Recent news from the dev:

Here are the changes relevant from version 1.3 to version 1.4.2:

    - Alert key notifications.
    - Addition of 20 ChainWorks Industries seednodes, now totalling 27 seednodes.
    - Hindi language translation added. Now 65 total languages including dialects.
    - Additional checkpoints added.
    - Dependency updates: Windows open SSL update. Mac Berkley DB library update.
    - Numerous documentation updates.
    - Copyright years updated both in the wallet and in various documentations.


All of these changes can be viewed in the commit list in the master branch of our GitHub.
Released v1.4.2 wallets for Windows and Mac are up-to-date with the current source code.

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I now have the LED on the C.H.I.P. flash when a block paces on the EverGreenCoin blockchain.   Smiley

EDIT: Please join us on the EGC Renewables forum for more details. https://evergreencoin.org/groups/egc-renewables/forum/
 As development progresses with the EverGreenCoin Solar Staker, details will only be there. Of course, I will announce major milestones here as well. For a closer pulse of the heartbeat, pun intended, please join us there.

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If anyone has anything they wish to list in the marketplace, please, by all means. Items on the marketplace do not need to be 'green' items, as that question has been asked. To list an item, you just need to create an EverGreenCoin.org account and click any of the menu options under 'seller' in the 'marketplace' sub-menu under 'shop'. From there you can apply to be a vendor, just tick the 'apply to be a vendor' checkbox and click submit. I then approve your vendor status and you will be able to add items.

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I know some of the community are in disagreement with EverGreenCoin's stance, specifically EverGreenCoin Cannabis's stance, on marijuana both in recreation form and medicinal form. I have had private conversations with community members on the topic and fully understand the negative implications.

I do personally think those implications are amplified by the prohibition and the social stigma, and in some ways social glorification, of the plant. The evidence of the benefits of the plant is overwhelming and I don't think fully realized and will not be until social stigmas are diluted with time or, in a better scenario, disproved and removed with understanding. Of course, one can not dispute the many other benefits we could be yielding from the plant in textiles, paper, disposables, fuel, etc.

Bow has done a great job maintaining the EverGreenCoin Cannabis facebook page with evidence. https://facebook.com/EverGreenCoin420 and that has been bringing new eyes to EverGreenCoin as I only recently have started sharing those posts in other anti-prohibition groups. If you are active on facebook, I ask you to do the same.

Bow has also purchased some stock of EverGreenCoin Cannabis T-shirts that are now for sale in the EverGreenCoin marketplace. 20% of the proceeds go directly to the EverGreenCoin Foundation. They can be purchased with Credit Cards, PayPal, or hundreds of coins or receive a $5 discount if purchased with EverGreenCoin. Shipping is included but I do ask for an additional $5 for international shipping out of the United States to help me absorb that additional cost.

https://evergreencoin.org/product/evergreencoin-cannabis-t-shirt/

https://evergreencoin.org/product/evergreencoin-cannabis-t-shirt-egc-only/

The stock will not be received, by me as I will be shipping them, until the 20th but I will make certain any orders received by then will go out on that day. I will also cover expedited shipping on that day, if it is available to the destination.

For the record, I do not personally partake but I have first hand seen the medicinal benefits.

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To update the EverGreenCoin community on the EverGreenCoin Android wallet, the Android developer does have an EverGreenCoin wallet running on an Android device and connected to the EverGreenCoin network. He is now working on the actual communication of the Android wallet with the network via an EverGreenCoin ABE block explorer.

While I do fully understand the Android wallet is behind schedule and was roadmapped for Q4 of 2016, because of all the 'administration nightmares' (SciFi Domain scam, UniqueBTC drama) securing an Android developer, of which I talked with five in total, in mid-to-late Q4 2016 was hampered and thus pushing the timeframe already. Then in early December the Android developer had to do some unplanned traveling for his job that allowed him no time to devote to the task. But now everything is back to full swing.

At any rate, I do apologize and accept responsibility for missing the roadmapped quarter of the EverGreenCoin Android wallet. That said, I am pleased to announce, it will not be missed by much. Not much at all. I, of course, will keep you all posted as to any dates as soon as I feel confident in them. Do expect those details in the very near future.

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The shirts Bow ordered are in! All sizes are available. Shipping is included, now even on international orders!

Pay with EGC, $25 https://evergreencoin.org/product/evergreencoin-cannabis-t-shirt-egc-only/

Pay with PayPal, Credit Card, or any other crypto, $30 https://evergreencoin.org/product/evergreencoin-cannabis-t-shirt/

EDIT: I forgot to mention, 20% of all sales go directly to the EverGreenCoin Foundation in the form of EGC. Whether direct from EGC sales or purchased off an exchange from proceeds of all other sales.