[ANN] ALIAS (prev. XSPEC) | Anonymous | PoSv3 & PoAS | Tor | Ring Signatures

[miramare]

A big step?

It is a big step forward for PoS coins, as we are the first to redesign the PoS protocol to use ring-signatures in the staking transactions, rather than then 'normal' UTXOs used by other PoS coins. Now, there are very few coins if any built around this code base in the first place, so we wouldn't expect to see many similar projects. Spectrecoin is now becoming a total privacy solution as long as you keep your balance in SPECTRE. Private transactions using ring-signatures, staking using ring-signatures, Tor hidden services nodes only and a lot of other bespoke algorithms dealing with splitting and consolidating anonymous outputs on the blockchain.

So, in fact, if you keep a balance of SPECTRE and run your wallet, you generate anonymous money on your computer or even a Raspberry Pi. Can I remind you that Spectrecoin has a very simple and ultra stable Raspberry Pi setup, just burn the image to an SD memory card and start generating anonymous money with very little energy use. It makes you wonder why anyone would invest and mine non-anonymous coins when you can easily set-and-forget a Spectrecoin Raspi staking box to generate an income.

https://github.com/spectrecoin/spectre/releases/download/3.0.8/Spectrecoin-3.0.8-69e1d6cd-RaspbianLight.zip

Anonymous staking, Tor hidden services, automatic wallet updates from the Raspberry Pi UI - thats innovation.

Get the new Spectrecoin v3 and see for yourself

https://github.com/spectrecoin/spectre/releases/tag/3.0.8

A big step?

A massive yes!

Update my wallet. Wait for the massive thing coming.
The price is going up obviously. Let's see the destination. Moon? 

[someiotanow]

Nice article about spectrecoin and why it is time to buy it now. #ShillingforSpectre  
https://www.publish0x.com/spectrecoin-fans/time-to-buy-spectrecoin-now-or-never-xvrzgv

[reZpaR]

Spectrecoin v3.0.9 with latest UI improvements:
https://github.com/spectrecoin/spectre/releases/tag/3.0.9

[Fox4000]

some idea for when a new roadmap or if there are plans for new exchanges?

[reZpaR]

some idea for when a new roadmap or if there are plans for new exchanges?

A new Roadmap will be discussed and come out after the fork. No ETA yet.

[allthebitandbobs]

WOW xspec made a nice move to moon. Almost one dollar on crex24. BTCBTCBTC NOICE!
over 70% up on CMC 

58 cent it not a dollar god damn it you gt my hopes up  .All my one still stick on cryptopiea

[someiotanow]

WOW xspec made a nice move to moon. Almost one dollar on crex24. BTCBTCBTC NOICE!
over 70% up on CMC 

58 cent it not a dollar god damn it you gt my hopes up  .All my one still stick on cryptopiea

But it actually was 98 Cent on crex24 for a short moment.It was clear that this could not stay there, but it was good sign.

[igorttomic]

Blogging on Publish0x - Case Study + Stats of XSPEC https://www.publish0x.com/publish0x-official-blog/why-your-crypto-project-should-blog-on-publish0x-case-study-stats-xnlpzq

[reZpaR]

Livecoin enabled deposits/withdrawals again after their upgrade to v3.
https://www.livecoin.net/en/trading/XSPEC_BTC

[XSPEC-team]

If you are not already aware, Cryptopia have engaged liquidators and this means that Cryptopia is dead and is not coming back online. As far as we can tell, the following XSPEC address (rich list #1) belongs to Cryptopia SUkKs9fP2ET5zmSxZL5so2CXhophJcp2Su and it has a balance of 1,127,117 XSPEC and there has been no activity with this address for 122 days so that corresponds to the hack date of 14/01/2019.

As I have previously stated Cryptopia informed us via e-mail that XSPEC funds were safe and had not been stolen and that seems to be corroborated by the fact that the address above has not been in use since the hack. However, in light of the fact that Cryptopia has gone into liquidation, the status of the XSPEC funds are somewhat uncertain. According to Grant Thornton: “Given the complexities involved we expect the investigation to take months rather than weeks.” and so unfortunately, anyone who had funds in Cryptopia may not see any payments for a very long time if ever. It is not clear to us at this stage what will happen to the funds. I have attached a link to the Cryptopia T&Cs below and other links to Grant Thornton.

If you had funds in Cryptopia wallets I suggest making a claim to the address provided liquidation@cryptopia.co.nz ASAP with evidence.

These are events completely outside of our control but I will be writing an e-mail to the liquidators on behalf of Spectrecoin and our users to try and clarify what happens next to the XSPEC funds and I will keep you updated.

https://www.grantthornton.co.nz/press/press-releases-2019/cryptopia-limited-appoints-grant-thornton-as-liquidators/
https://www.cryptopia.co.nz/
https://web.archive.org/web/20181218153858/https://cryptopia.co.nz/Home/Terms
https://web.archive.org/web/20181218153900/https://www.cryptopia.co.nz/Home/RiskStatement

[pachuje]

very unfortunate what happens with cryptopia for those of us who had Xspec there. on the other hand Xspec may have a free listing in NOVA https://novaexchange.com/news/

[reZpaR]

very unfortunate what happens with cryptopia for those of us who had Xspec there. on the other hand Xspec may have a free listing in NOVA https://novaexchange.com/news/

It's not like we need it.
https://novaexchange.com/market/BTC_XSPEC/

[pachuje]

very unfortunate what happens with cryptopia for those of us who had Xspec there. on the other hand Xspec may have a free listing in NOVA https://novaexchange.com/news/

It's not like we need it.
https://novaexchange.com/market/BTC_XSPEC/

It's weird, before publishing my message I looked for Xspec in NOVA and I did not find it xd

[XSPEC-team]

A follow up to an interview with 'Mandica' from last summer:

https://briandcolwell.com/spectrecoins-ring-signature-stealth-staking/

[XSPEC-team]

we have not been able to confirm with either Trade Satoshi or NovaExchange that they have updated to v3. So, if you have any XSPEC at either Trade Satoshi or NovaExchange - we recommend that you withdraw all your XSPEC back to your own v3 wallet before tomorrow. If you leave your coins on either of those two exchanges you risk loosing your coins.

[miramare]

we have not been able to confirm with either Trade Satoshi or NovaExchange that they have updated to v3. So, if you have any XSPEC at either Trade Satoshi or NovaExchange - we recommend that you withdraw all your XSPEC back to your own v3 wallet before tomorrow. If you leave your coins on either of those two exchanges you risk loosing your coins.

Update to v3 today?

[igorttomic]

Peacocking in the Age of Privacy: Why I've Chosen Spectrecoin: https://www.publish0x.com/spectrecoin-fans/peacocking-age-of-privacy-why-ive-chosen-spectrecoin-xqojmv

[XSPEC-team]

Only a couple of hours or so left until the Spectrecoin v3 hard-fork. You must upgrade your wallet before Friday 17th May 2019 at 2000 hours UTC. If you haven't already upgraded, do not delay, upgrade NOW! Spectrecoin will make history by being the first crypto with anonymous staking using ring-signatures.

https://news.spectreproject.io/spectrecoin-v3-x-upgrade-guide/
https://github.com/spectrecoin/spectre/releases/tag/3.0.9

If you haven't upgraded for whatever reason, you have problems, you didn't have time etc. DO NOT SEND ANY COINS USING THE V2 WALLET AFTER THE HARD-FORK TONIGHT - YOU RISK LOOSING YOUR COINS just keep your wallet.dat file safe and upgrade when you can. Come to the support channel if you have any questions NOT covered in the upgrade guide. Please read it first if you have any issues!

Happy Anonymous Staking Everyone - thanks for all your support from the Spectrecoin Team!

[XSPEC-team]

We are very excited to announce that the Spectrecoin V3 hard-fork to activate "Proof-of-Anonymous-Stake" (PoAS) or so called 'Stealth Staking' appears to have been successful and gone according to plan and block #1168490 was the first fully anonymous staked block on the mainnet created by the new protocol. Have a look at the block explorer:

https://chainz.cryptoid.info/xspec/block.dws?1168490.htm

I also remind you all that further changes to block time and rewards were activated at this hard-fork and the rewards for staking SPECTRE using PoAS is 3 SPECTRE and the reward for staking using PoSv3 is 2 XSPEC. Therefore, it makes sense to convert XSPEC to SPECTRE. We currently have about 1.3 mill SPECTRE so we expect more 'standard' XSPEC blocks at least for now.

'Stealth Staking' using ring-signatures is real, it works and Spectrecoin did it first! - respect to our lead developer @Tek who made this happen.

https://twitter.com/Spectrecoin/status/1129499342233133056

[cryptomaxsun]

I decided to try how the transfer of coins between Spectrecoin and XCPEC.
Is it possible that I can not send coins from a stealth address to a public one?