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[ANN][COV] CovenCoin restart: Community Takeover - new thread
by
CV2
on 21/06/2015, 19:00:27 UTC
newsflash: old dev is back. This thread is locked. Read the summary:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1096038.msg11731731#msg11731731



Coven (COV)
rebirth, community takeover


* Ticker: COV
* PoS 3%; stake age: min 1h, max 30d; maturity 10 confirmations
* crazy low supply (< 34,000 COV)
* slower than bitcoin = small chain, current block: 3853
* old dev gave up, agreed to handover

TODOs - choose your role
What are you good in? Say which responsibility you want to take ("foculizer"), or where to help ("team").
Code:
WHO? other forums new threads (e.g. for giveaways)
WHO? twitter
WHO? reddit
WHO? irc
WHO? facebook page, group
WHO? community foculizer for (BCT) forum(s)
WHO? compile list of all supporters from old thread; contact them
WHO? slack foculizer
WHO? marketing foculizer
WHO? exchanges & trollboxer
WHO? windows binary
WHO? staking wallets 24/7
ALL  addnode more IP addresses
WHO? design contest: colors, logo, icons
WHO? photo contest: find coven photos (free of copyright)
WHO? marketing contest: banners, signatures, slogans
WHO? prettier OP of bitcointalk thread
WHO? google overview: which pages exist about COV?
ALL  wishlist of future coin features
ALL  crowdfunding for dev(s); discuss fair payment scheme
ALL  wanted: coin dev(s), ask around.
WHO? buy support fund (?); if wanted then let us invent a clever scheme
WHO? giveaways
WHO? roadmap

________ said they might perhaps do something about this:
Code:
CV2            webtech foculizer
crunck         domain name; webspace
crunck         homepage web design
bhokor         block explorers crowdfunding
drakoin        staking 247
franckuestein  website, spanish translations, social media promotion, SEO
freemind1      Spanish translation
vindyne8       crypto promotion (paid)
earlz          source code review (paid)

Ready:
Code:
DONE email (done by CV2)
DONE bitcointalk new thread (done by CV2)
DONE contact old dev: "please link to new thread" (done by CV2)
DONE mail to bittrex: Keep COV! (done by CV2)
DONE github, github team (done by CV2)
DONE source upload (done by CV2)
DONE wiki (done by CV2, on github)
DONE contact many supporters from old thread (done by CV2)
DONE mail to bittrex: Enable staking please (done by CV2)

cooperation platforms:
1 wiki https://github.com/covencoin/coven/wiki
2 bitcointalk https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1096038
3 slack



source code:
https://github.com/covencoin/coven
from old v1.2.0 - or do you have a newer version?

problems, questions, bugs, requests:
https://github.com/covencoin/coven/issues

wallets:
* linux installation instructions: https://github.com/covencoin/coven README-linux.txt
* windows https://github.com/covencoin/coven/releases "CovenQT.zip" (old binary until we have new one)
* ports: 22454 for addnode

addnodes (put into Coven.conf):
 addnode=46.101.155.142:22454
 addnode=137.135.57.119:2600
 addnode=101.165.90.37:22454
 addnode=148.251.41.117:42586
 addnode=104.200.154.42:55758
please tell us yours! (getpeerinfo)



exchanges:
BITTREX https://bittrex.com/Market/Index?MarketName=BTC-COV
YOBIT https://yobit.net/en/trade/COV/BTC
COINGATHER https://www.coingather.com/exchange/COV/BTC

coinmarketcap:
rank 546 at 0.00004000 BTC * 33,620 COV = $330 (before this initiative)
rank 353 at 0.00009801 BTC * 33,620 COV = $800 (when it started rolling)
            at 0.00039997 BTC * 33,620 COV = $3330 (recent peak)
            at 0.00015610 BTC * 33,620 COV = $1300 (when I locked this thread)
check yourself at http://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/coven/



Coven!
We keep the name COV. The coin is called Coven or Covencoin - a good name for a team coin.
A coven is (dictionary)
Quote
* a collection of individuals with similar interests or activities
* an assembly or band of usually 13 witches

Old thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1032465 old dev has been notified to link to this thread.
This new thread was started on 2015 June 21st = solstice/litha/midsummer - witches, celebrate!

Support this initiative
by adding to a buy support fund: BTC 1AbQqyosW6kLi5wVHYM7fCmebqoi8c2jT2  [COV] CUgmMJQW3Wwn2wrYYvJp6Pf5K2QuZQyKZr
or by giving real donations to CV2: BTC 1CpcRmhRpgSZ74f8WYpgPMPafRz8Z7b4p4  [COV] CcybpzjQUEe3UM24YnUyfVgydz2PeYhmfW
or by helping to crowdfund coin dev(s): BTC / [COV] say how much you are willing to give, and suggest your conditions for payments.
or by participating actively (see TODOs above).