Quote from: amencon on September 12, 2014, 03:46:24 pm

That's nothing, the real cost is paying to update price feeds every 1% change over multiple currencies.  That's why the delegates get paid though right?  Even with an 80% burn rate I'm able to pay these transaction fees and still come out in the black long term so far.  Seems fair to me.

You can publish multiple feeds in a single transaction.

Quote from: amencon on September 01, 2014, 11:06:16 pm

Hello, my name is Alec Menconi.

I've been following Bitcoin for 2-3 years now and found out about Bitshares sometime around March.  I'm very excited about the possibilities Bitshares offers and that of DACs in general.  My other interests currently are following Storj and attempting to develop games for VR (I own both development kits for the Oculus Rift).  I live in the US in Arizona and have been there for 5+ years so far.

My day job consists mostly of ASP.NET C# MVC development and I've been working in the computer industry for close to a decade now.
Stack Overflow profile (not terribly active there unfortunately): http://stackoverflow.com/users/1763996/alec-menconi
LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/alec-menconi/47/685/a42

I wanted to thank everyone that voted for my delegate yesterday putting it in the top 101.  Unfortunately I was not expecting to get voted in so fast and I was experimenting with things with my client up and down so I missed a chunk of initial blocks, however after realizing I could produce blocks I've made sure the client stays online and active.

My delegate is up to date and is auto posting price feeds.  I currently have the pay rate set to 20%.  My philosophy here is that for now it is best to return the majority of fees back to the stake holders until the community matures and some consensuses emerge about how users would like their fees to be utilized.  If in the future it looks like a high burn rate is not desirable for whatever reason in relation to other options, I will create a new delegate to match the will of the stakeholders and ask that all votes be transferred to the new delegate.  I do not ever plan to have more than 1 active delegate at a time.

I'd like to help grow this community however I can so please reach out to me if you have a project in the works and are looking for some volunteers.  Also while I appreciate the importance of privacy I am willing to provide proof of who I am if anyone cares to ask for it.  Thank you for the support so far and I hope to continue producing blocks and staying involved with the community long into the future.

nice summary  (+my votes  )

Quote from: amencon on September 05, 2014, 02:37:46 pm

Quote from: toast on September 05, 2014, 01:59:50 pm

keyID will crush this

Nice.  Can't wait to see it in action.

And still bitcoin lovers will still find a way to stomp all over it...so frustrating sometimes to watch them take all your hard work, implement inferior versions...tout them as huge advancements, and then discount bitshares as a scam.  Getting to the point where Bitcoin is only appealing as a gateway into bitshares...

Awesome tips. I'm planning on getting into the delegate system and hope to contribute to shareholders with marketing materials and community developments. Any tips on this area?