I have found bootstraps usually takes a lot of time when I tried doing the same with other coins' wallets.  I really appreciate though your effort to try to assist.  

Please post the direct blockchain download link if anybody has it.

everything looks like this. but so far, everything doesnt look good for fans of the project. the market is falling and such a project is gradually being left by the developers.

Latest wallet have more professional looking layout and new implementation will make it more reliable and user friendly. No doubt the team is putting their all best efforts on this project to make this next big thing.

For each new burn, we shrink balance of all accounts, so that the sum stays 1 000 000 000

Is it better too go with blacknet or stick with black coin it’s nice having the option too choose

I'm still dictator in the project I started.

"Whitenet" =P

I wonder where all the previous posters manage to trade this coin?  

Is it still listed on any exchange?

Understandable, I guess. My only comment: PoS as it's implemented in DCR isn't the same as in other coins, and can't really be thought of the same way. New coin, new terms, new things to learn. 

Any reason for the pump? Not that I'm complaining

bootstrap works in Lore, old wallet.dat not!

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=469640.msg31070586#msg31070586

new thread here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3017838.new#new

Hi guys and girls! Is there any fresh blackcoin bootstrap out there?
Update: just noticed that this is blacknet already (pre-ann?).
TLDR anyone?

Is there some way to track the amount of storage that is being used on the Sia network? Like to know what the coin and it's features have been doing lately

That's the Catch 22 that every coin deals with. The question that nobody objectively can answer: 

"How much funds is the team entitled to?"

Many coins take a 20%, 30%, or even 60% premine. Not to mention the ICO's that are technically 100% premined but then also double dip by reserving a part of the tokens for themselves. 

Not only is this a direct result of greed, which often leads to bloated costs and a dysfuncitonal short-lived company. For PoS there's a bigger problem: 

Locking down a 'foundation fund' centralizes the coin. Because that fund is also able to stake, the starting team would have a substantial revenue stream and voting power, all directly taken from the community. 

Blackcoin answered the question with 'ZERO, the team is entitled to ZERO funds. 0% of the coin is premined or reserved, no money is given to the team, we have to figure it out for ourselves".   

And thus it came  to be that Blackcoin is uniquel 100% dispersed. Very few other coins, especialyl the staking ones, can make this  claim. It leads to difficulties. Aenemic development funding, yet still somehow managing to cope. It's difficult, but it's a price that the developers ultimately pay rather than the community. 

We basically did "wait and see" for over a year silently without causing a commotion amongst the community. We assumed it would've been resolved and rat4 would've been with us or stepped down from the project.

Good we get solid confirmation, can we not have competition within the protocol and still proceed forward.   The wider world has far larger problems we must still overcome.  I can see chaos occurring with world reserve currency at some point, these calm waters now wont always be here and BLK must be ready to survive harder times right?
   We have more then one wallet to choose from and neither of them obstruct the others so I dont see a negative to that exactly.    Isnt there always going to be the idea of choosing direction with POS and we go with the best solution.  Capitalism is competitive and open at its heart and hopefully we all benefit from staying true to that.
This is better then a one man band right, having more then one Dev to Blackcoin's credit it seems more positive and constructive long term that way right.    My ironic take from this is activity means Rat4 is more active now, it is a positive development

Wait for a good opportunity to buy BLK, then wait for the snapshot.That simple

And don't listen to FUD from mutineers like me is not me, or snapshot was already secretly done...

Accusing someone you don't know of wanting to "get rich quick" or being a "newbie" is a premature assumption to say the least. "Newbie" account status in Bitcoin talk, yes, but definitely not in cryptos.  A long time Bitcoin holder and deeply involved in crypto market.  

"If you were not a newbie, I would have sent you an offer to buy them from you" - Non sense.
"but the best I can do is give you advice" - "Advise"? Really?! Where's the 'disclaimer' for that?
"CDN has a proven history of Peaks and valleys, one peak within the last 3 months and 3 in its lifetime" - With this current low trading volume anyone with $200 budget can easily maintain or bump the current price.
"If your buying on the valleys and selling everywhere else, then CDN is making you money. If its not making you money then, I say again, you should get out of cryptos" - Non sense.

"EDIT : to explain further; Look at the Orderbook tab on Cryptopia, All that Green is people looking to buy on a valley. There is not much red (selling) because people prefer to hold his coin, rather than sell. The red that is there is spread well, meaning lots of little amounts spread out ... looking for the next peak" - This statement is 100% INCORRECT.  The current total SELL order on Cryptopia is around 5 BTC while the total buy order is only around 3.5 BTC.  You can see it for yourself here: https://www.cryptopia.co.nz/Exchange?market=CDN_BTC.   A higher sell order could also be indication of the development team gradually dumping cons.  

Stuck with afew hundred thousand of this DEAD coin. Only $1500 total daily trading volume, not possible to sell and run.