That's great!  Everyone, please check out this pool!  Ours is having intermittent issues :-(

Strange, it has been tested on a number of configurations.  What service on your machine is using 3651?

Please use another pool, sorry there are still problems showing at the moment there.


0 Fee Pool: http://cfn.0feepool.com/
One BTC Place: http://onebtcplace.com/
Minep.it: https://www.minep.it/pool/cfn/
CFN Luckypool.cn: http://cfn.luckypool.cn/

Ok, please try another in the meantime?  We are looking into, but also, it's important to use the other pools available.

Very sorry, we ran into unexpected difficulties and caused a small delay for the launch.  We apologize about the communication problem.  Now that the site is up, please let us know if any questions.

Port is 3651

Instructions are here:

http://confessioncoin.com/download.php

Technical difficulties, please be patient  Will be up shortly!

We are following the countdown on the website. Sorry for the discrepancy, we will confess as soon as it is up!

Not sure what countdown you're looking at.  Check the OP?  We will release the wallets in ~5.5 hours.  The site will actually be delayed for about an hour or two after the mining starts since coins need to mature by 120 confirmations before they're spendable (and so the site will be blank for at least about ~2 hours after launch).

Anyone have strong feelings on that, btw?  We're ok releasing the blank site a few hours before it can be truly used, but just don't want to cause confusion.

No, we will have the wallets at launch and are working with people to provide them.  Those bounties are going to be claimed if the releases are provided as expected at the time of launch.  If not ... they will stand open.  The OP will be updated more frequently close to launch (in about 5.5 hours) to update on status.  If we need additional help, believe me, we'll ask!

We got you Berric.  We'll be posting to all bounty collectors at some point shortly after the release, but it won't be immediate, as we need to know some time will pass and the sites will still be standing up.  We are looking for a solid longer term community here.  We hope that you're in for that ... and thanks!

Just like the church, the middleman who facilitates the confession unto the almighty (blockchain) receives the offering ... i.e. the devs :-)


Really, the site will receive the penance, and in order to keep things liquid when the block reward mining ends, we'll also be paying it out mostly in the form of transaction fees to keep our community going.

Just saw that we're the "Strange Alt of the Week" on CoinDesk ...

http://www.coindesk.com/things-alt-vertcoin-gets-hot-bitcoin-backed-coin-crypto-confession

Kudos -- here's to being strange!

Interesting comparison.  I don't see any similarities to our core features (site, usage, etc) ... ?

In fairness, it's hard to see the whole picture as we see it because the site and tools have not yet been released.  But that will be remedied soon (launch is this weekend, see the timer on our site: http://confessioncoin.com)!

We also have DigiShield built in already.

Also a good point!  Given that this coin is used primarily for creating content on the website, one could argue it's a smaller community than the general purpose cryptocurrency for daily spending, etc (such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, etc).  That said, we have not yet commented on transaction fees, since we are not close to the end of the block reward just yet.  But yes, increased transaction fees will likely be a part of the system in time.  It can actually be built into the system pretty easily too, as content creators (i.e. people writing confessions) have to pay for their confessions.  Once the payment is received, a different transaction is issued to store the confession in the blockchain, and that one could have the higher or automatic transaction fee attached to it so that users don't necessarily feel the weight immediately (for example on tips to the content creators).

Thanks for pointing that out.  It's a wording issue only (OP updated).  The block reward mining will end ~1 year after launch.  Miners are still needed for transactions.  All confessioncoins will be in circulation at that time.

There's one on the main website: http://confessioncoin.com

Thanks so much -- Linked from the OP!

Interesting, never heard of that one!  I get the impression they're not decentralized or based on blockchain technology though?

You're absolutely correct.  Sorry, I was thinking of something entirely different.  This is not planned for our initial release, but if you have pointers to implementation details, please feel free to post or PM.  Thanks!