[UNOFFICIAL] [VNL] Vanillacoin 0.4.1 | Instant ▱ Incentivized ▱ Innovative

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Vanillacoin

cryptographic currency

Vanillacoin is not a clone of Bitcoin or Peercoin, it 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.

NOTICES

Position open for an experienced C++ engineer. Scroll down for additional information.

Chainblender Whitepaper is out: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/277/chainblender | https://twitter.com/john_a_connor/status/674505900204404736

Official Bitcointalk ANN by john-connor: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1064326.0




FEATURES

ZeroTime: An approach to decentralized autonomous zero confirmation cryptographic-currency transactions. | http://vanillacoin.net/wiki/Technologies/ZeroTime.md

Node Incentives: The node incentives system donates a portion of the miners coinbase reward to peers that are helping to maintain the network. | http://vanillacoin.net/wiki/Technologies/Node%20Incentives.md

Multitier Network: Enables the network to scale better than single tiered coins like Bitcoin. | https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/117/multitier-architecture

CoinPP: Coin++ is a high performance C++11 cryptographic currency library that is not a clone of the original Satoshi codebase. You can build new currencies or upgrade existing ones with the help of it. | https://github.com/john-connor/coinpp

MinerPP: Miner++ is a high performance C++11 cryptographic currency mining library. It supports most current game consoles, PC OSs, mobile  OSs, also the RPi and Arduino micro-controller. | https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/140/minerpp-miner-project

Security and Privacy:  Vanillacoin uses random ports on startup and all TCP network connections are secured using the Elliptic Curve Cryptography Cipher Suites for Transport Layer Security. | http://vanillacoin.net/wiki/Protocol/TCP/Encryption.md | http://vanillacoin.net/wiki/Protocol/UDP/Encryption.md




TIMELINE (6 MONTH)

• Core perfromance, scalability and security √
• Extended RPC support √
• Additional GUI features √
• Pruned ledger support for client nodes
• Deploy to Apple App Store
• Deploy to Google Play Store
• Launch at least one dark application
• Launch at least one online game
  
• Expand website content √
• Finalise and deploy rebranding

Miscellaneous Goals:

• Participate in more forums to further online presence
• Spend (at most) several hours a week in IRC
• Post weekly status updates

PREVIOUS ANNs

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=890388.0 - Locked after launch since the official discussion moved to the vanillacoin.net forums
 
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=964581.0 - Previous unofficial discussion thread
 
 


LINKS

---  Social & Info ---

Official forum: https://talk.vanillacoin.net[/center]
 
Website: http://vanillacoin.net/

Ledger Explorer: http://blockchain.vanillacoin.net

Network Stats: http://vanillacoin.net/network.php

Wiki: http://vanillacoin.net/wiki/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Vanillacoin1

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

Price & Cap: http://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/vanillacoin/


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

Android staking wallet (beta): https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/150/android-beta-apk/2 - see FAQ for backup intructions

iOS staking wallet (beta on Apple TestFlight): please ask on IRC for an invite to the official Apple TestFlight program
 
Github: https://github.com/john-connor/vanillacoin


--- Papers ---
 
Whitepaper: http://vanillacoin.net/papers/vanillacoin.pdf

ZeroTime Whitepaper: https://github.com/john-connor/papers/blob/master/zerotime.pdf


--- Community links ---

Reddit:  https://www.reddit.com/r/vnl

Paper Wallet: https://vanillawallet.github.io/ & https://github.com/vanillawallet

Unofficial Web Wallet: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/243/a-unofficial-node-js-webui-for-the-vanilla-wallet




SPECIFICATIONS

Algo: WhirlpoolX POW/POS Hybrid
 
Supply: currently around 12.4 million | 30 million by 2020
 
Proof of Stake interest: 0.7% yearly

Min/Max age: 8 hours / 365 days
 
Block reward: currently 62
 
Block time: variable targeting between 80-200 seconds
 
Block reward decline: Every 50000 blocks with "subsidy -= subsidy / 6" | Next drop is @ 250k with rewards of 52 VNL

Transaction fees: 0.0005 coin per kilobyte


EXCHANGES





 



MINING


GPU/CPU/FPGA Miners
 
CPU/FPGA - Miner++ - http://vanillacoin.net/downloads/minerpp.zip
Bitstream - MojoV3 - http://vanillacoin.net/downloads/mojo_top.bit
AMD/WIN - Smelter by Smolen - https://mega.co.nz/#!vQgzCCxY!iprRvA5CsiouU5EfrY6ptct8dFuE1_Y-vZnGkjcI_Kc [Fastest for AMD]
AMD/WIN - Wolf0 - https://ottrbutt.com/sgminer/whirlpoolx/win64/wolf-sgminer-whirlpoolx-03222015-win64.zip
AMD/LINUX - Wolf0 - https://ottrbutt.com/sgminer/whirlpoolx/src/wolf-sgminer-vanilla-public.tar.xz
NVIDIA/WIN - MrM4D/xCore - https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/87/open-source-ccminer-for-nvidia-devices
CPU/WIN - Rufus - https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/68/optimized-win64-cpuminer/22[/center]
FPGA ZTEX 1.15y - Cryptoflyr/John - http://vanillacoin.net/downloads/ztex.1.15y.zip
FPGA CM1 Cairnsmore1 - xCore - https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/203/fpga-cm1-cairnsmore1
 
Pools:
 
Vanillacoin.net
Suprnova.cc
Pool.vanillaco.in
pool.mn





WALLET


 
Staking wallet with QR code support, console and statistics.
 
Wallet RPC commands:
 
http://vanillacoin.net/wiki/RPC/Commands/
 
External wallet commands:
 
You can reach the advanced wallet commands also with cURL and cmd. Download it here: http://curl.haxx.se/download.html
 
For wallet/cURL commands please jump on IRC and use our bot with the following command: "!rpc"




Job Listings

We have one position open next year for a C++ engineer. The qualifications are as follows:

At least three years of proven experience working with cryptographic currencies.
At least fifteen years of proven experience with C and C++ with at least two of those years using C++11.
At least five years of proven experience with asynchronous and non-blocking IO design (ASIO).

Note: The given years must not include work done while studying at a university. We are seeking only candidates that have worked for corporations, small businesses or startups for at least fifteen years.

Source: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/284/job-listings

Contact: john-connor @ talk.vanillacoin.net and #Vanillacoin on freenode




TRANSLATIONS

 




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
05/03/2015 - Next wallet update will contain a command no other coin has. If your wallet is messed up, stuck transaction or balance seems off, etc. the —erase-wallet-transactions command will 1. Remove all wallet
transactions, keeping all key material. 2. Rescan the blockchain. 3. Re-add transactions found in the blockchain to the virgin wallet. This is being pushed out to exchanges right now.
05/03/2015 - Vanillacoin was listed on Poloniex, happy trading
06/03/2015 - Vanillacoin can now be viewed on http://www.altcoinprofitability.com/
06/03/2015 - Wallet update with --erase-wallet-transactions command is being pushed out now to exchanges. Updated wallet for users will come in a few days.
06/03/2015 - Vanillacoin Install script will be added around tomorrow, thanks to xCore, if you want to test it come on IRC
06/03/2015 - Vanillacoin added to Coinmarketcap: http://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/vanillacoin/
07/03/2015 - New, open source nvidia miner is out, credits go to MrM4D and xCore
09/03/2015 - Newer version of the open source nvidia miner is out, check the link again under downloads
09/03/2015 - Debug.log support pushed to github
09/03/2015 - Wallet update with console coming soon
09/03/2015 - Faucet working again
10/03/2015 - C-cex wallet fixed thanks to honeybadger from poloniex
10/03/2015 - New ledger explorer is up from xCore: http://blockchain.vanillacoin.net
12/03/2015 - Screenshot from the soon to be released wallet update with console support: http://bit.ly/1D9eEe1
12/03/2015 - A message from John on how the diff retargeting works since a lot of people asked: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg10746952#msg10746952
13/03/2015 - Next upgrade will feature a Proof-of-Stake mechanism that consumes 8x less CPU power. Almost no CPU will be used
15/03/2015 - Hard fork with the updated wallet is rolling out now - changelog: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg10778703#msg10778703
16/03/2015 - Wolf0 is currently building a new public miner for Vanillacoin which will soon get released, thank him or tip him on IRC with our new tipbot made by xCore
17/03/2015 - ETA on the next wallet update is less than one week, please also follow twitter for udates: https://twitter.com/Vanillacoin1/status/577727048904392704
17/03/2015 - The next update will contain backupwallet, importprivkey and some more features, it should roll out between the 18th and the 19th
19/03/2015 - Wallet update is out: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg10827016#msg10827016
23/03/2015 - Preview of a staking iOS wallet: http://vanillacoin.net/downloads/IMG_0140_480p.mov Currently this wallet is staking and uses 0% energy after downloading the chain, while downloading it uses 7% of a single core | Android will potentially follow
23/03/2015 - New miner for AMD GPUs is out (please read the readme that is included): https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg10856770#msg10856770 | additional info: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg10859190#msg10859190
23/03/2015 - New RPC commands "Store" and "Find" added in the next update, these will allow us to store encrypted credentials for a decentralized communication network: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg10858681#msg10858681
25/03/2015 - Adress book implementation, RPC commands, Stake and iOS fixes in the next update: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg10880338#msg10880338
27/03/2015 - Version 0.2.5 is out, changelog: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg10899299#msg10899299
29/03/2015 - New forum is available @ http://talk.vanillacoin.net/ and a video of the iOS wallet with QR code support and transactions: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg10919398#msg10919398
30/03/2015 - Single confirmation transactions in the next update, and instant transactions (zero confirmation) soon to come: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg10928485#msg10928485
01/04/2015 - We advanced into a multitier architecture phase, also Wallet 0.2.6 is out, changelog: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg10946514#msg10946514
03/04/2015 - CoinPP project announced, high performance C++11 cryptographic currency library that is not a clone of the original Satoshi codebase, please read the original announcement for additional information: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/120/coinpp-coin-project/2
07/04/2015 - Congrats to John for getting a 2nd round of funding for development: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg11009531#msg11009531
09/04/2015 - If you are a pool operator and are looking to set up VNL pools on your nomp/stratum pool please look here, also added it in the FAQ: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/124/how-to-set-up-a-mining-pool-for-vnl-nomp-or-stratum-mining/3
09/04/2015 - Energy efficient and staking android wallet is progressing, please take a look at this post for a preview: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg11028880#msg11028880
09/04/2015 - Vanillacoin delisted from c-cex on request of the developer, official statement: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg11037631#msg11037631
11/04/2015 - Bittrex market added: https://www.bittrex.com/Market/Index?MarketName=BTC-VNL
14/04/2015 - Guide added under the FAQ section on how to setup a NOMP Pool under Ubuntu with a Vanillacoin skin: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg11083856#msg11083856
14/04/2015 - Block rewards dropped to 88 at 100k blocks, next drop is at 150k blocks.
22/04/2015 - John talking about a surprise project that is coming soon: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg11154193#msg11154193
27/04/2015 - 4 month timeline updated, CoinPP project finalised and uploaded: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg11211716#msg11211716
28/04/2015 - Upcoming project hinted at from John, ETA is this Thursday: https://twitter.com/john_a_connor/status/593014728751849472
01/05/2015 - MinerPP Project Announcement from John: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/140/minerpp-miner-project
03/05/2015 - Version 0.2.7 is out. Changelog: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg11279243#msg11279243
06/05/2015 - Version 0.2.8 is out with single confirm TXs. Changelog: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg11300425#msg11300425
08/05/2015 - Vanillacoin became POS only for approx. a month for development purposes, please see here for more info: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/143/temporary-proof-of-work-pause-at-block-117833/3
11/05/2015 - iOS staking and energy efficient wallet now in beta: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg11341014#msg11341014
15/05/2015 - Screenshot out of the native Android Proof of Stake wallet finding a block and other news: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg11378017#msg11378017
18/05/2015 - Head over to the official VNL forums for a Beta in the staking and energy efficient mobile wallet: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/150/android-beta-apk/2
19/05/2015 - Statement from me regarding the future of the topic: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg11414587#msg11414587 TL;DR it will stay as long as people wish to communicate here, I'll update frequently and help out where I can
22/05/2015 - Coinigy Webinar where the VNL chart was analyzed from 17:10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0AgSpNjAMM
22/05/2015 - FPGA development is ongoing, news commits have been made to github under: https://github.com/john-connor/fpga/
25/05/2015 - Become a Vanillacoin wallet iOS beta tester: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg11446124#msg11446124
03/06/2015 - Proof of Work will resume early, please check the link for more information: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg11503583#msg11503583
04/06/2015 - Poloniex reduced the confirmations needed for deposits to 1 after doing a review on the mechanism. Happy trading!
07/06/2015 - John hinted at a new invention, be sure to follow and RT: https://twitter.com/john_a_connor/status/607409874092335104
10/06/2015 - UDP Layer integration is near together with ECDHE: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/3/udp-consensus-storage-and-routing-layer/4
14/06/2015 - POW resumes soon at block 136000, more information: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg11618368#msg11618368
15/06/2015 - Mandatory update with version 0.2.9 is out, please update: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/160/version-0-2-9-beta-release
15/06/2015 - John announced the DarkPP Project! Please see the announcement section of the ANN for more information
18/06/2015 - ZeroTime paper released: https://github.com/john-connor/papers/blob/708f488c8c17e08a12bc4bdb4fc5ac1e2aaf6e24/zerotime.pdf
22/06/2015 - POW mining will resume today. Block reward is 88 until the next drop at 150k blocks
01/07/2015 - UDP integration is ongoing and ZeroTime files are being submitted to github
05/07/2015 - UDP integration is done, please update to version 0.3.1!
07/07/2015 - Basic Chinese translation added to the ANN (credits to liulby): https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1112414.0
07/07/2015 - John's ztex boards have arrived and developments for it have started: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=977245.msg11905155#msg11905155
27/07/2015 - We got another chinese forum thanks to user Acoin (@ IRC): http://vanillacoin.com.cn/
31/07/2015 - We got an update on the FPGA developments from John, he managed to reach 1 GH/s (!) with the quadboard: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/178/fpga-mining
01/08/2015 - A clip showing ZeroTime in action has been posted on the official forum, public testnet access will soon follow: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/173/zerotime/5
02/08/2015 - xCore made a guide on how to make good backups: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/184/backup-how-to-make-good-backups
11/08/2015 - FPGA mining is made possible with the help of john-connor and cryptoflyr: http://vanillacoin.net/downloads/ztex.1.15y.zip
16/08/2015 - ZeroTime file upload to github ready and waiting for a public release.
16/08/2015 - Paper wallet generator released by user x0rcist, thank you! https://vanillawallet.github.io/ & https://github.com/vanillawallet
19/08/2015 - ZeroTime BETA released: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/197/version-0-3-2-rc2-alpha-release
30/08/2015 - Official Wiki page started by John: http://vanillacoin.net/wiki/
31/08/2015 - xCore released a mini-guide on setting up the CM1 FPGA: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/203/fpga-cm1-cairnsmore1
01/09/2015 - Wallet version 0.3.3 Beta released, lot's of changes present, please update: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/204/version-0-3-3-beta-release/1
09/09/2015 - Wallet version 0.3.4 RC1 released, base incentive protocol integration and more: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/206/version-0-3-4-rc1-release
10/09/2015 - Updated paper on the node incentive system has been published: https://github.com/john-connor/papers/blob/master/incentive.pdf
11/09/2015 - Wallet version 0.3.4 RC2 has been released, please update: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/206/version-0-3-4-rc2-release
11/09/2015 - Wallet version 0.3.4 Beta has been released, please update: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/208/version-0-3-4-beta-release
11/09/2015 - Node Incentives Wiki page created: http://vanillacoin.net/wiki/Technologies/Node%20Incentives.md
13/09/2015 - Wallet version 0.3.5 Beta released: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/209/version-0-3-5-beta-release
18/09/2015 - Wallet version 0.3.6 Beta released: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/210/version-0-3-6-beta-release
28/09/2015 - Wallet version 0.3.7 Beta released: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/214/version-0-3-7-beta-release
11/09/2015 - New 4 month timeline posted: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/221/4-month-timeline
15/09/2015 - Wallet version 0.3.8 Beta released: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/231/version-0-3-8-release
29/10/2015 - Wallet version 0.3.9 Beta released: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/247/version-0-3-9-release
13/11/2015 - Wallet version 0.4.0 RC1 Beta released: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/260/version-0-4-0-rc1-release
15/11/2015 - John opened a thread regarding Vanillacoins future Multi-Threaded Node Implementation: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/263/multi-threaded-node-implementation
18/11/2015 - Alt.Report has posted an article on Vanillacoin: http://alt.report/altcoins/item/314-vnl-vanilla-coin-not-as-plain-as-the-n
07/12/2015 - Vanillacoin 0.4.0 released: http://vanillacoin.net/news.php#0004
10/12/2015 - Vanillacoin 0.4.1 released: http://vanillacoin.net/news.php#0005

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[Shadow_Runner]

Why new thread?

[tx42]

Why new thread?

Question of the day.

Is this a hype thread?

[najzenmajsen]

Why new thread?

Hi , thread got moved since i did not have the optimal time to update as often as dev wished.

[traumschiff]

Why new thread?

Sorry for the confusion. I am responsible for the official discussion and this is the last (official) thread. This will also get updated more frequently.

[traumschiff]

Will continue to watch development

Hoped you will do

[Nthused]

I guess I'm following this one now

[enerbyte]

Thanks for the new thread 

[jimlite]

This business of having 4 threads is getting ridiculous. When new people google VNL ann coin vanillacoin, they get 4 results and are confused. Can someone get moderator to delete closed threads and get search engines on the right thread please.

[traumschiff]

This business of having 4 threads is getting ridiculous. When new people google VNL ann coin vanillacoin, they get 4 results and are confused. Can someone get moderator to delete closed threads and get search engines on the right thread please.

On it's way and they are locked already.

[Jookly]

nice work on the thread traumschiff

[traumschiff]

nice work on the thread traumschiff

Tyvm, final design will change, just some placeholders. Also the thread will get updated frequently

[MobyDick_Poloniex]

VNL/BTC VanillaCoin Market added at Poloniex. 

https://poloniex.com/exchange#btc_vnl

[hankrules]

Is there a way to import private key?

[traumschiff]

VNL/BTC VanillaCoin Market added at Poloniex. 

https://poloniex.com/exchange#btc_vnl

Thank you, adding it to the OP.

[Jookly]

Is there a way to import private key?

Not yet.  Dev was working on that command last night.

[traumschiff]

Is there a way to import private key?

Dev is working on it atm, for everything else you can use cURL. Advanced wallet features will come in the following updates.

[traumschiff]

interesting, i will take a look on this coin

Feel free to join us on IRC if you have any questions

[Dirgantara]

c-cex withdrawal got some problem, is the cain fine?

[pseudonymdude]

c-cex withdrawal got some problem, is the cain fine?

Yeah.  Just open a ticket with C-cex.  John-connor is implementing something that will help them with their wallet problems.