[ANN] Blazecoin *BLZ* - Still Going - Updates on the way

[wpstudio]

Check out the new wallets. Downloads below



BLAZECOIN (BLZ)
 
Blazecoin is a mined and traded digital currency backed by the Blazecoin foundation that supports volunteer fire departments around the world.
 
BlazeCoin has an exciting future ahead of it. But before I go into the coin, let me tell you a little story. Did you know that a large majority of the fire departments in the United States and around the world are volunteer based. Some of those fire departments raise their operating expenses through bingo, door-to-door fundraising, "fill the boot" campaigns, and other creative ventures. But many fire departments are unable to raise the necessary funds due to zoning regulations and other roadblocks.
 
The average ambulance/medic unit starts at about $150,000 USD and goes up from there. The average fire engine starts at $400,000 and goes up... many times 3 to 4 times that cost. The Blazecoin foundation, which stands behind the Blazecoin, seeks to raise funds to assist these fire departments through grants for equipment and training opportunities. Blazecoin's launch included a premine of 1% which will be used for "matching-funds" during the fund drives.
 
Over the next few days, we will be opening up much more of the plan for Blazecoin. Blazecoin officially launched on May 23rd with a direct mailing to the International Fire Chief Association mailing list and was joined at launch with a number of local firefighters and volunteers.
 
So where does this 413 block reward come from? For many years, one of our developers worked as a volunteer firefighter out of station 413. This number is meaningful to him as a firefighter and we thought this would be the perfect way to honor fellow firefighters and volunteers who risk their lives on a daily basis to save others.
 
Website
http://blazeco.in/
 
Block Explorer / Crawler
https://chainz.cryptoid.info/blz/
 
API Library and Mining Stats
http://api.blazeco.in



SPECIFICATIONS

• Scrypt Algorithm
• Only 2 confirmations needed
• Difficulty retargets every hour (which means every 120 blocks)
• Total coins are approximately 2,065,000,000
• 30 second block targets
• Block rewards are 413 BLZ per block
• Block subsidy halves once per year
• First 100 blocks ONLY receive 13 coins - fair start

PREMINE
1% to support development and matching grants to fire departments
 
DOWNLOADS
 Wallets

389MB Bootstrap File
New Bootstrap File (through block 1493361)

Windows
http://blazeco.in/downloads/Blazecoin_qt_final.7z
 
MacOS
http://blazeco.in/downloads/Blazecoin-Qt-0.8.6.2.dmg

Android
PlayStore Link
 
Source Code
https://github.com/wpstudio/blazecoin
 
Paper Wallets
http://blazeco.in/paperwallet/generate-wallet.html
 
Sample blazecoin.conf

Code:

rpcuser=username
rpcpassword=password
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcport=55413
port=55414
gen=0
server=1
addnode=162.255.117.105
addnode=173.79.200.243
addnode=193.227.134.111
addnode=209.188.18.52
addnode=80.131.211.44
addnode=84.2.34.104
addnode=84.2.34.93
addnode=84.2.34.94
addnode=88.206.141.110
addnode=98.115.147.74

PORTS
RPC Port:  55413
P2P Port:  55414
 
POOLS

You currently can either solo mine out of your own wallet (yes its possible) or you can receive Blazecoin payouts from your Scrypt mining over at https://prohashing.com

 
EXCHANGES
 
NOW TRADING
Trade on Cryptopia with multiple trading pairs: BLZ/DOT | BLZ/LTC | BLZ/DOGE | BLZ/FTC | BLZ/UNO | BLZ/XMR

 
SOCIAL
 
Twitter
https://twitter.com/blazecoin
 
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/blazecoin
 
Reddit
http://reddit.com/r/blazecoin
 
Google+
Google+ Blazecoin Page
 
IRC
#blazecoin (freenode)
 
SERVICES / OTHER
 
Games
http://dice.blazeco.in/
 
http://www.cryptocoinrank.com/Blazecoin


Bounties
- If you want to help out, we've got bounties for pools, block explorer, and anything creative you can think of.  Just ask.
 
20,000 BLZ for the first three pools
5,000 BLZ for next pools after that

NOTES: Launched on other forum, but encouraged by others to post something here.

UPDATE... Signup for this Blazecoin newsletter with your Blazecoin wallet address and you will receive 500 free BLZ. http://eepurl.com/YukB9

Android Wallet Now Available

[wpstudio]

*Saved for Future Updates*

[koba24]

VOTE ON SHAREXCOIN  https://sharexcoin.com/votings?coin=BLZ

[Sampey]

Is there some giveaways?

BWbh4ekHw3Xi7mBmUb8gsaFtVRU56xrvPN

Thanks 

[wpstudio]

VOTE ON SHAREXCOIN  https://sharexcoin.com/votings?coin=BLZ

Great added you to the list on the home site - http://blazeco.in

[wpstudio]

Is there some giveaways?

BWbh4ekHw3Xi7mBmUb8gsaFtVRU56xrvPN

Thanks  

They will be announced on Twitter @blazecoin - since I didn't think we were allowed to do giveaways on bitcointalk

And... all giveaways will be from my own personal account since the premine will be used just for fire department matching grants.

[reiba_x]

Great logo 

[djm34]

  a coin for the fire department. (would be curious to know if they already had been called because of a gpu fire  )
I will wait for IRS coin

[rubberpool]

http://blz.pool.mn is up and running! Hop in!

[wpstudio]

Have you made your own Blazecoin paper wallet yet?

[leptoon]

Looks great, I'm in.

[tim14]

Nice, a worthy cause. 

[wpstudio]

For those that sent me messages. (and this was posted on the other forum yesterday)  Yes, I'm the one who was the firefighter/medic for a number of years at http://dlvfrd.org - It's a hybrid station that staffs both career firefighters and volunteers 24/7 in northern Virginia.  I'll try and get clearance from the captain to post some photos of a bunch of the firefighters "mining" on their engine.
 
The main goal of this coin is to support firefighters and their stations that are NOT from my area.  Our station is in a location that has a lot of money flowing into the station.  But there are areas like in Oklahoma where a station house must get by with less than $9,000 for the entire year.  They are not allowed to have bingo or other fundraising opportunities because the casinos in the area have control of the zoning.  I'll be posting a lot more about these issues and what the coin will be working to advocate for in the coming days.  For now, I'm just finishing up some of the launch stuff.
 
But I wanted to quickly address those of you who were asking questions.  And just a few pics of me and my station...
 

(I'm the third one from the left... we're waiting around for the launch back in our Bingo hall.)
 

(And a bunch of us in front of one of our engines.... I'm the 5th one from the left/back row.)
 
Hopefully that gives a little more "reality" to just some guy talking about the fire department and crypto.

[leptoon]

If what you say is true, it can't get more legit... I really hope this coin takes off.

[anarchyx]

Looking good!  Off to check my smoke alarms lol.  At the very least this coin will remind everyone to be safe

[vindyne8]

Worth watching.

[jarvis]

Get listed on Bittrex. Take this coin to the next level. great coin!

[wpstudio]

Voting for Exchanges

https://www.allcoin.com/vote/#BLZ

https://sharexcoin.com/votings?coin=BLZ

https://cryptoaltex.com/index.php?page=newcoin

https://coin-swap.net/newcoin

https://www.swisscex.com/voting - JUST ADDED

The following are waiting to be listed in the voting area or I'm waiting to hear back from site: Cryptsy, MintPal, CoinedUp, Bittrex, Bter, Bleutrade, Comkort

Are there any other exchanges you want me to make inquiries into?

[CryptoBroker79]

I like this initiative, will support it on my website www.firefightersfordigitalcurrency.com, and can also throw a few hashes your way.

[wpstudio]

Did you know that Blazecoin has its own social network?  It is called "The Station"

http://station.blazeco.in

You can read a little bit about it before signing up.  http://station.blazeco.in/about.php

Integrated web wallets, tipping accounts, and a growing social network to help support the Blazecoin community.

You can still get all the news and important bits of information here on BitcoinTalk... but if you want to talk more fire stuff, this is a great way to do it.