Quote from: bitseedmike on May 07, 2015, 03:43:22 PM

Quote from: worth on May 07, 2015, 03:33:26 AM

Here's a question. There is a company with a coincidentally similar named product (Bitseed instead of Bitseeds) and what they make is a low power plug and play hardware node for Bitcoin - but according to this page their new v2 product will be customizable for altcoins:

https://bitseed.org/product/pre-order-bitseed-v2/

I think the project is very cool and am planning to get a Bitcoin node at some point from them, but I'm especially interested in the potential for supporting smaller networks like Bitseeds with hardware nodes like this. The one thing I'm wondering is would this act to stake coins on a POS network like this? That would be kinda cool.

Yes, the node can run POS coins, and is ideal for running full nodes for these types of altcoins. We have run Crypti, NXT, Skycoin, and Peercoin on the unit during development.

In response to the comment on the mark-up, it is actually 42% over BOM, not 100%. For someone who makes less then $20 per hour, it might make more financial sense to source and purchase the parts, build the unit, and load the software. We will be posting the CAD files and parts list for those who want to do this, since it encourages development and we are committed to the open source philosophy.

The similarity in names and logos of Bitseed and Bitseeds is coincidental, though Bitseed was used in commerce first. Bitseeds (the coin) has filed an application for registering a trademark, "Bitseeds", http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4808:mm2dq7.2.1 , so this will need to be resolved since we were already shipping units and demoing at Bitcoin meetups well before the filing date on April 3, 2015. We didn't file earlier since we're adverse to IP.

Yes the name choice and logo similarities (leaves are commonly used for the word seed) are definitely coincidental. We did file for TM last month, but this was not in response to Bitseed. We are completely for what you are doing and will not be entering into any TM war with you guys unless that is your plan. We did it for copycats who might try to use the name and Rainforest Foundations standing to con/scam people. I believe both parties are doing a different enough thing in the crypto world to not be mistaken too much. I would also (if we don't enter into a TM war) would like to use Bitseed for BitSeeds, I'm not and neither are a lot of my friends, technical enough to build nodes. Hope all is well with Bitseed, and good job on the name choice, I really like it! =)