Topic: [PRE-ANN] Stone - DAG Data-Structured Private Cryptocurrency - page 39. (Read 42225 times)

Check the first post. Everything you donate at this point should be considered a donation with potentially no return for you. This is not an ICO. I think there is some uncertainty about how the coins will be distributed. It is stated that 30% will be distributed to donors. At times it seems like they will be evenly distributed among donors, and at other times it seems like it might be based on how much you donate. Maybe that is still being decided, unless I've missed something.

Can someone explain me the distribution ? How would it work, lets say I donate 5 ETH, how much will I get sort of speak ?


Also I can cover for dutch translation

I can't imagine they would list on an exchange before releasing the source code for review. Either way, I'm not buying whatever coin that is until there is confirmation of the listing from the dev and the source code is deployed to GitHub.

I don't believe the dev will release any source code. Maybe he will but after the end of the donation.

This seems odd.  It only has a supply of 2,287 and no trades.  But it seems to be an official listing / cryptobridge listing.

I completely agree with Kencha77

Looks like Stone is gaining some pace (inb4 newbie account )

they just listed STONE coin
is it the same project or a different one?

I think open source is necessary for a number of reasons.

1. Trust, I want to see that the code is well written and reliable. With closed source, we would never know if there was either a deliberate undesirable bit of code or an accidental bug that got missed and that will show up later.
2. Continuity, if something happened to the developer of the code or maybe he just lost interest, we would be left high and dry and no improvement could be made and no fixes could be applied.
3. Perception, if it is felt that the developer is simply trying to control everything and not responsive, the community will break down and the coin will ultimately fail.

That said, I'm pretty sure it was stated that the code would be released once it is completed. I fully understand that since having people picking through your unfinished code and pointing to things you already know about is not fun. I also gives the flexibility to change direction part way through without a whole lot of decenting voices.


I am looking forward to the launch of testnet and really hope I will be allowed to participate. I want to get involved in this project in any way I can. I think this promises to be the perfect coin, RaiBlocks with privacy, just what is needed. I am ready to increase my donation nearer to the close off time and look forward to getting my hands on some of these coins to play with.

Felixandro, please let us know near the close off time for donations the value at that point in time of the donations. Thank you for developing this coin.

I think it should be public also.

How is the BTC and XRB distribution going to work? I believe it makes sense if it is proportional to the amount of BTC/XRB submitted for this destribution and not the total amounts of BTC and XRB in existence. In this way you can destibute quickly and without additional questions what to do with unclaimed coins etc.

I think  the codebase should be public too.  A closed source violates the original intention of the establishment of the digital  currency  system.

I don´t think many will use or even give it a chance with a closed source. No matter in the beginning, but after a decent time the codebase should be public, if not from the beginning. It helps to have some projects and apps build on it too

Thank-you for the input guys! I was just testing the waters to see if it was even a viable option...

Hi dev very interesting project glad I found it pm sent with donation info

Just wanted to make my official first post, I donated a couple weeks ago. Really excited to continue to watch this project, looking forward to the initial test net!

That move will surely degrade the reputation of this project if it is followed. We can't deny that most of the codes will be based from Raiblocks/Zsnarks codebase and patenting a code which is based from those won't help the project in anyway and i'm sure Felix is definitely against that idea.

I hope this is a professional project, also hope to participate in the main test .

This is an interesting idea!

@felixando, I was just wondering since you are the main developer of Stone and you seem to want to protect your intellectual property (which you have every right to do) have you considered patenting your code say if it ends up being far different from the XRB/Zsnarks platform? I'm only asking because I have seen the creators of Hashgraph begin to license their product even though it goes against the whole open-source code transparency model introduced by bitcoin. Swirlds obviously wants to capitalize on companies who might want to use their code, would you do the same?