Topic: [ANN][ZEN] ZENCASH: Permanent, Distributed, and Fully Anonymous cryptocurrency - page 7. (Read 243365 times)
July 16, 2017, 08:25:56 PM
Good model. I´ll try to get some coins.
July 16, 2017, 08:05:48 PM
Are the conditions for mining Zencash still favorable? And what can we expect for the next 6 months for applications and utilities? Is it a project that will be victorious in the long run?
July 16, 2017, 02:52:07 PM
how large is the blockchain to download with the wallet right now? with all the different wallets and their key-chains i'm running out of disk-space on my dedicated wallet workstation 
July 16, 2017, 11:10:09 AM
Good job at being one of the few coins that didn't plunge together with BTC, actually ZEN gained price and almost kept USD price (well, it dropped, no wonder, but far from what happened to HUSH and KMD, for example).
BTW, why not Cryptopia for exchange? Or even YoBit?
CryptoDAO never struck me as respectful exchange, their website is lacking, to say at least. Bittrex is covered, for those that enjoy it, but currently seems the only meaningful way to trade Zen.
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miner --server zen.suprnova.cc --user YOURLOGINNAME.WORKERNAME --pass d=128 --port 3618
Try changing the pass to d=128, which would set the rate to something bearable for your speed (or play around if it makes too many or too few shares)
Also note Suprnova has slow worker update, it might take few long minutes to catch up. Also check if the worker is orange (active) in your worker profile page.
Just finished downloading the wallet and it just catching up with the most recent transactions.BTW, why not Cryptopia for exchange? Or even YoBit?
CryptoDAO never struck me as respectful exchange, their website is lacking, to say at least. Bittrex is covered, for those that enjoy it, but currently seems the only meaningful way to trade Zen.
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miner --server zen.suprnova.cc --user YOURLOGINNAME.WORKERNAME --pass d=128 --port 3618
Try changing the pass to d=128, which would set the rate to something bearable for your speed (or play around if it makes too many or too few shares)
Also note Suprnova has slow worker update, it might take few long minutes to catch up. Also check if the worker is orange (active) in your worker profile page.
It is rather quick so I have no problems in waiting it to finish before looking for an exchange to start buying from so to deposit to my wallet address to test it out.
As to your request in not seeing it available on any other exchanges then the one you listed, it is available to start trading on bittrex as someone on the bounty campaign thread has already mentioned and was asking if using an address wallet from them was safe.
I am not so sure since even poloniex had issues in the past couple of weeks with their withdrawals so i would say no to that.
Might as well store your own coins in a wallet you have on your pc and use exchange sites for only that purpose in mind,
To only trade this coin on in regards to buying and sell,
but that is it!
July 16, 2017, 08:01:19 AM
Hello someone could tell me how many coins are needed for a masternode, their technical requirements, and if there is any guide available configuration, I also want to know what is the gain of a masternode per day, and from what date begin to be implemented? Thanks you for the answers
It will be required 42 coins for master node, but this is not yet finished so you cannot set up one yet. You can find out more about nodes: https://blog.zensystem.io/zencash-secure-node-system-overview-video/ But it would be vise to grab those coins at bargain prices while you still can, once when node are redy for set up, price probly will follow progress. 
July 15, 2017, 05:42:38 PM
Good job at being one of the few coins that didn't plunge together with BTC, actually ZEN gained price and almost kept USD price (well, it dropped, no wonder, but far from what happened to HUSH and KMD, for example).
BTW, why not Cryptopia for exchange? Or even YoBit?
CryptoDAO never struck me as respectful exchange, their website is lacking, to say at least. Bittrex is covered, for those that enjoy it, but currently seems the only meaningful way to trade Zen.
miner --server zen.suprnova.cc --user YOURLOGINNAME.WORKERNAME --pass d=128 --port 3618
Try changing the pass to d=128, which would set the rate to something bearable for your speed (or play around if it makes too many or too few shares)
Also note Suprnova has slow worker update, it might take few long minutes to catch up. Also check if the worker is orange (active) in your worker profile page.
BTW, why not Cryptopia for exchange? Or even YoBit?
CryptoDAO never struck me as respectful exchange, their website is lacking, to say at least. Bittrex is covered, for those that enjoy it, but currently seems the only meaningful way to trade Zen.
Hello,
For the first time i want try to mine.
But i don't understand... i've done all ask here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6-6J6U_vz4
But it don't work to me ...
So it works, but on zen.suprnova.cc i don't get any coin, i see no worker working ("no data avaible in table" to the right on the pool hashrate). And so, obviously, my hasrate is at 0.00SOL/s.
OFC i've created the worker, and set this in suprnova.bat:
Any idea about what i've to do to fix the problem, please? Thanks.
For the first time i want try to mine.
But i don't understand... i've done all ask here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6-6J6U_vz4
But it don't work to me ...
Quote
INFO 00:44:26: GPU0 Accepted share 87ms [A:17, R:0]
INFO 00:44:35: GPU0 Accepted share 105ms [A:18, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 65C
GPU0: 276 Sol/s
Total speed: 276 Sol/s
INFO 00:44:56: GPU0 Accepted share 89ms [A:19, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 273 Sol/s
Total speed: 273 Sol/s
INFO 00:45:08: GPU0 Accepted share 92ms [A:20, R:0]
INFO 00:45:09: GPU0 Accepted share 86ms [A:21, R:0]
INFO 00:45:15: GPU0 Accepted share 114ms [A:22, R:0]
INFO 00:45:24: GPU0 Accepted share 174ms [A:23, R:0]
INFO 00:45:37: GPU0 Accepted share 89ms [A:24, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 272 Sol/s
Total speed: 272 Sol/s
INFO 00:45:41: GPU0 Accepted share 88ms [A:25, R:0]
INFO: Detected new work: 1707142c
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 277 Sol/s
Total speed: 277 Sol/s
INFO 00:46:11: GPU0 Accepted share 88ms [A:26, R:0]
INFO 00:46:29: GPU0 Accepted share 121ms [A:27, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 276 Sol/s
Total speed: 276 Sol/s
INFO 00:46:47: GPU0 Accepted share 87ms [A:28, R:0]
INFO 00:44:35: GPU0 Accepted share 105ms [A:18, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 65C
GPU0: 276 Sol/s
Total speed: 276 Sol/s
INFO 00:44:56: GPU0 Accepted share 89ms [A:19, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 273 Sol/s
Total speed: 273 Sol/s
INFO 00:45:08: GPU0 Accepted share 92ms [A:20, R:0]
INFO 00:45:09: GPU0 Accepted share 86ms [A:21, R:0]
INFO 00:45:15: GPU0 Accepted share 114ms [A:22, R:0]
INFO 00:45:24: GPU0 Accepted share 174ms [A:23, R:0]
INFO 00:45:37: GPU0 Accepted share 89ms [A:24, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 272 Sol/s
Total speed: 272 Sol/s
INFO 00:45:41: GPU0 Accepted share 88ms [A:25, R:0]
INFO: Detected new work: 1707142c
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 277 Sol/s
Total speed: 277 Sol/s
INFO 00:46:11: GPU0 Accepted share 88ms [A:26, R:0]
INFO 00:46:29: GPU0 Accepted share 121ms [A:27, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 276 Sol/s
Total speed: 276 Sol/s
INFO 00:46:47: GPU0 Accepted share 87ms [A:28, R:0]
So it works, but on zen.suprnova.cc i don't get any coin, i see no worker working ("no data avaible in table" to the right on the pool hashrate). And so, obviously, my hasrate is at 0.00SOL/s.
OFC i've created the worker, and set this in suprnova.bat:
Quote
miner --server zen.suprnova.cc --user X.X --pass X --port 3618
Any idea about what i've to do to fix the problem, please? Thanks.
miner --server zen.suprnova.cc --user YOURLOGINNAME.WORKERNAME --pass d=128 --port 3618
Try changing the pass to d=128, which would set the rate to something bearable for your speed (or play around if it makes too many or too few shares)
Also note Suprnova has slow worker update, it might take few long minutes to catch up. Also check if the worker is orange (active) in your worker profile page.
July 15, 2017, 08:20:47 AM
Hello someone could tell me how many coins are needed for a masternode, their technical requirements, and if there is any guide available configuration, I also want to know what is the gain of a masternode per day, and from what date begin to be implemented? Thanks you for the answers
July 15, 2017, 05:52:05 AM
Do you have any job requiring french translation ?
It is always wise to join and slack channel, so you can present their your abilities, and what you can do for this project, the management will make decisions in your favor if you are really good, this is my presumation. 
July 14, 2017, 05:04:17 PM
We are running an Avatar and Signature Campaign on Bitcointalk, starting now!
If you are a Full, Senior, Hero, or Legendary member you are eligible to apply for the campaign.
The purpose of the campaign is to get people who are trusted and regularly post in multiple forums to bring attention to ZenCash.
Bitcointalk is one of the best places to find experience crypto investors who would be interested in becoming ZenCash community members.
Check it out here!
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--2021207
If you are a Full, Senior, Hero, or Legendary member you are eligible to apply for the campaign.
The purpose of the campaign is to get people who are trusted and regularly post in multiple forums to bring attention to ZenCash.
Bitcointalk is one of the best places to find experience crypto investors who would be interested in becoming ZenCash community members.
Check it out here!
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--2021207
Do you have any job requiring french translation ?
July 14, 2017, 04:47:21 PM
We are running an Avatar and Signature Campaign on Bitcointalk, starting now!
If you are a Full, Senior, Hero, or Legendary member you are eligible to apply for the campaign.
The purpose of the campaign is to get people who are trusted and regularly post in multiple forums to bring attention to ZenCash.
Bitcointalk is one of the best places to find experience crypto investors who would be interested in becoming ZenCash community members.
Check it out here!
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--2021207
If you are a Full, Senior, Hero, or Legendary member you are eligible to apply for the campaign.
The purpose of the campaign is to get people who are trusted and regularly post in multiple forums to bring attention to ZenCash.
Bitcointalk is one of the best places to find experience crypto investors who would be interested in becoming ZenCash community members.
Check it out here!
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--2021207
July 14, 2017, 08:19:51 AM
Is there a link anywhere to the roadmap?
Just published an update to the roadmap here: https://blog.zensystem.io/current-status-and-roadmap-for-zen-upgrades-and-improvements-july-2017/
You might want to create a Wikipedia page for Zencash. Just checked and don't think there is one there yet. Lot of people head there first to check what its all about.
Just my .02
July 14, 2017, 01:00:09 AM
Hello,
For the first time i want try to mine.
But i don't understand... i've done all ask here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6-6J6U_vz4
But it don't work to me ...
So it works, but on zen.suprnova.cc i don't get any coin, i see no worker working ("no data avaible in table" to the right on the pool hashrate). And so, obviously, my hasrate is at 0.00SOL/s.
OFC i've created the worker, and set this in suprnova.bat:
Be sure you are using latest drivers for cards and latest miner. I don't have much experience with nvidia but try to lower your settings directly in miner. Try to change drivers first this could help.For the first time i want try to mine.
But i don't understand... i've done all ask here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6-6J6U_vz4
But it don't work to me ...
So it works, but on zen.suprnova.cc i don't get any coin, i see no worker working ("no data avaible in table" to the right on the pool hashrate). And so, obviously, my hasrate is at 0.00SOL/s.
OFC i've created the worker, and set this in suprnova.bat:
Quote
miner --server zen.suprnova.cc --user X.X --pass X --port 3618
Any idea about what i've to do to fix the problem, please? Thanks.Is there a link anywhere to the roadmap?
Their White Paper says this: " The initial Road map covers a 12- to 18-month development window to get the system functioning autonomously"
July 13, 2017, 07:24:51 PM
Hello,
For the first time i want try to mine.
But i don't understand... i've done all ask here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6-6J6U_vz4
But it don't work to me ...
So it works, but on zen.suprnova.cc i don't get any coin, i see no worker working ("no data avaible in table" to the right on the pool hashrate). And so, obviously, my hasrate is at 0.00SOL/s.
OFC i've created the worker, and set this in suprnova.bat:
Any idea about what i've to do to fix the problem, please? Thanks.
For the first time i want try to mine.
But i don't understand... i've done all ask here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6-6J6U_vz4
But it don't work to me ...
Quote
INFO 00:44:26: GPU0 Accepted share 87ms [A:17, R:0]
INFO 00:44:35: GPU0 Accepted share 105ms [A:18, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 65C
GPU0: 276 Sol/s
Total speed: 276 Sol/s
INFO 00:44:56: GPU0 Accepted share 89ms [A:19, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 273 Sol/s
Total speed: 273 Sol/s
INFO 00:45:08: GPU0 Accepted share 92ms [A:20, R:0]
INFO 00:45:09: GPU0 Accepted share 86ms [A:21, R:0]
INFO 00:45:15: GPU0 Accepted share 114ms [A:22, R:0]
INFO 00:45:24: GPU0 Accepted share 174ms [A:23, R:0]
INFO 00:45:37: GPU0 Accepted share 89ms [A:24, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 272 Sol/s
Total speed: 272 Sol/s
INFO 00:45:41: GPU0 Accepted share 88ms [A:25, R:0]
INFO: Detected new work: 1707142c
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 277 Sol/s
Total speed: 277 Sol/s
INFO 00:46:11: GPU0 Accepted share 88ms [A:26, R:0]
INFO 00:46:29: GPU0 Accepted share 121ms [A:27, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 276 Sol/s
Total speed: 276 Sol/s
INFO 00:46:47: GPU0 Accepted share 87ms [A:28, R:0]
INFO 00:44:35: GPU0 Accepted share 105ms [A:18, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 65C
GPU0: 276 Sol/s
Total speed: 276 Sol/s
INFO 00:44:56: GPU0 Accepted share 89ms [A:19, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 273 Sol/s
Total speed: 273 Sol/s
INFO 00:45:08: GPU0 Accepted share 92ms [A:20, R:0]
INFO 00:45:09: GPU0 Accepted share 86ms [A:21, R:0]
INFO 00:45:15: GPU0 Accepted share 114ms [A:22, R:0]
INFO 00:45:24: GPU0 Accepted share 174ms [A:23, R:0]
INFO 00:45:37: GPU0 Accepted share 89ms [A:24, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 272 Sol/s
Total speed: 272 Sol/s
INFO 00:45:41: GPU0 Accepted share 88ms [A:25, R:0]
INFO: Detected new work: 1707142c
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 277 Sol/s
Total speed: 277 Sol/s
INFO 00:46:11: GPU0 Accepted share 88ms [A:26, R:0]
INFO 00:46:29: GPU0 Accepted share 121ms [A:27, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 276 Sol/s
Total speed: 276 Sol/s
INFO 00:46:47: GPU0 Accepted share 87ms [A:28, R:0]
So it works, but on zen.suprnova.cc i don't get any coin, i see no worker working ("no data avaible in table" to the right on the pool hashrate). And so, obviously, my hasrate is at 0.00SOL/s.
OFC i've created the worker, and set this in suprnova.bat:
Quote
miner --server zen.suprnova.cc --user X.X --pass X --port 3618
Any idea about what i've to do to fix the problem, please? Thanks.
Seems everything is correct , have you tried other pools ?
https://zensystem.io/mining-pools/
July 13, 2017, 05:50:48 PM
Hello,
For the first time i want try to mine.
But i don't understand... i've done all ask here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6-6J6U_vz4
But it don't work to me ...
So it works, but on zen.suprnova.cc i don't get any coin, i see no worker working ("no data avaible in table" to the right on the pool hashrate). And so, obviously, my hasrate is at 0.00SOL/s.
OFC i've created the worker, and set this in suprnova.bat:
Any idea about what i've to do to fix the problem, please? Thanks.
For the first time i want try to mine.
But i don't understand... i've done all ask here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6-6J6U_vz4
But it don't work to me ...
Quote
INFO 00:44:26: GPU0 Accepted share 87ms [A:17, R:0]
INFO 00:44:35: GPU0 Accepted share 105ms [A:18, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 65C
GPU0: 276 Sol/s
Total speed: 276 Sol/s
INFO 00:44:56: GPU0 Accepted share 89ms [A:19, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 273 Sol/s
Total speed: 273 Sol/s
INFO 00:45:08: GPU0 Accepted share 92ms [A:20, R:0]
INFO 00:45:09: GPU0 Accepted share 86ms [A:21, R:0]
INFO 00:45:15: GPU0 Accepted share 114ms [A:22, R:0]
INFO 00:45:24: GPU0 Accepted share 174ms [A:23, R:0]
INFO 00:45:37: GPU0 Accepted share 89ms [A:24, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 272 Sol/s
Total speed: 272 Sol/s
INFO 00:45:41: GPU0 Accepted share 88ms [A:25, R:0]
INFO: Detected new work: 1707142c
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 277 Sol/s
Total speed: 277 Sol/s
INFO 00:46:11: GPU0 Accepted share 88ms [A:26, R:0]
INFO 00:46:29: GPU0 Accepted share 121ms [A:27, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 276 Sol/s
Total speed: 276 Sol/s
INFO 00:46:47: GPU0 Accepted share 87ms [A:28, R:0]
INFO 00:44:35: GPU0 Accepted share 105ms [A:18, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 65C
GPU0: 276 Sol/s
Total speed: 276 Sol/s
INFO 00:44:56: GPU0 Accepted share 89ms [A:19, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 273 Sol/s
Total speed: 273 Sol/s
INFO 00:45:08: GPU0 Accepted share 92ms [A:20, R:0]
INFO 00:45:09: GPU0 Accepted share 86ms [A:21, R:0]
INFO 00:45:15: GPU0 Accepted share 114ms [A:22, R:0]
INFO 00:45:24: GPU0 Accepted share 174ms [A:23, R:0]
INFO 00:45:37: GPU0 Accepted share 89ms [A:24, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 272 Sol/s
Total speed: 272 Sol/s
INFO 00:45:41: GPU0 Accepted share 88ms [A:25, R:0]
INFO: Detected new work: 1707142c
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 277 Sol/s
Total speed: 277 Sol/s
INFO 00:46:11: GPU0 Accepted share 88ms [A:26, R:0]
INFO 00:46:29: GPU0 Accepted share 121ms [A:27, R:0]
Temp: GPU0: 66C
GPU0: 276 Sol/s
Total speed: 276 Sol/s
INFO 00:46:47: GPU0 Accepted share 87ms [A:28, R:0]
So it works, but on zen.suprnova.cc i don't get any coin, i see no worker working ("no data avaible in table" to the right on the pool hashrate). And so, obviously, my hasrate is at 0.00SOL/s.
OFC i've created the worker, and set this in suprnova.bat:
Quote
miner --server zen.suprnova.cc --user X.X --pass X --port 3618
Any idea about what i've to do to fix the problem, please? Thanks.
July 13, 2017, 12:06:45 PM
https://blog.zensystem.io/current-status-and-roadmap-for-zen-upgrades-and-improvements-july-2017/
Current Status and Roadmap for Zen Upgrades and Improvements July 2017
ZenCash has been in operation for 6 weeks now. It’s been an exciting time! We have our team working together to implement the capabilities outlined in the Zen White Paper, available at the ZenCash website. We have a roadmap in the white paper, and are making slight adjustments to it. Before discussing the roadmap, it is worthwhile to review where we are right now.
Current Status of ZenCash
There is much more to a crypytocurrency than the software. Software is important, and without it nothing else works, but there are a lot of other things that have to happen to make a cryptocurrency successful. The current status and roadmap plans will discuss all these elements of success, including the software.
Software
Zen node software is based off of Zcash created from a chainsplit with Zclassic, with the addition of the full BIP-115 transaction replay protection so nothing done on the Zclassic blockchain affects ZenCash.
Secure Node Software is in development. Project manager and specification writer is contracted and working to develop the system for tracking and payment.
Private communications using Shielded Transaction Memo field works on desktop wallets. Users are able to send 512 Byte memos when sending from a shielded ZenCash address to a shielded ZenCash address
Wallets
ZenCash desktop wallet software has three supported versions.
Command line wallet for Linux, Mac, and Windows
ZenCash Swing Wallet for Linux, Mac, and Windows
Eleos Equihash wallet for Linux, Mac, and Windows
Exchanges for Trading and Investing
Zen on CoinMarketCap
ZenCash on Bittrex
ZenCash on TradeSatoshi
ZenCash on CryptoDAO
Governance and Treasury
Zen Blockchain Foundation created to promote the interests of Zen. The goal is to decentralize sooner rather than later, and part of that is creating a community organization that’s above any individual. The Zen Blockchain Foundation is a Delaware-based nonprofit corporation.
Currently, funds are being allocated and spent from the ZenCash Treasury for development on Zen software, marketing, and governance development by the founding members of the team – Rob Viglione, Rolf Versluis, and Jane Lippencott.
There is significant discussion that happens with many members of the Zen community as these decisions are made.
Zen Team
There are a lot of people working to make Zen a success! See the information and pictures of the current team on the ZenCash website. There are many people contributing in many ways right now.
The Board of Directors for the nonprofit are those we formerly launched as being part of either the Core Team or the DAO officers: Robert Viglione, Rolf Versluis, Jane Lippencott, Steven Nerayoff, and Carlo Vicari. These are founders and those with deep experience building cryptocurrencies from the ground up.
Mining Pools
ZenMine Pro – https://zenmine.pro/
Cryptobroker – https://pool.cryptobroker.io/zen/
BitFire Pool – https://zen.bitfire.one/
MineZ Zone – https://minez.zone/
Luckpool – http://www.luckpool.org/
Miningspeed – http://zen.miningspeed.com/
ZenCash Cloud – http://zencash.cloud
Zen Mining Pool IO – http://miningpool.io/
Zcrypt – http://zcrypt.live
MineIX – http://mineix.ca/
Zpool – http://www.zpool.ca/
SuprNova – https://zen.suprnova.cc/
Zen Mining Profit Calculator – https://whattomine.com/coins/185-zen-equihash
Zen Mining Pool Forum Topic – https://forum.zensystem.io/t/zen-mining-pools-list/73
Mining Software
Claymore for AMD GPU on Linux and Windows
Optiminer for AMD GPU on Linux and Windows
EWBF CUDA for Nvidia GPU on Linux and Windows
Block Explorers
http://node1.zenchain.info:8886/
http://explorer.zenmine.pro/insight/
International Support
Bitcointalk announcement and discussion threads in multiple languages
ZenCash BitcoinTalk Chinese
ZenCash BitcoinTalk Dutch
ZenCash BitcoinTalk Romanian
ZenCash BitcoinTalk Russian
ZenCash BitcoinTalk Spanish
ZenCash BitcoinTalk Italian
ZenCash BitcoinTalk Arabic
Marketing
Marketing has been driven by community members promoting and sharing information about ZenCash. This includes activity on the following platforms as well as interviews and conference attendance by Rob and Jane summarized in the ZenCash Blog.
ZenCash website
ZenCash Blog
ZenCash Forum
ZenCash Slack
ZenCash on Twitter
ZenCash on BitcoinTalk
ZenCash YouTube Channel
ZenCash Reddit
ZenCash Facebook Page
ZenCash Blog on Medium
Public Relations
Zen has a contract with public relations from Wachsman PR. The media placements and interview opportunities they provide bring ZenCash awareness to a larger audience.
Forbes – Bitquence In Crypto Crowdfund For ‘Consumer-Friendly’ Wallet & ‘One-Click’ Diversification
Talk Markets – Advice for buying cryptocurrency
Comments on Illinois blockchain legislation featured in Finance Magnates
EconoTimes – ZenCash performs software transition in partnership with blockchain startup IOHK
Payments Journal – ZenCash Successfully Upgrades to Highly-Secure, Transaction Replay-Resistant System
Finance Magnates interview with Rob Viglione
Rob Viglione interview on the Tatiana Show
ZenCash Roadmap
Zen Node Software
Zen node software will be upgraded soon to make some improvements. This will be a Hard Fork, meaning system node operators must upgrade to continue operating in consensus with the rest of the network. Summary of updates:
Bug fixes on P2SH multisig addresses to make them compatible with replay protection.
Upping the community funding to 12% of block rewards, adding the 3.5% secure node rewards to the current 8.5% pool. These funds will be held in escrow until the secure node network goes live.
Swapping out old community fund addresses for new ones.
Changing the requirement for community fund UTXO to first be sent to z_addresses. These funds will still all be sent through z_addresses before being spent to preserve fungibility, but requiring it in the first step limits multisig security.
Zen node communication encryption. Part of security is enabling encryption of communication traffic between nodes and wallets. This is the next item on the development list after. For a more complete explanation, and an example of a proposal for Bitcoin to get the upgrade, here is an article about a proposal BIP 151: The End-To-End Encryption Bitcoin Never Had – but Soon Will.
Zen node software support for ARM processors. This will enable nodes to be run on Raspberry Pi and similar small systems that cost well under $100.
Zen Secure Nodes
An important part of ZenCash is operating Secure Nodes. Zen nodes run the software that makes the ZenCash system work. The purpose of ZenCash Secure Nodes is to create a network that is large and resilient enough to provide the foundation for a worldwide private communication and publishing system that is difficult to interrupt and gather data on. The ideal would be 1000-5000 secure nodes, each running on a separate system, all over the world.
There will be software applications that use the Zen node software as a service. This software will go through multiple versions as it becomes a decentralized and more automatic system. The plan for the first version is to get a reliable and centralized tracking and payment system operating. A brief description is:
Software running on each node connects to Zen Secure Node Tracking Server
Tracking Server tracks which nodes meet Secure Node compliance requirements
Payment Server creates payment transactions.
Zen Secure Node Reporting server creates and publishes reports of Secure Nodes and Payment status
ZenCash has contracted a Project Manager and Specification Writer who is working on publishing the specifics for development. Specifications are expected soon, and development, testing, then deployment will follow.
Wallet Software
Wallet upgrades and new wallets are on the way. Plans for wallets
The secure messaging and publishing capability of Zen takes place in the wallets. Multiple wallet improvements are in progress to make messaging a more user-friendly feature.
One to one message listings
One to many message capability
Integration with IPFS publishing (see below)
Secure Node staking feature in the ZenCash wallet
Mobile wallets for transparent addresses.
Hardware wallets for transparent addresses.
Also on the roadmap is the ability to conduct shielded transactions on mobile wallets and with hardware wallets.
InterPlanetary File System Integration for Publishing
In addition to private communications, an important part of the ZenCash roadmap is the ability to integrate IPFS publishing into the private one-to-one and one-to-many communications.
The big picture overview is that a user can publish something on IPFS, then message the IPFS hash to others using the ZenCash wallet where it can then be accessed.
There are other distributed file system projects that are able to be integrated as well. IPFS will be the first, and the capability to use it will be integrated into the wallet. It may be beneficial to have the Secure Nodes also operate as IPFS peers to ensure the anonymous publishing and access capabilities are available worldwide.
Proposals, Projects, and Funding
ZenCash has a great community. Supportive, positive, and encompassing many different talents. We are building a process for people to create proposals for work, to be paid for in ZenCash from the Treasury. These proposal would be discussed, a decision made on whether to fund or not, and would be turned into funded projects with deadlines.
This could be for feature development, companion software, marketing initiatives, or other types of activity that would help improve ZenCash
The first stage of this process will be done in the ZenCash Forum.
Treasury and Governance
The Zen Blockchain Foundation requires the ability to manage representative governance. The model and software for this needs to be built. This should be completed by the end of 2017.
The intention is to continue to develop the existing culture of an inclusive and egalitarian community of people working together to built something great. As Zen grows, there will be an ability to make changes to how it is set up and operated.
One example that gets debated quite a bit is the right amount of funds for Secure Nodes. Some people are happy with 42 Zen and 3.5% reward. Others think it should be higher. These are the types of things that can be changed in the future with an inclusive and representative governance system.
Documentation and International Support
ZenCash is focused on end-user adoption and creating systems that are reliable and useful for people worldwide. This means documentation in many different languages.
Documentation needs to be created and maintained for:
Wallet installation, operation, and upgrades
Secure messaging using shielded transactions.
Secure Node software installation, operation, upgrade, and maintenance.
Systems and Procedures for Reliable Internal Operations
ZenCash already has multiple information systems that are used for communicating and organizing the activity of the community. These are going to grow and increase in complexity, especially as we add in requirements for resiliency and uptime.
Zen will need an IT staff that uses industry standard methods to ensure reliability, security, uptime, and usability of the ZenCash information systems. This means hiring a systems administrator and putting him or her to work.
Research & Development and Future Roadmap Planning
ZenCash is off to a great start leveraging the software created by Zcash. Over time, ZenCash will continue to add features specific to Zen. An example is the Secure Node system. There are other ways that Zen can improve as well. There should be a formal method of working with talented academic researchers to prototype and develop continuous improvements.
Zen is going to be around and accomplishing great things for a long time. In parallel with building out the 1-2 year roadmap (with slight adjustments as we go) described in the Zen White Paper, it will be important to have a longer term view for improvements as well so ZenCash can continue to stay at the forefront of cryptocurrency capabilities.
Reference:
ZenCash Website – https://zensystem.io
ZenCash Blog – https://blog.zensystem.io
ZenCash Github – https://github.com/ZencashOfficial
ZenCash Forum – https://forum.zensystem.io
ZenCash Slack – https://slackinvite.zensystem.io
ZenCash Twitter – @ZenCashOfficial
ZenCash Telegram – https://t.me/zencash
ZenCash on Bitcointalk – https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/annzen-zencash-permanent-distributed-and-fully-anonymous-cryptocurrency-1819977
ZenCash YouTube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ0v_lUnZHIKUQUXJzfgqOg
ZenCash Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/zencash/
ZenCash Blog on Medium – https://medium.com/zencash
Buy or Sell ZenCash
ZenCash on CoinMarketCap – https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/zencash/
ZenCash on Bittrex – https://bittrex.com/Market/Index?MarketName=BTC-ZEN
ZenCash on TradeSatoshi – https://www.tradesatoshi.com/Exchange?market=ZEN_BTC
ZenCash on CryptoDAO – https://cryptodao.com/
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Current Status and Roadmap for Zen Upgrades and Improvements July 2017
ZenCash has been in operation for 6 weeks now. It’s been an exciting time! We have our team working together to implement the capabilities outlined in the Zen White Paper, available at the ZenCash website. We have a roadmap in the white paper, and are making slight adjustments to it. Before discussing the roadmap, it is worthwhile to review where we are right now.
Current Status of ZenCash
There is much more to a crypytocurrency than the software. Software is important, and without it nothing else works, but there are a lot of other things that have to happen to make a cryptocurrency successful. The current status and roadmap plans will discuss all these elements of success, including the software.
Software
Zen node software is based off of Zcash created from a chainsplit with Zclassic, with the addition of the full BIP-115 transaction replay protection so nothing done on the Zclassic blockchain affects ZenCash.
Secure Node Software is in development. Project manager and specification writer is contracted and working to develop the system for tracking and payment.
Private communications using Shielded Transaction Memo field works on desktop wallets. Users are able to send 512 Byte memos when sending from a shielded ZenCash address to a shielded ZenCash address
Wallets
ZenCash desktop wallet software has three supported versions.
Command line wallet for Linux, Mac, and Windows
ZenCash Swing Wallet for Linux, Mac, and Windows
Eleos Equihash wallet for Linux, Mac, and Windows
Exchanges for Trading and Investing
Zen on CoinMarketCap
ZenCash on Bittrex
ZenCash on TradeSatoshi
ZenCash on CryptoDAO
Governance and Treasury
Zen Blockchain Foundation created to promote the interests of Zen. The goal is to decentralize sooner rather than later, and part of that is creating a community organization that’s above any individual. The Zen Blockchain Foundation is a Delaware-based nonprofit corporation.
Currently, funds are being allocated and spent from the ZenCash Treasury for development on Zen software, marketing, and governance development by the founding members of the team – Rob Viglione, Rolf Versluis, and Jane Lippencott.
There is significant discussion that happens with many members of the Zen community as these decisions are made.
Zen Team
There are a lot of people working to make Zen a success! See the information and pictures of the current team on the ZenCash website. There are many people contributing in many ways right now.
The Board of Directors for the nonprofit are those we formerly launched as being part of either the Core Team or the DAO officers: Robert Viglione, Rolf Versluis, Jane Lippencott, Steven Nerayoff, and Carlo Vicari. These are founders and those with deep experience building cryptocurrencies from the ground up.
Mining Pools
ZenMine Pro – https://zenmine.pro/
Cryptobroker – https://pool.cryptobroker.io/zen/
BitFire Pool – https://zen.bitfire.one/
MineZ Zone – https://minez.zone/
Luckpool – http://www.luckpool.org/
Miningspeed – http://zen.miningspeed.com/
ZenCash Cloud – http://zencash.cloud
Zen Mining Pool IO – http://miningpool.io/
Zcrypt – http://zcrypt.live
MineIX – http://mineix.ca/
Zpool – http://www.zpool.ca/
SuprNova – https://zen.suprnova.cc/
Zen Mining Profit Calculator – https://whattomine.com/coins/185-zen-equihash
Zen Mining Pool Forum Topic – https://forum.zensystem.io/t/zen-mining-pools-list/73
Mining Software
Claymore for AMD GPU on Linux and Windows
Optiminer for AMD GPU on Linux and Windows
EWBF CUDA for Nvidia GPU on Linux and Windows
Block Explorers
http://node1.zenchain.info:8886/
http://explorer.zenmine.pro/insight/
International Support
Bitcointalk announcement and discussion threads in multiple languages
ZenCash BitcoinTalk Chinese
ZenCash BitcoinTalk Dutch
ZenCash BitcoinTalk Romanian
ZenCash BitcoinTalk Russian
ZenCash BitcoinTalk Spanish
ZenCash BitcoinTalk Italian
ZenCash BitcoinTalk Arabic
Marketing
Marketing has been driven by community members promoting and sharing information about ZenCash. This includes activity on the following platforms as well as interviews and conference attendance by Rob and Jane summarized in the ZenCash Blog.
ZenCash website
ZenCash Blog
ZenCash Forum
ZenCash Slack
ZenCash on Twitter
ZenCash on BitcoinTalk
ZenCash YouTube Channel
ZenCash Reddit
ZenCash Facebook Page
ZenCash Blog on Medium
Public Relations
Zen has a contract with public relations from Wachsman PR. The media placements and interview opportunities they provide bring ZenCash awareness to a larger audience.
Forbes – Bitquence In Crypto Crowdfund For ‘Consumer-Friendly’ Wallet & ‘One-Click’ Diversification
Talk Markets – Advice for buying cryptocurrency
Comments on Illinois blockchain legislation featured in Finance Magnates
EconoTimes – ZenCash performs software transition in partnership with blockchain startup IOHK
Payments Journal – ZenCash Successfully Upgrades to Highly-Secure, Transaction Replay-Resistant System
Finance Magnates interview with Rob Viglione
Rob Viglione interview on the Tatiana Show
ZenCash Roadmap
Zen Node Software
Zen node software will be upgraded soon to make some improvements. This will be a Hard Fork, meaning system node operators must upgrade to continue operating in consensus with the rest of the network. Summary of updates:
Bug fixes on P2SH multisig addresses to make them compatible with replay protection.
Upping the community funding to 12% of block rewards, adding the 3.5% secure node rewards to the current 8.5% pool. These funds will be held in escrow until the secure node network goes live.
Swapping out old community fund addresses for new ones.
Changing the requirement for community fund UTXO to first be sent to z_addresses. These funds will still all be sent through z_addresses before being spent to preserve fungibility, but requiring it in the first step limits multisig security.
Zen node communication encryption. Part of security is enabling encryption of communication traffic between nodes and wallets. This is the next item on the development list after. For a more complete explanation, and an example of a proposal for Bitcoin to get the upgrade, here is an article about a proposal BIP 151: The End-To-End Encryption Bitcoin Never Had – but Soon Will.
Zen node software support for ARM processors. This will enable nodes to be run on Raspberry Pi and similar small systems that cost well under $100.
Zen Secure Nodes
An important part of ZenCash is operating Secure Nodes. Zen nodes run the software that makes the ZenCash system work. The purpose of ZenCash Secure Nodes is to create a network that is large and resilient enough to provide the foundation for a worldwide private communication and publishing system that is difficult to interrupt and gather data on. The ideal would be 1000-5000 secure nodes, each running on a separate system, all over the world.
There will be software applications that use the Zen node software as a service. This software will go through multiple versions as it becomes a decentralized and more automatic system. The plan for the first version is to get a reliable and centralized tracking and payment system operating. A brief description is:
Software running on each node connects to Zen Secure Node Tracking Server
Tracking Server tracks which nodes meet Secure Node compliance requirements
Payment Server creates payment transactions.
Zen Secure Node Reporting server creates and publishes reports of Secure Nodes and Payment status
ZenCash has contracted a Project Manager and Specification Writer who is working on publishing the specifics for development. Specifications are expected soon, and development, testing, then deployment will follow.
Wallet Software
Wallet upgrades and new wallets are on the way. Plans for wallets
The secure messaging and publishing capability of Zen takes place in the wallets. Multiple wallet improvements are in progress to make messaging a more user-friendly feature.
One to one message listings
One to many message capability
Integration with IPFS publishing (see below)
Secure Node staking feature in the ZenCash wallet
Mobile wallets for transparent addresses.
Hardware wallets for transparent addresses.
Also on the roadmap is the ability to conduct shielded transactions on mobile wallets and with hardware wallets.
InterPlanetary File System Integration for Publishing
In addition to private communications, an important part of the ZenCash roadmap is the ability to integrate IPFS publishing into the private one-to-one and one-to-many communications.
The big picture overview is that a user can publish something on IPFS, then message the IPFS hash to others using the ZenCash wallet where it can then be accessed.
There are other distributed file system projects that are able to be integrated as well. IPFS will be the first, and the capability to use it will be integrated into the wallet. It may be beneficial to have the Secure Nodes also operate as IPFS peers to ensure the anonymous publishing and access capabilities are available worldwide.
Proposals, Projects, and Funding
ZenCash has a great community. Supportive, positive, and encompassing many different talents. We are building a process for people to create proposals for work, to be paid for in ZenCash from the Treasury. These proposal would be discussed, a decision made on whether to fund or not, and would be turned into funded projects with deadlines.
This could be for feature development, companion software, marketing initiatives, or other types of activity that would help improve ZenCash
The first stage of this process will be done in the ZenCash Forum.
Treasury and Governance
The Zen Blockchain Foundation requires the ability to manage representative governance. The model and software for this needs to be built. This should be completed by the end of 2017.
The intention is to continue to develop the existing culture of an inclusive and egalitarian community of people working together to built something great. As Zen grows, there will be an ability to make changes to how it is set up and operated.
One example that gets debated quite a bit is the right amount of funds for Secure Nodes. Some people are happy with 42 Zen and 3.5% reward. Others think it should be higher. These are the types of things that can be changed in the future with an inclusive and representative governance system.
Documentation and International Support
ZenCash is focused on end-user adoption and creating systems that are reliable and useful for people worldwide. This means documentation in many different languages.
Documentation needs to be created and maintained for:
Wallet installation, operation, and upgrades
Secure messaging using shielded transactions.
Secure Node software installation, operation, upgrade, and maintenance.
Systems and Procedures for Reliable Internal Operations
ZenCash already has multiple information systems that are used for communicating and organizing the activity of the community. These are going to grow and increase in complexity, especially as we add in requirements for resiliency and uptime.
Zen will need an IT staff that uses industry standard methods to ensure reliability, security, uptime, and usability of the ZenCash information systems. This means hiring a systems administrator and putting him or her to work.
Research & Development and Future Roadmap Planning
ZenCash is off to a great start leveraging the software created by Zcash. Over time, ZenCash will continue to add features specific to Zen. An example is the Secure Node system. There are other ways that Zen can improve as well. There should be a formal method of working with talented academic researchers to prototype and develop continuous improvements.
Zen is going to be around and accomplishing great things for a long time. In parallel with building out the 1-2 year roadmap (with slight adjustments as we go) described in the Zen White Paper, it will be important to have a longer term view for improvements as well so ZenCash can continue to stay at the forefront of cryptocurrency capabilities.
Reference:
ZenCash Website – https://zensystem.io
ZenCash Blog – https://blog.zensystem.io
ZenCash Github – https://github.com/ZencashOfficial
ZenCash Forum – https://forum.zensystem.io
ZenCash Slack – https://slackinvite.zensystem.io
ZenCash Twitter – @ZenCashOfficial
ZenCash Telegram – https://t.me/zencash
ZenCash on Bitcointalk – https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/annzen-zencash-permanent-distributed-and-fully-anonymous-cryptocurrency-1819977
ZenCash YouTube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ0v_lUnZHIKUQUXJzfgqOg
ZenCash Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/zencash/
ZenCash Blog on Medium – https://medium.com/zencash
Buy or Sell ZenCash
ZenCash on CoinMarketCap – https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/zencash/
ZenCash on Bittrex – https://bittrex.com/Market/Index?MarketName=BTC-ZEN
ZenCash on TradeSatoshi – https://www.tradesatoshi.com/Exchange?market=ZEN_BTC
ZenCash on CryptoDAO – https://cryptodao.com/
July 13, 2017, 12:04:41 PM
Is there a link anywhere to the roadmap?
Just published an update to the roadmap here: https://blog.zensystem.io/current-status-and-roadmap-for-zen-upgrades-and-improvements-july-2017/
July 13, 2017, 08:50:37 AM
Just for reference. I am running 2x MSI Radeon R9 390 8gb Gaming cards stock at 1040/1500 getting a total of 780 sols. Power draw per card seems to be around 190 with a 220 spike.
Since it's equihash based, you can use zcash benchmarks.
July 13, 2017, 08:20:37 AM
Just for reference. I am running 2x MSI Radeon R9 390 8gb Gaming cards stock at 1040/1500 getting a total of 780 sols. Power draw per card seems to be around 190 with a 220 spike.
July 13, 2017, 07:53:38 AM
Is there a link anywhere to the roadmap?
Their White Paper says this: " The initial Road map covers a 12- to 18-month development window to get the system functioning autonomously"
July 13, 2017, 01:05:35 AM
Is there a link anywhere to the roadmap?
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