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Reddcoin (RDD) is a decentralised open-source cryptocurrency forked from Litecoin in early 2014, but it was re-based on Bitcoin in August 2016. It is dedicated to tipping on social networks as a way of bringing cryptocurrency awareness and experience to the general public. Original announcement.
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Like any software, Bitcoin too is subject to security flaws unwittingly introduced by the project's developers. The first (and so far the last) serious vulnerability was discovered in August 2010. A transaction verification bug in the Bitcoin protocol allowed users to bypass the cryptocurrency's coin-generation restrictions and create an indefinite number of bitcoins. The vulnerability was exploited on August 15 when over 184 billion bitcoins were generated in a transaction and sent to two addresses on the network. The problem was dealt with promptly - within hours, the bug was fixed, the transaction erased and the network forked to an updated version of the Bitcoin protocol. This was the only major security flaw found and exploited in Bitcoin's history.
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| 2016-12-03 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: Sia (SC) 1.0.4 |
29 satoshi
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Luke Champine has announced the release of Sia (SC) 1.0.4, a new version of the decentralised storage platform where users contribute disk storage in exchange for siacoins. This is the project's first long-term support (LTS) release: "This is the first LTS release of Sia. Please read our LTS page describing how LTS releases of Sia will work. Essentially, Nebulous will backport security fixes and other important bug fixes to the LTS release. This gives developers a stable foundation to build upon. The changes since v1.0.3 are negligible. The main function of this release is to split the LTS release line from the standard release line. This primarily affects the siac update command - if you run an LTS release, siac update will only update to later LTS releases, not standard releases. Conversely, if you run a standard release, siac update will never update to an LTS release, only standard releases." Here are the brief release notes. Download: Sia-UI-v1.0.4-lts-linux-x64.zip (50.4MB, signature), Sia-UI-v1.0.4-lts-osx-x64.zip (125MB, signature), Sia-UI-v1.0.4-lts-win32-x64.zip (60.4MB, signature). The source code link: lts-v1.0.4.tar.gz (666kB). |
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| 2016-12-02 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: Gulden (NLG) 1.6.0 |
4,000 satoshi
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The Gulden project has announced the release of Gulden (NLG) 1.6.0, a new version of the project's proof-of-work cryptocurrency that is rapidly gaining popularity and acceptance throughout the Netherlands. This release represents a major update: "Our entire wallet has been redone to bring massive and much needed usability improvements: HD desktop wallet with mnemonic (recovery phrase) support; fully backwards compatible with recovery phrases from older Android and iOS wallets; fully integrated accounts within wallet physical separation between accounts; back up all your accounts with just a single recovery phrase; fully link your funds between specific accounts and your mobile devices, for fund management across devices with unprecedented ease; pay bitcoin or IBAN directly from your desktop wallet via seamless Nocks integration...." See the release announcement (in Dutch), with further information provided in the developers' blog (in English). Download (SHA256): Gulden160-linux64.tar.gz (32.4MB), Gulden160-linux32.tar.gz (32.7MB), Gulden160-mac.dmg (40.0MB), Gulden160-win64.exe (33.2MB), Gulden160-win32.exe (32.0MB). A recent bootstrap file for faster synchronisation with the Gulden network is also available: bootstrap_20151114.rar (151MB). |
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| 2016-12-01 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: Lisk (LSK) 0.5.0 |
19,300 satoshi
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Max Kordek has announced the release of Lisk (LSK) 0.5.0, a major new update of the project's proof-of-stake cryptocurrency and decentralised application platform written in JavaScript: "The latest Lisk client v0.5.0 has been released and is now available for download via our downloads server. All node operators have to update at the earliest opportunity. To install or update to Lisk v0.5.0 please read our official documentation. v0.5.0 changelog: closed #104 - implementing peer sweeper, collecting peer changes and sweeping in batches; closed #294 - loading unconfirmed transactions from 'good' peer; closed #284 - emitting delegates/fork event after forking; closed #255 - matching genesis block with database; closed #141 - attempting to load delegates on each cycle; closed #297 - improved peers/chain selection reliability thanks to new broadhash implementation...." Continue to the release announcement for a complete changelog. Download: lisk-0.5.0-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz (41.9MB, MD5), lisk-0.5.0-Linux-i686.tar.gz (41.3MB, MD5), lisk-0.5.0-Linux-armv6l.tar.gz (40.3MB, MD5), lisk-0.5.0-Linux-armv7l.tar.gz (40.2MB, MD5), lisk-0.5.0-FreeBSD-amd64.tar.gz (40.2MB, MD5), lisk-0.5.0-Darwin-amd64.tar.gz (40.3MB, MD5). The source code link: 0.5.0.tar.gz (1.03MB). |
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| 2016-11-23 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: Breakout Coin (BRK) 1.4.5.0 |
2,000 satoshi
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Breakout Coin (BRK) is the proof-of-stake currency created by Breakout Gaming, a new, globally accessible online gaming entertainment company that plans to provide various gaming options. Earlier today the company announced the release of a new version of their wallet client, known as "Breakout Chain", providing a large number of improvements: "We are pleased to announce several major enhancements and bug fixes for Breakout Chain. Version v1.4.5.0 improvements include: inflation of Breakout Coin (BRK) will switch from about 2.5% to about 5%, the latter conforming to the original BRK specification; card staking has been fixed, and soon cards will mint Sister Coin (SiS) readily upon maturity; the built-in Tor has been upgraded to the newest version (0.2.8.6); in addition to the built-in Tor, the client now supports Clearnet." Read the release announcement for a full list of changes. This version of Breakout Chain is available for OS X and Windows (graphical wallet) as well as Raspberry Pi (command-line daemon); download links: BreakoutChain-1.4.5.0-OSX.dmg (29.2MB), BreakoutChain-1.4.5.0-Win32.zip (25.7MB), breakoutd-1.4.5.0-rpi.tar (3.15MB). The source code is also ready: v1.4.5.0.tar.gz (9.06MB). |
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| 2016-11-16 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: Burstcoin (BURST) 1.2.7 |
81 satoshi
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Burstcoin developer "luxe" has announced the release of Burstcoin (BURST) 1.2.7, a new stable version of the project's Nxt-based cryptocurrency. Burstcoin, launched in August 2014 with a total coin supply of 2.1 billion, has replaced Nxt's proof-of-stake way of generating coins with a "proof-of-capacity" method, using the miner's unused hard disk space to create burstcoins. The new version comes with several new features and bug fixes: "New wallet version 1.2.7. Changelog: integration of decentralized crowdfunding in main navigation (automated transactions); add to blockCacheSize only if not on fork; fix for multi-byte characters in name and alias; reversion of basetarget caching." Here is the brief release announcement as published on the project's user forums. The Burstcoin wallet client is available for download as single zip file that works on Linux, OS X and Windows: burstcoin-1.2.7.zip (8.93MB). Once launched from the command line, the graphical wallet becomes available at localhost:8125 in any web browser. The source code of Burstcoin 1.2.7 is available from GitHub: 1.2.7.tar.gz (9.52MB). |
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| 2016-11-10 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: Decred (DCR) 0.6.0 |
76,900 satoshi
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Decred (DCR) has been updated to version 0.6.0. Decred is a hybrid proof-of-work/proof-of-stake cryptocurrency launched in February 2016 and written in Go, an open-source programming language created by Google. This release is largely a bug-fix update: "This release contains bug fixes and improvements for dcrd and dcrwallet. A new block test framework has been added to simplify adding new tests. 380 new block tests have been added with it. Several RPC improvements have been made. A number of voting related fixed and improvements have been made to support future voting changes. dcrwallet now processes transactions atomically. gominer and copay are unchanged. Paymetheus is unchanged but should be updated for the updated dcrd and dcrwallet dependencies. dcrwallet: add expired to getstakeinfo command; update dependencies, including 3rd party ones; update the wallet to begin allowing extended votebits setting...." Continue to the release announcement for full details. The project provides command-line clients and graphical wallets for several operating systems; download links: decred-copay-linux-v0.6.0.zip (42.0MB), decred-copay-darwin-v0.6.0.dmg (36.0MB), decred_0.6.0-beta_x64.msi (32.4MB). |
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| 2016-11-04 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: Zcash (ZEC) 1.0.1 |
0.077 BTC
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Following the highly publicised release of Zcash (ZEC) a week ago, the development team has issued the first bug-fix update of the proof-of-work cryptocurrency, version 1.0.1. Some of the items found in the release notes include: "Track mined blocks to detect and report orphans and mining revenue; refresh mining status to detect setgenerate changes; add network stats to metrics screen; show mining info once the node has finished loading; improve locking in metrics; adjust consensus rule to accept genesis block without height in coinbase; fix previous commit; ensure that no tracked blocks are skipped during orphan detection; add build scripts and fetch-params.sh to 'make install' and 'make dist'; use uint64_t for AtomicCounter; fix gtest issue introduced into master; fix whitespace in Makefile.gtest.include; initialise walletdb system in a temp dir for all gtests...." Zcash's only binary package, a DEB for Debian "Jessie", has yet to be updated at the time of writing, but the source code is available on GitHub (compile instructions for Linux here): v1.0.1.tar.gz (6.95MB). |
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| 2016-11-03 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: Lisk (LSK) 0.4.1 |
19,300 satoshi
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Oliver Beddows has announced the release of Lisk (LSK) 0.4.1, an updated build of the project's proof-of-stake cryptocurrency launched in May 2016: "The latest Lisk client v0.4.1 has been released and is now available for download via our downloads server. This version patches a number of issues affecting usability, security and stability of the client. All node operators are highly encouraged to update at the earliest opportunity. As part of the current work-in-progress 'Mainchain Stabilisation' milestone, recently outlined in the Lisk Development Roadmap, we are making huge efforts to overhaul the existing code base and test suite. The first release candidates for Lisk v0.5.0 are soon in operation on testnet. Please go to the #testnet channel on Lisk.Chat if you are interested in helping us test out new releases." See the release announcement for more information and a changelog. Download the new Lisk wallet for your preferred operating system and processor architecture: lisk-0.4.1-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz (41.7MB, MD5), lisk-0.4.1-Linux-i686.tar.gz (41.1MB, MD5), lisk-0.4.1-Linux-armv6l.tar.gz (40.1MB, MD5), lisk-0.4.1-Linux-armv7l.tar.gz (40.0MB, MD5), lisk-0.4.1-FreeBSD-amd64.tar.gz (39.9MB, MD5), lisk-0.4.1-Darwin-amd64.tar.gz (40.1MB, MD5). The source code link: 0.4.1.tar.gz (1.02MB). |
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| 2016-11-03 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: Steem (STEEM) 0.15.0 |
23,100 satoshi
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Daniel Larimer has announced the release of Steem (STEEM) 0.15.0, a new version of the cryptocurrency that powers the blockchain-based social media network Steemit.com. This release schedules a hardfork on 8 November: "Steem 0.15.0. Hardfork is scheduled for 2016-11-08 16:00:00 UTC. Documentation changes: change structure and update content of documentation / README.md; move list of seed nodes to its own file; update list of seed nodes. Functionality changes: add new API calls get_discussions_by_blog(), get_discussions_by_comments(); add first_reblogged_by field to get_state reply; record both SBD and STEEM post payouts in author_reward_operation; add ability to mine to debug_node; expose get_dev_key() function analogous to the get_dev_key binary in debug_node_api; fix bug resulting in multicore mining attempting to mine the same nonces on each core; transactions downloaded from the network were not always verified when using checkpoints...." Read the rest of the release notes for a full list of changes. The Steem project does not provide a "desktop" wallet (the only wallet is a web-based one built into the Steemit.com account), but the source code is available from GitHub: v0.15.0.tar.gz (603kB). |
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| 2016-11-01 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: BitShares (BTS) 2.0.161031 |
477 satoshi
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Sigve Kvalsvik has announced the release of BitShares (BTS) GUI 2.0.161031, the latest version of the project's graphical wallet client which manages, among other assets, a proof-of-stake cryptocurrency of the same name: "BitShares GUI release 2.0.161031. New features: add Blockpay to default markets and update markets list; add btsabs and Transwiser API servers; allow the Chat box to be hidden from a docked state; vesting balance amounts are now updated correctly, and a Try claim all button has been added; Chinese translation updates; MetaExchange has been removed from the deposit withdraw providers. Bug fixes: add BitShares bloom filter for BTS 1 account imports; fix a GenesisFilter bug and update ImportKeys flow slightly; fix input of upper-case characters in AccountPermissions; fix Highcharts build issues; remove unused refcode inputs." Here are the complete release notes as published on the project's GitHub pages. Download links to the new "Light" wallet client: bitshares-light_2.0.161031_amd64.deb (30.6MB), BitShares-light_2.0.161031.dmg (44.2MB), BitShares-light_2.0.161031.exe (38.0MB). The source code is also ready: 2.0.161031.tar.gz (12.4MB). |
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| 2016-10-31 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: NuBits (NBT) 3.0.0 |
0.00131 BTC
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NuBits developer "sigmike" has announced the release of NuBits (NBT) Nu Client 3.0.0, a major update of the project's a proof-of-stake (PoS) cryptocurrency that is pegged to the US dollar at a rate of 1:1. This release updates the PoS protocol to version 3 and adds three new currencies: "I uploaded Nu version 3.0.0 to the repository. A new protocol version 3 was added. It will become active at 14:00 UTC, 14 days after 60% of the last 2,000 blocks have been generated by this new version. After this protocol activates, shareholders will be able to issue custodian grants on the 3 new currencies - CN-NBT, EU-NBT and X-NBT (the NuBit currency being renamed to US-NBT). The new protocol will also accept unknown currencies, so that adding other currencies will not require a new protocol change. The changes are: imported the signature fix from Peercoin; imported miniupnpc fix and disabled UPNP by default; imported the protocol switch system from B&C Exchange...." Here is the full release announcement. The new NuBits wallet client is available for Linux and Windows; download links: nu-3.0.0-linux-gitian.zip (17.5MB), nu-3.0.0-win-gitian.zip (47.3MB). The source code links: v3.0.0.tar.bz2 (3.62MB). |
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| 2016-10-28 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: Zcash (ZEC) 1.0.0 |
0.077 BTC
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Zcash (ZEC) has launched! The proof-of-work (Equihash) cryptocurrency project whose primary goal is to assure the privacy and anonymity of transactions, has released the genesis block (the first block of transactions recorded in the blockchain). Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox made the announcement of the project's blog: "The Zcash blockchain is live! We released the genesis block today, and people all around our planet have begun mining and transacting on it. Our homepage links to a download page where you can find instructions on installing the Zcash software; an explainer video will be posted there shortly. If you feel confident using this kind of Linux command-line tool, then dive in! The more people who do so the better." At this early stage in the life of Zcash, there are no easy-to-use graphical wallets, only command-line clients available for Linux only. The developers have released a DEB package for Debian "Jessie"; users running other Linux distributions will need to compile their own client (instructions here). The source code is available from GitHub: v1.0.0.tar.gz (6.95MB). The new cryptocurrency seems to be in very high demand at this early stage of mining and is currently trading at around 25 BTC for 1 ZEC (or more than 17,000 USD for 1 Zcash unit). |
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| 2016-10-27 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: Bitcoin (BTC) 0.13.1 |
764 USD |
Bitcoin (BTC) Core 0.13.1 has been released. Although presented as a "minor" update, this version brings the possibility to activate the much talked-about "segwit" soft fork: "Bitcoin Core version 0.13.1 released. This is a new minor version release, including activation parameters for the segwit softfork, various bug fixes and performance improvements, as well as updated translations. Segregated witness (segwit) is a soft fork that, if activated, will allow transaction-producing software to separate (segregate) transaction signatures (witnesses) from the part of the data in a transaction that is covered by the txid. This provides several immediate benefits: elimination of unwanted transaction malleability; capacity increase; weighting data based on how it affects node performance; signature covers value; linear scaling of sighash operations...." Read the release announcement for more details and a changelog, and see also this Segregated Witness Benefits page for further information about "segwit". Download (SHA256): bitcoin-0.13.1-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz (22.7MB), bitcoin-0.13.1-osx64.tar.gz (17.9MB), bitcoin-0.13.1-win64.zip (22.6MB). The source code link: v0.13.1.tar.gz (5.68MB). |
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| 2016-10-26 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: Sia (SC) 1.0.3 |
29 satoshi
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Luke Champine has announced the release of Sia (SC) 1.0.3, a new version of the project's decentralised storage platform where users contribute disk storage from their computers and earn siacoins, tokens that can be saved or exchanged for bitcoins on popular exchanges. From the release notes: "Sia 1.0.3. This is a patch release that improves the stability and performance of the renter, in addition to many other minor bug fixes and miscellaneous tweaks. Our goal for this release was to make Sia viable for real-world use, even if only on a small scale. Only time will tell if we achieved that goal, but we are optimistic. Much of the work that went into this release was aided by our new testing framework, the Ant Farm. Our next targeted release is v1.1.0, which will introduce some long-awaited features (such as instant wallet unlocking) as well as considerable performance upgrades for the renter and host." Sia's software clients are available in Sia (command line) or Sia-UI (graphical) variants; download from GitHub: Sia-UI-v1.0.3-linux-x64.zip (51.3MB, signature), Sia-UI-v1.0.3-osx-x64.zip (126MB, signature), Sia-UI-v1.0.3-win32-x64.zip (61.4MB, signature). The source code is also ready: v1.0.3.tar.gz (2.05MB). |
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