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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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