[ANN][YAC] YACoin ongoing development

[Groko]

so, i'm writing the electrum-based block explorer myself now, mostly out of boredom (and also due to lack of volunteers).
the code is a major mess and still WIP (eg. no search box and no address handling so far), so consider this an early alpha preview.

http://yacoin.unsha.net/

PS: i know that i suck hard at writing javascript

That looks real nice! I throw my hat into the battle of the block explorers with my brand new super fast address balance
look up with transactions:

http://explore.grokonet.com

[Riddikulo]

I can´t believe this coin still exist, that was a long long way.

[ivanlabrie]

Yacoin is pretty awesome, the coin parameters and community are brilliant.
It's a shame it isn't more popular.

[canonsburg]

Yacoin is pretty awesome, the coin parameters and community are brilliant.
It's a shame it isn't more popular.

If only it had launched not as a fork but as a stand-alone coin written from the ground up, it would no doubt be one of the strongest coins.

Now, if only someone can take scrypt-chacha type PoW and use it in a brand new type of crypto technology coin unlike Bitcoin or CryotoNote protocol, then it would be unstoppable.

[aso118]

Yacoin is pretty awesome, the coin parameters and community are brilliant.
It's a shame it isn't more popular.

If only it had launched not as a fork but as a stand-alone coin written from the ground up, it would no doubt be one of the strongest coins.

Now, if only someone can take scrypt-chacha type PoW and use it in a brand new type of crypto technology coin unlike Bitcoin or CryotoNote protocol, then it would be unstoppable.

YACoin will be unstoppable.  Just wait and see....

[Joe_Bauers]

Yacoin is pretty awesome, the coin parameters and community are brilliant.
It's a shame it isn't more popular.

If only it had launched not as a fork but as a stand-alone coin written from the ground up, it would no doubt be one of the strongest coins.

Like essentially EVERY alt-coin in the world, Yacoin was forked from Bitcoin. However, YAC also ORIGINATED the scrypt-N (sometimes known as scrypt-jane) concept for the alt coin community as well. Every scrypt-N coin is forked from YAC.

There are probably ~10 - 15 alt coins ever released that brought something new to the table and Yacoin is one of them. That leads me to believe that our problem is lack of marketing, and also lack of participating in the nefarious plots that some other coins employ such as numerous fake accounts on BCT promoting (pumping) the coin between them, or doing the same thing on the exchanges (dumping). We'll continue to work on innovation and eventually the price will have to reflect that.

[sairon]

Yacoin is pretty awesome, the coin parameters and community are brilliant.
It's a shame it isn't more popular.

If only it had launched not as a fork but as a stand-alone coin written from the ground up, it would no doubt be one of the strongest coins.

Like essentially EVERY alt-coin in the world, Yacoin was forked from Bitcoin. However, YAC also ORIGINATED the scrypt-N (sometimes known as scrypt-jane) concept for the alt coin community as well. Every scrypt-N coin is forked from YAC.

There are probably ~10 - 15 alt coins ever released that brought something new to the table and Yacoin is one of them. That leads me to believe that our problem is lack of marketing, and also lack of participating in the nefarious plots that some other coins employ such as numerous fake accounts on BCT promoting (pumping) the coin between them, or doing the same thing on the exchanges (dumping). We'll continue to work on innovation and eventually the price will have to reflect that.

Pretty much...
Also, I suspect that the YAC community is incredibly small so far compared to other *coins.

[ivanlabrie]

I can count us with my my two hands...

[Beave162]

I can count us with my my two hands...

1) I don't know if that is necessarily bad right now lol
2) Judging by the success of YBCoin and ZCCoin and volume at BTER (scam site!), I think there is some chinese investment behind the scenes to not overlook, especially in the mining realm. I think a Chinese translation of the OP is definitely in order.
3) After the meme contest, I have a little marketing idea I will try. I will keep you in suspense... just wait and see.

And let's just emphasize the fantastic, consistent profitability of this coin to mine. Is it the most profitable coin to mine on the CPU? I'm not sure, but in about 5 days, it definitely will be--at least for a little time.

I will also add that the inflation model could be the most ideal out there. My theory is that the NFactor along with the POW/POS setup will prove to be nearly perfect, and by the time it is realized, market penetration will make it too late for clones to try and steal the success.

[cryptrol]

And let's just emphasize the fantastic, consistent profitability of this coin to mine. Is it the most profitable coin to mine on the CPU? I'm not sure, but in about 5 days, it definitely will be--at least for a little time.

Are you mining this coin with a CPU ? My opinion is that it really doesn't matter how great the N or Nfactor is, this coin as any scrypt variant will always be more efficient to mine with a GPU or even an ASIC.
Again, I would love to see numbers on CPU profitability, last time I checked (couple Nfactors ago) it wasn't profitable at all.

[aso118]

Are you mining this coin with a CPU ?

I am.  I haven't redid the calculations recently, but YAC was the most profitable CPU coin to mine for the longest time.  It might be worth someone to make a calculator to show the 'most profitable CPU coin.'  If I have time I can try to give it a crack.

[ivanlabrie]

It's not the most profitable for cpu atm, but it's always decent at best.
Monero's up there.

[Beave162]

It's not the most profitable for cpu atm, but it's always decent at best.
Monero's up there.

I think you told me heavycoin was good at one point too. But with this difficulty drop / reward increase, I'll just say it will be interesting. The theory is that the AMD 2gb cards will drop off pretty significantly. I'll be expecting a prompt update on this thread from you ivan on how well the 750ti fairs. I know you will be all over it haha.

[ivanlabrie]

I'm currently mining jackpotcoin, and buying coins with the proceeds...but I might go back to straight yacoin after N 15 is here.

[aso118]

I'm currently mining jackpotcoin, and buying coins with the proceeds...but I might go back to straight yacoin after N 15 is here.

It will be here before we know it. 

Next Nfactor change at Sat May 31 2014 10:13:52 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) local time, that's in 4d 06h 44m 28s, Nfactor will be 15 (N value of 65536) and 8 MB of memory needed to compute one hash.

[mhps]

What to do with my pool miners when N increases? Leave them running or restart them?

[ivanlabrie]

What to do with my pool miners when N increases? Leave them running or restart them?

Cpu or gpu?

I normally restart on n changes...if I don't it does funky things.

[mhps]

What to do with my pool miners when N increases? Leave them running or restart them?

Cpu or gpu?

I normally restart on n changes...if I don't it does funky things.

Two GPUs and one CPU.

[hoper]

Someone tried to adjust yacminer for r7 240 4gb on N-15 ? currently N=14 3Kh/s

[Thirtybird]

Someone tried to adjust yacminer for r7 240 4gb on N-15 ? currently N=14 3Kh/s

maybe.