Topic: DNotes 2.0 - Staking, CRISP Interest, DNotes Pay - page 199. (Read 148848 times)

Report: Egypt’s Govt Redirecting Citizens’ Computers to Mine Monero

https://dcebrief.com/report-egypts-govt-redirecting-citizens-computers-to-mine-monero/

I think those are some excellent suggestions for the integration of cryptocurrency into the administration of everyday tasks that could be cleverly implemented in a clever way as a component of our overall ecosystem, or put into some of the software that we may one day produce. Steemit have done some excellent work in this space for social blogging as one example that you provided. At the end of the day, cryptocurrencies need to have as many uses as possible across a wide variety of industries, and software may be a good beginning place for its use to flourish.

Thanks wiser, excellent ideas. Combining social networking and task management (organization of groups of people, events, projects, teams), would give the site a lot of added value especially if we can figure out how to  integrate digital currency in a meaningful way.

An idea I have for CryptoMoms is to build in both a social networking and task management component. I'm thinking along the lines of Basecamp, Trello, Process Street with maybe a touch of Evernote thrown in. For social networking, you can have people you follow or friend, and you can categorize them into different groups or put them on different teams. So the idea would be that on CryptoMoms you can blog and discuss matters, but you can also organize your work into tasks which might repeat, network with your teams, and you can showcase your work. The site could offer webinars and short courses of various kinds, for example, maybe a regular class could be one based on the 4 Pillars book.

I'd love to have a one stop site where I could organize my family's next camping trip as well as keep up with my various cryptocurrency tasks, organize my research for various writing projects, and network with others if I want to do something requiring collaboration.

If you can somehow integrate a "rewards" aspect to it, similar to Steemit where posts are rewarded based on upvotes, that would certainly be fun, but not necessary.

I'm thinking that mainly since women tend to wear many hats (especially moms), it would be really cool to have a place where you could have it all organized.

Edit: And since this *is* crypto, after all, a site like this wouldn't be complete without some pretty deluxe multicoin wallets

The industry is pushing forward at an amazing pace but not without its share of issues and many are beginning to see why we have taken this holistic systems approach. Trust. Inclusion. Empowerment. Leadership. Ecosystem. A profit generating company, synergistically linked in a cross ownership model, to drive the whole system, and bridge the gap between the centralized and decentralized worlds. These are all key components for us to reach mass adoption of DNotes.

I agree with both of you that, on balance, there are a lot of amazing things happening in our industry. But there are certainly days, when things are challenging – causing doubts and confusion. Perhaps, because of the enormous scope and potential scale of our industry there is a significantly larger share of “the good, the bad, and the evil” than we have ever seen in any industry. Some cleaning up is a good thing.

I am proud to say that with your help, DNotes has been steadfast in our commitment to create a unified culture of inclusiveness, trust, respect, and appreciation for all collaborative contributions. Yes, we are leading by showing, and that "will eventually cause us to be recognized as industry leaders" and ultimately going to make a huge impact in helping to shape our industry for the common good.

For DNotes to gain mass acceptance, we must remain purposeful and inclusive. We are getting very close to the point where we will have the platform and the podium to reach a very large audience worldwide. We must use the opportunity to encourage and assist everyone worldwide to participate and benefit from it. I believe that this is a generational opportunity. And, this is our best chance to help change the world.

CryptoMoms is scheduled for a complete makeover and rebranding, towards the later part of this year, with a lot more help for women and everyone else. Personally, I like to see that we go big and make it a global platform for many things relevant and beneficial in this digital age. We encourage everyone to comment and share their ideas.

I sort of fell into it too, talking about the industry in general, as in outside of DNotes. I sort of forgot for a minute that actually, we at DNotes are industry leaders. We set the pace and direction for how the industry will go and pan out moving forward. It's just that the rest of the world hasn't yet figured that out. But it's true. All this planning and foundation building which isn't putting us in the limelight right now, but which will eventually cause us to be recognized as industry leaders really truly is going to make a huge impact.

I should have been clearer in my little rant yesterday. It's so easy to say things like "the industry this" or "the industry that" when 90% of it follows that pattern of behavior, but not everyone is like that. DNotes stands head and shoulders above the crowd in delivering a message that we want everyone included in this journey. Is it safe to say we have done more to not only welcome, but actually help people with little or no tech skill, get into cryptocurrency? I think so. "Disconnect between developers and users"? - Not at DNotes! The proof lies not in what you say, but what you do. DNotes Vault - 2014. I have yet to meet anyone from outside cryptocurrency (with few tech skills), that would even consider downloading a wallet to store their coins in. They felt more comfortable storing them on an exchange - scary! The fact that there so few currencies that have anything like DNV, says a lot about how many people from outside the industry they have actually reached.

You are right wiser, it is easy to forget the good when it gets drowned out by the bad. 

Thank you very much! I didn't think you'd forgotten, and it was a fun project


I hear you about the industry being uniquely challenging, confusing, and intimidating at times. For the record, I want to say that I took to it like a duck to water (or like DNotes to a block chain). I have bumped into a few rude replies to questions I've posed, and been burned by a few scams (like who hasn't?) but overall, my experience has been positive. I have never felt that I was discriminated against or anything like that. I think the main thing I've encountered that I would change is that our industry seems very heavy on the speculation/pump and dump scene, and those things seem to be overrepresented in the media, and well, that's just not me. I'd really like to make more people aware of the other aspects of our industry, like the amazing creativity and innovation, how easy it is to trade your skills for just about any crypto you want, the fun and interesting and talented people I've met along the way, and the overall excitement of being part of something cutting edge. I really believe the industry is very open to everyone, but because of certain things being overrepresented in the media, a lot of people who might otherwise try it out might decide it's not for them because the stuff the media talks about isn't interesting to them.

EU Banking Regulator Cautions Against Over-Regulation of Cryptocurrencies

https://dcebrief.com/eu-banking-regulator-cautions-against-over-regulation-of-cryptocurrencies/

Great discussion. I can objectively say that both you and Chase have made significant contributions to our industry and to DNotes. We are most grateful for that.

Our industry is more than just a little different. It is uniquely challenging, confusing, and intimidating at times. It takes time but it will eventually take its course to settle down in a more normal state.

DNotes is committed to be an inclusive digital currency as we drive toward mass adoption. It makes sense for us to have founded CryptoMoms to encourage and assist women to participate in the crypto currency space. We are still firmly committed to the cause as mass adoption of digital currency will not be achievable without the full participation of women.

However, I believe that the remaking of CryptoMoms later this year should seek to expand our core mission to be more expansive and inclusive of others who could benefit from this technology revolution. We welcome any ideas you may have.

 

We are on target for the prototype release of DNotes 2.0 on March 18th. CRISP and Invoicing system included. The actual launch date is TBD, but first week of April is the target.

CRISP we have changed to a 0.5% interest payment on a 30 day cycle, which will be 6% annual compounded monthly.
It is important to note that the reward is being calculated on a 30 day cycle, the cycle will begin 30 days after launch. The reward is only paid on balances that were in the same address for the duration of the 30 days. If you deposit to an address between CRISP payouts, you will not receive payout until the following full cycle.
Also, this is being paid by address, not by wallet. Your wallet can have any number of addresses, and as far as the blockchain is concerned, these are treated separately.

Deferred staking will be a follow up release, shortly after the launch of DNotes 2.0. TBD, but among our top priorities.

Github has been updated, except for a few recent changes:
You can view the various branches to see our changes in various phases.
https://github.com/DNotesCoin/DNotes2.0/branches


The swap process:

All DNotes on the DNotesVault will be automatically swapped for users. The DNotesVault will be down an estimated 2 days to complete the DNotesVault swap.
All other users will be able to fill out a form or email us to perform a manual swap where they will have to send us their DNotes in exchange for DNotes 2.0.

All coins can be swapped until the deadline, 2 weeks after the launch of DNotes 2.0. Including all newly mined coins during that time.

Prior to the swap, we will reach out to exchanges to either briefly delist DNotes, and provide two recommended options:
1) Delist DNotes prior to the swap, requesting their users to remove their DNotes by the deadline. Then relist DNotes with the DNotes 2.0 build.
2) Take DNotes down for maintenance prior to the launch, send us their DNotes to be swapped for DNotes 2.0, notifying their users of the upcoming swap, and bring DNotes back up after the swap has taken place.
The alternative is they continue to list and trade old DNotes, and later do one of the above two options.

Prior to the soft deadline we will notify the mining pools of the upcoming soft deadline and request that they inform their users of the change, and stop mining DNotes at the soft deadline.

After the soft deadline, there will be a fork in the old DNotes network, which we will maintain, for late comers to still be able to swap their coins. No newly mined old DNotes, mined after the soft deadline will be honored for the swap process. Each case after the soft deadline will be reviewed and handled on a case by case basis.


We welcome all questions. If you see any potential issues, let us know.

Hey Wiser, might I remind you that over 95% of the content on https://dnotesedu.com is and has historically been written by women. It is a great first step in getting a basic understanding of cryptocurrency. Don't think we have forgotten all the great material you wrote for the DNotesEDU app in 2015, you made a great contribution in the evolution of this industry!

Chase, you raise some really good points. Honestly, you bring up the beef I've had with feminism and the way women's advancement has been handled in general in recent times. I'm really not trying to be political. What I see is that women are warmly invited to get involved in the "men's world" in terms of work opportunities and ways to get recognition and so forth, but first they have to essentially become men. So, in the cryptocurrency industry that means among other things geeking out about the technology.

I personally have no issues with getting involved in male dominated fields (I'm here, right?). I also work for the Catholic Church which a lot of outsiders think of as male dominated (though it's really more nuanced than that). But wherever I place myself and contribute, I'm going to do it as a woman, because that is who I am. More fundamentally, I'm going to do it as me. That is more important to me than recognition.

So, it's possible that a big reason we women really don't care for the recognition afforded in the cryptocurrency industry is that we feel it comes at a price, one we're simply not willing to pay.

I think I'm pretty typical in the sense that I really don't have much of a motivation to get into the nuts and bolts of the technology itself. I will learn what I need to know to do what I want to do. But I recently hit a point where I had greater technology needs, and I needed expertise. Rather than study it myself, I reached out to a good friend of mine who is into all this stuff and we worked out a deal where he handles my high technology for me (running my DMD masternode, for example), and I pay him. And it works great. It frees me up to do the things I'd rather be doing, and he gets to geek out and have fun, and make some money. In other words, it plays to both our strengths and inclinations.

I remember back when Paycoin was a thing, the founder Josh Garza said that his wife had told him that she wasn't going to mess with it unless it was easier to use than her credit card, and that's always stuck with me (even though Paycoin sadly went the way of many dead cryptos). There have been times when I've had some issue with a wallet and reached out for help, and was given a list of steps to do in order to get it working again. And I'd think: OK, I can do this list of steps, but how many people really are going to go through that trouble just to get to their money? Mass adoption of any crypto won't happen until wallets just work and no one needs to think about them. I think women are generally quicker to understand this than men, though there are certainly exceptions.

I was tempted to make the font size 40 on the part in bold, and that was before I even read the article. If women were slow to become involved in cryptocurrency, that is in part because of the sh** job the industry has done in making a case for them to even give it a second look. Most of what is said and written is done in an effort to impress their peers, not to actually reach out to the elusive mainstream public.

I am finding a disturbing trend happening. There are women that are picking up the "more women in blockchain" narrative, with the same focus of it being all about the tech. It is the same 'tech only' message that has been in the industry since 2013, only now it is being delivered by women (which may be even more alienating). If tech is your passion, that's great, but you don't need a technology background to make a major contribution to this industry. The fact that no currency is even remotely close to mainstream adoption, tells me there is a messaging/marketing problem, lack of understandable educational material, poor (or no) business planning, failure to understand human nature and needs, etc. These are all areas where women who are not interested in tech could make major contributions toward finally reaching mainstream status. Many of these women will learn as much of the technology as is necessary to pull this feat off.

And, to end my rant, I agree that there are a lot more women in cryptocurrency than people think. The industry only acknowledges those that enjoy being in the spotlight and are making contributions to the technology. Very sad!

"... we women are rather practical" -  And with that comes common sense, intuition, masters of resource allocation, problem solvers, etc...  


This is a little old, but worth reading:

Bitcoin, Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies: The Disconnect Between Developers and Users

.....   "If there was an interesting emerging job today, it would be that of a “cryptocurrency marketer”. That person needs to be an experienced marketer that doesn’t understand anything about Bitcoin, the Blockchain or Cryptocurrencies."

 http://bitcoin.xyz/bitcoin-blockchain-cryptocurrencies-disconnect-developers-users/

My wife, who holds several degrees including an MS in Mathematics, an MS in Adult & Distance Learning from Hopkins and, an MS in Nursing as well as being a licensed Paramedic in multiple States, Registered Nurse and a few other things she picked up along the way including adjunct Professor, has said that you make time for the important things so that you don't waste time on the nonsense. I think there are more and more women getting involved, and I don't mean sales people or unskilled labor, I mean managers and corporate governance. From what I've seen over the years, women don't need the Lambo, don't need the flashy in your face recognition and peer acceptance that men do. They are more task oriented and more committed to success through hard work as opposed to flashy presentations and corporate titles. It no longer surprises me when I read stories of women turning around floundering businesses or introducing new products, etc.

If you are disciplined and able to put your time into a cause day after day without someone patting you on the back all the time, you will become the person who does the patting in short order if, and here, is the caveat, if you play your cards right. As much as I hate to admit it, it's still a man's world in corporate America as byzantine as that is and change is moving slowly but, it is moving. Women have to be wary of everyone around them in business even more than men and that is dead wrong. But, crypto brings a new paradigm where everyone can be on a more level playing field. So much of crypto is behind the scenes rather then in front of the cameras that it's hard to distinguish male from female so the old bias is loosing it's footing. I'm going out on a limb here but, I bet there are more women in this field than we see or know about.

The future is always created in the present so current bias has a role but, I see it becoming less and less relevant as time passes. Those who think they have no effect on the future have already had an effect, they just might not realize it.

Thanks for for sharing, Wiser. It's an interesting reminder that a lot more need to be done to encourage and assist women to participate in the digital currency space. We plan to remake CryptoMoms the later part of this year. Personally, I like to see our scope expanded.  Let us know if anyone is interested to assist in some capacity.

Here's an interesting article about how women are often overlooked in our industry. I post it here because of the DNotes commitment to actively reach out to women. Written by a man, it's a bit of an apology piece and quite touching.

He does, however, miss one very important point. Maybe we're not at big events because we don't want to be. Maybe we don't find external recognition to be particularly important. Maybe we're busy being women and plain don't have time. I don't want to tell you how many writing assignments and trades I've done during odd moments when I had a break from tending to children, or how many times I sat down to work on a project knowing I'd better write fast so I could get it done before baby woke up from a nap.

Part of the nature of this industry, the fact that it's all Internet based which means you can do it anytime, anywhere, means that fame or recognition is honestly not as important to success as it is in some other industries.

Not that recognition is bad or anything. I'm just saying that we women are rather practical, and the industry lends itself to recognition being a nice bonus, but not vital, and... maybe we like it that way.

https://www.coindesk.com/time-acknowledge-encourage-women-blockchain/

CFTC Commissioner Says Crypto Community Should Create Oversight Body

https://dcebrief.com/cftc-commissioner-says-crypto-community-should-create-oversight-body/

I thought that the CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz was accommodating and forward looking with his prospective. Our industry certainly has issues that need to be resolved or restrained. As being said, “Someone's got to take down that bad actor.”  The SEC certainly has the best enforcement jurisdiction when retail investors are blatantly misled and harmed. 

It appears that there is a great deal of confusion in part because of multi-jurisdictional questions. Some might be misled to believe that satisfying KYC and AML requirements are sufficient. Unfortunately, that does nothing to reduce the risk of the SEC enforcement action if it involves the sale of securities that are not registered or exempt with the SEC.

The next big issue is about exchange. It will be sad if they all need to be registered or exempt with the SEC, especially at this formative stage. Here is where an industry self-regulatory organization is most viable.