;P payblk is using 0.12.1 client(https://payblk.blackcoin.io) for example. It is unsustainable to use 0.13 client, currently around 44 C++ developers alone have participated,
who created 1683 commits, done with POW in mind, impossible to review all their impact on POS.
... I looked at the article about why qtum went to 0.13 base and it doesn't make any sense whatsoever,
http://www.bikaifa.com/qtum-blockchain-ported-pos-3-0-to-bitcoin-core-0-13
valid headers blockchain is in 0.12 too,
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/0.12/src/rpcblockchain.cpp#L736
1. invalid This branch contains at least one invalid block
2. headers-only Not all blocks for this branch are available, but the headers are valid
3. valid-headers All blocks are available for this branch, but they were never fully validated
4. valid-fork This branch is not part of the active chain, but is fully validated
5 active This is the tip of the active main chain, which is certainly valid
It cannot be used for synchronizing, you can easily end on a fork.
Bitcoin had a scripting language similiar to eth in his early days too, which was exploited and was removed
and Qtum is bringing it back? Oh my..DAO
Forking code is not enough, Bitcoin is full of magic numbers, you have to fork community and all the networks characteristics to have it work properly
and there is no need for that
https://nm.reddit.com/r/blackcoin/comments/5m7af3/what_is_going_on_in_blk/dc42wgu/
What is going on in BLK
Thanks for the reply. I'm not really a technical person but what I got from your post is Qtum might not be all that good lol. That's making me having second thoughts in investing on the ICO. I still might but for a whole nother reason and for a smaller amount for sure. I still think it's a good gamble to make some BTC's.
Is there any updates with this coin?
Black halo looked so promsing, but have not heard much since.
Black halo looked so promsing, but have not heard much since.
Back in the day, yeah. All the next generation ICO's changed the landscape. They're getting all the limelight and the money.
Anyway, dzimbeck, I'm dropping by here to ask what is different about Blackcoin's POS compared NXT's POS. I'm thinking of investing in Qtum's ICO (I know, I know, I'll be careful), and I see in their ANN thread that they will be using code based on Bitcoin Core 0.13 and use that to create a POS platform based on Blackcoin's POS 3.0. Is that even possible? And what's the big deal with BC's POS 3.0?
Thanks.
Hi so the big difference is removing of all coinage and making the stake reward constant instead of based on coinage. This forces people to stay connected. Also there was several security fixes. I wrote a short paper on it but never published it.
Lastly, POS 3 allows for custom staking by putting the data in 6a. So it allows multisignature staking which is used for Halos coldstake. Also this makes it easy to add voting which will be in my next update.
Blackcoin is one of the most forked coins. However the people who do it will still have to code something useful out of it and most projects never move beyond the ANN
Ok, thanks. If you don't mind me asking... What do you of Qtum https://qtum.org/?
They have some 'big' names behind it but I was wondering what you think of what it will be technically. Anything good?
SCAM!
https://twitter.com/JoshuaJBouw/status/834220054527012864
