[ANN] (QTUM) - A Scalable Smart Contract Platform w/ Proof of Stake

[BTCspace]

it is dead , just accepted guys. qtum is doing nothing but clone bitcoin update.

another Newbie account?  Qtum is the first coin based on BTC UTXO's model but add smart contract...

i think you know nothing about the project..

[Qtum]

China Regulatory Update

https://blog.qtum.org/china-regulatory-update-fe6c8037c008

The Qtum Foundation works closely to follow global cryptocurrency regulations and policies to operate in a compliant manner, including those most recently announced in China. On Sep. 4, 2017, Chinese regulatory departments announced regulations about initial coin offerings and trading, banning those activities in China. More recently, on November 14, 2019, regulatory departments in Shanghai announced an investigation to close cryptocurrency fundraising and trading platforms.

This announcement emphasized the restriction on agencies providing services for oversees ICO projects and exchanges. Beijing and Shenzhen joined the campaign in the following days. Earlier this year, the Cyberspace Administration of China started two batches of blockchain information service registrations, and 506 enterprises completed the registration recording process, including the Qtum Foundation.

Below we provide a translation of recent regulatory announcements and look forward to a time when these regulations will provide a structured and safe environment for the development of blockchain technology.

Read the translated announcements

[GlobalProtection]

Excited to announce that @earlzdotnet will be a speaker at CRYPTO 2020 Summit!

Jordan and over 50 other #crypto experts will be sharing predictions for the crypto space in 2020.

This event is online and #free for a limited time.

Register here for your free tickets to this online event
https://www.crypto2020summit.com/registration

It is good to see that Jordan Earls of QTUM is one of the top featured speakers at this summit.


"Jordan is a trusted and well-known member of the cryptocurrency community and has been developing software since he was thirteen. Jordan currently serves as co-chair of the Smart Contracts Alliance for the Chamber of Digital Commerce and as the co-founder and lead developer of Qtum. Jordan has reviewed over 100 altcoins and identified multiple exploits in coins before joining Qtum."  Scroll down to speakers on this page: https://www.crypto2020summit.com/registration

[TomThumb]

so you are saying you are buying a coin with 7 full nodes?   i do not think you really understand blockchain ....

I understand the difference between a project that can set its own direction because it does all the development itself, and one that simply downloads the upgrades to Ethereum and Bitcoin and pretends it's created something new. NEO is going to become more decentralized in the future.

I reconfigure my portfolio from time to time, eliminating the deadwood. If I'd followed your advice right from the start, I'd still be invested in Siacoin, Stratis, Lisk, and Waves, and lost almost everything! Whatever coin you care to mention, whatever its ranking, long-term hodlers sing its praises. None of them care about me, so I'm thinking for myself. So far, I've maintained my wealth fairly well.

[TomThumb]

It is good to see that Jordan Earls of QTUM is one of the top featured speakers at this summit.[/b]

LOL! I saw that guy being interviewed on YouTube - it was a train wreck! He's barely literate. It was like he had just got out of bed and had been drinking heavily the night before. One person commented that, after seeing the interview, they were selling. At the time, I thought, "shit, this is bad!".

[TomThumb]

I don't see any problem if a community post the update in public. So if there is something serious than please explain maybe I'm missing your point of view because it's not against the rules of the forum.

I say we should do their development work for them, too. What say you?

They had enough energy to block me from their channel when my wallet stopped synching. Wouldn't surprise me if they step on the homeless sleeping on the streets, too. Maybe even give these unfortunate souls a good kicking - just for the perverted pleasure of it! 

[Qtum]

Hello TomThumb,

They had enough energy to block me from their channel when my wallet stopped synching.

Sorry we gave you a bad experience with support for your wallet during the hard fork, although we strive to provide a high level of technical support, it was a hectic time . Was it Qtum Electrum or Qtum Core? Those are both working well now, but please let us know if you need help syncing either.

I say we should do their development work for them, too. What say you?

Since Qtum is open source, you are welcome to help with development on GitHub. In addition to user interface updates and the usual issues and bug fixes, active work is ongoing with MimbleWimble for privacy assets and Qtum Neutron for the x86 VM.

… one that simply downloads the upgrades to Ethereum and Bitcoin and pretends it's created something new.

Qtum has additions to the Bitcoin and Ethereum code to interface UTXOs to the Ethereum account model through the Account Abstraction Layer, the Distributed Governance Protocol using smart contracts for on-chain adjustment of block size and Gas parameters, and Mutualized Proof of Stake for consensus. Qtum is more than just Bitcoin and Ethereum updates.

[HeitorMessias]

Hi for all, i like to ask, if have official channels of quantum in portuguese? Thanks

[JanpriX]

Hi for all, i like to ask, if have official channels of quantum in portuguese? Thanks

Hey man, upon checking their official group chat (linked in CoinMarketCap), it appears that they don't have a specific channel for Portuguese. Though, you can join them in the said group chat and forward your inquiries there. It's a Telegram channel.

Code: (QTUM TELEGRAM CHANNEL)

https://t.me/joinchat/D5oBaw29NeOdpw6qqqf2lw

[LuckyBtc]

so you are saying you are buying a coin with 7 full nodes?   i do not think you really understand blockchain ....

I understand the difference between a project that can set its own direction because it does all the development itself, and one that simply downloads the upgrades to Ethereum and Bitcoin and pretends it's created something new. NEO is going to become more decentralized in the future.

I reconfigure my portfolio from time to time, eliminating the deadwood. If I'd followed your advice right from the start, I'd still be invested in Siacoin, Stratis, Lisk, and Waves, and lost almost everything! Whatever coin you care to mention, whatever its ranking, long-term hodlers sing its praises. None of them care about me, so I'm thinking for myself. So far, I've maintained my wealth fairly well.

Wish I had done the same. Thanks to my foggy brain I'm stuck with total shitcoins, I'll be on a lookout herein to get into top notch projects. Qtum's development, price etc.. is quite good. I still have Qtum but not as much I like to have.

[Net-chain]

QTUM has been listed at https://cointostake.com (staking statistics + monitoring)

Check staking rewards, stats, ROI. POS earning calculator.

[frcat]

so you are saying you are buying a coin with 7 full nodes?   i do not think you really understand blockchain ....

Do you mean that Qtum has just 7 nodes? Its not looks like decentralized... Even EOS has 21 nodes and people guess that is centralized while others blockchains have more than 100+ nodes...

[JB395]

Its not looks like decentralized...

No, I think he was referring to another project. Qtum is one of the most decentralized networks with 1,900 nodes.

[LuckyBtc]

so you are saying you are buying a coin with 7 full nodes?   i do not think you really understand blockchain ....

Do you mean that Qtum has just 7 nodes? Its not looks like decentralized... Even EOS has 21 nodes and people guess that is centralized while others blockchains have more than 100+ nodes...

Qtum is one of the coin with huge number of full nodes, Current count as shown on their website is around 2000, During full node competition it was peaking at 5000+ nodes. Qtum is one of the most decentralized blockhain.

[Qtum]

Qtum Development Updates (November 25 - December 1)

https://qtum.org/en/post/development-updates-november-25-december-1

Qtum Core

Qtum core updates normally consist of Qtum Improvement Proposals. These QIPs are generated by both our developers and the community and in some cases requests from enterprise users. Our developers evaluate the impact of each QIP and work on high priority QIPs. All bug fixes and feature enhancements that have been issued to the core project will be listed here.

•    Fix the GUI tests: https://github.com/qtumproject/qtum/pull/787
•    Add showevmlogs option to console: https://github.com/qtumproject/qtum/pull/789
•    Fix the Gitian build and implement the new GUI: https://github.com/qtumproject/qtum/pull/786
•    All the information of Qtum Hard Fork please refer: https://link.bar/qtumhardfork

Qtum x86 Virtual Machine

The Qtum x86 Virtual Machine is a smart contract operating software that is designed to enable easily deployable decentralized applications. Currently you can write smart contracts in C, there will be additional languages as we proceed with x86 development.

•    Update x86 documentation on https://x86.qtum.org/
•    Update x86VM task list: https://github.com/qtumproject/qtum/labels/x86

Lightning Network

•    No update for this week.

Qtum Explorer & Wallets

The Qtum Explorer is our blockchain explorer that is used for viewing transaction details on the Qtum blockchain. The primary blockchain explorer site is qtum.info. We frequently release updates to both explorer and the web wallet sites. Additionally, you’ll find information regarding the official Qtum electrum wallet and support/feature updates to hardware wallets or other interesting services/products.

Qtum.info Explorer

•    Review and improve UI code of explorer.

PC Wallet

•    New PC wallet under internal testing.
•    Implement the new GUI design.

Electrum Wallet

•    Improve Chinese locale: https://github.com/qtumproject/qtum-electrum/commit/b70278c5aa550aef33addca8a5ba80ecc39c0a40

iOS Wallet

•    No update for this week.

Android Wallet

The new Android wallet:

•    Google Play: Copy link into your browser: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.qtum.newwallet
  
•    Official website: https://qtumeco.io/wallet

Qtum SDK

•    Port BitcoinJ to Qtum.

Documentation

•    Update RPi Spanish Doc and CentOS build How To: https://github.com/qtumproject/documents/commit/d01d8cd5b14dd401957f3b8df4eac90f71270944

Qtum Telegram Channel: https://t.me/qtumofficial
Qtum Twitter: https://twitter.com/Qtum
Qtum Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QtumOfficial
Qtum Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qtum

[frcat]

so you are saying you are buying a coin with 7 full nodes?   i do not think you really understand blockchain ....

Do you mean that Qtum has just 7 nodes? Its not looks like decentralized... Even EOS has 21 nodes and people guess that is centralized while others blockchains have more than 100+ nodes...

Qtum is one of the coin with huge number of full nodes, Current count as shown on their website is around 2000, During full node competition it was peaking at 5000+ nodes. Qtum is one of the most decentralized blockhain.

How many coins needed for run a node? What technical (VPS) requiments for run a node and how much is annual ROI?
As I see 96 mln out of 107 mln are in circulating right now... so rewards for nodes will end soon?

[JB395]

How many coins needed for run a node?

You can run a node with no coins. There is no minimum for staking, but would probably need several thousand to make it interesting. Wallets staking 100 coins, or less, have published blocks and won block rewards, but that is rare.

What technical (VPS) requiments for run a node

About 2 GB RAM and 10 GB disk. On AWS, t2.micro with a swap file Qtum AMI, on Google GCP g1-small Qtum-Core VM

how much is annual ROI?

This depends on Network Weight, the total number of coins being staked, and is typically in the 5 – 6% range. See the stake calculator for the current ROI and to try some different stake amounts.

As I see 96 mln out of 107 mln are in circulating right now... so rewards for nodes will end soon?

The first halving will be in early December 2021, and the last block reward subsidy will be in 2045. Stakers (miners) also receive the transaction fees and Gas.

[Qtum]

Qtum Core Update - 0.18.2 Recommended Update

New Desktop UI, full redesign and 3 themes available!!!

https://github.com/qtumproject/qtum/releases/tag/mainnet-ignition-v0.18.2

https://qtumeco.io/wallet

Qtum 0.18.2 Changelog

v0.18.2 – Recommended Update: New GUI, New features, Security improvements and Bug fixes.

•     New GUI implemented with two new themes added (light and dark blue).
•     Add signrawsendertransactionwithwallet and signrawsendertransactionwithkey rpc calls to support OP_SENDER raw transactions signing.
•     Add a new process to clean BlockIndex entries older than the last moving checkpoint.
•     Add outputIndex to transaction receipts (requires to reindex once to update the old log entries).
•     Add -showevmlogs option to show/hide evm logs in the console.
•     Reduce the max needed glibc version to 2.11 (fix build on CentOS 7).
•     Fix build on OS X Catalina.
•     Fix out-of-source build.
•     Fix gitian build.
•     Unbreak build with Boost 1.72
•     Update Mac OS README.
•     Update blockchain data.
•     Add recent checkpoints.

Linux Repositories are also updated (Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Archlinux, Mint, Raspbian)

https://docs.qtum.site/en/qtumrepo/

We have available a bootstrap.dat file for faster sync, more details on https://qtumeco.io/wallet

[frcat]

How many coins needed for run a node?

You can run a node with no coins. There is no minimum for staking, but would probably need several thousand to make it interesting. Wallets staking 100 coins, or less, have published blocks and won block rewards, but that is rare.

What technical (VPS) requiments for run a node

About 2 GB RAM and 10 GB disk. On AWS, t2.micro with a swap file Qtum AMI, on Google GCP g1-small Qtum-Core VM

how much is annual ROI?

This depends on Network Weight, the total number of coins being staked, and is typically in the 5 – 6% range. See the stake calculator for the current ROI and to try some different stake amounts.

As I see 96 mln out of 107 mln are in circulating right now... so rewards for nodes will end soon?

The first halving will be in early December 2021, and the last block reward subsidy will be in 2045. Stakers (miners) also receive the transaction fees and Gas.

But will I get for node if I dont have any coins? For staking there is not needed run a node? May I stake just from my wallet for example?
What about staking rewards? How many annual % rewards?

[Qtum]

Qtum Galaxy – 4th Qtum Galactic Full Nodes Incentive Program is Officially Launched!

As one of the world's leading distributed networks, Qtum always pays attention to the distribution and expansion of global nodes. Qtum officially named its Global Full Nodes Incentive Program as Qtum Galaxy. The new event comes with a very easy entry, a whole different gameplay and more awards. More info please check: https://galaxy.qtum.org

Qtum Galaxy will last from December 6th, 2019 to January 4th, 2020 (GMT+8), with 4 award categories, 570 winning places, and a total of 6,000 QTUM! Just one-click to download the Qtum Core wallet and you have the opportunities to share the big prizes! Don't forget to invite your friends and get extra rewards!