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Monero (XMR) is a decentralised open-source cryptocurrency forked from Bytecoin in April 2014. The coin's fundamental feature is privacy - it aims to be a digital medium of exchange with untraceable payments, unlinkable transactions and resistance to blockchain analysis. This is achieved thanks to a proof-of-work algorithm called CryptoNight, developed by the CryptoNote project. CryptoNote uses so-called "ring signatures", a sophisticated scheme that demands several different public keys from a group of users for verification. As such, the exact person behind a Monero transaction is not known; this results in considerable increase of privacy compared to Bitcoin and its forks. Original announcement.
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| DistroWatch.com - BitKey |
BitKey is a FREE, Debian-based live Linux distribution designed for Bitcoin users; it comes with specialist utilities to perform highly secure air-gapped Bitcoin transactions. It contains a swiss army knife of handy Bitcoin tools that support a wide range of usage models, including a few very secure ones which would otherwise be difficult to perform. The system boots into one of the three available modes: "cold-offline" - for creating a wallet and signing transactions; "cold-online" - for watching the wallet and preparing transactions; "hot-online" - standard usage but less secure as the private keys are known to the computer which is connected to the internet.
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Like any software, Bitcoin too is subject to security flaws unwittingly introduced by the project's developers. The first (and so far the last) serious vulnerability was discovered in August 2010. A transaction verification bug in the Bitcoin protocol allowed users to bypass the cryptocurrency's coin-generation restrictions and create an indefinite number of bitcoins. The vulnerability was exploited on August 15 when over 184 billion bitcoins were generated in a transaction and sent to two addresses on the network. The problem was dealt with promptly - within hours, the bug was fixed, the transaction erased and the network forked to an updated version of the Bitcoin protocol. This was the only major security flaw found and exploited in Bitcoin's history.
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For complete privacy and anonymity on your desktop computer and mobile devices, use a personal VPN from Private Internet Access, the award-winning, no logs VPN service named PC Mag.com Editors' Choice.
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| 2017-04-28 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: Emercoin (EMC) 0.6.2 |
64,500 satoshi
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Evgenij Merenkov has announced the release of Emercoin (EMC) 0.6.2, the latest stable build of the software powering the project's hybrid proof-of-work/proof-of-stake cryptocurrency. This version upgrades the underlying Qt library to version 5.5.0 and ads to the wallet an ability to exchange coins traded on the CoinReform.com exchange platform, including Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum, Dash, Monero, Namecoin, Peercoin and BlackCoin: "Emercoin Core v0.6.2 has been released. Some of the major points of the update are optional checkpoints (turn checkpoints on or off) and/or user-specified checkpoints, as well as a built-in coin exchange in the wallet. Changelog: added GUI for exchanges; added -alertpubkey and -checkpointpubkey configuration options; switched to Qt 5.5.0; fixed two bugs when disconnecting blocks." Here is a brief release announcement as published on BitcoinTalk.org, but see also the changelog and this article on Medium.com for more information. The new Emercoin wallet client is available for Linux, macOS and Windows; download (MD5) links: emercoin-0.6.2-linux64.tar.gz (22.8MB), emercoin-0.6.2-linux32.tar.gz (22.9MB), emercoin-0.6.2-osx64.tar.gz (17.7MB), emercoin-0.6.2-win64.zip (23.0MB), emercoin-0.6.2-win64-setup.exe (13.1MB). The source code is available from GitHub: v0.6.2emc.tar.gz (4.18MB). |
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| 2017-02-15 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: Emercoin (EMC) 0.6.0 |
64,500 satoshi
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Evgenij Merenkov has announced the release of Emercoin (EMC) 0.6.0, a new stable release of the project's hybrid proof-of-work/proof-of-stake (PoW/PoS) cryptocurrency. This version adds support for "merged mining" which allows miners to mine for both Emercoin and Bitcoin at the same time: "The Emercoin crypto-platform will officially switch over to merged mining in February 2017. This means that now all its users will be able to make money in two cryptocurrencies at once—Emercoin and Bitcoin. Advantages of merged mining: miners can make money in two digital currencies at the same time, with no extra burden on equipment capacity; Emercoin will become even more secure, as blockchain complexity skyrockets by over 500 times; an increased number of Emercoin users; increased trust in the network. Merged-mining blocks will be accepted once 950 of the last 1,000 blocks are mined by 0.6.0 clients." The new release also fixes a number of bugs; please see the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download (MD5): emercoin-0.6.0-linux64.tar.gz (18.7MB), emercoin-0.6.0-osx64.tar.gz (23.7MB), emercoin-0.6.0-win64.zip (32.2MB), emercoin-0.6.0-win64-setup.exe (12.9MB). The source code is available from GitHub: v0.6.0emc.tar.gz (4.30MB). |
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| 2016-12-23 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: Emercoin (EMC) 0.5.2 |
64,500 satoshi
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Emercoin developer "fixx" has announced the release of Emercoin (EMC) 0.5.2, an updated version of the project's hybrid proof-of-work/proof-of-stake (PoW/PoS) cryptocurrency launched in December 2013: "Emercoin 0.5.2 release available. What's new? Merged with Bitcoin 0.10.4 - this allows to create transactions that cannot be spent until certain time/height; Qt and CLI wallets now have Unicode support by default (Univalue library) - this will display Unicode symbols in name value, but please do not use it for binary data; RPC can also enable Unicode, but you need to specify '-legacyrpc=0' in your emercoin.conf; name commands now have parameter for binary input and output as a hex or base64-encoded strings; some minor bug fixes (emercoin-cli could crash client during client startup); more info about wallet lock state in getinfo ('encrypted': true, 'mintonly': true); added ENUM support." Here is the brief release announcement as published on BitcoinTalk.org. Download (MD5) links: emercoin-0.5.2-linux64.tar.gz (18.5MB), emercoin-0.5.2-osx64.tar.gz (23.5MB), emercoin-0.5.2-win64.zip (32.1MB), emercoin-0.5.2-win64-setup.exe (12.8MB). The source code is available from GitHub: v0.5.2emc.tar.gz (4.29MB). |
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| 2016-09-25 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: Emercoin (EMC) 0.5.0 |
64,500 satoshi
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Evgenij Merenkov has announced the release of Emercoin (EMC) 0.5.0, a major new build of the project's open-source cryptocurrency with an integrated decentralised DNS server for *.coin, *.emc, *.lib and *.bazar domains, among other interesting features: "Emercoin is pleased to announce that Emercoin 0.5.0 is now available to download. Emercoin 0.5.0 includes many improvements: new GUI from Bitcoin 0.10.2 (including control of transaction inputs); improved debug tab, including traffic graphs and peer network statistics; new Emercoin RPC and debug console commands; various new Bitcoin security standards; optimized block upload protocol (headers are uploaded first, then the blocks are uploaded asynchronously); faster block uploading due to parallel processing provided by multiple peers; more responsive block uploading, preventing freezing of the GUI; improved localizations and language translation quality." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (MD5): emercoin-0.5.0-linux64.tar.gz (18.7MB), emercoin-0.5.0-osx64.tar.gz (23.9MB), emercoin-0.5.0-win64.zip (32.2MB), emercoin-0.5.0-win64-setup.exe (12.8MB). The source code is available from GitHub: v0.5.0emc.tar.gz (5.09MB). |
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| 2016-01-02 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: EmerCoin (EMC) 0.3.7 |
64,500 satoshi
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The new year brings another software update to EmerCoin (EMC), a decentralised, open-source cryptocurrency with some interesting features, such as geographically distributed servers for external IP discovery or an integrated DNS server for *.coin, *.emc, *.lib, *.bazar domains. This is bug-fix release and a "desirable" update: "New release 0.3.7. It is highly desirable to update the wallet. The difference between 0.3.6 and 0.3.7: 1. imported DER signature fixes from Peercoin 0.4.2; 2. GUI fix - display correct tx time after -rescan; 3. GUI fix - fix name creation crash when wallet is open in mint_only mode." This brief release announcement was posted on BitcoinTalk.org yesterday, while a similar note accompanies the new release on the project's page on GitHub. As always, the EmerCoin wallets are available for download from SourceForge: emercoin-0.3.7-linux.tar.gz (14.4MB), Emercoin-Qt.dmg (10.9MB), emercoin-0.3.7-windows.7z (17.7MB). Finally, a quick link to the source code for those readers who prefer to compile their own binaries: v0.3.7emc.tar.gz (1.65MB). |
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| 2015-12-02 |
NEW • Cryptocurrency Release: EmerCoin (EMC) 0.3.5 |
64,500 satoshi
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EmerCoin (EMC) is a decentralised, open-source cryptocurrency with some innovative features, such as geographically distributed servers for external IP discovery or an integrated DNS server for *.coin, *.emc, *.lib, *.bazar domains. Earlier today the project released a bug-fix update to its wallet client, version 0.3.5. This is a mandatory upgrade: "There was an attack on the EmerCoin blockchain; this was based on a vulnerability in the previous version of the PPC protocol, related to altering some signatures. The attack has been performed months before the fork date, when the attacker submitted 'tainted blocks'. The rest of the clients on the network downloaded those blocks from peers and noticed the difference. This is how a tainted blockchain can infect a large number of network participants. Thankfully, there are no financial consequences of the fork itself, the only inconvenience being that some customers were in a 'deadlock' state and could not go to the main blockchain branch. Re-downloading the blockchain from a trusted source resolved this issue." Read the release announcement on BitcoinTalk.org for more details. Download links: emercoin-0.3.5-linux.tar.gz (14.3MB), Emercoin-Qt.dmg (10.9MB), emercoin-0.3.5-windows.7z (17.7MB). The source code is available from GitHub: v0.3.5emc.tar.gz (1.65MB). |
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