Aaaahh, it feels so good to be gettin' back to work! For a Dev to sit on his hands is torture. Now that we have plenty of funding again (HUGE thanx to @onceuponatime), I am expanding my Dev teams a bit, and taking care of business.. There's more work than ever to get done!
So, let's get right to this weeks updates..
Regarding the hostile takeover attempt of my company (BitShares Munich IVS), I got my family out of harm's way (my apartment drama, and reward), but the smear campaign continues on my bitrated profile and most recently as harassment at my wife's place of employment, slandering her and sending her boss pictures of our kids. My wife's boss was obviously shocked, but they have discussed it and closed the matter between them so all is well there now. Let it be known once again that I am not interested in selling out my 51% ownership, nor will I ever sign a non-disclosure or non-compete agreement since I am agorist. It would appear that you-know-who has started replacing his avatars (removing his face) and deleting various BlockPay social media channels such as facebook, discord and the telegram channel.
Because of that, I have created a new BlockPay telegram chat group here:
https://t.me/BlockPay
I will pop in to the new BlockPay chat from time to time to help answer product questions, what new features are coming, etc. Onceuponatime and myself will be the only admins of this new group so rest assured that this one cannot be taken down.
Some other people have come forward regarding the hostile takeover attempt and gone public here, here and here.
Apparently, my company also has a new "interim CEO" named Bernhard Zellner (I assume that name is correct). He was chatting in the original BlockPay telegram group until it was suddenly taken offline a few days ago. I also found out about some company out of Ireland called Freednex Holding Ltd, not sure if he is involved in that or not, but it seems it may involve the same people who started the hostile takeover attempt of my company. As we acquire more details, I will keep right on posting the updates here on steemit :)
OK, soooooo, on to the project updates!!
Stealth - We are now working on the secure, automated backup code for Stealth transactions by way of the C-IPFS decentralized filesystem. This component of Stealth should be ready in the next couple weeks. To view these commits, see here:
https://github.com/kenCode-de?tab=repositories
BlockPay - For those who are wondering, I am still holding on to all of the BLOCKPAY tokens that I bought too as I see HUGE potential in the BlockPay point of sale systems and I refuse to let the project go by the wayside. I will probably make that repo public in the next few weeks as well so that people can fork it, tweak it, and compete. Here is the download link to the current version if you wanna give it a shot in your business:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.bitsharesmunich.blockpay
Smartcoins Wallet - We have started in on the github issues that had piled up over the past couple months, and should have most of them done and fixed with another release in the next week or two. Native Steem chain is being added to the android wallet as we speak and transactions are being tested. We are going to leave out the Steem faucet for now so that we can get "Carbon" released sooner rather than later. Most of you guys probably saw the video I made of the new UI which I had to pull temporarily, but will make a new video for you soon enough. For now I just want to get as much of the new Carbon wallet (Smartcoins Wallet 2.0) coded as possible so everyone can start testing it out. Download:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.bitsharesmunich.smartcoinswallet
Bridge - The new Bridge software is on hold till July 10th when its lead dev returns from another job he had to take (remember, we all had our pay taken away). Anyway, the new Bridge software is wicked fast and secure, and most importantly, is decentralized so that the evils that be can't take it down, and we can always convert and send our coins wherever we want.
Ledger Nano S - Graphene work has already begun for this cold storage wallet. This will allow you to securely store your Bitshares assets offline. The python and C code repo will be on my github with the rest in the next few days or so. To view our code at any time, feel free to follow our work on my github page here:
https://github.com/kenCode-de?tab=repositories
Ok, gotta get back to it now, but I hope you guys like my weekly reports. Next week I will have more good news regarding BlockPay too and some of the new features that I want to get started on such as employee logins, c-ipfs integration for app decentralization, etc.
Have a great week and thank you for following our work! :)
MUCH love, ken
Since we first crossed paths in the Bitshares Forum way back when I've always known you as a person who gets things done!
I also had a chance to witness for myself your humble "office space" and that proved to me that you were very protective of your investors funds.
I am confident in your abilities and I look forward to seeing what comes next because the solutions that your projects are working towards are much needed in the crypto community!
hey kus-knee thanx so much man!! it's hard to believe how fast the years are flying by here in crypto land. I'm working harder than ever now and will DEFINITELY take the BlockPay product to the next level. oh and Stealth transactions should take Bitshares to the moooooooon!!!! Thanx again for following my work! :)
I am still buying Bitshares regularly so I'm looking forward to Stealth! Good news!
me too!! :)
Well i just started
BTS have much worth to the mooooooooooon......!!!
Thanks for a great work, I have really loved bitcoin as the day go buy Bitcoin frees people from trying to operate in a modern market economy. Thanks am still learning
J'aime lire aux sujets de personnes positives dans le domaines de la cryptos. J'ai l'impression de voir trop de crocodiles à tout vent qui veulent en finir avec les uns et les autres par simple intérêts personnel. avancez bien tout les deux !
One of the most important decisions you'll ever make is choosing the kind of universe you exist in: is it helpful and supportive or hostile and unsupportive? Your answer to this question will make all the difference in terms of how you live your life and what kind of Divine assistance you attract.
thans for sharing
Crypto-currencies do not sleep)
Nice sound, looks respectful
ENJOY!
This sis so good to see you back behind the wheel and moving forward with the projects. Thanks a bunch for all the news, loads of very positive information for us all to dig our teeth into.
Namaste :)
Way to hang in there Ken. I'm still holding onto my BlockPay tolkens.
Me too man, I am working so hard to turn all the mess around, I am heavily invested in those BlockPay tokens myself. Thank goodness for Bitshares though, it has opened so many doors for so many people. Good to see you here on Steemit too konelectric, seems this has become quite the place. I don't even use FB anymore, and my poor twitter feed these days just gets ignored. Anyway, we're rockin it now, thanx again man :)
btw, I will probably be uploading an updated version of both the Smartcoins Wallet and BlockPay to github and the alternative app stores in the next couple weeks too, so keep an eye on yandex, alternativeto, slideme, aptoide and f-droid app stores.........
Will do.
Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.
Information can be a deciding factor when you live in cryptoworld.
I always try to stay in touch with most trending stuff not to miss something interesting and i'm glad that i'm able to get сoncise and clear information in your blog.
Thank you for your hard work man!
Bitshares and Steemit are my life, so it's not really "work" when you do what you love for a living. Thanx for following my work yaan and the awesome reply! :)
It's always inspiring to me to meet people who feel that they can make a difference in the world. That's their motive, that's their passion... I think that's what makes your life meaningful, that's what fills your own heart and that's what gives you purpose.
thanks for sharing this wonderful .I really like it,but don't know much about cryptocurrency , @kencode
kindly upvote any post on my page @abbeymelchizedek
thanks.
It's a labour of love. Thank you Abbey :)
Relatively new to crypto, I just fell for bitshares when I wrapped my head around valuation and use-case scenarios. Because anyone can make a block chain. There are too many of them! I just hope bitshares is the use-case others will have to work long and hard for. I finally figured out where to look for info. And here it is. Thank you for an update I really don't understand much from, since the takeover and rumors is way over my head. Focus on the dev. I want more useful stuff for my bts holding.
Thanks for sharing this, following you
Your perseverance and determination in the face of so much does you great credit kencode.
It's a labour of love, thanx @benjojo :)
Buenos dias,
Me parece un articulo genial.
who ever thought that there would be so much drama in the cryptocurrency game. it's good to see that you're back to work and I hope to see some great developments in the technology that you're working on. I was just subject to a hostile takeover of my own. essentially the bank was a public company and I wasn't able to deal with all the legal issues on time, so they took over my business, so I know how it feels. Best of luck moving forward
thanx fuckmylife :) we live, we learn, we love.
how come i never knew you long ago @kencode i love your work and i think i must follow you
Feels good in getting back to work, with new features and employee logins
I'm new here, I will be appreciating if I can be guide on how to use this platform.. I need you all.
Thanks
Great news!Thanks for sharing.
Bien trop de jalousie, c'est moche d'avoir de mauvais retour sur ton entourage... Que tu sois protégé ! bonne chance :) je te le souhaite. En tout cas c'est beau de voir de l'entrepreneuriat !
Merci zebu :) Oui, j'ai appris que lorsque vous construirez des choses de valeur, les maux du monde seront toujours jaloux. Alors, restez fidèle à vous-même et travaillez fort pour un changement positif pour l'humanité. Oh, et continuez sur Steeming! :)
De rien ! Je n'étais pas sur que tu comprennes comme c'est en français mais je vois que tu le parle bien :D
Merci, je vais essayé de bien avancer, je commence seulement ^^
@kencode Amazing post! Please share more posts like this! Your very helpful for me! Thank you !!!
Thank you dream.pro - and what a cool name you have! I will always do my best to plant the seeds of crypto and post as many updates as I can on this stuff. Thanx again! :)
Thank you kencode! I Wish you all the best! Im very excited and waiting for your next post! :)
I think you lie, Robot! I don't see any flags.
Thanks for report! Really interesting! Following you now! You re doing a great job
thanx so much jwolf! :)
Hope will grow soon on Steemit and will Upvote your all posts man! Thank you so much!
Loving the weekly reports Ken! Keep up the great work!!
Thank you,
Jim
thank YOU Jim :)
So glad to see you "back n the saddle again" ken. Your perseverance is a great testimony to your work ethic and your character. Luv'n it!
I still hold the majority of the BlockPay I bought but did sell some in the thick of this takeover to hedge against the possibility of an evil outcome. Please forgive my doubting!
No sweat, and thanx so much for that compliment @full-steem-ahead! Just like the last protest that I held, I guess I could give this protest the same name.. "Takin' it Back!".
I hope this proves to all the other entrepreneurs out there that a hostile takeover CAN be beat.. BAMM!
Excellent!!
I like to keep myself informed about everything !!
Thank you so much for keeping us informed !!
Greetings!!!!
Thats what you call quality content, following !
Thank you sooooooo much for the Follow @pratikchordia :)
thank you and do check out my new post. :D
Thank you for sharing this. Great work!
Am so happy that a lot of developers are creating code for demoralized apps. These app will change the world greatly. Thanks for this nice post.
thank you very much! For your difficult work - success in your work.
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Great post thanks. Relative noobie to crypto here. Just wondering when you say - I will probably make that repo public in the next few weeks as well so that people can fork it, tweak it, and compete. Will this not devalue the coin? Excuse my naivety :)
Nah, what I mean by that comment is giving the BlockPay code to the world so that it can be copied (aka "forked"), modified to the forkers liking, and then used to compete with me. I know that sounds weird to some people, but this is world-changing software imo and needs to be spread far and wide if we are ever to free ourselves from the current fiat monetary system that we have been duped into.
Once I make the BlockPay repository (repo) public on my github page listed above then people can fork it. I would reeeeally like to see some businesses start using the BlockPay app first though... hint hint :)
The "coin" you are probably speaking of is just the BLOCKPAY token which can be bought and held, or traded on the Bitshares platform.
Hope that helps a bit @gdreyer and no worries, we were all a "noobie" at one point ;)
Thanks for the detailed explanation @kencode. So will any forks contain different coins? Like ETH and ETC? Or is this more of a soft fork and the only coin out there will be the Blockpay Token?
thx for all the info! great post!
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Hi @kecode. So I was reading the telegram chat channel for BlockPay and seeing the fights going on there and then the channel was Shut down. I signed an ambassaodr agreement with BlockPay and am waiting for the dust to settle an begin pitching it in Mexico.
Is Chris out? Is Angie in? I need to know what's going on.
Hi luzcypher, yes and no. I see you posted this same q in the telegram group so I answered it there, hope we get more people back in there again! :)
Yes and no? So, Chris is out and No, Angie is not in?
hehe "out" can come by july 11th thanx to Danish law enforcement (see the letter that @onceuponatime just steemed), and Angie came forward a while ago with her testimony on the blockpay telegram group, steemit post, and public verbal testimony on the Bitshares Beyond Bitcoin Radioshow.
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i want to meet people feel they different upvote and follow my dear
thank you for all the info
Thank you so much for this i follow you can you follow me back
Thank you for the update! Looking forward to the progress you create from here.
Nice post! I followed you
helpful post for all steemains
https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@bassemm/how-to-convert-steem-to-eur-usd-or-depoist-to-skrill-paypal-or-withdraw-to-bank-account
:) thanks and have a nice day !
Nice one Ken!
Thanks for sharing. re-steemed
Keep on posting. Nice topic
Great topic
Great Topic lots of information to consume. You got my vote!
Bitshares to the mooooonn
hell yeah! :)
Great job. Very informative, thanks for sharing.
Thanx for giving updates to cryptopreneurs! was wondering about this as this was coming up more often in talks.
Yep and if you haven't tried it, please join us on the Bitshares Beyond Bitcoin Mumble Radio Show each friday at 3pm (germany time).. hmm, would that be abbreviated as BBBMRS? umm, @fuzzyvest i think we need a shorter name for the show, man ;)
anyhooz, stay tuned cryptopreneur, thanx for the reply :)
I am well pleased to you
hello . first mr @kencode thank your for sharing these amazing information
second i'm new in this comunity so guys if you want to follow me i will follow back thank you
As a percentage of my portfolio how much do you think I should invest in bitshares? I want to buy some I just don't want to go overboard
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