Before I share the news, let me wish happy holidays to everyone!
I am here this morning to share my excitement for APPICS app coming back with its mainnet - finally available for everyone!
(Screen shot from the Medium APPICS post)
What is APPICS?
If you are just now hearing about APPICS for the first time, check this out
Turn likes into currencies
APPICS is a reward-based social media app that introduces a new ecosystem which merges lifestyle, passion and user-generated income inside a single mobile application. Unlike any other popular social media site, where 100% of the platform’s value and revenue goes to the corporate shareholders, APPICS enables all users to earn a fair share of the overall revenue, as well as creative influence within the network, through our reward-token "APX".
Think of this app as an alternative blockchain 'instagram-like' social media platform, that rewards its users with crypto. More specifically APX
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/appics
Appics was formely using the steem platform and it has now moved on to the TELOS blockchain. If you were using APPICS in the past, then you can download the new app and swap your previously earned tokens, into tokens in the app - after you finish the set up.
Please see below how I did it, but before that - please
Check out the APPICS official announcement
My experience joining the mainnet on IOS
I am using the IOS app, and I was in the testnet for some time now.
Yesterday I received a message in the TestFlight that I should update the app, I did - and here I am!
You need to create a new account
Don't be confused if your credentials do not work - you will need to create a new account
If the phone you entered is not accepted, dont mind that
You will be asked for a mobile phone verification. I gave my phone, received a code and an error message - I could not go over it - but when I exited, I could log in with the new credentials I used.
Create a new username
You will be asked to create a new username. Use what you are known with, or select a new one! Anything will do. I used my katerinaramm username :)
You will see some users and may find some old friends, like I did :)
Fix your profile
You will be asked to provide a profile photo, a site link, your interests and a short bio
Create a TELOS wallet
Click on the bottom right symbol to create a TELOS wallet
Make sure you are prepared to save & back up your wallet info! DONT LOOSE that because it can never be recovered
Import your previous tokens
Go to your profile (you will see your wallet already connected and click on TokenSwap. You will need your steem username and active key to be able to bring your tokens over. It can require up to 3 days.
Post and comment
I was able to post and comment, as well as to follow and be followed but not yet to upvote/support. You can find someone to delegate some APX or just wait till your own tokens come back home :)
My opinion about the App
I dont see many changes, it runs smoothly and I guess it's been well tested by the ambassadors and the group of testers.
I think very highly of the app and I admire the Team for the clean and stable steps forward.
I saw on their website that .. they are preparing something .. NFT related/
https://appics.com/nft.html
And their NFT marketplace will be launching soon. I dont know about you, but I am CERTAINLY IN!
Thoughts?
Are you joining?
If you are thinking of it do let me know, if you join I will be happy to connect with you!
We will be talking a lot about (even more) decentralized/blockchain social media platforms soon!
If you need any extra assistance check out and join their Telegram: https://t.me/appics_official
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I had two accounts on Appics through Steemit. Are you aware of the possibility of doing token swap from two Steem accounts to one Appics account? Because there is no option of creating teo Appics account with one phone number. Thank you!
I got a response, and it matches pretty much what we had both in mind :)
(from the telegram channel, by Josephine)
Thank you 😊
This is a great question! I’ll try to find an answer for you, if not, the ultimate solution would be to create the second account using a friends phone number and move your Apx to the one you will use. (If you will not keep both)
Thank you. That’s what I’ve been thinking to do if it’s the only option. I appreciate your fast response.
Apps like this will bring more people to the blockchains. I am unfamiliar with Telos, being on Hive I do not know very much about Steem.
I know that Hive is a Fork of Steem but I do not know much else.
I agree, there will be many more options in the near future .. Imagine how facebook & other apps were in the beginning, people were very hesitant at first (I know that I was :))
This dApp is about photography/videography, for sure a great user base!
That is awesome a great place for me to learn, thank you for sharing the Dapp 👍
Need to create/use mine for a test. Do they offer any free cpu/ram?
I don’t know about that but when I got my APX I will be able to delegate to you. Let me know ;)
Thanks for sharing. I've created an account and am following you. Now find out how to create posts myself.
Click on the middle (insta like) button!
I was able to post but not upvote due to no APX yet
I can only select a picture with that and no text.
And when I selected a picture somehow that picture became my profile picture instead of a post 😄
Lol! I guess you are doing something wrong! Is it possible for you to shoot a short video and send it to me? Got Instagram or Twitter?
Haha. I haven't configured the tokenswap, maybe that's it.
I have created a Steemiy account in the past, but never really used it. When I try to connect it I get an error Account not found in tokenswap.
I have Discord friendlymoose5717
I am away, so catch you later on discord!
I've just managed to create my first post after logging off and on again!
So it is an app derived from Steemit or why do we need to link to any steem account and keys? I guess now is run on a different blockchain right...?
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You only need to connect your steem if you used the app in the past and you have their token (apx) in steem engine. If you did not use the app, you don’t need to connect your steem!
The transition seems very confusing and complicated.
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Did you try it out? Which point did you find confusing? Perhaps I can help out or maybe I can create a detailed tutorial. Let me know if you are on android or iOS!
It’s not as bad as it looks @oldtimer. Just takes a few minutes.
You did it?
I did I just don’t have my tokens yet. Hope the transfer works okay.
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Κατερίνα καλημέρα και χρόνια πολλά! Θέλω να σε ρωτήσω σχετικά με τον προηγούμενο λογαριασμό τί γίνεται? Τα χάνουμε τα appics? Πάλι απο την αρχή? Σε ευχαριστώ!
Χρόνια Πολλά! Όχι, δε χάνεις τα τοκενς που είχες. Όμως πρέπει να κάνεις καινούριο λογαριασμό και αν είχες apx από πριν, να συνδέσεις το παλιό steem λογαριασμό σου. Πες μου αν θέλεις να κάνω tutorial για να δεις η πες μου που έχεις απορία
Τα βήματα είναι:
(Χρειάζεται 1 με 2 μέρες για να έρθουν)
Σε ευχαριστώ πολύ Κατερίνα, εντάξει το έφτιαξα. Αν έχω κάποια απορία θα σε ξαναενοχλήσω!
Appics (at least for my experience) is very unstable. A lot of errors pops up, date of birth impossible to set and when you save the profile an error pops up about something wrong in date of birth Field (well.. Thank you)... Another problem (at least for my experience) is the description of the profile... Filling the Field and saving... The next time is still empty.
Laggy bugged app.
Hi Kate, is there any update for android users? I haven't seen any update for android users :(
Hi!
I think if you dont see it, you can ask for help at their tele!
This is what I found:
*** Update for ANDROID users: If you don’t find the latest APP version in the Playstore, you can also delete your previous APPICS app and download the new APK through this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VQ-GXoI1_TEhlTmRD12W7oDWW8x-58uL/view?usp=sharing
Check it out and let me know!
Thanks, Kate for the info, I am going to check the details...