l have been hosting the receiver files for quite some time, but unfortunately have not been that timely uploading the receivers recently.. On top of this I have had some website hosting and login issues, so am behind with the last receiver file. I am quite behind on many things at this point, including getting the hosting website back up. I don't feel that I am doing a proper service for the dvc community in this regard, and am putting it out there to see if anyone is interested in hosting receivers, in my place, going forwards.

Receiver_69.csv needs be uploaded. It wasn't supplied last round in a csv format but only required copy pasting into a spreadsheet and saving as a csv.

Those that host the files can get the csv at http://show-me-the-devcoin.info/devtome/receiver_69.csv  Please upload it so that the chain doesn't stall.

One of the main requirements for devcoin to function is the hosting of the receiver files. Each time a block is solved a 'call' goes to the receivers so as to determine distribution to recipients addresses. There are 7 receivers hosted and (I believe) that 5 out of 7 need to be hosted for devcoin to work/blocks to proceed. Feel free correct me if I am wrong.

I host receivers at http://show-me-the-devcoin.info/devtome/ and am current. Hosting the files is not cheap, or at least wasn't when the big mining pool merge mined dvc. There were so many calls to the receivers I had to upgrade my bandwidth considerably as my site went down. Not sure how it is working now in regards to bandwidth post merge mining with big pools. My site is pretty crap but it's only there for the receiver files.

But the achilles heel with dvc is that if the receivers aren't hosted that the blocks won't be solved. Above post mentioned 404's on some of the receivers which suggests they haven't been updated. If it isn't syncing (mine isn't) then most likely the last receiver hasn't been uploaded enough times.

The last message to host/upgrade the receivers from Unthinking bit from http://galaxies.mygamesonline.org/receiver_59.csv was May 27, and there is a lag until they are required. My guess is that not enough receivers have been uploaded, the lag time has passed, and the blocks aren't being solved.

Devtome wiki still throwing errors. I tried make an article, got:


For devcoin to recover it needs be able to add new recipients to receiver files also.

It is good if the current devtome situation has been fixed, but the issue of being able to sign up new recipients - can or has this been addressed?

Cryptsy was hacked, or an insider job, whatever, at least according to rumors I've heard. There's an article allegedly about cryptsy http://forums.prohashing.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=655&p=2477 . I have coins I'm unable to withdraw from there and my support tickets get closed. Now they don't even respond to them. Playing with fire if you deposit coins there. Strongly advise don't do it.

Devcoin is not functional now and hasn't been for awhile. Apart from the technical issues surrounding devtome, the inability to add new recipients to the receiver files has made devcoin dysfunctional. How can new bounties ever be paid out if a person can't be added to the receiver files? Not only is devcoin unable to get anyone to do any bounty work because of this, but devtome suffers the same fate, not being able to attract new writers. Additionally devtome has become a secondary failure due to technical faults blocking many (of the few) writers from earning any coin. At this point there might be 1 or 2 writers still going forwards and earning all 180,000,000 devcoins per month.

Come on guys, this is not a functioning ecosystem. It is a closed ecosystem with only a few earning coins, either for non existent admin duties with maybe 1 or 2 earning the majority of coins each round. The concept of devcoin, a currency that anyone can earn, anywhere in the world, has failed. How do you reform a system where no new recipients can be added? Can't do it.

The last paragraph at http://www.devtome.com/doku.php?id=devcoin reads;

Unthinkingbit considered that forking may be necessary, and to continue with his vision, which is why we all are here, this option should be considered. I don't like to be proposing this but I dislike how the system has broken down more.

The potential for a currency that anyone can earn is still extremely good. A few ideas would be to have a better platform (wordpress or similar) that writers use. And why not make it so that readers get paid a small amount to vote for their fave writers, and the top voted ones would receive more pay, and ones down the rank get considerably lower pay. This would bring in traffic and bring the cream to the top.

Please consider the forking, as continuing down this path is not working ATM. 





 

^^ That has been ongoing for awhile, no idea why, maybe an arbitrary word limit... Apart from not being able to contribute content, AFAIK there are issues with signing up new recipients. But if no one new can get added to the receiver files then how will bounties for wallets, etc, get completed? Also being a closed ecosystem of recipients earning devcoins isn't right.

Maybe fork devcoin into two coins, devcoin2 and wikicoin, and holders could redeem their dvc into which ever direction they wish. Devcoin2 could include bounties to benefit crypto in general, and wikicoin could include many types of media. Just food for thought and conversation, but sometimes change is good, better than stagnating.

I get the same error also when trying to save.

It looks like I didn't receive any earnings (file custodian, marketing) for Round 46 either.

If you need someone to host devtome I'm willing to do so. My main interest in this, apart from ensuring that devtome continues, would be to play with the plugins so that more features could be added, such as videos, etc. The concept of devcoin impresses me and I'd like to see it continue. But not being able to add new contributors is not good. Are there any workarounds for this?

I'm still hosting receivers. I've handed over the admin duties for devtome stats, devtome analytics, and devtome page views, but I see those pages are not current. I can resume maintaining those pages but there will sometimes be delays of 1-2 weeks as I am on the road a lot working events right now (busy season). HB just let me know your thoughts on that.

If it was a currency that would pay you for Creative Commons work, providing a source of income to those individuals who choose to participate, that would be one thing.

But to say it's a CC coin and do an ICO - come on that's a scam.

You had best inform an admin of your new Devcoin address. The receiver files are generated using the wallet address on file, not the 'tip' address listed on your Devtome page.


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It sounds good. Things are happening.

The structural changes coming to devcoin in Round 43 should align devcoin with its core intention - to support Open Source development. There will certainly be a rebalancing of work segments - Open Source work and Creative Commons writing, but the momentum of the changes should leverage internal and external opinion favorably. It will be interesting to see how it plays out, and I say that as a writer going to get less coins. But supply and demand - if a % is withheld, supply is less. Now the goal should be to increase demand.

But why stop there - the website has been mentioned a few times; it's not as flash as some of the other crypto website portals, so perhaps a makeover, in conjunction with the share distibution changes, could place devcoin in a new light. Perhaps we could make a visible change  - new colors, new logo also? A lot of exchanges use the yellow devcoin logo (designed by Icoin IIRC). Or a logo design contest?

Could the amount of coins provided to faucets be temporarily increased for Round 44, to boost awareness of the structural changes? Allowing them to dispense a larger minimum amount of coins for thsi period.

Throw in some PR and we could be in a good position to gain some momentum.

How about an online service such as a VPN? Or other monthly subscription service that would attract customers, preferably crypto ones.

Congratulations Hunterbunter. We are in good hands.



You can view the page hits at https://github.com/Unthinkingbit/charity and selecting the devtome_analytics_xx.csv and sorting by page hits. It could be due to good promotion/high visibility links/ and/or advertising campaigns.

The page at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoncoin is up now. I can edit it and add more information to it, but the test now is passing the wikipedia mods with the base article.

Please check for errors.

Wikipedia is notorious for deleting new pages, however, although it may seem inconsistent with some pages that exist, and assuming no bias, there are specific requirements that they look for in allowing a page to exist there. A publicity or opinion page will be removed almost as soon as seen by mods, usually with an explanation and it being placed in a 'sandbox' area (I might be using wrong term here). What wikipedia likes for inclusion in their site are 'notable' references. This means links to articles or papers that differentiate it from other similar products (and there are loads of crapcoins out there probably doing the same thing). Attempts to do this prematurely can lead to bias. Best strategy for inclusion in wikipedia is to wait until the previously mentioned bounty article is published on a crypto news site. Links to this and technical articles on the wiki assist the wikipedia mods in establishing 'notability'.

Having some experience with wikipedia in the past with another coin, led me to bow out and leave it to someone else, as there is a lot of back and forth between the mods who sandbox it, and the individual who is trying to comply with their requests. It is a case of too many cooks spoil the broth. Getting an article on wikipedia is a task that requires some dedication, patience and catering to mods opinions, and quite a few hours over several days.