[ANN][PRT] Particle | CPU/GPU, Fast, Easy Mine, * NO PREMINE * | Official Thread

[moonmoon]

Forum down for a few minutes while I get trollbox working.  :-)

[Snotty]

Hello, everyone,

so today I've decided to play around and experiment a bit with particle daemon, which was was pretty fun and I've learned a lot. And I've also accidently almost made a Particle faucet, because I had a bit PTR for testing purposes and I really like this coin.

But since I'm kind of new, I have some questions in my head, which I'd love to clear out before revealing URL of said faucet.

* What minimum/maximum amount of coins fauced should give away? Should I use a percent of total amount in the pool to calculate the maximum or fix it at some value?
* Is there any ways I could add incentive for donating? (I have some things in my mind, but maybe there are more)
* Is it ethical to transfer a percent of donations to own wallet (to cover server costs, a glass of beer, etc) or such things should be avoided at all cost? I'm not sure what's the general opinion on that is.
* What security measures, which are not obvious, can and should I take?
* (edit) is there any additional features you'd like to see in a faucet? maybe some ways to get more/less random coins?

I'd love to hear your answers and I'm really excited about it, since, while it's a simple and small thing, it's my first own crypto related project!

Teaser

[chowdan]

Hello, everyone,

so today I've decided to play around and experiment a bit with particle daemon, which was was pretty fun and I've learned a lot. And I've also accidently almost made a Particle faucet, because I had a bit PTR for testing purposes and I really like this coin.

But since I'm kind of new, I have some questions in my head, which I'd love to clear out before revealing URL of said faucet.

* What minimum/maximum amount of coins fauced should give away? Should I use a percent of total amount in the pool to calculate the maximum or fix it at some value?
* Is there any ways I could add incentive for donating? (I have some things in my mind, but maybe there are more)
* Is it ethical to transfer a percent of donations to own wallet (to cover server costs, a glass of beer, etc) or such things should be avoided at all cost? I'm not sure what's the general opinion on that is.
* What security measures, which are not obvious, can and should I take?
* (edit) is there any additional features you'd like to see in a faucet? maybe some ways to get more/less random coins?

I'd love to hear your answers and I'm really excited about it, since, while it's a simple and small thing, it's my first own crypto related project!

Teaser

I actually was just thinking about creating a faucet. I am not a dev, so i wasn't sure on where i should start though i have been busy with other things and haven't had time to dig into figuring out how i'd create one(most likely would learn PHP or something).

What are you using to create your faucet?

I can't answer all your questions as some of them are ones that i have been trying to answer myself.

Is it ethical to transfer a percent of donations to own wallet (to cover server costs, a glass of beer, etc) or such things should be avoided at all cost? I'm not sure what's the general opinion on that is.
I personally think its unethical to transfer a portion of donations to your own wallet to cover costs, then again you then would have to substitute it with ads to make up the revenue(i personally hate ad filled faucets as this creates the image of shit). I think there has to be a way around it, and maybe it would be best to do this via having ads on the page, but also making it clear that the faucet will not continue to distribute funds without donations. Heavy marketing of your faucet is how you'd have to keep yourself alive without ads flooding the page.

[moonmoon]

Forum is back up with trollbox working.  :shake head: phpbb3 such pain in ...well.  It gives headache for simple thing.

Faucet is great idea!  Maybe simple solution is just put personal PRT address next to faucet donation address?  Sure some people would then tip you.  You need to have anti-botting/anti-abuse code, check ip / user agent / etc. for protect against people create many addresses switch IP and collect over and over.  Captcha is ok but there are services with people sit and solve captcha, run through bot maker script, Magic Submitter, etc. although who know if someone that desparate for faucet ;-)  Also if I were build I would keep donation wallet not on server, and trickle feed as need.  Just some thought.

[novocaine]

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The price is rising , its time to buy and will see grow up

[Manwe]

Yes, and the block reward will be halved very soon.

[Snotty]

I actually was just thinking about creating a faucet. I am not a dev, so i wasn't sure on where i should start though i have been busy with other things and haven't had time to dig into figuring out how i'd create one(most likely would learn PHP or something).

What are you using to create your faucet?

I can't answer all your questions as some of them are ones that i have been trying to answer myself.

Is it ethical to transfer a percent of donations to own wallet (to cover server costs, a glass of beer, etc) or such things should be avoided at all cost? I'm not sure what's the general opinion on that is.
I personally think its unethical to transfer a portion of donations to your own wallet to cover costs, then again you then would have to substitute it with ads to make up the revenue(i personally hate ad filled faucets as this creates the image of shit). I think there has to be a way around it, and maybe it would be best to do this via having ads on the page, but also making it clear that the faucet will not continue to distribute funds without donations. Heavy marketing of your faucet is how you'd have to keep yourself alive without ads flooding the page.

Thank you for answering! Your opinion about donation "stealing" (that's a bit harsh) makes perfect sense. Since, I definitely do not want to fill my website with ads, I'll have to think of someting else. It is possible that I'll leave this faucet as it is and use my gained knowledge to make a more profit-oriented project

For this faucet I've used PHP/MySQL, since I have most experience with them. I used this Doge Faucet code as an example and starting point and, after finally starting daemon in a VPS, Bitcoin API calls list to play around.

[Snotty]

Faucet is great idea!  Maybe simple solution is just put personal PRT address next to faucet donation address?  Sure some people would then tip you.  You need to have anti-botting/anti-abuse code, check ip / user agent / etc. for protect against people create many addresses switch IP and collect over and over.  Captcha is ok but there are services with people sit and solve captcha, run through bot maker script, Magic Submitter, etc. although who know if someone that desparate for faucet ;-)  Also if I were build I would keep donation wallet not on server, and trickle feed as need.  Just some thought.

Thanks, I will probably add my PRT address for donations, since it looks like the best solution for now! And even more thanks for security advice - I'll do what I can to use it wisely. Hopefully tommorow I'll be able to show my faucet to public

[publicjud]

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The price is rising , its time to buy and will see grow up

But it will be a bumpy ride.  I'm not planning to sell mine on a rally.  At least not this year.

[publicjud]

Guys, don't forget to share Particle on FB.  Particle has a FB page at https://www.facebook.com/ParticleCoin


Thanks moonmoon for all your work.

[matauc12]

Taken with Webpage Screenshot

The price is rising , its time to buy and will see grow up

wouldn't be suprised seeing the price stabilize around 0.000003-4 this month. One of the few coins worth investing in. And not a joke like coinye...

[bittick]

Guys, don't forget to share Particle on FB.  Particle has a FB page at https://www.facebook.com/ParticleCoin


Thanks moonmoon for all your work.

Thanks moonmoon! But can you please start using high quality graphics? Low resolution on fb really looks unprofessional...

[publicjud]

Guys, don't forget to share Particle on FB.  Particle has a FB page at https://www.facebook.com/ParticleCoin


Thanks moonmoon for all your work.

Thanks moonmoon! But can you please start using high quality graphics? Low resolution on fb really looks unprofessional...

Unfortunately I haven't seen higher resolution released.  If higher resolution is made available FB will be updated.

[yoo10]

can  sb contact coinmarketcap.com to add prt in the list?

[publicjud]

can  sb contact coinmarketcap.com to add prt in the list?

I think first we need a block explorer running like Abe.  For them to pull data from.

[jdebunt]

We did a small article on Particle :

http://www.cryptoarticles.com/crypto-news/2014/1/17/particle-fast-easy-and-no-pre-mine

Also posted it on your Reddit page

Donations are welcome, but not required, to Ppog4YVw6LC7r5Ne8kZJUn6Q29AsqibuUj

[holzer]

The ABE Explorer should be priority #1.

[publicjud]

The ABE Explorer should be priority #1.

I won't be around until Sunday, But if someone isn't taking care of ABE by then, I will look into it.

[bittick]

https://www.xivra.com/ already listed on coinmarketcap.com

We need to get organized if we want this to go somewhere at all.

We all need to register on the new forum, make an organized thread where all progress is being logged and work distributed to different people w2illing to participate.


1) Snotty is working on the faucet already.
2) Who is working on ABE?
3) Android/iOS wallet?
4) Games
5) Builtin wallet features/plugins? moonmoon

[Franky2010]

Guys, wht is best pool for this time for Particle CPU, thank you.