Topic: [ANN] Wisp [WISP] - Anonymous cryptocurrency project - Spectrecoin fork (Read 988 times)

Wisp's blockchain doesn't work anymore:

Data from the last block:

Nº  1754490

Time: 17: 26: 24

Day: 05

Month: 08

Year: 2020

Game over

Download a compiled version for Windows 64

After several binary requests for WISP I now finish loading one for Windows 64.
This is the latest functional version, without brand changes,
but with this you can access the network and win by doing Staking.


https://github.com/LeoBitman/spectre/releases/tag/WISP-v1.3.5.0



Welcome back to WISP Discord Gandalf86

Hello people,

I know that there hasn't been much activity in the project lately, and unfortunately my Discord account has been restricted now. I have been using Tor for all crypto related stuff for years, and suddenly Discord decided that they need to verify my phone number to let me use my account, which would of course break the anonymity. So unfortunately I can not use Discord any more. This is not the first time Discord has been hostile against Tor users.

Since Wisp is all about anonymity and decentralization, using a chat site that does not permit Tor usage is obviously pointless.    I would suggest that we move to Matrix / Riot.im, which is a decentralized group chat alternative to Discord! Matrix has a slightly higher entry barrier than Discord, but I'm sure we will figure it out. Since it is decentralized, blocking Tor is not feasible on the Matrix network and it also fits much better to the anarchistic and authority-free nature of the Wisp project (or what is still left of it).

If anyone here is already using Matrix, feel free to create a channel and post it here! Otherwise I will get familiar with Matrix and post the join link here soon.

Thanks to everyone who is still interested in Wisp (hello Bitman86 ^^)

Best regards, Gandalf86

No exchanges have supported Wisp as far as I know. I notified Cryptopia and Livecoin about the fork back in the days, but the only thing that resulted from it was that I got banned from the Spectrecoin Discord. xD You can ask Cryptopia to give you your Wisp coins from the original Spectrecoin chain, but I doubt that they will act on it. Generally it is advisable to store your coins in your own wallet, which is in sync with the decentralization philosophy that backs Wisp. So if you store your coins on an exchange and they move to a different chain, that is basically your own fault.

If you have stored your coins in your local wallet, accessing your WISP is as simple as importing your wallet.dat from the Spectrecoin wallet.

Are there exchanges support this one?
I mean exchanges that support the claiming procedure from Spectrocoin.

We now have a trading channel for OTC (over the counter) trading in our Discord - https://discordapp.com/invite/2YUewTX

Wisp is currently not listed on any exchanges, so I suggest that you trade coins between each other - I will act as a free escrow for larger trades if necessary. 

If you are a Linux user, you can compile the wallet from https://github.com/wispproject/wallet
If you are a Windows or Mac user, please use an old Spectrecoin wallet (pre-2.0, for example 1.3.6 or 1.3.8 ). Any Spectrecoin wallet before 2.0 will work.

The WISP network is active, there are currently several people active in this project,
but at times when the entire crypto universe seems to have lost interest ...,
It is logical that a small project and even in birth, seems to be abandoned.

why do you tell to your new community - at your new project - on discord https://discord.gg/PADaP7s it is Pretty dead?

What if people forked privacy coin and nobody cared?

    

Hello everybody, I am happy to present our first block explorer! http://wisp.thecryptochat.net/
I have chosen TheCryptoChat for our first block explorer service because the owners and me have friends in common. If you would like to see other block explorers, please suggest them in the chat and let's raise the money together, as we are all part of this project together.

The wallet is already released and functional: https://github.com/wispproject/wallet However we don't have Windows binaries yet because I'm not a Windows developer. If there is anyone here able to create release binaries for Windows feel free to offer it to other users, you should always decide for yourself whether you trust the person who created the binary or not.

This project is NOT dead, it is just waiting to gain speed again! We're here to create an anonymous currency based on POS that does not rely on any authorities or centralized management, which also means that initiatives need to grow from within the community. If you have an idea that could bring this project forward I will happily support you with implementing that idea. In particular I would be interested in making a list of use cases where a currency like Wisp would add value right now, in its current form, better than any other cryptocurrency. Let's start adding value where we are right now, life is too short to always wait for things to get better. True opportunities can be found in the present and not in the future. We have the power of an open community here, so let's start brainstorming! Please join our Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/2YUewTX

Best regards, Gandalf86

Everybody of us is the "team", there are no special privileges tied to that. So of course if your friends want to be part of the active community then they are free to offer binaries to other users here.

It will be necessary to ask friends if they can do this. Guys really want to see the movement forward. If I understand correctly, will there be any payment for creating a wallet or will they be accepted into the team?

It's not intentional bud.    I am using Linux and tried cross-compiling the wallet but failed due to missing dependencies for the cross-compiler. The wallet has a lot of dependencies. Using a VM would work but then again I have no experience at all with Windows and the build requirements so it would be a bit doubtful. JBG has had enough of cryptocurrencies so far after he was harassed so intensely for his work and the delays. DrStrife said he could make binaries but stopped replying for now. Otherwise I'm not aware of any community member who would be able to build Windows or Mac binaries. If you know someone, please send him our way.

Why can't you just get someone to build a wallet, like an .exe so more people can use it. Is it not a bit elitist when you have to be able to compile to take part in Wisp?

i respect your persistence to keep this project going but having look at discord rooms you can clearly see nothing is happening.jbg is treating this project as hobby,1.5month ago fork happened and still no wallet for users who don't know how to use binaries.I guess everyone has freedom on their opinion but i am not sure how can you justify 6months of project without anything major being done so far.

I would be happy to participate in the XSPEC community, but Mandica and their team banned me from Discord for notifying Cryptopia about Wisp.    It's a ridiculous reason of course but I guess the actual reason is that they feel like I would be disrupting their flow when being on their Discord. It's ok for me, they should do whatever is best for Spectrecoin.

Also don't be so pessimistic, we still have millions of stake weight here (people staking Wisp) and we don't even have released binaries yet. This split off of Spectrecoin is still in a very early phase, people will get more interested as we progress slowly (binaries, block explorer, exchanges etc). Patience is not a very common trait among investors, people come and go, it's pretty normal. You should only start judging a project after nothing happened for multiple years. Mind you that the fork happened only 1.5 months ago!  

Kinda feel bad for the Gandalf.Dude is trying his best to keep this going and is active as much can one be and still thinks he will get some work done from jbg and other members. people are gone with the wind as everyone expected.no one is taking this project serious so its gonna die with time.sorry gandalf hope you comeback to xspec team

Agree one hundred percent. I'd like to see the growing popularity of this project. The fact that many did not fit in the spectrecoin should now finally earn correctly as the community wants it already in a new version without deductions to the creator. Will observe how the whole process is going, comrade gendalf.

Thanks bud, I am taking your suggestions seriously. Right now we will first try to have some binaries released, and then we'll look into further opportunities to get on exchanges or start some marketing efforts. After all, the most important aspect of a coin is how it is being USED for actual payments.



If you had Spectrecoin in your wallet before the fork, you can import your wallet.dat into the Wisp wallet and will have access to your coins. Otherwise you will have to buy it from someone else. There is a protection which was implemented by the Spectrecoin developers, yes.

See also https://github.com/wispproject/doc/wiki/FAQ



Not quite correct, you can still buy Wisp from exchanges (in the future) or from other people, so everybody can get Wisp. Regarding development, see the "Roadmap" section in the ANN. We just don't have that many resources at the moment, but it might change in the future.

When there is a fork even if it brings improvement, then still the number of users does not grow.
Just because none of the newcomers is entering the project. It is very important to run the bounty as well as the exchange to buy there project tokens. For example, I want to buy a little but it's not clear where and how to do it. So if I do not understand, I probably just pass by. I really like the project and im want you to do it perfectly all guys.

If I have a Spectrecoin, can I get WISP?
And is there a protection against re-spending coins in different chains?

So basically only the holders of Spectrecoin will get Wisp because of the fork.
And probably the size of the community of Wisp won't be larger of the Spectrecoin one.
Devs won't do much to develope the coin - they have declared.

Seriously, again? 

1. There is no premine, Wisp is a fork of Spectrecoin which has existed since 2016.
2. There is no airdrop or bounty at the moment.
3. Currently only by buying it from individual members of our community. As soon as we are listed on Bisq or some other exchange, you will be able to buy coins there. If you are interested in buying coins please come to our Discord and ask about it. Maybe we will make a dedicated Discord channel or Bitcointalk thread for OTC trading if enough people are interested in that.

What is premine Amount ? Is there any Airdrop / Bounty ? How to get WISP ?

Thanks Leo, added it to the links. You contributions are highly appreciated at this point! 

It is a Proof-of-Stake system instead of mining you can win a reward by keeping a quantity of WISP in Staking.

but when can we mine it

@Gandalf86 you forget a very appreciated social network and by many people,

  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/wispofficial/

I will continue to contribute with more info very soon.

This coin is better then pax https://www.binance.com/pl/trade/PAX_BNB ?

Hmm, what system are you compiling on? Please give as many details as possible. Are you building against OpenSSL 1.1?

bunch of error compiling 

Definitely bud!    The more people are involved in our project the better, because it makes our community stronger. Please join our Discord for getting involved, working out a marketing strategy etc.

As for translations, you guys don't need my or anybody's permission to start a thread in a different language. Just send me the link to your thread so I can add it to the links section. 

Russian translation - https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/wisp-wisp-spec-5040232

That will be something interesting. If I understood correctly, then the new team is going to. Do you need coders and people who can promote the project on social networks?
I can make a translation to russian and another  languages if necessary.

*reserved / reserviert*

Reserved for other purposes to be determined 

Reserved for future "hating" when I can be bothered to get round to it.

Cheerio,

Reserved for future stuff

Note: This project is dead, it never gained much momentum. This ANN is left here for purely historical reasons.

Resources

• Website: https://wispproject.github.io
• Github Home: https://github.com/wispproject
• Wallet repository: https://github.com/wispproject/wallet
• Documentation Wiki: https://github.com/wispproject/doc/wiki
• FAQ: https://github.com/wispproject/doc/wiki/FAQ
• PRE-ANN: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/pre-ann-wisp-project-wisp-alternative-spectrecoin-wallet-community-driven-3371587

Social

• Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/2YUewTX
• Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#wisp:privacytools.io
• Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/wispofficial/

Specifications

See https://github.com/wispproject/doc/wiki/Specifications


About Wisp

Wisp is a fork of SpectreCoin that runs without development fees. At Spectrecoin, every 6th block reward goes to the project founder. This system was introduced in a hardfork on 2018-08-21 @ 22:00 GMT (Source). The Wisp project is a group of independent developers and community members who believe that users of a cryptocurrency should NOT be forced to give money to a single person (and neither to a small group of people for that matter). Instead, we strongly believe in freedom and decentralization, as these are the main points of cryptocurrencies.

The goal of Wisp is the original vision of Spectrecoin to build a solid privacy-focused cryptocurrency based on Proof-of-Stake, but with an even stronger focus on freedom, fairness and radical decentralization. As such we don't support centralized exchanges but encourage our users to use decentralized exchanges (DEX) instead. Our developers and active community members are volunteers or work based on unsolicited donations by other members. There is no central "team", instead everybody is encouraged to contribute what he or she can. You don't need permission to start working in the Wisp project, and if you can code and your contributions are good, you will get repository access.

The Wisp project in a wider sense is characterized by the association of individuals with a focus on decentralization, liberty and privacy. As such we see ourselves in the philosophic heritage of communities like the Tor community, /r/Rad_Decentralization on Reddit and the original Bitcoin community.


Anonymity

Wisp uses several mechanisms to protect the privacy of its users. Connections to other clients are exclusively made through the Tor network. Received payments can be made unlinkable using dual-key stealth addresses (DKSA). Sent payments can be anonymized using a ring signature token system originally invented for ShadowCash (SDC).

For more info, please refer to the Spectrecoin whitepaper: https://spectreproject.io/White_Paper.pdf


Wallet

The current wallet is based on Spectrecoin v1.4 and can be accessed from this repository: https://github.com/wispproject/wallet

We currently do NOT offer binaries, since the binary release process is inherently centralized and relies on trusting a single person, which is not compatible with the philosophy of Wisp! We encourage our users to compile the wallet on their own system if they have the ability to do so, or let a trusted person build a binary for them. You should generally not run executables from people on the Internet that you don't know.

One goal on our roadmap is setting up Gitian, which should (partially) solve the trust problem. If you are a developer experienced with using Gitian, you could help us to set this up if you like!    We're also aiming to create comprehensive compilation instructions for Windows users so that it is easier for them to compile the wallet.



Exchanges

Wisp is currently not listed on any exchange. Generally we consider exchange listings to be the task of the community. So if you are interested in getting Wisp listed on your favourite exchange, please come to our Discord, propose your idea and join forces with other people who also want Wisp to be listed on that exchange.

We are planning to get Wisp listed on the Bisq exchange as soon as possible, because it aligns perfectly with the radical decentralization approach of Wisp.

If you are lucky you will find someone here or in the Wisp Discord who is willing to sell you some coins OTC (over the counter).


Roadmap

The plan is basically to follow the changes released by the Spectrecoin team, and making our own adjustments in cases we don't agree with what they did. The main reason we have our own blockchain is simply because they decided to implement development fees into their core protocol and we did not. Except from that, the two will be pretty much the same.

Any other developments really depend on our community members; since we're an open community anybody who has a cool idea will get the chance to include it into Wisp if the rest of the community agrees.


Contributing

Wisp is a community project, so contributors and developers have a very high reputation in our community. There is a special membership status in our Discord for contributors, and we have an exclusive channel that only contributors can write on. If you are interested in getting involved, you can basically contribute whatever you like! The most important positions to fill right now are:

• Developers / code maintainers
• Social media experts
• Node operators running static IP nodes or DNS seeds

Acknowledgements go to:

• The Spectrecoin developers for their past and ongoing work on the Spectrecoin wallet that Wisp is based on
• jbg for building the foundation of our current wallet and build system
• HippiePyro and vvc for initiating the Wisp project
• Tom14 for building an awesome website
• Huber Humphre for creating our current logo

Please ask if there are any further questions, and welcome to the Wisp community!    You can find the Discord invite link in the "Links" section above.