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Thanks foxill1 for making our logo look better

Due to https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=359323.0 topic, Vertcoin team decide to create a new coin base on Litecoin code, but change N factor rely on timestamp like Yacoin. Nfactor will begin at 10, that means it will requires N=2048 instead of 1024, and uses 256 kB of memory instead of 128 kB like Litecoin. those number will go up almost every year. Algorithm for proof of work is the same as Litecoin, using SHA-256 and Salsa20 as hashing and mixing functions.

N schedule has following picture.

Technical Details:
Algorithm: Scrypt-Adaptive-Nfactor (Not scrypt-jane)
Symbol : v
Max Coins: 84 million vertcoins.
Block time: 2.5 minutes
Subsidy halves every 840,000 blocks (~4 years)
Difficulty Re-Target Time: 3.5 days
Block Rewards: 50 coins per block

Premine

We had done pre-mining for 2 3 blocks (for testing wallet in windows). that's all. you can track the blocks via Abe explorer that will we provide in 11 Jan 2014 8.00 AM GMT.

Explorer
http://explorer.vertcoin.org
http://cryptexplorer.com/chain/VertCoin ( Thanks candidakefyr )

How to mine

1. Open Vertcoin Wallet
2. Choose Help
3. Select Debug window
4. Select Console
5. Type “setgenerate true <number of thread(s)>”

Miner

1. Solo mining via wallet available.

Thanks Bufius for customize CGminer to support Vertcoin. Below links are source code and Linux miner version.
2. Vertcoin CGminer source code for both Windows and Linux : https://www.dropbox.com/sh/iu1ieqz2th5kfhj/o_G3gRnGMa/cgminer-vertcoin.tgz
3. Linux CGminer: http://kilovolt.co.uk/Vertcoin/Vertcoin-CGMinerAleks_NR3.zip

Thanks Aleks for building Bufius code to support Windows version. Here are links for the Windows build.
4. CPU enabled CGminer for Vertcoin - Windows build - http://kilovolt.co.uk/Vertcoin/VertCoin-CGMinerCPU-Aleks_N.zip
Recommend to use Eu.Vertcoin.Org due to lowest diff from other pools.
5. Windows CGminer - Windows build - http://x.co/vertcgminr

List of Pools

Visit http://vertcoin.com for pools list.

Warning, mining on the largest pool can cause problems with the coin. Please choose one of the smaller pools. You can find the pools total hash rate by visiting the "Home" page of most pools, or by going to Statistics>Pools once logged in.

Wallet

Windows : http://sdrv.ms/1esmm4H
Windows 2 : https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8unVlu0d7XdU1dKeUN4TWctaGM/edit?pli=1
Github/Linux: https://github.com/vertcoin/vertcoin
Mac OS X : https://www.dropbox.com/s/w70q5xhkfgxrq9h/Vertcoin-Qt-MacOSX-instacash.zip ( Thanks instacash ) , MD5: fd9e7d1b073bd16a4e2e99e54b109b1a

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For those can not sync please add nodes, check out this fix:
1. Add node to vertcoin.conf

addnode=192.241.125.215
addnode=192.241.125.216
addnode=192.241.125.217
addnode=192.241.125.218
addnode=192.241.125.219
addnode=192.241.125.220

2. Delete everything in %appdata%/vertcoin except wallet.dat and vertcoin.conf

3. Start vertcoin wallet.

FAQ

Why we chosen N=2048 ?
Answer : We got the final decision from the vote --> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=406031.0

Is this cpu-only mining ?
Answer : We will start N = 2048. N = 2048 cannot prevent some GPU cards to mining, but we agree that it will take time to come up with miner software. After the software comes out, we just hope the N will go up enough to prevent GPUs again.

how can i see what kh/s i have ?
Answer : " wallet > console > type "getmininginfo" > hashespersec/1024 will be kh/s

News
The Official Faucet from sang -> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=409946

Trading

https://0daycoins.com
Vertcoin - [WTS/WTB] [VTC] Vertcoin - trading -> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=410081.0
If they want to rade coins, escrow work could be done in #vertcoin-escrow (Thanks what for implementing it)

facebook : https://www.facebook.com/vertcoin
twitter : https://twitter.com/Vertcoin
reddit : http://www.reddit.com/r/vertcoin/ ( Thanks Cryptomancer )
IRC : #vertcoin on freenode ( Thanks sang )

Top 50 richest addresses in Vertcoin

VuVQJcWZcqCssye6hn6VC2gjhBdcZyddHG   34350.012
VfV8BxWDVPoFyxYWHMbNf2VQUydXo4taGV   26422.49318
VxbTcQcuEZUqXwe8ACzDyMZhUefy73Y2TJ   16045.87511
VpLe2oSZosprV7xAsLHgR374najJpCZ7Ec   9700
VuL34M2jRKqPYM8QXivJ8aDRGuPxBJMcko   8750
Vozvr2euzz7g9ayatg65tjEwfxEQ4gTXjd   7000
VqaGzW9EJsMPiiJeZnajAqSZoiMkxT2oDn   6497.999
VhPMBDTVuj3C6E29pXpw8THjtAf8eHd7RF   6150
ViUu1mC7rQGFb54ixqv7xHV5oQH8iPhTrd   5550.118
VdxdWYn98wzbhMLqKiUyWd6Cuak2tjyzHq   5350
VhgLeKh4RBMU1mGhuGoRt8DW6ZVdGMY1Me   5201
VoT67FXwYgGkZ3v2hrNfNrHruC1C4RUUXh   4249.99799
VxxuFYf6frF43z3eBp2no8gCPradBcEg7t   3849
VhTiQGNWYqqX4G8SLKgHTY9ah1Pj3NcwEe   3344.013112
VqyLgZVchvYgSqwjm2bTavoAR3esnDd9hU   3300.08
VbD6gmFjuav4tqDEY5MqJjDwf5DGgb1hk8   3280.187723
Vu6LHrBsNjN7PQjAcCwjQMQqxGuPN5L133   3200
Vt28SsGjV4E8JW6jBikk8a9J5e6FrgvmzS   3200
ViwiGRumaJPtBZ9cHZ1oYNwgQZtQEmZfPp   2990
VdFYAirDzGkSrbTyAm8gAvqTCtiG8hAWR2   2950
VdK1nXpchUjukQyiBSZEcL3ipFyGQj15Ko   2846.044218
VjoqfexNRqYt8dM9ErfKgfbRcBkAQuxcG3   2811.001
VkuqeKaYDXjCYWH62Afp7ZvequQm7mybPL   2651.999
VrMoa5tQHjA7CQ9xHzfcz5X9yj5PsuSdFh   2320.53001
VaRFUKFP3SqC5VE9LriDJsRBqXC8Acibv6   2307.519006
Vxr23KRcEGcsEsr4DB3u32CmyupmipjqwF   2150.001
VcMjzYq6ZjAPp8xLnWMcV3hHCeZa8YxLsx   2100.001
VuhteNHxA2sdkVVMCEoG1QjzeBe6DWgNQA   2100
VwDnsi1rbLZZ3ewzoGGP93b2Vtw1Aj9fry   2050
Vf5MNH8WzUCG2LnRWASyfxySiBevSeCrHy   2000.003
ViVLVLEFty8cMAZxo6erjAWiQFFNi594rC   2000.001
VovdUeSPzanAEESs6DxWWqyBTUSTB384wF   2000.001
VaBnamY3hwV3mrJ5zEFMnCazPhW67jpUiv   2000.001
VneDUDeBG8tqiHToeg2QTznf58wKm5am7C   2000
VeLfDnYjDboeRuUVrPa5W5nfHivpKT2BgR   2000
VhgQC1AZ8GKf6f9bcrGHVbkuvHphv4FbpS   2000
VyEQ1LCajg6L281ByF16tasLUWH3gbxCAn   2000
VkE1RXp5RJFds9Wo8AhnYgqXSsfFcDLVe1   2000
VhgyYRykx3yeF1Fcbf9Rh9tEJ7gkLMtW8S   2000
VfvFRXgaFnvJ7eWN1UCKu8Kq1nAJxNFtVK   2000
VhvcueViWcmgC7KP3W5dz8ZrexvWnuptC9   2000
VkwceMusvmufcA8SCLjtJpj4ZQpBad8u6v   2000
VyJqLLxMs5KsKLGPqPf3pJ42KuZnvovqV3   2000
Vvtzn9VrVGmqRFZ2gTNoKGiziK8DdyevLx   2000
Vpo42SqGNZdSZoM8Tcn51TW7fhYqCLjdm9   2000
Vbbu8yhCxCkukdZahqcsmVFpGA9PwfmdyB   2000
Vg8wkfFjXCKhjav6SrsVFDo9BnxkLPPsJd   2000
Ve7CMW5zXtEgs9orByYQAYKKcVpKZaDUVN   2000
VvuartQHen7oiKxRf4oeU1jnYqAT429NQ8   1950.007
VePSaiTcXLV65MQhHnARZyVK93bYv2MG2d   1950

Q: How do I participate in this awesome giveaway?
A: 1. Open https://cryptsy.freshdesk.com/support/discussions/topics/64057
   2. Say how great of Vertcoin.
   3. Say Why should add Vertcoin to Cryptsy ?
   4. Say who you are in this topic with your Vertcoin address.

Q: Is it so easy right that ?
A: Why you want to make life so hard.