WARNING: If you ever go to the "btcsov.com" site - DO NOT TRUST IT.
The btcsov.com domain links to not-coin.net and is supposedly a scam!

We owned btcsov.com earlier, but the domain owner abandoned the domain and someone else bought it and pretends to be the real BSOV.

The correct link to the real BSOV is https://bsovtoken.com

UPDATE, I'm currently working with a guy called SnowKid who is looking over the smart-contract code, so I'll provide updates here if there's anything he finds.

And please, if you have any questions or comments, then feel free to ask here! I will monitor this thread for a while.

Or if this made you want to buy BSOV and use the SovCube Timelock Rewards dApp, then please make a comment, because it will bump the thread to the top for more visibility.

Thank you.

Rouse.

Some history...

Hello! I am Real Rouse from the BSOV Token community (https://bsovtoken.com). I am a long-term voluntary contributor to BSOV Token, and have been so for nearly 5 years now, since I discovered BSOV a few months after its smart-contract was deployed June 17th, 2019.

BSOV Token is a PoW-minted and deflationary ERC20 Token built on Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, deployed by a pseudonymous creator "Mundo", therefore making BSOV completely community-driven, as there is not one person or organization with a pre-mine.

A few months after BSOV was deployed, the token was PoW-minted like crazy, and received hundreds of new holders.
Some of the biggest and most committed holders decided to timelock their tokens in a smart-contract. David (NoMoreHandlesMan) wrote and deployed a timelock contract where any BSOV holders could voluntarily timelock their BSOV Tokens. A few people did timelock their tokens, and due to the smart-contract logic, can only withdraw a limited amount of 1000 BSOV per week. However, only a few have actually done so, over the 4 years the timelock contract has existed.

After I discovered this timelock contract, I timelocked a lot of my BSOV tokens and decided we could do more, so I coined the term "SovCube", as in "Store-of-Value Cube". The term Store-of-Value (SoV) also lies in the name of BSOV Token, which is short for "Bitcoin Store-of-Value", or "BitcoinSoV" as you can see if you look up the token contract in Etherscan at https://etherscan.io/token/0x26946ada5ecb57f3a1f91605050ce45c482c9eb1. Take note that I have determined that saying BSOV Token is better than saying BitcoinSoV when speaking about this token, due to the misconception and confusion with the original Bitcoin name, and due to ease of speech. It's difficult to say "Bitcoin S, O, V", so now I say something more similar to "BEE SOV TOKEN". The reason why this token was called BitcoinSoV was because of the similarity to Bitcoin's 21 million token max supply, and the PoW-mining function with the same 4-year halving schedule. The reason for the SoV-name is the deflationary mechanism of BSOV Token, where 1% of the amount of each transaction is burnt and destroyed forever, making the supply decrease over time. The supply decrease, if given adoption; will make the price appreciate over time after all the tokens have been minted. The original Bitcoin when fully adopted, is designed to become stable, and BSOV Token is designed to increase. Of course, BSOV is not Bitcoin - Bitcoin is a first-mover, and BSOV is one of tens of thousands of tokens out there; so comparing the two in terms of adoption and network effect is not really rational.

The deflationary mechanism of BSOV provides a deflationary alternative to this increasingly inflationary world, where centrally controlled inflationary currencies (CCIC) a.k.a fiat-currency go rampant across the world; undermining the world's population. People are forced to use the ever-inflating fiat currencies, due to the Legal Tender laws. Inflation is policy that all economy students are taught is good for the economy. The central planners have decided that 2% inflation is a good target, and they believe this fuels market innovation. The reality may be something completely different, and these policies are not usually democratically chosen by the people. Very few people actually understand the intricacies of fiat-currency, economy and inflation, and therefore do not understand the hidden tax of inflation. Inflation makes governments stronger, it doesn't necessarily make the economy stronger. When shit hits the fan, and the economy becomes worse, they try to push buttons to increase interest rates, and have previously bailed out banks who fail. This is one of the reasons Bitcoin was created by Satoshi Nakamoto after the financial crisis (2007-2008), because he was fed up with the current centrally controlled nature of money.

So, about SovCube: In 2020, I coined the term SovCube and made the website https://sovcube.com to display and showcase the voluntarily timelocked tokens by the SovCube community. This was very welcomed by the BSOV community, and even more people (including myself) began buying and timelocking BSOV Tokens, totalling over 1 million BSOV Tokens timelocked; which is currently about 29% of the minted BSOV tokens. Consequently, this made BSOV increase rapidly in price, but the price did not sustain, possibly due to mining becoming profitable, so the miners would quickly sell the tokens as soon as they were minted.

Fast forward to December, 2022 and something unexpected happened! A bug now called the "Bricking Bug" in the BSOV smart-contract stopped all mining, (read details at: https://medium.com/@real-rouse/bsov-token-has-stopped-minting-new-tokens-20b19bbf5eae), effectively capping the max supply of BSOV to 3,980,500 (nearly 4 million). This was a blessing for some, and a curse for others. The blessing for current holders was that their token's value would never be diluted by more PoW-mining. The curse was that BSOV Token lost the mining function that defined BSOV.

A consequence of the Bricking Bug is that the excitement for BSOV quickly faded for many. The community went AWOL so to say, and nearly no activity was present in the Telegram chat at https://t.me/BitcoinSoVcommunity. I thought this was very frustrating, and there were several months that no one answered me when I talked about things in the chats. "Have people forgotten BSOV and our goal?" I thought, or "Have people completely disbanded BSOV?", so began to conjure up a plan. I am a big holder of BSOV, so I decided it was up to me to continue the legacy. This was when I thought of the idea to upgrade SovCube.

SovCube had to be upgraded. We had to recruit new holders. We need something better than the old SovCube, so we need incentives. That's when I decided I will gather up 300,000 BSOV Tokens (currently worth  $12,000 USD)  and give them out to people who timelock tokens. With no funds to pay a developer, this plan forced me to learn solidity and smart-contract programming, and web3 libraries. With the help of the AI from ChatGPT, I managed to build the new SovCube in less than 3 months.

Testnet Release
Therefore, with this post I am pleased to announce that SovCube Timelock Rewards dApp has been released on Goerli Testnet. It currently works like a charm, and I'm already in contact with someone to audit the contract. However, I would be pleased to receive more testers before I will release the dApp on mainnet on BSOV Token's 5-year Anniversary which occurs at the 17th of June, 2024.

The new dApp has these functions:
- Timelock Tokens
- Claim Timelock Rewards after timelocking. The earliest users will double their investment (ROI at 100%).
- Withdraw Tokens after the initial lock period has expired, at a maximum of 100 tokens per week.
- Send Timelocked Tokens. Even if you have timelocked your tokens, you are able to send timelocked tokens to anyone else. This means you can gift or pay other people with timelocked tokens.

You can find info about SovCube and its features in the links below:
SovCube Website - https://sovcube.com
Testnet Website - https://testnet.sovcube.com
Github - https://github.com/realrouse/sovcube.com
Overview of SovCube dApp - https://medium.com/@real-rouse/sovcube-timelocking-dapp-with-rewards-an-overview-dd9f4e9ebccb
Documentation & Help - https://testnet.sovcube.com/docs

BSOV Token Website - https://bsovtoken.com

If you need help to start testing it, then please join the SovCube Telegram at https://t.me/SovCube and I will help you get started. I will also send you testnet tokens.

Otherwise, follow https://twitter.com/BSOV_ and https://twitter.com/SovCube on Twitter/X.

Good stuff, Mundo. So much truth, and nearly no one bats an eye.

UPDATE 28th of December, 2020:
Merry Christmas, everyone! I'm still looking for work, or even cooperation, even though I have a couple of my own on-going projects.

UPDATE: I'm still looking for work, however I already got to know a few new friends from making this Topic. A little job here and there does wonders for me.
Don't be afraid to say hello!

rouse

I received a little job, and now I'm done with it. I'M FREE AGAIN FOR NEW JOBS, Thank you. 

I have gotten a design job this week, but possibly next week I will be free.

Two people have contacted me already, but I'm still open to more requests 

Wow, thank you so much, Ted! This helps my search for work a lot! 
I will check them all out.

Hello, everyone! Do not be discouraged to contact me, even if you see a lot of activity in this thread.
I'm probably not taken yet.

There are always good reasons to break the ice, and get to know me - Who knows what we can achieve together? Maybe even a business collaboration, or cooperation, or just a normal customer/client relationship? I'm very resourceful and I focus on positive reinforcement with teams I work with. I'm a people person and I know how to communicate. I'm not a great networker, but I focus mostly on making a few strong and solid connections instead.
Please contact me on Telegram at https://t.me/RealRouse or Twitter at: https://twitter.com/real_rouse_ regardless if you need my services or not. Contacts are always good to have.

Introduction

My name is Real Rouse, and I have been researching cryptocurrencies for over 5 years now. I have been involved with several different cryptocurrencies over the course of 3 years, and currently I work voluntarily as a Voluntary Contributor for BSOV (https://bsov.io) without any payment or profit or what so ever. I have worked with BSOV for over a year now, and I'm in need of another source of income, so I will try my luck here.
I've been using Photoshop for over 15 years, and I have studied 3 years of Media & Communication.

My Skills & Experiences

Writing:
- Articles - I can write articles as you can see in my Medium account: https://medium.com/@real_rouse
- I have experience writing Whitepapers. (For https://SovCube.com, which is not released yet), and I have advised a few projects with their Whitepapers.
- Grammar correction.

Cryptocurrency Knowledge, Expertise and Experience:
- I know my way around the cryptocurrency ecosystem, and I can be a great resource for you.
- Advisor - I can advise you on your cryptocurrency project.
- Cryptocurrency Concept Development: I created the concept of SovCube at https://sovcube.com (which is still in development, and a new token is coming up shortly. You can contact me for more info).

Web Development and Web Design - UI and UX
- I have designed and written the content of several cryptocurrency websites. https://bsov.io - https://goldenratiotoken.site - https://crypto-revolution.io
- I can help to specially tailor the narrative of your cryptocurrency project, and bring people in with a logical and user friendly User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI).
- Wordpress Website Server Setup
- Using Divi-theme with Wordpress

Graphics Designer
- I have 15 years experience with Photoshop, and a relevant Media & Communication education.
- Logo Design
- Banner Design
- Advertisement Design
- Web Design
- UI, UX
- Whitepaper Design
- Charts & Graph design

What am I looking for?
I'm looking for great people to work with, or looking for great projects to work for.
I am looking for a cryptocurrency project which needs my skills, and which has funds to pay me.
It's a plus if your cryptocurrency project actually is good and viable. I won't join to work with any rugpulls or scams. I will quickly notice the fundamentals of your project.

awesome!!

The BSOV Community has through several months of planning, and execution; created a 2-minute original video from scratch. This video aims to encaptivate some of the true driving motivations behind cryptocurrencies, and the cypherpunk community. This is the first video of the upcoming BSOV Video Series. This video is now placed on the front page of https://bsov.io

Watch the Video here: 📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w-CIOQZJVA and subscribe.

Follow us and our developments in Telegram here:
https://t.me/BSOVnews
https://t.me/BitcoinSoVCommunity


What do you think about Financial Freedom?

2% fee is normal for CEX listing a deflationary token.

I just downloaded the PDF of "BitcoinSOV's burning handbook for non-violent deflationists" at https://btcsov.com/deflationist

My favourite page is page 4 - "Swarmwise", because it inspires me to gather my friends and work as a swarm.

Does anyone have any questions about SovCube or BSOV?
I can answer your questions!

This article was originally written as a Medium Article at: https://medium.com/@real_rouse/who-is-the-non-violent-community-who-mined-bought-and-timelocked-over-20-of-the-circulating-33ca632c43c7?source=friends_link&sk=9028cd752b035c2e858b7aeec87ddf60 <--- Read this for the full article experience with images.


The time is 2:24AM at night, 17th of June 2019.
The Ethereum network receives a transaction into its mempool.

An anonymous person with the pseudonym “Mundo” has deployed a new smart-contract.
Mundo created a mineable currency which is deflationary by design, and which is owned and driven solely by the community.

Mineable by work.
Committed by community.
Deflationary by design.

Mundo created BitcoinSOV (BSOV) — The community progressed it.


Non-violent Deflationists
The community consisted of non-violent volunteers who stayed committed to protest against inflationary government currencies, by using their own currency which is designed to reach a negative inflation-rate — Opposite compared to fiat-currency.
Proof-of-Commitment (PoCom)
The community created SovCube.com and timelocked their BSOV to prove their commitment.
Over half a million BSOV were timelocked by 15 different addresses, resulting in over 20% of the circulating supply to be timelocked.


The biggest timelocker has timelocked 210,552 BSOV, which would take him/her a minimum of 4 years to withdraw.
Some of the biggest holders of BSOV have timelocked their tokens, resulting in a 4-year+ commitment by the biggest holder, since the timelock-contract has a WithdrawalLimit of 1000 BSOV every 1 week. It could take 8 years if the timelocker chooses to withdraw them every 2 weeks instead.


The community timelocked over 20% of their tokens. This chart demonstrates only the MINIMUM time they will be locked. If the token holders choose to NOT withdraw as often as once per week, then the time will be extended.
The community can still timelock their BSOV
If they feel committed to the longevity and longterm vision of BitcoinSOV.
Timelock your BSOV at: https://SovCube.com


Read more about the protest against centrally controlled inflationary currencies
Understand the deflationary vision at the upcoming BitcoinSOV website at https://dev.btcsov.com

Speak with like-minded individuals
Join our Telegram chat group: https://t.me/BitcoinSoVCommunity

Watch BSOV news
Join the Telegram news channel: https://t.me/BSOVnews

Donate to the cause
Visit https://dev.btcsov.com/growth to see how much has been donated to the deflationary revolution.

Today the BitcoinSOV (BSOV) community has reached a milestone which nearly no one expected would happen!



The token holders of BitcoinSOV have voluntarily locked away over half a million BSOV tokens which with the last week's price would total 50-100 ETH.

According to the SovCube timelock contract, after 29th of January 2020, only 1000 BSOV can be withdrawn each week. This will take nearly 4 years for the biggest holder to withdraw all their BSOV.

The timelocking token holders do not get any incentive or reward, other than that they provide a higher ratio of Proof-of-Commitment (PoCom) to the BitcoinSOV cryptocurrency.

BitcoinSOV is mineable by work. Committed by community and Deflationary by design.

You can join our committed community:
Telegram group: https://t.me/BitcoinSoVCommunity
News: https://t.me/BSOVnews

Do you have any feedback on the new upcoming website at https://dev.btcsov.com ?