[ANN] [OK] OKCash Efficient Crypto - Eco-Friendly - ROKOS Pi

OK on Microsoft Azure Official Update #8

azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-blockchain-update-8/

New Article @ bitcoin.com

Microsoft Azure OKCash + partners integration.

news.bitcoin.com/microsoft-azure-partners-baas/


https://twitter.com/CoindeskNews/status/729394248282296320

https://twitter.com/OKCashCrypto/status/729400924863660032

ROKOS v6 Magic Flavors Released!
Visit the New ROKOS website at: rokos.space

ROKOS v6 "Magic Flavors" Released. Full OS with Cryptocurrency Clients, full nodes and much more. Faster, Easier, Stronger.

We've seen new services selling "stake miners" for different currencies, we support the new technology and uses for cryptocurrencies in the Raspberry Pi environments, hence we came up with a Free solution for every IoT enthusiast, developer, user, service that want to use their IoT devices with BTC, OK and more cryptocurrencies, or that would like to turn their Pi into a Staking device, It already integrates a fully functional Bitcoin, OK + 17 Cryptocurrencies Clients and nodes as well to provide the users with the best and easier Out of the Box experience.

The First OS image release that merges the full power of Raspberry Pi, zero, 2, 3, Banana Pi PRO, PINE64+ & IoT Devices with Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies:
- ROKOS v6 "Magic Flavors" comes with integrated Cryptocurrencies Clients / nodes .

Specs:

v6 "Magic Flavors" Release (Pi, Pi Zero, Pi 2, Pi 3) May 10 2016
- Full burnable OS Compatible with the Raspberry Pi systems.
- Fully Rebuild System / Programs Upgrade.
- Independent root and pi user accounts for better security.
- Full Design Upgrades.
- OpenBazaar easy 1 click to use integration.
- Different and Customizable themes.
- Iceweasel browser (firefox) with coins info links.
- Autolog.
- Debian.
- Java Dev Tools.
- Easier to Use mod Update.
- xrpd integrated.
- Dietpi scripts integrated.
- Security and Optimization Update.
- Firewall.
- Includes Qt and complete set of Dev tools (For developers)
- Includes Qt 4 / 5 and Creator !
- Works with other cryptocurrencies.
- 1024mb swap mod.
- Updated Cryptocurrencies Included:
Bitcoin, OKCash, Gamecredits, Digitalcoin, Blackcoin, Diamondcoin, Energycoin,
Europecoin, Metalcoin, Soil, Mojo, Transfer, Kobocoin, Dash, Horizon, MonetaryUnit,
BigUp, OpenBazaar and Expanse. (Readme.txt)
- Custom Login and Wallpapers.
- Cryptocurrencies nodes at /usr/local/bin/
- Easy Clients / Nodes Upgrades.
- Direct access to the Clients Via: Task bar and Menu > Internet.
- ZIP file - Compression: 1.7Gb image to download, 4.8GB uncompressed to burn.


Requirements:
ROKOS v6 "Magic Flavors":
- Raspberry Pi, zero, 2, 3

- Min 8gb SD card for the OS plus an External device (usb / hdd / ssd) to sync the Cryptocurrencies chains instead of the SD card (prevents corruption of data).


Future Versions:
- Security updates.
- Chain Updates.
- More Cryptocurrencies will be integrated for an Out of the Box experience and adoption.
- Designs Updates.
- More wallets, programs or features, based on users/communities/developers feedback, support and/or cross collaborations.


*Raspberry Pi, zero, 2, 3:

ROKOS accounts.

User: root / Password: raspberry (use for initial configuration and advanced changes)
User: pi / Password: raspberry (main account to use your OS and cryptocurrencies)

STEPS:

1- Login with username: root /Password: raspberry
1.2- Type: dietpi-config
1.3- a) Set your network connection details. b) change the root user account password. and restart.

2- Login with username: root and the password you just set.
2.1- Type: raspi-config
2.3- a) Set your Time Zone/Keyboard/Language. b) Change your pi user password. c) Expand the file system, and restart.

3- Login with your normal user account: user: pi and the password you just set for it.
3.1- Type: "startx" to start the user desktop.
Congratulations! your ROKOS system is ready for use.

a) Go to Menu > Internet and Click on your favorite Cryptocurrency Wallet

This will open the Cryptocurrency wallet and start sync.
(make sure you change the datadir location on the config file of your cryptocurrency before starting it if you are saving the chain on external devices)

*For some Cryptocurrencies the initial sync might take some days, wallets are fully usable after being fully Synchronized.


b) Always remember to make constant backups of your wallets and save them in USB or external media.

Use your wallets in ROKOS to plug HW and mine, Send/Receive, Stake, Share,
become a full node and support your favorite Cryptocurrency network, develop new applications,
etc, the limit is only in your imagination.


Important Security Notice:
*) Remember to create a backup for your Wallets, you can use the wallets to create them and save in different folders on a USB device.
You should ALWAYS have a backup of your wallet, Raspberry Pi Hardware, Raspbian and ROKOS Software are under development hence not responsible for missuses, electrical or compatibility issues that might cause a loss of information. It is as secure as one's ability to take care for it, same as a computer, so always have a backup of your wallets on an external device.

*) Some people tend to recommend getting a 128Gb MicroSD HC (High speed) , at the same time it does work, I do not recommend this solution, as microSD cards tend to get corrupted by the number of overwrites, to ensure the best functionality and security you should use an external HDD/USB storage device to store the chains.

You can start testing and developing new integration with ROKOS and your favorite cryptocurrencies for your IoT projects.

(I did this on a Windows computer, and I dont know what tool to use for Mac to install the iso file Image burner, for this guide you will have to figure out that yourself, if you use Mac)

1. Download and install SD Formatter 4.0 (This is the tool to format the SD card) from:
Windows: https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/eula_windows/SDFormatterv4.zip
Mac: https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/eula_mac/SDFormatter_4.00B.pkg
(or find it yourself at: https://sdcard.org/downloads )

2. Insert the MicroSD/MicroSDHC card into your PC/Mac. (You will probably need an MicroSD to SD adapter for this).

3. Start SD Formatter 4.0 and click the [Option] button. In there you change from "FORMAT TYPE: QUICK" to "FORMAT TYPE: (FULL)Erase", just leave the "FORMAT SIZE ADJUSTMENT" in OFF and click the [OK] button so start the format. When the card is completely formatted click the [Exit] button to close SD Formatter.

4. Download and install Win32 Disk Imager (This is the iso file Image burner) from:
Windows: sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/files/latest/download

5. Download ROKOS Core (rokosv6magic.zip) and unzip the ISO file (This is the awesome ROKOS Core "Operating System" that we are going to install on the SD card) from:
Download: http://bit.ly/rokos6magicflavors
(or find it yourself at: http://rokos.space

6. Start Win32 Disk Imager, press the "little blue folder" and select the "rokos5.img" file that you did extract. Make sure your SD card is selected in the list to the right and press the [Write] button. It will tell you that it can corrupt the SD card, just press [Yes] to continue the installation, when the installation to the SD card is done press the [Exit] button to close Win32 Disk Imager.

7. Now "Safely remove" your SD card from the computer.

8. Put the MicroSD/MicroSDHC card in your Raspberry Pi 2, and make sure you got an USB Keyboard, Monitor (via HDMI), and and Internet cable connected to the Raspberry Pi 2 before you connect the power cable to your Raspberry Pi 2.


Instructions set updated with v6 Release.

ENJOY THIS AWESOME OPERATING SYSTEM!

ROKOS OK Bitcoin Fullnode Oktoshi interview over The Pi Podcast

thepipodcast.com/the-pi-podcast-21-rokos/

Bitsquare welcomes OKCash

OKCash integration to BitSquare - The Decentralized Bitcoin Exchange



OKCash is getting integrated in the coming release/update for Bitsquare

Visit the Bitsquare website at: bitsquare.io/

What is Bitsquare?

Bitsquare is built for those who:

Want to exchange a national currency such as dollars, euros, or yen for bitcoin.
Want to exchange a wide range of alternative crypto currencies for bitcoin.
Do not want to trust any exchange for holding your funds.
Do not want to forfeit control or privacy to a central authority in order to trade with other individuals.
Regard financial transactions as a form of private speech that should be protected from surveillance by banks, governments, and other institutions.

Bitsquare is designed to be:

Decentralized – there is no single point of failure.
Safe – Bitsquare never holds your funds.
Instantly accessible – no need for approval from a central authority.
Private -no one except trading partners exchange personally identifying data.
Open – every aspect of the project is transparent.
Easy – we take usability seriously.

Philosophy

Exchanges play a critical role in the bitcoin ecosystem. Without them, it would be nearly impossible to buy or sell bitcoins for euros, dollars, yen or yuan. Bitcoin would be a market without liquidity; bitcoin would be worthless.

Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin with the motivation to solve the problems of centralized payment systems so it seems inconsistent that centralized Bitcoin exchanges are still the primary way to acquire bitcoins. In our opinion the dominance and vulnerability of centralized exchanges is the Achilles heel in the current Bitcoin ecosystem.

There have been many discussions in the forums about how to build a pure P2P based solution but there is still no real decentralized bitcoin exchange available yet.

That’s where Bitsquare comes in.

We have developed a solution which is based on pure P2P infrastructure. While the transfer of national currency requires the involvement of traditional payment channels like banks or payment processors, we are not dependent on any particular one. Their role is limited to what it should be: They transfer national currency. No power of censoring, confiscating, monitoring or controlling your financial interaction.

To keep reading about the Philosophy of Bitsquare, and how we solve the involved challenges to make it secure and easy to use please read our White Paper:

» Download the Bitsquare White Paper

Further Reading:

Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System by Satoshi Nakamoto
Bitcoin open source implementation of P2P currency by Satoshi Nakamoto
The Future of Bitcoin Exchanges by Richard Myers
Eliminating Bitcoin’s Weaklest Link by Chris Beams
Shelling Out — The Origins of Money by Nick Szabo
A New Kind of Social Ordering: Self-Sovereignty, Autonomous Trust and P2P Parity by John Clippinger

Servers/DNS upgrades complete.

Because Server upgrades are incomplete without full site upgrades.

New OKCash Community website Rebuilt from scratch, Redesigned and Converted to OpenSource

The community can participate and/or download and start your own OKCash.co mirror site, or just invite your friends to learn more about OK on the new Website.

Now everyone can be part of the making and push their commits and/or suggestions to the git.

We should start rolling the site with the different languages it supports in the coming days,
same way by being open source, the translation process for the rest of the languages will
be way easier and friendly, so we can expect a lot of languages integrated in the near future.

Files Distribution is now powered by dropbox.com secure encrypted files services

OK Community site: okcash.co
OK Public Community site Github: github.com/okcashpro/okcash.co.website







Visit the new Website, learn more about OKCash and get Empowered Today.

Explorer Rocks - Bitcoin and OKCash Information, price and stats center

Updated and Online

http://explorer.rocks

Time to win and say OK to the new Cash: OKCash

The idea behind it is simple: you can support the OKCash development and future projects
while you got the chance to win the OKCash lottery jackpot!

Announcement: medium.com/@OKCashCrypto/time-to-win-and...855aa5793#.iexiiz8bw

Tw: https://twitter.com/OKCashCrypto/status/743567228830887936

Site: okcash.win

poswallet.com/faucet.php

The PoSWallet has launched its faucet in alpha stage and is happy to launch with OKCash as one of the first coins!

Head on over there to claim your daily OKCash. Feel free to help fund the OKCash faucet as well

We will also be launching the online staking wallet soon and are looking for some initial testers (closed alpha).

If you are interested, please let me know!

Let me know if you have any questions at any time!

*Info taken from Original thread and direct feedback: okcashtalk.org/index.php/topic,7.0.html

26/06/16
First OKCash Lotto Draw

Congratulations !!
Winner: # 019
Won: 5,810.3998 OK
2DevFund: 1,452.6 OK
Total Pool: 7,263 OK



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