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      MTRisner last edited by

      [quote name=“HopeStillFlies” post=“41674” timestamp=“1386520567”]
      [quote author=MTRisner link=topic=5663.msg41664#msg41664 date=1386519303]
      I had another thought. If you, Kevlar, or anyone else were to set up a p2pool for FTC with a 1% pool fee that went directly toward funding this protocol, I would use it and encourage others to do the same. It could be a good way to get steady support for the project. Also, I will donate 1 FTC for any T shirt I sell on the marketplace. It’s not much, but it’s a start.
      [/quote]Before we mass exodus over to a oh-boy-look-yet-another-pool, though, it might be better to see if there’s any believers in the project willing to push up and set aside an additional percentage on one of their pools so that there’s no crazy shifts in loyalty.
      [/quote]

      Good point. How could I forget about politics? :D

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        kornacki last edited by

        This sounds like a really cool idea! Donated 3.95 FTC, I’m interested in seeing what this will become.

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          HopeStillFlies Regular Member last edited by

          100 FTC for startsies.

          omgt3hbarhasbeenraisedzomgwtf

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            A Former User last edited by

            I will donate some FTC to this soonish. I’m guessing we send donations to you Kevlar?

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              Tuck Fheman last edited by

              I’m in.

              A thought …

              [b]Link Mining for Link Protocol[/b]

              What if on a certain day (or more) we all link our miners income together for a specific address(es) Kevlar designates? (for various coins?)

              All proceeds from that days mining will go to the address(es) Kevlar specifies to help fund this project.

              Edit : I missed the pool idea above, that would work too if anyone has the capability … otherwise just changing the payout address at any pool for a time period would be pretty easy.

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                Kevlar Spammer last edited by

                [quote name=“angloblaxon” post=“41603” timestamp=“1386505301”]
                Help my simple mind please.

                1. How much linkage would 1 FTC grant you ( since im a moron and dont know how much blockchain that takes up )
                [/quote]

                Dude, some seriously GREAT questions!

                Ready for the answer? I don’t know!!! That’s what your donations will be used to find out though.

                The theoretical answer is 1 Satoshi for the first ~14 bytes, and 1 satoshi for each ~20 bytes thereafter up to the transaction size limit, but even that’s wrong because the client charges a higher fee when there’s a bunch of large transactions in the queue, and I don’t know if you can send a single satoshi to an address as part of a larger transaction. I’m gonna find out today though…

                [quote]
                2. Wouldnt there be longterm implications if FTC deflated? Making it expensive to buy links?
                [/quote]

                Yes! Isn’t that interesting? I mean I go, “Woah…” every time I think about that, how the market will determine how much Linking costs! That’s one of the most interesting aspect to this I think.

                [quote]
                3. How would you add this information? A wallet like interface?
                [/quote]

                For my ‘first pass’ at this, I will actually be using the QT wallet as a bootstrap since it has all the necessary functions needed. I just need to generate the Link encoded addresses, and do a send. For the actual “Link client”, yes. You’ll need to generate an address for spending, and send coins to that address I imagine.

                Web interfaces sound pretty ideal for this too. I can envision Link Publishing sites already.

                [quote]
                btw. a small donation that a miner can is incoming.
                [/quote]

                You are AWESOME! Thank you I’ll let you know how it’s used. :)

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                  Kevlar Spammer last edited by

                  [quote name=“MTRisner” post=“41664” timestamp=“1386519303”]
                  I had another thought. If you, Kevlar, or anyone else were to set up a p2pool for FTC with a 1% pool fee that went directly toward funding this protocol, I would use it and encourage others to do the same. It could be a good way to get steady support for the project. Also, I will donate 1 FTC for any T shirt I sell on the marketplace. It’s not much, but it’s a start.
                  [/quote]

                  That’s a very interesting idea! I’m not much for running pools, but maybe some enterprising individual could help out?

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                    Kevlar Spammer last edited by

                    OMG thank you all SO much for your incredibly generous donations! I’ll be posting throughout the day with my progress after I get in a little SimCity (which I won on the forums last night!!! SO EXCITED!!!)

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                      Tuck Fheman last edited by

                      Kevlar, if you have a HoboNickel address I will donate a days mining for this project.

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                        Kevlar Spammer last edited by

                        Sure!

                        EtVbP5g19AG37Zp1kodipkBTZdbm3Dxr9N

                        Do you want me to do a Link on the HBN network as well at some point in my testing? I can. Wouldn’t be hard.

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                          Vidicus Regular Member last edited by

                          To make good on my matching 100FTC, I just sent 50 more FTC to your donation address! After you get a working client ill send 50 more :D

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                            Kevlar Spammer last edited by

                            You guys are awesome.

                            I’m encoding the magnet link Tuck suggested now (by hand). I hope to have it embedded in the blockchain sometime this evening, after which time I’ll demonstrate that it can be retrieved.

                            Once that’s done, it’ll be time to start writing some code! Should I do reading or publishing first?

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                              kornacki last edited by

                              I think reading would be a good idea to do first so people can see how it works with the magnet link that you are embedding into the blockchain.

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                                Tuck Fheman last edited by

                                [quote name=“Kevlar” post=“41870” timestamp=“1386553532”]
                                Sure!

                                EtVbP5g19AG37Zp1kodipkBTZdbm3Dxr9N
                                [/quote]

                                Sent

                                [quote author=Kevlar link=topic=5663.msg41870#msg41870 date=1386553532]
                                Do you want me to do a Link on the HBN network as well at some point in my testing? I can. Wouldn’t be hard.
                                [/quote]

                                Not necessary. I just have more HBN than anything else right now.

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                                  zerodrama Regular Member last edited by

                                  [quote name=“Kevlar” post=“41889” timestamp=“1386557827”]
                                  You guys are awesome.

                                  I’m encoding the magnet link Tuck suggested now (by hand). I hope to have it embedded in the blockchain sometime this evening, after which time I’ll demonstrate that it can be retrieved.

                                  Once that’s done, it’ll be time to start writing some code! Should I do reading or publishing first?
                                  [/quote]

                                  Sample technical walkthrough from inputs to output of strings, pl0x.

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                                    another_user last edited by

                                    sent 7 ftc, will send some more when can mine some to show my appreciation.

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                                      Kevlar Spammer last edited by

                                      Major progress tonight.

                                      I wrote a NodeJS program to actually generate addresses. It works. WOOOOOOOT!!!

                                      Details are here: [url=http://forum.feathercoin.com/index.php/topic,5558.new.html#new]http://forum.feathercoin.com/index.php/topic,5558.new.html#new[/url]

                                      Next up is to change the version number to FTC, and do a send! I’ll keep you posted.

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                                        Kevlar Spammer last edited by

                                        So the first test is over, and while it wasn’t perfect, it was absolutely successful.

                                        Here’s the transaciton: [url=http://ftc.cryptocoinexplorer.com/tx/cc66ef78c1bcfbaf2a691b3dda77847bc80350ad262f17af38f7950879ecaef2#o2]http://ftc.cryptocoinexplorer.com/tx/cc66ef78c1bcfbaf2a691b3dda77847bc80350ad262f17af38f7950879ecaef2#o2[/url]

                                        You can see the change address got stuck in the middle of the sequence, ruining the sequence. :( Stupid QT client putting change addresses wherever it wants…

                                        Anyway, some great datapoints came of this.

                                        First of all, the data:
                                        [quote]
                                        URL: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:fbab636f9c91fb58038055dfce83cd8099a
                                        7366e&dn=TPB+AFK%3A+The+Pirate+Bay+Away+from+Keyboard+%282013%29+720p+h264+581m
                                        Name: TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard (2013) 720p h264 581
                                        Keywords: TPB AFK,The Pirate Bay,Away From Keyboard,Simon Klose,Documentary,720p
                                        [/quote]

                                        That encoded to the following sequence of FTC addresses:
                                        [quote]
                                        6khUSbZaZyRXA4Lg5GUpFFaaJXV6vHkTN8
                                        6onH4FjBPBLAMXZqyKQY42zsnBnckNqN8T
                                        6ngim5JtHcgEFyWVSEstHa7rshN9pXNxCB
                                        6ixqm7eZH4g8vzLUYc31RgChwYgenYUJ8h
                                        6jg2cbGPw3yPsPqNQpnyxnsN9fumLejywd
                                        6pn8YEJTwePT3J5iofQnRmRjXkqWretPr6
                                        6i8GAByMnmLChsBc91S3dSHKA97suZciZL
                                        6og7cCTAAd6Km64FaNY5rVBYvsJrTeTYHc
                                        6ncjmPxRb64BAbqBH3wRnfmtM3zShZrpiQ
                                        6poGU825xGSy7amhadak4CXhti2USisDC8
                                        6iJwWFDKREpvf1HCTduKbU4RQwA3h2BEJX
                                        6oFSCqxHJibEXUHf8YqpPp7E5QdNGvornG
                                        6pAXJRV5CWGUeWgdA3bgp2yTxRYVh1vzc8
                                        6ocoGyQyzB8BRoP8WV9AbVsHggekeDrVNF
                                        6oweXpZ6cbRoM6fueEPPWpArua5G1yZXb2
                                        [/quote]

                                        Which were all sent a Satoshi in the transaction:
                                        [quote]
                                        cc66ef78c1bcfbaf2a691b3dda77847bc80350ad262f17af38f7950879ecaef2
                                        [/quote]

                                        Now, the client asked me to use 0.32 as the miners fee, which I did. As we all know, this is strictly negotiable, and can probably be significantly reduced. So the total cost to embed this data in the blockchain was 0.32000015.

                                        So, anyone got a good way to make the QT client NOT charge a fee?

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                                        • zerodrama
                                          zerodrama Regular Member last edited by

                                          Holy Rising Chikun Batman. Awesome. FLUX module documentation coming.

                                          Can we use this: [url=http://forum.feathercoin.com/index.php/topic,5558.msg42025.html#msg42025]http://forum.feathercoin.com/index.php/topic,5558.msg42025.html#msg42025[/url]

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                                            Tuck Fheman last edited by

                                            [quote name=“Kevlar” post=“41973” timestamp=“1386584907”]
                                            So, anyone got a good way to make the QT client NOT charge a fee?
                                            [/quote]

                                            I feel the answer is so obvious that you must be talking about something entirely different, but here it goes …

                                            Set the fee to 0.00 in settings?

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