TODO
- Add YAC to limited GPU category.
Thanks for the add.
I think it's worth mentioning YAC code was published by pocopoco, who has never been seen again (just like with Satoshi and Bitcoins). A few days later Windmaster took over the development and the 'main' development thread is here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=206577.0Windmaster announced a few months ago that he no longer had time to continue developing the coin and has pasted the torch to Joe_Bauers and Sairon. Joe has helped established an official logo, name (
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Curreny), and upgrade the qt-wallet. Sarion has developed a block chain, charts, raffle, and other useful information that can be found here:
http://explorer.yacoin.org/. But probably most improtantly, Sarion has added 'coin control' to the wallet which allows users to pick which transactions to send - to minimize the loss of coin age.
I'm not an expert in these matters - I'm not sure I'd say the coin is having problems with the block chain. There are some discussions (in the on going development thread I posted above) about upgrading the code to have PoS produce 'chain trust.' With a block target of one minute (and PoS blocks happening even quicker) sometime two PoS blocks are created at the same time - creating an orphan PoS block. I believe this is what the development team is looking to correct.
I mine CPU and GPU (while GPU is still an option - at least until the next N-increase) this coin and trade it on bter and cryptsy. The coin has been around for a while and has a strong community (which includes the forums at yacointalk.com). I personally feel although this coin best fits under 'limited GPU' instead of 'high risk.' Out of all of the coins listed here - (AFAIK) YAC is the oldest has has had the most development work done.
