Are you proposing that we collect SmartCoins from people in this thread?  For what purpose would we use them? 

I'm wondering, will all coins based on Monocle follow the same N-factor schedule ? Because if you wanted to change this schedule for Vertcoin, you would have to change it for all merged coins isn't it ? Implying that every merged coin would have to hard fork to do that ? That would be a mess.

i'm jealous.... i have 160.000 coins on cryptsy but can't do any transaction
I hope that the opend tomorrow to add the new AC

Indeed, so what do they have to say to the fact that some manufacturer advertise Adaptive N-factor compatibility ??
Because if it is indeed the case this is a total game changer... :/

I don't know how many times we have to publicly say "VTC will hardfork if necessary to keep ASICs out" - we must have said it a hundred times!

I'll say it again, in case repetition number 101 will help - VTC will hardfork if that every becomes necessary to keep ASICs out. This isn't LTC, we're not going to suddenly decide to give up and capitulate in the face of a need to hardfork, we will do whatever is necessary to keep VTC decentralised and in part that means excluding ASICs by whatever means necessary.

Someone wrote a nice guide on setting up your own p2pool node in a VM (and also, in one of the comments, someone linked to a nice HOWTO on running your own node directly on your windows desktop): http://www.reddit.com/r/vertcoin/comments/24trmj/set_up_your_very_own_p2pool_node_linux_virtual_box/

To reiterate, running your own p2pool node for your private use is the best way to merge mine VTC and MON, with the highest possible payouts and zero fees.

Who are we?
Founder: Bushido
bushido@vertcoin.org
Our founder, Bushido has worked for major companies such as Accenture and Microsoft as a developer, and has returned to education as a masters student at Johns Hopkins. Persuaded that centralization was the bane of existing cryptocurrencies, he set out to create something that would encourage the wide distribution of mining power, increasing the security and safety of the Vertcoin network. Like most creative technical people, his main concern is to see substance and technical innovation behind Vertcoin, and he is always pushing to keep us innovative and keep us thinking about how we can do things better.

Developer: Othe
othe@vertcoin.org
Othe is a smart investor (in BTC since 2009) and was involved in efforts to get the Litecoin proof-of-work changed to try to achieve the initial purpose of Litecoin - ASIC resistance. When the Litecoin team proved reluctant to change things, Othe moved on to VTC and is now a key part of the team. Skilled in Python, Flask, PHP, Django and Drupal, Othe was also closely involved in the p2pool port to VTC. As an import/export guy, Othe also brings a keen business mind to VTC along with his technical skills.

Developer: Bengt
bengt@vertcoin.org
Bengt studies computer science at bachelor's level and has a couple years of programming experience from that and other projects. Lately he's been working a lot with getting our distributed peer-to-peer pool network running smoothly. He's passionate about crypto as a new form of currency and looks forward to the day that Vertcoin gains wide-spread adoption. Writes python and java.

Developer: Aleks
aleks@vertcoin.org
Our goto man for Windows builds and issues, Aleks is a crypto enthusiast and entrepreneur. He has been an avid computer geek for the last 25 years, starting out with the BBC Micro in the 80s, moving through Commodore Amiga and onto PC. He now runs a mixture of Linux, OSx and Windows, though he won't be drawn on which one he prefers. Aleks is actively working with CryptoCurrency startups and brings technical understanding together with plain english and business experience. With VertCoin since day one, Aleks looks after all our native Windows build needs.

Dev Team Spokesman and webmaster: Boris
boris@vertcoin.org
With an extensive background in technical fields, including financial IT, Boris has more recently moved on to other things in his day-to-day professional life but still keeps involved with interesting and worthwhile projects like Vertcoin. A mixture of a strong technical background, with experience running a number of businesses gives Boris the ideal mixture of skills to be a bridge between the technical side of the project, and the fluffier, more user-friendly public face of Vertcoin. Boris also looks after our official website, and maintains our trusted build system (https://github.com/vertcoin/gitian.sigs.vtc) so that binaries can be validated and publicly verified as clean and trustworthy.

PR Guru: Casp3r
casp3r@vertcoin.org
Having run online businesses for over 8 years now, Casp3r advises startups on branding and online marketing issues and build brands via smart PR. Doing newsworthy things, being innovative then giving it the right angle and pitching it to media outlets. Once projects are established he works with the heavyweights in the different niches together running joint ventures to maximize value. Casp3rs role is as a marketing advisor, knowing how to steer brands into the right direction and maximize their potential.

Creative lead: Webbs
webbs@vertcoin.org
Webbs is the designer/animator and creative mind behind the Vertcoin brand. With 20 years experience in web/broadcast and advertising, Webbs has worked for the largest ad agency outside of london in the UK and worked for major clients including Microsoft, Norton, Yamaha, Toyota, Carphone Warehouse, Discovery, Ministry of Sound etc. He spent most of last year working for a well known international celebrity helping her to take new products to market. Webbs helps us bring the VTC brand to the world in a funky, interesting way and keeps us ahead of the competition image wise.

Social Media Guru: DCvtc
dcvtc@vertcoin.org
DCvtc is our Social Media expert. He currently manages social media assets for a telecomunications company full time, with 140,000 likes on Facebook and 30,000 Twitter followers. He works closely with the other marketing team members to assist in supporting their work via social media and specialises in customer engagement and dispute resolution.

All-round business brain: Timothy
timothy@vertcoin.org
Timothy is a writer and semi-polymath type, with a full Great Books type background, math, science and the soft stuff. He's written screenplays, short films, and is currently working on a novel. Professionally his background is in ultra-high end hospitality, writing, and the non-profit sector. With an extensive leadership history, Timothy brings a rich background of business expertise and life-skills, and is an all-rounder on the team. With a passion for cryptocurrencies, and convinced that Vertcoin is CryptoCurrency iteration 3.0, Timothy wants to assist in any way he can to help Vertcoin achieve it's rightful place as the most used, most trusted digital currency in the world.

Sure...except now VTC is far from the most profitable Scrypt-N coin to mine (by itself) because people are merge-mining with MON. So it's not exactly "free" and, on top of that, it means that the sustained high difficulty will make it quite difficult to acquire without buying. Clearly, people are banking on MON having value. I only expect the network speed to continue rising as it begins to approach that of VTC as merge-mining VTC+MON is, as we all know, a no-brainer. Due to the rarity, I think it will be interesting to see what happens once this starts trading on exchanges (especially with the consistently reduced block rewards).

WTB 100 MON for 0.05 BTC

Specifications:

Premine: Zero
Algorithm: Scrypt-N, merge-mineable on the VTC chain

Total circulation: 8.4 million MON

vertsquad..

I'm noticing I'm getting HW errors though. I'll try again in a couple of days once I get more RAM.

Hey, can anyone shed some light onto this error message I am getting?

EXCEPTION: 11DbException
Db::put: Not enough space
C:\Program Files (x86)\SmartCoin\Smartcoin-qt.exe in ProcessMessages()

Why is the hashrate displayed in my vertminer miner stats  significantly higher than the one display on the pool website?

Not sure what the problem you're describing is? Is it that you got a mon payment on one address but it doesn't show up in the statistics?

Try to lower -I to 18 or 17

50% of my hashrate is on Vertcoin+MON and the other 50% is in DRK, mining scrypt with GPUs is a waste now.

What is your settings for R290?

I mining here - http://p2proxy.net
 
but my statistic is broken  for 1 rig
 VTC (Paid: 2.55433404 VTC)
MON (Paid: 0.00000000 MON)

Recent payments stand by 2014-05-03 20:10

for second rig it's fine

0.691443460190 VTC (Paid: 1.97487506 VTC)
3.104770762960 MON (Paid: 5.39850627 MON)

I need an answer from the owner of http://p2proxy.net

Thanks

How many coins (approximately) have been mined up to this point? Can I get an estimate?

BLOCK REWARDS INFORMATION:
PoW Algorithm: Scrypt
Block Interval: 30 seconds
Difficulty Retarget: Every Block (Digishield)

Block 1: 400,000 SMC
Block 2 - 999: 1 SMC
Block 1000 - 199,999: 64 SMC
Block 200,000 - 399,999: 32 SMC
Block 400,000 - 799,999: 16 SMC
Block 800,000 - 1,199,999: 10 SMC
Block 1,200,000 - 1,599,999: 8 SMC
Block 1,600,000 - 1,999,999: 6 SMC
Block 2,000,000 - 2,399,999: 5 SMC
Block 2,400,000 - 3,199,999: 4 SMC
Block 3,200,000 - 3,999,999: 3 SMC
Block 4,000,000 - 6,399,999: 2 SMC
Block 6,400,000 - 12,799,999: 1 SMC

After block 200,000, the formula for reduction is the following:
  f(x) = floor(32 / floor((x + 400,000) / 400,000)), where x is the block number

Nice! Cheesy，This coin will be very interesting.