Walking around and painting the town

[NorthLoop 14449]

They were probably about to move something really f'n heavy out that front door

[bernorange 8385]

I probably didn't describe the scene properly, but the truck wasn't positioned like they were going to load the bed with something from the front door.  The truck was parallel to the front door so that the passenger side of the truck was blocking the front door.  The front tires of the truck facing the driveway and the bed of the truck facing the neighbor's yard.  It looked like they had parked it in the middle of the yard to show it off like a car on a pedestal on the Price is Right or something.  

[bernorange 8385]

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The Silencio Network community has been growing at an unprecedented pace, and in recognition of our incredible user engagement, the BlockSound Foundation, which is in charge of the $SLC supply, is increasing the airdrop allocation from 5% to 7.5% of the total $SLC supply. ... While the core structure of leagues and bonuses remains the same, this boost expands the Diamond Hands Bonus pool, allowing even more of our top contributors to benefit.
...
One of the biggest changes is the adjustment in the Diamond Hand Bonus. Previously, this bonus was allocated only to the top 5,000 Silencians. Now, with the increased airdrop, we’re expanding the Diamond Hand Bonus to include a broader range of participants, giving more users the chance to benefit from this substantial reward.

The updated Diamond Hand Bonus will now be distributed as follows:

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https://silencionetwork.medium.com/silencio-beta-airdrop-just-got-bigger-now-7-5-up-from-5-to-boost-your-rewards-c5af7c2396ed

Silencio pushed out an update (at least for Android) and the app is now showing updated estimates for the $SLC beta airdrop.  My estimate increased substantially.

[RDCanecutter 26863]

When we gettin paid.

 

[bernorange 8385]

Peaq goes live Nov 12 (5 days from now).  I expect the Silencio beta airdrop will follow the Peaq launch either the same day or the next, but the Silencio folks have not yet confirmed or denied a specific day/time.

[RDCanecutter 26863]

I just turned it on, did about 3 hexes to preserve my streak, and won 4500 coins when I took credit for it. Completed Sonic Wildfire quest and Diamond Hands. No idea how either one connects to reality.

[bernorange 8385]

Reality?  What's that? <sits back and smiles knowing philosophy professor is about to talk for the next 3 hours non-stop instead of making us take a quiz>

Edited November 10 by bernorange

[bernorange 8385]

Between the super moon shining brightly in a clear night sky and the brisk, cool air this morning, my before sunrise walk this morning was very enjoyable.  I'm at 199,750 hexes now - just 50,250 to go for that next achievement...

[bernorange 8385]

I'm a bit surprised that the SLC token generation event (TGE) has not yet happened.  For any Surly peeps that have installed Silencio, the TGE will include a lottery component.  100 Silencio users will be selected randomly (supposedly!) to receive 3.5 million SLC when the TGE happens.  To qualify for this lottery draw, you need to have earned at least 1,000 noise tokens.  This isn't a difficult threshold if you actually use the app and walk around and/or do venue checks.  The in app achivements should boost you over the threshold pretty quickly.

[bernorange 8385]

I went walking yesterday morning as I normally do and my phone finally bit the dust.  I had been walking for about 2 hours and the battery was around 40% and then it went to zero in an instant (phone went dead).  So I went and got a new phone yesterday and what a difference it has made!  My old phone was about 5 years old and I had been fighting with it to get Silencio working and it often hung up or crashed on me.  I think the phone was 97% full on the storage space and it wasn't from videos/images/music (none of which I had on the phone).  It just didn't have much storage space to begin with.  The battery was already wearing out.  I was lucky to complete a 3 hour walk before the battery went from 100% to 0%.

I installed Silencio on the new phone and configured it to my account.  It runs so smoothly!  Not one single problem running now.  The map is responsive and scrolls smoothly.  The app doesn't hang or crash while recording sessions.  I used it for 3 hours this morning and had zero issues.  The battery only drained from 100% down to 80%.  I feel like if my legs and schedule allowed, I could probably have walked all day.  The weather this morning was certainly trying it's best to tempt me.

[bernorange 8385]

Clean up on aisle 5!

I take this as a sign that they are getting closer to the airdrop.  I suspect it will take at least a couple of weeks for this fraud mitigation effort to play out.

[bernorange 8385]

This morning, Silencio held an AMA livestream on X.  I listened in and heard the following tidbits:

• Silencio is already generating revenue (I'm assuming from the optional ads in the app when claiming a recording).  They are working on marketing the noise data to portals covering real estate and hospitality booking.  An integration of Silencio noise data into Google Maps remains an ideal that they want to accomplish, but it sounds like it's not on the near term horizon.
• They mentioned that 75% of revenues will go to the Silencio economy - the Silencio foundation will only keep 25% for operations.
• Silencio is experiencing an exponential growth rate on app usage and noise data recorded.  Over 400k users presently and they expect to hit half a million very soon.
• Silencio has an advisory board that includes some European (government) noise policy honchos
• They are working on enhancing the explorer map in the app so people can drill down on a hexagon to see its history of noise recordings (when recordings were made)

In addition to the above, Silencio talked about the $SLC token:

• The token generation event (TGE) and beta airdrop will happen one right after the other (more or less simultaneously).
• They are finalizing some confirmations with exchanges that will list the $SLC tokens.  They expect to have 5-6 exchanges listing $SLC upon the TGE (and more to follow of course).
• They currently expect the TGE will happen in January (next month).  Sounds like there are a few weeks left to improve your League standing if you want more $SLC from the airdrop.
• The parameters for the "Lucky Draw" distribution for the beta airdrop have changed.  The draw will now pick 1,000 winners (instead of 100) and people need to have earned 10k noise tokens to be eligible for the draw (instead of 1k).  If you don't have 10k noise tokens presently, you have a few weeks to get there.
• The PEAQ network will be rolling out a campaign soon and Silencio will be participating in it.  When it goes live, we'll be able to earn both $SLC and and $PEAQ (ie. double rewards) for using the app.  They didn't provide any details on this, so I'm not sure if there are some special requirements for this or not.  I'm sure they will announce details before it goes live though.  This is actually pretty cool though as $PEAQ is live trading right now and actually has a market value (about $0.56 per $PEAQ token as I compose this).
• Silencio will be publishing a white paper with full disclosure on $SLC tokenomics next week if I heard correctly.  They mentioned a breakdown of:
  • 45% reserved for community (people using the Silencio app)
  • 7% to exchanges for trading liquidity
  • 11% to investors (VCs)
  • 23% to core founders
  • they mentioned something for the remaining 14%, but I didn't quite catch it

[bernorange 8385]

I woke up this morning and wasn't feeling a walk.  I had walked a lot yesterday and was thinking I might take a rest day.  However, in the end, I put on my walking shoes and set out for virgin hexagons.   I'm always keeping my eye out for shiny treasures on my walks and have probably been averaging around twenty cents a day over the last month or so.  This morning, as I entered the parking lot of a strip shopping center, I spied a green bill on the ground.  Turned out to be a 20 spot folded in half and stuck to the pavement from the night's rain/drizzle.  Nice.

[RDCanecutter 26863]

1 hour ago, bernorange said:

I woke up this morning and wasn't feeling a walk.  I had walked a lot yesterday and was thinking I might take a rest day.  However, in the end, I put on my walking shoes and set out for virgin hexagons.   I'm always keeping my eye out for shiny treasures on my walks and have probably been averaging around twenty cents a day over the last month or so.  This morning, as I entered the parking lot of a strip shopping center, I spied a green bill on the ground.  Turned out to be a 20 spot folded in half and stuck to the pavement from the night's rain/drizzle.  Nice.

Looking at the ground beats fiddling with a metal detector. When I was 15 I had a cheapo one and found 27 cents. One quarter and one cent of that came from staring at the ground while not using the detector. I also found every pop-top in Selma Alabama but did not realize I could have sold those en masse for way more than 27 cents.

Not being a quick learner, 40 years later I bought a better one. Similar results. Our big find was while walking without the detector on a path with a low-lying area next to a creek. Mrs. Canecutter scoops up a gold earring from the grass. I weigh it at home on my homemade specific gravity rig. It's real. Sell it 90% melt at dealer. Sell detector to plumber who sees it gathering dust in corner.

tldr/Look at the ground.

[bernorange 8385]

 

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Skimming the whitepaper now and some comments:

1) Technical Overview > Self Custodial Wallet -> If the seed phrase is generated/stored on the device/phone, what happens when a user changes their phone (ie. phone dies and user gets a new phone)?  This happened to me recently BTW.

2) Technical Overview > Data Privacy -> Thank you for being explicit that Silencio does not actually record any audio.  This is a huge concern amongst folks that I have tried to introduce to Silencio.  It really should be more prominent in your marketing efforts IMO.

3) Tokenomics > CEX/DEX Liquidity -> "After the transition to a token governance model"... Maybe I skimmed too quickly, but this is the first time I see this mentioned.  Where I can learn more about this planned transition?

4) Tokenomics > Reward Economy-> Monthly airdrops?  Do they start a month after TGE?  Are these monthly airdrops separate from the monthly raffles?

5) Tokenomics > Eligibility -> Crypto regulatory environment in the USA appears to be changing, but as it stands right now, are USA based Silencians eligible for $SLC distributions?

 

[NorthLoop 14449]

The app doesn't seem to be logging my hexes anymore for some reason. Like it will show them while I'm recording, but then they never show up on the map after I'm done. 

[bernorange 8385]

The "hexes claimed" display on the map post-recording sometimes happens immediately and sometimes takes several hours (up to half a day or so) in my experience.  But I've experimented by:

- record and submit a session while capturing virgin hexes

- post-submission, verify that virgin hexes are not showing as claimed on the map

- start a new record and cover the "virgin" hexes again

- stop record and submit - check session totals and see if it shows credit for virgin hexes (spoiler - it does not)

The database knows the hexes are claimed, even if the map display on your phone doesn't show it yet.

[RDCanecutter 26863]

I added 4 hexes yesterday in Montgomery for you, O my Master @bernorange

[bernorange 8385]

I'm at 248,813 hexes covered (149.4k hexes discovered).  Currently ranked 326 overall on the League standings.  I should get a boost after I hit 250k hexes.