[ANN] Second round of ALTcointip signups now open

[vindimy]

Introduction

ALTcointip is a Reddit user tip bot that allows cryptocurrency enthusiasts to introduce new users and grow their community through the magic of giving. By participating in ALTcointip, each cryptocurrency gets a chance to be exposed to Reddit community and gain additional supporters. There's no better way to make people interested in your coin than to make them active shareholders/participants.

What is ALTcointip?

* Welcome post
* Tipping statistics
* How-To Documentation

Round One

Round one coin list has been solidified to BTC, LTC, PPC, NMC, XPM, and MEC. Round one list will remain unchanged until end of 2014.

Round Two Signups

Round two coin list is now being formed. This thread serves as an announcement for the signups as well as application for potential candidates. Round two coins will also be supported through the end of 2014. There is 6 available slots for round two.

Round Two Qualifications

To qualify for consideration, a cryptocurrency must:

* Be launched on or before August 2013
* Be supported by at least one well-known cryptocurrency exchange
* Have a market cap of at least $100,000, as determined by coinmarketcap.com
* Be open-source and support 64-bit Linux platform

A Note About Funding

In order to support more cryptocurrencies, ALTcointip will require an additional VPS (virtual private server) to host coin daemons. A typical 4GB VPS costs $80/month or $960/year, which means that I will have to raise money in order to expand hosting. I ask each applicant to raise/commit $100 worth of their cryptocurrency as the means of payment for hosting and supporting their cryptocoin.

While ALTcointip bot is a free and open-source project, hosting and supporting it isn't. If you (or your community) can't raise $100 but want to be able to tip Reddit users with your cryptocoin, I invite you to set up and run your own ALTcointip instance.

Application Process

To apply, fill out the following template and reply in this thread or via PM to me.

Code:

=== Cryptocurrency Info ===

Name/Symbol			: 
Launch date			: 
Announcement thread		: 
Source code repository		: 
Website/Forum			: 
Developer(s) contact(s)		: 
Exchanges supported		: 
Primary strengths		: 

=== Applicant Info ===

Your name			: 
Your involvement		: 

=== Funding Info ===

Will you be able to raise $100 worth of your cryptocurrency to qualify for support through 2014?	: 

[cosmoo]

=== Cryptocurrency Info ===

Name/Symbol         :  Digitalcoin/DGC
Launch date         :  May 20th 2013
Announcement thread      :  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=209508.0
Source code repository      :  http://github.com/baritus/digitalcoin
Website/Forum         :  http://digitalcoin.co, http://digitalcoin.co/forums/index.php
Developer(s) contact(s)      :  Baritus - admin@digitalcoin.co, or PM here on bitcointalk.
Exchanges supported      :  Cryptsy, Vircurex, Crypto-Trade, with Baritus getting ready to release $USD exchange CryptoAve.
Primary strengths      :  active & competent development, clean economy, excellent history, short block times and difficulty adjustment.

=== Applicant Info ===

Your name         :  cosmoo
Your involvement      :  enthusiast

=== Funding Info ===

Will you be able to raise $100 worth of your cryptocurrency to qualify for support through 2014?   :  Personally, yes, but I have no doubt the community will come forth with donations as well.

Also, if you decide to take this coin into consideration look into SecureCoin/SRC and Argentum/ARG as well, they're sister currencies under the same dev.

[bigdaub]

=== Cryptocurrency Info ===

Name/Symbol         : BBQCoin/BQC
Launch date         : July 15th 2012
Announcement thread      : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=93437.0
Source code repository      : https://github.com/overware/BBQCoin
Website/Forum         : http://bbqcoinfoundation.org, https://forum.bbqcoinfoundation.org/
Developer(s) contact(s)      : on bitcointalk K1773R, figroll and bigdaub
Exchanges supported      : Cryptsy, Bter, Coins-e
Primary strengths              : almost 1.5 years old, not a scam coin, fair coin generation (no premine, instamine or extreme block reward drop)

=== Applicant Info ===

Your name         : bigdaub
Your involvement      : r/bbqcoin mod & enthusiast

=== Funding Info ===

Yes, this will not be a problem.

[lightshadow]

=== Cryptocurrency Info ===

Name/Symbol:  
-- Securecoin/SRC

Launch date:
-- Official: August 9th 2013

Announcement thread:
-- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=270852

Source code repository:
-- https://github.com/securecoin/Securecoin

Website/Forum:
-- digitalcoin.co/forums

Developer(s) contact(s):
-- Baritus - admin@digitalcoin.co, or PM here on bitcointalk.

Exchanges supported:
http://bter.com/trade/src_btc
http://cryptsy.com
http://coinex.pw

Primary strengths:
- One minute block time.
- 6 Algorithm Hashing Security.
- 5 coin blocks, with capped 100%u/50%d difficulty adjustments.
- No pre-mine.
- CPU mining only.
- Fluctuates closely with bitcoin price movement.

=== Applicant Info ===
Your name:
-- lightshadow Here & Reddit
Your involvement:
-- enthusiast/miner

=== Funding Info ===
Will you be able to raise $100 worth of your cryptocurrency to qualify for support through 2014?:

I personally can fulfill this requirement, but would like to extend an invitation to the mining pools and developers for donations as well. This would be good exposure for a solid coin similar to Quark without the ridiculous 200+ million coin front loaded mine.

[im14]

This is vindimy.

Unfortunately I had to re-register under a different username because this forum's spam software banned me due to sending out too many announcements about this thread. Moderators aren't responding to emails, so I'm not going to count on getting un-banned anytime soon.

Anyway, the following applications have been received so far:

* Zetacoin/ZET
* Quark/QRK
* Mincoin/MNC
* Digitalcoin/DGC
* BBQCoin/BQC
* Securecoin/SRC

The application will remain open through December 15, 2013 to give everyone a chance to participate.

Feel free to ask any questions or leave comments here.

[brooksby]

=== Cryptocurrency Info ===

Name/Symbol        :  I0coin/I0C
Launch date         :  August 16th, 2011
Announcement thread      :  
   Resurrected (rsnel):  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=268228.msg2868487#msg2868487
   Original (kr105): https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=36425.0
Source code repository      :  https://github.com/rsnel/i0coin/
Website/Forum         :  http://i0coin.snel.it/ , new website and forum coming soon ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=358223.msg3845814#msg3845814 )
Developer(s) contact(s)  :  Client dev is 'rsnel' on bitcointalk.org
Exchanges supported      :  Vircurex
Primary strengths     :  Very secure block chain through high hash rate and latest security updates from bitcoin, short block times (75 secs) and difficulty adjustment, has already fixed memory problems that will affect other coins with fast block times, active & competent development.

=== Applicant Info ===

Your name           :  brooksby
Your involvement  :  enthusiast

=== Funding Info ===

Will you be able to raise $100 worth of your cryptocurrency to qualify for support through 2014?   :  Yes

[ushuai]

=== Cryptocurrency Info ===

Name/Symbol         :  Ixcoin/IXC
Launch date          :  May 7th 2011
Announcement thread      :  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=36218.0
Source code repository      :  https://github.com/ixcoin/ixcoin
Website/Forum         :  http://www.ixcoin.co/
Developer(s) contact(s)      :  Client dev is 'FrictionlessCoin' on bitcointalk.org
Exchanges supported      :  Vircurex, Cryptsy
Primary strengths     :  Massively secure block chain with hash rate consistently in 3-4th place (only behind bitcoin and namecoin, and sometimes devcoin), active development, veteran coin launched May 2011 with no down time.

=== Applicant Info ===

Your name             :  ushuai
Your involvement    :  enthusiast

=== Funding Info ===

Will you be able to raise $100 worth of your cryptocurrency to qualify for support through 2014?   :  Yes

[artos]

=== Cryptocurrency Info ===

Name/Symbol         : StableCoin/SBC
Launch date         : 6th of June, 2013
Announcement thread      : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=349198.0 (Old thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=227766.0)
Source code repository      : http://github.com/stablecoin/stablecoin
Website/Forum         : http://stablecoin.net
Developer(s) contact(s)        : Myself (artos)
Exchanges supported      : Cryptsy
Primary strengths              : Active development, fair launch, unique mixing service in the works (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=353971)

=== Applicant Info ===

Your name         : artos
Your involvement      : Developer

=== Funding Info ===

Will you be able to raise $100 worth of your cryptocurrency to qualify for support through 2014?   : Yes

[Hampuz]

=== Cryptocurrency Info ===

Name/Symbol         : InfiniteCoin/IFC
Launch date         : June 2013
Announcement thread      : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=356065.0
Source code repository      : https://github.com/infinitecoin/infinitecoin
Website/Forum         : http://www.infiniteco.in/, http://infinitecoin.com/, http://infinitecointalk.org/
Developer(s) contact(s)        : TECSHARE (Dev) uRndUsr (Dev)
Exchanges supported      : Coinex , Cryptsy , Bter , Coins-e
Primary strengths              : Active development, Very fast transactions, Great community, Alot of coins = Alot of holders.

=== Applicant Info ===

Your name                 : Hampuz
Your involvement              : Enthusiast

=== Funding Info ===

Will you be able to raise $100 worth of your cryptocurrency to qualify for support through 2014?    : No problems.

[im14]

Thanks to all the applicants who've submitted their cryptocoin. The application period is now closed, and each applicant will be contacted with any status and updates.

The list of cryptocoins under consideration (in no particular order):

* InfiniteCoin/IFC
* StableCoin/SBC
* Ixcoin/IXC
* I0coin/I0C
* Securecoin/SRC
* BBQCoin/BQC
* Digitalcoin/DGC
* MinCoin/MNC
* Quark/QRK
* Zetacoin/ZET
* Yacoin/YAC

[Scooby903]

Thanks to all the applicants who've submitted their cryptocoin. The application period is now closed, and each applicant will be contacted with any status and updates.

The list of cryptocoins under consideration (in no particular order):

* InfiniteCoin/IFC
* StableCoin/SBC
* Ixcoin/IXC
* I0coin/I0C
* Securecoin/SRC
* BBQCoin/BQC
* Digitalcoin/DGC
* MinCoin/MNC
* Quark/QRK
* Zetacoin/ZET
* Yacoin/YAC

+1 for Stablecoin

[im14]

The second round has been finalized, with BQC, DGC, IFC, MNC, QRK, SBC, and ZET successfully completing process. While IXC and SRC were accepted, they didn't follow up with a fee payment, and were therefore removed.

Thanks to IXC and SRC, there's now two slots open for qualified cryptocoins. If you'd like to apply, simply reply to this thread or PM application to me.

[Hampuz]

=== Cryptocurrency Info ===

Name/Symbol         : LottoCoin/LOT
Launch date         : 12/12/13
Announcement thread      : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=368153.0;topicseen
Source code repository      : https://github.com/lottocoin/lottocoin
Website/Forum         : http://LottoCoin.org (under redesign)/http://lottocointalk.org
Developer(s) contact(s)      : mrlotto, "brain trust" group at skype, contact: Hampuz
Exchanges supported      : Cryptsy, Coinedup, GuoGao
Primary strengths      : Active and supportive community, active dev's, huge interest, fast and reliable transactions.

=== Applicant Info ===

Your name         : Hampuz
Your involvement      : Spokes Person

=== Funding Info ===

Will you be able to raise $100 worth of your cryptocurrency to qualify for support through 2014?  Yes sir!

[im14]

The karma faucet feature is active again as it's been re-filled with coins! Here's the announcement.