[ANN][BTCZ] BitcoinZ - zkSNARKs 21b max POW-Zhash No-Premine No-Dev Tax

[BitcoinZ Community]

Original / Historical ANN

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Web Site 1 | Web Site 2
(updated July 2020)

Full Node Binaries Win64, Linux64, Debian (deb): https://github.com/btcz/bitcoinz/releases/tag/2.0.7

Mining Pools (updated 05/02/2021)

BTCZ App | 2Mars | Dark Fiber Mines | PCMining XYZ | K1Pool
Solopool | ALTPOOL.PRO | Zpool.ca

Watch Recorded Live Stream 6/03/2018 - The Forking To Zhash Algo & Details

PoW Zhash
21 Billion Max Supply
Block Reward: 12,500 BTCZ
Block Time: 2.5 Minutes
Launched: September 9th, 2017

No-ICO | No-Dev Tax | No Pre-mine | No Chain Fork

ZCL spirit | ZEC privacy | BTC fundamentals

Whitepaper | Logos | BitcoinZ Progress Tracker
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

TOR Nodes

sp6lvlurevy4fplr.onion
xiv7crijwn4i4hwj.onion
gdpdza5folyjtvll.onion


Donate to BitcoinZ project

https://fund.btcz.rocks

What is BitcoinZ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXikYzel8hc

How to Mine BitcoinZ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GemLLSplnQY

Decentralized Truth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCVaabu3J04

Email

bitcoinzcommunity@gmail.com
bitcoinzcommunity@btcz.rocks

Discourse [EN] | MiningClub [RUS]

Discord | Facebook Page | Facebook Group | Instagram | Reddit | Slack | Twitter | Telegram
| VK [RUS]   | WhatsApp [BRAZIL] | YouTube

Web Site 1 | Web Site 2
CoinMarketCap | BitScreener | WhatToMine  
CryptoCompare

BitcoinZ Progress Tracker
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Insight Explorer (.rocks)

Insight Explorer (.app)

Iquidus Explorer

Light Wallets

Co-pay

 

Coinomi - Multi-asset wallet

 

ZelCore - Multi-asset wallet

 

Swing Wallet (GUI)




Command Line Wallet (CLI)




Command Line (CLI) Offline Wallets

Private Z-Address Generator | Public T-Address Generator


Other Wallets

Web Wallet | Paper Wallet

Mining Pools (updated 05/02/2021)

BTCZ App | 2Mars | Dark Fiber Mines | PCMining XYZ | K1Pool
Solopool

Payment Gateway | IP Board Nexus | CubeCart | WooCommerce | Magento

Mining Guide + Video

中文 Chinese
日本語 Japanese
العربية Arabic
Magyar Hungarian
Thai
Romanian
Russian
Português (Portuguese) | Português (Portuguese)
Italiano (Italian)



"Ask not what your BTCZ Community can do for you, but ask what you can do for your BTCZ Community"

[Na xter]

I need a Vietnamese translation for your penny

[fracas]

I know very well BitcoinZ and I am sure there was another thread in same forum. So why a new one? Anyway great coin and great community\dev. It deserves more.

[BitcoinZ Community]

We're moving the ANN for BitcoinZ to this one - the old one will be archived by bitcoinz-pod.  The ANN is being transferred to community jurisdiction.

[mykhanh88]

Why Bitcoin Z project need new ANN topic? What happened with the old one? Thanks.

[tortellino]

here is the original ANN Thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2166510.0

can´t see any hint that there is intended to open a new thread.

[crypt0r3x]

here is the original ANN Thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2166510.0

can´t see any hint that there is intended to open a new thread.

There is - we're moving it.

[bitcoinz-pod]

Why Bitcoin Z project need new ANN topic? What happened with the old one? Thanks.

ANN thread will be managed by community leads. It will be more up to date with current community campaigns etc.

[Texacha]

New ANN thread, new exchange incoming, good!! 

[cryptoctrader]

Why Bitcoin Z project need new ANN topic? What happened with the old one? Thanks.

ANN thread will be managed by community leads. It will be more up to date with current community campaigns etc.

Nice, although the number o pages of an ANN attract the attention of researcher looking for coins with strong communities!!!

That was one of the parameter that brought the attention of my group to BTCZ early december!!!

[al7878]

BitcoinZ - Your Financial Freedom

Join to the 1500+ members community
Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/u3dkbFs
Slack: http://slack.bitcoinz.global
Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/CDzlaRGMvBm4P2Z76sNclQ
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BitcoinZTeam

BitcoinZ Community YT
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2MBhoVK45Eqp2cMb2bFuUA

What is BitcoinZ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXikYzel8hc

BitcoinZ GUI Miner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FjW2kV3VzQ

How to Mine BitcoinZ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GemLLSplnQY

Decentralized Truth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCVaabu3J04

Type: Cryptocurrency
Ticker / Symbol: BTCZ
Algo: Equihash
Max supply: 21,000,000,000 coins
Current supply: 12500 coins every 2.5 minutes (halving every 4 years)
Logos: https://bitcoinz.global/media/bitcoinz_btcz_logos.zip
Logo manual: https://www.scribd.com/document/362160991/Logo-Manual
Tech: ZCL spirit, ZEC privacy, BTC fundamentals
Whitepaper: https://bitcoinz.global/media/Community_Paper_Final.pdf (prepared by volunteer!)
Github: https://github.com/bitcoinz-pod/bitcoinz
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Payment gateways
- Cubecart - https://www.cubecart.com/extensions/payment-gateways/bitcoinz

Generally BitcoinZ coin is back to fundamentals.
BitcoinZ Principles:

• Everyone is equal and every coin is made by community and for community. We fight for freedom.

Freedom message is spread in every BitcoinZ node around the globe.

• Fair launch & announcement at first day
• Anonymous

It is recommended to use anonymous zaddr for all transactions. Public taddrs transactions are also allowed.

• All contributors are welcome and everyone is volunteer - no premine or dev taxes
• Store of value - always POW and never POS. We recommend to watch Andreas POW explanation
• Fully decentralized cryptocurrency (no root domain, no main website, no main / core / official dev team)
  All new devs are welcome. Don't afraid if any dev leave decentralized team.
• Decentralized development

BitcoinZ is developed by decentralized, independent and self organized agile teams. Everyone can setup new team in any time. Every team may have it's own rules and strong leaders. Every team freedom is very important. No one can be forced to do anything or change coin consensus. Even community voting may not force any dev to do anything.
On top of fair core independent devs develop their own solutions.

It would be great to see new self organized teams on hackathons and create new stuff for community.

Developers are self organized in development pods. Every new dev or team is welcome. All implementations should follow consensus rule. You can just create new pod account (e.g. github) and convince community.
Our goal is to port all best free software on the market to be able to use in BitcoinZ.
Immutable params:
- max supply
- inflation
- only POW algo - we may change Equihash algo to other POW algo to prevent ASIC miners
- new features are allowed to improve usage / scalability, but we will never change history (ETH/ETC case)

bitcoinz-pod/bitcoinz Linux client policy is strict:
- protect investors, core blockchain and history (immutability). All holders are protected. If you run current software in many years you should be able to transfer your coins.
- follow zcash changes to include latest updates / security fixes. New version of zcash may be merged after some time when it will be stable live in production environment. Security fixes should be merged as soon as possible.
- no changes are planned to mislead investors, pool operators and exchanges like changes in coin name / ticker / address convention / reward algorithm
- no algorithm change: always POW. No master nodes, no secure nodes, no POS. We are ASIC resistant but in the feature algo may change to protect this concept.
- bitcoinz has stable zcash core and all should agree to current stage. We have the best stable anonymous technology in the market and ASIC resistant algorithm.
- any voting system may suggest changes and not force any changes
- each development pod is independent and has its own leaders

Alternative clients which are compatible with current blockchain are welcome, but they should convince community to use their clients.
Windows client is example if alternative implementation. It is not based on latest zcash version. We need help to update windows version to latest stable zcash. It is compatible with current blockchain.
Other forks / team / pods may include masternodes feature as it not break blockchain consensus rule but in this case you should convince some pool / miners to switch to your client which will have less reward for miners.

Sensitive data programs like wallets should provide free open source code and sha256 to their releases to be able to review their wallets by other teams / pods. It not recommended to use any wallet which hasn't been reviewed by other team. Software without any confirmations should be treated as red flag and not used.

• Decentralized mining

As a miner you should not use the biggest pools to follow main principles.

• Easy to mine

Equihash algorithm.
You can use your Desktop PC to mine BitcoinZ. Most profitable is GPU mining.

• Decentalized Exchanges

All exchanges are allowed. The best one are decentralized. We plan to implement fully decentralized XCAT exchange.

• Pure community coin

• Always immutable - no way to change history!

• Hardforks to improve tech & scalability are allowed but changing history is banned

• BitcoinZ is focused on organic growth

• Please not force anyone for donation. Such behavior maybe treated as rude. Ask yourself how you can help - trade / mine / help dev teams / promote BitcoinZ

• Keep in mind that all here is decentralized. The most up to date BitcoinZ site is ANN page. If you use external resources just for get info it is OK, but be careful about web wallets / wallets download links etc.

• bitcoinz-pod team is not related to any pool, exchange and other services providers. Use all external services at your own risk. All services listed here are just for info purpose.

BitcoinZ features
- Bitcoin technology
- Anonymous transactions (zk-SNARKs privacy) - Bitcoin has all transactions publicly available.
- decentralized GPU mining (ASIC miners are banned, hardforks to prevent ASIC miners are allowed)
- Decentralized development / All contributors are volunteers
- Big blocks -> blocks are similar to BCC / BCH
- 21 billion coins - All in the world can have at least one BTCZ
- Block every 2.5 min vs 10 min in BTC

Donations
bitcoinz-pod team doesn't collect any donations. Other teams may collect donations, thats why donations are decentralized as well

- Marketing / Exchange listings donations (responsible cryptorex @ slack):
BitcoinZ: t1fHHnAXxoPWGY77sG5Zw2sFfGUTpW6BcSZ
Ethereum: 0x4E3154bc8691BC480D0F317E866C064cC2c9455D
Bitcoin: 1BzBfikDBGyWXGnPPk58nVVBppzfcGGXMx
Zcash: t1ef9cxzpToGJcaSMXbTGRUDyrp76GfDLJG
LTC: LR8bPo7NjPNRVy6nPLVgr9zHee2C7RepKA
Progress Tracker
https://info.btcz.rocks


BitcoinZ is started on 9th September 2017
Crypto basic rules & what community has learned so far
- Don't keep your coins in exchanges - always store your coins in your wallet
- You own coins when you have access to private key of your address. Check your public address (taddr) balance in explorers
- Backup your wallet in many locations
- Store big amount of coins in cold wallets in anonymous addresses
- Don't trust anyone. Don't forget about Exchanges / other sites collapse in history
- Don't give / send anyone your private keys. Private key is the only thing you need to own your address coins. If you give or send anyone your private key please consider it as a red flag and quickly move your coins to other address
- Make sure you don't have any malware / viruses. A lot of them are looking for wallet.dat file. Wallet is not encrypted. Run wallet only on clean system with antivirus software installed.
- You use all service at your own risk. We don't guarantee anything. All listed services here are just for info purpose.
- Read external resources about security
https://blockgeeks.com/guides/paper-wallet-guide/
https://hackernoon.com/eight-simple-rules-for-protecting-your-cryptocurrency-5cdddc9f674d

BitcoinZ contributors
- Crypto enthusiasts: anonymous & non anonymous independent devs
- Inherited contributors from ZCL / ZEN / ZEC / BTC communities

bitcoinz-pod team roadmap

• Follow stable zcash/bitcoin core updates / no new features other than Zcash changes are planned by bitcoinz-pod team

Zcash roadmap for 2018: https://z.cash/blog/roadmap-update-2017-12.html
 Zcash Sets Roadmap for Blockchain Upgrades in 2018
Core features planned by Zcash in 2018:
- further upgrade zcash's performance, security, and usability
- improvements in privacy transactions
- smart contracts
Note: BitcoinZ will always have POW core client.

BitcoinZ Wiki
http://BitcoinZ.wiki/

Exchanges

• https://stocks.exchange/trade/BTCZ/BTC
  https://stocks.exchange/trade/BTCZ/ETH
  https://stocks.exchange/trade/BTCZ/LTC
• https://btc-alpha.com/exchange/BTCZ_BTC/
  https://btc-alpha.com/exchange/BTCZ_USD/
• https://www.tradesatoshi.com/Exchange/?market=BTCZ_BTC
• https://graviex.net/markets/btczbtc
• http://barterdex.supernet.org - Decentralized exchange

Download: https://github.com/KomodoPlatform/BarterDEX/releases
Please report report all BarterDEX issues to https://github.com/KomodoPlatform/BarterDEX/issues
You can also reach BarterDEX folks in Slack - https://sprnt.slack.com/?redir=%2Fmessages%2Fsupport
Not recommended exchanges

• https://trade.cryptobroker.io/markets/btczbtc - Warning: issues are reported. Slow ticket replies.
• https://c-cex.com/?p=btcz-btc - frequent maintenance
  From December, 20 till approximately January 20 we will switch to "limited service" mode for New Year vacations.
  https://twitter.com/CryptoCurrEncyX/status/941317740148723713
  

Explorers

• https://explorer.bitcoinz.site/ or https://btczexplorer.blockhub.info (by crypt0r3x)
• https://explorer.mybtczwallet.org (Insight explorer)
• https://explorer.btcz.rocks (Insight explorer)
• http://www.zpool.ca/explorer/BTCZ (by zpool)

Let's decentralize! Run your own explorer we will list it here!
https://hub.docker.com/r/egyptianbman/btcz-insight-explorer

Wallets

Decentralized wallets (most independent)

• BitcoinZ Windows & Linux Wallets - nice GUI

• Linux command line wallet
• BitcoinZ for Windows - command line only
• Paper wallet: https://paper.btcz.rocks, https://github.com/bitcoinz-sites/paper.btcz.rocks
• BitcoinZ Cold Wallet - Windows binary is available. All you need to own all coins in your address is only private key.
• bitcoinz-mini - portable BitcoinZ anonymous z-address generator for offline / paper wallets
  
• BarterDEX - decentralized exchange

Centralized infrastructure wallets
Note: centralized apps/servers can be disabled at anytime and you will not have any access to your funds if you don't have private key to your address

• Online wallet: https://mybtczwallet.org or https://mybitcoinzwallet.com - Wallet is safe, no user data is stored on servers. Always save your private keys to be able to recover your wallet in other wallets
• bitcoinz-copay-wallet
   Linux & MacOS release
   https://github.com/bitcoinz-wallets/bitcoinz-copay-wallet/releases
• Exchanges wallets

Guide how to move funds from MyBitcoinZ

Mining Pools
Calculate your earnings in whattomine.com - price should be entered manualy.

BitcoinZ GUI Miner
Download: https://mega.nz/#!17ZhCZ6R!K1dE44Emq5yQLch6lsAvXOaiWLAXC4Z8GLEueWzCyuM

Recommended pools with donations to the project
If you want to support exchange listings etc, please use the following pools.
If you are pool owner and decide to donate project, please send us private message.

• https://equipool.1ds.us
• http://pool.bitcoinzguiding.ovh
• http://pool.miningspeed.com
• https://bitcoinz.getpool.network/
• http://www.pcmining.xyz/
• http://www.abakus.gemini.net.pl/
• http://luckpool.org
• http://btz.pool.sexy
• https://pool.w00t.xyz
• http://btcz.minepool.ch
• https://www.worldminer.net
• https://axepool.com [RU] [EN]
• https://zpool.wfmpools.com

List of donating pools: https://bitcoinzguiding.ovh/pools.html

Other pools:

• http://www.zpool.ca/site/mining
• http://equi.mining4.co.uk

• https://alphacentauri.science/
• http://pool.coinminer.space:8090
• https://aikapool.com/btcz
• http://miningpool.io
• http://hashgate.eu/
• https://zsolo.bid
• https://equihashing.com
• https://btczpool.com
• http://mineflowpool.pl/?lang=EN [ENG] or http://www.mineflowpool.pl [PL]
• https://multipool.es [ES]
• http://btcz.minertopia.org
• http://owlminingclub.com
• http://eqpool.com
• http://nibirupool.com
• http://igloopool.org
• https://btcz.coinstop.me
• http://altpool.pro
• http://btcz.minepool.ch
• https://lambomoon.club
• https://btcz.suprnova.cc - Not recommended, more than 50% of network hashrate. Use other pools to keep network hashrate decentralized.
• https://pool.cryptobroker.io/btcz/ - issues are reported

Mining for beginners: https://bitcoinzguiding.ovh/mining.html
Mining software:
https://minez.zone/getting_started
Solo mining
https://github.com/z-classic/z-nomp
https://github.com/Austin-Williams/zcash-guides/wiki/Guide-to-Solo-Mining-Zcash
BTCZ Mining guide: http://bitcoinz.global/media/BitcoinZ_WALLET+MINING_GUIDE.pdf or https:/[Suspicious link removed]/NIHzRmPK0C
AIOMiner Alpha 6
- Added BitcoinZ Mining Support
https://github.com/BobbyGR/AIOMiner/releases

Websites
Keep in mind that all here is decentralized. The most up to date bitcoinz-pod team site is ANN page. If you use external BitcoinZ resources just for get info it is OK, but be careful about web wallets / wallets download links etc.

• https://btcz.tech/?lang=en
• https://bitcoinz.global
• http://bitcoinz.cash
• http://bitcoinz.link

Github: https://github.com/bitcoinz-sites

Forums
- bitcointalk [English] - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2166510.0
- miningclub [Russian] - http://miningclub.info/threads/btcz-bitcoinz-equihash-pow.19530/

Other services

• Payment gateway - https://btcz.in
• Hash Loltery - https://hash4.btcz.rocks
• BitcoinZ Community website
• coinmarketcap.com
• MiningpoolLists.com
• whattomine.com
• cryptocompare.com
• crypto-coinz.net
• bitscreener

Join to the community! Ask questions or help others. We need strong force to help everyone.
bitcoinzcoin.slack.com Join to BitcoinZ Slack Chat now!
Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/u3dkbFs
Slack: http://slack.bitcoinz.global
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BitcoinZTeam
Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/CDzlaRGMvBm4P2Z76sNclQ
Facebook:
- http://[Suspicious link removed]/2zNeDQG
- https://www.facebook.com/BTCZCommunity
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/bitcoinz.community
- [PL] https://www.facebook.com/groups/bitcoinz.polska
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BTCZCommunity/
Forum: https://connect.bitcoinz.global/
WhatsApp Brazil: http://[Suspicious link removed]/2j3Zwsr
"Ask not what ours BTCZ Community can do for you, but ask what you can do for ours BTCZ Community"


Looking for volunteers:

• Request exchange & pools listings. https://github.com/bitcoinz-pod/bitcoinz/issues/15
• If you don't know how to help just run wallet and keep it open (full node) - it helps decentralization!
• We need more seeders. Setup node and post your dns. Post your seed here
• Setup TOR nodes Good guide from ZENCash team
• Prepare nice guides / videos: setup node, wallet, mining rig etc. - anywhere: steemit youtube etc.
• Help to improve existing website (join #webdev channel @ slack) or create new one. We are decentralized! Setup your nice webpage!

Support decentralization and run BitcoinZ node!
Windows
Download Windows Wallet & keep it running.
Linux
Quick install script (Ubuntu 16.04)
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Code:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitcoinz-pod/bitcoinz/master/zcutil/get-bitcoinz.sh
chmod +x get-bitcoinz.sh
./get-bitcoinz.sh

Setup BitcoinZ as a service for current user

Code:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitcoinz-pod/bitcoinz/master/zcutil/setup-bitcoinz-service.sh
chmod +x setup-bitcoinz-service.sh
sudo ./setup-bitcoinz-service.sh $USER

Every node supports BitcoinZ network.

Nodes list. In case of disaster put them in your bitcoinz.config file
https://c-cex.com/?id=ws&shownodes=btcz
http://www.zpool.ca/explorer/peers?id=2520
or
https://github.com/bitcoinz-pod/bitcoinz/issues/12
https://github.com/bitcoinz-pod/bitcoinz/issues/13
TOR nodes
addnode=sp6lvlurevy4fplr.onion
addnode=xiv7crijwn4i4hwj.onion
BitcoinZ TOR Tutorial: https://bitcoinzguiding.ovh/pdf/tornodetuto.pdf
ZEN TOR tutorial https://github.com/ZenNodes/ZenOnTor

ANN post translations
- 中文 Chinese - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2679476
- 日本語 Japanese - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2771605.0
- العربية Arabic - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2673933.0
- Magyar Hungarian - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2683564
- Thai - https://bitcoingarden.org/forum/index.php?topic=25171.0
- Romanian - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2695637.msg27546648#msg27546648
- Russian - http://miningclub.info/threads/btcz-bitcoinz-equihash-pow.19530
- Português (Portuguese)
 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2718351.msg27814336#msg27814336
 http://bitcoingarden.org/forum/index.php?topic=25532.msg227182#msg227182
- Italiano (Italian) - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2815264

Testnet
You can join testnet by adding testnet=1 to your bitcoinz.config and adding the line addnode=86.11.170.170

better with images

[iuhkymt]

Why Bitcoin Z project need new ANN topic? What happened with the old one? Thanks.

ANN thread will be managed by community leads. It will be more up to date with current community campaigns etc.

Nice, although the number o pages of an ANN attract the attention of researcher looking for coins with strong communities!!!

That was one parameter that brought me and my group to BTCZ in december!!!

Sounds good with community-driven project for Bitcoin Z. But how to make sure that this one will be really decentralized? Are there possibilities to be centralised?

[P3sho]

Why Bitcoin Z project need new ANN topic? What happened with the old one? Thanks.

ANN thread will be managed by community leads. It will be more up to date with current community campaigns etc.

Nice, although the number o pages of an ANN attract the attention of researcher looking for coins with strong communities!!!

That was one of the parameter that brought the attention of my group to BTCZ early december!!!

Exactly what I thought when back then I looked for new coin. But dont worry, we even have own forum now, which attract me even more^^

https://forum.btcz.rocks/ (could add this to ann topic too)

[creeptofarm]

I will certainly look into it!

[BitcoinZ Community]

better with images

We know that - but images don't render for new accounts - I dont know what the criteria is. Maybe post count?

[VB1001]

BitcoinZ BTCZ

- Not Premining
- Not ICO
- Not ASIC Mining
- Ok  Decentralized
- Ok  GPU Mining
- OK  Decentralized Development

Long Travel for BTCZ !!!!!

[VB1001]

New early adopters BTCZ !!!

Install BitcoinZ Wallet

More BitcoinZ Wallets = More online Nodes, in the network.

[Vandar]

Hello Community,
We need more advertising,  more well known exchanges and some shops /sites / / services providers /new  artists who accept btcZ in order to light the fire of the fairest crypto of all.

From my side,  the promo video that I had promised is ready and it will be released in March.  I am going to give Youtube link soon in here and in my new account in Twitter (follow me VandarGR)
The delay was not my fault,  as the music band which offered their music for the clip (a very nice symphonic epic track) agreed to accept btcZ for their album but they were trying to add a btcz payment extension / in order to to process automatically any btcz payment.
Unfortunately this took time and judging from what I know,  there is still no solid solution for this.

They are going to establish a ''mail us with the transaction number '' mechanism which is not quite automated.

Btcz community we need a good ,  and simple to add,  btcz payment portal mechanism for Traders to add it easily in Web code or as WordPress /Joomla extension

Btcz will rule!!

Vandar

[chancefx]

great!

[bitcoinz-pod]

Moving more power & responsibilities to community may sky rocket this coin.
More decentralization - better coin