Re: [ANN] Sia - Decentralized Storage - Working Beta - Currency has been released
Excellent progress team!! Getting really excited here
So #8 With the release of version 0.4.0 it is possible to build a youtube style service? 5GB max filesize for the time being is really enough for all youtube content even 4K this is really awesome!
Perhaps we the community should setup a bounty for such an app? Surely we can get enough donations for a nice bounty for someone to code that and your team to review and approve it? Taek how much you estimate roughly in days would it take someone to code that?
Depends on how ambitious you are in setting up the website. Youtube does a lot of stuff like machine learning, and has accounts etc. Making a full YouTube clone would take ages, and require many engineers.
But if you just want to be able to stream videos that people link you, it might only take a few weeks. I'm not sure. These projects do tend to take longer than first guess though.
The API right now is still under construction for the renting. I am sorry for that. There is still a lot of work to do, but we are working hard to prioritize the right things and build up the important parts of Sia as fast as possible.
How many sia has each siafund received to date?
Storage is virtually free right now. Because siafunds depend on storage costing money, siafunds have yielded virtually no siacoins. In the coming month, I think that's going to change. The exact number is around 0.17 siacoins per siafund.
How, exactly, do I host a file though?
There is an upload button in the ui. Ui can be downloaded here:
https://github.com/NebulousLabs/Sia-UI/releases/tag/v0.3.3.3-beta
We hope to have an update to the UI in the next few days.
Hashrate seems to be spiking again we are closing 1 TH/s. Is the pool up and running already? haven't found block in a while solomining...
As far as I know, there is no pool. It's quickly becoming a top priority for me, but there are some other things (like siafunds, and a 'Sia watch folder') that I feel really need to be done first. Thanks for being patient though.