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CryptoChainer, Downloadable Blockchains for Faster Wallet Synchronization

20, Feb 2016

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One of the most annoying things when you run a wallet for a given crypto currency for the first time is the waiting for it to download and synchronzie all of the blockchain. The older the crypto currency and the larger the blockchain is, the more time it takes to get in sync and in the case of Bitcoin a full blockchain download and synchronization can literally take days. But it is not only bitcoin, there are quite a few altcoins as well that are a few years old already and have big blockchains that can take some time as well, and while some coins offer blockchain archives you can download before running the wallet to speedup the synchronization they are actually not that many, for example with the cannabis legalization the cannabis coin has gone up in the ranking and value,  look in this article for more.

CryptoChainer is a website that offers quick and easy access to downloads for many altcoin blockchains. Using these blockchain archives, your wallet will be synchronized quicker than it would normally take, tough it may still be a process taking quite some time. All you have to do is download the desired blockchain archive and extract it in the folder that the specific altcoin uses for blockchain storage data files. If you already have a working wallet or are restoring one from a backup, then you might have to do a resynchronization in order for your balance to appear correctly in the wallet GUI.

CryptoChainer currently has blockchain archives available for the following altcoins: 1337 Coin, 42 Coin, 8bit, AlienCoin, AnonCoin, ArchCoin, AudioCoin, Axiom, BBQ Coin, BetaCoin, BitBat, BitBay, Bitbean, BitcoinDark, BitcoinScrypt, BlackCoin, BlueCoin, Boolberry, Boolberry, Bottlecaps, BTCTalkCoin, CannabisCoin, CannaCoin, Cash, CasinoCoin, Chip, CLAM, CoinMagi XMG, ColossusCoin V2, ContinuumCoin, Crave, CrownCoin, CryptCoin, CryptoBullion, Cryptonite, Dash, Denarius, Diamond, Digibyte, DigiCube, DigitalCoin, DigitByte, DNotes, DogeCoin, DogeCoinDark, EarthCoin, Einsteinium, Emerald, EuropeCoin, EvergreenCoin, ExclusiveCoin, FeatherCoin, FedoraCoin TIPS, Fibre, Fibre, FireFlyCoin, FlutterCoin, FlyCoin, Franko, Franko, GameCredits, GeoCoin, GoldCoin, GoldPieces, Gulden, HamRadioCoin, HempCoin, HoboNickels, HTML5, Hyper, Hyper, HyperStake, IncaKoin, Influx, IsraCoin, JouleCoin, KittehCoin, LeafCoin, LGBTQoin, LiteCred, LycanCoin, MasterTraderCoin, Maza, MegaCoin, MinCoin, MintCoin, MMXVI, MonaCoin, MoonCoin, MurrayCoin, MyriadCoin, NavajoCoin, NetCoin, NeuCoin, Neutron, Neutron, NobleCoin, NovaCoin, NyanCoin, OK Cash, OKCash, Parallel, PayCON, Pennies, Philosopher Stone, Positron, PotCoin, Primecoin, Quark, Quatloo, Quotient, RateCoin, ReddCoin, RonPaulCoin, RubyCoin V2, SecretCoin, Sembro Token, SexCoin, Shadow, Sling, SmartCoin, Sprouts, Sprouts Extreme, StableCoin, StartCoin V2, Steps, SterlingCoin, Stress, Stronghands, SuperTurboStake, Sync, Synergy, Synergy, TagCoin, TekCoin, Terracoin, TruckCoin, TurboStake, UFOCoin, UltraCoin, UnbreakableCoin, Verge, VeriCoin, VertCoin, ViaCoin, Voxels, Warp, Warp, WhiteCoin v2, WildBeastCoin, WorldCoin, X-Coin, Xaurum, XCash, YellowCoin and ZiftrCoin.

– For more information about CryptoChainer and to download any of the blockchain archive…

CoinWallet Online Bitcoin and Altcoin Wallet with PoS Pool

7, Feb 2016

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Finding an online wallet for Bitcoin might be an easy thing to do as there are quite a few, but when it comes to online altcoin wallets things may become harder and online wallets for multiple coins are even harder to find. Add to that the ability to earn interest from Proof of Stake altcoins and you only get a few options available with CoinWallet probably being the most versatile supporting a total of 58 different crypto currencies including many PoS coins. The number of supported altcoins with Proof of Stake that will earn you interest on the stored coins in the wallet is 34 out of the 58 in total that are currently supported by the service.

List of all currently supported crypto coins:
– Archcoin (ARCH), Bitbean (BITB), Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoindark (BTCD), Blackcoin (BLK), Cannabiscoin (CANN), Carboncoin (CARB), Clams (CLAM), Dash (DASH), Diamondcoin (DMD), Digibyte (DGB), Digitalcoin (DGC), Dogecoin (DOGE), Dopecoin (DOPE), Emercoin (EMC), Energycoin (ENRG), Europecoin (ERC), Feathercoin (FTC), Gamecredits (GMC), Gridcoin (GRC), Groestlcoin (GRS), Hyperstake (HYP), iCash (ICASH), Limecoinx (LIMX), Litecoin (LTC), Magi (XMG), MasterTraderCoin (MTR), Megacoin (MEC), Metalcoin (METAL), Mindcoin (MND), Mintcoin (MINT), Nakamotodark (NKT), Netcoin (NET), Noblecoin (NOBL), Nubits (NBT), OKcash (OK), Orbitcoin (ORB), Peercoin (PPC), Potcoin (POT), Primecoin (XPM), Quatloo (QTL), Quotient (XQN), Reddcoin (RDD), Rubycoin (RBY), Sapience (XAI), Shadowcash (SDC), Solarcoin (SLR), Spreadcoin (SPR), Startcoin (START), Syscoin (SYS), TEKcoin (TEK), Titcoin (TIT), Transfercoin (TX), Unobtanium (UNO), Vericoin (VRC), VPNcoin (VPN), Warpcoin (WARP), Zetacoin (ZET).

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The service charges a small PoS pool mining fee of either 1% or 2% for the different supported coins and the fee is deducted from the total of the staked coins with the rest distributed among all of the users with mature coins. The other small fee charged by the service is when you are withdrawing coins, the fee is 0.25% for Bitcoin and 0.50% for all of the other alternative crypto coins that are supported such as the cannacoin and ccanbidiolcoin which went up in the market when the cannabis business went legal for medical purposes,. Check at the delta 8 cart if you are interested in this market.

When you have some coins deposited in your CoinWallet online wallet you can use some interesting extra features such as sending coins by email with no extra fees. The other useful thing you will get access to is a Twitter tipping service allowing you to easily send and receive various coins in the form of tips, though in order to be able to use the Twitter tipping Bot you need to connect your Twitter account with your online wallet. Note that you can receive tips to your Twitter account before you have registered with CoinWallet (or connected your Twitter account) as tips will remain pending until you register and connect your accounts.

– For more information and to try out the CoinWallet online wallet with PoS pool…

Storj DriveShare Rewards Report for January

5, Feb 2016

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Last month we have decided to give out a try of the latest Storj DriveShare GUI and to participate in the beta testing of the service. We also wanted to check out the rewards that people are getting in return for their help in testing out the network and today Storj will be distributing the next bath of rewards. We have participated in the test for about 20 days with 100 GB of space shared on the network and according to the data published our reward for helping test the network in January is a little over 12 SJCX coins with about 94% uptime for the time duration. With the current StorjCoinX exchange rate this is about 115000 satoshi or about $0.45 USD, it may not seem that much, but do not forget that these are rewards for beta testing the service. Sharing more space for longer time with better uptime should bring you more rewards, though this should give you an idea on what to expect should you decide to help with beta testing. What you should know is that helping with beta testing won’t be that much profitable, but once the service officially launches what you get back in return for sharing your free hard drive space should be more rewarding.

For the moment however the users beta testing are required to purchase at least 10000 SJCX in order to be eligible for rewards and the rewards themselves are not that big unless you share a lot of space. The people sharing 25 TB of space each for the service are apparently getting about 1500 SJCX coins as a reward. So getting into the beta testing phase and participating in the reward program is more for people that do believe in the service and as a kind of a long term investment as well. You can of course participate in the testing of the service without having 10000 SJCX in your wallet, however this way you will not be eligible for receiving rewards for your help and support. So if you are interested in checking the service out you can head on to the official DriveShare website and download the GUI version of the software.

The number of unique participants in the beta testing of the DriveShare software in January is 533 that are eligible for rewards according to the official published rewards list. The list also includes 1222 more users that do not have 10000 SJCX coins in their wallet, meaning that they are participating without receiving rewards. As a comparison in December last year there were 420 unique wallets participating with at least 10000 SJCX and receiving rewards and 711 more that were not eligible for rewards. For November the numbers were 352 and 663 respectively, for October there were 342 and 393, so there are more users joining and helping test the service. Last week the service has announced the reach of another milestone in their testing phase, passing 2 PB of total storage shared and now it is already over 3 PB of storage shared.

– Visit the official DriveShare website for more details about the beta of the service…


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