[ANN][CLAM] CLAMs, Proof-Of-Chain, Proof-Of-Working-Stake, a.k.a. "Clamcoin"

[Jbanna]

Beware, I've experienced two CLAMscam attempts in as many days. The first one was a request to buy CLAMs. Below is a copy of the last one, someone claiming to be xploited, with a "1" in place of the "l". Based on the grammar, both scam attempts were likely from the same individual.

[19:01] <xp1oited> garth
[19:01] <xp1oited> wanna ask you some personal question
[19:01] <garthkiser> OK
[19:02] <xp1oited> need to loan some clams
[19:02] <xp1oited> can you help me
[19:02] <garthkiser> how many?
[19:02] <xp1oited> 1 btc worth
[19:02] <xp1oited> i can back you for 5 days
[19:03] <xp1oited> with some profit
[19:03] <garthkiser> sure, shoot me an address
[19:03] <xp1oited> ok,
[19:03] <xp1oited> one sec
[19:04] <xp1oited>  xGmgz7f76m52f71zMuLQyKwoB6KA8HqfPG
[19:05] <xp1oited> thanks , if they work i show you what i find
[19:05] <garthkiser> all my CLAMs are split up into 5CLAM addresses so it would cost me alot of time to send you CLAM. Can I send you BTC instead, or does that not work? You don't have to pay me back in five days, that's OK if it takes longer.
[19:06] <xp1oited> ohh
[19:06] <xp1oited> great
[19:06] <xp1oited> 13TSEorMCMez7MFw5ZL9AUkngB5yVa9nVJ
[19:06] <xp1oited> then i back you 1.05 btc
[19:06] <xp1oited> is that ok
[19:07] <garthkiser> sure thing
[19:07] == xp1oited [5ef2efa4@gateway/web/freenode/ip.94.242.239.164]
[19:07] ==  realname : 94.242.239.164 - http://webchat.freenode.net
[19:07] ==  server   : herbert.freenode.net [DE]
[19:07] ==  idle     : 0 days 0 hours 1 minutes 1 seconds [connected: Tue Mar 03 16:42:42 2015]
[19:07] == End of WHOIS
[19:08] <xp1oited> ok
[19:08] <xp1oited> did you get addy
[19:08] <garthkiser> yeah, all good, got it
[19:08] <xp1oited> still nothing
[19:11] <xp1oited> from where you sending
[19:11] <garthkiser> hell

But the messages kept coming:

[19:11] <xp1oited> lol
[19:12] <xp1oited> what is wrong>
[19:12] <garthkiser> hemroids
[19:13] <xp1oited> uhh
[19:13] <xp1oited> did you use some medical
[19:13] <garthkiser> a torch
[19:14] <xp1oited> is that heart  much
[19:14] <garthkiser> yes, but I like pain
[19:15] <xp1oited> then ok
[19:15] <xp1oited> https://blockchain.info/address/13TSEorMCMez7MFw5ZL9AUkngB5yVa9nVJ
[19:15] <xp1oited> nothing
[19:17] <garthkiser> I'm in alot of pain from these hemroids, sorry
[19:18] <xp1oited> ok then you can't send
[19:19] <garthkiser> not unless you know a good proctologist
[19:20] <xp1oited> i can't help you in that case
[19:20] <xp1oited> nevermind
[19:22] <xp1oited> thanks alot

You're not welcome.

HHAHA omg this was a great plot twist... this was awesome the way you handled it man
~dandii

[dooglus]

The important thing to note is that on freenode you can change your name from "dooglus" to "doog1us" then type "/msg nickserv group" and it will add your current nickname to the list of names that you "own". That will prevent the scammer from using the name for more than about 30 seconds at a time.

HHAHA omg this was a great plot twist... this was awesome the way you handled it man
~dandii

On Feb 23rd "doog1us" (with a 1 instead of an L) was trying the same trick:

19:31 <creativeCLAM> Someone trying to imitate you, "doog1us"
19:32 <creativeCLAM> [13:27] <doog1us> how you standing with
19:32 <creativeCLAM> [13:27] <doog1us> CLAM
19:32 <creativeCLAM> [13:27] <doog1us> can you loan me some to finish trade
20:11 <dooglus> huh where?
20:11 <dooglus> realdoog (TM) doesn't borrow clam
20:12 <creativeCLAM>
20:12 <creativeCLAM> lol
20:12 <creativeCLAM> he PMd me
20:12 <dooglus> ah I see the 1 now
20:12 <dooglus> that's pretty good
20:12 <creativeCLAM> not bad
20:12 <creativeCLAM> [13:27] <creativeCLAM> How am I standing?
20:12 <creativeCLAM> [13:27] <doog1us> i pay you profit
20:12 <creativeCLAM> [13:28] <doog1us> what is your balance, damn
20:12 <creativeCLAM> [13:28] <creativeCLAM> Who are you again?
20:12 <dooglus> is it registered?
20:12 <dooglus> the nick
20:13 <creativeCLAM> didn't check anything
20:13 <dooglus> if not, maybe worth doing once he's gone
20:13 <dooglus> freeserve is pretty good at not letting people use registered nicks I think
20:13 <dooglus> I gotta go out now
20:13 <creativeCLAM> [14:13] doog1us no such nick/channel
20:13 <creativeCLAM> kk
20:14 <doog1us> got it: 20:14 -NickServ(NickServ@services.)- Nick doog1us is now registered to your account.
20:14 <dooglus> that was me btw
20:14 <dooglus> sorry for confusion!
20:15 <creativeCLAM> get'er registered?
20:15 <creativeCLAM> awesome
23:57 <dooglus> did you get the IP address of 'doog1us'?
00:00 <creativeCLAM> got it
00:00 <creativeCLAM> doog1us is 5ef2efa2@gateway/web/freenode/ip.94.242.239.162 94.242.239.162
00:00 <creativeCLAM> had it in my server tab
00:03 <dooglus> 00:01 <***> He is currently online as fake blazedout
00:03 <dooglus> 00:01 <***> Blazedout4l9 is 5ef2efa2@gateway/web/freenode/ip.94.242.239.162
00:03 <dooglus> 00:01 <***> 4l9 instead of 419
00:03 <dooglus> 00:02 <dooglus> huh
00:03 <dooglus> 00:03 <dooglus> another guy was in the channel scamming around the same time
00:03 <dooglus> 00:03 <***> That IP is what he uses most often.  it is the Serbian scammer.

He was in #clams too as "bolcerit" - note the misuse of "I back" again.

21:47 < dandiilion> bolcerit sent me the username and password to his blockchain.info account. it had 9.96BTC on it... but the private key wasn't there and it seemed like he was trying to scam me
21:47 < dandiilion> i sent him 0.1 clam to show him i had clams
21:47 < bolcerit> yes from my online walllet
21:47 < bolcerit> then i back to you
21:47 < dandiilion> then he wanted me to send him 100 clams first... and i wouldn't do that because it was obvious the private key wasn't on the blockchain.info account
21:48 < dandiilion> let's just drop this... seriously
21:48 < bolcerit> 0.1  ,but you ay this is you, but this is not you, this is BuyAreaCoin
21:48 < bolcerit> you say this is yours ID

Apparently this guy has been around for a long time scamming on various bitcoin channels. We should be take this as a good sign - idiots like this guy value CLAM highly enough to try to steal it.

[BayAreaCoins]

Apparently this guy has been around for a long time scamming on various bitcoin channels. We should be take this as a good sign - idiots like this guy value CLAM highly enough to try to steal it.

Perhaps Evil Shibe.

[ranlo]

I recently discovered https://shapeshift.io/ - they offer a service where you can exchange one coin for another instantly. But they don't support CLAM.

// quote removed

I love this part: "planning to add Clams in the next few months." Few months... that's forever in crypto time.

[BayAreaCoins]

I recently discovered https://shapeshift.io/ - they offer a service where you can exchange one coin for another instantly. But they don't support CLAM.

// quote removed

I love this part: "planning to add Clams in the next few months." Few months... that's forever in crypto time.

I posted on their Bitcointalk forum too.

[BayAreaCoins]

List of threads that need helped being bumped:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=975891.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=975839.0  
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=975590.msg10650955#msg10650955
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=975588.0        
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=975882.msg10654660#msg10654660
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=975860.msg10654223#msg10654223

[picolo]

The price went down so now I am buying 

[xchrix]

does anybody know how to validate a CLAM address with PHP?

[Abbott_Car]

Are fees necessary for clam? If staking is same and not ending over the time ?

[BayAreaCoins]

does anybody know how to validate a CLAM address with PHP?

I'll ask the JD troll box for you.

Give me a minute.

EDIT:

I think you are SOL atm from my end. Sry!

[BayAreaCoins]

Are fees necessary for clam? If staking is same and not ending over the time ?

As CLAM grows I believe the block reward can be removed entirely due to high number of transactions with fees + low energy costs.

That's going to be a up hill fight to get the block reward removed and honestly I like the block reward + fees.

[Nixsy]

does anybody know how to validate a CLAM address with PHP?

This is the regex to find/check an address

Code:

^[x][a-km-zA-HJ-NP-Z0-9]{26,33}$

I mainly use javascript so I am not sure how to apply in php, its a step forward though.

[AdamWhite]

Are fees necessary for clam? If staking is same and not ending over the time ?

Staking is 1 coin per block plus fees, 1440 coins per day. Forever! No block halvings or other nonsense.

[BayAreaCoins]

Are fees necessary for clam? If staking is same and not ending over the time ?

Staking is 1 coin per block, 1440 coins per day. Forever! No block halvings or other nonsense.

This can change though.

I imagine the block reward will be reduced in the next 2 years or so.

[AdamWhite]

Are fees necessary for clam? If staking is same and not ending over the time ?

Staking is 1 coin per block, 1440 coins per day. Forever! No block halvings or other nonsense.

This can change though.

I imagine the block reward will be reduced in the next 2 years or so.

Why's that?

One of the things that sold me on CLAM was the linear distribution curve

[cloverme]

does anybody know how to validate a CLAM address with PHP?

This works... using the regex from Nixsy:

Code:

$regex = "/^[x][a-km-zA-HJ-NP-Z0-9]{26,33}$/";
if (preg_match($regex, "xWEWfhF9hDvKksvWgFj6kmseLYShZG9Kx8")) {
    // match success
    echo "Found a match!";
} else {
    // If preg_match() returns false, then the regex does not
    // match the string
    echo "The regex pattern does not match. :(";
}

[BayAreaCoins]

does anybody know how to validate a CLAM address with PHP?

This works... using the regex from Nixsy:

Code:

$regex = "/^[x][a-km-zA-HJ-NP-Z0-9]{26,33}$/";
if (preg_match($regex, "xWEWfhF9hDvKksvWgFj6kmseLYShZG9Kx8")) {
    // match success
    echo "Found a match!";
} else {
    // If preg_match() returns false, then the regex does not
    // match the string
    echo "The regex pattern does not match. :(";
}

Nice

[Nixsy]

does anybody know how to validate a CLAM address with PHP?

This works... using the regex from Nixsy:

Code:

$regex = "/^[x][a-km-zA-HJ-NP-Z0-9]{26,33}$/";
if (preg_match($regex, "xWEWfhF9hDvKksvWgFj6kmseLYShZG9Kx8")) {
    // match success
    echo "Found a match!";
} else {
    // If preg_match() returns false, then the regex does not
    // match the string
    echo "The regex pattern does not match. :(";
}

I Have saved this to my snippets folder, Thanks dude.

[BayAreaCoins]

List of threads that need helped being bumped:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=975891.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=975839.0  
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=975590.msg10650955#msg10650955
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=975588.0        
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=975882.msg10654660#msg10654660
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=975860.msg10654223#msg10654223

New page reminder that I think these are good threads to keep bumped!

We need ppl to see CLAM and dig their CLAMS... even if that means they are selling them!

[chilly2k]

Are fees necessary for clam? If staking is same and not ending over the time ?

Staking is 1 coin per block, 1440 coins per day. Forever! No block halvings or other nonsense.

This can change though.

I imagine the block reward will be reduced in the next 2 years or so.

Why's that?

One of the things that sold me on CLAM was the linear distribution curve

 I wouldn't get to nervous about this.  That's one Man's opinion, note the use of the word "imagine".  

   To keep a POS coin network alive you need to have lot's of nodes moving the block chain along.  The people running the nodes need to be compensated for there time and resources.  At present, the transaction fees are increasing, but don't amount to much.  In the last 6 stakes I've made .0014 from the fees.  hardly enough incentive to keep a node running.  

  BTC generates a 25 coin per block reward for the miners.  They try to average 6 blocks per hour.  So that's 150 BTC per hour Vs. Clams 60 clams per hour.  And the CLAMS block chain is 10X faster then BTC.  When BTC halves the block reward to 12.5 they will still be generating more coins then CLAMS, and the blockchian will still be 10X slower.  

    There may come a day when the volume of Clam transactions, and thus the transaction fee's, are high enough to sustain a network.  If or when that will happen is anyone's guess...

    That's just my opinion.