Quote from: adamandeve on August 13, 2014, 02:25:11 PM

If you think you have the relevant skillsets required
to help the UPM team achieve what it set out to do,
please reach out to us!

Skillsets required:

Designer; experienced with UI/UX, familiar with both Web & Mobile, well-rounded
Developer; experienced with WP/woocommerce plugins, coin development and maintenance, dedicated and responsive
Marketers; experienced with social media and relationship management, passionate and cooperative
Quant Analysts; experienced with quantitative academic methods, big data, A/B testing, driven problem-solver
Academics; experienced with digital currency ecosystems and economics, non-technical backgrounds, open-source believer
Trading Strategists; experienced with market mechanics, human psychology, laws of nature, and quantum atomic structure

If you're interested, please contact me directly! Thank you.

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We're Hiring, UI/UX Designer & Quant Analyst
We are looking for a variety of skillsets to expand our possibilities
and to achieve our vision. If you think you are a suitable candidate
and share our dream, email altcoinadam(at)gmail.com with your intro.

Quote from: adamandeve on August 12, 2014, 04:21:53 AM

reddit+twitter marketing manager: negotiable fees

designers/developers : depending on your expertise on the scope of the project

pm me for more details

paid in UPM/BTC

Quote from: adamandeve on August 04, 2014, 10:34:50 PM

UPM Announcement
eUtopium eUniversity - Money - Education - Lifelong Learning - AVE - eUtopium Education Fund - Contest
Read Full: https://twitter.com/eUtopium/status/496419187322269696

Money and Education

In his paper, Nakamoto introduced a purely peer-to-peer electronic cash system in the form of Bitcoin, a revolutionary technological advancement in many rights. One of the most commonly discussed technical benefits is the blockchain technology, the creation of a functional trustless triple-entry accounting system, and more importantly, it was one that gave birth to a new era of decentralization. Whatever the initial intention, Nakamotos product has not only brought about technological advancement, but also sparked an advancement in human ideologies.

The socio-economic impacts that Bitcoin have brought into our reality are tremendous. If the Internet brought about freedom of information, Bitcoin will eventually give humanity financial freedom. But what does that really mean? From an economic perspective, the greatest gift Nakamoto brought to humanity is not just the technology itself, but its the fact that he got the whole world to start asking a very simple question, what is money?.

So what is money? What is this piece of paper, or number in our bank account, that we work so hard for to earn and s(l)ave for today, so that we can have a better tomorrow? Money, the very same worthless dross that gets you up in the morning, to drag yourself to work, complete your chores for the system, just so that you can go back home into bed to repeat the same cycle? Money, the chain that keeps all students hopelessly trapped in a prison right from the moment they step onto campus, where they get to learn about how they can be a slave of the system? Sure, its just a piece of paper. But if you cant truthfully answer these questions with conviction, maybe its time you do some research. Facts are all laid out for you to perceive, and google is your gateway to knowledge. Dont be ignorant, for only fools can be. So read, and read closely.

What is money, really? Whats the importance of it? When, is money ever enough? Stripping it down to basics, arent we simply talking about a medium of exchange for value? What if, we can create a world where money doesnt exist? Why not? Arent we all trying to do just that? A world without money, where only coins are, where only coins should be?

The ball is in our court, choices ours to make.
We create coins with no end in sight, all looking in the darkness instead of for the light.
Lifes a journey, but what is right?
Take a wrong turn, and you might still be right.
So teach and learn, since lifes an experiment.
Because when one teaches, two learn.
I teach, not whats taught in schools;
but I teach, whats not learned by fools.
So dont be a fool, because life is the journey.
Come sing with me, so we can all be happy.

Education is but one word, yet also means many realities.
What we learn in school, is that really what we want for our eternity?
The systems been in place for ages, is it not time for an education of the new ages?
If distribution is the key to money, then what about stability and security?
If Bitcoin has all the keys, then why dont we start building our new reality.

eUtopium eUniversity of eUtopia

eUtopium pioneered a fair distribution model that was designed to provide stability and ever-increasing value for all stakeholders involved. Although in the crowdfunding phase we talked only about striking a balance and equality for 2 main parties involved, miners and traders, there is also a third more important group involved; the audience that seeks the materialization of non-monetary value and benefits that cryptocurrencies can bring to the world.

The same audience who believes in a world where utopia CAN exist, and especially more so because Bitcoin has sparked an era of decentralization and opened a gateway to financial freedom. I believe this technology will eventually decouple the industrial complex, and sweep the rugs of power from the banks and governments from right under their feet and returned back to the people. The immensely obnoxious power frenzy among beings in the financial industry, governments, and industrial complex at large must and will come to an end, for otherwise, the majority of the worlds population will forever be enslaved by the system put in place by these same people who claim to protect us, and Mother Earth will no longer come to be.

With fairness, honesty, and transparency at its core, UPM has created a distributed, secure and stable digital currency, that acts as a self-sustainable and fully crowdfunded social enterprise for education. The Utopia Project was created because it is currently our best solution to help achieve our goal of making the world a better place, one step at a time. By combining innovations of crypto together with academic work, the UPM team seeks to transform the education system as we currently know it, and create an education system fit for utopia. An education system for utopia, and a utopia that fits into our current reality.

The eUtopium eUniversity is built by and for the community who share UPMs core values, one which seeks knowledge and true truth, one that learns and teaches lessons in life to one and all. In a closer reality, our goal is to collect more academic papers to add to our growing library of literature about cryptocurrency economics and ecosystems, as well as social media (marketing). These papers will then be used to further create value for the Utopia Project.

At eUtopium, we believe that we can change the world through cryptocurrencies. The mission of the Utopia Project is to achieve harmony, love, and light for one and all, and for all to be the one. Yet, utopia cant exist today. But utopia MUST exist, for utopia is the only mission.

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Read the Full Announcement here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TLuVUvrDwn1VTe9N_exTKXd-Ht5D7gyTeB7YLDUwlQA/edit?pli=1

Cryptocurrency Economics & Ecosystems: A UPM-funded Contest

To commemorate the launch of the eUEF, UPM will be hosting a contest where anyone and everyone can take part. 10% of the fund, i.e. 1000 UPMs will be utilized for this first project, put up for grabs for all who partake in this contest. In an effort to expand our Utopian library of knowledge, we would like to take this opportunity to acquire our very first Bitcoin and cryptocurrency related whitepapers from the eUtopium community!

In exchange for your value and work done, the top 3 papers selected by the UPM team will receive a total of 333 UPM each. To take part in this contest, simply write an (academic) paper with a maximum of 6 pages, answering one or a mixture of a few of the research questions brought up below.

Research Questions

What are the core principles of a cryptocurrency? Based on Satoshis paper, and considering the current landscape of the bit/altcoin ecosystems as whole.
Who are the stakeholders involved in any cryptocurrency?
What are the biggest barriers to entry for current non-adopters of cryptocurrency?
In your opinion, what are the most innovative features in crypto that currently exist?
What factors affect the success of a cryptocurrency? What makes an altcoin popular?
What is the end goal / are the next steps for cryptocurrency? Satoshi started an era decentralization, but whats next? The Internet brought knowledge & information, Bitcoin brought money & financial freedom, whats next?
What should the community do to increase crypto adoption among mainstream users?

Rules
I have none but three rules for you:

Begin your paper with: I am.
End the same sentence/paragraph with ...on this earth.
Refer to people as humans.

After completing your paper, submit them through the AVE service on our website, and wait for an admin to get back to you. When submitting your paper for this contest, please add eUEF to the front of your paper name.

All papers submitted may be added into the eUtopium educational repository, our ever-expanding library of knowledge and truth. If added, you will receive 10 UPMs per page in value exchange, as per the AVE service. However, not all papers added will receive a part of the prize pool.

The contest starts today, and ends 6 days from now, on the 10th of August, 2014. All papers must be submitted before then to qualify for a potential payout from the prize pool. All papers submitted before this announcement also qualify. Find all uploaded papers here.

The Utopia Project: In Conclusion

UPM is backed by an engaging and active community, managed by innovative and dedicated developers. At UPM, we believe that fairness, honesty and transparency must be at the core of any community in order for it to truly thrive and succeed in the new utopian world we are building.

Ultimately, this project is in line with the Utopia Projects goal of creating a fully crowdsourced, crowdfunded, and self-sustaining social experiment and social enterprise that bridges the innovation of digital currency with an outdated education system within one common reality and perception. This, is Our One True Utopia. #OOTU

At UPM, we go by one very simple rule: No hype; only real, true value.

Quote from: adamandeve on August 04, 2014, 08:08:40 PM

Academic Value Exchange (AVE): Update #2a

Second contributor, Elliot Schrydek, has submitted a paper entitled: "Hayek Money the Cryptocurrency Price Stability Solution".

Read it here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tsk7rheodnjliij/Hayek%20Money%20the%20Cryptocurrency%20Price%20Stability%20Solution.pdf

Find all other papers here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/l7neychxipirsiz/AACEQzLPd6RkpvaJZUuNmqGOa

300 UPM, the maximum cap per submission, has been distributed to this user. Thank you for participating in the AVE service (moving faster than I expected)!

P.S. At this rate, the eUtopium Education Fund (eUEF) will probably run out of UPMs soon.

If you believe in our cause, and want to contribute to incentivizing real world academic research in cryptocurrencies and other related topics to eUtopium, be kind and help us help all:

kQRLbW6D8AKTWSAWAy1u3NEix8nDXz5Wvq

Quote from: adamandeve on August 04, 2014, 05:58:02 PM

eUtopium ∞ [UPM] Food For Thought: Fairness & Stability in Perpetuity. Possible?

Proof-of-Fairness is working out well for all investors involved thus far. But do not be complacent, for we have only been alive for 4 days.

One of the biggest problems that altcoins face, as i have come to understand thus far, is the problem of "pumps and dumps". How is it possible for an altcoin to avoid being victim to an accelerated pump and dump which leaves the not-so-smart investors at big losses? It may not be their fault, or ours, but does it even need to happen? Although we have shown that a fair & profitable ico distribution that caters to all parties involved is possible, and that stability in a coin can be achieved in the short term, it is unfortunately also highly unlikely for an altcoin's price to increase forever, and remain stable in perpetuity.

Sure, there will be dramatic ups & downs in the charts in the future, but what does it really mean for an altcoin to be stable? What does a pump & dump really mean? How can stability be achieved in the volatility of altcoins?

Is it possible for an altcoin to achieve stability & fairness in perpetuity? If so, how? And how can we learn from that to make UPM an even better altcoin?

Please share your thoughts, for I have shared mine.

Quote from: adamandeve on August 04, 2014, 05:34:57 PM

Academic Value Exchange (AVE): Update #2

Academic Value Exchange (AVE) service: http://www.utopiaco.in/home/publish/
Instructions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13f97z489USzMn_f9QSgqU2ptKKSR0ajxqAEabYohW6g/edit?usp=sharing.

The AVE service is a UPM backed initiative, funded by the eUtopium Education Fund (eUEF).

https://twitter.com/AltcoinAdam/status/496346031853142018

https://twitter.com/AltcoinAdam/status/496346422296731649

The papers can be found here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/l7neychxipirsiz/AACEQzLPd6RkpvaJZUuNmqGOa

And they will also be added here:
https://github.com/AltcoinAdam/Utopia/tree/master/education
http://www.utopiaco.in/home/education/

Quote from: adamandeve on August 01, 2014, 07:24:30 PM

Academic Value Exchange (AVE): Update #1

Utility in Education

Education is at the core of UPM, where our goal is to seek, learn, and teach knowledge and truth. UPM is an ongoing collaboration with the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, namely the ESHCC.

There are three parts to this:
1) Spreading awareness and driving adoption of digital currency among university students and academics alike,
2) Collaboration with students to acquire more academic papers under UPM's education arm, including but not limited to papers about marketing, branding, social media, data analytics, new media, and cryptocurrency ecosystems and economics; to better understand the world we live in from various perspectives and social constructs,
3) Collaboration with professors to conduct case studies about the UPM project, or embed small-scale UPM-related projects into the course curriculum of master/bachelor programs.

Academic Value Exchange

We are currently testing a simple service that will allow university students to submit academic papers written by themselves during the course of their study, and receive value for their work done, in the form of UPM and BTC. These completed and relevant academic papers written during their academic life, which would otherwise be left wasted and rotting in their dropbox accounts, can be submitted to our Academic Value Exchange (AVE) service where students can earn free magic internet money!

All academic papers collected via our AVE service will be added to our expanding library of knowledge and truth, where they can be put to good use for future sub-projects spawning from the Utopia Project. All academic papers will be housed in this following repository:

http://www.utopiaco.in/home/education/
https://github.com/AltcoinAdam/Utopia/tree/master/education

AVE Service Updates

The service is currently being discussed with and tested among a small group of students in the Media & Business program of the ESHCC. This service will eventually be a worldwide-accessible one. However, I am currently using this small focus group as a testbed to fix up all the kinks before releasing it to a larger audience. We are in the process of testing a price-per-page pricing model, where students get a sum of about 0.002 BTC or UPM equivalent (equal to 1) per page. If you have suggestions about this, feel free to share!

Our target market will be the average university student either completing his bachelor degree, or is pursuing/completing his master degree, especially those who are non-adopters of digital currencies. Hence, we are in the process of tweaking the AVE service to be more mainstream-friendly, by improving ease-of-use and ease-of-access to decrease barriers to entry. We are also working on a basic introduction to Bitcoin eBook and guide for these crypto noobs to educate them on the basics of bitcoin and other digital currencies, and teach them how to sell their crypto into useless fiat money if they so choose to.

If you have a good resource for such beginners guides to Bitcoin, including papers, websites, ebooks, videos or infographics, please send them my way! If you would like to offer your help in any way (writers, designers, developers), please reach out to me! You can DM me, tweet @AltcoinAdam, or send them to my email altcoinadam(at)gmail.com.

Enter Utopia:

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www.utopiaco.in
Twitter
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Whitepaper
History

eUtopium [UPM] is a decentralized, distributed, stable and secure digital currency based on the core values of Bitcoin.
We aim to be a transparent and fairly distributed cryptocurrency that provides equal opportunities to both investors and miners, allowing all to exist in harmony.
Our goal is to be a self-sustaining social enterprise, which also acts as a social experiment built with the sole purpose of seeking truth and improving the education system.

Distribution as First Priority
We aim to create a long-lasting coin that will generously reward the early miners, investors and adopters, while also making it fair for all parties involved, every step of the way.
This will be achieved through a research-backed distribution scheme and fairness mechanism in place to cater to both miners and traders, while allowing the market to decide their own fair price.

Phase 0: Crowdfunding
20% of total UPM supply was distributed to crowdfunders, who each received a share proportional to their investment in the total BTC pot.
For taking the highest risks, early adopters will rightfully be provided with the largest rewards, made possible through the design of our distribution model and fairness mechanisms in place.
BTC collected will go towards funding coin development and necessary services, education and academic work within relevant fields, and lastly to support and stabilise UPM markets.

Knowledge and Education
UPM was designed and built by skilled and experienced crypto enthusiasts. The core developers of UPM are @AltcoinAdam, a new media marketing expert, and @CryptoKeyMaker, well, the key expert.
The exact specifications of UPM were designed in collaboration with the market expertise and experience of Quantum Holdings (@QTMHoldings), the altcoin economics knowledge of @onemanatatime, and the Media & Business program of the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication (ESHCC).

Key Features & Values

Open-source Project: Once released, UPM will be a fully open-source project with transparency & trust in mind, where anyone can participate and contribute.
Community-backed: You play the biggest role in the success of UPM, both as a social experiment as well as a currency. Suggestions will be given, but choices will always be yours to make.
Utility in Education: UPM utilizes the innovation of cryptocurrencies to provide financial freedom and incentivise researchers, thus acting as a catalyst for academic research.
Longevity: UPM is built on the fundamentals of a free market, with values and principles at its core which will allow us to create a Utopian cryptocurrency for one and for all; one that will thrive and survive for infinity and beyond.

News

12 August, 2014 - 0.2 BTC Bounty: 31st August 2014 Deadline
4 August, 2014 - eUtopium Education Fund & Contest
2 August, 2014 - Academic Value Exchange Service
1 August, 2014 - Launch, Crowdfunding closes
27 July, 2014 - Released first social media academic papers
24 July, 2014 - Crowdfundning opens, Proof of Fairness
23 July, 2014 - eUtopium Whitepaper
22 July, 2014 - Proof of Spirituality, Proof of Atlantis
21 July, 2014 - Proof of Manifestation
20 July, 2014 - Proof of Utopia

The Team

Adam of Eve, New Media & Branding
As a graduate in New Media, Adam will plan and execute various
marketing campaigns to spread awareness of UPM and crypto
especially to university students and academics.
E-mail: altcoinadam(at)gmail.com

The Key Maker, Matrix Developer
The key maker has all the keys, takes care of all things technical,
and all development needs for eUtopium services and support.

We're Hiring, UI/UX Designer & Quant Analyst
We are looking for a variety of skillsets to expand our possibilities
and to achieve our vision. If you think you are a suitable candidate
and share our dream, email altcoinadam(at)gmail.com with your intro.

Social Media & Community

Everyone Can Help, Even YOU!

Tweet using the tags #UPM, $UPM, or #eUtopium
Be active in the community, engage and contribute
Contact us if you have something to share!

Open Bounties

Resources

Technical Specifications

PoW Algorithm: NIST5 (Energy Efficient & Low Temperatures)
Total (Distributed) Coins: 1 million
Non-distributed coins (Education Fund): 10,000
Block Time: 1 minute
Initial Block Reward: 4.96 UPM, changes per month
Difficulty Retargeting: Every minute
Block Mature Time: 50 Blocks
Fees: 0.00001 UPM destructive fees
Block #1: 200,000 UPM - Crowdfunding
Block #2: 10,000 UPM - eUtopium Education Fund
Block #3+: Public Mining

* All non-distributed coins & funding received will be distributed to
fund education and academic work only.
* After 1 year of PoW distribution, UPM will be secured by at least
Proof-of-Stake (PoS). PoS details later.

RPC PORT: 12480
P2P POOL: 12481

Mining Guide

Wallets

Exchanges

Bittrex.com
C-cex.com
Bleutrade.com
Reach out to your favorite exchanges and get #UPM added!

Mining Pools

Working:

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eUtopium (UPM) is an ongoing project in Collaboration with the ESHCC of Erasmus University Rotterdam

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