[PRE-ANN] Gapcoin: prime gap based hashing

[j0nn9]

Will you be releasing a python PoW too? for P2P Pool... and Javascript would be cool too, so NOMP can include it

NOMP seems to be pretty cool, but first of all the coin must be created

[chiguireitor]

Will you be releasing a python PoW too? for P2P Pool... and Javascript would be cool too, so NOMP can include it

NOMP seems to be pretty cool, but first of all the coin must be created

Yeah... i know, but one of the first things that must be handled for these new cpu algos is the pools, because there are some guys with serious cpu mining power (*cough* *cough* botnets *cough*) that rapemine these coins like no-one's business.

Just saying, this algo seems pretty spiffy, being a math geek myself, i'm liking all these prime PoWs.

[youbob]

Anything new to report about this coin? I can't wait to see it lunch!

[ChekaZ]

Iam going to follow this, looks interesting!

[j0nn9]

Anything new to report about this coin? I can't wait to see it lunch!

Edit: Reward scheme changed: Block reward halving every 420000 (about 2 years) with about 10 - 30 million GAP.

[waldistons]

Just for references, what was the previous reward scheme? I don't remember. Watching this thread for a while now

[j0nn9]

Just for references, what was the previous reward scheme? I don't remember. Watching this thread for a while now

A hard cap without reward halving every 420000 blocks.

[reflector]

Was a great fantasy while smoking opium





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[j0nn9]

Update:

• PoW code rewritten form simple proof of concept C to object oriented readable C++.
• Code integration started with bitcoin v0.9.2rc2, looks good so far.

[j0nn9]

We have a new and unique logo:

The motive of the circle is inspired by the prime number distribution.
Starting with digit "3" at the top, it proportionally shows the size of the gap (black) between two consecutive prime numbers.

[adloule13]

 

[BryanPark626]

explain how i can start to mining im begginer with this give me the script

[tromp]

We have a new and unique logo:

Starting with digit "3" at the top, it proportionally shows the size of the gap (black) between two consecutive prime numbers.

It shows gaps 2,2,4,2,4,2,4,6,2,6,4,2,4,6,6,2,6,4,2,2.
That last gap ending back at the top is wrong. It should be a 6-gap (from 73 to 79), not a 2-gap.
In fact it's obvious that you can only get consecutive 2-gaps at the start.
You can argue that it was a 6-gap that got truncated by reaching the top, but that would be rather obscure and misleading. It would be better to remove it to indicate the discontinuity.
Or you can argue that it was wrong on purpose just to make it look symmetric at the top. Which is not how we do mathematics.

[BitcoinFX]

We have a new and unique logo:

Starting with digit "3" at the top, it proportionally shows the size of the gap (black) between two consecutive prime numbers.

It shows gaps 2,2,4,2,4,2,4,6,2,6,4,2,4,6,6,2,6,4,2,2.
That last gap ending back at the top is wrong. It should be a 6-gap (from 73 to 79), not a 2-gap.
In fact it's obvious that you can only get consecutive 2-gaps at the start.
You can argue that it was a 6-gap that got truncated by reaching the top, but that would be rather obscure and misleading. It would be better to remove it to indicate the discontinuity.
Or you can argue that it was wrong on purpose just to make it look symmetric at the top. Which is not how we do mathematics.

So the 'old' Gapcoin logo presents said graphical anomaly as per the above ...

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_gap

"The first 60 prime gaps are:

    1, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 6, 2, 6, 4, 2, 4, 6, 6, 2, 6, 4, 2, 6, 4, 6, 8, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 14, 4, 6, 2, 10, 2, 6, 6, 4, 6, 6, 2, 10, 2, 4, 2, 12, 12, 4, 2, 4, 6, 2, 10, 6, 6, 6, 2, 6, 4, 2, ... (sequence A001223 in the OEIS)."

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~ Mind the Gap and well spotted ...

Can you refute Gapcoin's on-chain Prime Gap records ?

- https://gapcoin.club/primegaps.php

Dr. Thomas R. Nicely (1943-2019)

- http://faculty.lynchburg.edu/~nicely

University of Lynchburg Department of Mathematics, otherwise endorsed Gapcoin's mathematical results.

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The Gapcoin project continues with its newer logo ...  

- https://gapcoin.club

[Wapinter]

Interesting! Why is your website not secure?

[BitcoinFX]

Interesting! Why is your website not secure?

- https://gapcoin.club is secure / secured.

We do not (currently) have any control over the original gapcoin.org website.

The original developer John Allen Frey, passed away in 2017.