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EXCEPTION: 9key_error       
CKey::CKey() : EC_KEY_new_by_curve_name failed       
protoshares in Runaway exception       

protoshares-qt: /usr/include/boost/thread/pthread/condition_variable_fwd.hpp:81: boost::condition_variable::~condition_variable(): Assertion `!ret' failed.
Aborted (core dumped)
Built ok, error on start. Libboost differs on .rpm instead of .deb distros?
OS - Fedora 19 64 bit

OpenSSL differs on .rpm distros, but the parts needed for Bitcoin and its derivatives should be enabled by default in Fedora 20.  I have no experience compiling Bitcoin on Fedora myself, however.

http://invictus-innovations.com/mission/ @ approx 31:50 there is a segment worth setting up.  I honestly would love to see a little "DAC" of sorts open up as a venture for features like this to be "mined" into existence somehow by people who believe in it.  Would be VERY interesting PR move for Invictus Innovations...as well as the value of the currencies. 

Do you mean to reference Let's Talk Bitcoin, Episode 62?  I cannot find any other information on KryptoKit, but I was excited about what I heard.

This is from bter.com, the new PTS exchange:
" POW Hash: Momentum (2^26 / 2^50) with SHA512 Generation,Block target: 5 minutes, total coins: Around 2 million, with 1% inflation after 2 years "
1% inflation? Please tell me that's wrong and I haven't been living under a rock this last month. Putting in off-topic, don't want to raise false alarms or anything

It's true, according to one of the ProtoShares developers:

Specifications
POW Hash: Momentum (2^26 / 2^50) with SHA512 Generation
Block target: 5 minutes
Difficulty Retargeting: 4032 Blocks
Difficulty Retargeting target: 2 Weeks
Port: 3888
Codebase: Bitcoin 0.8.5
No premine.
Block reward: 50 PTS, 5% reduction every 2016 blocks
Total coins: Around 2 million, with 1% inflation after 2 years

Is there a GUI that I can see the PTS, which will be locked against the ID purchase?

No GUI.  We are processing these manually since it is a one-time promotion that can never be repeated - not worth distracting our development team.

As long as Invictus does not move the PTS to another address, one can use a block explorer such as BTSblock or Coinplorer to see the PTS amount in the receiving address.

For example, for the forum donation address:

http://btsblock.com/address/PforumPLfVQXTi4QpQqKwoChXHkoHcxGuA
or
http://coinplorer.com/PTS/Addresses/PforumPLfVQXTi4QpQqKwoChXHkoHcxGuA

I tried using the cmake method from the pastebin and got a lot of undefined references, then make failed.  I don't know if this might be due to differences between Arch and Ubuntu or user error on my part.

CMakeFiles/protosharesd.dir/build.make:91: recipe for target 'protosharesd' failed
make[2]: *** [protosharesd] Error 1
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:99: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/protosharesd.dir/all' failed
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/protosharesd.dir/all] Error 2
Makefile:75: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2

I used the qmake method to compile protoshares-qt successfully after ensuring all dependencies are installed:

git clone git://github.com/InvictusInnovations/ProtoShares.git
cd ProtoShares/
qmake-qt4 -makefile protoshares-qt.pro
make

Try substituting qmake if qmake-qt4 is not found on your system.

Okay everyone, thanks for bearing with us.

We have resolved our internal issue, and the exchange will be moving back to Coingrounds in the very near future.

Thanks for your support of the exchange and of me, we've got a great community here!

more details: https://www.bit-u.com/news

Please note: when moving back to coingrounds, I will be joining with two other people in management of the site, so if you wish to withdraw your balance under the current scenario, please do so before 12pm (noon) EST tomorrow, the 21st.

Which time zone is EST?  Wikipedia shows multiple possibilities.

I'm not sure if this is the right board to post this.  Mods, feel free to move it if necessary.

I found on a ProtoShares reddit post a link to buypts.com.  The site looks eerily similar to buymastercoin.com, and it invites site visitors to buy ProtoShares for 0.25 BTC per PTS (!).  Obviously anyone who has researched ProtoShares would understand that the buypts.com price is very much higher than the current market price, but those who have not done their homework might not understand that.

I know better than to send any BTC there, but unfortunately some have sent BTC to the address for buypts.com.  I don't know for sure if it's a scam since no one has reported being scammed, but it feels potentially scammy to me.

UPDATE (11/19/2013): Based on the conversation with the site owners in this thread, and given that no one has claimed to be scammed through this site, I conclude that buypts.com is probably not a scam.  I have no first-hand experience with buypts.com since I prefer less expensive ways to buy ProtoShares, but as long as the owners are upfront about the cost and do what they say they are going to do, they are welcome to charge whatever the market is willing to pay for ProtoShares.