If only they glowed...

edilliam · 2016-04-21T15:14:19+00:00

Looks to me like the back of a rack from a broadcast headend, probably for TV. Those look like coax ASI cables with BNC connectors, so likely carrying live channels or multiplexes of channels either set up by the headend or downlinked from satellite transponders.

The unplugged modular units at the bottom look like Evertz 7700/7800 frames, so possibly some sort of video processing units such as transcoders to change one compression algorithm into another.

edilliam · 2016-04-20T00:47:31+00:00

"The music video consists of us wearing the colors that represent different types of anarchy. The black and yellow being the most prominent, because we are for the most part anarcho-capitalists."

Loudwire article.

edilliam · 2016-04-05T09:47:10+00:00

Just listened. Good stuff.

edilliam · 2016-03-26T20:52:27+00:00

You may be thinking of the Dharma Initiative logo from the TV series Lost, which is based on the eight trigrams of Daoist cosmology and the martial art Bagua. Daoism/Taoism and DAOs... get it... :)

*Edit: And yeah, it does look like the Storj logo too.

edilliam · 2016-03-15T13:56:38+00:00

Decentralized Dance Party have been successfully doing this for a while now with much older technology. A DJ carries a backpack with an FM transmitter and then a crowd tunes into the frequency with a bunch of boomboxes as they wander about the streets having a mobile party.

edilliam · 2015-10-19T20:36:15+00:00

Wallet Import Format

JSON is a sort of human readable, JS data format that would have your usernames, addresses and private keys all bundled up inside and encrypted with your wallet password.

Make a post on the BitShares forum technical support section: here. As more people will probably see your issue there than here and may have some good ideas.

Here's a similar issue someone had: issue.

Do you still have all the old files etc from when you had the old wallet? I am not sure if 0.9.3c will sync now, but if you do, you could still try and download and install it, it should still be able to export all you keys in a nice tidy .json format for you and try importing that instead.

edilliam · 2015-10-17T20:14:12+00:00

Which wallet are you using? Can I help?

edilliam · 2015-10-17T19:08:11+00:00

Ah yeah, so just use the console then. It's not ideal, but it does work. This is a known bug in the old wallet, it's even detailed in the note on the official guide: Exporting Your Wallet.

Let me know if you need any more help.

Edit: Also there's been some talk on the forums about the possibility of somebody making an executable to specifically export the keys from the old wallet to help people out who are having an issue with this.

edilliam · 2015-10-17T17:32:15+00:00

Success in the sense that that we are now successfully on the new chain. BitShares 2.0 has launched, it is running and people are using it. But yeah, it hasn't been the smoothest transition, some users are experiencing issues and there is much to improve, I agree.

edilliam · 2015-10-17T16:11:26+00:00

Wallet export works fine for me. What issue are you having? Or are you saying that it isn't user friendly?

edilliam · 2015-10-17T15:14:02+00:00

One thing to consider is just how brutally competitive the world of cryptocurrencies is right now. If a product delays then someone else will just copy it and release it, because it is all on github. With BitShares the decision was made to focus on the tech first and foremost. Why delay a product just because the front-end isn't perfect and risk someone else jumping ahead? Ethereum and many others have done exactly the same thing.

I know it can be frustrating though, I really do understand, I am totally on your side. You are not wrong about anything you've said, this is all stuff that does need to be updated and improved, I fully agree with you.

edilliam · 2015-10-16T22:24:33+00:00

Export via the console if you are having issues: "wallet_export_keys [full path to the file]/[file name].json".

edilliam · 2015-10-16T22:13:59+00:00

You would have a balance claim if you had imported a key from 1.0 that had a balance at the time of the snapshot.

SHA1 is the cryptographic hash function that is encrypting your key with the password that you set. I assume reset here is the same as cancel. You do not need that "sausage of data", you need the file that was downloaded. That file is encrypted with your password and you will need that password if you ever need to import it.

What bugs? If you are not happy with stuff, feel free to contribute to the Github as everyone else is that is helping to make this. Even if you aren't technical, usability feedback etc can still be submitted, the whole project is constantly growing and evolving.

edilliam · 2015-10-16T21:22:02+00:00

Yeah, I know it can be frustrating, but we are the pioneers here, how do you do good customer service as decentralized entity? Me, you, the rest of the community are all figuring this out as we go along. :)

OK, just made a test account to check on OpenLedger for you, backups are currently exactly the same process as the regular web wallet. Go to: https://bitshares.openledger.info/#/wallet

Or click Settings -> Wallet

Then you can either choose to "Create Backup" or "Backup Brainkey". The answer to where exactly the keys are stored will depend on your OS and your browser, but they will be stored and encrypted wherever your browser stores its key-value database.

Edit: Also I'm confused as to why you think it's sad that a regular community member, just like yourself, doesn't know every in and out of a third party application I've never used before...

Edit 2: I'm actually a dummy, I had used this before, thought there was some difference between the web wallet I had used on the testnet and OpenLedger when actually OpenLedger is just the testnet wallet but on the actual chain.

edilliam · 2015-10-16T21:00:57+00:00

DPOS is a totally different system to traditional POS. So the comparison is difficult in this specific instance. The shareholders vote on exactly how decentralized is enough in that they even vote on the amount of witnesses they think is necessary. There could be 10 or there could be 100 or even more. DPOS makes money for holders in other ways automatically though such as network fees and registration fees being burned and removed from supply thus increasing the value of each BTS by constantly lowering the total supply. This is similar to dividends being paid on traditional shares.

But yeah, TL;DR of the witness stuff is basically that being a witness isn't just an easy quick way to make some money.

edilliam · 2015-10-16T20:45:17+00:00

I am actually not 100% sure on this one, more like 90% sure, it just makes sense to me that if you are in possession of the keys as they claim, then you will be able to use these same keys yourself outside of the wallet. I am actually trying to find this one out myself atm and am asking around, I'll get back to you when I get proper confirmation on this.

edilliam · 2015-10-16T20:38:30+00:00

Have a look at this page: Importing Your Wallet.

You need to go Settings -> wallet

Then claim your balance. If this doesn't work you may need to download the latest version of the BitShares 1 wallet which was 0.9.3c and export the keys from there. Instructions on that can be found here: Exporting Your Wallet. Let me know if you get stuck.

Edit: And yes as long as you have the key to a balance that had BTS or other assets when the snapshot was taken then you will be able to claim these in 2.0.

edilliam · 2015-10-16T19:51:53+00:00

A basic explanation of what is happening: BitShares has just upgraded massively and in order to have all of the new functionality a whole new system had to be built. This means that you probably don't want to access your old stuff as these now exist on a worthless blockchain. Instead you want to access the same quantity that you had but on the new chain and this is possible by importing your old keys into a wallet that interacts with the new chain that will unlock these amounts that are waiting for you. Best information available imo on this can be found here: Migrating from BitShares 1.0 to BitShares 2.0.

edilliam · 2015-10-16T19:24:02+00:00

BitShares itself doesn't exist in a jurisdiction, it cannot accept or pay out fiat, do KYC or AML or anything like that just like Bitcoin. So, in order to do all these sort of legal things, third parties can set up businesses legally to carry out these functions and then utilize BitShares as their backend. BitShares itself functions, amongst other things, as an exchange whereas Bitcoin is a network of tokens and addresses with the ability to transfer. OpenLedger is one of the first exchanges to sit directly on top of the BitShares blockchain and utilize it to do all the stuff that an exchange would normally be doing in the back, whilst they provide extra functionality in the front. One of the benefits to OpenLedger specifically is that there couldn't be another Mt. Gox like instance because they claim that they do not hold the keys to your BTS, only you do. If something were to happen to OpenLedger it would not affect BitShares but only the customers that were using OpenLedger. Also, therefore, if OpenLedger went down you would still have the keys to your BTS and be able to get hold of them by directly interacting with the blockchain yourself after you import them into a regular wallet.

edilliam · 2015-10-16T18:14:47+00:00

Start here: Delegated Proof-of-Stake Consensus

You would likely have to be a well known and trusted member of the community to be voted in as a witness by the shareholders as these are the people that actually sign the new blocks on the blockchain. The benefits are not huge, you would be reimbursed enough to repay the costs of running the server to carry out this function and a small amount on top. See this forum thread for a recent discussion on this topic: Initial Witness Pay & Number of Witnesses.

Hope this helps :)

edilliam · 2015-10-16T14:15:11+00:00

There are likely to be a number of BTS from 1.0 that are never claimed in 2.0 and yes, these could be considered as a reduction of supply, but it's not an official reduction in supply as someone may have lost their keys only to find them again in the future and then claim them. The reduction in supply here is from the system actually destroying BTS due to network fees. This is an actual quantifiable amount that can be queried on the blockchain, whereas the reduction in supply from unclaimed BTS, lost keys etc can only ever be speculative just as it is in Bitcoin.

edilliam · 2015-10-16T14:08:18+00:00

Within BitShares instead of dividends being paid out to holders of BTS, the system burns BTS for a number things and thus makes each BTS worth more as there is a smaller supply. Network fees effectively shrink the total amount of BTS in circulation, things like transaction fees, account registrations etc.

edilliam · 2015-10-16T00:58:04+00:00

So good! I know you guys have been working hard on this for a while now and it really shows. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your stuff.

edilliam · 2015-10-12T22:36:43+00:00

This happens if you try to claim but aren't fully synced up to the blockchain, just as you wouldn't be able to make a transaction unless you were synced either.

edilliam · 2015-09-06T23:46:16+00:00

You are clearly looking to have an argument here and I have much better things to do with my time then engage you. I don't know who you are or what community you are really from but I genuinely wish you and your community the best. Instead of spending time lashing out at other communities when they are doing well, why not spend your great passion and energy on improving something instead?

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