Topic: 💥SOLARIS XLR💥100% PoS + Masternodes ⚡Zerocoin⚡txbit.io in development - page 122. (Read 308915 times)

Hey Guys,

I was thinking about getting 1000 XLR to start my first masternode, but after quite deep research things doesn't like too bright to me. Please, correct me or resolve my doubts if I am wrong.

Also, please note that is just my objective opinion.

I am working as a software developer so I've started from investigating the source code of Solaris. First of all, we can see that this code is a fork of AmsterdamCoin which is a fork of Pivx, then Pivix is a fork of Dash and Dash is a fork of Bitcoin. That basically means they are built on each other's fundamentals with the addition of new features. And here is the thing that after going through each active branch of Solaris project (https://github.com/CoinProjects/AmsterdamCoin-v4/compare/master...Solaris-Project:v2.4.0.0) I don't see too much value and features added by the development team (I'll make a note about development team later).

So, let's take a look on the commits one by one:

Commits on Sep 30, 2017

1. The project has been forked from AmsterdamCoin and each occurrence of Pivix/AmsterdamCoint has been replaced to Solaris.
2. Images and colours have been replaced to match Solaris theme
3. Changed number of coins in circulation

Commits on Oct 01, 2017
Not much, updated background image, updated some params

Commits on Oct 08, 2017
One line fix to replace some PIVX coins value

Commits on Dec 16, 2017
Here things looks like team did a huge progress: 363 changed files with 79,769 additions and 7,410 deletions. -> https://github.com/Solaris-Project/Solaris/commit/bb7c9e577f76f0e1fe4502d40577c583412981fe
Well, actually not really,  open the URL above and if you have time, just go one by one file with the PIVX repository -> https://github.com/PIVX-Project/PIVX
They are exactly the same, except replacements with Solaris name.

Also I am worried about files like this one: https://github.com/Solaris-Project/Solaris/blob/bb7c9e577f76f0e1fe4502d40577c583412981fe/src/accumulatormap.h (created on 16 Dec 2017) now take a look on the same file in PIVX repository: https://github.com/PIVX-Project/PIVX/blob/master/src/accumulators.h (created on 13 Nov 2017)

Both files are exactly the same, except first line: // Copyright (c) 2017 The Solaris developers. Looks like Solaris developers are claiming that they are authors of this code where in fact the PIVX team is. If you look carefully, there are more files like that. By the way, with this commit, ZeroCoin feature was added to Solaris, however, I haven't found a single difference between the code made by PIVX team.

Then the rest of the commits are just hotfixes, seems like developers forgot to update some data that works well with PIVX blockchain but not with changes made to coin supply and whatever else they have edited.

There was also a reddit post (https://www.reddit.com/r/solarisxlr/comments/7p9rxb/heres_a_snip_of_code_written_by_the_solaris_team/) where someone was delighted with the code clarity. Yes, the code is clear, but that's not Solaris Team code, that's code written by PIVX team (in case you want to take a look: https://github.com/PIVX-Project/PIVX/blob/master/src/pivx-cli.cpp vs https://github.com/Solaris-Project/Solaris/blob/master/src/solaris-cli.cpp the only difference? renamed file + PIVX team has added few new lines)

And you may ask how code added by Solaris team looks like, then there you go: https://github.com/Solaris-Project/Solaris/commit/ed3a2d016da831360f69204e51c014f6947e0449 (green one -> they don't even care about
indentation and spacing, believe me, if you're a developer, that means serious mess)

To sum up the code part, I don't mean that using open source code is bad, I mean that adding ZERO features (except XEVAN algorithm that was implemented in AmsterdamCoin and AmsterdamCoin took it from BitSend -> same code, no big deal) and not even maintaing the code properly doesn't look good. What you're actually buying is 99% PIVIX, 0.9% BitSend and 0.1% Solaris.

Now few words about the developers team. On the telegram group they state that there are two develeopers, however only one is active on github and its https://github.com/keesdewit82.

keesdewit82 have "created" the AmsterdamCoin which is fundamental of Solaris. If you take a look on AmsterdamCoin it seems like an abandoned project, think twice if you think the same can't happen to Solaris.

Another thing is their plans for the future, do you really think that two developers can make a exchange platform and maintain/keep adding new features to the project?  Take a look on PIVX team: https://pivx.org/pivx-team/
and how many commits they make: https://github.com/PIVX-Project/PIVX/commits/master and compare with https://github.com/Solaris-Project/Solaris/commits/master

About exchange, I think the name txbit is not a coincidence, if you google a bit, you can find a project called txbits (lol). Guess what... its an open source cryptocurrency exchange project. However this project is no longer in active development.

https://github.com/txbits/txbits
https://txbits.org/ -> so this is probably sneak peak of XLR exchange, enjoy!

Last thing:
Web and Android wallet. Not sure if anyone of you have noticed this when you try to contact support on web wallet:

https://scontent.fwaw3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t35.0-12/27537390_1711744045552042_868281243_o.png?oh=46ab08fc94b4cf941630eae087d428d3&oe=5A745273

"Please contact support via email at [email protected]." interesing, lets google that. That leads to this page https://mystphy.sx/ where we can buy web wallet for $600 and Android wallet for $700! Developers were too lazy to write their own? Who knows what  does the code written by external developer, I would be worried about my XLR at this point.

Not sure if Android wallet was released yet (I have seen it planned somewhere for Q1), but you can already find it here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mystphysx.wallet.Solariscoin_Qt

Last one:

From Solaris README:

"
Solaris is a cutting edge cryptocurrency, with many features not available in most other cryptocurrencies.

Anonymized transactions using coin mixing technology, we call it Obfuscation.

Fast transactions featuring guaranteed zero confirmation transactions, we call it SwiftTX.

Decentralized blockchain voting providing for consensus based advancement of the current Masternode technology used to secure the network and provide the above features, each Masternode is secured with collateral of 1000 XLR
"

From PIVX README

"
PIVX is a cutting edge cryptocurrency, with many features not available in most other cryptocurrencies.

Anonymized transactions using the Zerocoin Protocol.

Fast transactions featuring guaranteed zero confirmation transactions, we call it SwiftX.

Decentralized blockchain voting providing for consensus based advancement of the current Masternode technology used to secure the network and provide the above features, each Masternode is secured with a collateral of 10K PIV.
"

So wich one is the unique one? Answer yourself

That are just my 2 cents, be careful and always do solid investigation before investing.

When Bittrex or Binance, Dev? Solaris has gone distant jounrney, far away from the beginning. It's better, faster than many other projects. Thanks for your hard work and. In Solaris, I strongly believe and support.

To be honest, number 1 logo looks too busy and black stroke lines are too thick for my taste, old logo is much sleeker than this one. But I like the text style of number 1 logo the most. If the creator could make the stroke lines bit thinner that matches the text lines, it would be nicer.

Number 2 logo looks nice, except the triangular A in text, does not match with the theme and looks suffocated. The infinity S shaped design in the circle is a common logo template btw. Otherwise, it is gorgeous.

Number 4 logo is very modern and with minimalistic design concept, goes with the current trend very easily. Very suitable for everything and looks really nice. This could be the top pick. (Edit: the striking similarity with Signatum logo cannot be avoided and possibly puts this away from the competition!)

Possibly, there were better contestants than the number 3 logo here.

Cannot find any comment about logo 5. It is nothing special.

I vote to keep the old logo until we find a better one!

100% Agree

Super disappointed in the shortlist ... did you audit the market? did anyone with a marketing/design background help filter? if not they should.

#1 amateurish take on the gold symbol, needs polish
#2 looks like a stock logo. sleek? sure, but generic. in fact, search infinity logo and you can basically see this same thing on the first page
#3 jack in the box? aww forget it, it's just really bad design
#4 have you heard of Squarespace? Millions of users on their platform and this looks an awful lot like it
#5 just feels stock and will be dated before it's even implemented and may drive confusion

/end rant

Had some hope for this but ... sigh

I've been involved in crypto to various degrees since 2010. It has always been a roller coaster and needs to be understood as such. Otherwise you will just get stressed out and make yourself sick worrying about it.  A good way to avoid some stress is to diversify your portfolio too. No matter how much I like Solaris (which is allot btw) I still don't believe in putting all your digital eggs in one basket.

Logo 2 looks very good !!

Nice coin and good work of devs.
Mine and hold.

I hope so too. I hope people won't dump bitcoin and ether as that would destroy crypto profitability for long. No matter which coin we choose to HODL now that would make it pointless.

You are right. Is hard to trade at this time but i think XLR needs some new buyers because the Market is in a downtrend and at this time i try to sell higher & buy low again ... at the End of the day i have got more xlr or btc ... i take both.

Anytime will come the point where the Market is again moving to the other side ... latelly when people remember that XLR had a very low supply und most people from Solaris are hodl their XLR ... latest when POS Phase kicks in ... April.

And i also think the Price in April or May will be much higher than now.

With the price dropping so rapidly it is hard to sell and buy more again especially when the value against the BTC and ETH is lower and lower every hour. It is fine as long as you manage to buy more. I doubled my XLR often within a day or two just trading it but the price was stable 20-23$ a coin for a week or more. Right now... I have no idea. I removed my coins from Kucoin. I will forget about it for a while and I will mine something I can actually sell to make profit to buy more xlr unless I give up for good.

I have got 1 Masternode ... this i will not sell.
But i also try to trade every day ... as an example today i sold 23 xlr and get 58 at my following buy order.

With the rewards from another Masternode wich i have, i am selling to btc and then also set some buy orders at xlr.

I wish I could buy more solaris now however I invested all coins in it so I cannot even sell at the current price to trade other coins making profits to buy more... Crazy. I promised myself not to invest money so whatever my portfolio is came from mining and trading. Not even close to own a masternode but soon this coin will be very cheap judging by the direction it is going to now. Trading half the recent prices. I really wish I could buy enough to set up a masternode then see what will happen next. Do you all believe it won't be dumped and this drop will turn into a price raise? I thought about taking some profits at some stage believing BTC and other major cryptos will be dumped soon then XLR and other coins will drop drastically as too attached to BTC and ETH right now. I hope this won't happen otherwise all my time, power cost and effort will be wasted.

Hope it pays out one day, that's what I'm thinking too.
I'm mining as many XLR as I currently can until April when PoS phase comes.

I didn't think right back when I was mining Monero and I sold whatever I had once it was stable at around 40-45 USD to just see it hit as high as 450 USD a few months later.
Never the same mistake twice.

Right. I just got annoyed at this thinking it was in everone's interest to at least keep it stable at the level it was.  Like I said I won't sell. No way. Even if it costs half or less of current value.

There's no right and wrong answer to this.

I guess it depends on if you need the money or want to invest your profits into another coin that looks better to you.
But if you are in for the long run, a.k.a. long-term profits, if you believe in Solaris, then HODL, hold your coins and wait for its price to increase again.
You never know what's going to happen.
It can get dumped massively and drop to peanuts value.
It can get dumped and then pumped and reach a new ATH.
It can stay relatively stable where it is now.
April and ZeroCoin implementation may come and succeed and the price might increase ( a little to a whole lot ).
Things can also go bad, ZeroCoin update might fail and get postponed or aborted and this can draw the coin's price even lower.

Yeah... so if you really do have a buy order at a cheap price then buy cheap. You can buy as much as you want or need. Then you can keep looking at your coins in your wallet an enjoy... but wait... what do we do it for? Like mining, masternodes and stuff? To get some profits of it or just to enjoy being part of the project? I understood more coins to masternodes and less to miners plus over 50% supply was hoing to move the price up not down. Like soneone said all masternode coins dropped a lot in value but I believed we all wanted this coin to be big. I don't know, I'm not selling and maybe it will be worth a few cent soon, feck that. I am not selling because I disagree with this shite happening now. There is demand, someone jyst can't wait obviously.

After selecting winner for logo contest, will we have signature campaign again?

No one can give you an correct answer.
You dont know when i say yes sell ... why i say this ... maybe i have an buy order on cheap price.
When YOU think XLR Price will goes up next time ... then hodl ... when YOU think it didnt ... then sell.