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Could AT2 be the answer to cryptocurrency's energy and performance problems?

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PARSEC: A Paradigm Shift for Asynchronous and Permissionless Consensus

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Project Decorum

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SAFE Network Testing – Part 2

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SAFE Network Client Testing Commences

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How Does the MaidSafe-Routing DHT Compare to the BitTorrent Mainline DHT?

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Consensus Without a Blockchain

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The SAFE Network from First Principles

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MaidSafe (http://maidsafe.net) | Troon, Scotland | Full-time | REMOTE

MaidSafe has created the SAFE (Secure Access For Everyone) Network (https://safenetwork.org), an open source (https://github.com/maidsafe), decentralised data communications network made possible by efficiently combining the unused hard drive space, CPU power and internet connections of its users. It is a global network without servers that has the potential to revolutionise the existing Internet and we are looking for engaging individuals to join our team.

MaidSafe's aim is to provide privacy, security and freedom to everyone on the planet. This has been our unwavering ambition since we started on this journey in 2006, and it remains our driving force today.

DEVELOPER OUTREACH MANAGER

As the roll out of the network commences, we require developer outreach managers to grow support for the 3rd party developers who are building the next generation of applications and businesses on the network.

More info here: http://www.indeed.co.uk/cmp/MaidSafe/jobs/Developer-Outreach...

RUST ENGINEER

Essential Requirements:

- Experience programming in Rust.

- Commercial experience of working to tight deadlines as part of a team.

- Skilled in producing clear and user-focussed documentation.

- The ability to liaise with a growing community of enthusiasts.

More info here: http://maidsafe.net/careers.html

FULL STACK DEVELOPER

Essential Requirements:

- Experience programming in multiple languages with a particular focus on Rust.

- A minimum of 2 years commercial experiences as an end to end / full stack developer.

- The ability to work to tight deadlines as part of a team.

- Version control knowledge (GIT).

- Skilled in producing clear and user-focussed documentation.

- The ability to liaise (both written and verbal) with a growing community of enthusiasts.

More info here: http://maidsafe.net/careers.html

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If you would like to help, please send your CV along with a covering letter detailing why you’re a great fit for the position to: careers@maidsafe.net and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Wow! It's awesome that you live so close to the MaidSafe office.

I'm actually in Montreal and I don't work directly for MaidSafe, but I am very active in the SAFE Network community.

You should definitely pass by the MaidSafe office when you have a chance :-)

The SAFE Network was previously written in C++ (https://www.openhub.net/p/maidsafe) but last year MaidSafe decided to rewrite everything in Rust (https://www.openhub.net/p/safenetwork).

I would recommend joining our forum (https://forum.safenetwork.io) and our chat (https://discord.safenetwork.org) if you have any questions or if you'd like to chat with us.

Troon, Scotland | REMOTE | Rust Engineer

Help us build and maintain the SAFE Network: http://maidsafe.net/rust_engineer.html

The SAFE (Secure Access For Everyone) Network is made up of the unused hard drive space, processing power and data connection of its users. It offers a level of security and privacy not currently available on the existing Internet and turns the tables on companies, putting users in control of their data, rather than trusting it to organisations.

MaidSafe's aim is to provide privacy, security and freedom to everyone on the planet. This has been our unwavering ambition since we started on this journey in 2006, and it remains our driving force today.

We are an eclectic and multicultural group of passionate and focussed individuals determined to release great software that has a hugely positive impact on the world. If you would like to help, please send your CV along with a covering letter detailing why you are a great fit for any of our open positions to: careers@maidsafe.net and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

MaidSafe | Troon, Scotland | Full Time | ONSITE

MaidSafe is nearing the initial public release of our decentralised data and communications platform and require an experienced Systems Architect to assist with the future direction of the MaidSafe codebase.

Desirable skills and experience

- Experience working with distributed networks is essential

- A deep commercial grounding ( 7+ years)

- A candidate who can demonstrate experience in developing and evaluating APIs

- Highly skilled in producing clear and user-focussed documentation

- Experience mentoring technical teams

- Be well versed in assisting with planning, roadmap creation and delivery, as well as providing input into the overall strategic direction of the network

This role represents an amazing opportunity to join a rapidly growing and multi-cultural company with big ambitions in one of the most beautiful parts of the UK.

In addition to the salary, the successful candidate will also become part of our employee benefit trust, an ownership scheme that currently distributes more than 25% of the company’s shares amongst our small team.

Apply here: http://jobs.theguardian.com/job/6146105/systems-architect/

MaidSafe.net [http://maidsafe.net] | Troon, UK (allows remote)

- Rust Open Source Software Engineer [http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/90236/rust-open-source...]

Job Description

Can you imagine a new decentralised Internet, free from corporations selling your personal details and private information for their profit, where users are in control of their data and all communication is secure, private and anonymous? What if this new network was comprised of the spare computing resources of the world’s Internet users and has years of planning and development behind it.

The company implementing the replacement for much of the Internet’s services is called MaidSafe and they plan a public launch of the platform later this year. This new network has generated much interest from the world’s technology press.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/23/maidsafe/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/04/08/beyond-bi...

As the platform approaches its first public release, MaidSafe are looking to strengthen their team with engineers experienced in producing open source software. MaidSafe are implementing their vision in Rust and knowledge of this new language is an advantage. A background in contributing to open source projects is essential and the successful candidate will also be able to demonstrate knowledge of multiple programming languages.

This role provides the opportunity to work for a cutting edge open source company with a big future, as well as the freedom to push your skills to the limit.

While an office based developer is preferred, this may be a remote position where for ease of collaboration, the candidate will be required to work between 09:30 and 17:30 UK time (British Summer Time) Monday through Friday.

Skills & Requirements

- Commits have been made to verifiable open source repositories

- Experience in Rust preferred, but not essential

- Experience working within an iterative Agile development process

- A proven track record of submitting quality bug reports to open source issue trackers, preferably with bug fixes. Some links to examples would be great

- A presence on Stack Overflow, where you have asked or answered hard questions and been recognised by others for your answers

- Familiarity with revision control and hosted repositories

In addition to supplying a CV, a list of URLs (code contributions, stack overflow answers, mailing list posts) containing evidence of why you would be a great hire, is essential. It would be great if you could supply a github.com or sourceforge.net, or equivalent account for MaidSafe to review.

MaidSafe (http://maidsafe.net) recently raised over $8m from one of the first ever cryptocurrency-based rounds of financing. As the company approaches beta launch, they are looking for a front-end Qt Developer to create applications to sit on top of the SAFE Network, a secure and fully decentralized data management service made up by the individual users who contribute storage, computing power and bandwidth to form a world-wide autonomous system.

http://maidsafe.net/careers

"Know any #QT (C++) developers who want to help change the world from our Scottish HQ? Please ask them to get in touch: careers@maidsafe.net"

https://twitter.com/maidsafe/status/578961937981161472

Features of the SAFE Network:

- Self-authentication: users can create accounts and log in from any computer without the need or knowledge of third parties (http://systemdocs.maidsafe.net/content/en/system_components/...).

- Farming: this self-regulating network lets users offer spare drive space and in return delivers anonymous, super-fast internet (http://systemdocs.maidsafe.net/content/en/system_components/...).

- Examples of apps that can be used on the SAFE Network: cloud storage, encrypted messaging, websites, VoIP, social networks and any existing service that runs on the Internet (http://maidsafe.net/applications).

- Safecoin is the currency of the SAFE Network and a mechanism to incentivize and reward farmers and app developers as well as provide access to network services (http://systemdocs.maidsafe.net/content/en/how_it_works/safec...).

If you have any questions about the SAFE Network, please ask them on https://forum.safenetwork.io.

Yes, the SAFE Network from MaidSafe (http://maidsafe.net) is exactly that. It's a data storage and communications network that provides anonymity. It's resistant to censorship and MITM attacks.

It's not quite ready yet (even though MaidSafe has been working on it since 2006), but it's expected to launch this year. At the moment, we are waiting for the launch of testnet 3, the final test network before the beta launch of the network. More details in the Roadmap: http://maidsafe.net/roadmap.

You can learn more about the SAFE Network by reading the System Docs: http://systemdocs.maidsafe.net.

Feel free to ask any questions you have on the community forum (perhaps in the Beginners category): https://www.maidsafe.org.

MaidSafe - C++ 11/14 open source software engineer - Troon, Scotland

MaidSafe is currently looking for C++ open source software engineers based at our headquarters in Troon, Scotland. If you, or someone else you know fits the bill and would like to work at MaidSafe, please get in touch with us: justine.mclevy@maidsafe.net

Role

Can you imagine a new decentralised Internet, free from corporations selling your personal details and private information for their profit, where all data is secure, private and anonymous? What if this new network was comprised of the spare computing resources of the world’s Internet users and has already seen over three years of cutting edge C++ 11/14 source code written for it? What if the company building this new platform was based away from cramped, expensive London on Scotland’s tranquil, beautiful and rugged South West coast, yet with excellent transport links to major cities and just a few miles from an International airport?

The company implementing the replacement for much of the Internet’s services is called MaidSafe and they plan a public launch of the platform later this year. This new network has generated much interest from the world’s technology press.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/23/maidsafe/

The Server Needs To Die To Save The Internet

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/04/08/beyond-bi...

Beyond Bitcoin: Crypto-Ownership Companies Hope You're Ready To Decentralize Everything On The Internet

Welcome to the age of crypto-ownership, where any kind of data can be encrypted and managed by a decentralized network of computers.

MaidSafe recently raised over $8m from one of the first ever cryptocurrency-based rounds of financing. As the company approaches product launch, they are looking to strengthen their team with C++ engineers experienced in open source software to help nail bugs and add that final polish. Your initial role will be to familiarise yourself with MaidSafe’s implementation libraries and once you are comfortable with the code, you will become a key part of MaidSafe’s core development team. Please have a look at the quality of work for yourself at https://github.com/maidsafe. Leading Boost and ISO C++ committee members have contributed to the code; it is an exemplar of modern practice and is written exclusively in C++ 11! You may also find MaidSafe’s Continuous Integration testing dashboard of interest: http://dash.maidsafe.net/index.php?project=MaidSafe.

Mandatory requirements:

- Based at MaidSafe’s HQ in Troon, Scotland, 5 miles from Glasgow Prestwick International Airport.

- At least 90 days where you sent a commit of C++ code to an open source code repository which we can verify.

- At least 180 days where you sent a commit of anything to an open source code repository which we can verify.

It would be great if you could supply us with a github.com or sourceforge.net or equivalent account for us to have a look through (the more the better).

Good to have:

- A proven track record of submitting quality bug reports to open source issue trackers, preferably with bug fixes. Some links to examples would be great.

- Proven CI configuration experience,preferably Jenkins though Travis and others are fine, although it would be even better if there is a place on the internet displaying evidence of your experience in this.

- Proven experience with unit testing frameworks, preferably Google Test although others would be fine too. It would be very useful to provide some links to test code that you have written.

- Proven experience with writing code for at least two of Microsoft Windows, Linux, Apple Mac OS X, Android, iOS or WinRT. MaidSafe code is expected to run on all of these. Again links to examples would be great.

- Proven experience with writing C++11/14 code, especially using the C++ 11/14 STL. Links to examples please! - A presence on Stack Overflow, where you have asked or answered hard questions and been recognised by others for your answers.

- At least a minimum of experience writing C++ which works on Microsoft C++ compiler. MaidSafe code needs to work on Visual Studio 2013, so you would have to constrain your C++ to that feature set whilst awaiting Visual Studio 14 to be released.

Lovely to have

- Proven experience with code correctness checking tools such as valgrind, Purify, clang sanitisers and equivalents. Examples of where you have used them would be great.

- Proven experience with code peer review tools such as Gerrit or equivalents, with links to examples if possible

- Proven experience with CMAKE on both Windows and on POSIX, again with examples to links if possible

- Proven experience in writing and debugging multithreaded code, again any links where you wrote or debugged some multithreaded code would be very useful. In an interview, we would certainly ask for details on this as the MaidSafe code base is multithreaded.

Ideal to have (don’t worry if you don’t)

Proven experience in the Boost C++ libraries and C++ STL. Examples may include:

- History of posts to mailing lists.

- Stack Overflow answers.

- Books written on C++ theory or practice.

- Papers submitted to ISO C++ standards committees, preferably WG21.

- Your own code that has passed an open source community review (or even submitted for a review and was rejected). Presentations or lectures given at computer science related conferences. Links to the video of your talk would be superb.

- Academic papers on computer science theory or practice. Rejected papers are welcome.

Working at MaidSafe

MaidSafe is a small and highly innovative open source technology company where your role is likely to be more varied than the highly specialised roles typical in a corporate employer. They are developing a decentralised and global computing platform that will fundamentally change how the Internet works for millions of users, delivering privacy, security and freedom for everyone. This role provides the opportunity to work for a cutting edge Open Source company with a big future, as well as the freedom to push your skills to the limit.

The location

MaidSafe are headquartered in Troon, on Scotland’s beautiful West Coast. Troon is a small and affluent town and has an excellent choice of independent bars, restaurants and shops, with first class transport links including a rail link and an international airport .

The area is a popular with families and is within easy reach of a number of excellent state and private schools, serving both primary and secondary students. There are also a number of Universities within easy reach and it is worth mentioning that University education is free of tuition fees for Scottish residents. Troon is well known for its large expanse of sandy beaches and those who prefer an active lifestyle will find first class golf, rugby, fishing, football and cycling on their doorstep. Located just 30 minutes from Glasgow, Scotland’s largest and most vibrant city, there is easy access to some of Europe’s best shopping and a lively nightlife.

Compensation

Being located in Scotland has advantages beyond the clean air and stunning scenery. Household expenditure is just 60% of that in London and average rental payments are 46% below the UK average. Similarly, mortgage payments are 17% below the UK average, while Scotland is estimated to have the 14th best standard of living anywhere in the world, based on GDP. It is also worth noting that the UK median gross annual income within the Information and Communication sector was just under £36,000 in 2012, the highest of all industries.

Further to a 3 month trial period, the salary at MaidSafe is £40k per annum. New employees will also become part of the employee benefit trust, an ownership scheme that currently distributes more than 25% of the company’s shares amongst a team of 15.

How to apply

Please supply MaidSafe with a list of URLs of evidence showing them why you would be a great hire, explaining the context of those URLs where necessary and the company will get back to you if we would like any additional information.

Yes, I'm definitely considering it. But I'd rather just wait a few more months (March 2015) and finally get the official Soylent shipped.

As much as I like the taste, for me the main selling point of Soylent is that for example, I could buy 28 bags of Soylent at once and automatically get more every month. Not have to worry about buying and preparing food.

I've tried eating Soylent 1.0 almost exclusively for two weeks and I really enjoyed it. I wish I could have access to more Soylent, but I live in Canada and Soylent is very rare. I used a blender to mix the Soylent and I added frozen strawberries and sometimes mangos, peaches or bananas. I also sometimes added soy milk. I am also open to try adding other ingredients to Soylent, but I would need more Soylent.

Frankly, I would easily eat it for 90%-100% of my meals. They said in a recent email that they are going to ship to Canada in March 2015...

What I like the most about it is that it's easy to prepare and when I prepare one pouch, I have enough to drink/eat for almost two days. Also, I think it tastes really good. And I love the vision of the company.