Quest (QST)

[MatthewASobol]

Quest

daemon (deɪmən) n—A computer program that runs continuously in the background and performs specified operations at predefined times or in response to certain events.

Condensed from “Disk and Execution MONitor”

Quest (QST) is an experimental digital currency that enables unlinkable and untraceable instant payments. Quest uses peer-to-peer technology to operate without any central authority. Transactions are carried out collectively by the network.

The Quest project is launched based on the hard work and continuous effort of the Cryptonote developers. We are eternally grateful to you for your efforts and diligence in making a secure network and for your support of free and open source software development. The Quest experiment is made on the foundation you built.
    Github: https://github.com/MatthewASobol/Quest
    Target block time: 60s
    Money supply: 21000000000000000 atomic units.
    One atomic unit is called one Sobol
    100000000 Sobol are one QST
    Emission speed Factor = 21
    The current Block Reward is about 100 Quest and will decrease with an emission speed factor of 21.
    P2P_DEFAULT_PORT = 62518
    RPC_DEFAULT_PORT = 62519

QST is a mineable cryptocurrency. There is no ICO, no pre-mining, no masternode and no airdrop. The project comes without any warranty whatsoever.

Quest is an open source project without any central authority. We invite everyone to contribute to it.

Do not trust anybody on the internet. If you run code which is not free, you do not own your computer. This is why we ask you to build the Quest daemon from source by yourself.

Let us build the Darknet together.

Discord: https://discord.gg/Tcv9KtU
Building Quest
On *nix

Dependencies: GCC 4.7.3 or later, CMake 2.8.6 or later, and Boost 1.55.

You may download them from:

    http://gcc.gnu.org/
    http://www.cmake.org/
    http://www.boost.org/
    Alternatively, it may be possible to install them using a package manager.

To build, change to a directory where this file is located, and run make. The resulting executables can be found in build/release/src.

Advanced options:

    Parallel build: run make -j<number of threads> instead of make.
    Debug build: run make build-debug.
    Test suite: run make test-release to run tests in addition to building. Running make test-debug will do the same to the debug version.
    Building with Clang: it may be possible to use Clang instead of GCC, but this may not work everywhere. To build, run export CC=clang CXX=clang++ before running make.

On Windows

Dependencies: MSVC 2013 or later, CMake 2.8.6 or later, and Boost 1.55. You may download them from:

    http://www.microsoft.com/
    http://www.cmake.org/
    http://www.boost.org/

To build, change to a directory where this file is located, and run these commands:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake -G "Visual Studio 12 Win64" ..

And then do Build.

With ./Questd start the daemon, with sudo ./simplewallet you can generate a wallet, mine and make transactions.

Matthew A. Sobol,

[thin]

Why don't you clearly state mining protocol in the announcement? You had mentioned cryptonote, but is it an original version or some later modification, made to protect network from ASICs?

[MatthewASobol]

Thank you for your amazing feedback. We noticed supporters are having trouble with the build process.
  --We will soon release official dockerfiles
  --We will soon release Windows binaries

Important Reminder:  Moderators and Devs will not DM you with download links or binarys. Those are scams!
If you get a DM from someone who looks like a team member here, offering a download link to a wallet or asking you for things like your private keys, you are dealing with an impersonator.
Practice common sense and don't automatically trust links that are sent to you via DM. This is the world of crypto and it's full of scammers.
Being aware of this reality, and being suspicious of any DM you get, is key to protecting yourself in this world.

[Jon Ross]

We have released a Dockerfile and updated the installation instructions on GitHub accordingly.

[MatthewASobol]

We are pleased to announce the release of the Windows binaries. We do, however, still recommend to build Quest from source.


https://github.com/MatthewASobol/Quest/releases/tag/v1.1.1.1


Do not use binaries from other sources. Verify the SHA256 checksum of the ZIP archive.

SHA256: 9F5548E89C6C12FC2F85730CED15AAD52245E8657E16FBB050721831FDACCFB3

[MatthewASobol]

Reminder: This project is open source. It has no central authority. Nobody needs permission to contribute to this Project. We are working on a messenger, wait for more 

[MatthewASobol]

 A specter is haunting the modern world, the specter of crypto anarchy.

Computer technology is on the verge of providing the ability for individuals and groups to communicate and interact with each other in a totally anonymous manner. Two persons may exchange messages, conduct business, and negotiate electronic contracts without ever knowing the True Name, or legal identity, of the other. Interactions over networks will be untraceable, via extensive re- routing of encrypted packets and tamper-proof boxes which implement cryptographic protocols with nearly perfect assurance against any tampering. Reputations will be of central importance, far more important in dealings than even the credit ratings of today. These developments will alter completely the nature of government regulation, the ability to tax and control economic interactions, the ability to keep information secret, and will even alter the nature of trust and reputation.

The technology for this revolution--and it surely will be both a social and economic revolution--has existed in theory for the past decade. The methods are based upon public-key encryption, zero-knowledge interactive proof systems, and various software protocols for interaction, authentication, and verification. The focus has until now been on academic conferences in Europe and the U.S., conferences monitored closely by the National Security Agency. But only recently have computer networks and personal computers attained sufficient speed to make the ideas practically realizable. And the next ten years will bring enough additional speed to make the ideas economically feasible and essentially unstoppable. High-speed networks, ISDN, tamper-proof boxes, smart cards, satellites, Ku-band transmitters, multi-MIPS personal computers, and encryption chips now under development will be some of the enabling technologies.

The State will of course try to slow or halt the spread of this technology, citing national security concerns, use of the technology by drug dealers and tax evaders, and fears of societal disintegration. Many of these concerns will be valid; crypto anarchy will allow national secrets to be trade freely and will allow illicit and stolen materials to be traded. An anonymous computerized market will even make possible abhorrent markets for assassinations and extortion. Various criminal and foreign elements will be active users of CryptoNet. But this will not halt the spread of crypto anarchy.

Just as the technology of printing altered and reduced the power of medieval guilds and the social power structure, so too will cryptologic methods fundamentally alter the nature of corporations and of government interference in economic transactions. Combined with emerging information markets, crypto anarchy will create a liquid market for any and all material which can be put into words and pictures. And just as a seemingly minor invention like barbed wire made possible the fencing-off of vast ranches and farms, thus altering forever the concepts of land and property rights in the frontier West, so too will the seemingly minor discovery out of an arcane branch of mathematics come to be the wire clippers which dismantle the barbed wire around intellectual property.

Arise, you have nothing to lose but your barbed wire fences!

[MatthewASobol]

We are working on Libra done right.
Yes, we need cryptocurrencies. Yes, we need messengers.
But if Facebook collaborates with Visa and Mastercard to sell Masternodes, we are out.
We build Quest to pair an anonym and pseudonym Blockchain with an anonym and pseudonym messenger.
To build a better libra, we are working on our version of Briar, an open-source peer to peer messenger which uses the Tor network for communication.
We will integrate Quest in this messenger. 

[Jon Ross]

Discord ------> https://discord.gg/Tcv9KtU