Hello everyone!Darkcoin is moving along so quickly, with our developers finishing up DarkSend. However, with their heads to the grindstone, one of the items they're asking for help on due to time constraints is P2pool patching. They are asking that anyone that can, to please patch P2pool so that it remains uninterrupted when we hard fork on May 14th. Current P2pool source:
https://github.com/chaeplin/p2pool-drk Patch information: Source code can be found here:
http://www.github.com/darkcoinproject/darkcoin-stratumPatched code information can be found here:
https://github.com/darkcoinproject/darkcoin-stratum/blob/master/stratum-masternode-changes.txt
There is 300DRK and US$100 in bounty so far.
Darkcoin Wants YOU!Why get involved?I know I sound like a cheerleader, and admittedly I am a DarkCoin cheerleader, but there are some amazing opportunities that will open up with Darkcoin by virtue of it's structure when DarkSend is completed. Many side projects will begin and our fearless leader, Evan Duffield, may or may not be interested in continuing with them. Either way, there will be a need for programmers to take the foundation of Darkcoin and DarkSend to new heights.
What am I talking about?Well, if you are new to Darkcoin, please let me enlighten you to some of it's unique features! Like a normal coin, Darkcoin is mined. But Darkcoin also has a new technology that privatizes transactions so that, although transactions must be recorded to the blockchain, the information will be mixed such that nobody will be able to conclude who paid whom. This is done via simple mixing using the concept of coinjoin by G. Maxwell (
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=279249.0 ) Only it's done with several levels, and a new spin which protects the mixing from interference. This is slightly complex (though no more complex than it needs to be) So I will not be covering this information here. However, the ever-evolving whitepaper is available here:
https://darkcointalk.org/threads/darkcoin-official-whitepapers-documents.157/ , and will undoubtedly be updated before DarkSend is completed.
This system requires the use of what is called
Masternodes. These Masternodes are doing the work for DarkSend. They mix the coins off the block chain and as in Las Vegas, what happens there, stays there
There are several mixings that occure to ensure no one Masternode can know all the information, including originating ip addresses, etc...
Because of this new Masternode system, which runs in a full wallet, there are all kinds of opportunities for amazing things. Masternodes are required to run a full node with a full blockchain. There will be thousands of Masternodes, and they will be compensated for their work via 10% of the mining rewards. Darkcoin calls this
Proof of Service. Always online, it occurred to many that we can use them for other work as well!
Imagine this:Masternodes are decentralized, what if they served up the Blockchain for lightweight wallets. Nobody would have to download clunky blockchains. Your Darkcoin wallet on your desktop could be as light as an android wallet, without losing any decentralized networking.
Masternodes could relay messages in a private secure way as well.
Now lets really get wild! How about something like DarkMarket? The Masternodes could hold websites and the payment system for an auction system or etsy like system (just sales) DarkMarket was a proof of concept recently created for a 48 hour coding project. I think I have the name right, please correct me if I'm wrong
I'm also putting a call out to
all of you who enjoy programming, are great writers, are economists or crypto-coin enthusiasts in general and would like to become part of this great team of an exciting coin. Come check out our community!
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=421615.new#newAnd
https://darkcointalk.org/categories/darkcoin.1/Be a part of what will be THE most exciting coin of the decade!
