[ANN] [QRK] Quark | Core 0.10 upgrade

[georgem]

Great list.

A thing to add, would be a quarkcoin giveaway...


If quark is to be this fairly distributed currency, we should really think about spreading those QRK around, especially to beginners.

And especially now when QRK is below 1$.

And I don't mean a quarkcoin giveaway here on this forum, but somewhere more qrk-only-related.
Make the user do something... sign up, download a wallet, etc and give him a qrk as present.

You hear me, QRK-Millionaires?

This is actually a really great idea. It would go a long way towards smoothing over some of the "98%" crap you keep seeing over and over again if reference to QRK.

EXACTLY!

The only difficulty is to find a giveaway system that can't be easily abused.

But it is true, nearly everyone I see thinks QRK is massively premined. And they distance themselves even more if you try to give a so-called explanation why it's NOT premined, although it absolutely looks like that.
First impression is what counts, sadly. But that's just the way it is.

Another form of really valuable giveaway can be learned when you look at how devcoins are distributed to developers.
If you want to spread QRK around the good way, create a form of public to-do-list, where jobs are advertised, like:

JOB: create portal similar to localbitcoins. Goal, within 3 months. Pledge: 250k QRK

etc...

Let the developer know what he can get in advance if he helps the community.
And have a website where those pledged amounts of QRK are kept by an escrow.
And have a public address visible where the amount of QRK is checkable.

etc

[digitalindustry]

I'm supporting all ti s development - right now my priority has been helping new users get a Bitcoin to buy QRK -

as pretty important task - but we are working and i'm developing a nice team of  contact in my development email -

so hopefully we can see some positive movement -

is is just me or is _QRK "stuck" on coinmarketcap.com

these poor guys really don't like us -


how it go:

"A barking dog doesn't chase parked cars"

[Robert Lewandowski]

Great list.

A thing to add, would be a quarkcoin giveaway...


If quark is to be this fairly distributed currency, we should really think about spreading those QRK around, especially to beginners.

And especially now when QRK is below 1$.

And I don't mean a quarkcoin giveaway here on this forum, but somewhere more qrk-only-related.
Make the user do something... sign up, download a wallet, etc and give him a qrk as present.

You hear me, QRK-Millionaires?

This is actually a really great idea. It would go a long way towards smoothing over some of the "98%" crap you keep seeing over and over again if reference to QRK.

EXACTLY!

The only difficulty is to find a giveaway system that can't be easily abused.

But it is true, nearly everyone I see thinks QRK is massively premined. And they distance themselves even more if you try to give a so-called explanation why it's NOT premined, although it absolutely looks like that.
First impression is what counts, sadly. But that's just the way it is.

Another form of really valuable giveaway can be learned when you look at how devcoins are distributed to developers.
If you want to spread QRK around the good way, create a form of public to-do-list, where jobs are advertised, like:

JOB: create portal similar to localbitcoins. Goal, within 3 months. Pledge: 250k QRK

etc...

Let the developer know what he can get in advance if he helps the community.
And have a website where those pledged amounts of QRK are kept by an escrow.
And have a public address visible where the amount of QRK is checkable.

etc

I know its only an estimate for the bounty of the website but 250k is a bit too much lol.  For the amount promised to be actually given it should be around 20-50k Quark for each Goal ranging in difficulty. Considering if it hits $1 soon that will be an amazing bounty for a specific task on the goals list.

[georgem]

I'm supporting all ti s development - right now my priority has been helping new users get a Bitcoin to buy QRK -

as pretty important task - but we are working and i'm developing a nice team of  contact in my development email -

so hopefully we can see some positive movement -

is is just me or is _QRK "stuck" on coinmarketcap.com

these poor guys really don't like us -


how it go:

"A barking dog doesn't chase parked cars"

Don't worry, I am working on my own marketcap (but not only) website, it will be finished within a week.
Be assured that QRK will not be treated badly there. ;-)

[georgem]

Considering if it hits $1 soon that will be an amazing bounty for a specific task on the goals list.

You have a crystal ball or something?

I think QRK that are payed now for a developer should not be fixated on some future speculative price.
Make the devs believe that they are really on to something, and that the price is really worth it.

Now is really not the time for greed, lol

[Robert Lewandowski]

....
JOB: create portal similar to localbitcoins. Goal, within 3 months. Pledge: 250k QRK

I know its only an estimate for the bounty of the website but 250k is a bit too much lol.  For the amount promised to be actually given it should be around 20-50k Quark for each Goal ranging in difficulty. Considering if it hits $1 soon that will be an amazing bounty for a specific task on the goals list.

Well... and I say that's the greed that's going to kill QRK.

How much do you think does a good secure portal cost? And one that must be maintained for an indefinite time?

Seriously, it's all about showing to the world that QRK is fairly distributed, and no better way to do that then to pay good people for good work.

The QRKs pledged will not be lost, dude, they will be "distributed".

Don't forget there are 200 millions in the hands of a few dozen people (I suspect) and that IS going to keep a lot of people away from QRK, forever!

Agreed. But im talking about the smaller tasks, a site such as LocalBitcoins for Quark should at least have a 200k Quark Bounty.

[georgem]

....
JOB: create portal similar to localbitcoins. Goal, within 3 months. Pledge: 250k QRK

I know its only an estimate for the bounty of the website but 250k is a bit too much lol.  For the amount promised to be actually given it should be around 20-50k Quark for each Goal ranging in difficulty. Considering if it hits $1 soon that will be an amazing bounty for a specific task on the goals list.

Well... and I say that's the greed that's going to kill QRK.

How much do you think does a good secure portal cost? And one that must be maintained for an indefinite time?

Seriously, it's all about showing to the world that QRK is fairly distributed, and no better way to do that then to pay good people for good work.

The QRKs pledged will not be lost, dude, they will be "distributed".

Don't forget there are 200 millions in the hands of a few dozen people (I suspect) and that IS going to keep a lot of people away from QRK, forever!

Agreed. But im talking about the smaller tasks, a site such as LocalBitcoins for Quark should at least have a 200k Quark Bounty.

We agree. But depends on the specifications of the job. It can easily be 250k if you ask me.
People are not gonna want to use a cheap site. You need some sort of reputation system, etc...

[dE_logics]

Github source and Windows wallet updated:

* New checkpoint
* Additional seed nodes
* Fix copyright typo

See first post for download links.

Great, tell me, in what code file are the pointers to the seed nodes located?
I assume the IPs of those seed nodes are hardcoded into the code?

I always wonders what was that peers.dat in the home directory.

[EntropyExtropy]

I implore anyone who wants to talk about future Quark development to hop onto #quark-dev on Freenode.

[zvs]

p2pool quark stopped working when reward got reduced to 16.

probably something about the subsidy or dust settings

i was gone until just now so didnt notice it, since whenever it flipped to 16.

process killed now.

i have no clue wtf the coins went to, since i didnt receive any either (2 times out of like 8 blocks)

ed: oh, i'm guessing theyre stored somewhere and didnt just disappear into the æther.  i dont even know where to locate a working block explorer,  is there one for quark?  lol.  

p2pool data dir is still as was, so if t's storing them as dust payments or something similar then there's probably a change to make to networks.py to get it to pay them all out

but i cant poke around right now.  plus i need to find something else to do with all these cpus, since quark isnt worth a shit anymore now with the drop to 16

[dE_logics]

That wiki Quark article is under heavy vandalism attack by Bitcoin miners who've now realized that their ASIC miners are pretty much useless in reality.

[georgem]

That wiki Quark article is under heavy vandalism attack by Bitcoin miners who've now realized that their ASIC miners are pretty much useless in reality.

lol, hey I expect an ASIC miner too, and I am a QRK lover...

I am not going to use the ASIC for bitcoin mining though... there are other SHA-256 currencies out there.

Why is bitcoin getting all the spotlight..., lol

[Robert Lewandowski]

aaannnnnnnnd more Quark "Scam" accusations https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=0313StQ_SQU#t=361

[EntropyExtropy]

p2pool quark stopped working when reward got reduced to 16.

probably something about the subsidy or dust settings

i was gone until just now so didnt notice it, since whenever it flipped to 16.

process killed now.

i have no clue wtf the coins went to, since i didnt receive any either (2 times out of like 8 blocks)

ed: oh, i'm guessing theyre stored somewhere and didnt just disappear into the æther.  i dont even know where to locate a working block explorer,  is there one for quark?  lol.  

p2pool data dir is still as was, so if t's storing them as dust payments or something similar then there's probably a change to make to networks.py to get it to pay them all out

but i cant poke around right now.  plus i need to find something else to do with all these cpus, since quark isnt worth a shit anymore now with the drop to 16

http://explorer.andarazoroflove.org/quark/block_crawler.php

I'm working on getting Abe up and running.

[georgem]

aaannnnnnnnd more Quark "Scam" accusations https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=0313StQ_SQU#t=361

lol, yeah, I am watching it as we speak... started about 20 min ago... what an idiot, the same lame accusations over and over again.

All accusations could have been made with bitcoin 3 years ago...

That's like jealousy between siblings... like the older brother who hates on the younger because he hates competition....can't explain the psychology behind this otherwise...

[georgem]

and Bill Still just released an other video: Bitcoin in China:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15hBcMBGONI

[Robert Lewandowski]

aaannnnnnnnd more Quark "Scam" accusations https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=0313StQ_SQU#t=361

lol, yeah, I am watching it as we speak... started about 20 min ago... what an idiot, the same lame accusations over and over again.

All accusations could have been made with bitcoin 3 years ago...

That's like jealousy between siblings... like the older brother who hates on the younger because he hates competition....can't explain the psychology behind this otherwise...

Im honestly not for any particular cryptocurrency, i would like to see all the good ones succeed. Its incredibly frustrating when people can't look at this from a different point of view....

[georgem]

aaannnnnnnnd more Quark "Scam" accusations https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=0313StQ_SQU#t=361

lol, yeah, I am watching it as we speak... started about 20 min ago... what an idiot, the same lame accusations over and over again.

All accusations could have been made with bitcoin 3 years ago...

That's like jealousy between siblings... like the older brother who hates on the younger because he hates competition....can't explain the psychology behind this otherwise...

Im honestly not for any particular cryptocurrency, i would like to see all the good ones succeed. Its incredibly frustrating when people can't look at this from a different point of view....

Yes, and I understand the concerns and doubts, because there are really scamcoins out there.

But at this point, what happens with QRK is like a deliberate character assassination.

Best thing to do, is not concern ourselves with defending ourselves but with working on QRK community and tools, and try to realize most of the points of the previous list that was posted here.

[MoonShadow]

Just a couple questions...

1) with a target block interval of only 30 seconds, aren't block orphaned at a high rate?

2) how can cpu mining be guaranteed?

3) what is the advantage that Quark has that those in this thread consider to be deficient in Bitcoin?

Seriously, I don't understand the attraction.

[cryptohunter]

Just a couple questions...

1) with a target block interval of only 30 seconds, aren't block orphaned at a high rate?

2) how can cpu mining be guaranteed?

3) what is the advantage that Quark has that those in this thread consider to be deficient in Bitcoin?

Seriously, I don't understand the attraction.

1. no
2. it cant but it has multi algos so more robust than many others
3. more algos to crack to destroy it, faster transactions, more distribution (consider it is said only 50 people own 60-70% of bitcoin


its cheap buy some before the 19th or you won't get any.