[ANN][BLC] Blakecoin Blake-256 for GPU/FPGA With Merged Mined Pools Stable Net

[mogrith]

09:36:17

getdifficulty


09:36:17

3177.14427746

I have a slower 7770 but still finding a block in ~12Hrs

[1714042954]

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[mogrith]

What is the net byte code for blake coin. I'd like to try making some vanity addresses.

[atavacron]

What is the net byte code for blake coin. I'd like to try making some vanity addresses.

That would be cool.

[kramble]

What is the net byte code for blake coin. I'd like to try making some vanity addresses.

That would be cool.

I believe it is 26 (see base58.h), but it would be best to wait until bluedragon747 confirms it.

[BlueDragon747]

What is the net byte code for blake coin. I'd like to try making some vanity addresses.

That would be cool.

I believe it is 26 (see base58.h), but it would be best to wait until bluedragon747 confirms it.

26 for the main net

I also have a pool under test not found any blocks yet as it is only working with the cpu miner (stratum), I am currently working on the stratum proxy so the FPGA and GPU can use the pool and I still need to do a lot of testing before I can release it but working hard to get it done for this weekend

Note to pool operators: no early code for anyone please wait until I have finished testing the code, it will go on Github when I am happy with it.

[mogrith]

Did not work

C:\vangen>vanitygen -X26 -i Bmogrith

Gave me BmoGriTHTGizCHqJH5hPgUJiPERxTu51uG and the key tried to use it and got this


14:26:12

Invalid private key (code -5)

[BlueDragon747]

Did not work

C:\vangen>vanitygen -X26 -i Bmogrith

Gave me BmoGriTHTGizCHqJH5hPgUJiPERxTu51uG and the key tried to use it and got this


14:26:12

Invalid private key (code -5)

Well you can go though the wallet code and compare it with how the vanitygen is doing its calculation

So far Due to the Changes I have made to create Blakecoin it has broken most of the software for Bitcoin or Litecoin so expect many bugs like this as most software does NOT work out of the box bit like the pool software I am working on now  

by trying to do stuff differently and making it more efficient I have created more work to be done for the supporting software, it made sense to try to improve the wallet but I am understanding why so many have done pure clones unlike Blakecoin  

Please don't expect your favorite software for other coins to work with Blakecoin without checking the source code as most stuff checked so far is not compatible without some changes  

Blakecoin is as different from Bitcoin and Litecoin than Litecoin was to Bitcoin when it was first released (hope that made sense to everyone?)

[mogrith]

Well this was something I have not seen tested or talked about. So wanted to give it a try. I might try compressed address to see if that works.

Not a major issue

[mogrith]

compressed and script formats fail also.

[BlueDragon747]

Well this was something I have not seen tested or talked about. So wanted to give it a try. I might try compressed address to see if that works.

Not a major issue

Yes testing to find issues is good  

But I do not have vanitygen on my list of things to do so it might be best to have a go at fixing it or put a bounty up and try to get someone to fix it  

Good news is that while working on the pool stuff I find it quite likely that I will be able to create a merged coin to mine alongside Blakecoin on a pool server but atm I do have a few other things that need to be setup before I can have a go at that

Also in other good news kramble has been working on some new versions of his FPGA miner and the results are looking very good tested 450MH/s on a Lancelot board (dual LX150) with other code estimated at 800MH/s and using <40W of power  

Still I need to finish the mods to the stratum proxy before the FPGA or the GPU can use the pool and then find any bugs in payout from the pool once it finds a block, Oh and all the graphs are a little broken on the front end atm but I consider that a minor issue compared with shares and payouts  

[sacskate]

Selling 350 blc for .25 btc, pm me

[BlueDragon747]

Selling 350 blc for .25 btc, pm me

lol too cheap should sell soon

should be asking about 1.4BTC for 350BLC at least!  

selling topic is over here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=308766.0

be warned that selling to early will result in lower prices and I am sure many people sold their Bitcoins too early and are kicking themselves with the current price myself included  

Remember that Blakecoin is not just some clone coin based on SHA-256 or Scrypt it is a new Algorithm which is faster than SHA-256 let alone the super slow Scrypt!

Blakecoin makes all Scrypt based coins Obsolete and once the pools are going and the merged mining is done even Bitcoin will have a true Alternative in terms of speed and efficiency     

[Eli0t]

what coin is it going to be merge mined with?

[BlueDragon747]

what coin is it going to be merge mined with?

A coin based on the Blake algorithm of course  

I have not yet made it but it is possible due to me using POW only so you can re calculate the submission to other coin chain using the AUX function in pool software or a modified proxy

Not thought of a name for it yet though  

Note: you can't just fork Blakecoin as it is not an AUX based coin!

[Eli0t]

if you make a conveyor belt of blake clones wont that just drive the price down of each one to come out?

[BlueDragon747]

if you make a conveyor belt of blake clones wont that just drive the price down of each one to come out?

No Blakecoin is going to get hard to mine and the merged coin will offer the miner some coins while the rare Blakecoin is mined

It is technically difficult to mine too many coins per pool most I have seen is 1 main and 5 merged, but most pools are just 1 main and 1 merged, unless it is Scrypt based coin and then no merged mining at all on any pool?

Each coin should be a little different I was thinking of the 1st merged coin using a similar payout and retarget time as Bitcoin e.g 50 coins retargets 2016 blocks and no halfing of reward ever

Edit:
anyways I still have quite a bit of work to do before I can start working on that so it is very much for the future but is definitely possible 

[mogrith]

Well there are a number of sifi related coins. how about a blake's7. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake's_7

[BlueDragon747]

Well there are a number of sifi related coins. how about a blake's7.  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake's_7

I do love SciFi so maybe

I don't think it is possible to use the logo as it is likely a trade mark and if it was the official Aux coin I would just have a sub section on the blakecoin.org site for it, so anything that is under GNU, MIT or CC type of licence would be fine  

I have made a budget for the next 3 years for Blakecoin (server cost, domain names etc.) so for me at least Blakecoin is a long term project and I am open to ideas and input from all miners, users, pool operators, supporters  

Edit:
Thanks to Vorksholk getting the GPU miner done and kramble's continuing work with the FPGA I might have some spare time before xmas to do a aux coin depends on how many bugs I find in the software I am working on atm

[3dcgminer]

Any updates about a pool?

[BlueDragon747]

Any updates about a pool?

I have a pool under test using cpu miner and I am currently porting the stratum proxy so everyone can use the pool as it is stratum only and the FPGA miner and the GPU miner are getwork?

no eta need to find a block and test payouts but shares seem to be working  

unless I find a major bug in the pool should be out soon, I also need to port the stratum proxy for blake as explained above (and no the sha256/scrypt stratum proxy do not work with the pool *tested and confirmed)

the graph ratios for hash rate on the front end are also not displaying the correct results but might run a beta before that is fixed  

I will make an announcement for beta testers when it is ready