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0 pointslovvtide6y ago0 comments

Yes that's correct. User IDs are stored on Ethereum so to sign up you need a way for your browser to interact with the blockchain. Mobile support for Ethereum wallets is not quite there yet (but it's getting better!).

Note about the ether faucet: unfortunately it seems that the Ethereum gas price is very high right now (https://ethgasstation.info/) The server is programmed to provide 0.008 ETH, which under normal conditions is enough for the tx fee, but due to the high gas price you might encounter an "insufficient balance" message when confirming the transaction to create your ID. If that happens, please wait a little while until the gas price comes down a bit and try again.

I should add that using Satellite only requires writing data to the blockchain when you signup. Once your ID exists you can use it to sign things that you post, and that doesn't cost anything.

0 pointslovvtide6y ago0 comments

I should add that using Satellite only requires writing data to the blockchain when you signup. Once your ID exists you can use it to sign things that you post, and that doesn't cost anything.

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pixxel6y ago· 2 in thread

Many thanks for the info. Love the site design/build BTW.

May I suggest advising mobile users to use a desktop to sign up, if you are going to continue to hide the sign up from mobile users. The barrier to entry is high enough with the ethereum coupling, frustrating mobile users could be somewhat mitigated with a message. Cheers.

lovvtideOP6y ago

That's a really great point. How did we miss that... thank you!

pixxel6y ago

BTW, 2 hours ago I recevied the initial email from Satellite to add ETH to my wallet. I clicked the link and confirmed. The message said it would be a few minutes until I receive ETH (I forget the exact message). Is a few hours to be expected? I've checked my spam folder.

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davidajackson6y ago

Nice, web3 has that get gas price function if you want to get rid of that volatility. You could probably multiple seed amount by some multiple of gas price so it adjusts iteself. And you can throw in a factor of safety too of 10%-20% but it is more expensive :)

I'm curious, what did you use for automatic seeding? Are you using an array of addresses to seed many people at once, or just sending from one and waiting for the nonce to increment when tx confirms? I know you said you're doing manual now because people were messing with it, but I'm wondering what you consider a 'scalable' tx distribution setup for seeding.

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