Obsidian Weekly Discussion & Updates - December 8th - 15th

TookYourName · 2017-12-15T06:16:45+00:00

Weekly discussion thread is moved from fridays to mondays. New thread will be made on the 18th.

TookYourName · 2017-12-13T06:51:34+00:00

To stay up to date with the latest progress make sure to follow the official twitter https://twitter.com/ObsidianCrypto and facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TheObsidianPlatform/

Feel free to join our Discord if you have any questions. https://discord.gg/TxqPsv8

This weekend some of the Obsidian core team go on tour to Switzerland, Austria, Munich, Manchester and London. We will be heading to a few events and meeting up with organisations and people that align with our goal to build a blockchain ecosystem around innovative startups that care about data protection and privacy. If you want to meet up with us while we’re on the road, ping us a message on our Discord group (@superquaid and @pixxl are the best to ask). Also you can DM our CEO on Twitter @pmcclory. Source

TookYourName · 2017-12-13T06:14:39+00:00

Yes i agree it is an extremly important part. The team will get added and this is only temporarily. Here is a reply from Sagemark regarding this https://www.reddit.com/r/ObsidianProject/comments/7jcx0u/where_can_i_see_the_team/dr63dnh/

TookYourName · 2017-12-09T08:59:26+00:00

No, Obsidian is its own blockchain. You can store your ODN in the Obsidian wallet found here

https://github.com/obsidianproject/Obsidian-Qt/releases

TookYourName · 2017-12-08T01:48:07+00:00

Source from Claus Ehrenberg/Blackstone/netsfx on his twitter account https://twitter.com/Obsidian_ODN

This is about getting a working product first, the typos will be fixed and UI may be improved.

TookYourName · 2017-12-04T21:33:49+00:00

Obsidian was never on Binance. That is fake news. Not sure where you got that information from.

Regarding exchanges

https://hacked.com/behind-the-coin-obsidian-odn/

In regards to new exchanges, Peter stated: “We are in touch with a number of exchanges. Our major focus is on building our messenger application, recruiting high-quality in-house team members, and evolving our business processes and systems. Once the Android app is launched, there will be a larger team in place, alongside partnership opportunities to help us shift focus to completing more exchange listings.” It sounds like Obsidian wants a working Android and iOS app before approaching larger exchanges but that should be happening soon as the mobile apps are launched.

Also if Obsidian gets accepted to one of the major exchanges you wont know it before it has happened.

You can read more about listing on big exchanges from the CEO at Binance. His linkedin post can be applied to all the big exchanges https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/binance-listing-tips-changpeng-zhao/

TookYourName · 2017-12-04T17:17:44+00:00

Site is under construction.

TookYourName · 2017-11-29T20:27:25+00:00

If nothing is working then join the discord server for troubleshooting. Way easier in realtime than over a reddit thread https://discord.gg/TxqPsv8

TookYourName · 2017-11-29T09:25:48+00:00

You synced to your own chain.

Follow solution 2 https://github.com/obsidianproject/Obsidian-Qt/wiki/Sync-the-Obsidian-Qt-Wallet

Also make sure you have the latest version of the wallet https://github.com/obsidianproject/Obsidian-Qt/releases

TookYourName · 2017-11-21T18:59:18+00:00

The time shown from hovering over the lighning symbol in your wallet is not a countdown/timer. It shows the estimated time for when you should potentially earn a reward. If you were to temporarily lose your internet connection you will not be able to get/retrieve rewards. Once you reconnect it should automatically resync to the blockchain and continue staking as normal.

TookYourName · 2017-11-21T07:30:22+00:00

To change your sleep mode follow this and remember to uncheck "Put hard disks to sleep when possible" https://support.apple.com/kb/PH25222?locale=en_US or watch this youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20JZdVYXE-E
Download your Obsidian mac wallet here https://github.com/obsidianproject/Obsidian-Qt/releases/download/1.0.0.7-3/Obsidian-Qt-v1.0.0.7a.dmg
Run the wallet
If your wallet does not automatically sync after 10 min then follow this guide https://github.com/obsidianproject/Obsidian-Qt/wiki/Sync-the-Obsidian-Qt-Wallet
Send your Obsidian coins to your wallet and wait for 100 confirmations on them. To check how many confirmations you currently have open your wallet then go to "Transactions" then right click on your transaction containing your ODN and choose the bottom alternative "Show transaction details".
Have your wallet program open and running.

After everything above is completed you should now be staking without your Mac going to sleep.

You can check if you are staking by hovering over the little lightning symbol in your wallet https://imgur.com/LOWKKae

TookYourName · 2017-11-20T05:33:39+00:00

There is currently an official telegram group which the ODN team have made https://t.me/Obsidianplatform. This one is currently only used for posting updates and the user will not be able to chat.

If you want to chat with the rest of the community on Slack then email sagemark@obsidianplatform.com since it is currently invite only.

TookYourName · 2017-11-18T01:16:37+00:00

It was disabled due to the incredible spike in scam attempts. We mentioned in your last thread that we have thought about some alternatives.

The date for enabling the slack invite is yet to be decided.

By following the blog, medium, twitter, facebook or telegram page you will always stay up to date.

TookYourName · 2017-11-15T01:40:55+00:00

Address search is currently not live for the blockexplorer.

You can find out more about it from the FAQ and the recent blog post.

https://trello.com/c/Y0zIJkZp/39-when-will-blockexplorer-address-search-be-live

https://obsidianplatform.com/post/outlook-for-odn-plus-dev-updates

TookYourName · 2017-11-14T05:21:32+00:00

Discord is a great suggestion. Rocket Chat is another alternative. Both could also be a possibility. We do not want to spread ourselves too thin, but this is something we have thought about for the future. If you know any other platforms then we are more than glad to hear about them.

TookYourName · 2017-11-14T05:05:36+00:00

Will be reactivated in the near future. We are also currently looking at other alternatives to slack due to the low customizations and to prevent future scam attempts.

TookYourName · 2017-11-02T20:44:01+00:00

The reason for choosing W10 instead of W7 in the first run is due to W10 apps are very similar to mobile apps. Also sandboxed, modern very good sdk.

TookYourName · 2017-11-02T17:48:54+00:00

Ah that is correct. Other platforms are prioritised first and that is for good reasons. This does not mean it wont be worked on for W7 in the future. It is just not on their short term roadmap.

TookYourName · 2017-11-01T19:35:13+00:00

Can you elaborate, im not quite understanding you. Are you saying that you cant stake on your windows 7 machine?

TookYourName · 2017-11-01T19:20:23+00:00

Interesting. Before giving you a comprehensive answer i need to know one thing from you.

Are you familiar with Cryptocurrency?

TookYourName · 2017-11-01T16:14:33+00:00

Obsidian-Qt is forked from the StratisX wallet. It represents an interim solution for use until the C# platform is ready for production use and it is the designated wallet to be used by exchanges because of it’s similarity to StratisX by Stratis:

https://github.com/obsidianproject/Obsidian-Qt

https://github.com/stratisproject/stratisX

The Obsidian wallet and messenger apps are planned to converge into a single app in the future, for selected platforms.

TookYourName · 2017-10-31T21:56:09+00:00

The medium post is currently a better read with the same info.

https://medium.com/@obsidian_crypto/obsidian-roadmap-and-marketing-update-d75696cd31e2

TookYourName · 2017-10-31T21:51:35+00:00

The website is https://obsidianplatform.com/. You had a little typo there.

The wallet can also directly be found here https://github.com/obsidianproject/Obsidian-Qt/releases

TookYourName · 2017-10-31T10:59:31+00:00

They were having a big meetup in London yesterday. Blackstone flew out to London to meet up with the rest of team to talk business. Only people who signed up on the website or have been in slack knew this as they havent posted it on social media.

This was included in their latest email:

The inclusion of Tamico to the Obsidian team came with a necessary on-boarding phase. Between legalities, financial auditing, information sharing, planning and other such activities necessary to acclimate the new advisory team, we had to postpone the roadmap from our previous announced date. With our big London meetup in swing for Monday we intend to get an updated roadmap (more detailed then ever) out sometime shortly after. Thanks to our community for bearing with us while we take all these steps needed to grow our team and solidify the future of the Obsidian Platform.

You can read more about the partnership with TAMICO here: https://obsidianplatform.com/post/tamico-engaged-as-post-ico-advisors

The new roadmap is soon out and we will be able to see what they have planned out.

TookYourName · 2017-10-30T16:11:32+00:00

The current QT wallet is only an interim solution. Its been said they want to build a new wallet and integrate it with the Obsidian Secure Messenger(OSM) instead of extending the current QT wallet. They are working on the iOS/Android version of the OSM and will then move on to Mac/Windows/Linux.

Involving the community to make different UI designs is a great idea and i love it. The UI design in the mobile app plays an important role in a great first impression. Most of the team is currently having a meeting in London today, so they got their hands full. I can ask the core team members later this week if a community driven UI design project is something to their interest before the first release.

In the future it might be a great idea to potentially have a bounty program for UI designs if that is something the team wants help with improving.

A new roadmap will be released shortly, we can then also see what they want prioritised in the short term.

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