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Monero (XMR) CryptoNight-based alternative cryptocoin

26, Apr 2014

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Monero (XMR) is a brand new uprising cryptocurrency which originates from Bitmonero. Being the fork of Bytecoin, Monero is an anonymous and decentralized cryptocurrency with CryptoNight (64-bit CPU-only) PoW hash algorithm and based on CryptoNote protocol. Monero cryptocurrency bears all hallmarks from its parent cryptocurrency: privacy, security, untraceability, block analysis resistance and others. All product features are covered in more detail on this website.

Website:
– https://getmonero.org/

Block Explorer:
– http://chainradar.com/xmr/blocks

Coin Specifications

  • CryptoNight Algorithm
  • Max supply: Infinite
  • Block reward: Smoothly varying
  • Block time: 60 seconds
  • Difficulty: Retargets at every block

Wallet:
– Windows
– Mac OX
– Linux

Source Code:
– at GitHub

Ports:
– RPC Port: 18081
– P2P Port: 18080

Mining Pools:
– MinerGate
– http://cryptonotepool.org.uk/
– http://monero.miner.center/
– http://minexmr.com/
– http://monero.crypto-pool.fr/
– https://monerohash.com/
– http://mro.poolto.be/
– http://monero.xminingpool.com/
– http://dwarfpool.com/xmr
– http://xmr.prohash.net/
– http://monero.net/

Coin Exchanges:
– Binance
– Bittrex
– HitBTC
– Citex
– Gateio
– Crex
– Graviex
– Txbit

Bytecoin (BCN) CryptoNight-based alternative cryptocoin

13, Mar 2014

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Bytecoin (BCN) is an alternative cryptocurrency, but it is not a fork Bitcoin and uses the unique algorithm CryptoNight, based on CryptoNote technology. Bytecoin is an open decentralized cryptocurrency. Anyone interested can join Bytecoin network and take part in currency development. As well as the Internet, Bytecoin is international by its nature. Bytecoin allows safe and secure transactions around the globe and offers the convenience of instant fee-free money transactions.

Website:
– https://bytecoin.org/

Block Explorer:
– http://chainradar.com/bcn/blocks

Coin Specifications

  • CryptoNight Algorithm
  • Total coins: 18 446 744 073 709 551 616 atomic units (= 184.46 billion BCN)
  • Block reward decreases each block according to the formula: BaseReward = (MSupply – A)/218, where MSupply = (264 – 1) atomic units and ‘A’ is amount of already generated coins
  • One coin is divisible down to 8 decimal places (divisible up to 108)
  • Block time: 120 seconds (2 minutes)
  • Difficulty retargets each block

Wallet:
– Windows
– Linux
– Mac OS

Source Code:
– at GitHub

Mining Pools:
– MinerGate
– http://bytecoin.miner.center/
– http://bcn.democats.org/
– http://cryptonight.net/
– cryptmonero.com/bytecoin/

Coin Exchanges:
– HitBTC
– Gateio
– Crex
– Stex


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