[PoSV] Release Candidate 1 Binaries

Dear fellow Reddheads: PoSV Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is now available for download here. This is for testnet only. PoSV starts at block 29999, which allows everyone to CPU mine about 2 billion more RDD. If this is your first time participating in testing Download the binaries for Windows/Linux/Mac OS X Encrypt your wallet.dat, which […]

[PoSV] Release Candidate 1 (RC1) binaries available by this weekend

Dear fellow Reddheads: By this weekend I’ll release RC1 binaries for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X with fixes, tuning and improvement based on the testing so far. Please stay tuned for details. (And those of you who are participating in the testing right now, please keep the full nodes up!) Regards laudney

[PoSV] We need more full nodes on testnet

Dear fellow Reddheads: So far we have successfully minted 2200+ PoSV blocks on testnet and it’s been going rather well. But we need more full nodes to join us. The more nodes we have, the more thorough the testing, the earlier PoSV will be ready. So join us and contribute your share to your own […]

[PoSV] public alpha version now in github

Dear fellow Reddheads: I’ve now tagged the alpha version of PoSV wallet for testnet as posv-alpha in github repo. The last PoW block on testnet is 20999. Please follow the steps below: git clone https://github.com/reddcoin-project/reddcoin.git git checkout posv-alpha compile both daemon and QT wallet on your platform remove all blockchain related files and folders and only keep your […]

[PoSV] Public alpha release in coming days

Dear fellow Reddheads: I’m going to release the public alpha version of PoSV daemon and QT wallet in coming days, probably as early as this weekend. In order to start minting straight away when you get hold of the wallet, you need to mine and age some coins on testnet now. Regards laudney

[PoSV] time to mine some coins first on testnet

Dear fellow Reddheads: We’ll start testing mass minting very soon. But for you to mint, you need some RDD on testnet and let them age first. To do this, please put the following in reddcoin.conf file (one per line) or as arguments on the command line: testnet=1 gen=1 genproclimit=1 This configuration will create one single […]

[PoSV] Internal testing entering final phase

Dear Reddheads: I’m glad to announce that internal testing has entered the final phase: . 1) full backward compatibility between the master and PoSV branches in terms of PoW mining and transaction + block data structures 2) checkpoint broadcast 3) minting/staking After internal testing finishes, I’ll start invitation-only beta testing followed by public beta. Stay […]

Reddcoin unveils next-generation social wallet, platform and starts transition to proprietary Proof of Stake Velocity

Dear fellow Reddheads: Today we’d like to announce three pieces of news: next-generation social walletOur young star /u/hoppipoppipolla has been working on our next-gen social wallet for months. It’s the first ever fully functional cryptocurrency wallet that integrates various social features such as IRC chat, news feed, and official announcement. It has been designed to […]