Topic: [ANN] (QTUM) - A Scalable Smart Contract Platform w/ Proof of Stake - page 47. (Read 525459 times)

QTUM virtual machine arrives on testnet

https://www.investinblockchain.com/qtum-x86-virtual-machine-testnet/

How far are we Blockchain Adoption" ?
A one on one interview with Qtum's Ex- lead blockchain developer "Stephen Xu"
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Down to my last $500 in tether...Seeing Qtum @ ATL....Almost like it is meant to be

i have 38000 qtum and i want sell all my coin 10$ in binunce soon .

Hi again, gembitz - you get around! You must be a wealthy investor - just don't tell me how much you've made cos it'll only depress me. I'm praying my tiny amount in Waves and Stratis will skyrocket one day - fat chance!

When Qtum decided to implement EVM for smart contract feature, many people criticized because they thought Qtum should build their own VM. (even though it took so much effort to make EVM working with UTXO)
Now many projects like Pchain, Quarkchain just forked EVM and used it directly on their blockchains, those people are completely silent, some even praise this move as they said it will make easier to port those ETH dapps.

So who’s going to the QTUM hackathon?

"QTUM is about to launch its first online hackathon which will last for three months and welcomes anyone who aspires to build on or for QTUM to join"

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/05/hackathon-for-qtum-which-combines-the-best-of-bitcoin-and-ethereum.html

Do you have any competitors for this kind of market?

where's earlz? your dev who helped build BTI?    >_> has he been mia for a minute?

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https://freiexchange.com/market/BTI/BTC

I have always admired the Qtum project since last year. I've seen this coin rise and rise. I'll keep holding my coins. I know it will go a long long way.

True, I cant wait until we are able to see QTUM its virtual machine X86. QTUM really builds stuff instead of hype, lets see how many Ethereum projects will switch to QTUM midterm.

This is why Qtum being the first PoS smart contact platform is such a big deal.

Qtum as an Ethereum ERC20 token is a dying token, probably 99.5% of them have been burned, destroyed forever. It is very surprising that a few people still have them.

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The staking wallets choose the winner, based on the consensus algorithm for Qtum proof of stake which is the SHA256 algorithm used as a random number generator.

yep, screen shot this.  virtual machine and already PoS.

gg

so bitcointalk is dead now?

1 Qtum= 200$ this year!

finally people understand skycoin! i am happy for the skycoin dev.


Quote from: skycoin on March 16, 2017, 04:54:31 PM

https://qtum.org
Qtum, will probably replace ethereum because it is simpler and has fewer problems. The UXTO model is much cleaner. They have a lot of previous developers and have already done two previous coins and are the best team I have seen so far.

Also how can you be so confident qtum is going to replace ETH based on it's tech when they haven't released code yet?

Ethereum is using an accounts model, like Ripple. Which is anti-blockchain and anti-privacy and very traceable. It is against the philosophy of Bitcoin.

All coins going forward will be on the UXTO model and it is best practice for blockchain. Moving turing complete smart contracts off of accounts model and onto UXTO is extremely important and that is what qtum appears to be doing.

We need to figure out how to do general computation on a UXTO model. Instead of being restrained to the Ripple/Ethereum accounts model.

I think they will get closer to the goal, but only get there part way

thin client for smart contracts (major limitation for existing system)
moving smart contracts onto UXTO (major milestone)
I do not know if qtum has succeeded, but they seem to be going in right direction. I talked to one of their technical leads and they were focused on "Getting it working with something we can do now" and then incremental improvement over time. So first implementing the Ethereum virtual machine on top of UXTO, then working out the research problems for a native turing complete UXTO language later.

I do not know if there is a way to full UXTO while still having "gas". I think you will need to get rid of the "gas". In the ethereum model to take full advantage. I do not know if qtum will be able to go far enough in doing that, but is heading in the correct direction.

Ethereum tries to be both a token and a computer.

we started with pure tokens (Bitcoin)
then we added a computer to the tokens (Ethereum)
now we just trying to figure out how to build pure computer on UXTO
Then once we have the computer, the tokens or coins just become a program or entity running on this "distributed computer"
Bitcoin, Ethereum, qtum, byteballs, etc are just stepping stones. Towards a final solution. None of these will exist or be relevant in ten years. We are in an age of transition and I am looking at the projects that are getting closer to the goal, in a pure mathematical sense.

Even Skycoin is being ripped up and its foundations constantly rewritten when it is advantageous to do so. Bitcoin is static and relatively unchanging, while Ethereum has been able to get the community to accept constant small changes.

Skycoin is on a punctuated equilibrium model, where we do bug fixes and polishing, then completely rip up and rebuild the foundation as needed, then go back to bug fixes and polishing.

Right now, we are exploring new networking primitives and the advantage of immutable data structures, but are still on blockchain. Putting EVM on UXTO is heading towards immutable data structures from the perspective of computation, while we are heading towards immutable data structures from the path of consensus, networking and simplifying object synchronization protocols.

One of the pilots that is being spun out of that project is the distibuted, peer-to-peer social media platform built upon immutable data structures and peer-to-peer object replication. For this Skycoin chose a public key, cryptographic publisher/subscriber model and DAG immutable object tree. While Ethereum's project chose a Kadmelia DHT block storage model.

Ignoring the individuals and the drama, I am just looking at the "future direction" and who is heading in that direction.

Also how can you be so confident qtum is going to replace ETH based on it's tech when they haven't released code yet?

I am not confident it will replace Ethereum. At the start, it will be equivalent to ethereum in terms of being able to run the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) on top of qtum with UXTO. Then they will do a native language.

It will depend on the implementation. I do not know if qtum has succeeded, but they seem to be going in right direction.

Similarly, Byteballs may fail or may not exist in ten years, but they are pioneering the first experiments into replacing the Blockchain with a DAG. Which we have been considering for several years now.

Similarly, Bitcoin was the first but people are getting used to the idea that it will not be the final or best cryptocurrency. That it was just the first generation and that we can build better and improve it substantially.