Honestly, you cannot compare Mint to Apex. Apex has bad pos parameters. For example 24 hour min stake time...60 second blocks, that is terrible for security, which is exactly what we are talking about. Mintcoin has less than 30 second confirmations and 20 days min stake time and a max coin weight of 40 days so you cannot save up weight indefinitely to create an attack. It is secure both from too little, and too much staking time. You need a balance and MINT has this balance, for performance, security, and minting fairness, imo.
Yes I can compare mint to apex, Different PoS Parameter do affect security, but PoS is still PoS, your current parameters will only work well with a PoS 1 style coin, as not everyone can keep a system online 20 days straight, that is why min stake age would have to be lowered with a PoS II coin. The only point I am stating is if there is a switch to PoS II, it will require a change in min stake time, no way around it. When you get a new dev , he will say the same thing, if you want your users to be able to stake a PoS II style coin. If you don't switch to PoS II , then parameters change is not an issue, only if you do switch. PoS security is determined by the # of coins staking and their weight. Currently 3% staking at the time of this post, comes out to 635,5557,506 mintcoins. 51% attack 635,557,506*51%= 324,134,328.06 if someone waited until max weight is achieved 20X 324,134,328.06 /20 = 16,206,716.403 Then for only ~16,206,716.403 mintcoins purchased , someone could doublespend on your network after reaching full weight. FYI: Your Max weight is 20 days not 40 days, weight does not begin until 20 days and it stops gaining weight at 40 days. So only 20X the amount per block is the max weight, not 40x.  I would agree with this, as one who opened both my Mint & Zeit wallets over 6 months later to stake (I would almost call them twins, if you look close enough at the specs). I only had a very small amount though, still remember Ray's face palm of my post & it should be a must to be able to open any one of these apps up months/years or even decades if there is desire to (otherwise why is this being created, to always trade 100% of holdings & not hand down to future generations or save up for school/car/house/etc..)? I try to look past the flaws, since I know they will be worked out in the future & just hope that future is close enough this realm of time we stand in  |
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Thanks for the tip!  It seems blockexperts.com (or me?) is currently not synchronized. Blockexperts shows Current Block 59909, and in my wallet I see 60138. Which one is correct? I've done a full resync from scratch. And now I have the same block count with two BlockExplorers. So, now I'm Ok and staking. For the ones who see & know what rare specs to look for in a coin, here's FIRE's to date: Total blocks: 60048 Synchronized blocks: 60048 (100.00000000 %) Total transactions: 120671 Total coins: 97856.62985808 FIRE POW coins: 97496.02194000 FIRE (99.62713093 %) << PoW Ended 3 days after if I recall rightPOS coins: 364.89308736 FIRE (0.37286907 %) <<Here's where the math comes in for PoS Total send amount: 1459278.17679470 FIRE Total receive amount: 1459273.84894470 FIRE Total fee amount: 4.32785000 FIRE Total used addresses: 4942 Total funded addresses: 428 Total empty addresses: 4514 // 1 coin or 1 Billion coins all calculate the same if implemented right (see it all the time over the years), but in my own research & seeing people seem to want the big # (with 8 decimals & some more, it's beyond me why more would catch peoples eyes)? There are chains with what a possible supply would demand (say an item or key codes of merchandise as an example), then chains with less & useful for a specific design. That's just what I see with many of these, but no one wants to be transparent & I have seen why many times over the years. Still seeing this could help the world in so many ways, but we have to get past certain learning curves |
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.....the 500 (over a year ago) give away on Poloniex still saying I need to withdraw them (fail)  Trading for TALK is no longer supported on Poloniex, so it would be wise to withdraw them if you still can. Use alcurEX if you want to keep them on exchange, it is the only supported exchange at the moment. I don't keep them on exchanges (only to test/trade), being a giveaway in all & just never got around to installing walllet #2000+ (not really, but 1000 atleast tested). I have seen this thread a few times, was really close to seeing if polo withdraw would work & just never got around to it? |
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More to follow later ... but basically I try to tip all useful comments. Still thinking on the details. I would like to publish an address list of all on the HONOR ROLL so everyone can tip. But I will be tipping  Not on the right PC to take a screenshot (going to see if I can get one posted in a minute, can't seem to remember the name of the site now & its been a while since I've uploaded anything?), but could show a screen shot of the 500 (over a year ago) give a way on Poloniex still saying I need to withdraw them (fail) Just can't keep up with all the news & thousands of coins ( applications), but it's a big world though & lot of use can be utilized for most of them. Found it, imgur   |
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A wallet audit & new UI update would be a +, can we update the OP with the Mint Linux donation address (making sure to put not affiliated, but supports?). As that is one great way to show support, without having to send big amounts & being able to send even 1 sat worth might be a great help to the Linux team in the future The OP is still in major need of updates as well (all old donation links), the updates I have made are amateur at best (though most say that graphics are over rated, though many over a year have well build designs) & could be updated? |
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Can't wait for Philipma1957 review ^_^
This ^ |
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FYI , Issues to be aware of currently it is 20 days before a stake can occur, switching to PoS 2 means that time interval needs to be dramatically lower , as some people ISP may not be reliable and able to keep them on for that amount of time. Blackcoin Minimum stake age: 8 hours So a new Minimum stake age will also need to be decided for mint. 2 hours or 4 hours or 8 hours No Reducing minimum stake age is a clever way to make it so only the top addresses do all the staking... Blackcoin has always been a scam and they are making it even more "scammy". Mintcoin was released first, a few weeks before it, and they always try to take all the credit of being the first coin of it's kind. Fact is they were originally a mintcoin clone. Anyway, the whole issue is a non-issue. No attack like is being theorized has ever happened to Mint, and this sounds like scaremongering a problem that has not been proven to exist except in theory. No one has been able to pull it off... The fact is Mintcoin works. It is fair. Not scammy. Trying to create theoretical problem that doesn't exist as an excuse to change the coin. Unless someone is successful against attacking Mintcoin, there is no need for a fix. IMO Don't make decisions on emotion... Out of fear, etc.This ^ No (my vote), if anything make it a full month. |
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why would you spend so much time writing about shitty coins
It's like reading about shitty coins on this forum, on steroids. If it's something you enjoy, keep doing it & don't let people question your hard work. The internet has somewhat overtaken books & news papers, so please keep up the great work & know that many people would enjoy reading offline (more of a movie buff, but have enjoyed the year or so of seeing previews of your work). In the real world of people always saying that one small thing isn't going to change the world, but it really does & that is the truth! People might just look back a decade from now & find that you were sign by a publisher, made it to the big leagues with future novels (books, magazines, comics, news papers, etc..). Walking through the library, stumble upon a strange book called... Hmm, never heard of this & starts to read |
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I noticed that it's one of the top coins at Bittrex today too. About 8 BTC in volume. That's pretty respectable.
Yes, OMC is doing very well at the moment and has been on and off the first page on bittrex - it's definitely getting stronger Just now seeing Omnicoin (tough to keep up with the 1000's of threads here on bitcointalk) & really like that you have everything on github (many good sites out there), as well as an OP that has everything right there (less searching & more information) Great work, the github (or many great sites) is a great thing to see everything put into (making for true open source) |
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Wow thanks for doing this. I didnt knew that this is possible via github. I hope they update it in OP.
The use of Github & many other coding sites can be utilized for many things, which the future of coding is quickly growing to become one of the top fields as of 2015 (machines don't funtion without code). All depends on if you're the type of person to want to know whats behind the graphics, sound, etc.. of things (websites, GUI or UI = user interface)? This is the one thing open source has that inspires me, as it does many people around the world & seeing what it takes to build these interfaces P.S. I have helped many OP's, MINT being for the keepod kid charity & cryptomommy was very kind to let me join trello (that should be in the OP?). I did let her know a few weeks ago that I would be offline for a while, but just thought I'd help with the small update of the OP. |
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I have just sent an update for the OP, please if you're going to keep me as a quote in the OP & need updates? Just send me a message, the changes made to the mintcoin.cc explorer leads to the New CryptoID explorer now & is misleading with the old text / design (updated with the correct text & design). I also updated the code on github to show exactly what changes were made, thanks & MINT on Updated code: https://github.com/TestingCrypto/ANN-OP-Thread-BBcode/commit/5d977e0b2e26f40868a68a4babec14b31e3d2a511) ~ Windows (1.17.0) | Mac (1.17.0) | Linux (1.17.0) | Android (1.05.apk)2) ~ CryptoID  |
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Been waiting for many years to see, not only in bitcoin, but all PCB's & components 1)Modular parts, making it possible to upgrade to the next design. 2)Replace BGA with a custom socket (the CGR {cryptography research} or some random name / number?), since modular is a few years out for costly budget. Keeping the process of upgrades simple & not bound to a set design (unless a new modular unit or socket is created), sure it will be quite a few years though. 1Give4dbry2pyJihnpqV6Urq2SGEhpz3K Lgive22khLkxDTgw1V3aMCv8vHsQJLnttX DGive9RKJ5a2yBAdUzLJ839gBeboDku4VU |
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quoted from BitcoinNational:
. End of Arguement Point ... smart will eventually focus on the mobile 'smart' phone market ... and staking on a mobile phone is DUMB ... possible yes ... but requires processor, memory, and battery drainage ... DUMB. Now for the really DUMB ... stakes requires the blockchain ... this is a big problem for stakes coins attempting to gain smart phone adoption .... tell them to install 1 Gig of blockchain on a Smart Phone
I seem to be missing the target market for smartcoin,
and need some explanations how to sell smartcoin to smart phone categories,
or does anyone know how to sell to smart phones categories?
I would have to agree with BitcoinNational on the staking with smart phones or tablets, as of now & still keep an option open for the future. Modular Smartphone (tablets, laptops, etc..) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_smartphoneThe world of modular designs, this is a very small step in the right direction & there's a wide range of devices that will be modular in time. |
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* BGA is a terrible idea (...) you need a friggin' X-Ray machine to inspect your solder joints.
* The kind of chips Bitmain and Avalon are doing already are the best option (...)
Amen to that! Are you listening chip-makers? Well said, couldn't have said it better & disliked working on Ball Grid Array solder joints (can't wait for the new material of the future, it's out there & just ahead of our time as of now)! BGA is not customizable & is very much a pain to work with, but the future of customization is here. Not everyone will want to have or use customizable equipment, but it doesn't hurt to have it for the ones who do //dream of the breadboard of customizations, open platform is the future & BGA is the COAL of the past\\ |
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The new explorer is far superior to anything MINT has in store in terms of explorers.
fairglu's CrytpoID block explorer is by far the best around, watching the development since day one (very quick to update or fix upon request) & nothing better (aside from a few Bitcoin explorers). Its nice to know that their is a community but where are they? I cant see anyone on reddit, IRC, here or twitter. I have been holding MINT for a year now and recently there was a great push with lots of programs but then again there was silence. Where can I find all the great community members? I was just frustrated due to lack of communication. The current explorer i think was rather primitive so i thought for similar costs it was good to have far better one. Now it is for community to decide on its fate. Now go check your credentials before getting offended. No Hard Feelings Watching this forum for years now, it's not the best place for the honest & good hearted communities to be active (who's that behind that mask, that is the truest ?'s of BitCoinTalk & the world of online names). A great place to start, but not a place to think it's going to make a difference in the direction of MINT. I wouldn't have volunteered many months ago if it wasn't for Trello & knowing there is a real team coming & going throughout the launch of MINT (Keepod kid was very intriguing & hope to see more ways to make a difference in this world of crypto). //Back to the future, Forward from the past & Standing still in time\\ |
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This is fantastic. I really can't believe someone hasn't done this sooner. I like it!!!
That has been a thought for a long time, hence the reason many alts do ICO/IPO/ITO's & premines. Multifaucet  | | _________________________________
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Indeed your right, Patience being a virtue has never been so true as it can be in cryptoland... mint for example, I was buying at 1-3 sats in super small amounts for months before it's unexpected big birthday boom I sold most of it at 15-20 sats (kept a mill to stake) and will continue to put a little btc into when I can. I've been trying to remember to stake my TECH when I do restarts on my comp, wallet takes a minute to connect but it always does and sync's up fast. I'm up to 3028 TECH now is the OP up to date for the exchanges? is there still a spot to buy? I've been using the YoBit exchange quite a bit it's one of the better small/new exchanges and could be a great spot for TECH. have you guys seen the POS coins with masternodes now? (crave) and some other good features coming... just wondering the possibility of seeing TECH with an upgrade like that? It could give it the tech that the name TECH implies just thinking outloud Patience is a virtue & much knowledge can be learned through this "crypto land" you speak of. I have watched MINT & many other coins / apps throughout the year/s (very new to software code & over a decade in hardware). Seeing everything changes very quickly, the ups & downs of this "crypto land" has been quite a bumpy ride to see. Change never comes easy, but the applications for real world uses are here & just need time to develop. P.S. That's the great thing about open source & community (without an ICO & abandoned at launch, we are just community helping), if anyone wants the coin on an exchange? Send them a request, as it would help make adding other features a possibility & maybe other things as well? |
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is this coin alive
Well it's not DEAD if that's what your asking, just flying below the radar of PnD's I could add it to the code, it's a simple cut and paste from Truckcoin. It's just a matter of me finding time to do it.
What do you think a good max threshold for FIRE would be? It's set to 400 on Truck. Should we scale it based on total supply?
I would think that would be best to scale it, anyone else think so? |
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