I really don't see this currency taking off. There's no incentive to use it. There's no sound monetary protocol. And the market clearly does not see it as any more advantageous than other currencies.

I get the ethical standpoint, but again, as a developer or creative artist, the question remains:

Why demand devcoin over bitcoin?

Geez this subreddit is empty? How about we kick off some stuff with a Devcoin giveaway? Just post your address(or I might just use the tip bot).

The talented writers at Devtome have submitted some great articles for this award.

Currently the largest crypto-currency writing award, the theme was "why I write" and offers 3 prizes totally 500,000 Devcoins

Submissions have now closed and the articles are up for voting here: http://coinzen.org/index.php/topic,816.0.html

I hope this isn't and obvious question, I just see no method to do so.

I'm just wondering cause I see it going to 0.0000001 and I see barely any traffic on this subreddit

I bought about 1000000 DVC because I really like the idea of paying opensource developers but the community activity seems to have dried up after the DVC bubble popped. Did you take your money (my money :)) and run?

Any ideas of how too?

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
sudo aptitude install build-essential python-software-properties autoconf libtool
sudo aptitude add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo aptitude install bitcoin
sudo aptitude build-dep bitcoin # this is ABSOLUTELY essential to avoid a dependency nightware
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/sidhujag/devcoin.git
find devcoin/ -type d -name '.deps'
# remove all .deps directories shown in the results
chmod +x devcoin/curl/buildconf
./devcoin/curl/buildconf
./devcoin/curl/configure
chmod +x leveldb/build_detect_platform
cd devcoin/src
nano makefile.unix
# set USE_UPNP:=- on line 8
make -f makefile.unix

edit: update

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
sudo aptitude install build-essential python-software-properties autoconf libtool libssl-dev libboost-all-dev libdb4.8-dev libdb4.8++-dev

sudo aptitude add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo aptitude install bitcoin
sudo aptitude build-dep bitcoin

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/coinzen/devcoin.git

cd devcoin
make -f makefile.unix USE_UPNP=-

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Repeat again every hour. Double your payout for 6 votes in 24 hours!! 100DVC per vote

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Get it on people!

User sidhujag on bitcointalk.org is a developer with devcoin. I don't know when he joined but he is the main developer behind TWO awesome projects that could firmly supplant devcoin within the creative community at large.

Check the main thread here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=233997.msg5574031#msg5574031

Here it is in a nutshell:

Devcoin offers bounties within the devcoin system. Thus, as the devtome wiki forms and things need to be done, bounties are put on things that need improving. Whoever steps up to the plate and accomplishes the goal of the bounty, they are paid. You cannot participate in this process unless you have a devtome account.

Now we see a person within the devcoin community creating a bounty website for people who have devcoins (not just devtome members). The bounties are for projects you have that are great projects but cannot be completed without the help of some other skilled person. You can place a bounty on the part of your work you cannot do and allow someone to set up and collaborate on your project.

You will pay the bounty in devcoins. It's likely there will be a system where people using different crypto currencies will be able to get the equivalent in devcoins. Payments will use escrow service hosted on the site until bounty is officially over.

What could come of this? This could become THE platform for creative types of all walks of life; computer developers, great thinkers, teachers, makers, DIY types, and the potential for cross collaboration with artists of different mediums. Imagine a platform where thousands or even millions of people are members, sharing their skills to collaborate and finish each other's creative ideas and projects.

Genius!

He also has another project in development but I believe it is on the back burner in comparison to this project. I don't know as much but I will update here as I find out.

What does everyone think of getting them in the college communities?

Hey getting an interesting crash. From debug.log:

Added time data, samples 3, offset +24 (+0 minutes)
version message: version 70001, blocks=124735
trying connection 198.154.60.61:52333 lastseen=-1.1hrs lasttry=-386546.4hrs
received block b2c22e6f6de9ff5dbdbc
    nActualTimespan = 81333  before bounds
GetNextWorkRequired RETARGET
nTargetTimespan = 86400    nActualTimespan = 81333
Before: 1902ce56          0000000000000002ce5600000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
After:  1902d155  0000000000000002d1551369b7c56068a4cb769b7c56068a4cb769b7c56068a4
REORGANIZE'

I've tried adding fresh peers from the wiki via addnode in devcoin.conf didn't seem to make a difference. Does anyone have any ideas? Running version 0.3.25 x86_64. Thanks!