Altilly now has the BPL wallet back up and running. Deposits and withdrawals have been reenabled. Happy trading! https://www.altilly.com/market/BPL_BTC

We're hoping to get our sidechain litepaper out this or next week, but in a nutshell... Through a combination of smart contracts, node plugins and wallet plugins, Blockpool delegates will be able to opt-in to forge for other chains using the same core code in parallel with BPL Core for additional rewards above those received for processing BPL Core. The mechanism we've designed will increase demand for the BPL token while providing further incentive for individuals to run a Core node, even if they do not have enough voting stake to qualify for Core rewards. This should have many benefits to our core chain including greater decentralization and stability.

Additionally, the way we're implementing sidechains will make blockchain very accessible-- as a new chain does not need new code or its own independent network as long as the rewards defined by the sidechain are enough to motivate our BPL Core delegates to forge for them.

One thing to note is that Blockpool sidechains will not operate as BTC sidechains have. This is new and different as far as we know.

All answers provided here are bound to draw more questions, so I hope you will have some patience as we document everything in the litepaper.

Blockpool is seeking community management assistance to monitor and manage our chat channels to provide basic support for delegates and answer questions from new members. If interested, please join our discord and send a direct message to the user "Shankt" http://discord.blockpool.io

As of now, Audiocoin (ADC) will most likely be the first sidechain. If you're not familiar with it, ADC is a mature chain that Blockpool has long planned to convert to DPoS as a Blockpool Core sidechain. There is a second sidechain project in the works, but only in initial planning so I am not able to provide details yet.

All efforts at this time are focused on developing the BPL Core to allow two different types of sidechains. Once this work is complete, Blockpool will add sidechains as a product offering for b2b clients, so there may be many more to come.

Sidechain forging will be done by our existing delegate pool for additional rewards above those they receive for processing the Core chain. This will provide further incentive to operate nodes-- strengthening the Blockpool Core network through greater decentralization and number of nodes. This is also supported by the recent upgrade which makes it very easy to install and manage a BPL Core node.

We are always eager to bring new delegates online so if you are interested in participating, here's how: https://www.blockpool.io/blogs/post/blockpool-core-deployment-delegate-guide (this post focuses on migrating a v1 node to the Core network, but is equally applicable to new delegates). If you have any questions or run into trouble, there is always help on Discord at http://discord.blockpool.io.

Happy to say that the Blockpool Core chain has been successfully deployed. It's faster, more stable and secure.

Sidechain and smart contract development has begun to be complete in September.

Its a bright new day for Blockpool!  https://www.blockpool.io/blogs/post/Presenting-Blockpool-Core

There have been lots of changes at Blockpool. Some of you know that we've had BPL Core in testnet for a few weeks now. We're very happy to say that testing is complete and we will roll Core to mainnet next weekend.

Other development is on the horizon and new exchanges in the cards. Details here: https://www.blockpool.io/blogs/post/upcoming-blockpool-core-roadmap

BPL v0.5 is live on our testnet with fixed block rewards and QoS v1.0!

https://medium.com/blockpool/bpl-v0-5-testnet-open-to-delegates-afc3f08df651

Always a lot happening.

Be sure to follow the project on social channels to stay up to date...
https://twitter.com/blockpoolio
https://www.facebook.com/blockpool.io/

Updates regularly posted on the Blockpool blog and Medium:
https://www.blockpool.io/blog
https://medium.com/blockpool

Admittedly, we haven't put much effort into getting on exchanges so far. We absolutely need to be on more exchanges and very recently putting more resources into it.

You probably know that our focus has been entirely on securing partnerships and clients, building the team, and especially on BiT development, but this is all coming together-- giving us a little bandwidth to address these other pieces that have fallen through the cracks.

The Woooba project is definitely a big step, the first of several coming in the coming months including the OpSec announcement this morning... which is far from the biggest announcement we'll make in the coming months.

Exchanges will of course be key.

We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with OpSec Security, the market leader in anti-counterfeiting products and services for brands, transaction cards, government documents, and currency! OpSec delivers security technologies like holograms, RFID/NFC tags, and supply chain tracking solutions.

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/05/23/1510534/0/en/OpSec-Partners-with-Blockpool-to-Develop-Blockchain-Security-Applications.html

https://www.blockpool.io/blog/opsec-partners-with-blockpool-to-develop-blockchain-security-applications-1

I can't explain the price increase today-- I think market buys on COSS is what pushed it up.

We acknowledge that our communications and marketing is not what it should be. We're a small team and focused on development and customer acquisition. Frankly, we just don't have the staff right now to keep up with all of the different communication channels. We have been working to change this and will try to keep this thread updated with any announcements.

There is some information on our website https://blockpool.io
And further information at https://my.blockpool.io/support

We're a little slow to update our websites (very lean team atm) so not everything is there, but it'll give you a start.

We're also pretty active on discord:  https://discord.gg/WMyQaRk

I hope this helps!

"well confirmed" is displayed in the desktop wallet somewhere around 46 confirmations. I think it only takes 2-5 confirmations to update your balance though.

Hello. To claim your BPL from the Token Exchange Campaign, you'll have to create a wallet then enter the address to your TEC profile. More info here:

https://support.blockpool.io/portal/kb/articles/how-to-claim-bpl-tokens-from-the-blockpool-token-exchange-campaign-tec

I hope this helps!

Two options for this.

Web wallet (also holds ADC, BTC, LTC, DASH) - https://my.blockpool.io

Desktop wallet - https://www.blockpool.io/wallets

I hope this helps!

First sidechain (WBX) mainnet launch is in under 2 weeks. Smart contracts also go live with this as well.

I'm in the same boat-- hesitant to even try to withdraw my bpl.

There are a lot of people that get their tokens-- the majority don't have problems actually. Those that happen to be one of the unlucky exceptions end up waiting weeks though.

Some people say that they're having better luck withdrawing to an address in their address book. This shouldn't make any difference at all, but it doesn't hurt to add your address to the Crytpopia address book before you try to withdraw.

Good luck!

Thanks for posting the good news-- so many people frustrated with this.

Yes-- you can vote for your delegate from that delegate's account. This is pretty common.

As far as exchanging votes- it isn't actually feasible because each account can vote for only one delegate. You could vote for another delegate, but by doing so you would not be able to vote for yourself.

You're absolutely right-- the Cryptopia withdrawal issues started when crypto demand blew up during BTC's last rally. BPL isn't the only affected currency. We are exploring options with other exchanges. There should be good news coming on this.

Please DM me your Cryptopia ticket number. We are tracking these tickets on our end and applying pressure to get them solved as we can.

Thanks for your patience and understanding.