UPDATE 16/10/16
Hey there,
I thought I should let you know a few things which are happening with BURST Browser.
As you may know, I have been working this Browser for quite some time and added things. I had tweaked the UI so that it is more user friendly and looks appealing to the eye. I fixed quite a few bugs which people noticed from the 1st Alpha release, so thank you to those who pointed them out. I have just added a settings page, which will hopefully be functioning in the next big update.
If any of you know how BURST transactions work (if you know what the API is and how to use it) please let me know. I am currently making an API which will start an Ad Network and will require BURST as a payment. This will obviously be a small fee which still needs to be confirmed. There are also some tools that I need, but do not have the funding for; one of these includes ReSharper: https://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/
This tool will improve my workflow and give me access to features/tools that will save me hours of time throughout development. If you are willing to donate/contribute for me to buy this software, it will cost me £240 ($300) for the first year, and then £191 ($233) for the year after. After the third year, the price drops significantly. I am not saying that you must donate, but it would be greatly appreciated and goes towards the project!
BURST Address: BURST-WACE-5BXZ-4SL9-BC2B6
(Any BURST left over will be put back into the fund for the project.)
With regards to the Ad Network, users can pay a small fee which must be paid monthly to have a BURST related advertisement put on the Browser. In the future, I hope that this will be an automated system, where the Browser will pull images from a cloud storage server and put them in the Browser. In the meantime, feel free to prepare an Ad if you would like it published.
How The Ad System Will Work:
- The Ad must be sensible and show no explicit content.
- The Ad must be relevant.
- Any payment missed will be a result of your Ad being terminated from the Browser.
At this moment in time, this is the only way I can think of doing it, so if you know anything better, please let me know.
As mentioned previously, the VPN will hopefully be hosted by one of the BURST team, if that is still possible. We are still working on this side of things, as it is a major part of development.
More Updates:
Me and @gpedro have recently purchased 10TB each in Hard Drives, meaning that 20TB of power will be going towards our BBrowser Asset payout. We are still working on the plan about the dividends because this mining will be for backing the project costs as long as the dividends and growing the own Burst farm so the dividends could grow in the future side by side with the project. This will be incredibly helpful now, as we can move on to the higher pools with better payouts! With regards to payout schedule, that is still be unconfirmed. Our future plan once all Hard Drives are plotted is to be Monthly or Bi-Monthly. Me and @gpedro will have to take a small fee for maintenance, as our electricity bills are quite expensive!
Thats all for the update, so thank you for reading and happy mining!
-JackManMania