Happy to see this!

What is the exact tech stack? I want to get involved. From the beginning of
my currently project, CoinAwesome.com (and WeTipCoins.com), there is a data
field inside AWE transactions for referring to content. Started with URLs
but soon also torrent identifiers.



On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 12:14 AM, Devon Read <devon@???> wrote:

> Hi everyone, I just wanted to share this video walkthru to update everyone
> on the status of Alexandria!
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHoWBLFxcng
>
> TL;DR - it's in alpha right now, we're aiming for a private beta release
> in 6 weeks, and public beta with open source code on github about 6 weeks
> after that. You can see the features that will be included in the private
> beta in the video, and there is a full run-down of planned feature
> development at www.Blocktech.com, where we are starting a crypto-only
> crowd funding campaign today. This isn't a coin offering, as Florincoin is
> of course already on the market, but a request for the community to
> contribute toward the development of a product designed to be used and
> owned by all.
>
> Devon
>
> On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 7:25 PM, Devon Read <devon@???> wrote:
>
>> undo crew,
>>
>> I wanted to let you all know that Blocktech is about to start the private
>> beta for a cryptocurrency 2.0 app, Alexandria - a distributed library for
>> sharing and preserving art, history and culture. You can think of it as
>> essentially youtube or soundcloud, but by making use of various P2P
>> networking technologies, the platform relies on no servers. Users can
>> self-publish anything they'd like (videos, songs, books, 3d printables,
>> recipes, etc) and they (and only they) have complete control of how their
>> works are published. By integrating bittorrent technology, certain media
>> types can be streamed in HD right in the browser, and because the service
>> has no server or bandwidth overhead, we don't need to make users watch ads.
>> And with a blockchain at its heart, a cryptocurrency payments layer is
>> built right in. So content creators will be able to monetize their work in
>> a variety of ways - from free access with optional tipping, to
>> microsubscription streaming to pay-per-play. Initially only tipping will be
>> available, but we are working with partners in the industry, including
>> Rivetz Technology, to start implementing optional purchase-to-download
>> mechanisms for our publishers.
>>
>> For our blockchain, we're currently using a 1 year old fork of Litecoin
>> called Florincoin. The reason we chose it is because it is designed to
>> store information in addition to transaction records. Each transaction can
>> store 528bytes of extra data, which we've made use of as our permanent and
>> unalterable publishing database. It also has a 40 second target block time,
>> which makes our front end much more responsive in discovering new media
>> submissions. We are designing the platform to be as blockchain agnostic as
>> possible, so if sidechains turns out to be a good, workable idea, we can
>> make use of them, but for now Flo is serving our needs best.
>>
>> We have a private beta list going, which we're going to start seeding to
>> shortly - in perhaps a week or so, after we finish integrating a few more
>> components into the client app. At the moment, users can run the app to
>> browse the library and stream content in-app. When we release the beta,
>> we'll have the wallet and torrent client fully integrated to make the
>> submission process simpler, but at the moment, doing so requires running
>> some terminal apps. If any of you would be interested in checking this out
>> before the beta starts, please let me know. Also, we have a Slack chat
>> going for some of our early users, so if anyone would be interested in
>> joining it to chat directly with the developers, just drop me a line.
>>
>> Thanks so much,
>> Devon
>>
>
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