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Auteur: Devon Read
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À: System undo crew
Sujet: Re: [unSYSTEM] introducing a new Distributed App: ΛLΞXΛNDRIΛ
Janislav,

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On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Janislav Malahov <jan@???> wrote:

> 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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