Topic: [KOBO] Kobocoin - An African peer to peer payment/micropayment system - page 76. (Read 127523 times)

Great, will mine !

I think we need a bigger exchange for the launch day; I suggested to C-cex add Kobocoin on voting list, I'm sure they'll add it very fast.

Register here:

https://c-cex.com/?rf=AD8A02C6D8B60E4C

After vote here:

https://c-cex.com/?id=vote

Waiting for launch day  

Thanks. And thanks to everyone for the positive reaction. It's very encouraging.
 

Finally found something that both sounds interesting,
 and like there was a fair amount of thought put into it.

I wish you the best of luck, and I'll be watching this.

I've prepared https://kobo.suprnova.cc for the launch, please add to OP !

Thanks

Bill Gates - The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (22nd January, 2014) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2A69Io1VD0
Bill Gates - Annual Letter - http://gatesletter.com

Excellent to hear....looking forward...: )

Thanks. Very interesting! And we're not going anywhere. We have very long term plans. We also have immediate developments that we hope to get out not too long after launch (within the first 3 months). We have a continuous development plan. We intend to make a flying start and make it hard for others to catch up.

He wasn't talking about Kobo directly but Gates referenced the idea of this coin.  I hope you guys are serious...

http://cointelegraph.com/news/113341/bill-gates-takes-digital-currency-advocacy-to-primetime-tv

I like this. I'll be sure to keep an eye on this.

Kobocoin Block Explorer is now online. The genesis block was mined by the developers during testing but no activity since then.
Block Explorer : http://blockchain.kobocoin.com

The last piece of the puzzle is the Android wallet. It's scheduled to be available for launch but it will be close (and might not make it). I should know by next Thursday/Friday 29/30 Jan.

With or without the Android handset, the PoW launch is not affected. The provisional launch date of Jan 31st 07:00 should be confirmed by the end of the weekend.
 

I've spent the last few days playing with mobile wallets. You should try one if you haven't. There are many mobile crypto wallets. Download one, get a friend to download one, and send a crypto back and forth. Then you'll see how versatile the mobile wallets are.

Just got it. Only time will tell.

Will follow this one

I've updated the launch schedule. The 3 decryption keys will be tweeted at the same time, in the correct order. It's not possible to get 4 decryption keys in the same tweet so the Windows/Linux wallets will be bundled in the same distribution.

Hope that's OK.

Noted

Yeah you can tweet first four keys.

Coming soon to a Friday Night / Saturday near you:

Kobocoin: Launch Schedule - Saturday 7th February, 2015 at 07:00 GMT (only the Atlantic Ocean is inconvenienced)

To give the BitcoinTalk website a break, the launch is to be held live on twitter only:

Please follow @Kobocoindev on twitter https://twitter.com/kobocoindev (I will follow back)

1. On launch day, I will not be posting updates to this thread from 06:00 until probably well after the launch. I think it's best to keep communications going via tweets and retweeting. All important information will be readily available on the @kobocoindev twitter feed.

2. At 06:30 I'll start uploading the software and posting the links on twitter (minus the decryption keys)

TWEETS:
Link to Kobocoin Source code
Link to Kobocoin Linux/Windows wallet
Link to Kobocoin Mac Wallet

You can use the links that are tweeted to have a window open ready for the decryption keys

3. At 06:50 I will start Bubba, to mine first ten blocks to make sure everything's working. This is Bubba (Bubba!). It has a broken GPU (only 2 GPU's still online) and lives in my attic/loft. It will be retired permanently once it's switched off for the last time on launch day.

4. 10 blocks will be mined to confirm everything is working. These 10,000 kobocoins will be used for a giveaway on Twitter, Facebook, and BitcoinTalk. The first users who post a screenshot of a request for coins (including QR code) taken from their mobile handset will be sent kobocoins. The QR code will be scanned and kobocoins sent. BitcoinTalk members will be given a double allocations as it's a lot harder to post an image on BitcoinTalk. This is to encourage mobile wallet usage. All giveaway winners usernames (Twitter/Facebook/BitcoinTalk) will be posted on this thread. Full details of the giveaway will be posted before launch. This is to encourage mobile wallet usage.

5. I will then post the following tweets:

TWEETS:
10
9
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3
2
1
Welcome to Kobocoin!
1=<#Source code decryption key> 2=<#Linux/Windows wallet decryption key> 3=<#Mac wallet decryption key>
Kobocoin Node addnode=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Kobocoin RPC Port xxxx
Kobocoin P2P Port xxxx
Kobocoin Example conf file

The decryption keys will all be in the same tweet, and in the correct order.

6. Unfortunately, the Android wallet is not available for launch.

7. I'll then upload the source code to github.

If details of a pool are tweeted to #kobocoin or @kobocoindev I will retweet it.

I think it might be best to wait 20 mins before tweeting or posting alternative nodes to try and avoid any issues around forking. This is just from experience of a few previous launches. But it's just a guess. Is 20 mins too long? Should it be less? Should it be more? Am I over-thinking everything? Please let me know.

For Kobocoin, we'll be cloud mining, but that means we'll also be waiting for a pool to come online so we can join.

(And for those wondering - yes, Bubba gets a head start unless there's any objections - I reckon I can get 2/3 blocks tops if I'm lucky!).

Any comments? Have I missed something very obvious?

Exactly!