Bottlecaps 2.1 UPDATE REQUIRED - HARDFORK JULY 4 2014 to 200% Annual PoS

[John Eden]

2.1 Update is out - Update before 7/4/2014.:
On July 4th 2014. BottleCaps will hard fork. These changes are:
200% yearly degrading stake, with 1000 coin max reward.
Time drift will move from 2 hours to 15 minutes.
Min/Max stake will move from 30/90 days to 15/45.
Negative time value attack vector plugged.

There are also many updates to the wallet. Including:
Fast connect (IRC has been replaced by seed nodes),
Fast start (QT opens in seconds as compared to mins),
Fast stake (very little gui lag when staking many thousand inputs),
New and upgraded rpc commands,
GUI enhancements, including new wallet menu, on board staking information, clickable icons, and others.

Specifications:
Algorithm: PoW Scrypt with PoS (add 51% resistance with the PoS)
Block Time: 60 seconds
Difficulty: Started at 0.25  with a 4hr Difficulty target time NO INSTAMINE
Reward: 10 coins per block until the end
Block confirmations: 5
No Premine
Default RPC: 8385
Default P2P: 7685


Downloads

Version 2.1 Released 6/4/2014.
Source: https://github.com/bottlecaps-foundation/bottlecaps

Windows QT: https://github.com/Tranz5/bottlecaps/releases


Official Nodes
addnode=50.137.233.14          Central USA
addnode=69.10.44.115            Western USA (Dedicated)
addnode=192.64.86.238          Eastern USA (Dedicated)



LINKS

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bottlecaps/629515757059363

Official Forum
https://cryptocointalk.com/forum/242-bottlecaps-cap

Block Explorer
http://cap.cryptocoinexplorer.com/


Version 2.0 Release notes here: https://github.com/Tranz5/bottlecaps/releases/tag/2.0

Please update before July 4, 2014!

Installation instructions Windows QT:

1. Close your client and delete the folder that contains Bottlecaps 1.4.1
2. Install the new 2.0 client
3. Click Start and search Run.
4. Run the location %appdata%
5. Navigate to roaming/Bottlecaps
6. Delete everything in this folder accept Wallet.dat and BottleCaps.conf
7. In your Bottlecaps.conf folder remove all nodes and add the following

listen=1
addnode=50.137.233.14          
addnode=69.10.44.115            
addnode=192.64.86.238          

8. Start BottleCaps 2.0 client

For users who dont know how to Create/ Edit a .Conf file I will update the sample provided below often along with the update time. Simply place the file in the folder user/appdata/roaming/bottlecaps Which can also be found by Start button / search "run", then  run  %appdata% navigate to roaming / bottlecaps

A wonderful list can be gather here as well thanks to Petr1fied
http://bottlecaps.kicks-ass.net/peers.php

You will need to download the blockchain from the start but it should sync right to the correct chain no problem. If your client pauses on a specific block for a long period of time simply restart your client as it is sifting through bad peers restarting get will you on your way. If not deleting peers.dat and restarting also might help

If you are still having problems syncing to the correct chain Pm me or John Eden for further assistance. But I put much time into assuring it would not sync to an incorrect chain.



Solo Mine
To solo make a bottlecaps.conf text file with

rpcuser=USERNAME
rpcpassword=x
rpcallowip=192.168.*.*
rpcport=8385
addnode=69.85.86.195
daemon=1
server=1
listen=1
 
and save it into C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\BottleCaps Restart wallet and mine to your ip and the port

Still having trouble solo mining? The thread below shows how to do it for litecoin and essentially you just need to use bottlecaps for the name instead
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=83371.0

[John Eden]

Pools

https://www.multipool.us
http://cap.coinmine.pl
http://pool.mineoncloud.com
http://cap.centralcavern.uk


Shopping with Bottlecaps

Buy great steam games with your bottlecaps
http://www.coingas.com

Buy Various Jerky and treats with Bottlecaps
http://jaysjerkyandgoodies.com

Like Great BBQ sauce? I am sure do and you can buy it with bottlecaps!
http://sauce4coins.com


Live in Canada and use Itunes? Why not buy credit with bottlecaps!
http://bottlecapstore.weebly.com

What was fallout with odd sexual innuendos? Well now you can dress up and get all kinds of crazy sex toys with CAPs!
http://www.cryptosextoys.com

Want to buy Gold and Silver with your Bottlecaps?
http://www.igotspots.com/caps.html


Prepaid Visa Cards for coins
http://visa4crypto.com


A different special everyday Electronics and more
http://http://dailybit.net

Want to buy Itunes, Playstation, Steam, Ultimate Game Card, Zynga, Spring PCS, Boost Mobile Cards for Bottlecaps?
http://cryptopcs.com

• iTunes Gift Card (USA)
• Playstation Network Card(USA)
• Steam Gift Card
• Ultimate Game Card
• Zygna eCard
• Pay Sprint PCS bill
• Boost Mobile Refill

Buy your Crypto Miners & HashCat Password Cracking Clusters Supplies
http://coincable.com





Exchanges

http://cryptsy.com



Faucet
http://bottlecaps.kicks-ass.net/
http://www.worldwidewebresources.blogspot.com/



Gambling
Casino: http://www.coincasino.cc/
BlackJack: http://cryptoblackjack.kicks-ass.net/index.php?coin_type=21
Lotto: http://lotto.coinworld.us/

[John Eden]

Bottlecaps Foundation
The foundation is setup because well we didn't premine ANY coins and the starting difficulty of 0.25 prevented any possible instant mining. So bottom line is we have as many coins or less than you do. In order to raise awareness and with that the value of your coin and to promote fair coins in the future please donate what you can in bottlecaps to F2YX4Aiyk9p2WqXHrrGGgVuskTxCGYpaG9

To track the foundations current holdings we keep a balance sheet at the link below:
https://cryptocointalk.com/topic/696-bottlecap-foundation/

[BitJohn]

I'm glad it at least a Proof of Stake coin think most of these little alts should start going that route.

[MaGNeT]

Will it have "transaction message" functionality too?

[BitJohn]

Will it have "transaction message" functionality too?

That would be interesting if it did

[John Eden]

Will it have "transaction message" functionality too?

There will be more details about the coin coming shortly but as I have said Ill be listing them on cryptocointalk.org I would say the release window is now in the hours time frame. I can say that its a scaled launch so the first chunks of blocks will be very small and eventually grow to the desired block size much like the digicoin launch. So if your not on bored immediately should be little affect on you.

[Lauda]

I'm glad it at least a Proof of Stake coin think most of these little alts should start going that route.

I agree on this, imo POS is better, let's see how it goes with this coin, you never know.

[BitJohn]

I'm glad it at least a Proof of Stake coin think most of these little alts should start going that route.

I agree on this, imo POS is better, let's see how it goes with this coin, you never know.

Heck more security with PoS and you actually accrue interest essentially.

[Lauda]

I'm glad it at least a Proof of Stake coin think most of these little alts should start going that route.

I agree on this, imo POS is better, let's see how it goes with this coin, you never know.

Heck more security with PoS and you actually accrue interest essentially.

The problem is that you lose the anonymity, right?
Everyone knows what adress you own and what new adress you're sending from, they are all tied together, even if you wanted privacy you can't have it.

Hopefully this gets implemented right though.

[John Eden]

In the process of uploading the binaries to a couple locations....Getting very close.

[John Eden]

coin is released

[com911]

Damn start diff is high.

[BitJohn]

Damn start diff is high.

I think that is the point haha from what I see the start is high diff and staged small blocks for fair release

[emerefer]

i got a block reward of 10 so i think there was a mistake

[BitJohn]

you got block 3?

[emerefer]

you got block 3?

yes

[BitJohn]

Its in the code but Im told that PoS ignored it and made it 10 regardless well worth a shot still waiting on block 4 so its high Diff is stopping instamining lol

[John Eden]

Block 8 and going strong thanks everyone who helped on this project.

[John Eden]

Updated the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bottlecaps/629515757059363