[XPM] [ANN] Primecoin Release - First Scientific Computing Cryptocurrency

[Sunny King]

Thanks for your support in our prerelease thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=245953.0)

Primecoin will be released shortly.

http://primecoin.org

Design paper published today at
http://ppcoin.org/static/primecoin-paper.pdf

Source code will be available at:
https://github.com/primecoin/primecoin

Official Build (Windows + Linux, primecoind & primecoin-qt) will be available at:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/primecoin/files/

Release Time is 2013 July 7, 18:00 UTC

Update:

Windows and linux builds have been released.
Source code uploaded.

Blockchain is now up and running.

Mining with Qt: debug window -> console -> type 'setgenerate true' or 'setgenerate true <thread-limit>'

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[Sunny King]

Primes Tutorial

To understand the primes stored in block chain, one should read my design paper regarding prime chains.

In the 'getblock' output, there is a 'primeorigin' field. This is the origin of prime chain described in design paper, from which you can derive the prime numbers in the chain.

Another field 'primechain' describe this primechain type and length:

1CC -> Cunningham chain of 1st kind
2CC -> Cunningham chain of 2nd kind
TWN -> bi-twin chain

The length part consists of an integral length and a fractional length. The integral length is what we understand normally about chain length, the fractional part is a score system assigned to the prime chain in order to make difficulty adjustment continuous.


Primecoin Symbol

The currency symbol of primecoin is chosen as the greek letter psi. This letter is chosen as a tribute to Riemann, as its shape symbolizes the Riemann zeta function (there is a graphical rendering used in primecoin windows setup screen). The horizontal bar not only acts as the standard currency symbol convention, but also symbolizes one of the highest jewels of math - Riemann hypothesis.

[Online24o0n]

  ughhh, another thread cluttering coin.

[testz]

If you have problems with PrimeCoin network discovery add node 137.116.230.21 to params of the wallet, example:

Code:

primecoin-qt.exe -addnode=137.116.230.21

or to primecoin.conf, example:

Code:

addnode=137.116.230.21

[Fernandez]

Have put my 2 Core i3's on standby.

[mustyoshi]

I'm looking forward to this.

I feel a coin that produces something useful is a lot better than Bitcoin.

[bticom]

Have put my 2 Core i3's on standby.

[usahero]

Compiling the source code....

[mrbrt]

ughhh, another thread cluttering coin.

You have no clue what you are talking about huh?

[shakezula]

Very nice to see something new! Thanks for sharing the source too

~edit, installer is broken.

~edit 2 - file wasn't complete, working now!

[mr_random]

'installer integrity check' failed when I try to install the windows executable

[mrbrt]

'installer integrity check' failed when I try to install the windows executable

Same here

[cryptopi]

'installer integrity check' failed when I try to install the windows executable

Same here

same for me as well. Tried it on three different computers: two intels and an AMD

[captainfuture]

great start

[PSL]

Code:

$ tar xzvf primecoin-0.1.0-linux.tar.gz
primecoin-0.1.0-linux/
primecoin-0.1.0-linux/bin/
primecoin-0.1.0-linux/bin/64/
primecoin-0.1.0-linux/bin/64/primecoin-qt

gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

$ ls -l *gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 psl psl 3765022 Jul  7 20:09 primecoin-0.1.0-linux.tar.gz

[amytheplanarshift]

I have 15 connections but it's not syncing the block chain. :/

[Carra23]

For all those with 'integrity check failed' your download stopped midway. The whole file is 11.7 MB.

[Hero_Member]

Client installed! synchronizing with network... 43 hours behind. Client has no mining option. How to mine?


14:16:39
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{
"version" : "v0.1.0xpm-beta",
"protocolversion" : 70001,
"walletversion" : 60000,
"balance" : 0.00000000,
"blocks" : 0,
"moneysupply" : 0.00000000,
"timeoffset" : -5,
"connections" : 28,
"proxy" : "",
"testnet" : false,
"keypoololdest" : 1373220669,
"keypoolsize" : 101,
"paytxfee" : 0.00000000,
"errors" : ""
}

[shakezula]

I thought this was client-mined only, but there's no miner in the GUI? Does that mean setgenerate true = only? Hmm...

[Eli0t]

extracted the windows version with science

https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/file/133e3194b7cb8df612287526b5b12c533d211323ac73b8e47cd3ba4be4952b9e/analysis/1373220938/