[ANN] Firo (FIRO) - Implementing ZKP privacy without trusted setup

[Vitamin_52]

Zcoin XZC is proud to have a working version of MTPv1.2 on the testnet!

MTP v1.2 launched on Zcoin Testnet

https://zcoin.io/mtp-launched-on-zcoin-testnet/

[futurecapitano]

Zcoin XZC is proud to have a working version of MTPv1.2 on the testnet!

MTP v1.2 launched on Zcoin Testnet

https://zcoin.io/mtp-launched-on-zcoin-testnet/

Wow, what a great news on internal technical developements for Zcoin project.
Furthermore, the historical price chart of Zcoin also support scenario for upcoming rises.
Please check it yourself there.
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/zcoin/

[sv.alyona]

Zcoin partners with Changelly to simplify getting and exchanging Zcoin



Off the heels of Blockshow Europe 2018 in Berlin, Zcoin is proud to partner with Changelly that simplifies the process of getting and exchanging Zcoin. Zcoin will go live on Changelly in about 2-3 weeks time.

Changelly allows users to exchange cryptocurrency in a simple way avoiding complicated interfaces and processes on the professional trading platforms. Changelly’s integrated algorithm picks up the cryptocurrency rates from various exchanges including Bittrex and Binance and offers them to users in real time.

We would also be integrating Changelly widget on our website so that people can buy Zcoin directly from our website and also within our revamped GUI as well. For existing users of mobile wallet, Coinomi, users would be able to also buy Zcoin directly from their wallet.

We are very excited with our partnership with Changelly that allows more users to get into Zcoin easily, being more integrated with other wallet ecosystems and also improving liquidity of our currency.
https://zcoin.io/zcoin-partners-with-changelly-to-simplify-getting-and-exchanging-zcoin/

[zcoinofficial]

Zcoin aims to bring back fair and inclusive mining through the launch of ASIC resistant algorithm MTPv1.2 on its testnet.

MTP v1.2 launched on Zcoin Testnet

https://zcoin.io/mtp-launched-on-zcoin-testnet/



We are happy to announce that we have a working version of MTP v1.2 on our testnet. This will give users an early preview of MTP and we are opening our MTP codebase in Github.

With funding from the Zcoin project, Version 1.2 of MTP was published in January 2018 that strengthened the algorithm against attacks discovered through both academic peer review and a Zcoin funded MTP bounty program.

This is an important milestone in MTP as we refine the code base and do further testing and bug fixes. We will also be launching bounties for miner and pool development soon.
Users who wish to participate in the MTP testnet can do so by downloading the binaries below (Windows and Mac binary coming soon):

Linux

or compile from our Github.

If you wish to try and send some transactions you can go to our testnet faucet to obtain some testnet Zcoins. As this testnet is purely to test MTP, testnet Znodes are disabled.

Mining can be tested through the inbuilt miner by opening up the console by going to Menu > Help > Debug Window > Console and then typing

setgenerate true 1

This command uses one core and 4GB of RAM. If you wish to use all available cores:

setgenerate true -1

Further Reading
MTP was created by Alex Biryukov and Dmitry Khovratovich in June 2016 to address the problem of miner centralisation caused by ASICs and to allow commodity hardware such as CPUs and GPUs to participate in the security of the network with the general principle that a certain cost will yield approximately the same performance. It accomplishes this by using memory-hard computing where every task is amalgamated with a certain procedure requiring intensive access to RAM both in terms of size and (very importantly) bandwidth, so that transferring the computation to GPU, FPGA, and even ASIC brings little or no cost reduction.

What is MTP and why is it important

Zcoin’s Stance on the ASIC Resistance Wars

Bitcoin Magazine Coverage

Press Release
 

[Coin++]

ZCoin masternode issue : NEW_START_REQUIRED

My ZCoin masternode is runing since more 15 days without problem.
This morning, I check it and I see it is not runing.
In the VPS, the status command give :

"status": "Not capable znode: Znode in NEW_START_REQUIRED state"

I take a look at the conf files and no problems (znode and local wallet).
I make a research in Google, and no solution, just some tips about testing the status.
I make the upgrade to the last version : no change, allways the same issue...

Any idea about a solution ?

[Coin++]

ZCoin masternode issue : NEW_START_REQUIRED

My ZCoin masternode is runing since more 15 days without problem.
This morning, I check it and I see it is not runing.
In the VPS, the status command give :

"status": "Not capable znode: Znode in NEW_START_REQUIRED state"

I take a look at the conf files and no problems (znode and local wallet).
I make a research in Google, and no solution, just some tips about testing the status.
I make the upgrade to the last version : no change, allways the same issue...

Any idea about a solution ?

What are these issues ?
A second masternode is out tonight : it is not in "NEW_START_REQUIRED" but in "EXPIRED" mode !!!
This second masternode was in under the 100 position in the reward queue : I will get the reward tomorrow and the masternode is off now.
The masternode is runing since 18 days without any issue and the day of the reward, it gets in EXPIRED mode !!!

2 masternode offline near the reward day without any action from my part.
These VPS are runing other masternodes coin and no issues for these masternodes (only ZCoin masternodes have issues).
Are ZCoin masternodes BIG SCAMS ?

[tomsmith26]

ZCoin masternode issue : NEW_START_REQUIRED

My ZCoin masternode is runing since more 15 days without problem.
This morning, I check it and I see it is not runing.
In the VPS, the status command give :

"status": "Not capable znode: Znode in NEW_START_REQUIRED state"

I take a look at the conf files and no problems (znode and local wallet).
I make a research in Google, and no solution, just some tips about testing the status.
I make the upgrade to the last version : no change, allways the same issue...

Any idea about a solution ?

What are these issues ?
A second masternode is out tonight : it is not in "NEW_START_REQUIRED" but in "EXPIRED" mode !!!
This second masternode was in under the 100 position in the reward queue : I will get the reward tomorrow and the masternode is off now.
The masternode is runing since 18 days without any issue and the day of the reward, it gets in EXPIRED mode !!!

2 masternode offline near the reward day without any action from my part.
These VPS are runing other masternodes coin and no issues for these masternodes (only ZCoin masternodes have issues).
Are ZCoin masternodes BIG SCAMS ?

I don't know exactly what happened with zcoin platform but I feel disappointed in this coin and This is a main point which many investors left this zcoin .

[now911]

got over 10 nodes and all working just fine. Been getting paid since December . TO THE MOOOOOOOOOOON

[tbearhere]

Is this an ASIC dominated coin? thx

[Simss]

Team should be strong to do some market project to get more xzc users as for decentralizing .because MTP  is for decentralizing in technology field.
so do market in user field.more xzc users more decentralizing.

[elessil]

Zcoin community is very active, but stil price is going down... Good project, but if we wanna see some positive moving upwards we need some changes.

HODL

[jackbox]

Zcoin community is very active, but stil price is going down... Good project, but if we wanna see some positive moving upwards we need some changes.

HODL

Everything is going down with BTC. As you said it is HODL time.

[Vermalen]

Cryptovest Exclusive: Q&A With Reuben Yap, COO, Zcoin

https://cryptovest.com/news/interviews/cryptovest-exclusive-qa-with-reuben-yap-coo-zcoin/

[bamidooh]

I want to be investors can I still buy your coin

[RhinoTrader]

Everything is going down with BTC. As you said it is HODL time.

Down? Not now.
It's June which is time to fly as annual cycle.
Please check it before saying words on forecast.

Its not flying like last year thats for sure. Even may of last year was great, this year may was very bad for most coins. I dont think market follows months like its not a plant to grow in specific months. Lol
Depends on BTC for now if it can maintain its value for the coming days we may see a good growth,
Anyways Zcoin is low from its Jan value, so its good to add bags now

[daviidalpert]

Everything is going down with BTC. As you said it is HODL time.

Down? Not now.
It's June which is time to fly as annual cycle.
Please check it before saying words on forecast.

Its not flying like last year thats for sure. Even may of last year was great, this year may was very bad for most coins. I dont think market follows months like its not a plant to grow in specific months. Lol
Depends on BTC for now if it can maintain its value for the coming days we may see a good growth,
Anyways Zcoin is low from its Jan value, so its good to add bags now

This year's market environment is very bad.Countries all over the world are slowly making laws to regulate the encrypted currencies.The price of bitcoin is declining recently.the zcoin also fall follow the market.i hope it can come back.

[Ryzen2700x]

Dear Zcoin  miners:
I welcome you to check my Improved Lyra2Z nVidia miner for [Maxwell\Pascal\Volta] GPU's:
coolMiner Specs:

• Compiled with Cuda9.2, 64-bit.
• Compiled for nVidia Gpu's with SM_52/SM_61/SM_70 (Maxwell-Pascal-Volta).
• Max-GPU support increased to 20!.
• Stale share bug fixed.
• Lyra2z miner only.

Benchmark resaults:
1080Ti - 3,750KH/s @2075Mhz core.
1070TI - 2,400KH/s @1987Mhz core (2,500 KH/s+ should be no problem with better OC).
1070 - 1,950KH/s @2025Mhz core (2,000 KH/s+ should be no problem with better OC).

ScreenShots:
1080Ti:

1070 and 1070Ti:


Please see more info on the ANN thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4412370.0

I hope to hear your feedback  .
Have a Cool Day.

[CarlOrff]

I want to be investors can I still buy your coin

Yes you can.
You can buy XZC in a lot of majors exchanges, Bittrex for example .

[DonMaxim]

Can someone tell me which pool gots zcoin blocks other than f2pool in last 8 hours?
How it’s can possible that only f2pool is getting blocks and all other pools nothing?

[thefix]

Can someone tell me which pool gots zcoin blocks other than f2pool in last 8 hours?
How it’s can possible that only f2pool is getting blocks and all other pools nothing?

MPH Seems to be getting them as well, it looks like they found two blocks in the last hour or so, but suprnova is struggling as usual. It would be nice to get some more hash on Suprnova so we can have a more even distribution of hash power.