Reposting this here, as it was removed as a "minor update and advertisement" post from the altcoin discussion board... not sure why considering all the other altcoin spam
Live Map Downloads at the bottom....
Dear Fellow Hunters and Crypto Enthusiasts,In case you are unaware what Huntercoin is -
Huntercoin is both a Crypto Currency and a Massively Multi-player Online Game. I like to call it Crypto Through Human Mining. It is quite probably the only really decentralized and serverless P2P MMO which currently exists in the world.
Unlike other cryptocurrencies which state to be "Crypto Game Currencies" and are only used as a currency with external applications/games, Huntercoin's virtual universe is completely decentralized and the currency is generated within the virtual world, in a trustless manner.
Imagine Bitcoin and altcoins in which you mine blocks with your hardware, and then imagine Huntercoin in which you mine using skill and your own time within a virtual world. Again, this is not like other cryptocoins which claim one thing but are, in fact, another.
It is also notable to mention that Huntercoin is the first “dual algo” blockchain, which can be mined both with SHA256 and scrypt. Each algo has its own difficulty, and can be merge-mined with other blockchains of the respective algorithm (Bitcoin and Litecoin, for instance).
Huntercoin also includes a decentralized censorship resistant chat.
There will be a total of 42 Million Coins in circulation.
It is currently the only fork of the other most innovative altcoin existing, which is Namecoin.
You can see a time lapse video from inside the virtual decentralized universe here (if you like watching ants, you might like this):-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czUU3Z8spUQRelease thread >>
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=435170Now that's the background over with. Apologies for the slow progress of Huntercoin over the last several months. We have had a few set backs, but without going into the details, we are now progressing much more rapidly. Our team is absolutely committed to making Huntercoin a rewarding experience and, in turn, see it go mainstream.
TIP: Now is the time for investors and miners to take advantage of the current situation before Huntercoin is accessible to the masses. --
Latest Updates:Client performance and blockchain size:
Over the last 12 months, we have improved Huntercoin's client performance on many levels. And although downloading and verifying the approximately 600k blocks is a pretty heavy task, once you are synced onto the latest blocks, everything should run smoothly and fast (even on older hardware).
The chain is no longer increasing in size at the rate it was early in Hunterscoin's life due to alterations in the game mechanics (fees and costs): While it was estimated the chain would bloat to around 25-35gb by the end of last year, we were able to prevent that with the changes. Together with some pruning logic implemented, the chain is now roughly 10 GiB in size.
To skip the painful sync you can also download the latest chain from
http://chain.huntercoin.org/And what's to come:Over the last two or three months, our very own lead developer was awarded a donation of F2pool(Discus Fish) to re-implement Namecoin onto the latest Bitcoin Core (see
https://github.com/domob1812/namecore/ ), improving and updating Namecoin's very old code (from around Bitcoin version 0.3). This is now being used by F2pool/Discuss Fish and others.
He is now in the early process of doing the same for Huntercoin, so that we will be able to see those great benefits also. This will also enable to make use of pruning efforts being made upstream by the Bitcoin developers.
Although he will not be creating the QT (GUI/Game Graphics) portion of the client, we will be releasing a free-to-use basic Unity3d client for this very purpose (see at the bottom for a preview). This client will connect to the daemon in a similar way as the Mithrilman Client Edition (
http://www.mithrilman.com/Huntercoin ), although it will only feature a basic interface (similar to the QT).
+ See the bottom of the page for our progress on instant access on many platforms - no chain download required..
Reducing bots and making the game more fun:Dominating ( and “bot masters”), who control the map, make it difficult to harvest a significant amount of coins and prevent good distribution. Since the current cost per hunter is so low, it is also pointless and "not fun" to attack them. The current update will see the cost per general increase 20x (this is live).
Although previous updates had reduced the amount of hunters a bot master and/or dominator can control, the changes were not enough. The hardfork which has just passed (although won't really take effect until the next pending disaster - wait for that), will make it difficult and uneconomical for any one person to control more than 50-100 Hunters.
A human player without bot mastering tools and/or multiple clients, can only control a finite number of hunters, and although autonomous hunters are currently "dumb", they are still able to dominate the map through sheer numbers. The upcoming update should yield more space on the map (less hunters/blockades) and make PvP meaningful and fun.
Dominating through numbers and/or Botting in the game should become much harder/expensive. And even though the changes make it also a little more expensive for “normal” users to play, that is a small price to pay for reducing map domination.
This is not to say there won't be some more tweaks down the road, as there will most definitely be.
Now is the time to get into Huntercoin.Extra:We had hoped to release a working mobile version with a centralized server some time last year, hoping we could have a client accessible to everyone, not just those who are crypto enthusiasts, allowing instant play from anywhere on many devices. Unfortunately this did not happen due to unforeseen circumstances, but, we are now back on track, and are now pleased to release the first step in this process :
We Introduce Huntercoin Unity 3d Live Map. Although not playable, this should give you an idea of performance and compatibility with your devices. The map should update within a second after new blocks are detected by the main daemon on our server. There is a need for some cloud based distribution when we have a significant amount of viewers/players, as well as some security measures and small bug fixes but this will be done soon.
We have also tested with over 50k hunters on the map and scrolling performance is not affected.
See here for the announcement post and more information:-
http://forum.huntercoin.org/index.php/topic,826.0.htmlAndroid Version > Download Now >> (post on forum with feedback)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Huntercoin.HuntercoiniOS Version > Coming Soon >>
http://forum.huntercoin.org/index.php/board,17.0.htmlBrowser Version > Now Live >>
http://www.huntercoin.org/unitymap.htmlWindows Standalone Desktop Version > Download Now >>
http://forum.huntercoin.org/index.php/board,18.0.htmlMac Desktop Version > Need testers > Download Now >>
http://forum.huntercoin.org/index.php/board,18.0.htmlLinux Desktop Version > Need Testers Download Now >>
http://forum.huntercoin.org/index.php/board,18.0.htmlWindows Phone 8 Version > needs more work...
Please don't expect the server to be up permanently, as we may be updating sporadically.
For bugs, support and more info, check out the Unity Section on :
http://forum.huntercoin.orgHappy Hunting - Enjoy!
