Quark (QRK) Quark-based alternative cryptocoin

29 Jul
2014

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Quark (QRK) is a medium of exchange and a store of value. It is a digital currency with the power to profoundly influence the non-digital world. However, it is more than a currency, it is an ideology which adheres to the belief that the control of money should not be in the hands of the few, but in the hands of the many.

Quarks are a form of online payment system but in a decentralized monetary system. Quarks to Friends, Family Members & Online Payments. Free of charges and chargebacks. Military Grade Encryption. No Bank or Government Control. Quark Coins are based on the original idea of Bitcoin but improved, more secure, with improvements to design and security. There is also a greater coin supply with higher block rewards for miners.

Website:
– http://www.quarkfoundation.cc

Block Explorer:
– https://coinplorer.com/QRK
– http://e-pool.net/explorer/QRK/

Coin Specifications

  • Quark Algorithm
  • Total of 247 million QRK will be mined in ~ 6 months, after that ~ 1 million QRK
  • 2048 QRK per block (halving every 60480 blocks ~ 3 weeks)
  • Block reward will never drop below 1 QRK
  • Quick block generation: 30 seconds
  • Difficulty re-targets every 20 blocks (maximum 10% up or 50% down)
  • Transaction confirmation time: 6 blocks or ~9 minutes
  • Block maturity time: 100 blocks or ~2 hours
  • Kimoto Gravity Well for difficulty readjustment

Wallet:
– Windows

Source Code:
– at GitHub

Ports:
– RPC Port: 8372
– P2P Port: 8373

Mining Pools:
– https://qrk.suprnova.cc/
– http://qrk.e-pool.net:8910/static/

Coin Exchanges:
– Bleutrade

Alpha Technology To Start Shipping ASIC Miners in September

29 Jul
2014

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As we are nearing the end of July, Alpha Technology, a Scrypt ASIC manufacturer has announced that they will not be shipping this month as they were previously targeting in order to beat the competition. The company announced that they have had technical issues during tape-out which has caused them to redo some portion of the ASIC layout one more time thus delaying the chip fabrication. According to them the tape-out is mid-way now and there should be no more delays, also in parallel to the tape-out process they have already started the fabrication of the PCB’s and enclosures. Regardless the shipping has now been moved to September, so there is some chance that KnCMiner might start shipping their Titan units earlier by the end of the next month, even though Alpha Technology were supposed to try hard to deliver first. And while this is not so good as new for the people that have pre-ordered Scrypt ASIC miners from Alpha Technology, though quite a lot have already requested or even received their refunds, it is good news for the people that have purchased some of the currently available Scrypt ASIC miners such from Gridseed, ZeusMiner, Innosilicon as they will have more time with smaller increase in the total network hashrate before the big miners start shipping.

HamRadioCoin (HAM) SHA256-based alternative cryptocoin

28 Jul
2014

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HamRadioCoin, or HAM, is a project dedicated to creating an alternative way to spread the word about the Ham Radio community. Our top priorities are to help new merchants become established, and to introduce new ham radio enthusiasts by using a dedicated crypto-currency! HAM was also created to establish a communication hub, using DX Communication technology, to help countries affected by natural or political disasters.

Website:
– http://www.hamradiocoin.com/

Block Explorer:
– https://www.blockexperts.com/ham
– https://chainz.cryptoid.info/ham/

Coin Specifications

  • SHA256 Algorithm
  • 21,000,000 Total HAM Coins
  • 50 coins per block; halving every 50,000 blocks
  • 3 minute block intervals
  • 10 block difficulty adjustments
  • Premined 10%

Wallet:
– Windows
– Linux
– Mac OS
– Android

Source Code:
– at GitHub

Ports:
– RPC Port: 15538
– P2P Port: 15537

Mining Pools:
– http://ham.manhattanmine.com/
– http://ham.hashlink.eu/
– http://ispace.co.uk/coindetails/?coin=ham

Coin Exchanges:
– Bleutrade

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