Can Armory support altCoin-qt wallets (TRC, FC, LTC, etc)?

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Quote from: etotheipi on April 25, 2013, 07:33:05 PM

Quote from: SpaceCadet on April 25, 2013, 07:18:39 PM

While BTC is still the king-of-the-hill, there are a number of altCoins popping up these days that often use the same core code for their wallets (since they have essentially the same structure). Can Armory support these as a mix of 'wallets'?

I've offered to give folks advice on how to adapt Armory, though only one person has really tried. A lot of coins may only need changing some constants. And in the case of LTC, updating a hash function. I know there will be some other hurdles, but it may not be a ton of code.

It's just that alt-currencies are nowhere near the top of my priority list.

Hi etotheipi
To Support ltc , one just has to update the hashing function ? Where can I find it in the source ?

etotheipi

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Quote from: Mooshire on May 13, 2013, 12:28:40 AM

It would be really badass to have a client that can handle any major altcoin and display them all at once. That would be one hell of a client.

Look at Ufasoft which attempts to do exactly that. One wallet that is used across multiple chains, and tracks each balance individually. I don't know much about it (never used it), but it sounds like exactly what you just requested. Also discussion about it here:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ufasoft-coin-multi-currency-open-source-client-for-windows-58821

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It would be really badass to have a client that can handle any major altcoin and display them all at once. That would be one hell of a client.

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Thanks! That's good to be aware of -- and points out another area of crypto-currencies to add my list of things to investigate for my own edification.

etotheipi

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Quote from: SpaceCadet on April 25, 2013, 07:18:39 PM

While BTC is still the king-of-the-hill, there are a number of altCoins popping up these days that often use the same core code for their wallets (since they have essentially the same structure). Can Armory support these as a mix of 'wallets'?

I've offered to give folks advice on how to adapt Armory, though only one person has really tried. A lot of coins may only need changing some constants. And in the case of LTC, updating a hash function. I know there will be some other hurdles, but it may not be a ton of code.

It's just that alt-currencies are nowhere near the top of my priority list.

SpaceCadet

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While BTC is still the king-of-the-hill, there are a number of altCoins popping up these days that often use the same core code for their wallets (since they have essentially the same structure). Can Armory support these as a mix of 'wallets'?

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