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--- VERY OUTDATED INFORMATION - FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY ---
Release date: 11PM EST, 18th January 2014 / No premine
Hard Fork on Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Specifications
Coin Information
Darkcoin is the first privacy-centric cryptographic currency with anonymous block transactions powered by DarkSend. We currently have a fully functional public Release Candidate for DarkSend, see Downloads below.
Darkcoin now has a new kind of hybrid reward system similar to POW with POS. Those who run masternodes being rewarded via 10% of the mining rewards. Masternodes must put up collateral to run, and yet are paid for the work they perform.
Darkcoin uses a new chained hashing algorithm approach, with many new scientific hashing algorithms for the proof-of-work. This is so that the processing distribution is fair and coins will be distributed in much the same way Bitcoins were originally. ASICs will be much more difficult to make for these algorithms and should take years.
Darkcoin is the coin that introduced Dark Gravity Wave (DGW) to adjust the difficulty and protect the network from large fluctuations in the difficulty.
With chained hashing, high end CPUs give an average return similar to that of GPUs. Another side effect of the algorithm is GPUs run at about 30% less wattage than scrypt and 30-50% cooler.
Whitepaper
http://www.darkcoin.io/downloads/DarkcoinWhitepaper.pdf
Zerocoin vs Darkcoin
What is the difference? Developer eduffield explains in this post.
Dark Wallet vs Darkcoin
What is the difference? Developer, eduffield, explains in this post.
How does DarkSend anonymize transactions?:
As of version 3 beta, DarkSend is almost completely anonymous.
DarkSend Progress Reports:
Feb 20th #6: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=421615.msg5259501#msg5259501
Feb 26th: Press Release: http://www.darkcoin.io/downloads/DarkcoinPRStatement.pdf
March 3rd, Beta V2: https://bitcointa.lk/threads/ann-dr...oler-than-scrypt.240313/page-343#post-5232548
March 6th, Beta V3: http://darkcoin.io/downloads/DarkSendv3.pdf
March 27th, Beta V5: https://bitcointa.lk/threads/ann-dr...oler-than-scrypt.240313/page-585#post-5657681
April 7th, Beta V6: https://www.darkcointalk.org/threads/darksend-beta-v6.226/
April 17th, RC1.1: http://www.darkcoin.io/downloads/DarkSendDocumentation.pdf
May 1st, RC2: http://darkcoin.io/beta.php
This version is a required update as there will be a hard fork on May 14th to implement
MasterNode payments.
Improvements over this mixing solution are due to include the following features:
* Master Nodes These nodes handle the mixing through random selection -
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=421615.msg5282966#msg5282966
* I2P:
Website:
http://www.darkcoin.io
Downloads:
At this time, please download the pre-compiled Release Candidates and read the PDF regarding the use of the wallet. When fully functional, the source will be made available. Please follow this link:
http://darkcoin.io/beta.php Use these binaries
http://www.darkcoin.io/downloads/DarkSendDocumentation.pdf Please read this to familiarize yourself with DarkSend.
Old wallets are here:
Linux wallet - https://github.com/darkcoinproject/darkcoin
Mac wallet - http://darkcoin.io/downloads/DarkCoin-Qt-v091-MacOSX.zip
Windows wallet - http://darkcoin.io/downloads/darkcoin-qt.exe
Standalone CPU Miner:
Source: https://github.com/ig0tik3d/darkcoin-cpuminer-1.2c
Source: https://github.com/elmad/darkcoin-cpuminer-1.3-avx-aes (Faster if you have the AES-NI instruction set)
Windows: http://darkcoin.io/downloads/xcoin-miner.zip
Windows 1.2 avx-aes: http://darkcoin.io/downloads/darkcoin-minerd-1.2c.zip
Windows 1.3 avx-aes: http://download.darkcoin.fr/darkCoin-cpuminer-1.3-avx-aes-windows-binaries.zip
Standalone GPU Miner:
Source: https://github.com/prettyhatemachine/sph-sgminer
Windows: https://mega.co.nz/#!2JYXHDpD!OOiFOdsh5rnvk1zhz5niXENNzbgnw1UXwmFcicBzevI
phms bitcointalk thread:
https://bitcointa.lk/threads/ann-dr...ulti-algo-gpu-miner-myr-groestl-added.264612/
Pools:
http://www.drkpool.com/
https://www.minep.it/pool/drk
http://www.ghash.io/drk
http://dark.v2.dedicatedpool.com/
http://simpledrk.com/
http://cpu-pool.net/drk/
http://darkcoin.miningpoolhub.com/
http://www.nimuecrypto.com/dark-pool
http://drk.nmgpool.com/
http://darkcoin.stonedpuppy.com/
http://drk.yobapool.net/
http://dark.coinium.org/
http://dark.minerstation.com/
http://dark.suchpool.pw/
http://pool.terahashers.com/
http://drk.coinmine.pl/
http://pool.darkcoin.me/ *chinese*
http://drk.althash.eu/
http://www.omargpools.ca/drk
http://xhash.net
http://www.nimuecrypto.com/dark-pool
http://p2pool.crunchpool.com:7903/ (p2p)
http://darckcoin.mine.nu/ (p2p)
http://x11p2p.com:7903/ (p2p)
http://p2poolcoin.com:7903/ (p2p)
Exchanges:
https://www.mintpal.com/market/DRK/BTC
https://www.cryptsy.com/markets/view/155
https://poloniex.com/
https://bter.com/trade/drk_btc
http://www.btc38.com/trade.html?btc38_trade_coin_name=DRK
https://coinedup.com/OrderBook?market=DRK&base=BTC
https://c-cex.com/index.html?p=drk-btc
http://www.ecoinfund.com/market=27
http://LiteBit.eu
https://www.europex.eu/#coin/btc/drk
https://bleutrade.com/
https://bittrex.com/Market/Index?MarketName=BTC-DRK
https://www.coinopend.com/trading/DRK_BTC
http://www.cryptokk.com/
http://cryptotc.us/market#DRK
https://pmtocoins.com/index.php?page=trade&market=21
http://Coin-Swap.net
https://www.coins-e.com/exchange/DRK_BTC/
https://usecryptos.com/
Other tools
PaperWallet: http://paper.darkcoin.io/
Forum: https://www.darkcointalk.org
Blockchain Explorer: http://chainz.cryptoid.info/drk/
Blockchain Explorer2: http://explorer.darkcoin.io/
Master Node Graph: http://drk.poolhash.org/darksend.html
Pools: http://darkcoin.mine.nu/poolhash.html
Difficulty Chart: http://darkcoin.mine.nu/graph.html
Difficulty Chart: http://coinz.co.vu/diff/?drk
www.coinmarketcap.com
www.WorldCoinIndex.com
Mining hardware: https://docs.zoho.com/sheet/published.do?rid=12cbm2fe8ce55abb2476daa0f8c576b442d40&mode=html
Current Bounties
https://bitcointa.lk/threads/ann-dr...oler-than-scrypt.240313/page-424#post-5378325
(bounties are cancelled till we redo the spreadsheet and repost)
Add a Pool/Exchange/Other Tool
http://goo.gl/mSYVhX
Games
http://dice.lotterymining.com
http://wheel.lotterymining.com
https://coin-horse.com/DRK/
Places to spend Darkcoin
http://altoutlet.com/drk
http://www.flokinet.is
https://www.amagimetals.com/
http://www.cryptodechange.com/
IRC: #darkcoin
Subreddit: r/DrkCoin
Twitter: @DarkcoinCrypto
Software development donations: XpAy7r5RVdGLnnjWNKuB9EUDiJ5Tje9GZ8
Release date: 11PM EST, 18th January 2014 / No premine
Hard Fork on Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Specifications
- Super secure hashing algorithm: 11 rounds of scientific hashing functions (blake, bmw, groestl, jh, keccak, skein, luffa, cubehash, shavite, simd, echo)
- Block reward is controlled by: 2222222/(((Difficulty+2600)/9)^2)
- CPU/GPU mining
- Block generation: 2.5 minutes
- Difficulty Retargets using Dark Gravity Wave
- 7% decrease in the number of coins generated per year
- Est. ~22M Max Coins
- Decentralized MasterNode Network
- Superior Transaction Anonymity using DarkSend: Release Candidate 1 on MainNet
Coin Information
Darkcoin is the first privacy-centric cryptographic currency with anonymous block transactions powered by DarkSend. We currently have a fully functional public Release Candidate for DarkSend, see Downloads below.
Darkcoin now has a new kind of hybrid reward system similar to POW with POS. Those who run masternodes being rewarded via 10% of the mining rewards. Masternodes must put up collateral to run, and yet are paid for the work they perform.
Darkcoin uses a new chained hashing algorithm approach, with many new scientific hashing algorithms for the proof-of-work. This is so that the processing distribution is fair and coins will be distributed in much the same way Bitcoins were originally. ASICs will be much more difficult to make for these algorithms and should take years.
Darkcoin is the coin that introduced Dark Gravity Wave (DGW) to adjust the difficulty and protect the network from large fluctuations in the difficulty.
With chained hashing, high end CPUs give an average return similar to that of GPUs. Another side effect of the algorithm is GPUs run at about 30% less wattage than scrypt and 30-50% cooler.
Whitepaper
http://www.darkcoin.io/downloads/DarkcoinWhitepaper.pdf
Zerocoin vs Darkcoin
What is the difference? Developer eduffield explains in this post.
Dark Wallet vs Darkcoin
What is the difference? Developer, eduffield, explains in this post.
How does DarkSend anonymize transactions?:
As of version 3 beta, DarkSend is almost completely anonymous.
DarkSend Progress Reports:
Feb 20th #6: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=421615.msg5259501#msg5259501
Feb 26th: Press Release: http://www.darkcoin.io/downloads/DarkcoinPRStatement.pdf
March 3rd, Beta V2: https://bitcointa.lk/threads/ann-dr...oler-than-scrypt.240313/page-343#post-5232548
March 6th, Beta V3: http://darkcoin.io/downloads/DarkSendv3.pdf
March 27th, Beta V5: https://bitcointa.lk/threads/ann-dr...oler-than-scrypt.240313/page-585#post-5657681
April 7th, Beta V6: https://www.darkcointalk.org/threads/darksend-beta-v6.226/
April 17th, RC1.1: http://www.darkcoin.io/downloads/DarkSendDocumentation.pdf
May 1st, RC2: http://darkcoin.io/beta.php
This version is a required update as there will be a hard fork on May 14th to implement
MasterNode payments.
Improvements over this mixing solution are due to include the following features:
* Master Nodes These nodes handle the mixing through random selection -
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=421615.msg5282966#msg5282966
* I2P:
I'm implementing I2P into the masternodes. We're going to have our own private network just for DarkSend.
eduffield, 10 May 2014. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=421615.msg6643662#msg6643662Website:
http://www.darkcoin.io
Downloads:
At this time, please download the pre-compiled Release Candidates and read the PDF regarding the use of the wallet. When fully functional, the source will be made available. Please follow this link:
http://darkcoin.io/beta.php Use these binaries
http://www.darkcoin.io/downloads/DarkSendDocumentation.pdf Please read this to familiarize yourself with DarkSend.
Old wallets are here:
Linux wallet - https://github.com/darkcoinproject/darkcoin
Mac wallet - http://darkcoin.io/downloads/DarkCoin-Qt-v091-MacOSX.zip
Windows wallet - http://darkcoin.io/downloads/darkcoin-qt.exe
Standalone CPU Miner:
Source: https://github.com/ig0tik3d/darkcoin-cpuminer-1.2c
Source: https://github.com/elmad/darkcoin-cpuminer-1.3-avx-aes (Faster if you have the AES-NI instruction set)
Windows: http://darkcoin.io/downloads/xcoin-miner.zip
Windows 1.2 avx-aes: http://darkcoin.io/downloads/darkcoin-minerd-1.2c.zip
Windows 1.3 avx-aes: http://download.darkcoin.fr/darkCoin-cpuminer-1.3-avx-aes-windows-binaries.zip
Standalone GPU Miner:
Source: https://github.com/prettyhatemachine/sph-sgminer
Windows: https://mega.co.nz/#!2JYXHDpD!OOiFOdsh5rnvk1zhz5niXENNzbgnw1UXwmFcicBzevI
phms bitcointalk thread:
https://bitcointa.lk/threads/ann-dr...ulti-algo-gpu-miner-myr-groestl-added.264612/
Pools:
http://www.drkpool.com/
https://www.minep.it/pool/drk
http://www.ghash.io/drk
http://dark.v2.dedicatedpool.com/
http://simpledrk.com/
http://cpu-pool.net/drk/
http://darkcoin.miningpoolhub.com/
http://www.nimuecrypto.com/dark-pool
http://drk.nmgpool.com/
http://darkcoin.stonedpuppy.com/
http://drk.yobapool.net/
http://dark.coinium.org/
http://dark.minerstation.com/
http://dark.suchpool.pw/
http://pool.terahashers.com/
http://drk.coinmine.pl/
http://pool.darkcoin.me/ *chinese*
http://drk.althash.eu/
http://www.omargpools.ca/drk
http://xhash.net
http://www.nimuecrypto.com/dark-pool
http://p2pool.crunchpool.com:7903/ (p2p)
http://darckcoin.mine.nu/ (p2p)
http://x11p2p.com:7903/ (p2p)
http://p2poolcoin.com:7903/ (p2p)
Exchanges:
https://www.mintpal.com/market/DRK/BTC
https://www.cryptsy.com/markets/view/155
https://poloniex.com/
https://bter.com/trade/drk_btc
http://www.btc38.com/trade.html?btc38_trade_coin_name=DRK
https://coinedup.com/OrderBook?market=DRK&base=BTC
https://c-cex.com/index.html?p=drk-btc
http://www.ecoinfund.com/market=27
http://LiteBit.eu
https://www.europex.eu/#coin/btc/drk
https://bleutrade.com/
https://bittrex.com/Market/Index?MarketName=BTC-DRK
https://www.coinopend.com/trading/DRK_BTC
http://www.cryptokk.com/
http://cryptotc.us/market#DRK
https://pmtocoins.com/index.php?page=trade&market=21
http://Coin-Swap.net
https://www.coins-e.com/exchange/DRK_BTC/
https://usecryptos.com/
Other tools
PaperWallet: http://paper.darkcoin.io/
Forum: https://www.darkcointalk.org
Blockchain Explorer: http://chainz.cryptoid.info/drk/
Blockchain Explorer2: http://explorer.darkcoin.io/
Master Node Graph: http://drk.poolhash.org/darksend.html
Pools: http://darkcoin.mine.nu/poolhash.html
Difficulty Chart: http://darkcoin.mine.nu/graph.html
Difficulty Chart: http://coinz.co.vu/diff/?drk
www.coinmarketcap.com
www.WorldCoinIndex.com
Mining hardware: https://docs.zoho.com/sheet/published.do?rid=12cbm2fe8ce55abb2476daa0f8c576b442d40&mode=html
Current Bounties
https://bitcointa.lk/threads/ann-dr...oler-than-scrypt.240313/page-424#post-5378325
(bounties are cancelled till we redo the spreadsheet and repost)
Add a Pool/Exchange/Other Tool
http://goo.gl/mSYVhX
Games
http://dice.lotterymining.com
http://wheel.lotterymining.com
https://coin-horse.com/DRK/
Places to spend Darkcoin
http://altoutlet.com/drk
http://www.flokinet.is
https://www.amagimetals.com/
http://www.cryptodechange.com/
IRC: #darkcoin
Subreddit: r/DrkCoin
Twitter: @DarkcoinCrypto
Software development donations: XpAy7r5RVdGLnnjWNKuB9EUDiJ5Tje9GZ8
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