[ANN] official NovaCoin thread - the original PoS+scrypt coin. --POOL LIST-- - page 82.

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Quote from: dreamwatcher on February 11, 2013, 03:34:37 PM

Yep, I deserved that, I just let my concern over the sourceless (last I read) RUcoin get the best of me. I just wanted people to be careful about what they install, especially in the realm of cryptocurrencies.

You are of no fault, it's always prudent to remind others to double-check Wink

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Quote from: xorxor on February 11, 2013, 02:55:55 PM

Quote from: dreamwatcher on February 11, 2013, 02:29:12 PM

Perhaps the link to the source code should be in the OP.

perhaps it is in the first post of original russian thread - link in OP.

i thought windows users need some help, so added links to bins, but was shure linux users can do the work by themselfs

Yep, I deserved that, I just let my concern over the sourceless (last I read) RUcoin get the best of me. I just wanted people to be careful about what they install, especially in the realm of cryptocurrencies.

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Quote from: dust on February 11, 2013, 01:06:31 PM

Quote from: btc-e.com on February 11, 2013, 10:53:17 AM

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It's funny how NVC gets added to the exchange before PPC.

NVC -> rusian
BTC-E -> rusian

Do you need more explanation?

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Quote from: dreamwatcher on February 11, 2013, 02:29:12 PM

Perhaps the link to the source code should be in the OP.

perhaps it is in the first post of original russian thread - link in OP.

i thought windows users need some help, so added links to bins, but was shure linux users can do the work by themselfs

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Thanks for the binaries xorxor.

Sunny King

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Source code is presumably here:
https://github.com/CryptoManiac/novacoin

Quote from: dreamwatcher on February 11, 2013, 02:29:12 PM

So we have another coin where the source code is not readily available.

Are people really downloading and installing these daemons blindly? Anybody installing these "mystery" coins ever hear the term "Trojan Horse"?

The only files available on the source forge site are compiled installers.

If somebody could point us to the source code, perhaps the coin could be taken more seriously.

No, I am not going to run the installer to get the source code, as with the other legitimate coins, the source should be readily available.

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So we have another coin where the source code is not readily available.

Are people really downloading and installing these daemons blindly? Anybody installing these "mystery" coins ever hear the term "Trojan Horse"?

The only files available on the source forge site are compiled installers.

If somebody could point us to the source code, perhaps the coin could be taken more seriously.

~~No, I am not going to run the installer to get the source code, as with the other legitimate coins, the source should be readily available.~~

Perhaps the link to the source code should be in the OP.

https://github.com/CryptoManiac/novacoin

Thank you for the link Sunny.

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Quote from: crazy_rabbit on February 11, 2013, 02:19:10 PM

Quote from: dust on February 11, 2013, 01:06:31 PM

Quote from: btc-e.com on February 11, 2013, 10:53:17 AM

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It's funny how NVC gets added to the exchange before PPC.

Funny haha? I think it's seriously odd that a fork of PPC would be added before PPC itself.

+1 let's add the broken code from the fork...not the original. Sounds like a great idea! Let's do it!

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Quote from: dust on February 11, 2013, 01:06:31 PM

Quote from: btc-e.com on February 11, 2013, 10:53:17 AM

Start trading - https://btc-e.com/exchange/nvc_btc

It's funny how NVC gets added to the exchange before PPC.

Funny haha? I think it's seriously odd that a fork of PPC would be added before PPC itself.

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Quote from: Balthazar on February 11, 2013, 02:02:26 PM

Quote from: Sunny King on February 11, 2013, 01:58:26 PM

Well congratulations to the first running ppcoin fork Wink

Okay I am a bit surprised but happy Cheesy

I think forks are endorsements of the value of our work and I don't mind more competition Grin

Thanks.

Quote from: tacotime on February 11, 2013, 01:23:06 PM

coin price is crashing can not mine on the network because getwork takes 30s and the difficulty won't adjust fast enough because balthazar set it at a max of 1% per block... this is especially bad for the pool which is getting stales above 50%. the coin is basically dead in the water hours after its release.

Sorry, but it looks like typical "End of the World 21/12/12" prophecy. Everything and everyone will be dead (except of undeads, of course Cheesy

), even Bitcoin. But it still have a sense to exists, because it can change something in our world.

You are right...change NVC to BTC...profit lol Cheesy

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Quote from: Sunny King on February 11, 2013, 01:58:26 PM

Well congratulations to the first running ppcoin fork Wink

Okay I am a bit surprised but happy Cheesy

I think forks are endorsements of the value of our work and I don't mind more competition Grin

Thanks.

Quote from: tacotime on February 11, 2013, 01:23:06 PM

coin price is crashing can not mine on the network because getwork takes 30s and the difficulty won't adjust fast enough because balthazar set it at a max of 1% per block... this is especially bad for the pool which is getting stales above 50%. the coin is basically dead in the water hours after its release.

Sorry, but it looks like typical "End of the World 21/12/12" prophecy. Everything and everyone will be dead (except of undeads, of course Cheesy

), even Bitcoin. But it still have a sense to exists, because it can change something in our world.

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Well congratulations to the first running ppcoin fork Wink

Okay I am a bit surprised but happy Cheesy

I think forks are endorsements of the value of our work and I don't mind more competition Grin

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NVC price > LTC....LOL!

Buy it while it's still pumped guys!

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coin price is crashing can not mine on the network because getwork takes 30s and the difficulty won't adjust fast enough because balthazar set it at a max of 1% per block... this is especially bad for the pool which is getting stales above 50%. the coin is basically dead in the water hours after its release.

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Quote from: btc-e.com on February 11, 2013, 10:53:17 AM

Start trading - https://btc-e.com/exchange/nvc_btc

It's funny how NVC gets added to the exchange before PPC.

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Seems like a waste of time.

"hey can I use your broken code?"

"yeah sure"

"okay here is a new product called BROKEN"

"yay!"

Cheesy

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Quote from: Balthazar on February 11, 2013, 07:10:30 AM

Quote from: markm on February 11, 2013, 05:42:26 AM

Its based on the broken version of PPCoin then? He didn't even wait for the fix before cloning it?

-MarkM-

1) Fast checkpointing is still active.
2) PoS isn't active for now, because there are no coins with 30 day age
3) Fixes can be merged after upstream update.

So, there are no reasons to wait.

The fix to PoS is a hard fork

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balthazar changed difficulty retargeting algorithm too, it's retargeting every single block according to novacoind

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Hmm if there is a minimum stake level though, maybe adjusted like difficulty, the maximum number of proof of stake blocks that could be generated would be however many times that minimum the total number of coins existing happens to be at that time.

For example if there are 21 million coins and minimum stake of 21, the clients could refuse to relay any blocks containing less than 21 stake thus would not have to deal with more than one million proof of stake block candidates in any one block-timespan.

If stake takes time to be useable, like generated coins, then you also get to divide again by say 120 if its 120 blocks, or the 500 or whatever that PPCoin makes stake wait before being unusable.

-MarkM-

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