[ANN] Introducing CandyCoin - Sweet, sweet currency [$YUM]

[candycoin]

Well folks this is it, a virtual currency backed by candy... it was bound to happen eventually!

Details / Information

• Scrypt PoW
• Initial reward is 10 coins per block
• Subsidy halves approx every 2 years
• 60 second block target
• Coin generation ceases after approx 10 years
• Kimoto Gravity Well
• Seed peers in Singapore, Vancouver, New York, and Amsterdam

Source and Windows binaries available on website (https://www.candyco.in/)

CandyCoin Faucet: https://faucet.candyco.in/
Paper Wallet Generator: https://paperwallet.candyco.in/

New
Tools: http://apps.candyco.in/
Bootstrap download: http://dl.candyco.in/bootstrap/

NEW! Trade YUM on these Exchanges
AllCrypt
AskCoin


Mining Pools
Official CandyCoin Pool #1 - https://pool.candyco.in/ (US)
Official CandyCoin Pool #2 - https://lucky.candyco.in/ (Singapore)


Direct download https://candyco.in/?wpdmdl=334

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[e1ghtSpace]

Awesome! WOW, nice website
Download here, it was hard to find on the website.
https://candyco.in/?wpdmdl=104

[e1ghtSpace]

Why don't you add the direct download links in the description? I don't think people are interested in this coin because it looks shady.

[candycoin]

Why don't you add the direct download links in the description? I don't think people are interested in this coin because it looks shady.

Good suggestion, thanks!
Added the direct link to the wallet to the description.

[Bit_Happy]

Don't accept them from strangers.   

[SuperKing]

Yeah, I like chocolate.
What is the maximum of this coin??

[candycoin]

Yeah, I like chocolate.
What is the maximum of this coin??

approx 20.3 million over 10 years

[minedout]

Cannot solo-mine. Do you have a working conf?

[candycoin]

Cannot solo-mine. Do you have a working conf?

candycoin.conf

Code:

server=1
rpcuser=username
rpcpassword=yourpassword
rpcallowip=localhost

miner:

Code:

cgminer.exe --scrypt -o http://localhost:6157 -u username -p yourpassword

[SmithsonJim]

There is very little information about this coin. What is premine ?

[muddafudda]

Kimoto gravity well doesnt kick in until block 400,000 with a current 1.5 day diff adjust. Fail clone.

[candycoin]

CandyCoin faucet added, step up and get your free coins. Will be adjusting the payout as needed, currently it averages around 0.5YUM per payout.

https://faucet.candyco.in/

[minedout]

What about KGW and it's exploits?

Are you not a dev?

Other than those concerns, the logo is A+.

[minedout]

Guess you can call this ... deadcoin.

[candycoin]

Guess you can call this ... deadcoin.

FYI, announcements regarding CandyCoin happen on our website (https://www.candyco.in) and are posted to Twitter (https://twitter.com/eatsweetmoney) and Reddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/eatsweetmoney/). We try and check on this forum when we can, but in the meantime we're busy working hard promoting CandyCoin =)

[Mortimer452]

Pity the Pool!  Candy Pool

- Solid servers, UPS/generator backups
- Redundant internet
- DDOS protection
- 1.5% fee
- Dedicated equipment - we own the hardware, we own the data center

http://candy.pitythepool.com

[mmm01]

one question. I am going to be able to buy candy with this rite?

[candycoin]

CandyCoin Gummi Edition Wallet (Windows binary compiled against OpenSSL 1.0.1g with Heartbleed fix)
https://candyco.in/?wpdmdl=334

Windows wallet, 0.8.5.4 (Gummi) direct download: https://candyco.in/?wpdmdl=334

md5: 16245f2909beccd29ebcb7303fd86d14
sha1: 147b8b1544dfda05b5749004fdc1238c9f93e6df
sha256: 2e69a49613804f974a12491c4c2f568576c69a4e75da629d9d8412c4ce1fc669

We have just released an updated CandyCoin wallet known as the Gummi edition to address the Heartbleed vulnerability found in recent versions of OpenSSL.
(see: https://bitcoin.org/en/alert/2014-04-11-heartbleed)

This is a mandatory upgrade and users are encouraged to back up their current wallets and upgrade to the Gummi edition. Along with an update to address the Heartbleed situation, we have adapted the Kimoto Gravity Well (with timewarp patch) to start at block 100k instead of block 400k.

https://candyco.in/wallets/
Direct download: https://candyco.in/?wpdmdl=334

Thank You
The CandyCoin Team

[friendly]

one question. I am going to be able to buy candy with this rite?

This coin is only worth it if it's truly backed by candy. I'd trade my coins in for chocolate bars.

In reality, it's backed by an image of a candy logo and a name. It's not as sweet a deal.

[candycoin]

one question. I am going to be able to buy candy with this rite?

This coin is only worth it if it's truly backed by candy. I'd trade my coins in for chocolate bars.

In reality, it's backed by an image of a candy logo and a name. It's not as sweet a deal.

It's a good idea  I'll bring it up with the other foundation members.

[redwhite037]

one question. I am going to be able to buy candy with this rite?

This coin is only worth it if it's truly backed by candy. I'd trade my coins in for chocolate bars.

In reality, it's backed by an image of a candy logo and a name. It's not as sweet a deal.

I agree. We need to know exactly what kind of candy is backing this coin. Is it chocolate? Is it Jolly Ranchers? Laffy Taffy? Blow Pops? It's suckers, right? A coin for suckers?

[zzojar]

candycoin aka rootcanalcoin

[minedout]

You would figure something would be posted anywhere.

You need help admin?

[Mortimer452]

Why even bother creating a coin if you're just going to post the ANN and disappear?

[candycoin]

Why even bother creating a coin if you're just going to post the ANN and disappear?

We're still here to answer questions and support the coin, we've just been hard at work.

[e1ghtSpace]

If this coin becomes really big, Then it's true that a thread can be a ghost town for weeks and then explode and the coins value skyrockets. Mined 7 blocks (70 yum in the first few minutes (I did this a first few weeks ago(obviously))) just in case it does explode.

[elviselvis101]

What is the exact amount of premined coins ?
(premine is not a problem, just good to know)

[Mortimer452]

Why even bother creating a coin if you're just going to post the ANN and disappear?

We're still here to answer questions and support the coin, we've just been hard at work.

Hard at work on what?

[remdes1985]

Yeah, I like chocolate.

[remdes1985]

Cannot solo-mine. Do you have a working conf?

[tesene]

If you want to mine, here's a pool to use:

http://candy.pitythepool.com/

This guy has the best pools around (IMHO).

[Mortimer452]

Why even bother creating a coin if you're just going to post the ANN and disappear?

We're still here to answer questions and support the coin, we've just been hard at work.

I ask again, hard at work on what?

[Mortimer452]

Must be still hard at work . . . 

[candycoin]

Must be still hard at work . . . 

yup!

[Mortimer452]

Must be still hard at work . . . 

yup!

On what?

[polz]

dead coin

[Flexo]

Hi I have a problem, I downloaded the latest source from github and compiled the wallet on centos and I am getting this error:

./candycoind
candycoind: key.cpp:134: {anonymous}::CECKey::CECKey(): Assertion `pkey != __null' failed.

What am I doing wrong?

[candycoin]

Hi I have a problem, I downloaded the latest source from github and compiled the wallet on centos and I am getting this error:

./candycoind
candycoind: key.cpp:134: {anonymous}::CECKey::CECKey(): Assertion `pkey != __null' failed.

What am I doing wrong?

CentOS is a notoriously difficult system to build a wallet on. There's actually a helper script specifically designed to build CandyCoin on a CentoOS system in the contrib directory.

Have you tried that?

[Flexo]

Hi I have a problem, I downloaded the latest source from github and compiled the wallet on centos and I am getting this error:

./candycoind
candycoind: key.cpp:134: {anonymous}::CECKey::CECKey(): Assertion `pkey != __null' failed.

What am I doing wrong?

CentOS is a notoriously difficult system to build a wallet on. There's actually a helper script specifically designed to build CandyCoin on a CentoOS system in the contrib directory.

Have you tried that?

When I run that script it says it is only for centos 6.5 and this is centos 7
not sure what else to try

[candycoin]

Hi I have a problem, I downloaded the latest source from github and compiled the wallet on centos and I am getting this error:

./candycoind
candycoind: key.cpp:134: {anonymous}::CECKey::CECKey(): Assertion `pkey != __null' failed.

What am I doing wrong?

CentOS is a notoriously difficult system to build a wallet on. There's actually a helper script specifically designed to build CandyCoin on a CentoOS system in the contrib directory.

Have you tried that?

When I run that script it says it is only for centos 6.5 and this is centos 7
not sure what else to try

According to https://github.com/dogecoin/dogecoin/issues/158, it's apparently because some of the necessary algorithms are missing from openssl. Assuming you installed yum install openssl-devel? You'll probably need to download and compile openssl from https://www.openssl.org/source/, compile it, and do something like so:

export OPENSSL_INCLUDE_PATH=/path/include/
export OPENSSL_LIB_PATH=/path/lib/

before compiling. There's probably also an RPM that could be dropped in place of the base openssl-devel that has the necessary functions enabled.

Hope that helps a bit..

[cjmining]

This coin has been around for 6 months or so now, are there plans to get it listed on any better exchanges. C-Cex or Allcoin would be a least a small step in the right direction. If it does ok on there than mint, trex & polo are possible.

[candycoin]

This coin has been around for 6 months or so now, are there plans to get it listed on any better exchanges. C-Cex or Allcoin would be a least a small step in the right direction. If it does ok on there than mint, trex & polo are possible.

Absolutely, definitely!

AllCrypt and AskCoin have the coin listed, it's on our short-term radar to get CandyCoin listed on a few more exchanges. We were planning to approach AllCoin and Mintpal after the next release, so yeah for sure we will also take a look at C-Cex and others also.

We're expecting to roll out some significant improvements to CandyCoin in the next release, slated for early November.

[candycoin]

Due to our schedules we are still a few weeks away from rolling out the new wallet updates.

However, in the meantime we have replaced the old CandyCoin mining pool with a new and improved one (https://pool.candyco.in/); we are also testing a P2P pool as well and we expect it to be ready for everyone fairly soon.

[MakingMoneyHoney]

Due to our schedules we are still a few weeks away from rolling out the new wallet updates.

However, in the meantime we have replaced the old CandyCoin mining pool with a new and improved one (https://pool.candyco.in/); we are also testing a P2P pool as well and we expect it to be ready for everyone fairly soon.

So, the faucet doesn't seem to work. It just redirects away from the page, whenever it's clicked from https://faucet.candyco.in/ to https://btcpoolparty.com/ . So is the faucet dead?

[candycoin]

So, the faucet doesn't seem to work. It just redirects away from the page, whenever it's clicked from https://faucet.candyco.in/ to https://btcpoolparty.com/ . So is the faucet dead?

Fixed.
Sent some more funds to the faucet as well.