Qortal - fully decentralized infrastructure - websites,trading,communications

Please check the wiki or join the community for updates. Qortal is VERY actively developed and growing continually.
qortal.org
Qortal Blockchain Project (wiki link)
Discord Community: https://qortal.org/discord
Community Telegram Group: https://t.me/qortal_official
Telegram Announcements Channel (stay up-to-date daily on Qortal announcements): https://t.me/qortal_ann

Truly Decentralized Parallel Digital Infrastructure + New Coin Distribution Model/Method + Decentralized Q-App and Website Hosting + From Scratch Layer 1 Blockchain Infrastructure + Community Run Project

Downloads

Qortal Core

Windows Qortal Core Installer
Linux/Mac/Universal Qortal Core Zip
Qortal Core releases Github

If you don't know for sure you're getting the newest, check https://qortal.org - or check https://github.com/qortal

Qortal UI
You can now install ONLY the Qortal UI, and it will install the rest for you.

Qortal project has tons of updates all the time, stay updated by joining the community discord or telegram (post updated Sep 10th 2023)

Windows UI Installer
Linux UI .appimage file, download, make executable, and run!
Mac UI Installer
Raspberry Pi .appimage file, download, make executable, and run!

Qortal UI releases Github

NOTE - it is recommended to use the AppImage version of the Qortal UI for Linux machines. This version will update automatically with pop-up instead of dealing with apt repo.
NOTE - The Qortal UI is now the ONLY application you need to install, everything else will be installed for you automatically after running the UI the first time. SO SIMPLE!

After 10+ years of development (as of 2023, concepts and planning started in 2013), the infrastructure of the decentralized Internet of the future is prepared to launch Phase 1 on June 29th 2020!

Active development started in 2016 with the takeover of QORA project. Since then, the QORA codebase has been completely re-written, leaving none of the original QORA code. A completely new platform is born, capable of re-building the Internet entirely, on a entirely unhackable network. Built by the people, for the people!

A Truly 100% Decentralized Concept Unlike Anything Seen Before

Not a single aspect of Qortal’s core as well as core plugins are centralized or require any centralized components. Every person on the network runs a core node and UI application on their individual systems, and accesses the network and services via their own computer.

Qortal’s Existing Applications: 'Q-Chat', 'Q-Mail', 'Q-Blog', 'Q-Shop', 'Ear-Bump', 'QBrighteon', and many more'

See any QDN-hosted website or application in 'read only mode' through the 'public gateway node' hosted on qortal.link - example link - https://qortal.link/crowetic - other demos below:
Q-Mail - Q-Blog - Q-Shop - Ear-Bump - QBrighteon - crowetic's how-to website
Qortal now hosts a plethora of decentralized applications, from Q-Chat (decentralized real-time chat platform with groups and more) to Q-Mail (with encrypted group 'message boards' and anonymous 'alias' system) for communications, and Q-Blog and QBrighteon for 'social media' and video/audio/file publishing/sharing, to Ear-Bump for Music publishing, sharing, and streaming, Qortal is FULL of extremely productive and functional applications. Any user with a Registered Name on Qortal and publish their own Q-App running on the decentralized/distributed/encrypted/chunked Qortal Data Network (QDN). Q-Fund and other AT-powered decentralized applications are in development. Join the true decentralized application community on Qortal!

Q-Chat now has PICTURE MESSAGING, edits, replies, formatting, and longer message length. In the near future we will be releasing Q-Chat protocol and db to make messages instant and have the ability to last as long as the user likes!

On-Chain Groups System

The Qortal blockchain allows the creation of ON-CHAIN GROUPS WITH ADMINS. These groups can be either public or private, and can be used for multiple purposes. They can be utilized to create 1) a group that is representative of a country for mitigation of illegal content in that country, 2) for those who need to or want to follow ‘the rules’, or 3) for things as simple as public communication groups. There is no limit to the use of the on-chain groups of Qortal. When a group is created, by default a chat in Q-Chat is created for that group. So you can immediately have communication with your group on the chain!

QORT Coin

QORT is the name of the Coin that is the ‘main coin’ of the system. QORT will be utilized to power a variety of plugins (applications) on The Qortal Network, and can also be utilized for trading value, etc. The value of the QORT coin is derived from the power of The Qortal Network, and will be reflected in the Trade Portal, and its markets.

Minting System with Leveling

The method of ‘powering the chain’ in Qortal, is called ‘minting’. Minting is essentially the way you ‘prove yourself as a full node and online’ so that you can be rewarded for helping the Qortal Network grow to obtain further strength and reach. Minting is the first leveling-enabled account type of The Qortal Network. Accounts will gain level on the chain, and be able to utilize that level for the voting system, and anything else in the future that the levels are given extra value to. For now, as you level up by minting, you gain a larger portion of the block rewards as seen below:

notice - original rewards distribution was changed via vote. NEW percentages listed below

Levels 1+2 = share 6%
Levels 3+4 = share 13%
Levels 5+6 = share 19%
Levels 7+8 = share 26%
Levels 9+10 = share 32%

Founders
are the people whom without the platform would not have been completed. There are a total of 18 founders who, when ACTIVELY MINTING ONLY share 3% plus the leftover % from any of the other level tiers that do not have users.

Original QORA holders
share 1% split between them which is based on the amount of QORA held and burned on QORA chain.

Name Registration System

On The Qortal Network, a user may choose to ‘register a name’. What this consists of, is tying a username to the user’s account. So that instead of using a long string of digits, someone may instead use their registered name to send coin, messages, etc. Name registration is now also utilized for Qortal Data Network and hosting websites tied to the registered names. The next feature regarding names will be the 'names market' where you will be able to build entire 'brands' and sell them on Qortal, along with the name, data, app, git repo, content, and followers of the name, ALL AT ONCE! The future internet is BORN!

Group Transactions

In a similar fashion to the method by which the auto-update transactions are carried out on The Qortal Network, other transactions may take place as well. A group can decide upon group creation, how many blocks until their transaction may be approved, and how long an unapproved transaction will sit on the chain unapproved before disappearing. They can also choose how many admins need to approve the transaction, in percentage. For example, in order for an auto-update transaction to be approved, 20% of the developer group on the chain, must approve the transaction within 1 day of the initial transaction being put up. If that doesn’t take place, then the transaction doesn’t ever go out, and the update doesn’t take place.

Inbuilt liquidity

QORT can be traded for other assets such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, DigiByte, DogeCoin, RavenCoin, and Pirate Chain - Now LIVE on the Trade Portal!

Completely Decentralized Cross-Chain Trade Portal

The Trade Portal of Qortal, (and what has given Qortal its name) is a ‘market’ where users may trade DIRECTLY from one blockchain to another. **BTC, LTC, DGB, RVN, DOGE, and ARRR now supported** with NO THIRD PARTY utilizing cross-chain trades with CIYAM ATs.
Below is an image that explains the trade process in the Trade Portal.

Native LTC Support & Other Decentralized Coins

BTC, LTC, DGB, RVN, DOGE, and ARRR supported in both the local wallets of Qortal, and Trade Portal.

The QORTector is a 100% open source device built specifically to run Qortal - https://www.crowetic.com for details. crowetic.com is now offering RE-BUILT laptops made for Qortal as well - https://test.crowetic.com/index.php/random-rebuilds/

QORTector network security and node device completed - Gen 2 device complete now as well, for raspberry pi 4.

Blockchain Hosted Websites, Communication & Other Applications

Qortal Data Network (QDN) - Now able to host WEBSITES and Q-APPS (applications) completely decentralized. Publish ONCE, and it lasts FOREVER. Build your digital future on QDN!

Community-Based Voting & Level System To Measure Influence

Voting System will be going live very soon...

For The People, By The People With Endless Possibilities!

Background

The codebase for Qortal initially started as the QORA coin codebase. QORA had launched in 2014 and was completely custom written. Since the current team takeover of QORA in 2016, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN COMPLETELY REWRITTEN along with the addition of many new features or previous features done in a different fashion.

So why is Qortal not QORA?

Unfortunately, there were a number of factors with QORA which made it less rewarding to pursue development opposed to the new Qortal. Factors such as a slightly messy codebase that made development very difficult in comparison to what we have now and a convoluted amount of coins which devalued the project’s true worth (not to mention an unethical event where centralized exchanges lost QORA holder’s coins and a massive amount of coins remain ‘unavailable’). After considering the flawed aspects of QORA as well as Bitcoin today in comparison to the original white paper, Qortal has and will continue to be carefully designed to provide the world with a 100% decentralized blockchain concept that improves the way we make use of the Internet and blockchain technology!

In 2016, the Qortal team took over QORA development with plans to re-release QORA as QORA2. Qortal was originally conceived to be solely a 100% decentralized trade portal (utilizing ACCT ATs by http://ciyam.org/at ). However, as time went on, the decision was made to merge the two projects into a single, completely re-written codebase to be called Qortal with ‘QORT’ as the ticker for Qortal’s coin.

Qortal is a custom-written and decentralized (fully P2P in all aspects) platform with a core that is capable of a great multitude of functionality.

On top of that, a completely custom web-based user interface (UI) platform that is focused on ease-of-use and simplistic presentation will allow users to easily understand and make use of the complex core with little effort. It will be one of the only completely written-from-scratch projects in the blockchain space. This means it is not a clone of any other platform! There were certain aspects of QORA that were kept, however, nearly everything in the system is completely new. For the portions of QORA that were kept, they were improved upon however deemed necessary to enhance the functionality desired.[/size]

Come build together with the Qortal Community worldwide, and see what REAL decentralization is.

Those who are in support of the concept of decentralization will certainly be interested in Qortal. The platform is meant to never contain any aspect of centralization! This includes never needing a centralized platform to provide essential services like trading and to be capable of more than any other P2P system that has come before it.

The platform will have a completely decentralized trade portal that allows completely p2p trades in a fashion unlike any done before. The trades actually take place DIRECTLY FROM ONE BLOCKCHAIN TO ANOTHER. There is no need for any centralized control, or even temporary ownership of user coins. The Trade Portal will allow AUTOMATED creation of SmartContract Controlled Trades, execution of trades in a similar fashion to a centralized exchange, with NO centralized aspect whatsoever. The Trade Portal IS NOW LIVE WITH LTC and DOGE SUPPORT!

We are rebuilding the internet in a truly P2P fashion. A New infrastructure by the people for the people.

The implementation of a fair voting system that is based on contribution by users to the network and its usability by others seems to be the fairest way to ensure anyone can get involved without sacrificing the security and stability a truly decentralized project like this will demand. Especially when it comes to addressing illicit attempts on the network which need to be sanctioned or removed all together. There will be a ‘level’ system on certain account types which will allow the weight of votes to be based on the amount of input the user gives toward the overall system’s functionality and usability. No longer will votes be weighted and based on the amount of coin a user has. We don’t want any person or entity to have the opportunity to manipulate their way into this new design and potentially sabotage the good intent/stability of its conception!

In other words, with the creation of the custom leveling/influence system, comes the ability to build a truly decentralized community-run economic system within the network. The ability to create ‘committees’ of users focused on any aspect of the system that may require some sort of oversight, such as the concept of ‘illicit activity’ is also well within the scope of the platform’s functionality.

Qortal has REMOVED ALL RELIANCE UPON MONEY in terms of a user's 'influence' on the network. Never again will 'money=power'. Within The Qortal Network, users are only as influential as they decide to be, and input the effort necessary to become.

Qortal aims to be the new completely decentralized internet infrastructure, for the future world.

Qortal Hardware

The QORTector device is 100% open-source both in terms of hardware and software. We have 2 Generations of the Qortector available for orange pi prime and raspberry pi 4 -

Genesis Started on Monday June 29th

Phase 1 – The Launch & Network Growth Phase

Phase 1 Launch Base Features

(items with * are not for sure yet)

QORT Coin (main coin of the platform)
Shared Minter Rewards (reward-share transactions)
QORTector Device (Gen 1) (http://wiki.qortal.org/doku.php?id=qortector_device_overview)
Minting & Rewards for Securing Blockchain
Minter Creation via ‘Sponsorship’
Leveling for Minters
Voting System Based on Level
QORA Asset / Transition at 250 QORA to 1 QORT Ratio (250:1)
Custom Built Decentralized UI
Simple Account Creation
Secure Access Through Local or Hosted Nodes
Q-App and Website hosting
Multiple Functional Q-Apps
Fully featured decentralized block explorer in the UI
Qortal Git - allowing anyone with a Qortal Registered Name to have a git repo on QDN
Qortal Data Network - Host websites, applications, public and private data in a completely decentralized/encrypted/chunked fashion.

Project Launch Phases Overview

(All Phases after Phase 1 will be pushed in an auto-update to the system)

Phase 1(in progress and now on to phase 2) – Genesis Network Launch, Minter Accounts with Leveling, Voting System, Basic Network Functionality, and Trading with LTC.
Phase 2 (current phase) – LTC/QORT and DOGE/QORT markets LIVE - Voting system for Taking votes and suggestions on next coins to list - in progress.
Phase 3 QDN - Qortal Data Network - LIVE NOW! Qortal makes history today Jan 14th 2022! – pushed in an auto-update – Q-Blog, Q-Mail, Q-Shop, and more now live on QDN (Q-Apps).
Phase 4 – Q-Blog is live - leveling based on good content may come in the future..

Features Planned and Status TLDR

Planned Update – development status (complete / in progress / not started yet / completion & update estimate)

Trade Portal – 6 coins now supported and active! - Live

QrowdFund Decentralized Crowdfunding with LTC support – Q-Fund QrowdFunding platform soon to be live

Committees and Funds – Complete . Group creation is possible, and development donations to DevFund are greatly appreciated.

Data Storage / Data Nodes and Data SuperNodes now live – complete Qortal Data Network (QDN) live with WEBSITE and APP (Q-Apps) support. Build your own website or Q-App that lasts forever with NO CONTINUAL FEES for HOSTING.

Decentralized Code Repo (on Qortal itself) – in progress. Qortal Github replacement is on its way.

Public Decentralized GitHub Repo for Other Projects – in progress. Once Qortal Git launches, anyone with a Registered Name on Qortal will be able to utilize QDN to secure their code repos. Rescuing people from Microsoft on Github.

Web Hosting – NOW LIVE. Qortal Data Network is fully functional with WEBSITE and APP (Q-App) support. Build your own Qortal-Powered websites and applications with only a registered name, and no continual fees, hosted indefinitely and secured by the Qortal Blockchain.

Blogs/Social Media with Rewards (tipping supported now) – Q-Blog is live. The potential for another leveling method on Qortal overall, to be powered by Q-Blog or another social-focused Q-App, is definitely possible.

Application Hosting – WEBSITE and Q-APP HOSTING indefinitely with a single Qortal Registered Name is possible now.[/color]
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QORA Transition

Since the current team took over the QORA development, it was decided that allowing QORA to ‘transition’ into QORT was appropriate. Users who held QORA will be able to ‘transition’ onto the Qortal chain and into the QORT coin; QORA will not be usable in Qortal. Burning QORA by sending the coin to the QORA genesis account enables users to obtain Qortal via the QORA Transition.

1% of every block’s reward, regardless of who minted it or whether the QORA Transition User is a minter or not, will be distributed to the QORA Transition Users. The amount of each 20% payment a user will receive is based upon the amount of QORA they burned (giving them a ‘weight’ as the 20% is split among the total amount of QORA Transition Users). The QORA asset on Qortal is given to the Transition Users to denote the total amount of coin they burned. At the point that the ratio of 250 QORA to 1 QORT (250:1) is reached, the transition is then complete and that user is no longer rewarded from that 20% of the block reward for every future block.

USERS WHO DO NOT BURN THEIR QORA PRIOR TO THE QORTAL PHASE 1 LAUNCH AND START OF THE BLOCKCHAIN WILL NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO DO SO IN THE FUTURE! The information must be in the genesis block in order to be executed in a totally decentralized fashion. Therefore, the burn must take place prior to the launch.

QORT coin (Main coin)

Initial Block Reward is 5 QORT. Block reward occurs on an average of 60 seconds. This number will decrease every 6 months until reaching 2 QORT where it will stay unless voted to modify.
Reward Schedule and Reduction

Code:

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  { "height": 1, "reward": 5.00 },
        { "height": 259201, "reward": 4.75 },
        { "height": 518401, "reward": 4.50 },
        { "height": 777601, "reward": 4.25 },
        { "height": 1036801, "reward": 4.00 },
        { "height": 1296001, "reward": 3.75 },
        { "height": 1555201, "reward": 3.50 },
        { "height": 1814401, "reward": 3.25 },
        { "height": 2073601, "reward": 3.00 },
        { "height": 2332801, "reward": 2.75 },
        { "height": 2592001, "reward": 2.50 },
        { "height": 2851201, "reward": 2.25 },
        { "height": 3110401, "reward": 2.00 }[/size]

No Total Coin Cap on QORT, every ‘6 months’ there is a decrease in block reward from its start at 5 coins, by .25, until 2 coins is the reward. That is, unless a vote is made with the suggestion of an increase, which is also possible by submission of a proposal in the system and subsequent vote. The potential for an increase of up to 1 coin per block is possible via vote, however, this type of vote can only take place one time per ‘year’ (in blocks).

For More Information

To learn more about the Qortal Project, please check out the wiki page at: wiki.qortal.org as well as join us on Discord ‘QORT Project Official’ chat: JOIN THE QORTAL OFFICIAL DISCORD SERVER

community user https://github.com/CjMapope/QortSigs has created us a bunch of forum bbcode signatures open source free to use. Thank you!