Bytecoin, the real alternative for Bitcoin!Port used is 9778 but anyway it is just about as dead as any other Alt Coin which can't survive for 3 months.
We are pleased to present you Bytecoin a brand new cryptocurrency based on Bitcoin.
A full website, forum, pool and exchange (BTE/BTC/LR) are coming, keep posted!
Download links:
- Windows: http://www.bytecoin.in/client/bytecoin-0.8.1-win32.7z
- Linux x64: http://www.bytecoin.in/client/bytecoind-0.8.1-linux64.zip
- Source: https://github.com/bryan-mills/bytecoin
How to mine:
As right now no pool exist for bytecoins you need to solomine, the same software/hardware/instructions apply. We will upload full detailed instructions shortly.
- Bryan Mills
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Bytecoin Introduction
Bytecoin was introduced in the well known Bitcointalk at April 02, 2013, 02:28:41 AM. I don't really like the name as it is too similar to Bitcoin.
The Case of IceCoin
Icecoin was founded by Aquaman a member of Bitcointalk (June 11, 2013, 07:40:36 PM). Apparently it died quite early with 24 hours of the launch. We see him closing the thread and deleting the contents of his announcement. The founder had 200k coins premined. But it had a 51% attack that left the chain forked and the coins lost. For Alt Coins, this is not unusual but things took a twist when Nolo decided to relaunch IceCoin apparently without the permission of the Founder, Aquaman. The new relaunch information as below. Hope IceCoin has better luck this time. One thing for sure, wonder how does Aquaman and Nolo going to settle the ownership issue.
No, I am not the creator/developer of this coin.
This coin was originally launched by "AquaMan" in this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=232087.0
He premined 250,000, but when the coin was launched, someone with much more hashing power than he, forked the chain, and apparently those coins were lost. He got mad, and locked the thread.
I am "re-releasing" this coin, with the blockchain still entact. But as of this point, no one has claimed that they received the 250,000 coins.
Here is a link to the Windows binaries: https://mega.co.nz/#!pNw3jAwI!TjFZkWtltmEwiQqt1PBknif_AQUnGVR5Th4utv_PNDw (you'll have to copy and paste that link, can't just click it)
Disclaimer: I did not compile these binaries, and can make no warranty as to their safety. I haven't seen anyone have any problems with them yet.
If someone else was able to grab the source code, and wants to post it, then by all means do it.Here's the source according to Kyune: http://www.mediafire.com/download/ww6g6m6a6auwt3c/Icecoin.tar.gz
From what I can tell:
Block target time: 1 minute
Block subsidy: 10 Icecoins
Difficulty retarget time: 250 blocks (Not sure about this)
The current block count as of this posting: 488 (4,880 coins are in the wild)
RPC port = 8839
port = 8849
Friday, 7 June 2013
Wallet Stealing Coin Modcoin Ucoin Blucoin Richcoin Newcoin
More development on Modcoin, it has been renamed
ucoin
blucoin
richcoin
newcoin
modcoin
All which are trying to steal wallets from those who installed.
ucoin
blucoin
richcoin
newcoin
modcoin
All which are trying to steal wallets from those who installed.
Mod Coin 7 Jun 2013
Another new coin came out on 7 Jun 2013 appearing in Bitcointalk at June 07, 2013, 10:47:17 PM. Information as given in the thread:
Specifications:
- 60 seconds block target
- 10000 coins per block.
- Difficulty retargets every hour, with accelerated retargets at the beginning.
- 6 confirms per transaction.
- Total about 10 million
- connection port is 9321, RPC-port 9322
- Scrypt
Download link (edited away)
(There seems to be a problem with this release as several members of the Bitcointalk community was posting that it contained a wallet stealer)
Sample conf:
listen=1
daemon=1
server=1
rpcuser=**Yourusername**
rpcpassword=**Yourpassword**
rpcallowip=10.1.1.*
rpcport=9322
rpcconnect=127.0.0.1
addnode=112.161.77.213
Specifications:
- 60 seconds block target
- 10000 coins per block.
- Difficulty retargets every hour, with accelerated retargets at the beginning.
- 6 confirms per transaction.
- Total about 10 million
- connection port is 9321, RPC-port 9322
- Scrypt
Download link (edited away)
(There seems to be a problem with this release as several members of the Bitcointalk community was posting that it contained a wallet stealer)
Sample conf:
listen=1
daemon=1
server=1
rpcuser=**Yourusername**
rpcpassword=**Yourpassword**
rpcallowip=10.1.1.*
rpcport=9322
rpcconnect=127.0.0.1
addnode=112.161.77.213
Thursday, 6 June 2013
Stablecoin Start 7 Jun 2013 1700 GMT
This announcement taken from Bitcointalk looks interesting. This is going to be a very fast coin, wonder if it will have any problem?
Rethinking cryptocurrency from the bottom up.
Extensive testing using network simulation software has shown that 40 seconds is the optimal block time. This allows ample time for blocks to propagate across the entire network. It gives us fast confirmations, while minimizing orphans and forking issues that we saw affect faster coins like WorldCoin. Long term, it will also help keep blockchain bloat down. Our testing has shown that a block time lower than 40 second makes a coin unsuitable for long term stability and growth.
Scrypt was chosen as an encryption algorithm. Other candidates were Blue Midnight Wish, SHA3, and Skein. After much analysis we came to the conclusion that such algorithms make for a nice selling point, but fall short of Scrypt in terms of securing a blockchain. Our aim is to create the best coin possible, not lure you in with gimmicks.
We've changed the magic number for StableCoin. What is the magic number? It's an often overlooked, but very important, variable within the code of bitcoin. This value affects how the entire blockchain is formatted, and is a key factor in determining how peers are matched up over the network. Failure to change this value opens the door to many vectors of attack. Ever load up an coin client and have it start to download the Litecoin blockchain? That is because the developers of that coin neglected to change the magic number to a unique value.
Block reward is 25 coins per block, with a block target time of 40 seconds. Difficulty will be recalculated every 90 blocks, which is much lower than other coin releases. We choose this value for several reasons:
1) It allows the network to find it's natural difficulty much faster, ensuring a fair and accurate spread of coins.
2) It prevents blockchain stalling from ever happening. No one likes having to issue a hardfork.
We want StableCoin to be a steadily mined currency, not one that is pumped and dumped. These values will assist us in reaching that goal. A total of 250 million coins will be minted, with block reward halving every ~3.7 years.
We believe the strongest asset a coin can have is active, talented developers. We will be on the forum daily answering questions and resolving issues, as well as helping to grow StableCoin by working behind the scenes to develop and deploy services that will ensure success.
STABLECOIN SHOP
The StableCoin Shop is currently in development and will provide you an outlet through which to spend your coins. Gift cards, Steam games, and other digitally deliverable items will be offered for sale initially. Long term plans include Amazon.com integration, allowing you to order any item off of there. We plan on launching the shop sometime after release, after the market plays out and determines what each StableCoin is worth.
COIN MIXING SERVICE
Bitcoin is a relatively anonymous protocol, but there are still several ways to track the flow of coins and make associations. Thus, we plan on launching a free coin mixing service for StableCoin to make it the most anonymous coin out there. For example, a user can send in 1000 coins, and receive back 1000 completely different coins. This will be done in daily batches and in such a way that ensures complete anonymity. An amount (0.5% of total coins) has been created by us to act as the basis for this service. A small amount of these coins may be used for giveaways and bounties, as the community sees fit.
FAIR LAUNCH
In addition to a 12 hour preannouncement, StableCoin will use the fairest scaling reward system of any coin so far to ensure the fairest launch possible. This is to ensure that early miners do not have an advantage over those late to the game. Our goal is to not have a disproportionate amount of coins created within the first 24 hours. Mined blocks will mature after 20 blocks.
Block 0-90 0 coins
Block 90-180 1 coins
Block 180-270 2 coins
Block 270-360 3 coins
Block 360-450 6 coins
Block 450-540 8 coins
Block 540-630 12 coins
Block 630-720 15 coins
Block 720-810 18 coins
Block 810-900 22 coins
Block 900+ 25 coins
Rethinking cryptocurrency from the bottom up.
Extensive testing using network simulation software has shown that 40 seconds is the optimal block time. This allows ample time for blocks to propagate across the entire network. It gives us fast confirmations, while minimizing orphans and forking issues that we saw affect faster coins like WorldCoin. Long term, it will also help keep blockchain bloat down. Our testing has shown that a block time lower than 40 second makes a coin unsuitable for long term stability and growth.
Scrypt was chosen as an encryption algorithm. Other candidates were Blue Midnight Wish, SHA3, and Skein. After much analysis we came to the conclusion that such algorithms make for a nice selling point, but fall short of Scrypt in terms of securing a blockchain. Our aim is to create the best coin possible, not lure you in with gimmicks.
We've changed the magic number for StableCoin. What is the magic number? It's an often overlooked, but very important, variable within the code of bitcoin. This value affects how the entire blockchain is formatted, and is a key factor in determining how peers are matched up over the network. Failure to change this value opens the door to many vectors of attack. Ever load up an coin client and have it start to download the Litecoin blockchain? That is because the developers of that coin neglected to change the magic number to a unique value.
Block reward is 25 coins per block, with a block target time of 40 seconds. Difficulty will be recalculated every 90 blocks, which is much lower than other coin releases. We choose this value for several reasons:
1) It allows the network to find it's natural difficulty much faster, ensuring a fair and accurate spread of coins.
2) It prevents blockchain stalling from ever happening. No one likes having to issue a hardfork.
We want StableCoin to be a steadily mined currency, not one that is pumped and dumped. These values will assist us in reaching that goal. A total of 250 million coins will be minted, with block reward halving every ~3.7 years.
We believe the strongest asset a coin can have is active, talented developers. We will be on the forum daily answering questions and resolving issues, as well as helping to grow StableCoin by working behind the scenes to develop and deploy services that will ensure success.
STABLECOIN SHOP
The StableCoin Shop is currently in development and will provide you an outlet through which to spend your coins. Gift cards, Steam games, and other digitally deliverable items will be offered for sale initially. Long term plans include Amazon.com integration, allowing you to order any item off of there. We plan on launching the shop sometime after release, after the market plays out and determines what each StableCoin is worth.
COIN MIXING SERVICE
Bitcoin is a relatively anonymous protocol, but there are still several ways to track the flow of coins and make associations. Thus, we plan on launching a free coin mixing service for StableCoin to make it the most anonymous coin out there. For example, a user can send in 1000 coins, and receive back 1000 completely different coins. This will be done in daily batches and in such a way that ensures complete anonymity. An amount (0.5% of total coins) has been created by us to act as the basis for this service. A small amount of these coins may be used for giveaways and bounties, as the community sees fit.
FAIR LAUNCH
In addition to a 12 hour preannouncement, StableCoin will use the fairest scaling reward system of any coin so far to ensure the fairest launch possible. This is to ensure that early miners do not have an advantage over those late to the game. Our goal is to not have a disproportionate amount of coins created within the first 24 hours. Mined blocks will mature after 20 blocks.
Block 0-90 0 coins
Block 90-180 1 coins
Block 180-270 2 coins
Block 270-360 3 coins
Block 360-450 6 coins
Block 450-540 8 coins
Block 540-630 12 coins
Block 630-720 15 coins
Block 720-810 18 coins
Block 810-900 22 coins
Block 900+ 25 coins
Liquidcoin version 4
The latest now on the Alt Coin scene is the restart of Liquidcoin now at version 4. It claims to be a CPU friendly coin as opposed to Bitcoin which is more GPU/ASIC friendly. The characteristics are as follows:
Fixed difficulty (0.05)
Block reward reduces 4% every 1000 blocks, it does not increase ever.
Minimum block reward is 1LQC
Because of it's fixed difficulty, transactions will never be slow
No pre mined coins
You can download the client Here.
Adding the configuration of the liquidcoin.conf here so that it may be easier for readers if they want to mine the coin. This is the solo mining configuration, if you are in pool, just change the information of the first three lines to that of your pool.
Fixed difficulty (0.05)
Block reward reduces 4% every 1000 blocks, it does not increase ever.
Minimum block reward is 1LQC
Because of it's fixed difficulty, transactions will never be slow
No pre mined coins
You can download the client Here.
Adding the configuration of the liquidcoin.conf here so that it may be easier for readers if they want to mine the coin. This is the solo mining configuration, if you are in pool, just change the information of the first three lines to that of your pool.
rpcuser=USERNAME rpcpassword=PASSWORD XXX rpcallowip=127.0.0.1 rpcport=9332 daemon=1 server=1 gen=0 addnode=24.141.5.252 addnode=69.65.43.99 addnode=69.65.20.11
AMC Coin Started
AMC started finally. Now about 14000+ blocks are mined. Hopefully it won't be like any other Alt Coin where pump and dump is the order of the day. It depends on how the Coin Maker implement his coin. LTC is successfully because it is one of the earliest and also the Maker did a lot of advertising work on it. I am hoping to see more such coins.
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