The Upfiring dApp — Mid-January 2018 Update

Source Code, Graphics, Development Frameworks

With the current development schedule, some of the application’s source code and graphics will be available and ready to be shared with the community for review by early-mid February. More code and graphic design work will continue to be shared through early March as it is developed and improved. Our current estimate is that the earliest version of the Upfiring application will be available for download at the end of March 2018.

Development Framework

The application is currently being developed with the Electron Javascript framework. This will allow the application to be cross-platform and function on Windows, MacOS, and Linux environments. ElectronJS is open-source and you can learn more about it — as well as some of the applications built on it (you probably use a few) — on their Website and Github.

More Information and Frequently Asked Questions

Development Team Information

This question has been addressed many times via email and on our communities, but we want to reiterate it and go into some further detail. Due to the nature of the project, the Upfiring development team will remain publicly anonymous. This means that — as with many other P2P file-sharing applications — the team will not be posted on the homepage. If you have been been given some information regarding the team, we also ask that you that you do not post about it on our social media pages for the protection of those working to make this project a success. We have no problem with people discussing this topic privately (Discord, Telegram, Reddit PMs, etc).

We understand keeping the team private is not ideal, but it is a part of the project and we hope to gain the communities trust by excelling in other ways — such as providing some development code, application graphics, and being active on our social media platforms. If you do not feel comfortable holding UFR until the application is further along in development and more source code can be provided to the community for evaluation, it is understandable.

If someone is seeding a file for 0.5 UFR, can’t I just download it and reseed it at 0.3 UFR?

Yes. However, this will be considered a new file and you will have to distribute the new download link yourself. If you seed the file at 0.5 UFR, it is treated as the same file and you (and all the existing seeders of that file at 0.5 UFR) will be rewarded with UFR every time that file is downloaded. This also adds to the number of peers and increases the download speed, making it a more attractive option for downloaders. Lastly, you and each of the other seeders will all mutually benefit from one another’s promotional efforts (such as posting the link on forums, Twitter, etc). As a result, it is not always in your best interest to reseed a file for a lower price.

Can I search for files within the application?

No. When you seed a new file you will be given a link. It is your responsibility to promote and post your own link. These can be posted on existing P2P file-sharing sites, or there may be communities formed in the future specifically designed for sharing Upfiring links.

Why would anyone want to use Upfiring over existing P2P file-sharing applications? What advantages does it offer? Why would anyone pay for something that is currently free?

The correct question to ask is “Why would anyone seed and share their files on a P2P network when they get absolutely nothing in return for it?” That is the current state of all existing P2P file-sharing applications today. Because seeders gain nothing in return for their work, they have no real incentive to go out of their way to make new files available to others. This can make finding desired files with enough peers next to impossible on many existing P2P networks.

With Upfiring, file-availability will never be an issue. Because seeders are passively rewarded with UFR for seeding on the network, they will actively aim to seed new files and promote them whenever possible in order to earn larger incentives. In addition, those who download files will want to seed them afterwords in order to earn a share of the total UFR earnings for those files.

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