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

[nunya_coin]

Confirmation is too slow

This is why KGW is needed.

I don't see how KGW is related to confirmation time?  They are ~10 minute blocks by design. 

And how do you know that?

It's in main.cpp

Code:

static const int64 nTargetTimespan =  8 * 10 * 60; // AuroraCoin: Retarget every 8 blocks
static const int64 nTargetSpacing = 10 * 60; // AuroraCoin: Blocks every 10 minutes

Thank you, I don't know what "main.cpp" is. I've only read the op post and didn't see anything about block target time.

Yeah, I checked there and on the website.  Don't see a tidy coin spec summary anywhere.  Main.cpp is one of the source code files, you can get it from github if you are curious.

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[illodin]

Getting an android wallet out before the airdrop is very important imo. I suggest we hire asap the guy who did it for digibyte and earthcoin: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=195369

I sent him a PM, hopefully he will respond soon!

[Canaanite]

I use    http://aur.easy-mine.eu/
Although there was one downtime once, its working great and seems very fair pool (150 miners are mining currently)

[Bukajos]

I use    http://aur.easy-mine.eu/
Although there was one downtime once, its working great and seems very fair pool (150 miners are mining currently)

Best pool i have ever used! Fast feedback responds! After downtime they upgraded their severs, made backup stratum etc.

[Taxidermista]

Confirmation is too slow

This is why KGW is needed.

I don't see how KGW is related to confirmation time?  They are ~10 minute blocks by design.  

And how do you know that?

It's in main.cpp

Code:

static const int64 nTargetTimespan =  8 * 10 * 60; // AuroraCoin: Retarget every 8 blocks
static const int64 nTargetSpacing = 10 * 60; // AuroraCoin: Blocks every 10 minutes

Thank you, I don't know what "main.cpp" is. I've only read the op post and didn't see anything about block target time.

Yeah, I checked there and on the website.  Don't see a tidy coin spec summary anywhere.  Main.cpp is one of the source code files, you can get it from github if you are curious.

Yeah, and seems that nobody gives a fuck about it.

Could anybody post a proper spec summary in the first post please??

[Canaanite]

I agree, the Tech specs need to be posted in the first post just like all other coins are doing

[Moebius327]

Why is poloniex exchange frozen?

nevermind:

Poloniex Exchange @Poloniex

Some markets may be frozen momentarily while some new security features are tested.

[CryptoAddict]

http://aur.scrypthp.com/

0.1 withdrawal fee, wtf? They even say it's a network fee and the pool doesn't take anything. Is this true?

If so how come other pools have 0.01?

[nunya_coin]

http://aur.scrypthp.com/

0.1 withdrawal fee, wtf? They even say it's a network fee and the pool doesn't take anything. Is this true?

If so how come other pools have 0.01?

Looking at the block explorer for a recent block that contains transactions, it seems there is no minimum fee, some transactions have .001 and others have 0.  They should really drop what they are charging, given the low rate coins are mined at .1 is nuts.

http://blockexplorer.auroracoin.eu/block/a7cd94cd12f7db6ad7b34d5895fe85aa7f5a32c2e43e2a2155644920abdd7af3

[albertdros]

It would not surprise me if this coin would pass litecoin at some point. This coin has been on big media channels and it's getting harder and harder to mine.

[nunya_coin]

It would not surprise me if this coin would pass litecoin at some point. This coin has been on big media channels and it's getting harder and harder to mine.

If OP can make the airdrop work it'll be huge.  Bringing in a bunch of people who haven't touched crypto before is one of the biggest reason DOGE has been a success, and the airdrop could do the same thing.  I think there's a lot of value to being someones first coin.

[craaaa]

It would not surprise me if this coin would pass litecoin at some point. This coin has been on big media channels and it's getting harder and harder to mine.

If OP can make the airdrop work it'll be huge.  Bringing in a bunch of people who haven't touched crypto before is one of the biggest reason DOGE has been a success, and the airdrop could do the same thing.  I think there's a lot of value to being someones first coin.

its rocket !))

[albertdros]

It would not surprise me if this coin would pass litecoin at some point. This coin has been on big media channels and it's getting harder and harder to mine.

If OP can make the airdrop work it'll be huge.  Bringing in a bunch of people who haven't touched crypto before is one of the biggest reason DOGE has been a success, and the airdrop could do the same thing.  I think there's a lot of value to being someones first coin.

Even if he could make it work partially it would already be fine. The media hype this coin already creates (and will create more and more once closer to airdrop) will boost this coin for sure.

[Bimmerhead]

Somebody working on an Android wallet here, which is good to see: http://forum.auroracoin.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=31

Hopefully some other developers (or donors) can pitch in.

[theomoplatapus]

Does anyone else think the block target time should be lowered before the airdrop?

[balduro]

I am preparing a hard fork with KGW implemented. Also, I will tweak the block reward, block time and halving time in order to make the confirmation time faster, without altering how fast coins are generated.

[MyFarm]

YES!

[tinus42]

What are you going to do about old folks who are not on the internet? Will you send them paper wallets so they can spend them at shops?

[illodin]

I am preparing a hard fork with KGW implemented. Also, I will tweak the block reward, block time and halving time in order to make the confirmation time faster, without altering how fast coins are generated.

I think I read somewhere that implementing KGW in Android wallet would be difficult - no idea why, maybe it requires some libraries that simply are not available? I don't know how KGW is implemented, but I hope you have that aspect in mind as well.

[Nite69]

I am preparing a hard fork with KGW implemented. Also, I will tweak the block reward, block time and halving time in order to make the confirmation time faster, without altering how fast coins are generated.

I think I read somewhere that implementing KGW in Android wallet would be difficult - no idea why, maybe it requires some libraries that simply are not available? I don't know how KGW is implemented, but I hope you have that aspect in mind as well.

Sure it complicates things.. but nothing is impossibe :-) Have not yet looked at it, but I guess the same; most likely it is just missing libararies.
However, it makes things a lot easier, if the implementation in auroracoin-qt wallet is documented decently :-)


Edit: Hmm. shouldn't be too hard to implement in java, but testing might be the real problem ..

https://github.com/megacoin/megacoin/blob/master/src/main.cpp#L1276

Just call GetNextWorkRequired or KimotoGraivtywell according to block.