Topic: [DVC]DevCoin - Official Thread - Moderated - page 251. (Read 1059181 times)

Would anyone be interested in Netflix codes or Starbucks cards being added to dvc4giftcards.us?

At the moment I have one 12-month netflix voucher and a couple of $50 starbucks cards.

If you need anything amazon feel free to check my store out at http://dvc4giftcards.us


Psybits is awarded 3 shares for his non-mining business.


There already have been a couple cryptocurrency day trading investment strategies, so if the community decides that it is unique enough, you will get 6 shares for your plan.

Ah, that's great to hear! Devcoin.org is hosted on Jasinlee's server so you'd have to ask him for access.

If you just put it up on a blank page I can take the code and stick it into the site template and modify the page metadata for SEO purposes.

Can't wait to see the web installer in action!

If you give me ftp access to the site via PM I can do this. It has to be SFTP compatible. It is actually smaller bandwidth because the web installer is small and then the user will only download one OS selection.

I was able to get the android wallet confirming my transactions, I had to fix a nasty bug in the qt client that crashes with a shared_ptr asserting after getdata is requested and it has to download blocks from disk. I think this may be in I0Coin as well but when it requests auxpow blocks from the serialization process I essentially check for null and dont do anything otherwise. This changes the serialization somehow so once you install the new version of the wallet you wouldn't revert back to the old as it can corrupt the database. If it does you would have to download entire blockchain again by deleting your folder minus your wallet.dat.

So after I checked for null I was able to download blocks with my android wallet, and it checks for validity of headers only where there are transactions (new blocks)... previous blocks are assumed to be correct as per checkpoints file.

What we need now is a test plan, to test the features. I don't want an ad-hoque test with 500 words, if you are to test this thing there has to be a plan in place which you follow directions with a result.

We need to test:

1) Bluetooth (offline transactions)
2) NFC transactions for point of sale
3) QR code transaction (from qt wallet create a new qr code image and then scan it via the android wallet online)
4) Normal send/recv
5) Import/Export keys, use old key with new wallet (updated checkpoints) and use new key with old wallet (older checkpoints)
   - Since the wallet only downloads the latest 4-5 weeks of data, this means any older wallets in the future may not have their transactions/balance show up? Test this.
   - Maybe the fix to this is to never update the checkpoints file? This would mean a new install blockchain update would take longer and longer in the future. This would fix any issue however.

6) General UI testing

I am unable to do alot of testing because a ) i'm using an emulator b) I only have 1 node (myself to) connect to since the wallet will only connect to new nodes (my new qt wallet + daemon).

Preliminary:

Finalize qt wallet testing, merged-mining and then update the dns nodes to the new software, then we can test this stuff.

So for the above we need a verification test plan to test all of the features of the wallet. Any time a change is made to teh software that is big enough we need to run through the plan again, date it and sign it.

That would be ideal but it sure sounds like this will really raise devcoin.org's bandwidth usage so I'll defer to Jasinlee.

Jasinlee - sounds like GIT might be the best approach for all the downloads except for Sidhujag's web installer.

I only see this GIT page:

https://github.com/doublec/devcoin

and it says it is "unofficial"?

I want the official installer to be hosted on devcoin.org because I will use a web installer which allows you to select features and download the rest based on request. The full installer is 50 megs but the web installer is 0.5 megs I believe.  I need a hosted link to do this.

hypersire, perhaps the official git would be best? So it can be updated on a faster schedule. Perhaps someone can write a script that pulls from git the .exe (for windows for example) every ~2 weeks. That might be best perhaps?

Yes a lot of that (indexing, visuals, categorisation etc) is already doable via dokuwiki plugins but (semi-quoting jasinlee who maintains devtome) it needs someone proficient in php to fix bugs as they add plugins and ongoing. If you google dokuwiki plugins and other dokuwiki sites there's a lot out there, but it's open source and often never debugged.

This is why it's such a laborious, manual process with not great functionality, and always playing catchup with categorising. Focus still is going through all exisiting writing to check the basics let alone improvements.

Anything to improve things would be great by me, so good suggestion for ideas.

Edit: Also want to add that much of what you see on devtome is still in the process of working through checks for categorising, formatting, content. On top of dealing with new articles, giftculturewriting is working from existing Z-A and I'm on A-Z. Speaking for myself, I'm still on A...

I know gift has some good ideas for better front page presentation and usability, but for now it's basically just a tree of topics - categories - subcategories -articles to make the process above quicker and easier, and can then just work on rolling new submissions and look at visuals.

If anyone has ideas (sticking with existing dokuwiki functionality and syntax for now as that's what there is) then please suggest them. It's taking a long time and we just haven't had time to get into that yet.

We should definitely be hosting on devcoin.org if possible.

I brought this up before while I was redoing the web site - some of the download links go to box.com, others go to some domain called 21stcenturymoneytalk... definitely not ideal. It be much better to host them all on devcoin.org but I can't make that call as there are bandwidth considerations involved.

Unthinkingbit - can you make this call or should I check with Jasinlee?

hmm not sure i know the difference between the one that works and the others that dont . i guess i will have to stick with the one thats working as it,s in all my templates and slips there attention .

I was already rolling this idea around in my head.  I think 6/6 is sufficient.  Having 6 different attacks on the same problems will definitely produce some creative solutions. 

If this is approved, I would like to claim one of the bounties for my article posted on Devtome located here:

http://www.devtome.com/doku.php?id=devtome_ease_of_use_improvements

Thanks for suggesting this, I think the results are going to be game changing.

Papa

They probably don't allow direct download links.

thanks for that link , i went there copyed and pasted the address from my browser, dropped it into my revised ebay add and again got this message.

We’ve noticed that your listing included a non-clickable link. eBay no longer permits non-clickable or static links in listings (in item descriptions, payment instructions, return instructions, etc.). Please go back and either remove the non-clickable link, or update it to make sure it complies with the links policy.

This page might help http://www.devtome.com/doku.php?id=how_to_get_setup_earning_devcoins_by_writing

It has a list of wallets for a number of operating systems, hope that helps

can anyone tell me how to obtain a clickable link to the devcoin wallet downloads.
i have been advertizing devcoin on ebay for a couple of months now using the bottom link to direct new users to get a wallet.

i updated this link today to go to the devcoin .org site  but ebay dont let it in my adds. a message comes up saying  no non clickable links allowed .
 what am i doing wrong ?

problem is.... the one i am using gives a warning not to download unless the site is trusted as could do harm to computer, so its not a very good link to show someone using it for the 1st time, it might put them off of downloading and getting one.

http://devcoin.org/devcoin-wallet.html

https://app.box.com/s/1mqfk22gyqq97ytdmifi/1/841702278/7795653340/1

I kinda already have the proxy buying service covered by my including of Cardpool in the Devcoin Store ( http://www.devcoinstore.com ).

If you buy a Cardpool gift card, you can then use it to buy whatever gift card they offer on the site. Some of them are digital but most of the cards are sent to your house with free shipping.

They are basically a service were they give you cash for less than the face value of the gift cards you don't want and then resell them to other people.

Only have one $10 up right now but I if I think they give you an extra $5 on your first order if you use my link (no guarantees)

This only works in the United States.

I know it isn't exactly a proxy buying service but it is kinda close.

There are already a couple of gift card sites - I don't mean to discourage you - but it would be cool to sell something we don't have a store for yet

EDIT: Dev coffee would be kind of awesome (writers and coders drink lots of coffee!). I know that a btc coffee website does quite well

Also - if you wanted to set up a serious service, a proxy buying service like http://bitsumo.com for DVC would be really, really awesome.

Thank you for posting Unthinkingbit

Hey guys I am thinking about making a website for selling gift cards for devcoins. Is there any suggestion of cards or other things you want to be featured on the website?
-AM