Exactly.


I've decided to make a couple more small improvements and compile Windows binaries after. It's a matter of a few days.

Halcyon v1.1.1.0 has been released.

It's a mandatory update for pools and exchanges addressing a critical vulnerability. There was a bug in block verification code that originated from PPC. It affected only hybrid PoW/PoS coins. It could never make itself to the block chain under normal circumstances. Someone could generate a PoW block with a valid coin base, a valid regular tx, and a rogue coin stake or even a few. The block verification code did not check for such injected coin stakes. What was even worse, it didn't check output values at all. A tx with a million coins output basically out of thin air was perfectly acceptable, though it would be never accepted to a mempool. The attacker had to compose a PoW block, mine it and broadcast to the network.

Windows and Mac binaries coming.

Orbitcoin v1.6.2.0 has been released.

It's a mandatory update for pools and exchanges addressing a critical vulnerability. There was a bug in block verification code that originated from PPC. It affected only hybrid PoW/PoS coins. It could never make itself to the block chain under normal circumstances. Someone could generate a PoW block with a valid coin base, a valid regular tx, and a rogue coin stake or even a few. The block verification code did not check for such injected coin stakes. What was even worse, it didn't check output values at all. A tx with a million coins output basically out of thin air was perfectly acceptable, though it would be never accepted to a mempool. The attacker had to compose a PoW block, mine it and broadcast to the network.

That's exactly what has happened in block 3237780. 150k coins were generated, 70k were sold on Freiexchange the next day, the rest were dumped recently on the 8th/9th of September crashing the price to 200 sats. The hack has been brought to my attention too late to counter it, even though I have identified the attack vector and patched the vulnerability in just a couple of a hours. It's a very bad idea to roll back such a large part of the block chain, besides the coins have been sold already. Whoever have purchased them at such a low price, well, enjoy them. They are technically valid coins.

Windows and Mac binaries coming.

v0.7 should show the dates properly.

Yes, actually I have almost forgotten. I've also scheduled a new release with all updates and bug fixes over the last 2+ years.

Data, not database.

It should be named orbitcoin.conf and placed inside the data subdir, or it won't be picked up. The wallet can learn about new peers from IRC unless you have blocked it.

Phoenixcoin turns 8 years old today. Quite a lot of time in crypto space.

Just keep it running. If the tribar in the wallet's lower right corner glows yellow, it's staking.

Make a guess

I think it's time for another wallet release this month. It has been 2 years since v1.6.1.0 already. Quite many patches on GitHub.

Anyone who lost coins on Altilly, don't forget to submit the claim form on their front page. The deadline is the 9th of January 2021 23:59 CET. Find TXIDs of your deposits as they will be needed most likely in order to back up your claim.

Their primary wallet has 6615587.54565 PXC current balance.

Shit happens

They may come back. We'll see in a week or so.

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That's a good news. FreiExchange is the place to trade those old school coins. HAL/BTC was the primary trading pair in times of Bittrex, Cryptsy and Cryptopia.

Not much currently. There used to be a formal partnership back in 2013. NeoScrypt was developed and implemented initially in Phoenixcoin in 2014, later that year in Feathercoin as well. Both coins go separate ways since. I think my last contribution to the FTC development was somewhere in 2017.

You get 0.25 ORB per single stake like everyone does. How long, it depends on network difficulty and your luck. Anything from one week to a few months.

Those exchanges die too much. Cryptsy, Cryptopia, NovaExchange, maybe a couple more.