Posted on Slack by Dungor :

The aim of XCs blockchain is to be more than just a currency.
Zcash is doing great work on their algo. They have hands down won the anonymity arms race. An arms race that now has been pushed to such advancements that it makes little sense to compete. Therefore XC has looked to new markets.

The idea behind XCurrency has always been that it is more like a new type of business than just a currency. Therefore different functionality has been build to add business models to XCurrency.

XCurrency is not stopping to be an anonymous means of transfering value (currency). It is copying Zcash algo in this regards, but doing this while adding functionality.
XCurrency is hoping to be a new means for sending data and documents in a professional setting. One where masking sender and receiver can be as important as masking the content of the message.

We are saying why continue to fight for the better anon algo when Zcash is more than good enough? Why not step back and say, what more can we do with this tech? How can we attract other transactions to the chain? File transfer anon and verified is something we believe companies and governments are willing to pay a small fee for. With the upcoming GDPR in EU this could even be a way of ensuring users right to be forgotten, to own their own data.
Anon value transfer is so limited, anon valued data is exploding with possibilities.

With Blocknet and Microsoft Partnership with Blockchain as a Service we hope that we can get some real world application making us a stable choice in companies infrastructure architecture.


More than = Also plus adding... so XCurrency is still a currency, it is just also postage for sending anon data, forms and files. We are still discussing how to keep XCurrency attractive as a means of sending anon transactions of value. Blocknet integration and a prominent place for an option of making a transfer of one currency to another anon through XC could be such an option... but nothing is set in stone yet




Atcsecure has updated the status of XC development :

here is the current status for XC - things had been put on hold until I had reviewed the code in detail looking for other issues.  I've completed that highlevel review, and the required changes are getting done today, then I will create the internal-test builds.  Once those are verified, a release build will be done.

Hi, the new wallet is still not released.

The XC swap is now on hold because of bugs found in Block staking algo ( inherited from other coins ) that has to be fixed.

This is good because if this was not adressed XC could be exploited the same way.

XC will be available for trading on Blocknet DX after the swap.

Latest news from Atcsecure in slack today :


The new XC wallet is finally ready, will be launched this week

once the chain is launched, I'll setup the how to guide for migrating over

eta is end of the week


outline of tech available at launch :

Xchat - secure/robust p2p based message system
Dynamic Forms - allows any one to create a form, and use the blockchain for that form
PDF Attachments - on-chain pdf sending/viewing  (signing w/ verification - coming soon)
Serialized JSON Data - on-chain json-data store



Xcurrency slack : https://xcurrency-slack.herokuapp.com

There is no specific information available about the new wallet yet.

As soon as this information is available it will be posted here.

Its currently based on coin age so you will get good staking

The new wallet will have new PoS system.

It will sync eventually.

If you are not going to move or stake the coins you have then you dont have to sync the wallet to get your private keys as described above.

When the new wallet it released then you can importwallet.

The new chain will have a much faster download.

There will be new requests made but first XC will relaunch with new webpage, ANN and wallet ( + working wallet links hosted on Official site ).

If you have having issues syncing your XC wallet check your wallet version.

If you are recieving error " Blockchain checkpoint too old contact dev. " then you need to update your wallet to the one above to sync.

XC had a upgrade last year that enabled increased blocksize and filetransfer so the old wallet wont sync.




The recommended way to do the export/import yourself when the new wallet is released is to follow these steps :
(   https://github.com/BlocknetDX/blocknet-docs/blob/master/blocknet-migrate-wallet.md   )


Backup :

Backup your wallet.dat before you doing anything (make several copies).
Unlock wallet from the UI (fully unlocked, not just for staking).
Use the debug console and type dumpwallet filename.txt (replace "filename.txt" with a name of your choice).
The file will be located in the directory you launched the wallet from.
Download New Wallet.


Import :

Launch New wallet.
In debug console importwallet filename.txt replace filename.txt with that you used with the dumpwallet command.
Verify addresses.
Via debug console type listreceivedbyaddress 0 true

As soon as Atcsecure says a specific time for the swap it will be announced here in this thread. For now the swap is scheduled for the end of September.

The new chain will go active and the old one will still be active so that you can get your keys to adresses from the old chain to import in the new.

The new chain will be a copy of the old so you still have the same adress. If you have coins on Nova during the swap they will take care of it for you.

I am very sorry about the broken links and thank you too. Not many weeks now for the relaunch, then the hosting of files will be done on the new Official Homepage.


Here is working links and the wallets are also available to download in Slack : https://xcurrency-slack.herokuapp.com


Win Wallet : https://mega.nz/#!lDQ2yCYK!73s7J4JPwsjxfaPjqd0b25aoE2M7oR7feqoetqz9UJM

Mac Wallet : https://mega.nz/#!VDgBEa5K!4cq0KP94NEkeVwnamsedR7UJM8x1pt6yEk6QuK_edfc

XC snapshot September 2017 : https://mega.nz/#!oeADAApY!gMu0yFe4kvSMOTpyplgD0xxALwsCw1ax4slUKVQGr3c

A new webpage is done and Atcsecure said that new wallet and swap will be made in the end of september.

Atcsecure wrote on Slack June 9th :

to support the future platform specific features and _mobile_, xc will embrance a “node” system, since these node systems will do SPV and other critical functions for the network and mobile app’s, the lock in amount is going to be 5k

Please join slack and the working Mac wallet is pinned in generalXC.   

https://xcurrency-slack.herokuapp.com

This situation with broken download links will not happen again after the webpage relaunch and new wallet.

You dont really baghold XC

The XC swap will be made in the end of september.

The website is complete and the wallet has to wait for Block to change chain first as the XC swap will be made in the exact same way.

Yes. And the new wallet is due for this week but it may be in following weeks at latest. Block is changing chain and its taking all time atm.

All info will be posted here as soon as it is available. New ANN wallet new webpage etc.



There will be a Mac wallet for the new chain. Or do you mean you have problem syncing at this time ?

Atcsecure has just updated slack that the new wallet will be released sometime next week. This update will allow XC to be traded on Block DEX and also a node system:

datanodes - 5k lockin required, will get rewards off each block, will also provide functions around the dynamic forms, pdf signing and other node based services (thin clients/etc)

Wallet link isnt working at the moment. New website coming up and it will be fixed by then.



The swap will be made so that your old wallet.dat will work with the new wallet.

Here is a temporary link for the wallet : https://mega.nz/#!lDQ2yCYK!73s7J4JPwsjxfaPjqd0b25aoE2M7oR7feqoetqz9UJM

Right now the progress with XC is slow because BLOCK DEX development is in a very intensive phase. However the new wallet will be out shortly.

Atcsecure main dev makes the code first then comes the launch. So its indeed an odd way of doing things these days I agree.

The official site is having a revamp now and is near complete.

There is still 2 nodes for sale on Nova ( 5k needed ) under 30k sat. 

" xc “nodes” will provide various services, (anon, messaging,etc) but also for the “xc” tech - dynamic forms, structured data and decentralized content. "

A portion of the staking will be put in a dev fund, amount still to be decided.

You get better answers by going through these previous pages or join slack.

Wallet : http://builds.xcurrency.co/XcXBridge/XCBuild/1441/XCurrency-qt.zip

Snapshot few months old : https://mega.nz/#!9FggjYyC!7-67GaN0Ec0Yp0S1a9qUPptVPYXjyxpS1PTFd4woZ1M

Bootstrap also few months : https://images.xcurrency.co/xc-2017-boot-strap/bootstrap.dat


Join Slack : https://xcurrency-slack.herokuapp.com


There will be a coinswap with new wallet and new chain to BIP65 support for Blocknet DX.

A suggestion by Atcsecure is to make the swap " a claim based “exchange”,, basically the xc chain will be “frozen” at a certain time and those wallet values will be coded into the new chain at launch "