Askcoin is a cryptocurrency for real-time Q&A. It was born to achieve freedom of speech and question-and-answer worldwide. It's decentralized and ASIC-resistant, this is achieved by a new POW consensus algorithm.
As we all know, bitcoin is mined by calculating sha256, so whoever calculates sha256 fast will be able to produce new blocks before anyone else, this is exactly what ASIC mining machines on the market are good at.
In order to weaken the advantages of ASIC mining machine, the mining algorithm of askcoin uses sha256 combined with memory loading to resist ASIC machine. In askcoin, the speed of mining depends mainly on the speed of memory load, not the speed of sha256 calculation.
Askcoin's full node is open-source now, you can access its source code on github:
https://github.com/lichuan/askcoinYou can refer to the following function in blockchain.cpp file to know how it implement ASIC-resistant:
https://github.com/lichuan/askcoin/blob/master/src/blockchain.cppand here is the asic-resistant data:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lichuan/askcoin/master/src/asic_resistant.dataand here is the bitcointalk ANN url:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-askcoin-asic-resistant-is-a-decentralized-qa-and-prediction-platform-5104959Askoin is listed on Bisq (Decentralized Exchange)! You can buy or sell ASK coins on Bisq exchange.
Refer to the latest version of bisq (0.9.4):
https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq/releases/tag/v0.9.4Askcoin is listed on Graviex exchange, so you can buy ASK now:
https://graviex.net/markets/askgioQ: What can I do to get ASK coin?
A: There are 3 ways to get it:- After registering the account, you can import the private key into the mobile app and receive a reward by answering questions from others.
- Run the full node to mine and get the miner's earnings.
- Buy ASK coin through an exchange or person-to-person transaction.
