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begaihiOpening multiple topics and using bumping services. More info:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/sikoba-bumping-group-5238867User name :
ketsumeda (BANNED)ANN thread:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5238942archived:
https://archive.vn/lb78LWith the launch of the sikobaPay MVP, we have reached a major milestone on the road to the production version of Sikoba. We are about to start pilot testing and may well be processing the first live transactions before the end of April.
While work on the project continues at a rapid pace, despite the coronavirus lockdown, we continue to invite potential partners, pilot/beta testers, translators and investors to reach out to us. Relevant links: [https://www.sikoba.network] . We have also launched a token airdrop, for more information visit our channel.
MVP Released!
After six month of intensive work on both the back- and the front-end, Sikoba core developer Dragan Postolovski proudly presents the sikobaPay mobile app.
The brand-new MVP version of sikobaPay, currently available for Android phones, has all the essential features that are needed for real-world use:
account creation with SMS confirmation;
management of user settings, including preferred currency, payment target and clearing flexibility;
request/accept connections with other users, including via generation/scanning of QR codes;
create/accept credit lines in multiple currencies, with configurable conditions: one-time fee, interest rate, repayment target;
payment function that includes a search for optimal payment paths;
completely customizable credit conversion, with global/single conversion maximum as well as per-user limits;
ongoing clearing, taking into account payment targets and clearing flexibility;
payment requests via QR codes;
a multilingual interface;
….. and much more.
Beta testing with a few partners will already begin this week, and we will start onboarding additional beta testers on Monday, 6th April.
Of course, much remains to be done and we still have some months of work ahead of us before the launch of the Sikoba mainnet. However, it is likely that live transactions will start being processed much earlier, maybe even before the end of April, as we are seeing strong demand to “just get started.”
Partnership with De Kär
We have reached an agreement with De Kär, who operate the Beki regional currency in the canton of Redange in Luxembourg, to implement the e-Beki via a co-branded version of SikobaPay. One of the specific features of the e-Beki will be demurrage: the Beki will slowly lose value over time, in order to favour velocity of circulation. Consumers will still have an incentive to use e-Bekis, as they can receive 103 Beki for €100, in effect adding 3% to their purchasing power at local stores — as long as they spend their Beki promptly.
While the e-Beki is being developed, De Kär will seek to introduce sikobaPay to the businesses that use the Beki today.
Other business opportunities for Sikoba
This month, we have held constructive talks with Fairtade Luxembourg. Our goal is to obtain the Foundation’s support in making the Fairtrade network aware of sikobaPay: thousands of local cooperatives, ranging in size between a few dozen to tens of thousands of members. This represents a total of 1.66 million farmers and workers world-wide.
Max Hilbert (De Kär, coordinator of the Beki regional currency), Alex Kampa (Sikoba), Geneviève Krol (Fairtrade Luxembourg director) and Jean-Louis Zeien (Fairtrade Luxembourg president)
We are also in talks with other potential partners, two of whom have already signed letter of intent. Now that our MVP is ready, we should be able to quickly progress from talks to actual beta testing.
sikobaPay Wins at the European Finance Summit
On 5th March, Sikoba won the “Pitch Your Startup” semi-finals at the European Finance Summit, in the Fintech category. The finals are scheduled to take place in September.
isekai Update: Pointer Comparison Added
This month, we have added support for pointer comparison in isekai. We still don’t have full pointer support as memory handling is tricky in the context of arithmetic circuits, but the feature we have added allows us to support complex type array instantiations such as MyClass A[10], where MyClass is of non-primary type. Indeed, when a class has non-trivial constructor, LLVM generates a loop, conditioned on pointer comparison, to construct all elements of the array. isekai then must be able to determine in that case when the loop is ending.
Coming Up:
In the next weeks, we will work on the iOS version of the sikobaPay app, so that iPhone users can also start testing it. We will also work on documentation, completing and cleaning up translations, adding more languages, and of course on fixing bugs and improving the mobile interface based on user feedback. As to the next development stages, there is still significant work ahead on the web interface, better accounting for commissions, additional business features as well as work on the blockchain layer.
To replace cancelled meetups, we are planning to host an AMA session on Youtube sometime in mid-April.
User name :
begaihi (BANNED)ANN thread:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5238942archived:
https://archive.is/yqbgGWith the launch of the sikobaPay MVP, we have reached a major milestone on the road to the production version of Sikoba. We are about to start pilot testing and may well be processing the first live transactions before the end of April.
While work on the project continues at a rapid pace, despite the coronavirus lockdown, we continue to invite potential partners, pilot/beta testers, translators and investors to reach out to us. Relevant links:
[https://www.sikoba.network] . We have also launched a token airdrop, for more information visit our channel.
MVP Released!After six month of intensive work on both the back- and the front-end, Sikoba core developer Dragan Postolovski proudly presents the sikobaPay mobile app.
The brand-new MVP version of sikobaPay, currently available for Android phones, has all the essential features that are needed for real-world use:
account creation with SMS confirmation;
management of user settings, including preferred currency, payment target and clearing flexibility;
request/accept connections with other users, including via generation/scanning of QR codes;
create/accept credit lines in multiple currencies, with configurable conditions: one-time fee, interest rate, repayment target;
payment function that includes a search for optimal payment paths;
completely customizable credit conversion, with global/single conversion maximum as well as per-user limits;
ongoing clearing, taking into account payment targets and clearing flexibility;
payment requests via QR codes;
a multilingual interface;
….. and much more.
Beta testing with a few partners will already begin this week, and we will start onboarding additional beta testers on Monday, 6th April.
Of course, much remains to be done and we still have some months of work ahead of us before the launch of the Sikoba mainnet. However, it is likely that live transactions will start being processed much earlier, maybe even before the end of April, as we are seeing strong demand to “just get started.”
Partnership with De KärWe have reached an agreement with De Kär, who operate the Beki regional currency in the canton of Redange in Luxembourg, to implement the e-Beki via a co-branded version of SikobaPay. One of the specific features of the e-Beki will be demurrage: the Beki will slowly lose value over time, in order to favour velocity of circulation. Consumers will still have an incentive to use e-Bekis, as they can receive 103 Beki for €100, in effect adding 3% to their purchasing power at local stores — as long as they spend their Beki promptly.
While the e-Beki is being developed, De Kär will seek to introduce sikobaPay to the businesses that use the Beki today.
Other business opportunities for SikobaThis month, we have held constructive talks with Fairtade Luxembourg. Our goal is to obtain the Foundation’s support in making the Fairtrade network aware of sikobaPay: thousands of local cooperatives, ranging in size between a few dozen to tens of thousands of members. This represents a total of 1.66 million farmers and workers world-wide.
Max Hilbert (De Kär, coordinator of the Beki regional currency), Alex Kampa (Sikoba), Geneviève Krol (Fairtrade Luxembourg director) and Jean-Louis Zeien (Fairtrade Luxembourg president)
We are also in talks with other potential partners, two of whom have already signed letter of intent. Now that our MVP is ready, we should be able to quickly progress from talks to actual beta testing.
sikobaPay Wins at the European Finance Summit
On 5th March, Sikoba won the “Pitch Your Startup” semi-finals at the European Finance Summit, in the Fintech category. The finals are scheduled to take place in September.
isekai Update: Pointer Comparison AddedThis month, we have added support for pointer comparison in isekai. We still don’t have full pointer support as memory handling is tricky in the context of arithmetic circuits, but the feature we have added allows us to support complex type array instantiations such as MyClass A[10], where MyClass is of non-primary type. Indeed, when a class has non-trivial constructor, LLVM generates a loop, conditioned on pointer comparison, to construct all elements of the array. isekai then must be able to determine in that case when the loop is ending.
Coming Up:
In the next weeks, we will work on the iOS version of the sikobaPay app, so that iPhone users can also start testing it. We will also work on documentation, completing and cleaning up translations, adding more languages, and of course on fixing bugs and improving the mobile interface based on user feedback. As to the next development stages, there is still significant work ahead on the web interface, better accounting for commissions, additional business features as well as work on the blockchain layer.
To replace cancelled meetups, we are planning to host an AMA session on Youtube sometime in mid-April.
:
https://medium.com/sikoba-network/sikoba-march-2020-update-ce3b14edb6bbhttps://archive.vn/lDk0K 
