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Coin Magi (XMG) is a decentralised, open-source cryptocurrency forked from Peercoin in September 2014. It is a hybrid proof-of-work/proof-of-stake cryptocurrency that allows coin generation by both mining and staking. Its mining method uses a unique M7M hashing algorithm, along with a particularly designed block rewarding system. As such, mining can only be accomplished using standard CPUs, allowing anybody with modest hardware to participate in the coin generation process, while disallowing large mining farms from taking part in mining. Original announcement.
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A hashing algorithm (also known as "hash function") is an algorithm that can be used to map digital data of arbitrary size to digital data of fixed size, with slight differences in input data producing very big differences in output data. The values returned by a hash function are called hash values, hash codes, hash sums, or simply hashes. A cryptographic hash function allows one to easily verify that some input data matches a stored hash value, but makes it hard to reconstruct the data from the hash alone. Bitcoin uses SHA-256 (one of the SHA-2 set of cryptographic hash functions) as its hashing algorithm. However, newer cryptocurrencies tend prefer "scrypt" as their hashing algorithm to counter the rise of specialist SHA-2 accelerator chips known as ASIC.
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| 2016-12-19 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: Syscoin (SYS) 2.1.0 |
989 satoshi
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Dan Wasyluk has announced the release of Syscoin (SYS) 2.1.0, a major new update of the project's proof-of-work (scrypt) cryptocurrency originally forked from Bitcoin. All users are required to upgrade: "Syscoin 2.1.0. This is a mandatory update. New features: blockchain pruning - provides improved scalability to the core Syscoin blockchain by efficiently pruning expired service data to minimize blockchain bloat for full nodes; unique aliases / Syscoin identities - Syscoin aliases are now unique across the network, a change from Syscoin 2.0 where variable-case aliases were permitted; alias portability - optional passwords attached to aliases provide for portability and restoration options not possible on Syscoin 2.0 including the ability to recover an account simply by using the related Alias password; marketplace moderation - two tiers of marketplace moderation both user-defined via SafeSearch and team-defined via a 3-tier system...." Continue to the release notes for a full list of changes and upgrade instructions. The new Syscoin wallet is available for macOS and Windows: Syscoin_2.1.dmg (23.4MB), Syscoin_2.1.zip (32.7MB). The source code link: 2.1.0.tar.gz (9.75MB). |
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| 2016-12-16 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: Zcash (ZEC) 1.0.4 |
0.0429 BTC
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Zcash developer "str4d" has announced the release of Zcash (ZEC) 1.0.4, the latest stable version of the proof-of-work cryptocurrency with focus on transaction anonymity: "Zcash v1.0.4 release. This release contains several bug fixes for issues affecting z-addrs, and a number of usability enhancements. It also improves the performance of JoinSplit verification, rescanning, and reindexing. Changelog: bash-completion - adapt for 0.12 and 0.13; add getlocalsolps and getnetworksolps RPC calls, show them in getmininginfo; add benchmark for attempting decryption of notes; add benchmark for incrementing note witnesses; add -metricsui flag to toggle between persistent screen and rolling metrics; add -metricsrefreshtime option; only show metrics by default if stdout is a TTY Document metrics screen options...." See the release notes for a complete changelog. Zcash is available as a (command-line only) binary package for Debian "Jessie": zcash-1.0.4-amd64.deb (2.91MB). Users of other Linux distributions will need to compile their own binary from source code: v1.0.4.tar.gz (2.91MB, instructions). |
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| 2016-12-06 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: Counterparty (XCP) 9.55.1 |
0.00269 BTC
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Counterparty (XCP) developer Trevor Altpeter has announced the release of counterparty-lib 9.55.1, an urgent bug-fix (and mandatory) upgrade of the software library powering the financial platform and cryptocurrency network: "Counterparty experienced roughly 14 hours of downtime on December 2nd, 2016. Counterparty is back up and running thanks to a fix enacted by several leading Counterparty developers. Ruben de Vries will be porting changes from master to develop within the next day or so. Please update to the latest version of counterparty-lib (9.55.1) as soon as possible. The problem that occurred was due to counterparty-lib not properly handling out-of-range integer data in an edge case. To be more specific, a message was broadcast to the network that was either created by a non-counterparty-lib implementation or a hand-constructed Counterparty transaction. The fix enacted by Counterparty development should prevent this from ever happening in the future on any integer data that is embedded in the protocol." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. The source code for counterparty-lib 9.55.1 can be downloaded from GitHub: 9.55.1.tar.gz (906kBMB). |
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| 2016-12-03 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: Sia (SC) 1.0.4 |
25 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 |
2,540 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 |
18,000 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 |
1,240 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 |
72 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 |
58,900 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 |
0.0429 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 |
18,000 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 |
16,300 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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