i'm asking what's going on

people who belive in FLO are just waiting for the release of alexandria, I know many who will wait at leas two months from now holding FLO.
I've bought some because I saw BTCA calling them many times. And we know BTCA is a trusted person right now, so I believe in FLO too.

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well, i know that BTCarchitect (lead of Arch) seem to have a big interest in florin and project Alexandria.
We can see him re-twitting about Florin sometimes and even some direct tweets to @blocktechCEO
so, must be something big, but what? this dump was quite unexpected tbh, hence why i'm asking what's going on

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Quote from: gnargnar on April 15, 2015, 07:58:06 AM

hmmm.. big drop in bittrex. Shocked

do we have to worry about something in the background?
any bad news for florin in Alexandria project?
what's the status of the project?
thank you

I see what you mean, a couple days ago on a different forum I was reading they were talking about floorcoin and they expected it to rise anywhere from 500 to 750 satoshi by summer . so I don't know what's up, but I just bought some anyways

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hmmm.. big drop in bittrex. Shocked

do we have to worry about something in the background?
any bad news for florin in Alexandria project?
what's the status of the project?
thank you

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