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However, becoming a minter on the QORT chain is going to be relatively simple and 'quick' at first, until the necessary steps and time are increased as the platform grows...

So, even those who for one reason or another miss the transition burn date, will still be able to become a minter during initial phase 1 of the launch, and start earning QORT in that fashion.

As the launch continues, and the next phases are completed, earning QORT in multiple other ways, and other accounts capable of leveling for larger reward and influence will be implemented.

What are the requirements for using a minting account?
I mean could it be possible to mint from a local home PC with this account without having a static IP address?
What about VPS , would it be secure enough to setup the account on a remotely hosted VPS and mint from there?

Quote from: crowetic on November 16, 2019, 11:19:34 PM

This 5W device not only contains a ton of off-chain function, tor gateway, and extremely secure wireless router, but also will be pre-setup with QORT, and all other services, allowing you to run a low-power device as your minting account, thus being rewarded without having to run a full computer, and staying online by simply keeping the device connected to the internet. Whether you use it as your actual router or not, you can make use of all of the device's functionality.

Is it required for the device to be plugged into internet the whole time?
Is it required to have a static public IP address when using a device to mint?
I ask this because lot of internet service providers do not offer static IP or they charge a lot for obtaining one.
In case the users are not owning a static IP they get disconnected at least once within 24 hour period an the IP changes then.

Can you tell me more about shipping?
Are you shipping this devices from US worldwide?
I ask because in this case there could be a requirement to pay some customs tax which could actually double the price of your
device when purchased (shipped) outside of US.

Thanks.

Yes you need the device plugged in to the internet the entire time. I think you have some downtime allotment though.
You can use a VPS for sure. Any computer will work too. The qroTecTor box is just the most efficient with preinstalled images and extra dev stuff to speed up the box.
No need for a Static IP as you just need to reach the peers to Mint and show you are online. Tor would make this irrelevant.
They ship worldwide from what I have read. Customs are unavoidable, VPS would be a better scenario at that point.

I wouldn't necessarily say a 'better' scenario... I personally LOVE the device, and think many other people will love it as well.

I am more than willing to figure something out for those of you that have issues getting things shipped into your country. I have done things like this in the past to get shipments into places that are notoriously difficult.

I would be stoked if everyone in the community got a device, and got to see how awesome it is. Can't wait for the next generations either.

-[ development update ]-

We are testing the newest testnet version of the QORT backend, have multiple sync'd nodes and now testing the auto-update feature (yet another feature that most other blockchains do not have.)

Everything runs flawlessly on the device, had a few little hiccups that we easily fixed, and I haven't had a single issue since. Everything looking great.

We should have a final test UI done within the week, and will be able to demo a few things, and provide a gateway for those of you who donated to the device, or are a founder, so that you can generate your new account to be included in the genesis block.

I would like to have a method to 'transfer levels' in the system as well, and am discussing that with cat. Just in case a key gets compromised from someone letting someone see it, or something like that, I think the ability for levels to be transferred is a good one. Also just in case a donator wasn't able to generate their account prior to genesis, etc... Will update further on this.

Overall - everything is looking quite good, and I am extremely excited that 4+ years of work is finally getting started.

I am behind on getting the new ANN created, mainly because I'm likely thinking too much about it, and should just get started on it and it'll come together. Apologies for this, but I should have it up soon.

(I am going back through the recent pages of the thread to see if I missed any other questions, you can always PM me as well. Thanks!)