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Please restart your 0.3.24.2 Ixcoin clients. Thanks.
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Hi, Please restart your Ixcoin 0.3.24.2 client (or upgrade to it if you haven't done so yet). It should now activate the new Ixcoin-specific peering marker to setup for the upcoming difficulty algo. The new difficulty algo will start in 29 blocks - at block 2055. Thomas. |
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We've made some changes to Ixcoin addressing issues raised since its release. This is a compulsory update otherwise your Ixcoin client will not communicate with other updated nodes after Sep 1rst 2011. The blockchain remains intact. Upgrade to 0.3.24.2 as previous update 0.3.24.1 is now obsolete as is 0.3.24. What's new in 0.3.24.2?- New Difficulty Retargeting Algorithm
A new difficulty adjustment algorithm will activate on block 20055. The current block count is 19968 so we should hit this count in about ~2 weeks. After that, difficulty retargets every 144 blocks (i.e. every 24 hours) with max increments of 10% and max decrements at 400% (like Solidcoin). The aim is to achieve a much more consistent block rate. (commit) (commit2)
- New Peering Marker
On Sept 1rst 2011 at 00:12:51 UTC (in under a week), the new 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. The updated Ixcoin nodes will not be able to communicate with non-updated Ixcoin clients after that date. This will require a restart of the Ixcoin client on or after Sept 1rst. (commit)
- Other Miscellaneous Changes
* Blockchain lockin at block 19947 (commit)
* Hard limit total Ixcoins to 21M (commit)
* Fix minimized tray icon issue in Windows distro
* Switched back to lfnet.org IRC instead of Freednode. Now using 10 channels #ixcoin00-09 (commit)
* Bitcoin addresses are now detected as invalid Ixcoin addresses (commit)
* Relay threshold now at block 19947
* MacOS icon updated to Ixcoin
Where can I get the source?The latest source is available at https://github.com/ixcoin/ixcoinWhere can I get the executables?On Sourceforge: ixcoin-0.3.24.2-linux.tar.gz SHA1: 219f78b075029fef5b0d3b11db1c0be885dffcb6 ixcoin-0.3.24.2-linux-src.tar.gz SHA1: 91ecdf45ba70eb07eaa96ff517d64d9d7bad18f5 ixcoin-0.3.24.2-win32-setup.exe SHA1: ea12435c74b5b4ce63098aa47f5372de722ba029 ixcoin-0.3.24.2-win32.zip SHA1: 6618515a429bcd8f3f8480ca87494120e530ffa8 Apologies for the multiple updates. If you are upgrading from 0.3.24.1 and you are compiling from source, you can just update your main.cpp as the other updates are not essential. There's also an upcoming release 0.3.25 of Ixcoin based on the bitcoin 0.3.25 release. This upgrade however will not be mandatory like this one. Thanks. Thomas. |
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EDIT: We've made some changes to Ixcoin addressing issues raised since its release. This is a compulsory update otherwise your Ixcoin client will not communicate with other updated nodes after Sep 1rst 2011. The blockchain remains intact. What's new in 0.3.24.1?- New Difficulty Retargeting Algorithm
A new difficulty adjustment algorithm will activate on block 20055. The current block count is 19968 so we should hit this count in about ~2 weeks. After that, difficulty retargets every 144 blocks (i.e. every 24 hours) with max increments of 10% and max decrements at 400% (like Solidcoin). The aim is to achieve a much more consistent block rate. (commit)
- New Peering Marker
On Sept 1rst 2011 at 00:12:51 UTC (in under a week), the new 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. The updated Ixcoin nodes will not be able to communicate with non-updated Ixcoin clients after that date. (commit)
- Other Miscellaneous Changes
* Blockchain lockin at block 19947 (commit)
* Hard limit total Ixcoins to 21M (commit)
* Fix minimized tray icon issue in Windows distro
* Switched back to lfnet.org IRC instead of Freednode. Now using 10 channels #ixcoin00-09 (commit)
* Bitcoin addresses are now detected as invalid Ixcoin addresses (commit)
Where can I get the source?The latest source is available at https://github.com/ixcoin/ixcoinWhere can I get the executables?On Sourceforge: ixcoin-0.3.24.1-linux.tar.gz SHA1: 219f78b075029fef5b0d3b11db1c0be885dffcb6 ixcoin-0.3.24.1-linux-src.tar.gz SHA1: 91ecdf45ba70eb07eaa96ff517d64d9d7bad18f5 ixcoin-0.3.24.1-win32-setup.exe SHA1: ea12435c74b5b4ce63098aa47f5372de722ba029 ixcoin-0.3.24.1-win32.zip SHA1: 6618515a429bcd8f3f8480ca87494120e530ffa8 Looking forward to your comments. Thanks! Thomas. EDIT:We've made some changes to Ixcoin addressing issues raised since its release. This is a compulsory update otherwise your Ixcoin client will not communicate with other updated nodes after Sep 1rst 2011. The blockchain remains intact. Upgrade to 0.3.24.2 as previous update 0.3.24.1 is now obsolete as is 0.3.24. What's new in 0.3.24.2?- New Difficulty Retargeting Algorithm
A new difficulty adjustment algorithm will activate on block 20055. The current block count is 19968 so we should hit this count in about ~2 weeks. After that, difficulty retargets every 144 blocks (i.e. every 24 hours) with max increments of 10% and max decrements at 400% (like Solidcoin). The aim is to achieve a much more consistent block rate. (commit) (commit2)
- New Peering Marker
On Sept 1rst 2011 at 00:12:51 UTC (in under a week), the new 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. The updated Ixcoin nodes will not be able to communicate with non-updated Ixcoin clients after that date. This will require a restart of the Ixcoin client on or after Sept 1rst. (commit)
- Other Miscellaneous Changes
* Blockchain lockin at block 19947 (commit)
* Hard limit total Ixcoins to 21M (commit)
* Fix minimized tray icon issue in Windows distro
* Switched back to lfnet.org IRC instead of Freednode. Now using 10 channels #ixcoin00-09 (commit)
* Bitcoin addresses are now detected as invalid Ixcoin addresses (commit)
* Relay threshold now at block 19947
* MacOS icon updated to Ixcoin
Where can I get the source?The latest source is available at https://github.com/ixcoin/ixcoinWhere can I get the executables?On Sourceforge: ixcoin-0.3.24.2-linux.tar.gz SHA1: 219f78b075029fef5b0d3b11db1c0be885dffcb6 ixcoin-0.3.24.2-linux-src.tar.gz SHA1: 91ecdf45ba70eb07eaa96ff517d64d9d7bad18f5 ixcoin-0.3.24.2-win32-setup.exe SHA1: ea12435c74b5b4ce63098aa47f5372de722ba029 ixcoin-0.3.24.2-win32.zip SHA1: 6618515a429bcd8f3f8480ca87494120e530ffa8 Apologies for the multiple updates. If you are upgrading from 0.3.24.1 and you are compiling from source, you can just update your main.cpp as the other updates are not essential. There's also an upcoming release 0.3.25 of Ixcoin based on the bitcoin 0.3.25 release. This upgrade however will not be mandatory like this one. Thanks. Thomas. |
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Will nodes have to be restarted at this time or will they automatically start using the new marker?
They'll need to be restarted. |
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We've made some changes to Ixcoin addressing issues raised since its release. This is a compulsory update otherwise your Ixcoin client will not communicate with other updated nodes after Sep 1rst 2011. The blockchain remains intact. What's new in 0.3.24.1?- New Difficulty Retargeting Algorithm
A new difficulty adjustment algorithm will activate on block 20055. The current block count is 19968 so we should hit this count in about ~2 weeks. After that, difficulty retargets every 144 blocks (i.e. every 24 hours) with max increments of 10% and max decrements at 400% (like Solidcoin). The aim is to achieve a much more consistent block rate. (commit)
- New Peering Marker
On Sept 1rst 2011 at 00:12:51 UTC (in under a week), the new 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. The updated Ixcoin nodes will not be able to communicate with non-updated Ixcoin clients after that date. (commit)
- Other Miscellaneous Changes
* Blockchain lockin at block 19947 (commit)
* Hard limit total Ixcoins to 21M (commit)
* Fix minimized tray icon issue in Windows distro
* Switched back to lfnet.org IRC instead of Freednode. Now using 10 channels #ixcoin00-09 (commit)
* Bitcoin addresses are now detected as invalid Ixcoin addresses (commit)
Where can I get the source?The latest source is available at https://github.com/ixcoin/ixcoinWhere can I get the executables?On Sourceforge: ixcoin-0.3.24.1-linux.tar.gz SHA1: 219f78b075029fef5b0d3b11db1c0be885dffcb6 ixcoin-0.3.24.1-linux-src.tar.gz SHA1: 91ecdf45ba70eb07eaa96ff517d64d9d7bad18f5 ixcoin-0.3.24.1-win32-setup.exe SHA1: ea12435c74b5b4ce63098aa47f5372de722ba029 ixcoin-0.3.24.1-win32.zip SHA1: 6618515a429bcd8f3f8480ca87494120e530ffa8 Looking forward to your comments. Thanks! Thomas. |
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So there's no value added other than the 580,000 coins you kept for yourself as a reward for having the brilliant idea to change the name of someone else's actual work.
Ixcoin is an alternative blockchain with shorter maturity. That's it. The name change is incidental to that. If you fail to comprehend that, I can't help you I'm afraid. |
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A real "fork" of Bitcoin might have, oh, let's see...
Altered the block generation to give out 500,000 coins in block 1. Then you could have reserved your "bounty" money, it would all be in one transaction, and it would be accountable to the community because payouts for bounty would have been a great deal easier to track. If you had any level of innovation in your project other than plain old fashioned selfish greed, you would have put 500,000 coins in block 1 and it would have been nice and transparent.
But that wasn't what you wanted. You didn't want to do actual work and create a transparent system. You wanted the least work possible to put money in your pocket -- and in the process, you created a currency and proved to us you didn't understand it. Instead of telling your "fork" to give you 500,000 coins in block 1, you mined solo for months, because ...
You didn't fork the software, you copied it.
The bounties are easy enough to track as all the winners are posted on the Ixcoin Forum for all to see. Feel free to contact the bounty winners. We didn't adopt the initial block reward because we weren't sure of the release date, the final Ixcoin design and the way the bounties would be structured. Mining the coins gave us more flexibility. So setting the initial block reward variable to 500K makes it a 'real fork' then? Well, I see our definition of a fork are not so different after all. At least we agree here. |
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Where do I state Bitcoin is my code? I clearly state Ixcoin is a direct fork of Bitcoin.
You seem to like to pretend ixcoin is your code. Again, where do I pretend such? But ixcoin isn't a fork of Bitcoin, it's a copy of Bitcoin. Editing the name does not a fork make, nor does changing one or two constants.
A fork is when you have a different vision for the future of a piece of software and you split it so you can make changes that make the program be significantly different from the original. And when I say "vision", I mean something other than a really blatantly obvious attempt to make yourself rich off of someone else's innovation.
My vision is for Ixcoin to be a direct fork of Bitcoin, keeping up with any Bitcoin updates, on an alternative blockchain with shorter maturity. Nothing more, nothing less. You are free to lay your preconceptions on top of that is somewhat besides the matter. |
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Did I blatantly copy bitcoin code then call it my own?
Where do I state Bitcoin is my code? I clearly state Ixcoin is a direct fork of Bitcoin. How did I make that btc? Oh that's right I mined alongside others unlike yourself.
Then I exchanged them at DoubleC's site like everyone else.
Where did I scam anyone? Moreso where did I admit to being a scammer?
You believe Ixcoin to be a scam as you have stated throughout the forums. And you sold this 'scam' to other people for profit. Therefore, that makes you a scammer. You intentionally sold something you believed to be a scam. That is the definition of scammer. You asked one of your forum members how ixcoins can be more transparent. I wrote several suggestions in an open letter in which you ignored. My suggestions were reasonable yet you ignore me and ur dixcoin trolls end up addressing more than you have.
Your suggestions were trivial and absurd. Typical of a scammer like yourself  |
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i lookend into the vid on staurday evening, but unfortunately, the sound was to low. but i saw a ixcoin banner.. was thomas there? if yes, do u have any pictures? was he beaten up  I couldn't make unfortunately. Thanks Bruce for organizing the event. I look forward to watching the speaker videos. |
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Could we expect anything less than copying once again?
Dear self-declared-scammer Smoothie, I believe we can all learn from each other. There's some positive feedback coming from these alternative blockchains which I'm confident will also benefit Bitcoin too. |
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My issue is that Thomas claims to be the developer of ixcoins but he has not developed shit. All he has probably done is copied and pasted code and called it an ixcoin release.
I don't see where I claimed this, but even if I did, Ixcoin's tenant is not its codebase since it's a direct Bitcoin fork. Ixcoin is simply an alternative blockchain with a shorter maturity. Nothing more, nothing less. In any case, it's good to see that Smoothie claims that he is a scammer by his own admission https://ixcoin.org/forum/index.php?topic=52.msg369#msg369. I think we can all learn from his public honesty. |
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don't get me going on ixcoin ... LOL!
Sorry you feel this way. We hope this will change over time as Ixcoin get more traction. |
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IXCoin is using the same leading byte as Bitcoin (yet another example of the laziness of the "developer")
That's being addressed in the upcoming update. |
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A cart which supports BTC/IXC/etc would indeed be very useful. still, thanks for supporting Ixcoins.
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Sounds great.
Will check it out.
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