Hello I am pleased to announce for the SBC sparkedwave.com . Sparked Wave a crowdfunding platform that will help launch Stellar into mainstream adoption while making a better world one dream at a time. Crowdfunding your passions, hopes, dreams and projects using a simple, stylish and community guided platform. I want people to be able to fund their dreams in a fun and inspiring manner, where the only gains of those who pledge, are the gains of being a part of each other’s dreams. It has always been my belief that to change the world one needs but a single spark, a single notion of an idea for a dream to begin to take shape, and within this, so inspire the wave of revolution. It is my greatest hope that you will join with me in making this a successful venture, and I look forward to seeing the brighter future we can bring forth together. BREAKDOWN A crowdfunding website where payments are made in support of dreams or projects using Stellar Lumens. Dream/project managers update their progress after their funding is over for the community as a whole. All dreams or projects must be fun and make the world a nicer place to live, even if it’s on a personal level (yes making you happy is a valid reason but try to be creative). Both fully funded and partially funded plans are needed when submitting a dream or project (another great opportunity to be creative. HINT: look at previous campaigns to get ideas). RECENT FIXES/UPDATES Miner bug fixes. Increased days a campaign is allowed to run to 90. Added downloadable badges in “My Account” (allows for the collection of badges that help the user to keep track of dreams and projects they supported). I look forward to hearing from the community. Any Ideas, suggestions or comments are always appreciated. So head to sparkedwave.com to sign up, submit a project or fund one another’s dreams. Thank you for your support and I look forward to helping you spark your dreams, one Lumen at a time. Owner and manager, Sparked Wave

Hi sparked wave, I like your crowdfunding platform. Kickstarter is a great model to use. I am also entering the SBC. I would like to chat about including me in your web site platform. Here is my Campaign that could be part of your crowdfunding platform. Stellar Economy is a growing global alliance of individuals, organisation’s, businesses, and policymakers working towards a world free of plastic pollution and its toxic impacts on humans, animals, waterways and oceans that negatively affect our environment. The platform is designed to be open and accessible to everyone. This document outlines the longterm goals of the Stellar Economy. Mission The mission of the Stellar Economy (SE) is to redefine profit and establish a Profit for All platform that promotes global awareness to the issues of plastic pollution. SE will offer very viable solutions to support a healthier planet and reduce the damaging impact that plastic products can have on our environment. SE will accomplish this by expanding worldwide access to educational ideas, along with the manufacturing and sale of fair trade products such as Reusable straws, utensils and bags designed to reduce unnecessary plastic use. SE’s vision is an open and affordable production design system where people of all income levels can access fair trade eco products with our BOWGO buy one we gift one pay it forward model. The Stellar Economy product line’s will follow the philosophy of zero waste which encourages the redesign of resource life cycles so product materials are reused and / or Biodegradable. The products will have the Stellar Economy logo and we will also offer a pay it forward Profit for All manufacturing facilities for private label production to aid in the development and maintenance of strong corporate alliances. Our planet is being adversely affected by plastic straws, utensils and bags. SE mission is to replace them with reusable and biodegradable alternatives. Responsibilities To promote global awareness of the issues on Plastic Pollution and offer viable solutions. SE shall: ~Develop and maintain a platform that promotes global awareness to the issues of plastic pollution. ~Offer real solutions that support a healthier cleaner world. ~Make strategic partnerships with other Plastic Pollution organisations offering fund raising support. ~Expand our production with our charity partners buying more equipment and offering more jobs to produce fair trade products done through new sewing manufacturing facilities. Our production of Reusable straws, utensils and bags is presently being done with Physically challenged, women who are confined to wheel chairs. Our goal is to expand to teens that do not have parents or women who do not have husbands. ~Create programs to develop self confidence, physical and economic independence and increased awareness in the general community for people who are physically challenged, orphaned or are single mothers. ~Support fair trade production of SE eco products that have a BOWGO buy one we gift one pay it forward model. ~Develop and maintain publicly accessible tools and services to support the Stellar Economy profit for all model and its users. ~Provide guidance and direction for the Stellar Economy ecosystem. Promote adoption of Stellar Economy profit for all model as a worldwide method to reduce plastic use as well as support other global issues. ~Expand to other Global issues like the Bee Population. Raise money for Bee Farmers and give a bigger voice to professional beekeepers. ~Create and support global partnerships and educational initiatives on the issues of plastic pollution as well as boost Profit for All literacy and development efforts at the corporate and community level. ~Stellar lumens (XML) will be the payment method for all SE products purchased by the Stellar Community. I look forward to hearing what you think using the stellar builder challenge to support working towards a world free of plastic pollution and its toxic impacts on humans, animals, waterways and oceans that negatively affect our environment. Glenn-Philip Adams

StellarEconomy Hello Glenn, Stellar Economy sounds like a very worthwhile project and I wish you luck in the SBC as well as success in achieving the mission you have set forth upon. I also think Stellar Economy would be a perfect campaign for Sparked Wave. I almost have enough information from what you provided to go ahead with setting up your campaign, I just need a few more things. Firstly If you could head over to sparkedwave.com and click on ‘Sign Up’. Once signed up click on ‘Submit Dream’ and fill out the Submit Dream Form. On the form I will need the amount of XML you want crowdfunded, your XML wallet address (public key) and the amount of days you want your campaign to run for. For the other three sections (Title, Why Support and The Description) you have already given me enough information so If you don’t want to fill them in just type “Previously Supplied” in these sections (Alternatively If you would like to write something else just fill them out as prompted). Finally read and agree to the terms of use and click the blue Submit button. After I receive this information an individual icon will be made for your campaign as well as a badge that will be available for your backers as a proof of support download. I wanted Sparked Wave to be a platform to Inspire people to support each others dreams or projects and I think Stellar Economy If a very worthwhile project, one that I would be proud to include on sparkedwave.com. I wish you well in the SBC and in achieving your funding goals. Owner and manager, Sparked Wave

Also If anyone else has any SBC projects that they feel may benefit from some XLM crowdfunding that they want to run past me, feel free to post. Or go to sparkedwave.com, sign up and click on 'Submit Dream' to submit your project for review. Owner and manager, Sparked Wave

Nice start. Stellar is amazing for crowdfunding platforms.

cryptobrant Thanks cryptobrant. I agree, Stellar is perfect for crowdfunding. If you have any suggestions, or features you would like to see added to sparkedwave.com let me know. Owner and manager, Sparked Wave

Sparked-Wave Thanks for the information, I will get to work on this next week. What will be your method of advertising to get people to see your web site?

StellarEconomy Hello Glenn, thanks for signing up and being a part of Sparked Wave. The site has just launched, therefore the advertising campaign is only in the first stage. To answer your question first let me explain that my advertising strategy has been planned out in stages. Since stage one is the stage we are at, I’ll give you my stage one breakdown at least as it presently stands. STAGE ONE ADVERTISING PLAN BREAKDOWN Search engine optimization (SEO) incorporation and tactics. Announce to the stellar community at large, invite participation, showcase website and incorporate feedback. Involve the entire cryptocurrency community and again invite participation, showcase website and incorporate feedback. Contact and utilise blogs, articles and other media that focuses on cryptocurrency news to showcase Sparked Wave. Paid Advertisements on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Paid Advertisements on several cryptocurrency sites. Assess effectiveness of different advertisements and incorporate what is learnt into stage 2. I have other plans for the latter stages however it must be noted that once these components are complete they will effect my future stages and so the plans will be altered depending on stage one. I hope this gives you some insight into the methods I plan to use. I’m happy to explain further or to answer any other question you may have. Hope your campaign goes well and I look forward to reading what you submit latter next week. Owner and manager, Sparked Wave

Also I should add that I have decided in the hope of supporting the stellar developer community, to forgo the 5% fee on project/dream creation for all stellar network incorporated projects. So Glen there will be no commission taken on your project and 100% of any XML raised will be sent to your XML wallet at the end of your campaign. I wish you the best of luck with such a worthwhile project. Owner and manager, Sparked Wave

This is great. I will register soon as i have been looking for something like this to launch my ICO project on the stellar network. i think someone else started something like this, i believe it was icolator but it didnt have traction.

layinka Hello Layinka, Thank you, for your decision to use sparkedwave.com. I very much look forward to reading about your ICO project. An ICO launch would be perfect for sparkedwave.com. I wish you good fortune in your campaign and hope that it is of a great success. In reference to Icolator, they seemed to want to focus on ICO development but as you mentioned it just didn’t get the numbers of people involved that it needed. Still one day in the future it may takeoff, so I wish them the best of luck. Unlike Icolator Sparked Wave will include every crowdfunding endeavor (no matter the size or type) as long as the projects have a touch of fun and are ethically sound. This widens the scope of participation from users substantially and will build a healthy community. I greatly look forward to receiving your ICO project submission when you are ready and I thank you Layinka once again for choosing Sparked Wave. Owner and manager, Sparked Wave

Sparked Wave - a crowdfunding website using the stellar network

LukeSkywalker

I have quite a few of these dreams and need a platform to share/fund them. I'm going to sign up. I have a stellar based project and within this project I was looking to ICO the dream projects of mine.

Sparked-Wave

LukeSkywalker

Hello and welcome. Hopefully Sparked Wave serves you well in your crowdfunding endeavours. Thank you for signing up and I greatly look forward to seeing what dreams and projects you use this platform for.

Also your 2 pledges have been processed and would have appeared on the site by now. If you have any questions or changes you would like implemented let me know and thanks once again for joining sparkedwave.com.

Owner and manager,
Sparked Wave

LukeSkywalker

Awesome. One of those dreams is exactly inline with stellar aerospace ? (a link I followed in one of the current dreams) it's actually the full implementation, something Elon Musk would want to do, I call it decentralized Xprize.

I submitted a first dream, I had already written a description down so I used it as I<m in a bit of a hurry to get back to coding. Let me know if you have any questions I will clarify.

Sparked-Wave

@LukeSkywalker
I’ll get your project up on the site shortly. A very exciting idea and it does indeed align with the ideals of the aerospace project. Your idea is fantastic by the way, I think it’s a marvellous concept and sounds like a revolutionary way to approach the problems involved with space travel.

I am curious to know if you have some sort of background in engineering?

This is some next level thinking and I very much support it and thank you for using Sparked Wave for this and future projects.

Owner and manager,
Sparked Wave

BlockMaster

Nice idea, I would suggest these features:
Categories
Shop page - list amount funded and wanted under project

Sparked-Wave

BlockMaster
Hello, and thank you for your support.
Some excellent suggestions, I truly appreciate your thoughts and think both features are very good ideas.
I'll get to incorporating them as soon as I can.
Thanks once again for your input.

Owner and manager,
Sparked Wave

StellarEconomy

Sparked-Wave Hi SW I am trying to sign up and add my project however the sign up and log in is not working. Please advise thanks
Stellar Economy

Sparked-Wave

StellarEconomy

I’ll get to the bottom of it for you.
I think It may be that your password isn’t matching the one you supplied at your registration a few weeks ago, so I will reset it for you.

The problem you are having with signing up is due to the site having a security feature where multiple accounts cannot be set up under the same email address. This means if you are trying to set up a new account with the same email address it won’t work.

I will send you an email with your username and a temporary password that you can use.

Once you have signed in with the new password you can change it. To do this go to “My Account” and click on the “Edit Account” tab to change the password to something you would like.

So please check for an email and let me know if the problem isn't solved.
I look forward to reading what you submit.

Owner and manager,
Sparked Wave

Sparked-Wave

Weekly Update 3

Hello.
As we near the end of the SBC and reach the 3rd weekly update I have a few new features to report on as well as highlight some plans for the future.

New features

Added a display of the amount of XLM pledged and final goal to the bottom of each project.
Added the ability to assign categories to all dreams and projects. Currently there is three options: Under 100 XLM, Stellar Network and Alternative. Categories will change and increase as different dreams or projects are added.
Added a display of related dreams or projects at the bottom of each campaign.
Image submission on "Update Form" no longer required, and people can now update just by text.

Future Plans

"Submit Dream” and “Update Dream” tutorial videos in the works.
Social media incorporation is being looked into.
Allowing more options in what can be uploaded and how dreams or projects can be displayed.

New projects

Another new and exciting stellar related project has been added called Xprize.
So check it out

Dream or project Updates

2 new dream or project updates have been submitted.

Spice Sisters Blog Update
Cup Of Coffee Blog Update

Thank you to everyone who has been involved with Sparked Wave thus far, your support and insight has been most welcome.

Owner and manager,
Sparked Wave

LukeSkywalker

Hi Again, sorry for the late response, I am trying to finish up my SBC project submission.

Thank you for the positive feedback....

I have a technologist diploma in electrical engineering - Telecommunications Branch, it's a electronics technician degree but with it's 3 years instead of two.

After that I studied 4 years at ETS University in Montreal and got my Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.

So I have 7 years of study. I am grateful that because of this we were aloud to take up to 3 masters level classes which I gladely took with much appreciation.

The first version of the idea came during my first degree studies, I was like 18? omg it's been 20 years already.

LukeSkywalker

Who doesn't idolize Elon Musk, especially if you're an electrical engineer.

The idea sparked from the combination of 3 elements that had no relations to each other besides their perfect timing which I did not plan...definitely not random imho for this case.

Here is the trifecta
1: The first year of college right after High School is when you really start to learn, they were teaching us philosophy (luv it), french (hate it) electronic(awesome) math(bring it) programming(thass right) ...lol

2:I had just finished watching a documentary about NASA space exploration program and it was a recurring them back then to talk about the high cost of bringing payload to escape gravity, they would always start dreamy and majestic and end up with the same payload party pooping conclusion.

3:So I was like: Ok how do we solve the payload problem? Where is most of the payload distributed/wasted? well it obvious: those space shuttle are pretty much all propellant payload....so then I closed my eyes and asked myself to imagine the day when this payload issue would be solved. Once you accept the fact that your number one space exploration technology is primitive and you are 100% certain that it destined to deprecate from the get go then you become free and let it go, you stop looking at it and you start asking the questions.

So ok lets remove the big ass can o gas from Mankind's most accomplished masterpiece of science and technology....atomic energy?...meehhh...not yet....we don't master it well..

3:Then the final element bonded everything together I'm studying electronics...boooooooom.ok add a couple hot wheels commercials when I was little with the tracks we played with, also supercolliders those things are awesome and accelerate hella fast. That was either my 1st or my 2nd dream ever but definitely the biggest one. Good times ? I remeber sending an email to NASA about it...who knows right. But yeah it seems that it is the only piece missing in the Tesla Collection, it screams Reserved for Yan cuz we all deserve at least right? if we want it.

omg dude stephen hawkings just died right like today? Well do you know who<s birthday it is today? Albert Einstein...omg....
Here is the part of a phrase I<v been pushing up for a while now (before I just realized the Hawking Einstein Pattern ....:
" and humbly I say I was part of a complex event and even though I was alone in my pondering and meditation I was using ideas and knowledge from many sources and people"

I am going to stop here, I could keep going but I will keep for another time.

Your project is very nice BTW, those silver shades caught me and I was actually going uh oh for fraction of an instant as it was the first time I felt competition in the SBC, but turns out you have a nice concept that fulfilled my exact need, turns out you implemented the part in my project that was still missing, not yet implemented. So I figured I had nothing to lose if I submitted my dream...thank you for posting BTW....We can and must do this ICO.....Im not Elon musk but we are both Electrical engineers we both love physics I had the best grade of my school in Electromagnetics....the hardest of the whole program, we are both canadian, He now lives in LA, but form 2009 to 2013 I was living in LA, I defended an article about his Hyperloopz last winter because I saw there was obvious trolls trying to discredit Elons Pet project at the time..you know what it was....HyperLooopz ? HyperLoops and Xprize super acceleration are both basically the same technology...woa.....and then there Is a whole bunch of other connections(hyperloopz-russian university-Ethereum-Stellar-amazing)....which connects back here...Cheers man I got to go to bed. Your dream sparker really looks like it has a lot of sparking potential...even the name says it ? spark - electricity

So I wish you great success and long integrity we need this.. don't worry I'm a big team player and love competition I just got so invested since I started on my stellar site that I need to get one of the prizes absolutely to pay bills, Im all in Stellar dev...lol..don't worry though I am movingback home for sometime, I miss my family and my son - I am trusting the force and letting it guide me/ listening to it/ trusting it. But friend...I would love to have one of those cups of coffee with you and Elon Musk.

P.S. I've been actively maintaining and studying the xPrize for a long time...so I am ready, I also left some hints to try and help out the hyperloopz project on that article which was part of my rebutle to those trolls who wre using the technical challenges to criticize the project....it really felt like it was the competition of the Hyperloopz project
who were trolling...actually I remember now being heartbroken when I saw the news report about hyperloopz cuz no one believed me for years when I told them and I had it as a dream...lol....I worked for bombardier for a while...everyone said I was crazy...but once again the connections...its all good thoughbecause sincethen I have had many opportunities to enjoy/explore many ideas projects and lots of new discoveries (the xprize easily makes you see the hypertrain, the trolls try to discredit the originality of the invention with some earlier ideas from the 1900's) but who cares,I am starting to ponder what knowledge and discoveries I should share and which I should keep for other people to discover for themselves as I am sure happens to all of us..because discovering understanding is the greatest feeling in the world, one of the core purposes of life...wow... ?

P.S.There is one more dream that I have at heart very much....this one is medical though and we need it to save lives..I do not understand why it is not out it makes no sense, I hope it is not kept from the population on purpose, my guess they are on the cusps on turning the light on this one...but I am very dispointed cuz I know there is greed and pride in there....very selfish... but I will send you the description, I will let you have the discretion of handling with whoever you...but this idea...I would actually sacrifice the Xprize if it was the only way to get the medical device commercialized...because people are dying everyday..both idea were thought of almost at the same time...perhaps months appart.....its been 20 years...

ok I must pause this inspiring thread for now.

One last thing: I so lucky o what

Last year I bought a domain name that I think is perfect for the xprize project..

xprize.us i think its perfect...i think it screams made in america i dont even think its mine ?

xprize.us decentralized moonshot! making america great again. Thanks for the sparks

Sparked-Wave

LukeSkywalker

Hello Yan.
Thank you for such a wonderful response.

Hearing about how your idea formed is remarkable and so intriguing. I very much enjoy your way of thinking and think we would get on splendidly. Your insight and ingenuity is exactly what I hoped Sparked Wave would help to inspire so thank you so much. I feel truly blessed to be able to offer my service to you and hope together we can spark a fun and positive change in the world.

Also thank you for the insight into your background. I’m going to update your project with a note about the extensive knowledge you have (providing you have no objection). I've marked my calendar and am looking forward to that cup of coffee with you and Elon one day soon, as well as working with you on future projects and dreams.

I hope your SBC project also goes well. I just had a look at it and think it’s truly impressive and will be very useful for a lot of people. So keep being an inspiration to other’s dreams and hopes for a brighter tomorrow for all.

Thank you once more for your integrity, kindness and for choosing Sparked Wave for your dreams.
I look forward to the future we can all create together.

Owner and manager,
Sparked Wave

LukeSkywalker

Yes please go ahead with the update ?

Thanks for the spark of encouragement, keeping the engine timing impeccable and avoiding any knocks on the engine which would of caused a misfire ? Now to implement the electromagnetic propulsion version of it using MAG LEV technology.

I know my friends on cryptocompare XLM channel are often looking for good ICO/project funding platforms. I am certain they would appreciate your platform and look forward to seeing it promoted there sometime soon.

Sparked-Wave

LukeSkywalker

Thank you Yan,

I have updated your project with a note on your extensive experience.

I will be giving a visit to cryptocompare some time in the future. I look forward to seeing what dreams and projects that community will use Sparked Wave for.

Thanks again for your support and enthusiasm.

Owner and manager,
Sparked Wave

BlockMaster

It's looking really good.

I would force https. Cloudflare can do this easily.

I think the cart should be changed from "No products in the cart" to "No dreams or projects in the cart"

Maybe in the future it would be cool to add graphs of total projects, pledges, and etc. This is just a future idea.

Sparked-Wave

BlockMaster

Thank you once more for your suggestions, they are most appreciated.

I am really keen on the idea of incorporating graphs of projects, pledges and other data into the site as well, once sparkedwave.com is a bit older.

I have gone ahead and forced https as you suggested and changed the cart empty message to “Your cart is empty, why not add some dreams or projects.” To be more appropriate.

Thank you again for your input. It really is appreciated and it all helps to make Sparked Wave into a site that’s worthy of its users.

Owner and manager,
Sparked Wave

Sparked-Wave

Weekly Update 4

Hello.
Welcome to my week 4 update. I will continue these updates while Sparked Wave continues to grow and I add any other features requested. I will be switching my focus to advertising in the coming weeks.

Updates/Bug Fixes

Fixed minor bug of the displayed text for cart empty message.
Forced https on whole site.

Three New Stellar Projects
Three new projects have been added to Sparked Wave. One is a Stellar based project while the other two are more down to earth.

Fund Distribution Explained

I’d like to explain the current system of payment distribution in a bit more detail. As stated previously 95% of payments currently go to a campaign's fund while 5% is redistributed amongst other projects. The idea behind this “all for one and one for all” funding system is to allow for the Sparked Wave community to benefit from each other’s success. It is my hope that this will encourage a sense of camaraderie amongst the Sparked Wave community.

Thank you for your support and for using Sparked Wave. I look forward to seeing what the future brings. If anyone wants to contact me you can use the contact form or send an email to contact@sparkedwave.com

Owner and manager,
Sparked Wave

Sparked-Wave

Weekly Update 5

Hello, I am pleased to announce this week’s update and it’s a big one. This update is a bit earlier than usual since I’m keen to show off the newly completed UI system I have been working on. The whole site has been redesigned to give a more streamlined user experience as well as to look sleek and polished.

I have compressed different pages, information and explanations into a more user friendly site while adding a whole host of new features in what is the site’s first major update.

New Features

Graphics update to header, footer and overall colour scheme.
New UI of website focused on cutting down menu items and pages from eight to five and changing the overall site look to be more user friendly.
User submitted dream and update forms changed to be more user friendly to allow for a faster and easier user experience.
Social media, sharing and other useful options have been included on all dreams or project pages.
- Social media links (facebook, twitter, linkedin).
- Sharing options (facebook messenger, email).
- Other user options (copy dream or project URL, google bookmark).

Bug Fixes

Fixed minor bugs related to incorrect text/graphics display.
Fixed email notification issue that was preventing users from receiving a confirmation on submissions.

Future Plans

A single new complete video tutorial uploaded to explain how to use all features of the site (support a dream, submit a dream, update a dream) (coming shortly).
In the future I plan or combining the account viewer and user submitted dream and project updates into my own version of a social media platform. A simple way to communicate, share and post content amongst the community would be excellent when combined with crowdfunding. It will take sometime to do this so my weekly updates may no longer be weekly. I will in the meantime however continue to inform the Galactic talk community of any purposeful updates to sparkedwave.com that occur.

Thank you

This was a rather large update this week so I hope the new look and functionality of the site appeals to everyone.
Thank you all for your suggestions and enthusiasm. It means a lot and has helped me make Sparked Wave all the more better for it.

So thank you once again and pleasant dreaming.

Owner and manager,
sparkedwave.com.
Sparked Wave Website
contact@sparkedwave.com

LukeSkywalker

Nice! You've been busy I see, i will go take a look, good to know that bugs and issues get dealt with from the get go. I will be doing some work on my sparked dream this week as soon as I've completed the 1st phase of my SBC project.

LukeSkywalker

Would it encourage camaraderie if we users had a distinct stellar token for each dream?

Sparked-Wave

LukeSkywalker

BlockMaster

Thanks for the ideas they are both great and I’ll give them some thought.

I’m trying to find the balance between keeping the site as simple as possible for those new to Stellar and utilising it's true potential. That is why at the moment I have gone down the conventional funding path that people are familiar with for other crowdfunding platforms.

People donate to Sparked Wave’s Stellar address.
Each donation gets confirmed then appears as a pledge on the dream or project they donated to.
At the end of the campaign I send the XLM raised from the Sparked Wave address to the address the dream or project manager provided at the time of submission.

This way it is super simple for people since all they have to do is have a Stellar address and at the end of their campaign the XLM will be sent to their account without them having to do a thing.

That being said I do think having a multi-signature address per campaign does seem like the best way to go in the future. It seems like a good security solution for everyone, plus I think it won’t be too hard for people once they get a general idea of how Stellar works.

When I have more users and the on site social network is set up I plan to let the community hold sway over how the site develops and this would be one of the first topics I’d get opinions on.

Thanks a lot to both of you. Your input as always is excellent.

Owner and manager,
sparkedwave.com.
Sparked Wave Website
contact@sparkedwave.com

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