Topic: Burst weekly report! The future is bright! Proof of Capacity is here. (Read 22036 times)

The first Weekly Burst Report since the departure of the PoCC. Get up to speed on Burst activity.

https://www.burstcoin.ist/2019/01/20/weekly-burst-report-66/

Development
•Last week, the PoC Consortium released the BRS 2.2.5 version of the core wallet, which helped successfuly mitigating a spam attack. PoCC developer rico666 reveals: “the latest spam attack which was mitigated by the 50-50 pool forging fat blocks and the release of BRS 2.2.5 stipulated development of BRS 2.2.6 which is to be released in December and specifically addresses inter-wallet communication.” In the meantime, everyone please update to 2.2.5 to keep the network as strong as possible. ◦Reddit user u/harryy1453 even made it easier for you to upgrade by introducing a “handy little repo that contains packages for the Burstcoin Wallet for Debian and its derivatives.”
◦You can probably expect a more detailed writeup explaining what happened with last week’s spam attack soon.
◦The Poloniex Burst wallet was momentarily disabled but everything is now back to normal.
•PoC Consortium developer JohnnyFFM hinted at a new release of the reference plotting software Engraver. And it’s fast… Very fast! See this Reddit thread for some never-seen-before nonce generation speed. Beta is already available for testers.
•Do you remember the PoCCBot we talked about last week? Well, work is still ongoing. What is now a “simple” tip bot might become much more than that in the (near?) future.
•Friendly reminder: the November announcement is coming next week.

Development
•Please, update your wallet. Outdated nodes are being used to help spam the network. No worries – the attack is being mitigated, but always keep in mind this is a consensus network and it is only as strong as its weakest parts – which would be the oldest wallets. Updates are there to help the network. ◦BRS 2.2.5 “Mitigator” is out and 100% resistant to the spam attack. Qbundle already offers the one-click upgrade. Everyone needs to update!

•An important announcement is coming before December, as announced by the PoC Consortium in a Reddit post: “By the end of this month we will inform you about a clandestine project of the PoCC (and friends). Is it big? You bet.”

•Please welcome PoCCBot, the PoC Consortium’s tipping bot for Reddit! PoCCBot is a great way to show appreciation towards a valuable post by donating a few BURST to its author. “The bot is still in the testing phase, but should be fully operational soon. It also looks like sending tips is not the only task that will be performed by this bot in the future…”, according to PoC Consortium developer rico666. ◦You need to get listed to be able to receive tips.
◦You need to fund your tip account to be able to tip.
◦Please welcome @BotPoCC on Twitter as well!

•Version 0.2.3 of the Android wallet has been released. It now supports fee suggestions, and Russian & Serbian language.

Development
•The PoC Consortium released new versions of both Engraver and Scavenger, the reference plotting and mining softwares. ◦PoCC developer JohnnyFFM released engraver 2.0.4 today. There was a bug causing all files with a startnonce not equal to 0 to be corrupt in Engraver 2.0.2. He states: “this was a nasty issue but it is now fixed. I am deeply sorry for this and hope I did not cause to much inconvenience for users who have recently tested Engraver.“
◦The good news for windows users: a GUI is now included in the 2.0.4 release. If feedback is positive, JohnnyFFM will push this as candidate to replace Xplotter in Qbundle.
◦Aditionnally, Engraver as well as Scavenger now fully support AVX512f for compatible CPUs. JohnnyFFM explains here the benefits it brings for scanning speed.
◦Finally, Odroid XU4 Mali OpenCL support has been added to Scavenger 1.6.4.

•Everything leads to believe the BRS 2.2.3 and BRS 2.2.4 core wallet versions work like a charm. “I am pretty confident that the network was never as healthy as it is today”, says PoCC developer rico666.

Development
•The PoC Consortium released the BRS 2.2.4 “Propagator” core wallet. BRS 2.2.4 contains a security fix, UI enhancements, a 4-fold increase of UTStore, and more. This version allows the Burst network to absorb a surge of 80 000 tps for at least 30 seconds. ◦Full changelog and download on GitHub.
◦Why you need to update to the latest wallet version.
◦Qbundle one-click upgrade is not yet available at the time of publication, but should be implemented very soon.
◦MacOS brew formula has been updated as well to 2.2.4 by nixops.

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•Great news for miners! The PoC Consortium released the brand new 2.0.0 version of Engraver, the reference Burst cross-platform plotting software. PoCC developer JohnnyFFM explains: “It will replace all previous CPU-Plotting tools, i.e. Engraver 1.0.0 and Xplotter. Engraver 2.0 was done from scratch and offers a solid basis for all future features that are planned. All hashing routines have been massively optimised. Engraver 2.0 is hashing ~20% faster than any other CPU-Plotter. It is also the first CPU plotter supporting the AVX512f instuction set of latest CPUs.” ◦Full changelog and download on GitHub.

More

https://www.burstcoin.ist/2018/10/29/weekly-burst-report-58/

Development
•The BRS 2.2.4 version of the core wallet is ready to be published, but the PoC Consortium decided to postpone the release a little to add more things to it. In the meantime, PoCC developer rico666 published a writeup on Reddit: “why you should update to BRS 2.2.3 (or later)“. ◦In short: BRS 2.2.3 changes the way unconfirmed transactions are propagated across the network. This allows ramping up other parameters in the wallet to improve scaling.
◦With BRS 2.2.4, “the Burst network in general will be capable of swallowing a surge equivalent of 80 000 tps for 30 seconds.” So why should you update exactly? “Older BRS versions will work too, but in case such a surge happens, they will cause a high bandwidth not only for themselves, but also for their peers. Which means they become the weakest elements in the network.” Read the article for a fuller explanation.

•The Burst Wiki now includes a BURST research resources page, referencing research publications relative to Burst. Keep in mind this is a work-in-progress.

Websites
•Don’t forget to vote (every day!) for Burst for the Numex listing. It is free, it takes a few seconds and you do not need to register.

Other
•Daniel Jones and Tamara Sanchez represented Burst at the 2nd edition of the BlockchainNW conference in Seattle, where they spoke on a panel and met many people. Tamara shared their experience: “we connected with a lot of amazing individuals and we’re just happy to talk about the community and the work and dedication it entails. We were just humbled to represent [the Burst community].” ◦She adds: “We will be at another conference in San Francisco in about a week and a half.”
◦Additionally, Daniel often goes live on Twitch talking about Burst. You can find some replays on his channel. A live is planned for 11pm PST today, don’t hesitate to tune in.
◦Burst community figure Dan Dares launched a fundraising to help cover Daniel and Tamara’s expenses. As Dan says, Daniel and Tamara “are giving up days at a time, paying for plane tickets, rooms and more. Out of their own pockets and using their scarce days off for us all.” It’s time to give back! Donation wallet: BURST-NQAW-GQ84-CA6C-7B3LS
◦Finally, Daniel confirmed that an important announcement is coming for October.

•Physical Burst coins are in! Reddit user u_Zensae_ ordered 1,000 pieces for himself and the community. He is making a first call for people who want to order 10 or more. Contact him on Reddit if you are interested!

Weekly key data

PoCC development statistics (public repositories)

– Files modified: 6 ↓
– New insertions (+): 127 ↓
– New deletions (-): 42 ↓

Note: this solely indicates the GitHub activity on already released projects. It doesn’t reflect the work the PoCC puts into its private repositories.

Blockchain metrics

– Blockchain transaction volume: 8,764 / -20.6% ↓
– Total wallets: 151,258 / +0.3% ↑
– Burst held in Poloniex & Bittrex: 53.9% / -0.2% ↓

Network metrics

– Estimated Network Size (weekly average): 243 PB / -7.2% ↓
– Public Nodes: 459 / +4.2% ↑

Trading metrics

– High / Low: $0.011 / $0.008 USD →
– Trade volume / change: $429,366 / -27.7% ↓
– Market Capitalisation/ change: $17,326,001 / -9.6% ↓


Development
•We pre-announced it last week, and here it is: Scavenger 1.6 is out! Among other upgrades, The PoCC’s Burst reference miner is now available for Linux/Unix/Windows/MacOs/Android (32&64bit), allowing support for raspberry pi, odroid and modern android phones. Burst mining with Android is back! (tutorial here) ◦“Why is it a big deal? It shows the versatility of Burst’s Proof-of-Capacity algorithm, allowing mining on even the weakiest and least energy-consuming machines and thus enabling an ecosystem truly designed for decentralization.” – Weekly Burst Report #55
◦Scavenger automated Docker builds, thanks to Felix Brucker. Click here and get your Scavenger Docker container via “docker pull spebern/scavenger”

More:

https://www.burstcoin.ist/2018/10/15/weekly-burst-report-56/

A new Weekly BURST Report is out!
 - Scavenger v1.6.0, Android mining, BRS 2.2.4 announced, BurstLib by BurstExtensions, and more!

Development
•Scavenger 1.6 is going to be released soon, and it is packed with exciting development. The PoCC’s Burst reference miner is ready to be available for Linux/Unix/Windows/MacOs/Android (32&64bit), allowing support for raspberry pi, odroid and modern android phones. Yes, Burst mining with Android is back! (Long standing community members may remember the first Burst Android wallet – the world’s first application that allowed efficient cryptocurrency mining on smartphones, back in late 2016). ◦PoC Consortium developer JohnnyFFM explains: “I added support for one-dimensional hashing and made Scavenger run on Arm cpus and old 32bit x86 cpus. Tested it on all sorts of Raspberry Pi’s and on a Samsung A5 Android phone. Have a user with a Samung Note 9 as well. Works like a charm!”
◦Why is it a big deal? It shows the versatility of Burst’s Proof-of-Capacity algorithm, allowing mining on even the weakiest and least energy-consuming machines and thus enabling an ecosystem truly designed for decentralization.
◦Full changelog also includes new features, some optimization (2-3% speed increase), and a few bugfixes

•The BRS 2.2.3 core wallet will have a successor sooner than initially planned. BRS 2.2.4 is about to be released soon. Upgrading will be highly advised for average users. Stay tuned!
•Community developer CurbShifter has been developing incredible decentralized applications with Burst for the past few months. Most notably, he is behind CloudBurst, a decentralized cloud storage application, and BurstCoupon, to create and claim password protected coupons with Burst. ◦This week, CurbShifter released BurstLib, a cross platform dynamic library to make developing applications and tools compatible with the Burst blockchain easier.
◦It is providing secure access to the BRS functionality even on external nodes. It is a bridge between the BRS (Burst Reference Software) REST API and a standard C interface. Making it ready to be called from a wide range of programming languages such as C, C++, C#, ruby, python, java, scala, php, lua, ect.
◦BurstLib is open source and available on GitHub. Don’t hesitate to support the amazing work of CurbShifter by donating to his BURST address: BURST-WN56-VW53-7B6V-9YAFW.

•How would Burst hold against a 51% attack? “In absolute numbers, it is 10 times more expensive to attack Burstcoin, than it is to attack Bitcoin. In relative numbers (profitability), Burstcoin would be a more than 55000 times more bitter pill than Bitcoin.”


Get the latest full news:

https://www.burstcoin.ist/2018/10/08/weekly-burst-report-55/

It would be good to update the Burst roadmap with an indication of the approximate timing of the proposed updates.

It has been weeks and over a year since the Proof of Capacity Consortium has been developing improvements and giving Burst some stability. Technically, it has never been in a better position to become a top 100 coin in market value. Mining capacity is bigger, there are more public nodes, but its community needs to do its part in making it known.

Burst community, do your part. Show the general community that there is a better, greener coin waiting to be adopted.

Weekley Burst Report #54

• A new version of Scavenger – “the fastest Burst miner” – has been released. Version 1.4.0 is a major release with a substantial changelog. In short, it features many performance improvements (especially for big mining rigs) and new features. You can check it out and download it freely on GitHub.
  
  
• The new 2.2.3 BRS core wallet released last week looks stable so far. The PoC Consortium recommends updating if you haven’t already. Click here to download it for your operating system. Numbers of public nodes keep increasing thanks to the fixes brought by this latest version (482 at the time of publication).
  
  
• Call for Code is a multi-year global initiative that is a rallying cry to developers to use their skills and mastery of the latest technologies, and to create new ones, to drive positive and long-lasting change across the world with their code. This year, the inaugural Call for Code Challenge theme is Natural Disaster Preparedness and Relief.
  
  Last week, we reviewed Daniel Jones’ (@nixops) concept of Proof-of-Life, which uses blockchain and radio to send a message to confirm someone is alive in a war time or natural disaster scenario. Daniel’s technology has been submitted to Call for Code – there are many prizes to win so let’s keep our fingers crossed. Here is the project’s repository.
  
  
• Some explanations of what the roadmap looks like after the various announcements over the past few months, by PoC Consortium developer rico666.
  
  
• Don’t forget to vote for Burst for the Numex listing. It is free, it takes a few seconds and you do not need to register.

Burst's development and improvements are as usual going forward. Rico666 and the PoCC are right to hold development first over marketing. But it doesnt mean that the Burst community should just sit and wait. We should show our support and spread the message.

Weekly Burst Report #53

• The PoC Consortium released the new version the core wallet: BRS 2.2.3 “Victor”. This release fixes UPnP and rare race conditions in UT handling, adds forgotten /lib directory for ARMv7 hosts, and implements DeepQR codes (CIP14) for a better Point-of-Sale/mobile payment infrastructure.
  
  Thanks to the UPnP fixes, the number of public nodes has already started to go up again, growing more than 31% this week alone.
  
  Download the new wallet on GitHub. Qbundle one-click upgrade is available for Windows users.
  
  
• The miner software Scavenger is going well towards a 1.4.0 release. According to PoC Consortium developer JohnnyFFM, “we just have to fix some console messages and then it‘s ready to release.” See the list of commits for more information on the upcoming release.
  
  
• Daniel Jones (@nixops) made an experiment that made some noise within the crypto community. He processed a Burst transaction via amateur radio, from a node that did not require any power. This device does not need require an electricity provider, nor an internet provider to be able to send Burst transactions. I highly recommend reading this highly informative article by Daniel himself – it explains the concept of Proof of Life and the process behind the radio transaction very well.
  
  
• The story got covered on many news websites: CoinTelegraph, CCN, TheNextWeb, The Cryptograph, and more.

Thats another encouraging weekly update. Burst, after a long time, has some marketing work behind it by real people of the community. Not like the pump marketing it had with Adam Guerbuez some years ago. This time theres real value in Burst.

I like. I think that it will interest many people, but the main thing is that it really changed the whole cryptocurrency world for the better

I hope that this news will somehow affect the crypto-currency market, or rather the growth in the value of coins. Now it sounds promising

Theres also more secret development in their private repositories. Thats when we know thay the PoCC are playing it very close to their chest and they would only release their idea when the code is ready for testing. They cant have the other projects copy their roadmap.

So the essence of all that is different from the others.

That's great, so wherever a cryptocurrency emerges it must be different from the others and have a good vision and mission.
In order to be a role model for technology literate traders.

Its also said that there is some marketng related news coming out. There were no dates announced, but I assume its soon.

Another important update for the Burst newbie is this guide on how to set up a Burst wallet step by step.

Weekly Burst Report #49

A new Weekly BURST Report is out
- temporary fork (solved),
- Burst ads, marketing discussions,
- physical burst coins, and more!

  Get the latest news:

https://www.burstcoin.ist/2018/08/27/weekly-burst-report-49/