General Operations & Actions Testimonial (GOAT statement - June 2017) (announcements)

submitted ago by PuttItOut

General Summary

It’s been about a month since the last GOAT statement (1) so it’s time for another one and we have some exciting things to share and some challenges to mention.

I have not gotten back to all the emails Voat has received so if you haven’t heard back from me please note you are on the list.

.NET Core Port (Cross Platform Voat)

We’ve been pushing very hard on porting Voat to .NET Core, as this will give us the most opportunity to cut costs and get more hands and help from the development community.

Today we have major news:

Voat has been successfully ported to .NET Core! (2)

Today’s commit took care of the last few failing unit tests. What originally was estimated at three months of work was accomplished in less than a month.

What a great day for this milestone to take place as today is my 3 year anniversary since I registered and then shortly afterwards started “working” for Voat. (3)

Anyways, it’s official, the upcoming version of Voat can be run on an entirely open source solution.

Unit Test Runs Using Various Configurations

Voat Core Port - Sql Server on Memory Cache

Voat Core Port - Sql Server on Redis Cache

Voat Core Port - PostgreSql on Memory Cache

Voat Core Port - PostgreSql on Redis Cache

The next step is to get Voat running a preview build so we can start having users test what works and what needs fixed. This should happen this week sometime. Please pay attention to v/voatdev for updates on this.

Finances

Revenue: 2017-05-22 – 2017-06-19

Store Revenue: $2,628.00 USD

Expenses: 5/1/2017 – 5/31/2017

Hosting: $7,005.23 USD

Monthly Misc: $200.00 USD

Yearly Misc: $105.00 USD

Please note that I did not scale down Voat’s hardware as I previously stated because at the time of that announcement reddit’s r/The_Donald was rumbling with discontentment and I couldn’t justify doing it during a potential growth opportunity (4). After this awkward advance and retreat, I still held off because Voat’s primary webserver CPU during peak times is maxed out.

While all my attention has been put into the .NET Core port, I will be spending this week figuring out where to cut costs in the short run.

Processor Shut Down (Why BitCoin Matters)

Voat’s primary credit card processor has decided, for reasons unknown, to discontinue their relationship with Voat. While they did claim that it was due to “risk”, I can only speculate as to the reasons. This means I will have to spend time looking for another processor which brings up all my memories of what PayPal did to Voat. On July 14th 2017 they will stop processing our store orders.

And thus, I am going to make a proclamation that each of you as Goats need to be educated on digital currency such as BitCoin. Decentralized currency such as BitCoin shifts the power structure from large conglomerates to you as an individual. It will increasingly become more and more important as our society moves to an entirely cashless model.

Bitcoin and related technologies provide a financial freedom that we should all embrace and exercise as much as Freedom of Speech.

All merchandising is put back on hold until we regroup from this setback.

Footnotes

  1. I will get on a regular schedule after this month by posting a GOAT statement on the 1st (or closest business day after) starting next month. First GOAT Statement if you missed it.

  2. This means all the unit tests are passing which is a close indicator that the majority of the code is correctly running and reliable. There are still functional issues and bugs, mostly with the UI, that need to be tested and fixed.

  3. Thank you everyone for the well-wishing on this day. I posted a comment about this earlier here: https://voat.co/v/OneTruePutt/1943481/9567603

  4. I want to apologize for asking you Goats to be nice to the new kids. While I don’t agree with scaring the hell out of new people to Voat, I also see why it’s important to not compromise on the values we hold. So, for those that I upset, I do apologize.

Canary

https://voat.co/v/announcements/1330806

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go1dfish ago

/v/Bitcoin is willing to help anyone who needs an introduction to the wonderful world of cryptocurrency in whatever form.

Bitcoin is kind of expensive to send for typical donations amounts at the moment @puttitout you may want to setup ethereum/litecoin addresses as well to help mitigate this.

Edit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JceL50sL1fA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEQ2nPSL5-0

Other related subs:

ahab_with_piggyback ago

I have been a bit busy with work projects (construction and out of town work) but I want to add in that as spokesman but not yet mod of /v/Ethereum we totally stand behind Voat and with our brother subs in the cryptocurrency community. I am happy to devote any free time I have to making sure any Goats need help understanding this medium of exchange with Ether and also if you have any questions @puttitout I am happy to answer as best I can.

go1dfish ago

Been noticing and upvoting your contributions to /v/ethereum and glad to see more crypto interested Goats.

Do you have any ethereum wallet recommendations for linux?

ahab_with_piggyback ago

You are going to balk at this but linux is actually not a system that I use very much (I like Mac - I know some people are going to hate but it works for me). So that being said I am not familiar with linux based wallets.

Here is the latest in Ether wallets from an article that was written 3 weeks ago on the subject: https://themerkle.com/top-5-ethereum-wallets/ some of those might support linux. I just use the official one from the Ether project called MIST.

go1dfish ago

You'd be surprised. I don't just mod /v/apple my daily driver is a trash can Mac Pro.

That being the case, what's a good Mac wallet?

I recently set up an old box specifically for hardened cryptocurrency use: https://voat.co/v/Linux/1941568

ahab_with_piggyback ago

I forget you have your fingers in alot of pies to be honest with my new job and move I dont keep up on things like I should. Wallets I like primarily are MIST. Here is a quote from the article I mentioned that pretty much sums it all up.

Mist

In some cases, there is nothing better than using the official Ethereum wallet known as Mist. This particular solution has seen a lot of upgrades over the past few years, and can be trusted at all times. Mist is also a wallet client that supports multisignature addresses, which can be quite convenient for advanced users. It does require you to download the entire Ethereum blockchain, though, which can be a bit of an issue for people using computers with less free hard disk space. Overall, Mist is a convenient wallet that offers everything users would need.

go1dfish ago

Do you do anything with ethereum tokens and smart contracts or are you more of a holder?

As a mac user you might really like https://exodus.io it's my preferred wallet at the moment.

ahab_with_piggyback ago

Well full disclosure I have closed my position in Ether at the moment. I believe in the technology and still embrace the use of the coins I just don't hold any right now. I can't speak to smart contracts as I have not used them there was a huge fuss about one smart contract that went unresolved due to system problems and costing an exchange 14 million dollars to cover the damage. I plan to buy back into Ether soon and I will look at updating my system but I am sort of waiting for Ether mania to settle down right now.

go1dfish ago

Fair enough, I sold some today as well but still holding and back into BTC a bit in hopes that the scaling issues have finally been resolved.

I am worried that ether may be too hot right now and might take a dip if bitcoin regains its footing.

My biggest stake is actually in decred.

https://docs.decred.org

ahab_with_piggyback ago

I have never heard of decred... and to be fair if we're honest crypto currency is the future for sure. But, right now we are in a bubble so hard once speculation evaporates (like the dotcom crash). I think we will see a lower volitility and a better use for this medium of exchange. It's just too early to tell right now.

go1dfish ago

Totally, I'm convinced one or more cryptocurrencies will be as dominant as the dollar is now, but its a matter of how long it takes and which one(s) win.

The volatility is because the winner will be ridiculously valuable and the losers will go to near zero.

Decred is pretty low key right now, and my holdings are large because I got in on the initial airdrop and forgot about it. I put some ether gains into it as well though as I think it has solid potential.

Good devs, real problem and a good idea. And the problem they are solving (distributed governance) will allow for better development on other fronts as well I think (like privacy/fungibility)

ahab_with_piggyback ago

That was so well thoughtout and written, I honestly don't have any other response than I agree. I don't know much about Decred but to the rest of your points you are 100 percent on the money.