On February 23rd, Myriad coin, which is proof of work, was released.  It may very well be the most innovative coin of 2014 thus far.  How so?  Myriad is essentially 5 coins in one.  There are 5 separate proof of work algorithms to choose from (Scypt, SHA256D, Qubit, Skein and Groestl).  Each algorithm has its own independent difficulty and any algorithm can find the next block.  All the algorithms use the same difficulty adjustment method and on average, each algorithm has the same chance of finding the next block.  

What this means is that if you're a CPU miner, you can mine Myriad coin in a CPU pool and have about the same chance of finding a block as an ASIC miner in an ASIC pool.  Are you a GPU miner?  No problem, just change the .conf file and you're off and running.

There was no premine, no instamine, and we're still VERY early in the release (as of this writing, there isn't even a website for Myriad but it is being worked on).  

Whereas Vertcoin became well known for figuring out how to EXCLUDE mining hardware, Myriad coin's developer has figured out how to be INCLUSIVE of all forms of mining hardware and keep it fair!

Truly innovative.

Bitcointalk.org thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=483515.0
Exchanges: https://poloniex.com/exchange (which was just added today) and nxt-e.com

Thoughts?

Thank you!

To the block explorer dev: can you have a page where the number of current coins there are can be queried?  We'll need that for coinmarketcap.com.  I'll put a 100 Myriad bounty on that.

Sent!

Myriad being added to Poloniex is EXCELLENT news.  They are a fantastic exchange!

Can you break down your calculations please?

Thanks!

Awesome!  Remind me to send you some Myriad when you get it live (I will forget).

Are you the person who built the block explorer for Myriad?

8bitcoder, we really need a website, even a simple one, so we can get on coinmarketcap.com.

Half a million?  UGH.  We could still have a long way to go

How many coins did you see them moving?

And will Darksend make this impossible to see in the future? 

Appears so

Is it possible to tell if double spending is going on somehow?

Enjoy the drama: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=485029.0

I sure wouldn't trust it.  He's insolvent until (if) the thief gives the funds back.

I've also wondered if the c-cex admin is dumping the DRK he was given back by the thief to covert to BTC.  I say this because only my (small) BTC balance at c-cex was ever frozen.  My DRK was not and I withdrew it immediately upon waking this morning.  But then the c-cex admin was given 10's of thousands of DRK by the thief.  If he has enough DRK but needs BTC BADLY, it makes sense he may liquidate that DRK.  I asked him and he did not deny (or confirm) it.

That's just it, it doesn't make sense.  I bailed yesterday when c-cex and poloniex action wasn't making sense and that saved me a lot of heartache and maybe money.  And I've bailed now.  It's just not worth the risk.  I'd rather buy back a little higher and sleep well.

I think I'm going to sit on the sidelines for a bit until the mining situation gets better.  Too much weird stuff going on with these markets which makes me nervous.

Did they propose that?  Or did you?  If they did, where?

Bids are scared to follow us in though.  People are still hoping for CHEAP coins via dumps which I think is over.

Heh.  We must have done that at the same time.

014-02-25 00:19:15   Buy   0.00155000   8.45161094   0.01310000
2014-02-25 00:19:15   Buy   0.00153262   0.11163779   0.00017110
2014-02-25 00:19:15   Buy   0.00152250   0.09264077   0.00014105
2014-02-25 00:19:15   Buy   0.00152249   0.01427552   0.00002173
2014-02-25 00:19:15   Buy   0.00153261   0.01830509   0.00002805
2014-02-25 00:19:15   Buy   0.00151468   0.88888890   0.00134638
2014-02-25 00:19:15   Buy   0.00146969   0.64154650   0.00094287
2014-02-25 00:19:15   Buy   0.00150188   2.00000000   0.00300376
2014-02-25 00:19:15   Buy   0.00151467   0.02358689   0.00003573
2014-02-25 00:19:15   Buy   0.00144897   1.29239629   0.00187264
2014-02-25 00:19:15   Buy   0.00150187   0.06048992   0.00009085
2014-02-25 00:19:15   Buy   0.00144712   99.88666079   0.14454798
2014-02-25 00:19:15   Buy   0.00144712   16.36128225   0.02367674
2014-02-25 00:19:15   Buy   0.00144711   0.61656448   0.00089224
2014-02-25 00:19:15   Buy   0.00144711   0.94705761   0.00137050
2014-02-25 00:19:15   Buy   0.00144632   0.67436885   0.00097535

In my opinion, this is an excellent time to buy (and have put my money where my mouth is and will continue to do so).  Not only is this drop artificial due to the hacker, but with the price of Bitcoin tanking, the intrinsic value of Dark is even higher.

We have an outstanding coin with an amazing developer and a burgeoning community.  We're in excellent shape.

CCEX is open and they're claiming I made a bunch of DRK trades I never made.

Great.