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

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?

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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.

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sparkedwave.com.
Sparked Wave Website
contact@sparkedwave.com

BlockMaster

Having separate tokens sounds cool but I think it would be a mess and less people would donate. Dedicated addresses seems like it would be the way to go with multi-signatures (site and dreamer?).

LukeSkywalker

BlockMaster that makes sense. I'm gonna think about this.

Sparked-Wave I will let you do your thing, that is why it caught my eye, I don't want to start sploshing your work of art ?

Any plans for an advanced mode in the future keep this version easy to understand?

BlockMaster thought about it.
What if each token represented a % of the dream.
So if someone sponsored 10% of the cost of realizing a dream, he would get 10 dream tokens.
In the case of my dream the ticket to the moon is expensive so it would give major donors the ability to express how they wish to contribute by applying their sponsor lumens to a specific part of dream which they support or have expertize in.

Finally, with a 1 to 1 ratio between:
1-Dream tokens issued
and
2-Lumens requested

We could distribute the tokens proportionally to all sponsors.
Each token would be recorded in the blockchain of donations for this specific dream. it would ease and secure requests for refund and each sponsor could track their dream dollars.

They would connected to the dream, part of it.

I am just having fun dreaming about your dream machine

but nothing prevents me from implementing this on my site

Sparked-Wave

Thank you for the mention @chris.

I just found a nice article about Sparked Wave from a few days ago on GoStellar,

GoStellar is a website that seeks to centralize all the news related to Stellar and is a fellow SBC participant.

Go check the Article out and have a look at what Chris is trying to accomplish for the Stellar community.

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

lumenator

Sparked-Wave Typo (comma) on your site right above the embedded video:

"How to use sparkedwave,com"

Sparked-Wave

lumenator

Nice find. Fixed and thank you for your keen eyes.

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sparkedwave.com.
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LukeSkywalker

An advanced mode is a brilliant idea for the future. I hadn’t considered that. It would still allow for the site to be simple but I could include it for more knowledgeable users. Excellent suggestion. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on what features could be included in this advanced mode as well as working out how best to implement them.

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

mikaelo

I like the idea, business and what you trying to achieve here. I think the layout and design and message needs to be clearer. Happy to help Im big fan of Stellar

Sparked-Wave

mikaelo

Thank you for your support. Any insights you wish to share are always welcome and I look forward to hearing your thoughts as I continue to develop Sparked Wave. I’m interested in how you picture the message and overall site design on sparkedwave.com becoming clearer for users.

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

LukeSkywalker

Will Do! a bit busy right now just started working on an fascinating contract crypto related hw/sw and possibility to join in my project. I will make some time no problem.

I will propose a desing that will be managed by my platform.

We could try and embed a widget on my dream page that I could develop remotely ? It would be simpler than fiddling in a window as the dream owner when logged in and you having to convert text I would enter as web code (like does embedded jsfiddle. But it is up to you.

I will get back to you ASAP cheers!

Sparked-Wave

LukeSkywalker

Nice Idea, I like it. I will get to implementing something like that in the future. I'm also busy getting the social network component of the site done. Hopefully I will have an update for everyone soon.

Thanks again.

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

Sparked-Wave

Update 6

I have finished the social media platform feature of Sparked Wave.

This blends the old account viewer into a new profile page for images, links and messages to be posted on.
A profile image can be set and this page acts like any other profile page members could be familiar with.

The old update dream form is also gone and instead a new chat room is now available for both general discussion and updating dreams and projects.

A new login and registration form is also in play. This form now sends an email with the chosen password to anyone who registers to be helpful for users.

Even though I did not get a prize in the SBC I'd still like to thank everyone who contributed with thoughts, ideas and support up to this point and hope to work with some of you into the future.

Best wishes to you all.

Owner and manager,
sparkedwave.com.
Sparked Wave Website
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