Topic: PRE [ANN] CureCoin development continues.... - page 8. (Read 94916 times)
It seems this project encountered many difficulties, but I will still continue to focus its development.Hope it can live
AT LAST someone pulls this off! I love primecoin for it's intrinsic utility on top of making some coins, but this is outstanding!
Now, what safeguards do you have to validate the folding work? What simple proof-of-work is there? What prevents someone from submitting garbage?
Now, what safeguards do you have to validate the folding work? What simple proof-of-work is there? What prevents someone from submitting garbage?
Great questions! Since the folding isn't actually integrated into the blockchain but is rather an independent reward system (therefore the network keeps its cryptographic security, and protein folding doesn't bloat the blockchain), the work validation is done by the work-providing network. To start off, we are only using Folding@Home, but as the project grows, the beauty of the separate GPU/CPU computation pool is that more can be created to allow work done for other awesome projects as well. The F@H project handles stopping submitted garbage, and has some downright awesome protection against exploits. Work provided by work servers is provided redundantly, so if one person submits junk it's easy to pick out the incorrect workunits, and points will, for them, not be rewarded.
Make sense man. I like this coin. great work.
Gridcoin delivered its working cryptocurrency that rewards for folding which is even less centralized:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/gridcoin-grc-first-coin-utilizing-boinc-official-thread-324118
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/gridcoin-grc-first-coin-utilizing-boinc-official-thread-324118
I just spent some more time reading up on the Gridcoin announcement thread on cryptocointalk. As I've said repeatedly I have the utmost respect for Rob, but he is human and I believe it is fair to say he is stretched a bit thin at the moment. If Curecoin doesn't launch then I will end up looking at Gridcoin again because I love the concept behind both of the coins as I've mentioned in my previous posts on this thread.
However, after reading the last 10 pages or so of the announcement thread on cryptocointalk it appears that Gridcoin is at a crossroads and it looks like some members are clearly trying to tilt the future of Gridcoin in their favor. It will be interesting to see how it plays out but I'll watch from the sideline for now.
GridCoin is certainly an interesting project, though I haven't been keeping up with it much. At its current point, GridCoin rewards users only for CPU utilization if I'm not mistaken.
It is evolving fast. Rob the developer is quite quick at enhancing his client and making other changes as the need arises.
CureCoin fills a similar niche but I believe (hope) it will be much easier to setup and use. I'm really looking forward to getting started with it and would volunteer for testing but at this point I've got too much money tied up in my equipment. I need to let the equipment make a little money while I'm waiting for your launch.
Is Stanford going to sign off on CureCoin? If not will you launch anyway? They may change their tune when they see the additional processing power added to their network because of CureCoin. Additionally, I know the original plan was to have several devs working full time on the coin. Is that still the plan?
Gridcoin delivered its working cryptocurrency that rewards for folding which is even less centralized:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/gridcoin-grc-first-coin-utilizing-boinc-official-thread-324118
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/gridcoin-grc-first-coin-utilizing-boinc-official-thread-324118
I just spent some more time reading up on the Gridcoin announcement thread on cryptocointalk. As I've said repeatedly I have the utmost respect for Rob, but he is human and I believe it is fair to say he is stretched a bit thin at the moment. If Curecoin doesn't launch then I will end up looking at Gridcoin again because I love the concept behind both of the coins as I've mentioned in my previous posts on this thread.
However, after reading the last 10 pages or so of the announcement thread on cryptocointalk it appears that Gridcoin is at a crossroads and it looks like some members are clearly trying to tilt the future of Gridcoin in their favor. It will be interesting to see how it plays out but I'll watch from the sideline for now.
GridCoin is certainly an interesting project, though I haven't been keeping up with it much. At its current point, GridCoin rewards users only for CPU utilization if I'm not mistaken.
I have some GPUs ready for this folding, when will it come out!?
Gridcoin delivered its working cryptocurrency that rewards for folding which is even less centralized:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/gridcoin-grc-first-coin-utilizing-boinc-official-thread-324118
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/gridcoin-grc-first-coin-utilizing-boinc-official-thread-324118
Yes, and Ripple provides their XRP for participation in BOINC program. There are AntiAIDS, Pure Water, AntiCancer projects.
CureCoin has much better name for marketing. Let's say how good they will use all of this.
Gridcoin delivered its working cryptocurrency that rewards for folding which is even less centralized:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/gridcoin-grc-first-coin-utilizing-boinc-official-thread-324118
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/gridcoin-grc-first-coin-utilizing-boinc-official-thread-324118
Yes, and Ripple provides their XRP for participation in BOINC program. There are AntiAIDS, Pure Water, AntiCancer projects.
Gridcoin delivered its working cryptocurrency that rewards for folding which is even less centralized:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/gridcoin-grc-first-coin-utilizing-boinc-official-thread-324118
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/gridcoin-grc-first-coin-utilizing-boinc-official-thread-324118
I just spent some more time reading up on the Gridcoin announcement thread on cryptocointalk. As I've said repeatedly I have the utmost respect for Rob, but he is human and I believe it is fair to say he is stretched a bit thin at the moment. If Curecoin doesn't launch then I will end up looking at Gridcoin again because I love the concept behind both of the coins as I've mentioned in my previous posts on this thread.
However, after reading the last 10 pages or so of the announcement thread on cryptocointalk it appears that Gridcoin is at a crossroads and it looks like some members are clearly trying to tilt the future of Gridcoin in their favor. It will be interesting to see how it plays out but I'll watch from the sideline for now.
Gridcoin delivered its working cryptocurrency that rewards for folding which is even less centralized:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/gridcoin-grc-first-coin-utilizing-boinc-official-thread-324118
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/gridcoin-grc-first-coin-utilizing-boinc-official-thread-324118
Thanks for the update Vorksholk. I really want to be involved with a coin like Curecoin so please post what is going on more often. Going weeks without an update gives the impression the coin is dead before it got started. I know you guys have put a lot of work into it so please keep us in the loop.
Currently we are working on fixing the forum, and getting a community member to be the forum administrator. We are also finishing up pool security, and I am working on two guides; one for setting up GPU systems along with benchmarks for various cards, and another for remote management of multiple folding machines.
Sure it would be a huge thing, cause I can't imagine the pain in the ass it will be to manage hundred of gpus for folding if we don't have something similar to cgwatcher!
The forums site, curecoin.us, is having some issues from a forum upgrade, we're working on restoring it, but we may have to settle for a few days rollback.
I would estimate a date in the next month or so for launch, the reikicoin test is well under way and was planned to occupy one month for pool testing and to make sure our stats system records everyone's points correctly. This afternoon I'm sending out a new copy of the EasyFold beta client, which is a simplified version of FAHControl. Coin source code is based on PPCoin still, with PoW/PoS. Here's a spreadsheet that gives the data for coin mintage:
<-- Forums seem to be having some trouble with the image, here's a direct link: https://i.imgur.com/4EMAxa7.png
Currently we are working on fixing the forum, and getting a community member to be the forum administrator. We are also finishing up pool security, and I am working on two guides; one for setting up GPU systems along with benchmarks for various cards, and another for remote management of multiple folding machines.
I would estimate a date in the next month or so for launch, the reikicoin test is well under way and was planned to occupy one month for pool testing and to make sure our stats system records everyone's points correctly. This afternoon I'm sending out a new copy of the EasyFold beta client, which is a simplified version of FAHControl. Coin source code is based on PPCoin still, with PoW/PoS. Here's a spreadsheet that gives the data for coin mintage:
<-- Forums seem to be having some trouble with the image, here's a direct link: https://i.imgur.com/4EMAxa7.pngCurrently we are working on fixing the forum, and getting a community member to be the forum administrator. We are also finishing up pool security, and I am working on two guides; one for setting up GPU systems along with benchmarks for various cards, and another for remote management of multiple folding machines.
Devs please react more often on this forum. We will be the initial power boost for every coin, you should care more.
Although I see a coin based on a concept such as this to be the future of crypto's (doing real work for coins), in all honestly my interest in this coin is dropping like a rock as a direct result of the lack of information from the dev team.
They rarely respond to any posts and the coin hasn't even launched yet. This dev team would play a key role in distributions of the coin which certainly makes me uncomfortable considering their unresponsiveness. Additionally their main site which is also rarely updated has been down for days and they was right in the middle of a test run. No word here about it at all. In other words this thing may already be dead and we wouldn't even know about it because they don't post updates to either site very often.
I had every intention of pointing all nine of my computers at curecoin assuming it ever launched but the complete lack of updates from the dev team at the very least looks unprofessional. I've seen this far too many times already with other dev teams and it didn't end well so unless there is a dramatic change soon I don't think I'm going to get involved in this one. Good luck to those that do!
They rarely respond to any posts and the coin hasn't even launched yet. This dev team would play a key role in distributions of the coin which certainly makes me uncomfortable considering their unresponsiveness. Additionally their main site which is also rarely updated has been down for days and they was right in the middle of a test run. No word here about it at all. In other words this thing may already be dead and we wouldn't even know about it because they don't post updates to either site very often.
I had every intention of pointing all nine of my computers at curecoin assuming it ever launched but the complete lack of updates from the dev team at the very least looks unprofessional. I've seen this far too many times already with other dev teams and it didn't end well so unless there is a dramatic change soon I don't think I'm going to get involved in this one. Good luck to those that do!
I share the same opinion. I am removing my interest in this coin as well. I think people should voice their concern about this coin as well. They should keep giving us update. 1st gen is done, i hope with all the time they had since the announcement we should be expecting a 2nd or 3rd gen crypto from the curecoin.
Although I see a coin based on a concept such as this to be the future of crypto's (doing real work for coins), in all honestly my interest in this coin is dropping like a rock as a direct result of the lack of information from the dev team.
They rarely respond to any posts and the coin hasn't even launched yet. This dev team would play a key role in distributions of the coin which certainly makes me uncomfortable considering their unresponsiveness. Additionally their main site which is also rarely updated has been down for days and they was right in the middle of a test run. No word here about it at all. In other words this thing may already be dead and we wouldn't even know about it because they don't post updates to either site very often.
I had every intention of pointing all nine of my computers at curecoin assuming it ever launched but the complete lack of updates from the dev team at the very least looks unprofessional. I've seen this far too many times already with other dev teams and it didn't end well so unless there is a dramatic change soon I don't think I'm going to get involved in this one. Good luck to those that do!
They rarely respond to any posts and the coin hasn't even launched yet. This dev team would play a key role in distributions of the coin which certainly makes me uncomfortable considering their unresponsiveness. Additionally their main site which is also rarely updated has been down for days and they was right in the middle of a test run. No word here about it at all. In other words this thing may already be dead and we wouldn't even know about it because they don't post updates to either site very often.
I had every intention of pointing all nine of my computers at curecoin assuming it ever launched but the complete lack of updates from the dev team at the very least looks unprofessional. I've seen this far too many times already with other dev teams and it didn't end well so unless there is a dramatic change soon I don't think I'm going to get involved in this one. Good luck to those that do!
Give us the news. What is currently going on with this project and what else needs to happen to launch the coin?
Hey guys, quick update! Due to concerns over the auto-installation feature being a violation of FAH EULA/ToS, we are removing that feature for now, so currently the client we are working with will require users to go through the normal installation of F@H, but from there users can use our thin-client program to start/stop/reconfigure FAH (username/password) if they do not want to work with the more complicated default control application which comes with F@H.
We are in the process of beta-testing this software, the next wave of updates will be going out in the next few hours to anyone interested. If you want to help us test this software, shoot me a PM.
We are in the process of beta-testing this software, the next wave of updates will be going out in the next few hours to anyone interested. If you want to help us test this software, shoot me a PM.
Thanks for the update. Any news on the go live date? You have a lot of anxious people ready to go!
For real. I've been waiting on this since the day I heard that there were altcoins (sometime around November).
Hey guys, quick update! Due to concerns over the auto-installation feature being a violation of FAH EULA/ToS, we are removing that feature for now, so currently the client we are working with will require users to go through the normal installation of F@H, but from there users can use our thin-client program to start/stop/reconfigure FAH (username/password) if they do not want to work with the more complicated default control application which comes with F@H.
We are in the process of beta-testing this software, the next wave of updates will be going out in the next few hours to anyone interested. If you want to help us test this software, shoot me a PM.
We are in the process of beta-testing this software, the next wave of updates will be going out in the next few hours to anyone interested. If you want to help us test this software, shoot me a PM.
Thanks for the update. Any news on the go live date? You have a lot of anxious people ready to go!
Hey guys, quick update! Due to concerns over the auto-installation feature being a violation of FAH EULA/ToS, we are removing that feature for now, so currently the client we are working with will require users to go through the normal installation of F@H, but from there users can use our thin-client program to start/stop/reconfigure FAH (username/password) if they do not want to work with the more complicated default control application which comes with F@H.
We are in the process of beta-testing this software, the next wave of updates will be going out in the next few hours to anyone interested. If you want to help us test this software, shoot me a PM.
We are in the process of beta-testing this software, the next wave of updates will be going out in the next few hours to anyone interested. If you want to help us test this software, shoot me a PM.
I want a very easy to follow guide then.
Hey guys, quick update! Due to concerns over the auto-installation feature being a violation of FAH EULA/ToS, we are removing that feature for now, so currently the client we are working with will require users to go through the normal installation of F@H, but from there users can use our thin-client program to start/stop/reconfigure FAH (username/password) if they do not want to work with the more complicated default control application which comes with F@H.
We are in the process of beta-testing this software, the next wave of updates will be going out in the next few hours to anyone interested. If you want to help us test this software, shoot me a PM.
We are in the process of beta-testing this software, the next wave of updates will be going out in the next few hours to anyone interested. If you want to help us test this software, shoot me a PM.
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