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Clams (CLAM) alternative cryptocoin

24, May 2014

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Clams (CLAM) are a form of digital value, or currency, that is transferred, created, and verified by the collective effort of the computers running the CLAMS software. Similar to Bitcoin, the original technology on top of which CLAMS was created, this network follows a rigorous protocol to ensure that consensus and verification is maintained. The CLAM Network is a peer-to-peer network of computers running the CLAMS software. To become a part of the CLAMS network, you need only to run the CLAMS software on your home computer. The purpose of this network is to independently and collaboratively verify the transfer and creation of CLAMS. The CLAMs network was created with the widest digital value distribution in history. CLAMS were sent to all active users of the 3 most popular digital currencies. If you had Bitcoin, Litecoin or Dogecoin on May 12, 2014 then you probably have CLAMs waiting for you. We like to call this Digging up old CLAMs!

Digging For CLAMs. The goal, from the very beginning of this project, was to create a cryptocurrency with the widest initial distribution. Ever. Conventional “air-drop” mechanics lend themselves to trust-based developer promises. We DON’T like trusting people. Giveaways are notoriously susceptible to cheating and bias those who happen to hear of them. We DON’T like tit-for-tat arrangements. Many intelligent people are aware that Bitcoin’s most valuable asset is the blockchain itself. The blockchain represents the combined efforts, commitment, and participation of the entire community. It is the revolution that sets cryptocurrency apart from other value systems. It is trust-less and wonderful. We DO like the trust-less blockchain. So! We took the BTC, LTC, and DOGE blockchains, found every address with a balance above dust, and sent each and every one of them a little over 4.6 CLAMS. It isn’t perfect, but it includes everyone.

Create CLAMs. The CLAM network is secured through a unique system called Proof-of-Working-Stake (POWS), or as we like to say, Digging for fresh CLAMs! Approximately once per minute, the network automatically selects one running unlocked client to process recent CLAM transactions, rewarding them 1 CLAM. This process happens entirely in the background. If the network selects your client, then all you’ll notice is that you’re 1 CLAM richer! This POWS system is the heart of the CLAM network, providing security and stabilizing the price over time.

Website:
– http://clamclient.com/

Block Explorer:
– http://khashier.com/chain/Clam

Wallet:
– Windows

Source Code:
– at GitHub

Mining Pools:
No mining pools available, the coin is now PoS only.

Coin Exchanges:
– Yobit
– Bittrex
– Bleutrade

GraniteCoin (GRN) X11-based alternative cryptocoin

23, May 2014

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GraniteCoin (GRN) goes under the motto: Simple – Solid – Stable. It is an X11-based altcoin that you can mine with GPU, it supports DigiShield difficulty retargeting and has 1% premine to be used for future development as well as bounties and marketing of the coin.

Website:
– Not Available at the moment

Block Explorer:
– http://cryptobe.com/chain/GraniteCoin

Coin Specifications

  • X11 Algorithm
  • Total Coins – 65,000,000 GRN
  • Initial Block Value – 100 GRN
  • Block Time – 120 seconds
  • Block Confirmations – 120
  • 10x Bonus Blocks
  • Difficulty ReTargeting – DigiShield
  • Block Halving Every 262800 Blocks
  • PreMine – 1% (Future Development – Bounties – Marketing)

Wallet:
– Windows
– Mac OS

Source Code:
– at GitHub

Ports:
– RPC Port: 21776
– P2P Port: 21777

Mining Pools:
– http://grn-pool.granitecoin.com/
– https://aikapool.com/grn/

Coin Exchanges:
– Bleutrade

BlakeBitcoin (BBTC) Blake-256 based cryptocoin

21, May 2014

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BlakeBitcoin (BBTC) is a clone of Bitcoin with the same reward structure starting with 50 coins per block and a total of 21 million coins, but instead of SHA-256 the coin uses Blake-256 algorithm. The block target time is 1/4 of Bitcoin’s to account for extra hashing speed of Blake-256. The difficulty retarget is at 8064 blocks and the reward halving every 210,000 blocks. The difficulty adjustment is also same as per Bitcoin. BLAKE hash is one of the five hash functions in the final of the NIST SHA-3 Competition. BLAKE is one of the simplest designs to implement, and relies on previously analyzed components: the HAIFA structure and the ChaCha core function. What is the most interesting thing about BlakeBitcoin is that it is merge mined with multiple other Blake-256 crypto coins.

Website
– BlakeBitcoin

Block Explorer / Crawler
Not Yet Available.

SPECIFICATIONS

  • Blake-256 (optimized) is faster than Scrypt, SHA-256, Keccak, Groestl
  • Block award is 50
  • Block reward halve every 210,000 blocks
  • Block target time is 2.5 minutes
  • Re-targets every 8064 blocks
  • 21 Million total coins
  • Block maturity 120

DOWNLOADS
– Windows
– Linux

Source Code
– at GitHub

PORTS

  • RPC Port: 243

MERGED MINING POOLS
– http://eu3.blakecoin.com/
– http://ny2.blakecoin.com/
– http://la1.blakecoin.com/

EXCHANGES
– Atomic Trade


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