Anybody roaming around yet tonight? I'm at the Flamingo. Took a red eye into town.

0% pay robrigo-delegate standing by and eager to produce blocks!

@ Fuzz: I will try my best to keep this page up to date with the latest versions of each DAC client: http://wiki.bitshares.org/index.php/BitShares_DACs

Not the same as a stickied thread but it's something. 

Greetings fellow BitShares enthusiasts!

My name is Rob Konsdorf and I hail from the great state of Michigan. I am a web developer / software engineer (software gardener?) by trade, currently working in a startup that creates software to help diabetics manage their diabetes. Learning about and researching cutting edge technology is one of my passions. I have been actively learning about BitShares for a couple months now, and I am convinced that this technology can and will change the world for the better. I am very excited to see what new DACs are possible, especially the challenges of crossing over into the physical realm (I have been brainstorming with Gingerbreadman about his Future Tech Farm DAC).

I would like to give back to the community and promote adoption by creating a web platform to teach others about the BitShares ecosystem, including the DAC metaphor and the technology behind the BitShares toolkit. My goal is to utilize this learning experience as a faucet of sorts, funded from the pay of this delegate. If this isn't feasible I will still create a website that people can go to learn about the concepts without incentives. This is currently vaporware but I fully intend to get something out in front of the eyes of the community as soon as I have some time to work on it! I should have bandwidth in a couple weeks to really hit the ground running on this project.

I have also discussed organizing some meet ups in Michigan with DACSunlimited and Gingerbreadman. I think we could find people that are interested in Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Grand Rapids by going out to some existing Bitcoin meetups and speaking with members.

My delegate pay is currently 80%, and I have pledged to give 5% to Beyond Bitcoin X as well as 5% to Bitsapphire to support their efforts. The other 70% would pay for the Digital Ocean VPS I am initially running this delegate from, and to fund the "knowledge faucet", and my time. If the knowledge faucet is not feasible (security concerns) my pay rate will likely drop to 30%.

The long term solution for hosting would be to have my own physical server that the delegate utilizes. Because of my current living situation, a VPS is the simplest solution to provide reliability to the network (my home internet is 4G based).

The VPS specs are:

RAM: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 40 GB
OS: Ubuntu 14.04 x32

The VPS is fully configured and price feeds are being produced for BitAssets. As soon as I can access my DNS stake from BTER, I intend to set up a 0% delegate for the KeyID / DNS blockchain.

You can listen to my chat with Fuzz about this delegate position here: https://soundcloud.com/beyond-bitcoin-hangouts/robrigodelegatehangout?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=twitter

Lastly, I will be attending the Inside Bitcoins conference Oct. 6-7 in Las Vegas if anyone is interested in chatting in person about my campaign or anything else over a tankard of ale! 

Thank you for your support,

Rob

bter.com has DNS shares available now.

@toast

I have setup the site http://bit.cubeconnex.com:5555 for Get Free KeyID.  Could you please check if it is working as you have intended?  Thanks in advance!

Worked for me to register my KeyID.

Edit: I got a response from the service saying it worked ("Done! Your KeyID account is now registered."), but my registration didn't stick on the blockchain. So I redact my previous statement. Thanks for running the faucet anyways. 

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Great, thank you.

Well first of, cancel the 10 October snapshot. 8 days is no longer enough time to react, without having made clear how this thing will work and what people are buying into, this is BS and a very bad start.

First work out your plan and funding model, make those plans very clear to everyone, so there is no doubt what people will be buying, and make sure you advertize everywhere so everyone can get in on it and only then start the snapshot countdown. Only then can people take their position in this. Seriously cancel the snapshot date and do a better announcement on more channels than just this obscure forum post.

This seems reasonable to me in order to not get hate for not making it public and just distributing it "among existing PTS/AGS holders". PTS holders would not even be at a disadvantage, they dont have to sell their PTS. Advertising before the Snapshot would also bring more supporters in.
Any legal issues with this? I think not...

I tend to agree with this. Provide more information, hype the Music DAC more, and launch a BitShares Music Foundation website with the snapshot countdown on it. This will give more opportunity to garner initial support from investors and should stymy any perceived unfairness due to lack of publicity / rapid snapshot.