[ANN][AUR] Auroracoin - a cryptocurrency for Iceland

[almightyruler]

The domain was renewed for a year on December 19: http://who.is/whois/auroracoin.org

That would be the registrar's grace period. If a domain is not renewed by a customer it is taken over by the registrar for a short period. It looks like it has been renewed for an extra year, but this won't stick.

It does need to be renewed by someone, and soon.

[baldur odinson]

Where this coin can be traded?
I can't find it on poloniex anymore

Auroracoin has been removed from Poloniex however you can still withdraw coins from the exchange and you are advised to do so ASAP.

[baldur odinson]

Auroracoin Community Takes a Stand

As of December 4th a new interactive forum for the Aurora community is now live @ http://auroraspjall.is/ and can be accessed via the unofficial website www.auroracoin.io

Speculation is rampant after the official auroracoin.org website expired on December 21st 2014 effectively ending the airdrop two months prematurely.

The fact that claims are still being made according the block explorer leaves more questions to be answered by the original developer of the coin who has been AWOL for months.

Such a lack of leadership only serves to spread fear, uncertainty and doubt about the future of the currency and the administration of auroraspjall hope to fill the vacuum or at least provide a platform for people to do so themselves…

While a lack of central leadership has been a point of criticism for many observers of the space, the decentralised nature of crypto currency lends itself well to a truly democratic form of governance and regulation that the developer behind Auroracoin possibly envisioned before he let the website expire.

As for the remaining coins that sit unclaimed and the 1 million auroracoin that the developer has left for further development you can view those balances here https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-auroracoin-addresses.html.

www.aurorapr.co.vu

[voytek]

The domain was renewed for a year on December 19: http://who.is/whois/auroracoin.org

Who renew this domain? Previous owner?
I hope it is he and  last stage airdrop has been continued...

[molecular]

Where this coin can be traded?
I can't find it on poloniex anymore

cryptsy

[molecular]

Auroracoin Community Takes a Stand

As of December 4th a new interactive forum for the Aurora community is now live @ http://auroraspjall.is/ and can be accessed via the unofficial website www.auroracoin.io

Speculation is rampant after the official auroracoin.org website expired on December 21st 2014 effectively ending the airdrop two months prematurely.

The fact that claims are still being made according the block explorer leaves more questions to be answered by the original developer of the coin who has been AWOL for months.

Such a lack of leadership only serves to spread fear, uncertainty and doubt about the future of the currency and the administration of auroraspjall hope to fill the vacuum or at least provide a platform for people to do so themselves…

While a lack of central leadership has been a point of criticism for many observers of the space, the decentralised nature of crypto currency lends itself well to a truly democratic form of governance and regulation that the developer behind Auroracoin possibly envisioned before he let the website expire.

As for the remaining coins that sit unclaimed and the 1 million auroracoin that the developer has left for further development you can view those balances here https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-auroracoin-addresses.html.

www.aurorapr.co.vu

I commend you for taking a stand, Baldur II.

This is all nice and dandy, but we have _one_ serious problem that cannot be solved in a decentralized nature as you suggest: the premine.

If it isn't destroyed, quite frankly the coin loses most of its remaining potential,... probably all of it.

[almightyruler]

The domain was renewed for a year on December 19: http://who.is/whois/auroracoin.org

Who renew this domain? Previous owner?
I hope it is he and  last stage airdrop has been continued...

See above. It has not actually been renewed by the registrant, it is just temporarily "owned" by the registrar. That's why the website shows a message saying the domain is expired, rather than Auroracoin content.

If the web server is still up - and my limited testing suggests this may be the case - it is most likely still possible to access the website by editing the hosts file on your local computer, which will bypass DNS. Anyone with a long lived (or broken) DNS cache will also be able to continue accessing the website. Perhaps that's how the airdrop claims process has been able to continue..... or maybe it's just a bot that doesn't care about DNS....

[Bimmerhead]

If you stuff a "Host: www.auroracoin.org" directive into a HTTP request to the IP 104.28.4.68 you get back the auroracoin site. I'm not sure whether this means the web server is still active, or it's just cloudflare caching it.

Looks like auroracoin.org is registered under eNom, or one of its resellers. Does anyone know if it's possible to renew a domain via them, without needing to be logged in as the original registrant? (ie - ANYONE can renew the domain). Did a quick web search but couldn't find anything.

edit: the reseller is namecheap.

edit 2: Speaking in namecheap live chat, they can contact the registrant, and there's no objections within 24 hours they will allow a third party to renew the domain. They've also recommended to renew with WhoisGuard, otherwise the original registrant's details will be revealed, but the catch is that also may trigger ICANN contact validation, which could result in suspension of the domain 15 days later. So better to pay the extra $2.88 to continue WhoisGuard and avoid ICANN validation.

So... does anyone have a namecheap account? It will cost $14.36 to renew the domain and WhoisGuard.

I just had a chat with namecheap and the rep I got said 'no can do'. Have to wait 80 days for the domain to be available.
I suspect the agent you spoke with may have had more initiative than usual. Maybe I'll try again later.

[voytek]

If the web server is still up - and my limited testing suggests this may be the case - it is most likely still possible to access the website by editing the hosts file on your local computer, which will bypass DNS. Anyone with a long lived (or broken) DNS cache will also be able to continue accessing the website. Perhaps that's how the airdrop claims process has been able to continue..... or maybe it's just a bot that doesn't care about DNS....

yes, hosts file working as bypass DNS, only airdrop counter and forum.auroracoin.org for 104.28.4.68 are broken

[leigh2k14]

Remember when this was worth a" BILLION" dollars!! 

[jnada]

I commend you for taking a stand, Baldur II.

This is all nice and dandy, but we have _one_ serious problem that cannot be solved in a decentralized nature as you suggest: the premine.

If it isn't destroyed, quite frankly the coin loses most of its remaining potential,... probably all of it.

I have been with Aurora from early beginning, hoping how Icelanders, experienced by bank system meltdown, will adopt this idea. I didn't expected spectacular success in terms of claimants number.
But even with such minimal interest this coin remained in my memory as fairest distribution ever done within crypto currency world.

Saddly, news , confirmed by you, that there are unexplained airdrop stakes are still leaking to few same addresses make me really wondering about future of this coin.

@molecular, I aggree with you - any remaining coins that haven't been send to eligible claimants should be destroyed in that case.

[almightyruler]

If you stuff a "Host: www.auroracoin.org" directive into a HTTP request to the IP 104.28.4.68 you get back the auroracoin site. I'm not sure whether this means the web server is still active, or it's just cloudflare caching it.

Looks like auroracoin.org is registered under eNom, or one of its resellers. Does anyone know if it's possible to renew a domain via them, without needing to be logged in as the original registrant? (ie - ANYONE can renew the domain). Did a quick web search but couldn't find anything.

edit: the reseller is namecheap.

edit 2: Speaking in namecheap live chat, they can contact the registrant, and there's no objections within 24 hours they will allow a third party to renew the domain. They've also recommended to renew with WhoisGuard, otherwise the original registrant's details will be revealed, but the catch is that also may trigger ICANN contact validation, which could result in suspension of the domain 15 days later. So better to pay the extra $2.88 to continue WhoisGuard and avoid ICANN validation.

So... does anyone have a namecheap account? It will cost $14.36 to renew the domain and WhoisGuard.

I just had a chat with namecheap and the rep I got said 'no can do'. Have to wait 80 days for the domain to be available.
I suspect the agent you spoke with may have had more initiative than usual. Maybe I'll try again later.

I was actually quite impressed with the person I spoke with. I was expecting a bunch of form replies, and having to explain what I wanted in 3 different ways, but she understood and answered immediately.

You need to make it clear that you're a third party who only wants to RENEW the domain; you don't want to assume ownership or change anything.

If you have no luck then let me know and I'll see if I can dig up a log of my chat.

[molecular]

if Baldur can't even renew the domain, how can we expect him to burn the rest of the premine.

urgh. This sux.

EDIT: sorry for the negativity. The uncertainty is quite unbearable. It's just not a comfortable situation. I'm holding back putting much effort into AUR because of this.

[pigheadbig]

if Baldur can't even renew the domain, how can we expect him to burn the rest of the premine.

urgh. This sux.

is this coin the scam coin?

[LTEX]

if Baldur can't even renew the domain, how can we expect him to burn the rest of the premine.

urgh. This sux.

EDIT: sorry for the negativity. The uncertainty is quite unbearable. It's just not a comfortable situation. I'm holding back putting much effort into AUR because of this.

I think it's fair to say we all are somewhat confused around all the uncertainty that the absence of Baldur brings.

Although I personally think Baldur needs to adres the pre-mine situation urgently, the rest is still up to us. This is why a group of serious supporters of the ideology behind the Auroracoin project are starting to go forward with it without him. From previous discussions with Baldur I know that this exactly what he anticipated on to begin with.

So, for now all we can do is move on and create a working community once more. For that we have the new forum http://auroraspjall.is .

Let's just hope Baldur will end up proving to us all he is still legit and committed towards this, in my eyes still, very promising project.

[insidertradingeverywhere]

all the shukumuku doesn't change the fact:

between 500.000 and 2.000.000 coins from the premine have been laundered to the man in the shadow.

Even Balduro coming back will not change a thing  because he can't proof a thing. The blockchain-history is there. It's a proven scam and nothing  can change that at this point.

It's time to move on...

[molecular]

my blockexporers AuroraCoind is stuck at 84380 (2014/12/28 05:32:08) (http://explorer.auroracoin.eu)

same with this one: https://aur.cryptocoins.at/explorer/chain/auroracoin

and this one: https://chainz.cryptoid.info/aur/

something's broken, I guess.

[baldur odinson]

my blockexporers AuroraCoind is stuck at 84380 (2014/12/28 05:32:08) (http://explorer.auroracoin.eu)

same with this one: https://aur.cryptocoins.at/explorer/chain/auroracoin

and this one: https://chainz.cryptoid.info/aur/

something's broken, I guess.

The last block to be confirmed is 84543 on http://blockexplorer.auroracoin.eu/chain/AuroraCoin?count=100&hi=84543

[molecular]

my blockexporers AuroraCoind is stuck at 84380 (2014/12/28 05:32:08) (http://explorer.auroracoin.eu)

same with this one: https://aur.cryptocoins.at/explorer/chain/auroracoin

and this one: https://chainz.cryptoid.info/aur/

something's broken, I guess.

The last block to be confirmed is 84543 on http://blockexplorer.auroracoin.eu/chain/AuroraCoin?count=100&hi=84543

yeah, mining again, but:

blockexplorer shows no block for a 7 hour period starting 12/28 12:53:



Difficulty almosted halfed due to that.

I have no plausible explanation for this.

EDIT: then there were more 'breaks', like this one:



what is this? Does everyone stop mining? I don't get it.

[almightyruler]

Just a warning that time is running out to renew the domain. If it passes a certain period (something like 15 days from the expiration date - could be wrong) then it will cost more like $200 to renew. If it's still left then at some point it will end up in limbo for some time, unable to be renewed, until it is deleted and is available to register by anyone.