Topic: [ANN][SLR] SolarCoin | PoW to PoS v. 2.0 | Solar Proof of Generation (§1 = 1MWh) - page 53. (Read 466822 times)

I can tell you the few events I have attended with the SolarCoin/ElectriCChain teams, solar industry people are at first confused, then amazed by what we are doing, and not just the fact that we are trying to incentivise their entire industry at a global scale.

People are amazed that we can, with a cheap device like a Raspberry Pi, log solar generation data to an incorruptable, free, open database from ANY size of solar install.  Big solar PV installs are easy, but getting data from the thousands of domestic systems, has been (from what a national energy company told me) impossible.

So screw the haters, we have something here that no-one else has, if the $0.12 guy cant see it, plenty of others will; if you build it they will come.

Big oil is that you keeping Solarcoin down     But Solarama is correct the slack channels are very active for Solarcoin. Here not so much.

I think it might be a good idea to get more information onto this thread. I hold several coins that interest me, when i'm looking at new oportunities to invest I will generally visit the website and then have a look on bitcointalk and check out the activity there. For SLR - there is a lot going on on the slack, but its tumbleweeds on bitcointalk, no postings from anyone for days at a time. It gives the impression that there is no activity, no development, no progress. (why I have been posting chunks from the slack here)
If people get this impression then they dont invest and hold and if they are a holder they will just dump it and use the BTC to try to get a better retun on their investment.

There are very few coins that are now still in existance from January 2014 (when SLR launched) I have seen hundreds of crappy ideas and coins come and go . In that time, SLR has grown from under 500 satoshi to over 8000 and I firmly believe that the price (and the value) will continue to steadily increase.

From the Slack:-

"vipgelsi [3:47 AM]
Nick what would a low to high end estimate of network growth be for 2017 for Slr
nick_gogerty [3:52 AM]
tough to say, but I am personally targetting 20-50k users. that means we need to get infront of 200-300k.  with a 3-6 months sales cycle that means hitting it hard after copay is out. we have one 200k platform working on an NDA and @francois probably has 50 monitoring companies in his back pocket that range from thousands to 10's of thousands. We have contacts at solarcity etc. but haven't reached out yet as our UX is sub-par for their customers.  with Copay and web wallet, I think that is largely solved.  This doesn't include proof concept stuff like solarchange is working on in Cyprus and attempts to reach out to enphase's enlighten platform.  If people have platforms we should target let us know.  We also have people in China and other areas wanting to sign up as affiliate so I personally think its more a matter of when than if we reach 20-50k and then.....more.  there are 7m estimated solar producing facilities out there growing 30-40% annually."

I havent yet read Nick Gogerty book - 'The Nature of Value' https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Nature-Value-Adaptive-Economy-Columbia-Business-Publishing/0231162448 as I think it might just sit on the shelf next to Steven Hawkins 'a breif history of time'!  but from my johnny-punch-clock perspective it would surely benefit SLR if it had a 'current value' of $0.50 rather than a few cents when approaching these huge solar companies ? Discuss :-)

And again - Bitcoin goes UP from 1650 to 1700+ and another SLR DUMP (~70 000 Solarcoins) on Bittrex for fuck sake - this is every time BTC goes up - a guy keeps solarcoin at ~0.12 $ and thats it... It's getting boring - someone may say we are stable - well if we measure the price in USD yea ofc, but I measure it in BTC and so far we are going down every time BTC rises, because of that same guy who dumps... This is ridiculous 

I'd rather not Solarcoin join a pump bubble.

So I am watching the Bitcoin/Altcoin rally recently and I can't stay quiet about it, because it's getting on my nerves - so far from January 2017 BTC has grown from under 1000$ to 1600+$ as of today, which is ~60% increase of its price and it seems it is going even further and nobody is sure when it will stop or pop (if its a bubble) etc. Almost every Altcoin out there is rising too, which is understandable since ~99% of the altcoins are traded for BTC. I'm watching the volume of these Shitcoins and the numbers are getting higher every day and the amount of money people put in them is not a small number - we can start from 200 000$ daily and go to a couple of million dollars for some coins. Everything is fine by those numbers, people have their choice where to put their money I get that. The thing that bothers me and makes me nervous and I don't know if its for good or bad is why Solarcoin doesn't follow the pattern / uptrend recently? Why when BTC goes up, there is this asshole on Bittrex or whatever other exchange SLR is traded, which starts selling every god damn time and keeps the price down??? Why all the other Shitcoins have so much money put into them and we are staying under the shadows for so long? Why people can't notice us? I see that the foundation is doing a great work - every month there is some good news about Solarcoin - we have even won an Oscar at Blockshow Europe and what happened - well not much apparently and I can't understand why or what is the reason behind this... I see that ~100 people joined the SLR slack recently, which is great - but when some of them started asking questions like "why am I here?/ what is this group" my excitement vaporized - like some spam bot added them randomly from nowhere... Don't get me wrong here - I'm not being negative, I just wonder why is all that happening - why are there so many Shitcoins above us, in which people invest so much money - what seems to be the thing that "hold us back"? What we must achieve in the future to make people recognize us as unique alternative from all the other coins out there? I don't know if I'm asking the right questions and making the proper analyse of the market right now so feel free to deny/argument me. And for the greedy so called "whale" right now who is keeping the price low and dumping every time when there is a rise - not everything is forever my friend, you are a big fish in the small pond at the moment - once the SLR market starts to expand and become an ocean, the sharks there will eat all of your coins and you will starve to death at the bottom of the abyss where you belong - u greedy little bastard...

ORIGINAL DEKO WHITEPAPER 4th JAN 2011
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1802166


SOLARCOIN WIKI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SolarCoin


SOLARCOIN PRESENTATION
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_eBvOYwcD-XbG9pdWJWOGtNNjg/view?ths=true

Cool its at 108 now as I look

                                                Protocol   Count   Network Share
/Satoshi:2.1.8/                            70005   107          99.1 %   

BLOCKCHAIN OSCARS WINNER - BLOCKSHOW EUROPE

https://solarcoin.org/en/solarchange-wins-oscar-at-blockshow-europe-munich/

SolarChange gathers a network of services and applications to improve and increase the use of solar energy worldwide and provide solar owners with more value from their systems. SolarChange’s SolarCoin is a reward program that is coupled to the production of clean solar energy. SolarCoin, based on blockchain technology, allows green-energy producers to get a reward for their contribution to the planet.
SolarChange also provides verified, multi-sourced insights and predictions for a variety of applications including residential energy efficiency and grid-scale energy management.
SolarChange won 5000 euros worth of HMQ

https://www.facebook.com/CointelegraphEvents/photos/a.288340684943593.1073741830.270185593425769/288341168276878/?type=3&theater

thanks for the cheap solarcoin  gotta love whoever is selling now lol

BECOME A SOLAR ANGEL
SOLAR ANGELS http://solarangels.solarchange.co/#/.
What is a Solar Angel ?
Solar Angels are solar energy supporters and community delegates who take an active role in increasing the SolarCoin network by engaging solar installation owners to register to the SolarChange platform. For their efforts and contribution to network growth, Solar Angels will receive a reward: SolarCoins - the amount is relative to installation size.

What is the role of the Solar Angel ?Solar Angels inform solar owners about the SolarCoin concept and SolarChange’s mission. The Solar Angel invites the owner to register on the SolarChange Platform and verify that the registration procedure is successfully completed. Solar Angels verify that a solar installation is effectively grid-connected and producing solar energy in-line with what is claimed by the solar owner.

Why Should I become a Solar Angel ? Solar Angels receive a SolarCoin reward for introducing new participants to the SolarCoin Network. The reward is 2.5% of the total SolarCoins granted to the solar installation at its first year of operation and retroactive to 2010.

How do I become a Solar Angel ? Becoming a Solar Angel is straightforward. A Solar Angel needn't own a solar installation. Simply register here:- http://solarangels.solarchange.co/#/. After the registration process, you will receive a confirmation email and follow up.

After becoming a Solar Angel, what is the procedure for registering a new Solar Owner ?
 An “Angel Code” will be sent to you. In order to get your reward, the Solar Owner should refer to your own Angel Code when he registers his solar installation. That’s it! After the registration is confirmed, both you and the solar owner will get a confirmation email!

Remember:The SolarCoin value and its popularity depends on network size. Therefore, Solar Angels have a crucial role in the SolarCoin project and in the success of the Solar Revolution.

ELECTRIC CHAIN http://www.electricchain.org/

We currently have 12 projects at various stages of development with participants from the world’s leading universities, power producers, government agencies and companies.
Our Slack community includes anonymous observers from the world’s 3rd largest technology company, Europe’s biggest power producer, the US Top Technology University, America’s largest independent power producer, industry consortia representing over 40 hardware manufacturers.
Projects include development of micro-grids in Africa, hardware and software, and research into the first space-based currency transaction and more.

 JOIN SLACK https://electricchain.slack.com/

TO JOIN THE SOLARCOIN SLACK - https://solarcoin-group.slack.com

For those new to SolarCoin, SolarCoin is solar miles for solar power generation. Any solar owner is entitled to receiving SolarCoins.
Solar Coins are given out at the rate of 1SLR/MWh - any solar owner may apply and receive for free by registering to the SolarCoin website
Solar installation owners may register individually their install ; solar monitoring companies can register by integrating SolarCoin onto their platform ; datalogger and inverter producers can embed SLR§ through software.

Some SolarCoin Resources
www.solarcoin.org
http://www.solarchange.co/#/
https://www.solcrypto.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WD3HW6l6gc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR9R6R3iaiI

Make that over 100 new members today and we currently have 465 members strong!

Over 70 new members today on Solarcoin Slack.

Nick Gogerty, [1 May 2017, 11:13 am]:
Join the call: https://www.uberconference.com/nick447
Optional dial in number: 401-283-5318
PIN: 47458     call at 9AM NYC Eastern time.

Luke Floorwalker, [1 May 2017, 11:35 am]:
and if people like video, screenshare we can mirror here. https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/solcrypto.com/solarcoinelectricchaininformal

sorry that is 9am EST(not 8am like I said by mistake). 1pm GMT, 10pm JST/KST

See you there, informal atmosphere.

Cheers,
lfloorwalker

I cleared my solarcoin.conf of other addnodes as an experiment 'addnode=https://chainz.cryptoid.info' works just fine

note however they may have the standard 128 connection limit on their node, so even if we all add it may not show more than that number anyway.  Fun experiment tho

Thanks for clarifying.