Bitmark

[OnTheMoon]

I hope that we will see a Bitmark on Cryptopia really soon. It will be a big step forward to all community. Bitmark will show a good volumes in the near future.

[tync]

https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/poloniex-negligence.html
do not be lazy and participate all

[coinzy4]

It seems that Bitmark has been added to Trade by Trade exchange (https://tradebytrade.com/),  (https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitmark/#markets).
It is new exchange, so I hesitate. Has anyone used Trade by Trade exchange?
It has better volume and higher price than Trade Satoshi.

[82ndabnmedic]

https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/poloniex-negligence.html
do not be lazy and participate all

on it

[82ndabnmedic]

It seems that Bitmark has been added to Trade by Trade exchange (https://tradebytrade.com/),  (https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitmark/#markets).
It is new exchange, so I hesitate. Has anyone used Trade by Trade exchange?
It has better volume and higher price than Trade Satoshi.

not sure

[82ndabnmedic]

Good news!
How can I help the development team?

I program in assembler and c++

Hi clpedev,

Thanks for the offer of help. It's exciting that you program in assembler  ( I'm a particular fan of  assembly to help speed things up.)

I'm asking the team for their thoughts.

Maybe you could you run an execution profiler on the bitmarkd daemon to identify some parts that would benefit from assembly optimization ?

Or the CPU miners code.

What areas would you like to work in ?

PM me.

Thanks !

dbkeys

awesome...quality help is always welcomed 

[82ndabnmedic]

If you need UI developers to make this happen you will be able to reach me at lopezi.com

Good news!
How can I help the development team?

I program in assembler and c++

Thanks... glad to see y'all are coordinating through DBkeys...That said, identifying a base implementation, and creating a simple algo & way to on board marking onto a forum, discord, troll-box would be great. any help on that end would be awesome

[ivangdes]

It seems that Bitmark has been added to Trade by Trade exchange (https://tradebytrade.com/),  (https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitmark/#markets).
It is new exchange, so I hesitate. Has anyone used Trade by Trade exchange?
It has better volume and higher price than Trade Satoshi.

not sure

DO NOT USE TRADE BY TRADE!

*** Price/Volume Excluded - Outlier Detected
Trade By Trade   STRAT/BTC   *** $170,732   *** $4.97   
on coinmarketcap

They use outlier for trade volume!

They cancelled my coin withdrawals 7 times, deposit is not problem, but they will never let you withdrawal your coins!!!
At the end my coins disappeared from their platform!

[H45H_t4g]

It seems that Bitmark has been added to Trade by Trade exchange (https://tradebytrade.com/),  (https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitmark/#markets).
It is new exchange, so I hesitate. Has anyone used Trade by Trade exchange?
It has better volume and higher price than Trade Satoshi.

not sure

DO NOT USE TRADE BY TRADE!

*** Price/Volume Excluded - Outlier Detected
Trade By Trade   STRAT/BTC   *** $170,732   *** $4.97   
on coinmarketcap

They use outlier for trade volume!

They cancelled my coin withdrawals 7 times, deposit is not problem, but they will never let you withdrawal your coins!!!
At the end my coins disappeared from their platform!

Well that's not an issue, we can't even use Trade By Trade for Bitmark because the BTM wallet is not even available.

I can't wait to have this coin listed on Cryptopia

[copy32816]

Do we have a date for the listing on cryptopia?

[coinzy4]

Do we have a date for the listing on cryptopia?

It should be soon. Beginning of march.

[cryptos2018]

Hi @dbkeys,

When the problem with Poloniex is resolve? No withdrawals and deposit at this time...

Thank you

[coinzy4]

Hopefully with Circle acquiring Poloniex, Poloniex will get they stuff in order, and enable all those disabled deposit/withdrowals, among them Bitmark.

[dbkeys]

Do we have a date for the listing on cryptopia?

From Cryptopia, dated February 26:

"I can confirm that MARKS (Bitmark) will be listed within roughly the next 3 weeks."

We decided to go with the MARKS ticker symbol, as we felt it is much more descriptive of the coin and its purpose, and also because we can standarize on all exchanges with the MARKS ticker.

[xanaxxx]

Project Bitmark

Project Bitmark is an initiative to create an every day use alternative currency. No premine, no IPO, nothing unfair, no scam, no clone, no old code bases, no untested code, no token features, just what you need.

• Bitmark - a stable and balanced cryptographic currency. Its primary objectives are to be safe, secure, fast, actively developed, and easy to integrate for services and adopters. (read more...)
• Marking - our massive adoption program which fuses reputation+currency, the primary focus of Project Bitmark. Marking enables people to apply crypto currency simply to every aspect of their lives. (read more...)

Bitmark v0.9.4 has been released, please update your clients to keep our network secure.


Links
Wallet for all platforms, and actively developed source.
Summary of Project Bitmark
Full Specification of Marking
Wiki and Extensive Information
Branding and Logos
Bitmark Block Explorer alternative blocktree.io

Project Bitmark uses VPS and hosting from CryptoCloudHosting - a physical server company accepting crypto payments, including BTM.

Contact and Community
Project Management on Trello : #bitmark on IRC : @ProjectBitmark on Twitter : @RobotMarkus our automated agent : /r/bitmark on Reddit

Pools
Bitmark is balanced so you receive a fair reward wherever you mine.
Active Pools: poolwarz : suprnova : minep.it : xhash.net : hash-to-coins : p2pool
Detailed info for Solo Miners : Mining Calculator

Exchanges
CryptoShop (PayPal -> BTM) : Poloniex : Bittrex

Stats
CoinMarketCap : World Coin Index : Coin Finance : Cryptonator : Cryptrader : Crypto Coin Charts :
Network API : Network Health Charts : Steady Price API for services which use BTM pricing

Coin Specs
Algorithm: Scrypt
Block Reward: 20 BTM (visual)
Block Time: 120 Seconds
Block Maturity: 720 Blocks (~1 day) to discourage multipools
Block Halving: Reward halves every 3 years, with intermediate decrease every 18 months (20 coins initially, 15 after 1.5 years, 10 after 3 years, etc...)
Difficulty Retargeting: 720 Blocks (~1 day)
Total Coin Supply: ~27.58 million _{(27,579,894.73108000 exactly)}


Timeline and History
Checkpoints last updated at block 46519
1. Project Named: Bitmark detail and rationale
2. Notes on the Bitmark, Block Reward, Monetary Supply, and (Network+Coin) Distribution
3. Requests for Community Discussion on Third Party Innovations
4. Development Fund / Taxation in Detail
5. Development Started & Initial Funding Request
6. Microtransactions and Microtrust (Migrating to Sidechain)
7. Allocation of Variables
8. Scratchpad of thoughts
9. First test build released
10. temporary mainnet added, unit tests passing, unconditional support for several BIPs
11. v2 block chain, testnet available, checkpoints, miner testing
12. clone-able reference implementation is underway, stratum-mining support, branding?
13. bitmark core user interface (qt) technically complete, reference implementation technically complete
14. new logo and branding added to bitmark core
15. Project Bitmark Organisation
16. Pfennig/Bitmark Pre-Release
17. Pfennig/Bitmark Pre-Release tested on linux and windows, pending osx build and testing
18. OS-X build requires further testing
19. Pre-Release successfully tested on all platforms
20. Discarded the taxation proposal
21. IPM suggestion
22. Dedicated server budget acquired, we can launch
23. All resources purchased, foundation, funding, status
24. Release time poll
25. Release scheduled for 2014-07-13 at 18:00 UTC
26. Release ready with some hours to spare.
27. RELEASED
28. The Bitmark Foundation - first donation.
29. Launch analysis, mining, block chain configuration determined to be reasonable.
30. We propose Investor Public Mining (IPM) to the community.
31. IPM Pool 3 Day Test.
32. What makes Bitmark distinct.
33. Decentralization of Supply and Distribution and Spreading out the Bitmark Network.
34. Investor Public Mining (IPM) Pool Test Update
35. P2Pool and Checkpoints
36. Get Marked
37. A significant modification to IPM
38. getMarked.org
39. One Week Old
40. GPU Mining
41. Areas where help is needed
42. Comparison of the Currency Supply of Bitcoin, Bitmark, and Litecoin
43. Bitmark's Value, 13 Day Review
44. Evaluating the effect of Exchanges, NOMP, Service Ideas
45. Marking
46. Support added to inuit, a very neat cold storage application
47. bitcore, insight-api, insight support
48. @ProjectBitmark and /r/bitmark
49. bitmark.co collaboratively specified
50. BTM lands on it's first exchange, Poloniex
51. Project Bitmark adopt's open transparent project management
52. Project Bitmark Status Overview 1
53. Network Health Charts
54. New Identity, Prototype Marking / Giving / Payment Buttons
55. Pfennig ready to fork, Cryptonator, hash-to-coins, crypto-prices, checkpoints
56. new block explorer
57. network difficulty over 200
58. new bitmark branding
59. Bitmark v0.9.2.2 Released
60. Bitmark Innovation and the API
61. Pfennig updated to 0.9.2.2
62. Brain Wallet and Address Generator
63. The mark (₥) is 1⁄1000 of a BTM
64. Marking visualized in image
65. Marking - DACs and Multi Signatures
66. This week marks history for GridSeed Wholesale, it is the first time we feature a non-altcoin concept as the coin of the week.
67. We will be working to support identifi and merge it in with marking, giving us a big open p2p trust network as another backbone for our system
68. The team has migrated to an integrated team environment on slack.com. Contact for an invite.
69. The first marking implementations have begun, jurassic mark - primitive marking implementations.
70. Our team is now in double digits, including the addition of another committed developer.
71. Technical specifications of data related to marking are being defined on the marking wiki.
72. Our first non human agent joined the team, markus a hubot integrated in to most of our tools now also works hard for us.
73. Markus is on twitter @RobotMarkus - he will provide team updates

The Bitmark Foundation

The Bitmark Foundation is to be specified over the coming months, to be launched fully funded on the 2015-07-13, our one year anniversary. The Foundation will model an autonomous organisation, and oversee the work on Project Bitmark, with members who specialize in multiple sectors.

We have decided to lower our funding goal for the Bitmark Foundation to 5000 BTM, and we will not actively seek to raise funds after this amount is reached.

Together we are creating Marking, the technology which solves funding issues for every person and project in the world. The Bitmark Foundation and work done by this umbrella project will be funded in this way too.

The Foundation funds will be held as a reserve and will not be touched until after 2015-07-13, in the future they will be used to mark worthy projects and charities.

Donation can be made to bQmnzVS5M4bBdZqBTuHrjnzxHS6oSUz6cG.

Donations towards current development over the first year are also accepted, in the form of BTC. The donation address is 1KsbYk2rMvwg456PyPmLuEgERPwyuxtGRL. We are entirely community funded.
previous address


Clone us with Pfennig
We have released and are maintaining Pfennig as a community service, so that new scrypt based clones can be created from a modern, tested, and secure code base, instead of using outdated and copy-pasted legacy code.

Our rationale is that people will create clones, so we may as well ensure those who use the clones have a good code base to back up any perceived value the clones may have.

Pfennig is kept up to date, and is always based on the latest tagged Bitmark release, and also the latest tagged Bitcoin release.


Credits
Contributors
mymenace: Provided logo concepts and high quality final revisions
Allow: Provided gui design elements and design input
schnötzel, pandher, macbackfat, Este Nuno:  All helped test Bitmark/Pfennig on various platforms

Donators
Anonymous: 0.0159 BTC
Guriqbal Pandher: 0.2 BTC
PondSea (on behalf of the Qora Community): 0.1 BTC
Pentamon: 0.1 BTC
Este Nuno: 0.1 BTC
ethought: 0.1 BTC
deepcoreotc: 0.0023 BTC
chengren: 0.05 BTC
zadinga: 0.03 BTC
lukasplus: 0.01 BTC

Mark Pfennig: 200 BTM
Androidicus: 50 BTM
Len: 200 BTM
prix: 251 BTM
medic: 250 BTM
lukasplus: 50 BTM
(Now too many to mention, all are equally and gratefully received...)


When reading this thread, bitmark is evolutionary over time, this thread was originally titled 'define' and merged the conversation from several other threads, when reading this please be aware that it is a discussion which defined the project, many posts you read below and things discussed changed, were dropped, or were added over time, you can track the growth by reading through. It was many pages in before the 'bitmark' you know today was even created, and several more before 'marking'. The project continues to define and refine what is being done every week, it is a living and evolving project.
For example, in reply one you will see the mention of 'taxation', which does not exist, we defined it then found it would break backwards compatibility so moved to donations instead. This is but one example.

seems to me like a thousand times repeated effort for perfect bitcoin. I'm not sure we need that as there already is bitcoin and many forks and other alt currencies. Perhaps better to focus on other implementations of blockchain

[dbkeys]

@xannaxxx, the main purpose of Bitmark is to serve as a blockchain platform for marking.

 The coin was launched in July 2014 - When I got involved sometime later, I focused on improving the security and dynamics of the blockchain - we are close to launching the fork which will allow 8 different Proof-of-Work algorithms to secure the chain, as well as adopt Dark Gravity Wave v3 difficulty retargetting and a block-reward modulation algorithm among other things
.

 Others in the group are working on higher level cutting-edge marking functions.


  So all in all, I think that Bitmark is an innovative coin, and I'm glad to be contributing towards achieving its vision.

[H45H_t4g]

@xannaxxx, the main purpose of Bitmark is to serve as a blockchain platform for marking.

 The coin was launched in July 2014 - When I got involved sometime later, I focused on improving the security and dynamics of the blockchain - we are close to launching the fork which will allow 8 different Proof-of-Work algorithms to secure the chain, as well as adopt Dark Gravity Wave v3 difficulty retargetting and a block-reward modulation algorithm among other things
.

 Others in the group are workng on higher level cutting-edge marking functions.


  So all in all, I think that Bitmark is an innovative coin, and I'm glad to be contributing towards achieving its vision.

Define "marking" 

[dbkeys]

@xannaxxx, the main purpose of Bitmark is to serve as a blockchain platform for marking.

 The coin was launched in July 2014 - When I got involved sometime later, I focused on improving the security and dynamics of the blockchain - we are close to launching the fork which will allow 8 different Proof-of-Work algorithms to secure the chain, as well as adopt Dark Gravity Wave v3 difficulty retargetting and a block-reward modulation algorithm among other things
.

 Others in the group are workng on higher level cutting-edge marking functions.


  So all in all, I think that Bitmark is an innovative coin, and I'm glad to be contributing towards achieving its vision.

Define "marking" 

Marking means different things to different people.

One of the things it means is registering *something* in the form of digital data in an on-chain transaction. So, for a simple example, you take a photograph with your mobile device and an application 1) hashes the photograph and records the hash on a transaction. This becomes proof that this photograph existed at the time the transaction was validated on a block in the blockchain 2) The actual photograph is uploaded to some form of cloud storage, where it can be retrieved later.
This serves the function of notarizing or certifying that the photograph existed at that time. If more photographs are taken in sequence and likewise marked on-chain, it can become proof of an event happening, or a meeting taking place, or any number of things.

A contract is signed. The parties video record themselves signing, and along with the text of the contract and scans of the signature pages,  this data is hashed and recorded in an on-chain transaction.

Recording ownership of all sorts of assets can also be done on-chain.

Marking has also been used as a reputation system, where coins are awarded to users in a chat room or troll box by other users. The sum of these accumulated transactions constitutes a user's reputation.

These are just a few examples; others here may be able to expand or provide more detail.

[tync]

@xannaxxx, the main purpose of Bitmark is to serve as a blockchain platform for marking.

 The coin was launched in July 2014 - When I got involved sometime later, I focused on improving the security and dynamics of the blockchain - we are close to launching the fork which will allow 8 different Proof-of-Work algorithms to secure the chain, as well as adopt Dark Gravity Wave v3 difficulty retargetting and a block-reward modulation algorithm among other things
.

 Others in the group are workng on higher level cutting-edge marking functions.


  So all in all, I think that Bitmark is an innovative coin, and I'm glad to be contributing towards achieving its vision.

Define "marking" 

Marking means different things to different people.

One of the things it means is registering *something* in the form of digital data in an on-chain transaction. So, for a simple example, you take a photograph with your mobile device and an application 1) hashes the photograph and records the hash on a transaction. This becomes proof that this photograph existed at the time the transaction was validated on a block in the blockchain 2) The actual photograph is uploaded to some form of cloud storage, where it can be retrieved later.
This serves the function of notarizing or certifying that the photograph existed at that time. If more photographs are taken in sequence and likewise marked on-chain, it can become proof of an event happening, or a meeting taking place, or any number of things.

A contract is signed. The parties video record themselves signing, and along with the text of the contract and scans of the signature pages,  this data is hashed and recorded in an on-chain transaction.

Recording ownership of all sorts of assets can also be done on-chain.

Marking has also been used as a reputation system, where coins are awarded to users in a chat room or troll box by other users. The sum of these accumulated transactions constitutes a user's reputation.

These are just a few examples; others here may be able to expand or provide more detail.

Here we have an object (house). let its digital data be its physical address. can we sign any deals with this house?

[coinzy4]

Detailed marking description is on project github: https://github.com/project-bitmark/marking/wiki

This is very neat feature of a coin, and it should be mentioned more.