The Cypherfunks
The Cypherfunks is a grand experiment in music for the internet age: crowdfunding a global band through a decentralized cryptocurrency. Since it’s inception in February 2014, the Cypherfunks have produced over 80+ songs that have been played over 3000 times on SoundCloud, have been played on a German radio station, featured on South African prime-time news & featured on popular cryptocurrency media spaces such as Coindesk & LetsTalkBitcoin. A rising global band, collaborating music together, attempting to redefine what music making can be in the 21st century.
Make music with the world. "The Cypherfunks" is a decentralized, internet band & cryptocurrency. A new way to make music in the 21st century! The cryptocurrency, enables the new music collective. http://thecypherfunks.com. Starter's guide here. Read the philosophy.
HYPE Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVulWS8PxRA&feature=youtu.be
Media/Exposure:
http://www.savannah.vc/blog/2014/03/02/what-to-think-about-bitcoin-virtual-currencies-africa/ [mentioned next to Dogecoin]
http://mybroadband.co.za/news/banking/98014-the-cypherfunks-cryptocurrency-and-internet-band-from-sa.html
https://ice3x.co.za/cypherfunks-band-twist/
https://twitter.com/JustinKennerley/status/443979656350695424/photo/1 [Live interview on South African Radio station: RSG]
www.coindesk.com/coins-for-bands-disrupt-music-industry/
https://twitter.com/Fredericklutz/status/446614591737323520/photo/1 [live on South African news]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKsQdQGhh6c [filmed insert on South African news]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXLdnLZNITw&feature=youtu.be [live interview on South African national news]
http://bitscan.com/articles/the-cypherfunks-disrupting-the-music-industry
http://10and5.com/2014/04/24/the-cypherfunks-a-cryptocurrency-and-online-music-experiment/
The currency
The Cypherfunks (FUNK) is also a cryptocurrency (like Bitcoin or Dogecoin). It's an scrypt coin with the following features:
Block time of 2 minutes: retargeted with Dr. Kimoto's Gravity Well.
About 50 billion (49 275 000 000) will be mined in 4 years, whereafter there will be a constant increase in supply of: 1 314 000 000 per year. The first 15 blocks have a smaller reward of 5000 to allow the network to adjust.
1st year: 100 000 per block.
2nd year: 50 000 per block.
3rd year: 25 000 per block.
4th year: 12 500 per block.
5th year onwards: 5 000 per block.
NO pre-mine. This is a community currency!
Wallets
Github Wallet downloads:
https://github.com/The-Cypherfunks/The-Cypherfunks/releases/tag/1.0.1.0
Source available at: https://github.com/The-Cypherfunks/The-Cypherfunks
Bounties
100K FUNK per seps pack! Spread the word! EDIT: Now 4.7 Million available to give away! 400k donated so far
http://www.reddit.com/r/thecypherfunks/comments/1z9cti/separates_bounties_for_remixing_100k_funk_per_pack/
Bounty FUND for a faucet [donate here]:
CMshf9ZVrYoBPdjnsJ7zSgVFcfEZui85qw [6.2 million donated so far]
[1 M donated to the altcoinfaucet]
5.2 (old bounty still left) + 8881241(delievered from altcoinfaucet)
If you have a working faucet, the bounty will be delivered.
Bounty FUND for a reddit tipbot [donate here]:
If a working reddit tipbot is running for at least 2 weeks, the bounty will be delivered.
Pools
http://p2pools.org/funk
Sample Cypherfunk.conf
This is used if you want to solo-mine or run the daemon yourself. Sample:
Code:
listen=1
server=1
daemon=1
rpcuser=cypherfunk
rpcpassword=feelthefunk
rpcport=23666
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
server=1
daemon=1
rpcuser=cypherfunk
rpcpassword=feelthefunk
rpcport=23666
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
[If you don't add rpcallowip to localhost (if you are a solo miner), then it is HIGHLY recommended you change user and password, otherwise someone can connect to your node if the port is open for inbound connections.]
Exchanges
AllCrypt
https://www.allcrypt.com/market?id=561
Comkort
https://comkort.com/market/trade/funk_ltc
Price Ticker:
http://crypto-prices.com/FUNK
Block Explorer
http://funkexplorer.n00bsys0p.co.uk/
Faucet
http://cypherfunk.altcoinfaucet.net/ [taken down for now]
The Music.
List of song are on SoundCloud!
Other links:
Twitter (main place for updates).
https://soundcloud.com/groups/the-cypherfunks [share The Cypherfunks songs here]
http://blog.thecypherfunks.com
Freenode IRC! #cypherfunks
This is a growing community currency. We need fans, miners, musicians and developers. Join!
