[ANN] [MINT] Mintcoin (POS / 5%) [NO ICO] [Fair distro, community maintained]

[d-trix]

OP updated with current exchanges.  Working on some image tweaks now.   

What did you update? The exchange section on OP still looks the same as I recall.

One major exchange (Poloniex) was removed after MINT was delisted few days ago.

[FreshFund]

[EDIT] Removed ShapeShift and Poloniex.  Added BTC POP as well as Nova and AltEx recently.

Shapeshift dropped too???
When?

They tweeted this on June 26th:

#Mintcoin is ⬆️  over 15% in 24 hrs. Buy/sell #MINT instantly. No account needed: http://ow.ly/cmTw301CbSK

[URSAY]

[EDIT] Removed ShapeShift and Poloniex.  Added BTC POP as well as Nova and AltEx recently.

Shapeshift dropped too???
When?

They tweeted this on June 26th:

#Mintcoin is ⬆️  over 15% in 24 hrs. Buy/sell #MINT instantly. No account needed: http://ow.ly/cmTw301CbSK

Sept. 6th

https://twitter.com/ShapeShift_io/status/773267211469357056

[coolbeans94]

[EDIT] Removed ShapeShift and Poloniex.  Added BTC POP as well as Nova and AltEx recently.

Shapeshift dropped too???
When?

They tweeted this on June 26th:

#Mintcoin is ⬆️  over 15% in 24 hrs. Buy/sell #MINT instantly. No account needed: http://ow.ly/cmTw301CbSK

Sept. 6th

https://twitter.com/ShapeShift_io/status/773267211469357056

Shows their flip-flop nature. I think ShapeShift is just jumping on the Poloniex delisting bandwagon without real reason. Not necessarily a good idea though as imho, they actually have some scamycoins they are promoting. Let's prove them wrong.   

[CroSany]

Ok I withdrew my mint from Mintpal and i never received it so I tried to go back to the exchange to check to make sure I confirmed it and the exchange is down?!?
Edit****

Sorry wasn't the exchanges fault I had to delete my cache all is well!!

[Ricklosti]

I put in a request to add MINT to YoBit.net

Please see the link to image:

http://imgur.com/WAE3X5X

Note: I gave them the MintyAllDay email.

I'm not sure I did all of the information correct, so maybe someone that knows better can confirm and make sure.

Or someone who knows all of the details can put in their own request:
https://yobit.net/en/addcoin/

[Fuzzbawls]

Hey all,

I've been on vacation for the past week (announced on slack/IRC previously), and have been completely off the grid. I'm not quite back home yet but have been playing catch up on all the discussion outlets since I got back to civilization.

I've been thinking about doing some more UI updates to the 2.0 branch, not necessarily back ports from our pending 2.1 branch, but updates that would end up being done on both branches.

For the time being, I'm not really looking at a complete layout redesign, as any such redesign would have to be re-done again with the 2.1 branch, so trying to make the most efficient use of time.



Anyone that would like to contribute time/resources/code to the project is highly encouraged to join us in Slack for some more real-time discussion. http://mintcoin-slack.herokuapp.com

[titchbwfc]

I fully synced my mint wallet 2 days ago and turned the wallet off
today I've had it running for 5 hrs and its still not caught up the 2 days of transactions....
It takes my litecoin wallet around 30 secs and my dodgecoin wallet around 5 min for the same period
is this normal ? is there a problem with the mintcoin network?

[Fuzzbawls]

I fully synced my mint wallet 2 days ago and turned the wallet off
today I've had it running for 5 hrs and its still not caught up the 2 days of transactions....
It takes my litecoin wallet around 30 secs and my dodgecoin wallet around 5 min for the same period
is this normal ? is there a problem with the mintcoin network?

No problem with the network. You have to remember that both litecoin and dogecoin have migrated to HDF syncing (ported from Bitcoin), as well as their network block generation times being much longer than MINT's.

[titchbwfc]

I fully synced my mint wallet 2 days ago and turned the wallet off
today I've had it running for 5 hrs and its still not caught up the 2 days of transactions....
It takes my litecoin wallet around 30 secs and my dodgecoin wallet around 5 min for the same period
is this normal ? is there a problem with the mintcoin network?

No problem with the network. You have to remember that both litecoin and dogecoin have migrated to HDF syncing (ported from Bitcoin), as well as their network block generation times being much longer than MINT's.

I understand that but don't understand that without a bit of googling. Is something similar in the pipeline for mint ? As a new mintcoin holder it seems like a massive ball ache to have my wallet open for so long 

[Fuzzbawls]

I fully synced my mint wallet 2 days ago and turned the wallet off
today I've had it running for 5 hrs and its still not caught up the 2 days of transactions....
It takes my litecoin wallet around 30 secs and my dodgecoin wallet around 5 min for the same period
is this normal ? is there a problem with the mintcoin network?

No problem with the network. You have to remember that both litecoin and dogecoin have migrated to HDF syncing (ported from Bitcoin), as well as their network block generation times being much longer than MINT's.

I understand that but don't understand that without a bit of googling. Is something similar in the pipeline for mint ? As a new mintcoin holder it seems like a massive ball ache to have my wallet open for so long 

Something is in the works, but I will say now that the HDF implementation that BTC/LTC/DOGE use is NOT compatible with MINT's blockchain. That is the primary technical hurdle we're facing at the moment.

I would love to elaborate more on the nitty-gritty details, but we don't have a clear path laid out yet, as we have been exploring a number of different options; each with their merits and drawbacks.

[MintyAllDay]

I fully synced my mint wallet 2 days ago and turned the wallet off
today I've had it running for 5 hrs and its still not caught up the 2 days of transactions....
It takes my litecoin wallet around 30 secs and my dodgecoin wallet around 5 min for the same period
is this normal ? is there a problem with the mintcoin network?

You may want to consider that the act of minting actually involves leaving your wallet open on the network for rewards.  You wouldn't stake with litecoin or doge so it would be unlikely you would leave your wallet running once the full blockchain is downloaded.  Step away from the running wallet, enjoy some fresh air or some mint flavored gum, return to minted coins. 

[greenmo]

No problem with the network. You have to remember that both litecoin and dogecoin have migrated to HDF syncing (ported from Bitcoin), as well as their network block generation times being much longer than MINT's.

HDF syncing = HeaDers First syncing?

[Fuzzbawls]

No problem with the network. You have to remember that both litecoin and dogecoin have migrated to HDF syncing (ported from Bitcoin), as well as their network block generation times being much longer than MINT's.

HDF syncing = HeaDers First syncing?

Yep. Traditional network syncing uses only one peer to sync from, so the speed of syncing is limited by the network bandwidth of both peers. HDF syncing uses ALL available peers to sync from, meaning that the syncing client is realistically only restricted by it's own bandwidth.

Also, HDF syncing uses far less data to verify each block versus traditional syncing.

[titchbwfc]

I fully synced my mint wallet 2 days ago and turned the wallet off
today I've had it running for 5 hrs and its still not caught up the 2 days of transactions....
It takes my litecoin wallet around 30 secs and my dodgecoin wallet around 5 min for the same period
is this normal ? is there a problem with the mintcoin network?

You may want to consider that the act of minting actually involves leaving your wallet open on the network for rewards.  You wouldn't stake with litecoin or doge so it would be unlikely you would leave your wallet running once the full blockchain is downloaded.  Step away from the running wallet, enjoy some fresh air or some mint flavored gum, return to minted coins. 

not had my coins long enough to stake yet and a little confused how the staking works do you have your wallet running all the time to mint?
or can you open it sync and close after 30 mins or so?

[MintyAllDay]

not had my coins long enough to stake yet and a little confused how the staking works do you have your wallet running all the time to mint?
or can you open it sync and close after 30 mins or so?

Minting happens when you already have the full blockchain downloaded, your wallet is unlocked (for minting only), and you leave it running.  Coins mature after 20 days and are ready to mint but compete with other users on the network.  Coin age and weight are important factors in minting.  You'll see newly minted transactions come into your wallet which take 50 confirmations to solidify.  Generally, if you don't want to mess with the wallet much but you want to stake, you can open your wallet once a month to download the blockchain and earn rewards.  Minting is not required but how else will you STAY FRESH.  

[EDIT] Forgot to mention orphans.  If you see minted transactions come in which turn to question marks it just means that another user on the network was "ahead of you in the line".  In these cases you can either let your wallet run and ride it out, or try minting another time when there isn't so much competition on the network.

[Wexfgy12]

What are the main uses cases for this coin / differentiates it from others other than the interest?

Thanks

[MintyAllDay]

What are the main uses cases for this coin / differentiates it from others other than the interest?

Thanks

At almost 3 years strong, mintcoin's quick 30 second block times allow for speedy transactions.  POS allows for energy and cost savings as opposed to POW.  

The friendly and inviting mint community maintain the coin without IPO funds, crowd sales, or expectations of profit.  
Mintcoin has a tradition of charitable giving to earth friendly charities.  While there is not a particular campaign running at the moment, we expect launch a new campaign in the future which sets new levels of transparency in charitable giving.  

The mintcoin team has progressed thru multiple devs and 3 phases of community leaders and has continued to flourish despite multiple re-structures.  The team is transparent and available.  Anyone is welcome to join and contribute.  Be minty fresh.  

[liveandletlive77]

I can sync about 20 days worth of blocks (about ~58,000 blocks) in less than a day, usually a few hours. Turn it on, leave it running overnight while you sleep, wake up to minted coins. Repeat after 20 days or so. Seems to work good for me. Sometimes I'll leave it running for many days though because minting keep coming in.

Remember, if you do the math to divide it out, for every 175,000 mintcoins you own = equivalent of minting 1 Mintcoin per hour, 24 hours a day at 5% rate. Right now the rate is 10% though so it's double. It is like mining, but it's energy efficient minting your investment doesn't break or run out of mining ability. The minting ability keeps going as long as you keep minting. 

[skyline_king]

Finally got wallet sync and the coins mint pretty fast that's for sure...but sync is very slow that's for sure took almost 3 weeks to sync it..

 glad to jump in to mintcoin...