[ANN] AGAcoin (currency for the Amiga community and others) - Developers wanted!

[Emerger]

AGA needs to find a coder to update the wallet software to a new codebase and mining algorithm. The current mining algorithm and code is from Litecoin (scrypt algorithm), so now we see very random timing in the production of blocks because there are some very powerful scrypt miners now, and so the AGA blockchain stagnates when these miners raise the difficulty and stop mining (sometimes it is taking days to confirm transactions when this happens).

Possible options are:

   * Change to being "merge-mined" with Litecoin, like Dogecoin does. (but sadly, this excludes most mining pools).
   * Include hybrid Proof-of-Stake component, like Peercoin, etc.
   * Move to 100% Proof-of-Stake (but sadly, this completely excludes miners).
   * Choose a mining algorithm that can not be used by ASIC, like X11/X13 (I don't have that much experience in this area).

So I think Proof-of-Stake component and/or ASIC resistance is good. But which coin has the best codebase to fork?

Anyone have ideas on what codebase should we adopt? Keep in mind, we also need to find a developer to make the changes.

[brokens]

so, is Amigacoin still alive and is there any interested from this coin? i do not see link wallet on first thread, how the price?

[findblocks.com]

id keep it scrypt but the timing is odd , ive put 3ghs on it for a while and only found a block or two

[Emerger]

id keep it scrypt but the timing is odd , ive put 3ghs on it for a while and only found a block or two

I'm pretty sure that the odd timing is because people with ASIC come in and mines and leaves the difficulty way high? Maybe some other miners can make suggestions. Keeping it scrypt is obviously easiest, but sometimes it is taking days until the difficulty adjusts.

Deposit to cryptopia exchange requires 200 confirms with AGA, which is sometimes taking many many days - and I think we need to fix this before doing any promotion or future plans.

[Zreknarf]

Just wondering, why do you support PowerPC-based computers?

[Emerger]

Just wondering, why do you support PowerPC-based computers?

AGAcoin does not have a wallet for PowerPC-based computers. I think the original developer was hoping to (read thread). The reason would be because of MorphOS, which is an AmigaOS-like computer operating system that only runs on PowerPC. MorphOS is really great for Amiga commuity, but I don't think AGAcoin can make a wallet for it until MorphOS support ARM or x86/x64 CPU. I think the MorphOS team know that Power-PC is becoming a dead-end, and they may port to PC or Arm eventually.

EDIT: AmigaOS 4.x also runs on the PowerPC family of processors.

However, the top priority for AGAcoin should be to update the existing wallet. Unfortunately that's for Linux, Windows, Intel Mac, (not Amiga or PowerPC at this time).

[bantalguling]

How long do you think we can keep AGAcoin in Cryptopia? someone created an exchange for it, We can start very simply, but I am not sure of the legality in our country. I have long dreamed of creating exchanges, but I think the rules are a bit strict here, where I live.

[FOUAD1994]

lol another joke today 

[Hombre427]

So what is the new purpose of AGAcoin? Why does it exist? Surely we can do better than buying devs a case of soda?

[Emerger]

So what is the new purpose of AGAcoin? Why does it exist?

This is currently covered at https://agacoin.github.io/about

"AGAcoin is intended to fill an upcoming need: a currency for the Amiga community and other related communities, to trade and exchange in a peer-to-peer manner."

I'm sure it can be improved, if you have any suggestions.

But really, it's sole-purpose now should be the development of an updated wallet, to bring the code up to modern litecoin or some other The AGA client is several years old... and for that we need a developer to work on it.

[Hombre427]

With respect, that answer doesn't really provide a working answer. It actually sounds like it does the exact opposite. Within the past couple pages it's been stated that actual Amigas are not capable of running the wallet (unless we get one that's web-based), to say nothing of mining. In point of fact, it sounds as if AGAcoin cannot actually be used by Amigans.

Yes, AGAcoin needs to be updated. It also needs concrete reasons to exist, and what it brings to the market that other coins do not. Not defining this makes the work a technical endeavor, not a practical one. And there is certainly value in honing those skills.

I say this as someone who very much wants to see Amiga and AGAcoin succeed.

Ideas? Maybe a few. Develop new hardware. What does that look like? That's a longer discussion for another venue. I would contribute this way before I'd ever contribute to a Kickstarter.

[juantellez]

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[juantellez]

How long do you think we can keep AGAcoin in Cryptopia? someone created an exchange for it, We can start very simply, but I am not sure of the legality in our country. I have long dreamed of creating exchanges, but I think the rules are a bit strict here, where I live.

Well, as a community we may have to make som buy and sell at cryptopia to maintain it ilive and listed.

[juantellez]

1440 block to retarget difficulty is too much, what about lower it to 720 and 30 seconds per block?

[juantellez]

I just bought some AGA's, let's show we, as a community, want Amigacoin grow and start buying at Cryptopia.

Post your buy!!

[juantellez]

Hi, i just put an Amigacoin Explorer online: http://107.170.70.185:3003/

Thanks for getting this explorer up and running! Please make sure to put a donation address somewhere (on the explorer site itself perhaps?)

Do you know why the Coin Supply appears to be incorrect? Perhaps it has something to do with AGA's random block rewards. It would be great if that could be fixed if possible. At the moment it is showing Coin Supply (AGA) = 45,690,060... yet this is clearly not correct if we look at the "top 100".

If we can get an explorer showing the correct total Coin Supply then we can try to list on coinmarketcap.com, for what that's worth. Though maybe it will be better to know if we are going to find a new wallet developer before doing that

I think the coin supply problem is fixed now, now show a total of 294795127.84006995, not sure if it's the correct amount but make sense.

Also the theme is dark again.

[Mutoid]

I just bought some AGA's, let's show we, as a community, want Amigacoin grow and start buying at Cryptopia.

Post your buy!!

Alright, here's some I bought earlier

[juantellez]

Changed seed node and aplied pattch to use boost 1.58 #4
 : https://github.com/sonountaleban/amigacoin/pull/4

[Mutoid]

Changed seed node and aplied pattch to use boost 1.58 #4
 : https://github.com/sonountaleban/amigacoin/pull/4

Great, except seed.agacoin.dk does not exist. seed1.agacoin.dk and seed2.agacoin.dk does though.

[findblocks.com]

addnode=findblocks.com     seednode and mining pool