Ixcoin is planning on using SolidCoin's difficulty smoothing algorithm in its upcoming release. More details here : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=36218.msg478310#msg478310.

We've committed several changes to Branch 0.3.24.1.

These changes include a switchovr to new difficulty adjustment algorithm at block 20055. The current block count is 19960 so we should hit this count in about ~2 weeks. After that, difficulty retargets every 24hours with max increments of 10% and max decrements at 400% (uses Solidcoin's code). The aim is to achieve a much more consistent block rate.

On 09/01/11 00:12:51 UTC (in one week), the client will switch over to a new Ixcoin-specific pchMessageStart peering marker from the original Bitcoin marker. This change was recommended by a few although we haven't had reports of any issues with this yet. Better safe than sorry.

This will mean that all Ixcoin users need to update their client within 1 week. After that, their clients will likely not be able to communicate to other updated nodes on the p2p network due to the new marker. Blocks would also be rejected as they wouldn't include the new difficulty algo.

We wanted to have the marker and diff algo switchover together at a particular blockcount, but this might not work if some peers have switched over to the new marker and cannot update blocks on other peers using the old marker.

The changes are detailed here : https://github.com/ixcoin/ixcoin/commit/df30a348d0f914412a5a248f282afdd7ade95dbd

The IRC host is also now changed: https://github.com/ixcoin/ixcoin/commit/d8808bdf8eb109a25389b1745069955115c2940a

Any comments/reservations/suggestions would be appreciated at https://ixcoin.org/forum/index.php?topic=71.msg358. Anybody who can test this code, please try and get back to me. If we don't get any objections to the new code, we'll upload the new builds very soon.

Thanks!

I think that's a great idea. It'll save a lot of merchants hassle having to install and secure their own daemon on their ecommerce servers.

We use Microtronix for some of our ixcoin.org hosting and I have nothing but praise for them. Great support and lots of features/addons.

The latest github version addresses this issue and enforces the 21M limit. Hope this helps.

The answer is no. But keep guessing

If you get a chance, it would be great to have a ixcoin.btcguild.com pool too in the future.

Hope all goes well in T-2!

It will be interesting to see if the generation curve affects the uptake by the community. In any case, best of luck with i0coin.

It would be great to have a i0coin<>ixcoin exchange. DoubleC ? 



This is not an issue as the Ixcoin client locks in the blockchain and will be update to continue locking it in the future.

For various reasons, such as finding out what comprises the sponsor package of. We can't find any details on it.

Fred has been trying unsuccessfully to contact Bruce about getting Ixcoin a vendor table and sign up to be a conference sponsor. He does not appear to be returning Fred's emails or chat requests.

I'm guessing he's pretty busy organizing the conference, but can anyone help in getting hold of him? That would be most appreciated. Thanks.

A fix was committed to address the concerns about the hard limit at 21M ixcoin. Thanks Genjix.

https://github.com/ixcoin/ixcoin/commit/7110ddf25667f059ebcee159963b6703fff53e13

If you have any comments/suggestions/reservations concerning this, please respond or post on http://ixcoin.org/forum.

A fix was committed to address the concerns about the hard limit at 21M ixcoin. Thanks Genjix.

https://github.com/ixcoin/ixcoin/commit/7110ddf25667f059ebcee159963b6703fff53e13

If you have any comments/suggestions/reservations concerning this, please respond or post on http://ixcoin.org/forum.

To prevent manipulation errors with Bitcoin/Ixcoin addresses, Bitcoin addresses starting with 1 are now invalid. In the future, we might need to block out more addresses if Bitcoin starts using other address versions.

https://github.com/ixcoin/ixcoin/commit/1adddc0b6d57f7431611322df8df1a33f79d7727

In other news, first Ixcoin escrow at http://www.ixcrow.com and a Russian exchange appears to be gearing to start offering Ixcoins https://btc-e.com/ixc_exchange

Are you sure you're entering the opendid in the correct field, up top left? If so, you could try contacting DoubleC.

Correct. I did correct this in my subsequent post.

Sounds great.

Don't speak russian, but I'd be happy to help or promote your exchange if you plan to support Ixcoin. Do you have an ETA on this?

More details here https://ixcoin.org/forum/index.php?topic=55.0

It appears your mistake revealed a bug in the current Ixcoin code. Thanks for notifying the forum about this. We'll include a patch for this in the next update.

Thanks for PMing me the amount loss: 38 IXC. I'd be happy to cover the 38 IXC in the hopes you regain faith in Ixcoins. Please PM me an Ixcoin address.

[Note: I am not setting a precedent here. Just a one-off ]

Please download this branch: https://github.com/ixcoin/ixcoin/tree/Branch_v0.3.24

It'll be committed to the main trunk soon.

It appears your mistake revealed a bug in the current Ixcoin code. Thanks for notifying the forum about this. We'll include a patch for this in the next update.

I understand your frustration but calling it scamcoin appears a bit extreme.

Thanks for PMing me the amount loss: 38 IXC. Considering this must be a bankrupting loss to you, I'd be happy to cover the 38 IXC in the hopes you regain faith in Ixcoins. Please PM me an Ixcoin address.

[Note: I am not setting a precedent here. Just a one-off ]

Great start.

With more work this could put you in a good position to claim the Ixcoin statistics page bounty

I would argue it is diluted over substantially more miners than early bitcoin mining. I would be very surprise any single individual is holding more than 200K IXC.