[ANN][MAX] MAXcoin - PoW, ASIC Resistance, Keccak GPU Mining

[danilo303]

Maxcoin is a fork of Coinye 

[ernie-]

I repeat, it's all been on the official site for at least 30mins:


http://www.maxcoin.co.uk/downloads/maxcoin-cpuminer.zip
http://www.maxcoin.co.uk/downloads/wallet-linux.zip
http://www.maxcoin.co.uk/downloads/wallet-windows.zip
http://www.maxcoin.co.uk/downloads/wallet-apple.zip

Is anybody able to download these links?

only the cpu miner and linux wallet.

The linux wallet doesn't look valid to me.

[MinermanNC]

What about this one
http://www.maxcoin.co.uk/downloads/

A dud to.... lol

no its the cpu miner source.

yes I recognized that afterword's ...lol

[greentea]

I wonder how many people downloaded the miner:

https://twitter.com/stacyherbert/status/431181292823007232

[bathrobehero]

I could stand the delay, but the delay is making it unfair, why? because they left the directory that contained miner without a simple index file, that allowed us to view the directory structure and files, now miner source is public, it's a matter of hours to have a GPU miner working, so the poll and advertising this as a CPU coin are lies and unfair

Right, because mining will only be possible for a matter of hours...

[khalbrae]

Fuck this coin fraud

How did you become a moderator?

[instacalm]

Jesus, this gets worse...... Stacy Herbert has tweeted a link to d/l the wallet, but all I get (and many others) is some horse shit about a cat.

It's a link to the MAX keecak (SHA-3) cpuminer, its source to be exact. Not the wallet.

wallet-linux.zip is an empty dummy file. No wallet has been released so far, the only file available is the cpuminer's source.

[EpStROM]

I could stand the delay, but the delay is making it unfair, why? because they left the directory that contained miner without a simple index file, that allowed us to view the directory structure and files, now miner source is public, it's a matter of hours to have a GPU miner working, so the poll and advertising this as a CPU coin are lies and unfair

Right, because mining will only be possible for a matter of hours...

Yes for people using CPU, do you think everyone has a bunch of GPUs at home? Once GPU's get on train, CPU miners won't get a chance.

[BotwinBG]

can someone post the source ?

[BotwinBG]

can someone post the source files for the miner?

[instacalm]

can someone post the source files for the miner?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=450539.0

http://www.maxcoin.co.uk/downloads/maxcoin-cpuminer.zip

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1xapc0zpcmm1gtb/maxcoin-cpuminer.zip

zip md5 = 59df705900e78c52c989ceb08dc55bb6
Make sure to check the md5 to be the same as the file on maxcoin.co.uk! I mirrored the official file on dropbox in case the official site should be ddosed, but you may check this exact md5 hash to confirm this yourself.

[ernie-]

What the devs should do, is mine the first block or two on an offline machine, then add the checkpoint for the block into the source code for the wallet, release the wallet to the public to let everyone get organized with their pools etc. Then at some predetermined time release the block to the Internet which will start the miners on the correct chain all at once.

[fcode]

So, heh, the source is out there and the algorithm is known. GPU miners can hit this right from the beginning.

Hopefully someone will release their code before tomorrow so as to not give advantage to those developing in secret. I imagine we could have a cudaminer by tomorrow, just need something for OpenCL/AMD as well.

[madmartyk]

Can anyone give me nodes for the windows wallet??

https://mega.co.nz/#!OJpUgZoI!-6luIe-akqUjFlewRR-sVsZEunNLDwdoPFwaqnzG4q0

[PeercoinEnthusiast]

I guess this forum is filled with 12 year olds. If not then... what is wrong with you guys. It's like you guys have no restraint and have never had anything delayed before.

Nope, almost 40.  Delays are one thing, incompetence and poor project planning is something entirely different.

[Luror]

MaxCoin Launch Official Statement

We're postponing the launch of MaxCoin by 24 hours after today's events. The new launch time will be 7.30PM GMT Thursday, 24 hours after original launch.

To keep you guys in the loop, here's our thought process for this decision.

After we prepped our ANN for BitcoinTalk's 7.30PM GMT launch the site crashed under heavy load for around 10 minutes. The MaxCoin site crashed simultaneously for a similar time. This happened a few more times before it came to our attention that a stable launch from BitcoinTalk would not be possible.

While preparing alternative options for launch (the launch channels will now be via Reddit, Twitter and MaxCoin.co.uk) one of our prepared pool operators withdrew their support claiming they were uncertain they would be able to support the load of miners.

We are uncomfortable launching without two stable pools, not to mention doing so in the midst of confusion between a last minute launch location switch and large traffic spikes. With these three issues combined, we have made the decision to delay the launch until this infrastructure is better established and the news is able to spread about the new sites to participate in the launch from.

Our apologies to everyone that this inconveniences, we're as disappointed as you, but feel this is the correct way to proceed under the circumstances. It is our hope that by postponing and making sure this is done properly we will achieve a more stable debut than by gritting our teeth and crossing our fingers through an already chaotic launch.

To avoid similar issues, we will be distributing the software from tomorrow morning (GMT) under password protected archives so it is possible to download these throughout the day, both via official site download and torrents, assuring everybody has access to the files in time for the launch. All guides will be available in advance and mining will begin upon password announcement.

The screenshots and claims of advance mining are of course fake, one reason we must move to more stable announce channels is to ensure everybody is able to have a fair chance to mine from the commence of the network.

Thanks for your patience, and sorry once again.

http://www.reddit.com/r/maxcoinproject/comments/1x4m4w/maxcoin_launch_official_statement/

[bathrobehero]

Yes for people using CPU, do you think everyone has a bunch of GPUs at home? Once GPU's get on train, CPU miners won't get a chance.

GPU's would be on that train pretty fast either way, because guess what? GPU's are better for this specific job than CPU's.

Nope, almost 40.  Delays are one thing, incompetence and poor project planning is something entirely different.

Dude, you're in the altcoin section. It could might as well be called the incompetence and poor project panning section.

[EpStROM]

Yes for people using CPU, do you think everyone has a bunch of GPUs at home? Once GPU's get on train, CPU miners won't get a chance.

GPU's would be on that train pretty fast either way, because guess what? GPU's are better for this specific job than CPU's.

Nope, almost 40.  Delays are one thing, incompetence and poor project planning is something entirely different.

Dude, you're in the altcoin section. It could might as well be called the incompetence and poor project panning section.

I'm not against GPU mining, I just think CPU miners should have a chance at the beginning, now that's gone

[BeAfraid]

Why are my posts not showing up?

I found a thread about setting up minerd for MaxCoin on Digital Ocean (and I have an account there for mining QRK - not that it helps, because Botnets. But I do have six machines with a total of 64CPUs available, plus the 8-core droplet on DO).

But I am finding conflicting information on all manner of things.

No Wallets, for instance.

Some heated and outraged "discussion" about CPU v GPU (be nice if they set this up to ONLY be mineable via the wallet, and solo from the beginning (but then people would probably complain that this gave people like me an advantage - or others who have large numbers of CPUs available.... Don't know much about Botnets, but I am busy learning - seems to be a lot of conflicting information there).

InuInu

P.S. Any link to an OSX Wallet would be nice.

[ernie-]

Yes for people using CPU, do you think everyone has a bunch of GPUs at home? Once GPU's get on train, CPU miners won't get a chance.

GPU's would be on that train pretty fast either way, because guess what? GPU's are better for this specific job than CPU's.

Nope, almost 40.  Delays are one thing, incompetence and poor project planning is something entirely different.

Dude, you're in the altcoin section. It could might as well be called the incompetence and poor project panning section.

I'm not against GPU mining, I just think CPU miners should have a chance at the beginning, now that's gone

I am exactly the opposite, I think CPU mining is unfair, as people use bot nets, rent expensive server power Amazon etc. and other tricks which make things unfair. With GPU mining most people interested in crypto mining are already set up for this. That's why for each CPU coin that comes out, you get dozens of GPU coins, GPU mining is more popular.