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Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: LTC FPGA discussion!
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on: April 29, 2013, 04:22:12 PM
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I'm assuming a scrypt FPGA could mine any scrypt coin not just LTC, like you can mine any sha256 coin with sha256 miners?
You do have the right of it, and thanks for the support guys on here. If any of you decide to make your own fpga, let me know I dont mind helping. We really need to secure the network further before all the goodies get released in the coming months. |
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Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Devcoin
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on: April 29, 2013, 10:08:00 AM
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I would like to suggest a bounty for bringing the devcoin client current to be capable of using the seed nodes. Of all the alt coins posted to an exchange it looks like dvc is the furthers behind on the clients. To keep the currency relevant we need to plan ahead, this looks to be a necessary step to continue the development of the currency.
Brilliant man, just brilliant. You suggest a bounty to make the client capable of doing what is already is capably of doing. You really like low effort bounties don't you. Since this was told in discussions in the very thread that you quoted you either did not do your research or just felt like posting nonsense? Over the past 10 years css and xhtml have become more prominent, this is a similar case where the standard method is changing and I would not want the clients to get so far behind that they would cause new users of dvc to give up in frustration. Good design will facilitate the new & update speed of users with regard to the blockchain, help tx propagation across the network, scale with as the number of users grows and provide a resilient mechanism for clients locating other clients.
You really do take that 'Blah Blah Blah' under your avatar seriously don't you? Not sure if this has had a bounty requested yet, but this would address more than half of the new devcoin users that have trouble getting the client working. They are used to bitcoin and other clients, you install and no files needing downloaded and installed in specific directories.
This is being addressed already, do you read the posts? I propose that we limit the number of proposal one person may make in some time span without paying a fee to propose more things. This may make it so people actually think about, and research their proposal before doing something as silly as proposing a bounty for something that already is in the code. Are you just an angry person or something? I would prefer not to have to ignore someone for simply being a douche when he is supposedly supporting dvc projects I am helping on. You seem to be the only person with a problem. I post my suggestions here so there can be a discussion that is logical for or against the concept. Who cares how many times I request something? Who cares if I ask for something you personally have a problem with? I have not seen any contributions by you yet that were helpful in any way. I fail to see how you have any place to stand in judgement of anyone here in the dvc community. If you cannot find a logical argument for or against a suggestion (and just because I suggest it does not mean it will happen) keep your silly commentary to yourself. |
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Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: LTC FPGA discussion!
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on: April 29, 2013, 06:12:32 AM
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The fpgas wast good for bitcoin and will not be good for ltc
I hesitantly agree. My 7950 is $0.5/khash, so I'm not quite seeing the incentive for litecoin FPGA right now. couldn't agreed more.. You seem to have forgotten the starting point part  the optimizations would go from there. I would not want to consider anything that did not at least have that as a starting point, and then move to a lower $ per khs ratio. Anything higher on the $ per khs ratio would make the ROI too high. Essentially, I would not want to release any production units that were not able to match at least that ratio. But obviously if the initial ratio does not suit someone they should probably not invest. I will not give out unrealistic estimates to the public. Under promise, over deliver. |
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Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Devcoin
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on: April 29, 2013, 03:29:57 AM
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Would it be possible to have a bounty for someone to update electrum to work with DVC as well? Think it would be a good project to support those who want to run a DVC client but don't want the weight of yet another block chain to download.
Bounties for server and client (solo coin and merged coin variants) might be needed/appreciated as well.
For the second portion I think I remember a bounty for it already with the multi wallet whether it be a client or web wallet I dont think mattered. Unthinkingbit, what is the waiting bounty on the multiple currency wallet? And do we have one for the electrum wallet port to dvc or multi coins? |
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Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Devcoin
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on: April 29, 2013, 02:40:51 AM
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There's a few things going on - hence trying to clear up things.
1) Nodes
What:
Long standing dvc nodes - ideally placed on fast connections & configured with a large number of connections.
Why:
To allow new & existing clients to bootstrap quickly. To allow a complete fall-back when other systems aren't functioning.
How:
Coded dns names in the code - that allow cname & a lookups.
2) Locators - client discovery
What:
Review the current infrastructure to ensure it's suitable for scalable growth.
IRC, DDNS (DNS Seeding), Client cache
Why:
It's good to review where you are and where you're going.
DNS Seeding should be reviewed and checked to see if the current setup is optimal. DNS Seed names (DNS entries) should be checked & updated - are we using the most appropriate record types, what's the change control process. As you mention - does it fallback properly should those DNS Seeds be taken out? Can geoDNS be leveraged to help users download the blockchain from their closest neighbours. Tech has moved on - DNS has improved a lot - with ipv6 more prevalent now - srv & locator records can be used and you have more granular control over the how & what.
geoDNS is now pretty affordable and no longer limited to the big-boys - it can make a huge difference to the blockchain startup/catchup time for end-users.
The existing locators aren't setup to gather & supply metrics - each DNS query, irc join is a statistic that's useful in gauging adoption, growth & measuring scale.
How:
Test, metrics, target goals for how this works.
3) DNS
What:
Using existing DNS names to make config & setup easier & simpler for end users.
Why:
Long term success in pretty much all things comes down to making something accessible to end users.
How:
Update the way a handful of (1) are recorded in DNS, update the documentation for users telling them they can addnode=dvc.devcoin.me and you'll be up & running in no time.
Using something like dvc.devcoin.me is way easier than 15 addnode=abc.def.ijk.lmn entries when a user is complaining that its taken 20h for their blockchain to be downloaded.
I'm overly cautious when it comes to DDNS because there's risk - it's easy to pollute and as it's a centralised public resource it's an address book of hosts.
I would like to suggest a bounty for bringing the devcoin client current to be capable of using the seed nodes. Of all the alt coins posted to an exchange it looks like dvc is the furthers behind on the clients. To keep the currency relevant we need to plan ahead, this looks to be a necessary step to continue the development of the currency. Over the past 10 years css and xhtml have become more prominent, this is a similar case where the standard method is changing and I would not want the clients to get so far behind that they would cause new users of dvc to give up in frustration. Good design will facilitate the new & update speed of users with regard to the blockchain, help tx propagation across the network, scale with as the number of users grows and provide a resilient mechanism for clients locating other clients. I would also like to see the receiver list integrated in some manner. One idea would be: Lookup this months distribution address in the blockchain (via the dvc client) - pull up the first tx - grab the addresses the payment was sent to - distribute the y shares between these addresses. Manual payments that are done at the moment (non-generating shares) are the remainder of y. Send that amount to the this months originating address. This would all be automatically handled by the dvc client at the mining pool. Pools wouldn't have to change anything. Not sure if this has had a bounty requested yet, but this would address more than half of the new devcoin users that have trouble getting the client working. They are used to bitcoin and other clients, you install and no files needing downloaded and installed in specific directories. Exactly, and awesome, you got the python so thats an additional language. |
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Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Devcoin
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on: April 29, 2013, 02:15:14 AM
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Here's my version of the Devcoin Ticker app. Currently supports every currency on Vircurex. Will add more exchanges shortly. http://dvcticker.appspot.com/Example image:  I was going to just post the source code to Github. Should I also post it to devtome? I like the added currency pic at the beginning. You can post it to git, but the bounty was based upon it being loaded on devtome.com, so just create a new page for it no biggie. |
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Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Devcoin
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on: April 29, 2013, 12:18:27 AM
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I could host DevCoin.org and even put up a nice website on the domain too. How much is the bounty exactly? I was going to make an unofficial DevCoin website anyway - but working on the .org would be much better  Up a few posts back. If your goin to go for it, try and make it eyecatching we want the devcoin domain to stand out as authoritative. 1. Perhaps a group effort to writeup the explanation of the dvc project and summary of the goals we are pursuing. 2. A summary of what devcoin also is, similar to the bitcoin site and short video explanation (I dont know if anyone has experience with this, but I can read a script and sound decent on recording.) |
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Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Devcoin.org
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on: April 28, 2013, 06:59:35 PM
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I would suggest separating the two domains. Google tends to penalize sites with forwarded or framed domains. Also, the .org would be an authoritative domain and help with giving devcoin a better search presence. Thoughts?
I concur. You can be liberal with your links from the .org to devcoin as well which will drive traffic anyway, plus build devtome's link count a bit. Thanks for the advice. The two domains will be separate, with many links from devcoin.org to devtome. I would suggest a bounty for the site design, something appealing to the eye and hopefully attract more developers. I think by the time the site is ready, either a template or page or whatever.
How about starting with 6, then 3. Every month that it is not done it would increase by 2 and 1. The vote on the official devcoin logo should be complete to ensure it is applied to the devcoin.org page as a staple to be recognized.
I don't know when we'll get fifteen logos so we can have a vote. So the site designer can pick a logo, when we vote for the official logo they would switch to the winner. And the normal share for maintenance and hosting the site. The site should be hosted
I suggest 1/5 of a share for maintenance, because it's a static site. Once devtome gets advertising revenue, 10% will go to hosting. I suggest that whoever hosts devcoin.org get half the amount per page view (because it would be a static site and devtome is a dynamic site) from advertising. Sounds reasonable to me. I think markm has the domain now. I suggest he maintains control of the domain. We can just have him update the dns as needed |
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Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Devcoin
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on: April 28, 2013, 11:30:04 AM
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I would suggest a bounty for the site design, something appealing to the eye and hopefully attract more developers. I think by the time the site is ready, either a template or page or whatever. The vote on the official devcoin logo should be complete to ensure it is applied to the devcoin.org page as a staple to be recognized. And the normal share for maintenance and hosting the site. The site should be hosted
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Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Devcoin
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on: April 28, 2013, 10:40:24 AM
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I would suggest separating the two domains. Google tends to penalize sites with forwarded or framed domains. Also, the .org would be an authoritative domain and help with giving devcoin a better search presence. Thoughts?
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Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Devcoin
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on: April 28, 2013, 05:20:47 AM
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I dont think I mentioned it earlier. I would suggest an additional bounty for the coin ticker for each additional language in which it is written and source is posted to devtome.com. This should help people out that are trying to develop stores for other platforms.
Anyone have suggestions for other applications or devices to make it simple to accept dvc for payment. Is anyone already working on a devcoin version of the shopping carts that bitcoin released a while back?
Additionally, captchad on bbq coin thread is planning to write a whitepaper on the bbq development and document the process if I understood him correctly. Fuzzybear can probably confirm when he gets the PM for verification of his account. Could we allocate a special bounty for his whitepaper in addition to his per word count. This is the type of coin development documentation that is often missing from the gits and other wikis.
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