[ANN][ARG] Argentum || A New Begining || UPDATE YOUR WALLET ||

[cryptcollector]

Argentum

http://www.argentum.io
Features: Argentum uses six cryptographic algorithms;
Scrypt with AUXPOW support (Merged Mining)
SHA256D with AUXPOW support (Merged Mining)
Lyra2REv2 (GPU)
Myriad-Groestl (GPU/ASIC)
Argon2d (CPU)
Yescrypt (CPU/GPU)
Max block size 10mb
3 ARG per block
Production: Blocks are discovered every 45 seconds and transactions are fully confirmed every 4.5 minutes. 64 Million total Argentums will be mined. Once this limit is reached, it is increased by 1.1% annually, the rate of human population growth.
Security: Mined blocks mature after 100 confirmations

Argentum Version 4.14.4 Minor tweaks to increase the speed of initial blockchain download
Argentum Version 4.14.3
Adds 4 new mining algorithms (Activates at block 2,977,000)
Lyra2re2 (GPU)
Myr-Groestl (GPU/ASIC)
Argon2d (CPU)
Yescrypt (CPU/GPU)
Argentum Version 4.14.2
These are just a few of the hundreds of enhancements with this new release
BIP112 (CheckSequenceVerify) soft fork
BIP146 Argentum will hard fork at block 2,977,000 (around March 13th 2018) to implement BIP146
Signature validation using libsecp256k1
Direct headers announcement (BIP 130)
Automatically use Tor hidden services
Notifications through ZMQ
BIP9 softfork deployment
Linux ARM builds
Compact Block support (BIP 152)
Hierarchical Deterministic Key Generation (HD wallets)
Substantial improvments to the client load time.
Argentum was created mid 2013 with the following criteria:

Argentum is fast, unique, and secure. We have learned from many of the past crypto-currencies and created one that can rival any. Argentum brings innovation and experimentation by combining interesting aspects of other crypto-currencies and adding unique features.
Argentum is designed to gain value over time and to be a rare commodity that is easily and quickly transferable. The innovation doesn't end there, Argentum is the first crypto-currency to increase transaction processing capabilities over those of bitcoin. With the Bank of Argentum, the ARG/DGC exchange, and other commodity related services on the way, there is a bright future for this coin.
Argentum is secure, rare, and unique. The combination of all its characteristics provide a:
Longterm stable investment
Growth potential based on services
Diversification into less risky crypto-currency
Secure quasi-instantaneous transaction processing

Taken from the most active ARG BitcoinTalk threads here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=259436.msg2767706#msg2767706 & https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=231524.0.

The original info is mostly defunct on those threads, hence this new ANN Also in the very earliest original launch thread from the original developer AlphaC, there would seem to have been some kind of pre-mine which was used to pay for services rendered to Baritus. So for clarity I will state that there was a historical pre-mine at the beginning of what seems to have been around 200,000 ARG.
This pre-mine now will no longer matter as there would seem to be in the regions of over 3.5 million ARG locked in accounts that may be lost to the original holders.
We will move on from the past in a New Beginning for Argentum, eventually cutting ties with the original incarnation.
Current short-term goals: -Mining diversification - adding Lyra2REv2, Myr-Groestl, Argon2d, and Yescrypt
-Coinomi Mobile wallet (awaiting merge at Coinomi's repo) They will be more likely to add if you ask them to add it
-Merchant integration
-Poloniex
-Bittrex
-Shapeshift.io
Current release (v4.14.3): Wallet Source: https://github.com/argentumproject/argentum Wallet: https://github.com/argentumproject/argentum/releases Coinvault.io: https://www.coinvault.io/
Pools: Litecoinpool.org: They merge mine, but only pay out in LTC. Mergemining.com: https://mergemining.com/ (Status unknown) Prohashing: http://www.prohashing.com/ (Scrypt) ZPOOL: http://www.zpool.ca/ (SHA256) Blockmunch: http://blockmunch.club/ (SHA256) P2Pool (All Algorithms)
https://github.com/argentumproject/p2pool-argentum/
BlockExplorer: CryptoID: https://chainz.cryptoid.info/arg/
Market Info: CoinMarketCap: http://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/argentum/#charts CoinGecko: https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/argentum CoinHills: https://www.coinhills.com/market/arg/
Exchanges: FreiExchange: https://freiexchange.com/market/ARG/BTC
Mining: https://www.whattomine.com/coins/158-arg-scrypt

[cryptcollector]

Spotlight Post

[cryptcollector]

To be as transaprant as possible I will list here any costs that have been paid out of the Argentum Donation BTC Address: 1LxXw9CRunb5mJfa99aTWQMCqmbroVBUxi

Current funds in Donation Account 1LxXw9CRunb5mJfa99aTWQMCqmbroVBUxi : 0.0 btc - https://blockchain.info/address/1LxXw9CRunb5mJfa99aTWQMCqmbroVBUxi

21st April 2016
Payment of 0.5 BTC sent to mammix2 from Argentum Donation Account for wallet development.
https://blockchain.info/tx/af1efa2e1b3a3c5943a848e6e3024372ade1d16afe63a2b231771e5f29a75f81

14th June 2016
Payment of 1.25 BTC sent to Spencer Levens from Argentum Donation Account for initial 50% payment to work on ARG v2.0.
https://blockchain.info/tx/c58eb4088e1ead3a654dbdf2ec4ef11502ea9735de7e98430e9cde11bedc6bdb

17th June 2016
Balance of 1.25 BTCin total paid to Spencer Levens from Argentum Donation Accoun for completion of Source and Windows QT Wallet Development. (this includes OSX Wallet payment)
https://blockchain.info/tx/b0d48dc0e1a623dd9c14882166f16f815e12194fe6ebb70c06b2799ee4f622fd
https://blockchain.info/tx/83dd3783969eb63a189162b7e9fada245513bbff7ae2d718fe21497e81c1462f

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[Saracenis]

Stupid question from new starter. The DB_CONFIG file must be as text file with config extension, or just raw file. And next stupid question - in a roaming directory or just where I downloaded qt wallet? Sorry and thank you

[snatchmonkey]

Stupid question from new starter. The DB_CONFIG file must be as text file with config extension, or just raw file. And next stupid question - in a roaming directory or just where I downloaded qt wallet? Sorry and thank you

no extension on the DB_CONFIG file, it goes in the appdata/roaming/arg folder.

[Saracenis]

Stupid question from new starter. The DB_CONFIG file must be as text file with config extension, or just raw file. And next stupid question - in a roaming directory or just where I downloaded qt wallet? Sorry and thank you

no extension on the DB_CONFIG file, it goes in the appdata/roaming/arg folder.

Thanks very much

[cryptcollector]

Stupid question from new starter. The DB_CONFIG file must be as text file with config extension, or just raw file. And next stupid question - in a roaming directory or just where I downloaded qt wallet? Sorry and thank you

no extension on the DB_CONFIG file, it goes in the appdata/roaming/arg folder.

Cheers mate,

I've amended the main post above to reflect this, hope its readable enough :-)

Crypt

[Saracenis]

If I might suggest, more active exchange wouldn't hurt. Like Yobit.net for example. To bring more interest to coin - Just my thoughts
Or its better done after wallet update?

[cryptcollector]

If I might suggest, more active exchange wouldn't hurt. Like Yobit.net for example. To bring more interest to coin - Just my thoughts
Or its better done after wallet update?

A good suggestion indeed, but I think we should at least get the wallet updated first, also have to get the history and timeline of ARG sorted out from all the BCT threads and the Forum posts, get an over all picture of our history so that we can present any new exchanges with facts and not hearsay,

That way we can go on with confidence and transparency.

Crypt

[Saracenis]

If I might suggest, more active exchange wouldn't hurt. Like Yobit.net for example. To bring more interest to coin - Just my thoughts
Or its better done after wallet update?

A good suggestion indeed, but I think we should at least get the wallet updated first, also have to get the history and timeline of ARG sorted out from all the BCT threads and the Forum posts, get an over all picture of our history so that we can present any new exchanges with facts and not hearsay,

That way we can go on with confidence and transparency.

Crypt

Fair enough. Will support network for now then

[NetNeo]

The Wallet synchronizing is very slow. Do you have any advice? Torrent or other platform

[TorinT]

I can't sinc, any new nodes or an advice?

[NetNeo]

I can't sinc, any new nodes or an advice?

Known Wallet Problem:
The wallet still suffers from a DB error for now, but if you create a file called DB_CONFIG (No Extension) in the coin wallet directory (for Windows users that's your 'appdata/roaming/arg' folder within your profile) with the following contents it will sync without problems.

Code:

set_lk_max_locks 537000
set_lk_max_objects 537000

You may have to delete the already downloaded block-chain just to be on the safe side.

Nodes:
These are the current active nodes from the clients I have up and running as of 2nd of April 2016.

Code:

addnode=87.98.185.244
addnode=54.154.138.95
addnode=47.72.21.40
addnode=86.174.4.251
addnode=158.69.27.82
addnode=82.29.4.122
addnode=104.131.142.198
addnode=46.105.158.203
addnode=77.254.207.167
addnode=74.111.105.96
addnode=66.207.140.12

[Saracenis]

I can't sinc, any new nodes or an advice?

Mine was problem to. Try the DB_config thing described in the post. Plus I had to restart mine like 5 times because it got stuck. But its long

[cryptcollector]

I can't sinc, any new nodes or an advice?

Yes I had initially a hell of a time getting everything synced.
And as Saracenis said, I also had to restart the wallet a few times on one or two locations.

Current nodes listed on the Block Explorer site are :

addnode=112.10.107.106
addnode=144.76.71.141
addnode=162.251.172.203
addnode=54.154.138.95
addnode=74.111.105.96
addnode=80.2.75.167
addnode=82.29.4.122
addnode=86.174.4.251
addnode=86.182.114.131
addnode=88.206.187.247

Try those/

This is also one of the reasons I wish to get the wallet updated,

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[uncaer9]

watcing with interest

Nice to see its peaked your interest at least :-)

any market listed..?

[cryptcollector]

watcing with interest

Nice to see its peaked your interest at least :-)

any market listed..?

As stated in the main post above:

Exchanges:
CoinExchange: https://www.coinexchange.io
ARG Market Direct link on CoinExchange: https://www.coinexchange.io/market/ARG/BTC

Okay, not a BIG exchange and fairly new, but at least there's somewhere for now,
Actually I like CoinExchange.io ' s simplicity, and no bots for now :-)

Its also listed on http://payservices.com.

I might put a market request in at Yobit as someone previously suggested, but I would like to get a more up to date wallet sorted first.

Crypt

[Belligerent Fool]

Difficulty
Re-targets every 250 blocks: 250 blocks until re-target insures accurate difficulty adjustments while almost eliminating the risk of difficulty stranding.

Is this some kind of joke ? lol

Clearly you know that anyone can solo mine or pool mine with major hashrate for those 250-500 blocks and make the difficulty stick for pretty much forever for the normal everyday miners.

This difficulty adjustment is so 2013 ancient, back then network hashrates weren't strong enough to even realize this major flaw in network growth & hopping hence the continuous difficulty adjustment upgrades, e.g KGW, DGW, DGW2, DGW3, DigiShield, etc.

[cryptcollector]

Difficulty
Re-targets every 250 blocks: 250 blocks until re-target insures accurate difficulty adjustments while almost eliminating the risk of difficulty stranding.

Is this some kind of joke ? lol

Clearly you know that anyone can solo mine or pool mine with major hashrate for those 250-500 blocks and make the difficulty stick for pretty much forever for the normal everyday miners.

This difficulty adjustment is so 2013 ancient, back then network hashrates weren't strong enough to even realize this major flaw in network growth & hopping hence the continuous difficulty adjustment upgrades, e.g KGW, DGW, DGW2, DGW3, DigiShield, etc.

Well yes it is so 2013 right enough, that's why we need a wallet upgrade!

The wallet has not been updated since 2014, and one of the things we want to get done is a KGW type Continuous Difficulty Adjustment.

Did i mention the coin had died?

It was actively traded until Cryptsy threw a cog and went into oblivion.

The reason we are still using this archaic wallet is so that the coin does not die altogether, It would be almost impossible to revive if all mining were to stop.
As it was it took a bit to get going again considering the block-chain had not moved in over 45 days.

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[cryptcollector]

Looks like we have a solo miner or another pool online

https://chainz.cryptoid.info/arg/#!extraction

Did everybody see the second post in the thread? https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1432608.msg14489272#msg14489272

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