Today we’re talking about the Koinos Testnet Developer Preview and BitClout the crypto social media!

Hi everyone!

Last week Andrew (@andrarchy) announced the release of the Koinos Testnet Developer Preview on Hackernoon and Hive, and I’m actually in the middle of writing a guide on how to set it up. I have hit some technical snags myself, but it’s my first time using Docker so it’s probably not that surprising.

The Koinos Testnet Developer Preview is a way to run the entire blockchain on your own PC. You’re not interacting with anyone else, and so you can really start to delve into it to see how it works as well as experiment with your own smart contracts code without affecting anyone else or accidentally costing yourself tokens if your smart contract behaves unexpectedly. I’m honestly really excited to get this up and running to have a look myself.

We also spoke about BitClout and our confusion to how it actually technically works. It is open-sourced (GitHub here) and it does have it’s own Block Explorer… but neither actually tells anyone very much.

If you’d like to see and hear Andrew make some great points, here is the Cinnamon.video version:

Here is the YouTube version:

References

I referenced a couple of tweets during this conversation. This is the tweet I was talking about where Andrew shows a screenshot of the Koinos Testnet Developer Preview:

I don't believe @Bitclout has a blockchain. This is what it looks like to run a blockchain. It's the developer preview of Koinos and it takes 5 minutes to download and run. Go to https://t.co/WsaulpqxRk to see for yourself pic.twitter.com/M0gnWl7HRw

— Andrew Levine (@andrarchy) April 29, 2021

This was the other tweet I mentioned where you can see how much you’ve spent on Ethereum fees:

Can’t believe I’m only just finding out about https://t.co/OqwyBgB4XQ. Easy way to find out how much you’ve spent on Ethereum fees. If you want to know, that is!

— Andrew Levine (@andrarchy) April 29, 2021

I’ve definitely seen some scary screenshots….. but…. they’re also from people who have been working with Ethereum for a long time, so at the time the fees would have been a lot less. Although if they hadn’t spent that ETH on fees and just held instead…

Thanks for reading about our discussion on the Koinos Testnet Developer Preview and BitClout.

Previous blockchain content

If you’re interested in previous chats with Andrew about Koinos, check out these posts:

Koinos mining update
Will the US Government ban Bitcoin?
Real use cases for Smart Contracts
Clarion OS & KOINOS announcements!
Koinos Plans for 2021 – come join the community!
Transaction Speeds – Centralization vs Decentralization
Institutional store of value in digital assets?
Tokenomics of Blockchains
Enterprises and Public Blockchains
Feeless Blockchain Transactions – How does it work?
Token distribution – Mining KOIN and Proof of Work
Integrating with Koinos
Smart Contracts – what are they?
A conversation with Andrew from the KOINOS Group

Additionally, here are all the good bits:

Koinos Website

https://koinos.io/

Koinos Network Socials

Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
Hive
Discord
Telegram

Koinos Group Socials

Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
Medium
Hive

If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to comment below or reply to this tweet:

Had a chat with @andrarchy of the @TheKoinosGroup to talk about their Koinos Testnet Developer Preview… and we also chat a little bit about BitClout and what's going on over there.

Have a bit of a looksee if you like dudes talkin' bout things.https://t.co/pbTIQmOUC1

— CryptoAdam (@CryptoAdam4) May 5, 2021

Thanks so much for watching!