Vertcoin [VTC][ANN] Segwit Activated | ASIC Resistant Decentralized GPU Mining

Quote from: etang6000 on March 15, 2017, 11:37:16 PM

https://www.vertcoin.org/

Old thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=895020.0

Segwit has activated!

What is Vertcoin?

Vertcoin is different. Unlike many other coins you will see on this forum, Vertcoin has a purpose, a goal which drives the community and developers to constantly innovate. Committed to the decentralisation Satoshi originally dreamed of, Vert has consistently evolved over time to combat the threats to this dream. As a result, one of our main features is ASIC resistance, having forked successfully to a new proof of work algorithm called "Lyra2RE" upon discovering that Scrypt-N ASICs were being developed, and Lyra2reV2 after discovering a botnet. We believe that by keeping the mining process in the hands of those with generalised, low-risk, consumer grade hardware, we can lower the entry requirement for miners, increasing the number of individuals mining the coin which in turn leads to true decentralisation.

Our primary innovations

Current hashing algorithm: Lyra2REv2

White paper: https://vertcoin.org/downloads/Vertcoin_Lyra2RE_Paper_11292014.pdf

Our revolutionary new proof of work algorithm, designed to be ASIC resistant at its core, made its debut at block 208301. In addition, responding to calls from our miners, Lyra2RE has a ~15% power usage reduction on X11. Lyra2RE has replaced Scrypt-N, our previous proof of work and a Vertcoin innovation in itself, in order to defeat the ASIC miners that were released for it. The fork has successfully been carried out, once again making Vertcoin a decentralised, ASIC-free zone and fulfilling Vertcoin's promise to hard-fork if an ASIC threat becomes apparent, a promise which Litecoin made, but didn't deliver on.

Getting started

Wallets
https://github.com/vertcoin/vertcoin/releases

Source:

https://github.com/vertcoin/vertcoin

Pool Software

P2Pool: https://github.com/vertcoin/p2pool-vtc/releases/tag/v0.0.1-rc2
stratum-mining: https://github.com/Crypto-Expert/stratum-mining

Miners

AMD/ATI:

https://github.com/nicehash/sgminer/releases

nVidia:

https://github.com/sp-hash/ccminer/releases

CPU:

https://github.com/tpruvot/cpuminer-multi/tree/linux

Technical Details:

Algorithm: Lyra2REv2 Max Coins: 84 million.
Block time: 2.5 minutes
Subsidy halves every 840,000 blocks (~4 years)
Difficulty Re-Target Time: Every block with KGW algorithm
Block Rewards: 50 coins per block

Premine - None

There is no premine except three, normal blocks done to test the network (150 coins). You can use the block explorer below to look them up. Unlike many other coins, no one has received a large amount of free coins to dump on an exchange.

Merchants accepting VTC (there are many)

http://www.reddit.com/r/vertcoin/comments/2kgl3w/merchant_monday_october_27_2014/

Pools

P2Pool Node Scanner http://scanner.vtconline.org

It is recommended that you mine on P2Pool as it helps to decentralise the network, there are often no fees and no account is required.

Dev-run p2pool node http://pool.vtconline.org
Give Me Coins http://give-me-coins.com/vertcoin-pool
Mining Pool Hub https://vertcoin.miningpoolhub.com/
Coinotron https://www.coinotron.com/app?action=ChartNoLogon&span=0&type=C&name=VTC
List of p2pool nodes https://bitmakler.net/mining_VertCoin-VTC__pools
Always Hashing p2pool http://vtc.alwayshashing.com:9171/static/
ZPool https://www.zpool.ca
Verters Pool : https://pool.verters.com/

Exchanges

Shapeshift https://shapeshift.io
Bter https://bter.com/trade/vtc_btc
Poloniex https://poloniex.com/exchange#btc_vtc
Bittrex https://bittrex.com/Market/Index?MarketName=BTC-VTC
Jubi (China) https://www.jubi.com/coin/vtc/
LiteBit.eu: https://www.litebit.eu/
Bleutrade: https://bleutrade.com/
YoBit: https://yobit.net/
BTER: https://bter.com/
Bittylicious: https://bittylicious.com/
BTER: https://bter.com/
SouthXchange: https://www.southxchange.com/
19800: https://www.19800.com/market/

Explorers
Dev-run block explorer http://explorer.vtconline.org
Bitinfocharts https://bitinfocharts.com/vertcoin/
vertcoin.info http://explorer.vertcoin.info/
bchain.info https://bchain.info/vtc/

How To Mine
Windows Nvidia- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQw64NLydwY

Setup your own p2pool

Windows guide :
video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InQ3sWkrirw
text guide: https://gist.github.com/veqtrus/e2b7c34d9c8b3ad285209ae1b13ca2b2

Active Developers

jamesl22
Zemrys:
etang600

Contact

slack: https://slack.vtconline.org/
twitter : https://twitter.com/Vertcoin
reddit : http://www.reddit.com/r/vertcoin/
IRC : #vertcoin on freenode

Bounties for development
200 VTC paid for each
Updated "How to" mining guides. Needs to be step-by-step and Include pictures or can be a video.

Windows AMD
~~Windows Nvidia~~

Linux/Ubuntu AMD
Linux?Ubuntu Nvidia

OSX ?

p2pool setup guides :
~~windows~~
linux

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