Topic: [ANN][NOTE]DNotes - Celebrating DNotes 3rd Birthday - Forum Now Open - page 195. (Read 814541 times)

I agree with Dyna, #1 looks great!

# 1 is my favorite. Great job Mochilles. Thank you very much.

Mochilles has sent me 4 variations for DCEBrief logo.

Please let me know if you like these:

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Thank you Mochilles!

Another week is gone. Very soon another month comes to an end. And on August 18, 2015, DNotes will be 18 months old (1&1/2 years). It will be great if DCEBrief is ready for launch. It is possible but may not be likely because a lot more work needs to be done. I will try to focus on it this week as much as possible and can use all the help I can get.

This past week has been particularly challenging. I don’t remember the last time I went to bed at 10:00 p.m. and the next thing I knew was 6:00 a.m. Guess I maxed out both physically and mentally. Daylilies in our gardens are at their peak bloom and a lot of them are one of a kind we created a few years ago. They are stunning but take a lot of hard work, just giving them minimum care. I hope Joe will have time to take a few pictures at the farm and share them with us; 38 acres of gorgeous daylilies with thousands of our own creations. That is easily 100 times more than what we have in our gardens.

I must have responded to over 300 emails last week. Quite a few were the result of my participation at the Inside Bitcoin convention in Chicago and the Chicago Bitcoin Meet-up. Most of them were from my LinkedIn network, which interestingly enough are getting an increasing number of requests from the media. Although most of them are just curious, that is still a very good sign.

Greece financial crises have been on my mind all week. Frankly, it is very frustrating and depressing to think that there are viable business solutions but since DNotes is still in its infancy, for all practical purposes, we are not in any position to be of help. Now that the European Union and the European Central Bank “own” Greece, adopting a digital currency is totally out of the question. I appreciate that at one point CCTV was interested to interview me on that interesting possibility. The interview is now on hold.

In my opinion what we have seen is the worse of mankind in exploiting the helplessly weak party on a large scale with no regards for the financial hardship and desperation of millions. I am deeply troubled and fear that its negative implications will be far reaching, affecting everyone worldwide in varying degree. This was what I said a few weeks ago, “This is a very sad and tragic situation. The rich may end up losing a vacation home in a foreign country but many of the less fortunate are at risk of losing their entire life savings, while being too old to rebuild their nest egg. It is even more depressing when no viable political solutions exist to give Greece’s citizens any hope of rebuilding their financial future”. This is how I feel about today, “There will be so many restrictions in the final agreement, it is going to be like forcing a patient in intensive care to donate blood”.

It is a harsh statement. The facts remain that political solutions are meant to bring relief to the creditors while squeezing those who can least afford to give up more. A better business solution would be to issue a “ground halt” on all payments due over the next three years with zero interest accumulation. Bring in volunteer entrepreneurs worldwide to work with local business owners and focus on viable business solutions. The European Union, ECB, IMF and other international organizations should focus on working with the Greek government to develop the most favorable business environment to promote local and international business and trade. A significant amount of the “relief funds” should be allocated to assist new business development. Adopt a digital currency like DNotes and make Greece the world headquarters of digital currency and blockchain technology.

Nice to see a fair and balanced article about Bitcoin in a national publication:

"Check out this article from USA TODAY: Some retailers banking on virtual money"

http://usat.ly/1MAYKKu

Thought this was interesting, bitcoin is the fastest growing area of startup investment.

Bitcoin and space travel are two of the fastest-growing areas of venture-capital funding

Two of the industries most historically owned by the government are now venture capital targets—money and spaceships. According to Mattermark data analyzed by Tomasz Tunguz of the venture capital firm Redpoint, bitcoin and space travel were two of the four fastest-growing areas for startup investment in the past three years.

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http://qz.com/457818/bitcoin-space-travel-venture-capital-funding/

Glad to hear you got it fixed!

Sorted. Did repair and scan wallet then it worked.

When you trade up to a new PC, LapTop or Tablet, use disk cleaner software to over write the hard drive and do it more than once. Simply deleting your wallet files does NOT destroy them, the original files are easy to recover. On Windows, emptying the Recycle Bin still does not destroy them, it just renames them. There are plenty of utilities out there that will happily recover your files for the new owner of your equipment. And that includes that little text file where you have stored all your passwords...

Agreed, the DNotesVault will be the best option for most users. If you can work through the technical and secure your wallet data using offline only methods, managing a wallet is a good option as well. It is probably a good time to mention some pitfalls or best practices in securing your own wallet data.
-You have to protect and secure your password, if you lose the password you will not be able to recover your funds.
-When creating an offline wallet, create multiple wallets, in the event you have to use one to send funds out using an online computer, you can send the balance to another secure offline wallet.
-Your wallet data files are only encrypted after you encrypt them (if someone got a hold of your wallet data files before encrypting them, it doesn't matter if you encrypted them later)
-Changing your encryption password does not change it for previous copies of the wallet data files.
-Removing the internet connection temporarily to manage your wallet is not 100% secure, you may still have malware running capturing data for when you go back online.
-Virus/Malware protection is not 100% protection from data/password stealing programs.
-Paper wallets are only as secure as your computer.
-Brain wallets are difficult to secure using just a memorized password.
-Try not to keep your wallet data files on online computers, it is unlikely someone would break the password, but still recommended
-If you add addresses to your wallet, make another backup.


I'm sure there are some I've missed, feel free to add to the list.

A diversified balanced portfolio invested for the long term is a good investing discipline. Keeping up with technology is never easy. In our rapidly changing world that is hyperconnected by increasingly more powerful smart phones giving billion more people computing power and communication at their finger-tips, something big is happening; bankers had tried to dispel but fighting a loosing battle. We are living in the digital age. With two smart phones or computers with internet connections you are your own bank. Digital currency and any digital asset can be sent and confirmed within minutes to anyone worldwide at near zero cost. Find out more and start here: “DNotes Will Be Known as the Currency with a Purpose”
http://cointelegraph.com/news/114557/dnotes-will-be-known-as-the-currency-with-a-purpose

Alan Yong,
July 18, 2015

This seems to be a problem for all crypto coins using QT. Although not fatal, it is annoying. Perhaps in the future, someone will add some more functionality to the code to work around this issue as it is a stumbling block for new users and those who are "just trying it out"

Of course, you could always use DNotesVault instead... 

Hi The One, there are a couple things you can try. First I would recommend closing and re-opening the wallet, then wait an hour and see if it starts updating. If it hasn't, you may need to re-download. Close the wallet. Open the following folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\WINDOWSUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\DNotes or C:\Users\WINDOWSUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\DNotes directory
Delete blk0001.dat and blkindex.dat.
Open the wallet and it will begin downloading from the start.

Dnote 1.2 not DL the blocks...stuck on 676364

Welcome, KidCrypto!

Whether 'Grexit' or 'not with a bang but a whimper,' the future is bright for us.

This is capital-'F' fantastic: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-17/chinese-bazooka-xi-readies-483-billion-to-end-stock-selloff

Welcome to the DNotes thread KidCrypto!

There are some gems in there Chase. These quotes will help people to understand how important digital currency is.

waiting on the grexit pump 

Here is a 'few' more quotes that we can pick and choose from.  I pre-apologize if I've duplicated anyone's.


"This is a nascent industry. Along with 3-D printers and nanotubes, cryptocurrency is the future. We need to encourage it, not discourage it. There is risk associated with every budding industry in America."   - Texas Congressman Steve Stockman

"Bitcoin is one of the most powerful innovations in finance in the past 500 years"  Paul Vigna and Michael Casey, authors of The Age Of Cryptocurrency

"Bitcoin values are quickly becoming a data point that our customers want to follow as they consider transacting, trading or investing with this emerging asset class."   -  Thomas Farley, NYSE Group president

"With this investment, we are tapping into a new asset class by teaming up with a leading platform that is bringing transparency, security and confidence to an important growth market." 
-  Thomas Farley, NYSE Group president commenting on the  launch of a bitcoin price index

“Bitcoin is a very sophisticated, globally distributed asset ledger.”    - IBM executive architect Richard Brown

“We have elected to put our money and faith in a mathematical framework that is free of politics and human error.”     - Tyler Winklevoss

 “If we remember, 15 years ago if you were doing anything on the Internet you were going to make millions. I think it could be the same with Bitcoin.”   - Jered Kenna, Trade Hill CEO

“You put an open, decentralized ecosystem: open source, open standards, open networking and the intelligence and innovation pushed all the way to the edge — put that against a closed system, controlled by a central provider, whose permission you need in order to innovate and who will only innovate at the exclusion and competition of all of the other companies — and we will crush them.”  - Andreas Antonopoulos

"Our long-term thesis has been and continues to be that bitcoin and blockchain technology are going to prove to be two of the most significant and pervasive technologies the world has ever seen."  - Tyler Winklevoss

"There's a huge need for people with knowledge of the regulatory and compliance issues that, for businesses to accept and use bitcoins, there's a real barrier to understanding exactly how to account for them and what the tax implications are for them."  - New York University finance professor David Yermack


"There's really demand in the labor market for people who know about digital currencies"  - - New York University finance professor David Yermack

"When a currency is headed for a devastating crash, citizens do not have to just hope for the best anymore.  The free market has given them a new choice.  And more citizens are now relying on bitcoin air bags for safety."  -  38th Director of the US Mint Edmund C. Moy

"I am not surprised to find that interest in bitcoin is skyrocketing among citizens in these countries.  When a currency collapses, citizens want to sell the national currency they own for a more stable currency.  But their governments regulate the foreign currency and gold exchanges and usually ban conversions in a vain attempt to save their national currency."  - 38th Director of the US Mint Edmund C. Moy

“As we work to incorporate and adapt these powerful technological advances to the world of ‘Finance 2.0′, having an organized, strategic approach will aid all participants understand and embrace the Bitcoin ecosystem,” he said. “We believe that the long-term result will be more efficient markets, more cost-effective solutions for equity ownership, investment and trading and, ultimately, greater value and wealth creation for all participants in the world of finance and trading.” - Ron Quaranta, executive director of WSBA  Wall Street Bitcoin Alliance

"And it's not necessary for everyone who's going to use Bitcoin to understand the mining process, or the inner workings of how bitcoins move from wallet to wallet. You don't need to know all that for it to benefit your lifestyle."  Perianne Boring,  President of the Chamber of Digital Commerce

“At Global Impact, we are committed to serving the world’s most vulnerable people. Accepting donations in bitcoin gives us another way to do just that and puts us on the cutting edge of fundraising technology,” Global Impact Investment Vice President, Joseph Mettimano

"Digital currencies such as Bitcoin empower individuals to be in charge of their own finances and investments completely, though there could be higher risk associated."  Jeff Berwick, The Dollar Vigilante

“With the evolution of the Internet of Things and Bitcoin for example, fintech is developing at an incredible pace globally and it is important that we start balancing innovation and regulation to ensure that digital fintech can thrive without overly burdensome regulation and without causing more of a financial inclusion problem around the world”  - Christine Duhaime, co-founder of the Digital Finance Institute (DFI) and a prominent financial regulatory and counter terrorist financing lawyer in Canada

“As we add regulatory requirements to financial transactions, including in the digital fintech space, we negatively impact venture capital funding, stifle innovation and force greater numbers of people out of the banking system globally, especially women and people living in poverty.  -Christine Duhaime, co-founder of the Digital Finance Institute (DFI) and a prominent financial regulatory and counter terrorist financing lawyer in Canada

There is a tremendous amount of small-scale entrepreneurship lead by women in the developing world, and keeping transaction fees low will allow them to expand beyond the confines of a cash-based model without requiring them to give up a substantial portion of their profit margins to credit card fees. 
-  Arianna Simpson on the benefits of bitcoin to women in developing countries

That works and it doesn't require fancy scripting..