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Author: Sam
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To: System undo crew
Subject: Re: [unSYSTEM] introducing a new Distributed App: ΛLΞXΛNDRIΛ
Never mind, my apologies, I signed up so long ago, forgot which address. I did
check the headers to make sure before I asked but had read them wrong! No
action needed from you guys, except, kick that useless bum who gave me useless
info in the ass 999 times.

Thanks, Later.
Sam

On Sunday, April 19, 2015, at 03:35 PM, Devon Read wrote:
> Janislav,
>
> Backend: Go and Python
> Db is SQLite, syncing with Florincoin
> Frontend: HTML5 and JS
> Packaged with Node Webkit.
>
> Devon
>
> 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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