I sent a SuperCoin to you.  Did it show up in your wallet?

MikeDoubleD

Do you collect Supercoin? What's your address if you do?

MikeDoubleD

I am into silkscreening shirts.  Who owns Silkcoin's copyright?  Is someone in control of how it is merchandised?  Say, for example, that I made shirts... Would I be allowed to sell or give them away?

I am talking about likely less than 50 shirts, especially since they would all be printed by me - using water-based ink.

MikeDoubleD

Is there an android wallet under development by anyone in here?  Wondering if it will have pin or password protection, or perhaps 2 factor authorization?

The website looks very nice.
www.silkcoin.io

Thanks,
MikeDoubleD

pandionrain, I sent a couple SILK to you.  I liked the picture!

v1.1.0.20-g32a928e

I didn't keep track of how many hours it took, but it had to have been at least six or more hours... maybe eight.  I was asleep through most of it.

MikeDoubleD

I installed the wallet last night, and it finished syncing sometime in the afternoon today.  I did restart it a couple times, when I thought it was stuck.  Basically, it took a fair bit of patience.

MikeDoubleD

arteleis,

If you were the person who just sent me some Silkcoins, just a little bit ago.. Thank you! It means alot to me. And I really do appreciate the compliment about my writing, that made my day.

MikeDoubleD

It all originates from a gloomy rain-filled day, in which I read the entire contents of a Roget's Thesaurus - front to back.  I plan on writing more, possibly making one of those new-fangled "blogs" that I keep hearing about.  I am working on a bitcoin-related comic, that I hope to bring to fruition soon.

MikeDoubleD

Bob,

Thank you very much!  That was very generous of you.

Much appreciation,
MikeDoubleD

CryptoJohn,

I got into cryptocurrencies about six months ago, and it feels like about a decade.  I've learned a ton since then.

When I first heard about Bitcoin, I shrugged it off.  At the time, I had zero clue about what I was ignoring.  I had the same puzzled look as most people when they hear about cryptocurrencies for the first time... At that time, I could have bought BTC for less than a dollar per coin.  I didn't understand mining, and had zero time to put into learning about any of it.

Then, an acquaintance told me about a Litecoin rig that her son had setup for her.  I suddenly found that I had to find some time for looking into this.

I started out with 1 Antminer U2+ and a USB hub.  Within a month, I had 6 Antminer U2+ sticks plugged into that hub.  Then, a couple months later, purchased a Rockminer.  The Rockminer, still in use, made it possible to get way more coins than I was able to with the Antminers.  After a while, I started trading on exchanges.  In about the last 2-3 months, I started mining Scrypt coins as well as Sha-256 ones.

This time last year, I couldn't compile a wallet.  I have learned to compile wallets, setup remote connections, make changes to conf files as needed, trade coins, etcetera.  To anyone well-versed in crypto, this may seem pretty rudimentary; However, to me, it was a set of milestones.  Maybe someday I'll get around to signing my own genesis block... *As if there aren't too many coins to choose from in the first place.*

When I originally got into mining, I was mining Betacoins. Just Betacoins... Now, I have somewhere over 20 wallets for various coins.  Some are never going to be worth any money, some might end up being more profitable.  Money wasn't and isn't the motivating factor though.  I feel that my biggest interest was to be able to fully comprehend what everyone that mentioned "coins" was talking about.  I had to figure out what this was about.

What a difference that a year can make.

After the countless hours of reading, plucking away at a keyboard, and picking my brain... I think that I have figured out many things.  I have figured out why people mine coins.  It's not money..

It's that feeling you get...

The feeling when you setup your first bit of hardware.. When you enter a pool for the first time.. When you solo mine a block.. When you make your first trade on an exchange.. When you compile a wallet, and it actually works..  When you get to tell others about your mining "rig", like someone might talk about their car (right down to how many hashes you get per watt..).. When you find out how big this little planet can grow to actually be.. When you realize that no matter how far you have come, that you are only at the beginning.

Regardless of where the original developers for Silkcoin went, I know where the coin itself is heading... Over the mountainous dunes, and onward to the oasis.  The community carries the coin, and not the other way around.

From one camel to another, "March on!"

Sincerely,
MikeDoubleD

If you like this post and want to tip me:  BFWZuQjFTc6iRbueg52PhHjU339YExvhyC

Always appreciated, never expected.

p.s. A very big thanks to bobthenager, that was very kind of you!

It's nice to see a wallet come along that doesn't look like a blank piece of paper with a number attached. It is fairly obvious to me, from the moment I finally got it to launch on my computer, that alot of effort was put into making it look great.  It took me quite a few tries to get it compiled properly, but once it opened for the first time... I was impressed. An interface that is easy on the eyes, yet not bland and solely utilitarian. The gui work on it alone sets it apart from the many copy+paste wallets that many coins implement.

I traded a couple hundred of another coin and now have over 150 Silkcoins in this shiny new wallet.  I look forward to getting more added soon, as this coin seems to have some real potential in the various markets.  I wish I could have had the hardware to mine this when it was still POW minable.  I got to the party a little late for that though.. Fortunately, I can trade out a bunch of coins that I have less belief in succeeding for this one.

I am about to read the history of this coin, which I am sure will be fairly fascinating.  It's nice to see a community that at least now, seems more interested in an actual value beyond some pump-n-dump.

To all the people who brought this coin to my attention, I am glad that you did.


Anyone who might want to throw a few coins my way, can use the following address.

BTAxJfkoWg4JnJEsbNVL9CAWsHpTWuBWxb

Thank you for reading this, and have a great day.

MikeDoubleD