[ANN] [VNL]- VanillaCoin.net [ New WhirlpoolX Algo ]

[najzenmajsen]

Offical THREAD MOVED TO https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.0

Vanillacoin was engineered from the ground up and is designed to be innovative and forward-thinking. It prevents eavesdropping and censorship and has security in mind. It also promotes decentralized and energy efficient network transactions at sub second speeds.
 

Why is VanillaCoin different?

• Vanillacoin uses random ports at startup. This means your ISP doesn't know what you're doing just by monitoring your ports, like it can with bitcoin, peercoin or even darkcoin. All TCP network connections are secured using the Elliptic Curve Cryptography Cipher Suites for Transport Layer Security. So all your ISP sees is normal SSL traffic.
• O(1) routing - allows for maximum scalability as the network gains. https://books.google.com/books?id=Do5ww79p3wwC&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=%22O%281%29+routing%22&source=bl&ot
• Energy efficient - ideal to stake in the background of mobile devices. [An r9 270x for example should use around 100W while hashing at 90MH/s]

Additional features will follow as development continues - meanwhile please take a look at the whitepaper down below.



Previous ANN by the dev: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=890388.0 - locked after launch, because he isn't really supporting BCT

Wallet: http://vanillacoin.net/wallets.php

Github: https://github.com/john-connor/vanillacoin

Algo: WhirlpoolX POW/POS Hybrid

Supply: currently 4.8 million | 30 million by 2020

Block reward: currently 106

Info: http://vanillacoin.net/

Forum: http://vanillacoin.net/forums/

VNL facts: http://vanillacoin.net/forums/viewtopic.php?id=385

White paper: http://vanillacoin.net/papers/vanillacoin.pdf

Exchange https://c-cex.com/?p=vnl-btc

GPU miners
[win64 AMD] | http://vanillacoin.net/downloads/sgminer_64.zip
[linux]  https://ottrbutt.com/sgminer/whirlpoolx/src/wolf-sgminer-vanilla-public.tar.xz
[win32] http://vanillacoin.net/downloads/sgminer_32.zip  
[Nvidia] http://ge.tt/2Mw0LKB2/v/0?c  - creds to DJM34

Pools:
pool01.vanillacoin.net
vnl.suprnova.cc
vnl.nonce-pool.com

Explorer: http://blockchain.vanillacoin.org/

Faucet: http://faucet.vanillacoin.net/ | current coin count: 285k

IRC: https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net/#Vanillacoin

Wallet preview:




FAQ:

Does the miner work well with both GCN and VLIW cards?
Current miner produces a lower hashrate on VLIW cards and a higher on GCN cards. There will be different miners released in the future probably.
A user reported a hashrate of 20 MH/s on a 6970 and 30 MH/s on an 5970.

My miner produces a far lower hashrate than the other miners?
Change your driver version and delete your .bin files and start your miner again. Catalyst 14.9 seems to work well for most users.



Example configs:


270x
catalyst version: 14.9

@echo off
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
sgminer.exe  --algorithm whirlcoin -o stratum+tcp://pool01.vanillacoin.net:3033 -u USER -p PASSW -I 18 -g 2 -w 64 --no-submit-stale --failover-only --gpu-powertune 20 --gpu-engine 1010 --gpu-memclock 1250

280x

@echo off
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
sgminer.exe  --algorithm whirlcoin -o stratum+tcp://pool02.vanillacoin.net:3033 -u WALLET -p x -I 19 -g 2 -w 128 --gpu-engine 1175 --gpu-memclock 1500 --gpu-powertune 20 --gpu-fan 85

290x

@echo off
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
sgminer.exe  --algorithm whirlcoin -o stratum+tcp://pool02.vanillacoin.net:3033 -u WALLET -p x -I 19 -g 2 -w 128 --gpu-engine 1100 --gpu-memclock 1500 --gpu-powertune 50 --gpu-fan 85

News

21/02/2015 - Additional pools will be online in the coming days -  if you want to run a pool for VNL please join the official IRC room

21/02/2015 - Will put together a bunch of configs (according to whats posted here and on IRC) and how-to regarding mining by tomorrow and post it here

24/02/2015 - New 32/64bit miner will be released by John-connor in the upcoming days with increased hashrate and fixes

03/03/2015 - C-cex wallet issues solved after an update, everything should work fine now. If you have problems please jump on IRC or file a support ticket @ C-cex

[ocminer]

Again ?

[Gladimor]

Is VanillaCoin a fork of any cryptocurrency?

[najzenmajsen]

Again ?

yeah : l , the last poster didnt really make an ann , he just posted a new miner for the coin , so it got moved to the mining section 

[najzenmajsen]

Is VanillaCoin a fork of any cryptocurrency?

no , i belive its made from start , you'd have to talk to the dev on vanilla forums about that tho :p

[unsoindovo]

...just a questionn
another copy&paste...
or there is some real innovation here???

thanx!!!

[ikiscream]

nice wallet   

[najzenmajsen]

...just a questionn
another copy&paste...
or there is some real innovation here???

thanx!!!

as i've said , the algo is completly new , what dev's real goals with this coin is , i have no clue.
but its definetly isent a reglar pump and dump coin.
looks real intresting to me atleast : )

[unsoindovo]

...just a questionn
another copy&paste...
or there is some real innovation here???

thanx!!!

as i've said , the algo is completly new , what dev's real goals with this coin is , i have no clue.
but its definetly isent a reglar pump and dump coin.
looks real intresting to me atleast : )

i read about WhirlpoolX algo..
i mean if the coin introduce a real innovative feature...
ot is just another pump&dump coin...

[wow!NotAgain]

Now with 4 million coins mined people start posting here after a few mined all those coins.  Hoping for pumping and dumping 4 million coins?  Same as like neutrinocoin and rimbit.  Mine all coins in secret then announce.  Makes look like marketcap is big until looking at volume.

[BitcoinBoss666]

I like that name!! Vanillacoin rules!

[najzenmajsen]

...just a questionn
another copy&paste...
or there is some real innovation here???

thanx!!!

as i've said , the algo is completly new , what dev's real goals with this coin is , i have no clue.
but its definetly isent a reglar pump and dump coin.
looks real intresting to me atleast : )

i read about WhirlpoolX algo..
i mean if the coin introduce a real innovative feature...
ot is just another pump&dump coin...

i cant answer that , as i've said im not the dev.

[najzenmajsen]

I like that name!! Vanillacoin rules!

indeed , the name is very awesume  : ) i belive dev will also change logo soon atleast so we've been told : > maybe we can get something more like vanilla

[wow!NotAgain]

I like that name!! Vanillacoin rules!

Name is most important feature of coin? 

[YesOrNo]

So what's the intentions to post it hire again and again ?

Now with 4 million coins mined people start posting here after a few mined all those coins.  Hoping for pumping and dumping 4 million coins?  Same as like neutrinocoin and rimbit.  Mine all coins in secret then announce.  Makes look like marketcap is big until looking at volume.

 

[uki]

I like that name!! Vanillacoin rules!

Name is most important feature of coin? 

looking at how quickly people jump to a new coin, the answer to your question is: definitely, yes.
Any real innovation here?

[groggin]

Now with 4 million coins mined people start posting here after a few mined all those coins.  Hoping for pumping and dumping 4 million coins?  Same as like neutrinocoin and rimbit.  Mine all coins in secret then announce.  Makes look like marketcap is big until looking at volume.

  i've been mining VNL since (before!) day 1,(on launch, there were some fatal errors and the BC was reset several times before temporarily throwing in the towel and running on testnet for a few days) the dev's stated goal was to create a currency with a fair distribution, leveling the field; CPU, GPU, ASIC, everyone will have an even chance to grab some vanilla. you can read the other VNL threads and catch up on the details, there was no attempt at secrecy.

 

Quote from: Gladimor on Today at 01:56:34 PM
Is VanillaCoin a fork of any cryptocurrency?
no , i belive its made from start , you'd have to talk to the dev on vanilla forums about that tho :p

  i think there is some bitcoin code, dev has also mentioned inclusion of some code from peercoin
 

[najzenmajsen]

Now with 4 million coins mined people start posting here after a few mined all those coins.  Hoping for pumping and dumping 4 million coins?  Same as like neutrinocoin and rimbit.  Mine all coins in secret then announce.  Makes look like marketcap is big until looking at volume.

  i've been mining VNL since (before!) day 1,(on launch, there were some fatal errors and the BC was reset several times before temporarily throwing in the towel and running on testnet for a few days) the dev's stated goal was to create a currency with a fair distribution, leveling the field; CPU, GPU, ASIC, everyone will have an even chance to grab some vanilla. you can read the other VNL threads and catch up on the details, there was no attempt at secrecy.

 

Quote from: Gladimor on Today at 01:56:34 PM
Is VanillaCoin a fork of any cryptocurrency?
no , i belive its made from start , you'd have to talk to the dev on vanilla forums about that tho :p

  i think there is some bitcoin code, dev has also mentioned inclusion of some code from peercoin
 

alright , thanks for clearing that up : )

[HammyCoin]

This coin has always felt like one of those sleeper coins like Flutter, and with GPU mining out there's a new window of opportunity for people to get in before it goes huge.

[najzenmajsen]

This coin has always felt like one of those sleeper coins like Flutter, and with GPU mining out there's a new window of opportunity for people to get in before it goes huge.

yup , first it was cpu and now its gpu miners turn