[ANN][GAP] Gapcoin - Prime Gap Search - New Math Algo - CPU / GPU - Zero Premine

[BitcoinFX]

Hello.

GAP / BTC exchange ended in exchange cryptopia.

And now

Somewhat unexpected ...

- https://cryptopia.co.nz/Exchange/?market=GAP_BTC

" Market Closing
27 November 2018 - Gapcoin (GAP) is in the process of being delisted from Cryptopia, and trade markets are now closed. Please cancel all open orders and withdraw any GAP balances to a compatible wallet at your earliest convenience. GAP will be fully delisted on 10 January 2019. For additional information on this delisting, please refer to this delisting notice on Help Centre here: http://ow.ly/UccO30m9r3G "

...

Have sent cryptopia.co.nz a statement to ask what can be done to reverse this decision. Case ID: CS008819X

... " Thanks for reaching out to our Support Team, we have received your ticket and we are working on it.

Here at Cryptopia, we aim to respond within 72 hours of receiving our support queries. In the meantime, our Help Centre has many informative articles that may assist you. " ...

...

A new Core wallet release is certainly in order, (again) trying to contact the original dev. for a decision on what they intend to do moving forward ?

So, community takeover or bust perhaps ? Which is rather sad for a world record breaking crypto project (short-term economically speaking), and with still massive potential for development and other users have recognized the mining gear mechanism in Gapcoin has some special potential ...

Anyhow, Club nodes will stay online and will continue to mine the chain with or without an exchange.

I'm sure that other nodes will continue to mine for the sake of the prime gap records, which I know has included researchers from MIT and several other Universities and Colleges worldwide, past and present.

...

Added voting for Gapcoin at coinfalcon .com (don't know much about them) and looking for other exchange solutions ...

- https://feedback.coinfalcon.com/coin-request/p/gapcoin-gap

More ... ? Should really be linked with coinmarketcap .com etc., ...
  

[emrgohff]

Hello.

GAP / BTC exchange ended in exchange cryptopia.

And now

Somewhat unexpected ...

- https://cryptopia.co.nz/Exchange/?market=GAP_BTC

" Market Closing
27 November 2018 - Gapcoin (GAP) is in the process of being delisted from Cryptopia, and trade markets are now closed. Please cancel all open orders and withdraw any GAP balances to a compatible wallet at your earliest convenience. GAP will be fully delisted on 10 January 2019. For additional information on this delisting, please refer to this delisting notice on Help Centre here: http://[Suspicious link removed]/UccO30m9r3G "

...

Have sent cryptopia.co.nz a statement to ask what can be done to reverse this decision. Case ID: CS008819X

... " Thanks for reaching out to our Support Team, we have received your ticket and we are working on it.

Here at Cryptopia, we aim to respond within 72 hours of receiving our support queries. In the meantime, our Help Centre has many informative articles that may assist you. " ...

...

A new Core wallet release is certainly in order, (again) trying to contact the original dev. for a decision on what they intend to do moving forward ?

So, community takeover or bust perhaps ? Which is rather sad for a world record breaking crypto project (short-term economically speaking), and with still massive potential for development and other users have recognized the mining gear mechanism in Gapcoin has some special potential ...

Anyhow, Club nodes will stay online and will continue to mine the chain with or without an exchange.

I'm sure that other nodes will continue to mine for the sake of the prime gap records, which I know has included researchers from MIT and several other Universities and Colleges worldwide, past and present.

...

Added voting for Gapcoin at coinfalcon .com (don't know much about them) and looking for other exchange solutions ...

- https://feedback.coinfalcon.com/coin-request/p/gapcoin-gap

More ... ? Should really be linked with coinmarketcap .com etc., ...
  

Hello.

And now how does it go without exchange to exchange GAP?

Thank you for trying an alternative

[emrgohff]

Hello.

GAP / BTC exchange ended in exchange cryptopia.

And now

Somewhat unexpected ...

- https://cryptopia.co.nz/Exchange/?market=GAP_BTC

" Market Closing
27 November 2018 - Gapcoin (GAP) is in the process of being delisted from Cryptopia, and trade markets are now closed. Please cancel all open orders and withdraw any GAP balances to a compatible wallet at your earliest convenience. GAP will be fully delisted on 10 January 2019. For additional information on this delisting, please refer to this delisting notice on Help Centre here: http://[Suspicious link removed]/UccO30m9r3G "

...

Have sent cryptopia.co.nz a statement to ask what can be done to reverse this decision. Case ID: CS008819X

... " Thanks for reaching out to our Support Team, we have received your ticket and we are working on it.

Here at Cryptopia, we aim to respond within 72 hours of receiving our support queries. In the meantime, our Help Centre has many informative articles that may assist you. " ...

...

A new Core wallet release is certainly in order, (again) trying to contact the original dev. for a decision on what they intend to do moving forward ?

So, community takeover or bust perhaps ? Which is rather sad for a world record breaking crypto project (short-term economically speaking), and with still massive potential for development and other users have recognized the mining gear mechanism in Gapcoin has some special potential ...

Anyhow, Club nodes will stay online and will continue to mine the chain with or without an exchange.

I'm sure that other nodes will continue to mine for the sake of the prime gap records, which I know has included researchers from MIT and several other Universities and Colleges worldwide, past and present.

...

Added voting for Gapcoin at coinfalcon .com (don't know much about them) and looking for other exchange solutions ...

- https://feedback.coinfalcon.com/coin-request/p/gapcoin-gap

More ... ? Should really be linked with coinmarketcap .com etc., ...
  

Hello.

And now how does it go without exchange to exchange GAP?

Thank you for trying an alternative

I have an account at coinfalcon, so far no problem

[emrgohff]

Hello.

GAP / BTC exchange ended in exchange cryptopia.

And now

Somewhat unexpected ...

- https://cryptopia.co.nz/Exchange/?market=GAP_BTC

" Market Closing
27 November 2018 - Gapcoin (GAP) is in the process of being delisted from Cryptopia, and trade markets are now closed. Please cancel all open orders and withdraw any GAP balances to a compatible wallet at your earliest convenience. GAP will be fully delisted on 10 January 2019. For additional information on this delisting, please refer to this delisting notice on Help Centre here: http://[Suspicious link removed]/UccO30m9r3G "

...

Have sent cryptopia.co.nz a statement to ask what can be done to reverse this decision. Case ID: CS008819X

... " Thanks for reaching out to our Support Team, we have received your ticket and we are working on it.

Here at Cryptopia, we aim to respond within 72 hours of receiving our support queries. In the meantime, our Help Centre has many informative articles that may assist you. " ...

...

A new Core wallet release is certainly in order, (again) trying to contact the original dev. for a decision on what they intend to do moving forward ?

So, community takeover or bust perhaps ? Which is rather sad for a world record breaking crypto project (short-term economically speaking), and with still massive potential for development and other users have recognized the mining gear mechanism in Gapcoin has some special potential ...

Anyhow, Club nodes will stay online and will continue to mine the chain with or without an exchange.

I'm sure that other nodes will continue to mine for the sake of the prime gap records, which I know has included researchers from MIT and several other Universities and Colleges worldwide, past and present.

...

Added voting for Gapcoin at coinfalcon .com (don't know much about them) and looking for other exchange solutions ...

- https://feedback.coinfalcon.com/coin-request/p/gapcoin-gap

More ... ? Should really be linked with coinmarketcap .com etc., ...
  

Hello.

And now how does it go without exchange to exchange GAP?

Thank you for trying an alternative

I have an account at coinfalcon, so far no problem

Help me in the text to put there to be + strong

[UsernameNumber7]

Browser does not work with Coinfalcon.com

It barely works for cryptopia.co.nz  but works

The NSA is breaking the entire internet, so it was nice knowing everyone here.  God Bless hope the Holy Russian empire wins WWIII

Semper Fidelis

[UsernameNumber7]

I’ll tell you though. Looking at the media’s concern for the borders of the Ukraine in contrast to their demands that the US abolish its own border is quite the thing.

[BitcoinFX]

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I have an account at coinfalcon, so far no problem

OK that's useful then hopefully.

Anyone can just up vote Gapcoin here at coinfalcon: https://feedback.coinfalcon.com/coin-request/p/gapcoin-gap

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Good news (I think)!

One of Gapcoin's original exchanges (Nova Exchange) which went on hiatus appears to be relaunching 3rd December 2018 ...

- https://novaexchange.com
- https://twitter.com/nova_exchange
- https://novaexchange.com/market/BTC_GAP/
- https://novaexchange.com/market/DOGE_GAP/

So, Gapcoin is still listed at nova exchange and will re-open for trading on Monday? Tread with caution + show your support !

I'll contact nova exchange to touch base and to get them to update the logo.

...

Ongoing discussions with cryptopia regarding de-listing - actually talking to the relevant folks thanks to a bitcointalk forum contact.

"Their delisting policy is outlined here:
https://support.cryptopia.co.nz/csm?id=kb_article&sys_id=b8aa010ddb452b80d7e096888a961934

The following criteria are required to be met by coin projects at the time of the listing:
 
Active and visible development team with at least two contacts given to Cryptopia (Lead Developer and CEO or Marketing Representative).
Public and safe source code as defined by our code review.
A functioning block explorer.
Detailed whitepaper outlining the use case of the project.
Road map with milestones, preferably with some achieved.
A working and detailed website.
Is NOT a "financial product", under New Zealand law.
Positive community engagement within launch forum or similar social media spaces."

...

"Their listing policy is outlined here:
https://support.cryptopia.co.nz/csm?id=kb_article&sys_id=5d7482d2db9e9bc032a664a14a96199f

Be aware of our delisting policy and your ongoing obligations
Before you list, be aware of your obligations to us to help maintain your listing.

You need to give us notice of the following:

At least 2 weeks' notice of any significant code or protocol changes for your coin, especially hard forks.
Major issues with your coin, including hacks or network problems, as soon as you become aware of them.
Any issues with deposits or withdrawals of your coin from Cryptopia.
At least 1 month's notice if you want our assistance with an air drop. Be aware that support for this is solely at our discretion.
As much notice as possible if you need to conduct a coin swap. By default we don't support coin swaps, but they may be considered on a case by case basis.
Cryptopia reserves the right to remove any coin listed in its exchange markets for violations of our listing terms. This is solely at our discretion. Reasons a coin may be eligible for delisting include, but are not limited to:

Any network issues or vulnerabilities that could be exploited. Examples include:
Low hash-rate.
Out of date code base or wallet stability issues.
Frequent issues with deposits or withdrawals (outside of Cryptopia's control).
Insufficient nodes to keep the wallet synced and network propagating transactions.
Coins which violate our terms and conditions, policies, or an applicable NZ law or regulation
Coin swaps (where we are unable to support these)
Coins without a working, reliable block explorer
Coins that fail to provide notification of mandatory updates
Abuse directed by a coin team's core community at Cryptopia or its staff."


So, it is quite clear which criteria Gapcoin does not (only now?) fulfil in regards to the above.

Some aspects can be easily rectified, other factors, like the sudden miraculous production of a 'white paper' are perhaps less solvable in the short term over an updated wallet release (for added security). Anyhow, this is where we are currently at and I'm optimistic that we might get some workable extension through friendly discussion.

...

We need to maintain a position / listing on coinmarketcap.com (Note: nova exchange should re-list with coinmarketcap after the 3rd!?)...

Herewith, twitter .com/ handles for almost all linked exchanges... which could feature Gapcoin trading with increased community support and new development etc., ...

HuobiGlobal
digifinex
Dobitrade_
bitfinex
Bibox365
coinbene
ZbTalk
binance
IDAX11
hitbtc
LBank_Exchange
BCEXofficial
BitZExchange
BitMartExchange
CoinbasePro
Rightbtc_
Cryptonex_CNX
bitbank_inc
krakenfx
topbtc_com
Coinsuper_OFCL
CoinEgg_LTD
AllCoinEx
bitinka
Dragonex_io
Bitstamp
CoinTigerEX
fatbtc
UexComOfficial
Exrates_Me
BittrexExchange
b2bx_exchange
Sistemkoin
kucoincom
Exmo_com
GibBlockEx
LATokens
KryptonoEx
allbitofficial
bitFlyer
livecoin_net
Tradebytradetbt
cpdax
CoinDeal_
BytexIo
bitebtccom
p2pb2b_io
BitBay
BitrueOfficial
Coinroom_com
btctradeim
cex_io
coinhubex
coinsquare
MercatoxCom
QuoineGlobal
liqui_exchange
bitsane_com
vebitcoincom
LakeBTC
cryptaldash
OKCoin
btcturk
oviscomtr
ChaoExHK
Cryptologyexch
crex_24
BitibuOfficial
stexExchangeR
escodexofficial
bitso
cryptobridge
therocktrading
hbusofficial
br_bitcointrade
TradeSatoshi
BigONEexchange
OpenLedgerDC
graviex_net
YunEx_io
BudaPuntoCom
coinfalcon
crxzone
CryptoCurrEncyX
coinrail_korea
bitflipli

Community feedback welcome on exchanges.

Currently in contact with: coinfalcon and graviex_net and considering raising funds for listing at TradeSatoshi ? Others ?
  

[emrgohff]

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I have an account at coinfalcon, so far no problem

OK that's useful then hopefully.

Anyone can just up vote Gapcoin here at coinfalcon: https://feedback.coinfalcon.com/coin-request/p/gapcoin-gap

...

Good news (I think)!

One of Gapcoin's original exchanges (Nova Exchange) which went on hiatus appears to be relaunching 3rd December 2018 ...

- https://novaexchange.com
- https://twitter.com/nova_exchange
- https://novaexchange.com/market/BTC_GAP/
- https://novaexchange.com/market/DOGE_GAP/

So, Gapcoin is still listed at nova exchange and will re-open for trading on Monday? Tread with caution + show your support !

I'll contact nova exchange to touch base and to get them to update the logo.

...

Ongoing discussions with cryptopia regarding de-listing - actually talking to the relevant folks thanks to a bitcointalk forum contact.

"Their delisting policy is outlined here:
https://support.cryptopia.co.nz/csm?id=kb_article&sys_id=b8aa010ddb452b80d7e096888a961934

The following criteria are required to be met by coin projects at the time of the listing:
 
Active and visible development team with at least two contacts given to Cryptopia (Lead Developer and CEO or Marketing Representative).
Public and safe source code as defined by our code review.
A functioning block explorer.
Detailed whitepaper outlining the use case of the project.
Road map with milestones, preferably with some achieved.
A working and detailed website.
Is NOT a "financial product", under New Zealand law.
Positive community engagement within launch forum or similar social media spaces."

...

"Their listing policy is outlined here:
https://support.cryptopia.co.nz/csm?id=kb_article&sys_id=5d7482d2db9e9bc032a664a14a96199f

Be aware of our delisting policy and your ongoing obligations
Before you list, be aware of your obligations to us to help maintain your listing.

You need to give us notice of the following:

At least 2 weeks' notice of any significant code or protocol changes for your coin, especially hard forks.
Major issues with your coin, including hacks or network problems, as soon as you become aware of them.
Any issues with deposits or withdrawals of your coin from Cryptopia.
At least 1 month's notice if you want our assistance with an air drop. Be aware that support for this is solely at our discretion.
As much notice as possible if you need to conduct a coin swap. By default we don't support coin swaps, but they may be considered on a case by case basis.
Cryptopia reserves the right to remove any coin listed in its exchange markets for violations of our listing terms. This is solely at our discretion. Reasons a coin may be eligible for delisting include, but are not limited to:

Any network issues or vulnerabilities that could be exploited. Examples include:
Low hash-rate.
Out of date code base or wallet stability issues.
Frequent issues with deposits or withdrawals (outside of Cryptopia's control).
Insufficient nodes to keep the wallet synced and network propagating transactions.
Coins which violate our terms and conditions, policies, or an applicable NZ law or regulation
Coin swaps (where we are unable to support these)
Coins without a working, reliable block explorer
Coins that fail to provide notification of mandatory updates
Abuse directed by a coin team's core community at Cryptopia or its staff."


So, it is quite clear which criteria Gapcoin does not (only now?) fulfil in regards to the above.

Some aspects can be easily rectified, other factors, like the sudden miraculous production of a 'white paper' are perhaps less solvable in the short term over an updated wallet release (for added security). Anyhow, this is where we are currently at and I'm optimistic that we might get some workable extension through friendly discussion.

...

We need to maintain a position / listing on coinmarketcap.com (Note: nova exchange should re-list with coinmarketcap after the 3rd!?)...

Herewith, twitter .com/ handles for almost all linked exchanges... which could feature Gapcoin trading with increased community support and new development etc., ...

HuobiGlobal
digifinex
Dobitrade_
bitfinex
Bibox365
coinbene
ZbTalk
binance
IDAX11
hitbtc
LBank_Exchange
BCEXofficial
BitZExchange
BitMartExchange
CoinbasePro
Rightbtc_
Cryptonex_CNX
bitbank_inc
krakenfx
topbtc_com
Coinsuper_OFCL
CoinEgg_LTD
AllCoinEx
bitinka
Dragonex_io
Bitstamp
CoinTigerEX
fatbtc
UexComOfficial
Exrates_Me
BittrexExchange
b2bx_exchange
Sistemkoin
kucoincom
Exmo_com
GibBlockEx
LATokens
KryptonoEx
allbitofficial
bitFlyer
livecoin_net
Tradebytradetbt
cpdax
CoinDeal_
BytexIo
bitebtccom
p2pb2b_io
BitBay
BitrueOfficial
Coinroom_com
btctradeim
cex_io
coinhubex
coinsquare
MercatoxCom
QuoineGlobal
liqui_exchange
bitsane_com
vebitcoincom
LakeBTC
cryptaldash
OKCoin
btcturk
oviscomtr
ChaoExHK
Cryptologyexch
crex_24
BitibuOfficial
stexExchangeR
escodexofficial
bitso
cryptobridge
therocktrading
hbusofficial
br_bitcointrade
TradeSatoshi
BigONEexchange
OpenLedgerDC
graviex_net
YunEx_io
BudaPuntoCom
coinfalcon
crxzone
CryptoCurrEncyX
coinrail_korea
bitflipli

Community feedback welcome on exchanges.

Currently in contact with: coinfalcon and graviex_net and considering raising funds for listing at TradeSatoshi ? Others ?
  

Sounds good to me ...

We will see....

[UsernameNumber7]

Things are going really well now that the resident hog miner has decided to leave us for now anyway.  I guess it is good that there is no where to dump the Gapcoins to prevent them from making marginal profit.  But it seems odd anyway that was going to happen anyway from the drop of Bitcoin price below $5,000 USD.  Some weird collusion between cryptopia and this Cloud Miner jumping off at the same time.  Or maybe this just synchronized swimming of the crypto-currency olympics.


I like that Coinfalcon has listed their disclaimer labeling the United States as the same host countries as Iran, Syria and North Korea so that exchange must have their business in order to make the correct labels.  

Coinfalcon should be fine it is more a cloudflare issue and to honest all these "exchanges" are all the same System Administrator likely all hosted in the U.S. even if they cater to Europeans.

Coinfalcon is the first exhcange that has blocked ping and traceroute for their exchange (good I guess?)

But they of course use the time draining exercise of cloudflare Captchas.  

At least Bitcointalk.org allows the hyper link to log in now skipping captchas.  I highly suggest everyone here save the link to post here using it.  Otherwise I would not post here either to be honest.  

Also I am thinking of protesting in Yellow Vests to make mandatory anger-managment classes for Captcha users who might become angry and destabalized like Windows OS users. CAPTCHAS BRINGING THE JOYS OF USING WINDOWS OS WITHOUT USING WINDOWS OS!

In 5 years people will do smart little graphics explaining how time dissappeared of their lives have been wasted on Captchas to make a NSA Google System Administrator happy to laugh at his insect control board.  

[UsernameNumber7]

I would advise against paying any money to these greedy exchanges, they are all back-stabbers.

We might be better off FLYING SOLO for a couple months to keep at bay the Pig!

I noticed since that fool left I was able to rapidly sync the Blockchain from 6 weeks back in 20 mins-30 mins.  whereas 3 weeks ago with the fool mining 35 million pps it took 3-6 hours to sync 6 weeks back of blockchain.  

25-30 million pps looks like our real Network.  But I knew that already because I saw the fools machines drop off a few times before his overlords alerted him to restart his machines.  And the real network was 25 million.  So with that for now out of the way 5 million more Real network shares have joined the network to around 30 million pps instead of 25 million pps when fool had his 35 million pps.

[ph4nt0m]

I heard NovaExchange wants 1 BTC to list a coin. I remember I bought some Dotcoin to buy Gapcoin a place on Cryptopia a few years back and it was like 0.2 BTC. Well, it lasted until recently. If the dev made up his mind and was more active, we could be in a much more tenable position by now.

[UsernameNumber7]

Hi ph4ntom,

It's ok about dev, I personally don't see any advantage following up to Bitcoin Core levels.  

There is nothing fundamentally wrong with Gapcoin protocol currently except that people are required to use Trisquel OS.

If we can set development kitty.  Like

.5-2 Bitcoin to code Gapcoin to Sha512

.5-2 Bitcoin to code Gapcoin Private Key 571 bits or Sha512 Private key to mirror to Bitcoin.

.25 Bitcoin to maintain up to code based on Trisquel OS and Debian Testing OS.


I think the bigger problem is that I don't think anything can go forward without Jonn9 as the only way to write new code is through a hard fork.  

BUT that is exactly what we need to do anyway.  We have a strong core now, and a simple transition to Sha512 will automatically make our network hash rate DOUBLE!

For those not familiar why building a 32 bit Math Generator is worthless compared to building a 64 bit Math Generator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu2A4fpFzgs

 "BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME"

[BitcoinFX]

I heard NovaExchange wants 1 BTC to list a coin. I remember I bought some Dotcoin to buy Gapcoin a place on Cryptopia a few years back and it was like 0.2 BTC. Well, it lasted until recently. If the dev made up his mind and was more active, we could be in a much more tenable position by now.

Indeed they do. Same at TradeSatoshi.

However, we were already listed at NovaExchange and Gapcoin trading is now 'live' ...

- https://novaexchange.com/market/BTC_GAP/
- https://novaexchange.com/market/DOGE_GAP/

No US customers though (unfortunately) and the registration process requires you to provide your inside leg measurement along with the usual KYC requirements and overzealous authentication / verification.

The new owners of NovaExchange do seem to be doing a good job - API auto trading should be a possibility in the near future.

[UsernameNumber7]

Hey BitcoinFX,

Graviex looks broken but maybe someone might find them useful if you can work a listing there somehow........but the website is always broken using Linux?  Maybe it requires Google Chrome to work?

https://trade.mct.plus Exchange actually works (Impressed) It was so easy to sign up and the website actually works using Linux. 

geoiplookup trade.mct.plus
GeoIP Country Edition: UA, Ukraine

geoiplookup graviex.net
GeoIP Country Edition: RU, Russian Federation

geoiplookup coinfalcon.com
GeoIP Country Edition: US, United States

geoiplookup cryptopia.co.nz
GeoIP Country Edition: US, United States

geoiplookup tradesatoshi.com
GeoIP Country Edition: US, United States

geoiplookup novaexchange.com
GeoIP Country Edition: US, United States

[PttnMe]

What is the latest miner source code? The "Modded CPU-Miner (by dcct, about 10x faster than old version)"? Or the "Latest GapMiner (CPU/GPU) Release"?
Any alive link for https://bchain.info/gapminer_dcct_mod.zip ?

[UsernameNumber7]

The Miner is built into the Wallet

Setgenerate true or Setgenerate true (#cores/threads)

The in wallet miner can be customized using the command in wallet

setgenerate true (number of cores/threads) SieveSize MiningPrimes MiningShift

Example

Setgenerate true 8 533554432 21900000 45

It can be customized without the need for a separate miner.  Don't waste your time on coding a miner.  

Src/miner.cpp

to hardcode scroll down to where the parameters are found sieve shift ect......than compile the miner

The Sieve Size and Mining Primes change the amount of Memory used in the computer.

If you wanted to float your supercomputer onto the blockchain without disrupting it you would set it to mine Shit 1024 (Pow.h) the highest possible Shift set by Jonn9, but should be moved a lot higher eventually. 


The original miner and or any other "Customized Miner" is just a glorified black magic of small manipulations at low levels.

  

[BitcoinFX]

Who is/was j0nn9 ...

- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=302146

- https://github.com/j0nn9

Mathematics Department Hosts Pie-themed Party to celebrate Pi Day
- https://web.archive.org/web/20181107214743/https://kealakai.byuh.edu/content/mathematics-department-hosts-pie-themed-party-celebrate-pi-day

"The BYU-Hawaii Mathematics Department gave out free pizza and pies to celebrate Pi Day and promote the Math Learning Center at 2:30pm on Monday, March 14 in the General Classroom Building.

John Frey, a senior from Florida studying physics education and math tutor at the center, said the Mathematics Department has a Pi Day party every year on March 14 since the digits for the number pi are 3.14. Dr. Russel Carlson, assistant professor of mathematics, said this year’s Pi Day is “Rounded Pi Day” because when the number is rounded to the fourth decimal place, it equals 3.1416.

According to Frey, the department wanted to take advantage of the unique date to promote the Math Learning Center. Also known as the Math Lab, the center has its own computer lab where students can receive help from tutors with their math homework.

Even though the party is done every year, Frey said, “It was kind of a bigger deal for us this semester because it was happening after the first week of school as opposed to near the end of the semester.”

Frey said the tutors wanted to show their fun side. He said, “We just wanted to say, ‘Hey, we’re tutors, we’re fun, we like to party, and we’re friendly people.’ We’re trying to put a little more fun in math because without something like a math lab, math is such a pain for people.”

After serving free pizza and pie, Dr. Carlson gave a presentation about the history of the number pi. “The earliest record we have of it dates back to 2000 BC. There was an old, Egyptian papyrus known as the Rhind Papyrus. It has an approximation of pi: 16 divided by 9 quantity squared,” said Carlson.

Carlson said the idea of the number pi is also found in the Bible. He said, “When King Solomon was building his temple, there are all of these descriptions and dimensions. For the molten basin in 1 Kings 7:23, it says it was 10 cubits across and 30 cubits round about. That ratio - 30 divided by 10 - is three, an approximation of pi.”

Fascinated by the progress humans have made, Carlson said, “Currently we know over five trillion digits of pi thanks to computers. I have a file with the first million digits, but there’s no way I’d save a file with all five trillion.”

After Dr. Carlson’s presentation, students and math faculty competed in a competition to see who could solve a rubix cube the fastest. Then, students and faculty participated in a competition to see who could write the most amount of digits of pi. Carlson won, writing 40 digits after the decimal.

Students then competed in a pie-eating contest where they had to clear a plate of whipped cream. DonEliezer Baize, a sophomore from Kahuku studying mathematics and a math lab tutor, won the contest and received a free apple pie as his prize.

Baize said he was happy with how the activity turned out. “Students love food, so we figured we gotta hook up those college students with some free pie. We threw in pizza, making it a solid homerun.”

Frey said, “People dread math, so it’s not only our job to help them with their homework, but to relieve their stress. Activities like this are perfect excuses to have fun, and we don’t get those too often.”

The Math Lab is located in GCB 177. For information on hours and resources, visit math.byuh.edu/mathlab."

...

Q: How does the Twin Paradox work?
- https://www.askamathematician.com/2010/09/q-how-does-the-twin-paradox-work/comment-page-1/

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John Allen Frey ? 1991 - 2017 - Obituary

- https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/decaturdailydemocrat/obituary.aspx?pid=185690571

"John Allen Frey, 26, formerly of Decatur, passed away May 12, 2017, in California, Md., after battling illnesses for nine months. He was born in Orange Park, Fla., John and his family resided in Maine, Washington State, Puerto Rico and South Carolina.
He graduated from Brigham Young University Hawaii in 2016 with degrees in physics education (Magna cum Laude) and mathematics. He taught physics and science at Oak Ridge High School in Orlando, Fla.
John enjoyed teaching, spending time with his family, and writing, directing and acting in productions. He was especially gifted with the piano, which he played most of his life, composing many original pieces..."

- https://www.gofundme.com/funeral-expenses-for-john-frey

"As some of you may know - and many of you may not - for nearly the last year, John suffered through severe illness. The severe, relentless physical pain weighed on his shoulders day in and day out, unbeknownst to many. Through countless doctors appointments, visits, and even surgery - doctors were unable to find the cause or provide any relief for John's ailments.

In an attempt to lessen the pain, doctors prescribed John medications that had side effects: severe depression and suicidal tendencies.

On May 12, 2017 John Allen Frey left this life.

John's passing was unexpected. We, his family, are heart broken. We're trying to process and grieve the loss of our son, brother, nephew, cousin, grandson, friend. ..."

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My sincere condolences - BitcoinFX

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I assert that John Allen Frey was the original developer of Gapcoin and hence the community here can now better understand the situation. It would appear that John's family members (or professors / colleagues?) might have maintained elements of the project in legacy to John.

Once I have established that the above is indeed correct, as the Gapcoin community, we can work to continue his great legacy.

[BitcoinFX]

Fun Gapcoin Facts ...

rpcport = 31397 is prime ... https://numbermatics.com/n/31397/ ... The sum of 31397's digits is 23

port = 31469 is prime ... https://numbermatics.com/n/31469/ ... The sum of 31469's digits is also 23

These 2 prime numbers are sequential, where Pi (approximately equal to 3.14159), without the decimal place, would sit between them i.e.

31397
31415
31469

The number 23 is significant ...

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_(number)

"... Twenty-three is the ninth prime number, the smallest odd prime that is not a twin prime ..."

"... 23 is the smallest positive solution to Sunzi's original formulation of the Chinese remainder theorem ..."

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunzi_Suanjing

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_remainder_theorem - As utilized in the Gapcoin CRT miner.

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_enigma
- https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/read-the-first-chapter-of-the-klfs-bonkers-new-book-2023-a-trilogy/

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Quote by Barbara Hong (BYUH / CEC Board of Directors) - from gofundme (see previous post) ...

"John has always been the highlight of my teaching. I'm honored and humbled to have been his professor."

- https://newsroom.byuh.edu/node/2993

Barbara Hong, Associate Professor of Special Education and the Program Coordinator of Special Education at Brigham Young University–Hawaii, was elected to the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Board of Directors in a recent member-wide election.

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Wake up devs and community! The potential here is still truly mind blowing ...

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unsolved_problems_in_mathematics

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In memory of John Frey.

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I recently compiled Gapcoin but have some issues syncing. Node was stuck on block from 2014, i have restarted sync only connecting to one node to see if that works. Unfortunately syncing to only one node will be very slow . . .

Anything I'm missing, or is there a download available of the blockchain to speed things up?

Edit: looks like it passed the problem block.

Based on what i'm reading it seems the community doesn't want a pool. It would appear to me that having some reliable pools could definitely help increase difficulty.
I may consider adding one if there is sufficient interest.

[BitcoinFX]

I recently compiled Gapcoin but have some issues syncing. Node was stuck on block from 2014, i have restarted sync only connecting to one node to see if that works. Unfortunately syncing to only one node will be very slow . . .

Anything I'm missing, or is there a download available of the blockchain to speed things up?

Edit: looks like it passed the problem block.

Based on what i'm reading it seems the community doesn't want a pool. It would appear to me that having some reliable pools could definitely help increase difficulty.
I may consider adding one if there is sufficient interest.

Glad you got Gapcoin synced. Most recent blockchain snapshot is here:

- https://gapcoin.network/downloads/Gapcoin_blockchain.zip

- https://gapcoin.club/windows-gui-setup.php (has addnodes)
- https://gapcoin.club/linux-gapcoind-setup.php

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The 'old' noncepool repo is here:

- https://github.com/noncepool?tab=repositories (MPOS based pool)

The pool closed down for an unknown reason (all coin offerings, not just Gapcoin).

Pooled mining for Gapcoin has never taken advantage of the CRT mining, which has the potential to hit blocks with a factor of magnitude above the current network difficulty.

CPU and GPU mining on this basis would likely smash a new world record Prime Gap with every new block.

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Having only one active pool will ofc lead to increased mining centralization, without any competition - exactly as with the arrival of Slushpool for Bitcoin, back in the day. However, the Gapcoin network will become more decentralized (arguably) as we attract new users, miners and exchanges.

So, in general terms, we require a pool.

Competition breeds competition and nothing attracts the crowd like the crowd etc.,

The Gapcoin community has largely being participating for the Math (to date), so this is the way forward ...

I still have my mining guide for the original pool and will happily re-publish it, as well as advertise any working pool at gapcoin.club .