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Full MemberActivity: 210Merit: 100 [ANN] MON | Monocle | Merge Mined on VTC Vertcoin - No Premine - Scrypt-N April 26, 2014, 06:50:52 PM

Last edit: June 28, 2014, 07:05:21 PM by BorisTheSpider #1





Monocle is brought to you by the Vertcoin (VTC) developers.



Stealth addresses are now on MON mainnet - please download the updated wallet: http://www.reddit.com/r/vertcoin/comments/298wpl/monocle_stealth_address_release_candidate_1/



NOTE - UNTIL A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF NODES HAVE UPDATED, SX TRANSACTIONS MAY NOT BE RELAYED, SO DO NOT SEND LARGE AMOUNTS OF MON IN STEALTH TRANSACTIONS YET, AS THOSE TRANSACTIONS MAY TAKE A LONG TIME TO MAKE IT INTO A BLOCK AS THE NETWORK UPDATES.



POOL AND P2POOL NODE OPERATORS SHOULD ALSO UPDATE TO THE NEW MON WALLET SO THEY CAN MINE SX TRANSACTIONS. SX INTRODUCTION IS NOT HARDFORKING, BUT SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH SINCE IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET AS MANY NODES AND MINERS UPDATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.





Vote for Monocle on Mintpal: https://www.mintpal.com/voting#MON



Exchanges:



https://www.poloniex.com/exchange/btc_mon

https://www.bittrex.com/Market/?MarketName=BTC-MON



Exchange requests: http://www.reddit.com/r/CoinedUp/comments/24yk8a/please_add_mon_vtc_team_release_mergemined_on_vtc/



Website: https://monocle.vertcoin.org



Block explorer: http://cryptexplorer.com/chain/Monocle

Block explorer: http://monexplorer.vertcoin.org/



Difficulty and hashrate charts: http://stats.etyd.org/monocle.html



Pools:



LIVE POOLS:



Pools being added here as they come online. Use VTC address as username and MON address as password when mining on the proxied p2pool nodes, the other (non-p2pool) pools may have a different way to pass your addresses so please read their individual instructions.



P2pool network 1:



stratum+tcp://p2p-us.kilovolt.co.uk:9555

stratum+tcp://p2pool.vtcpool.co.uk:9555

stratum+tcp://vtc.cubeconnex.com:9555

stratum+tcp://mon.qemulab.com:9555

stratum+tcp://ny.p2proxy.net:9555 (

stratum+tcp://191.239.1.169:9555

stratum+tcp://singaporep2pool1.no-ip.info:9555

stratum+tcp://vertcoinpool.com:9555

stratum+tcp://107.170.105.6:9555

stratum+tcp://p2pool.vertfinder.info:9555 - stats page:



P2pool network 2:



stratum+tcp://p2p-eu.kilovolt.co.uk:9555

stratum+tcp://198.144.185.136:9555

stratum+tcp://singaporep2pool2.no-ip.info:9555

stratum+tcp://whatever.kn.vutbr.cz:9555



P2pool network 3:



stratum+tcp://p2p-asia.kilovolt.co.uk:9555

stratum+tcp://singaporep2pool3.no-ip.info:9555

stratum+tcp://p2pool3.coingiant.net:9555

stratum+tcp://109.24.254.169:9555



Non p2pool:



http://www.hashharder.com/scrypt-n/monocle%20merged

http://simplevert.com/

https://vert.composedchaos.net/

http://vertmerged.poolz.net



Mailing lists:



These lists will provide notifications for MON client updates, or mining pool software. If you are a p2pool node operator who wishes to add merged mining of MON to your node, please sign up to the pool operators list to receive pool specific notifications such as the merged mining backend, this list will also contain any alerts relating to updates of the MON daemon (so there is no need for node operators to sign up to both lists). Users who do not wish to receive information about the pool-side software, but just alerts relating to MON client updates should sign up to the users/miners list.



Pool operators:



Users/Miners:



Wallets:



Release binaries:



Github:



If you have the pre-release passworded wallets or source, the password is WknYbiAWZ4EA66ggUhSaj3HE7cee but the same files are now available unencrypted from the above links.





Specifications:



Premine: Zero



Algorithm: Scrypt-N, merge-mineable on the VTC chain



Block time: 2 minutes



Retarget: Every 12 blocks using BRNDF. Starting difficulty 2.0



Block reward: 25 MON per block, then decreasing by approximately 3% every 10080 blocks (2 weeks). First 1000 blocks ramp up gradually from 1 MON to full block reward. After block 1,468,415 (approximately 5 years and 7 months) only fees will be mined.



Total circulation: 8.4 million MON



TX fees: No free transactions, 0.01 MON base TX fee



Ports: Mainnet RPC port 6888, mainnet P2P blockchain sync port 6889. Testnet RPC 16888 and p2p 16889.





IRC: Freenode #vertcoin







Distribution over 5.6 years (after which time only fees are mined):











Initial distribution:









P2POOL NODE OPERATORS:



The HOWTO at



MINERS:





Running your own node on the Vertcoin p2pool network is the optimal way to mine, with zero fees and the maximum possible payouts. To make the process easy and painless I have created a preconfigured p2pool node in a box, with simple howto and triple merge mining of VTC+MON+PLX:



General p2pool info:



To mine MON, you will need to use the existing VTC mining software you use now, but you will need to mine on one of the p2pool nodes which adds MON merged mining (they will be added to this post over the next few days) and you will need to change your miner configuration to add your MON address once the wallet is released. You will use your VTC address as username and your MON address as password when connecting;



eg. vertminer.exe -o "NODE-ADDRESS:9555" -u "VTC-ADDRESS" -p "MON-ADDRESS" --the-rest-of-your-settings



If you already mine at a node that decides to add MON, you'll need to change the TCP port you connect to the node on, to the new port for both VTC and MON (9555 as specified in the example above), and add your MON address as password.



Note that the optimal way to mine both VTC and MON (with no fees, and maximum payouts due to reduced latency) is to run your own p2pool node on your LAN, possibly even in a VM or on your own desktop computer. The main p2pool software is at



LIVE POOLS:Pools being added here as they come online. Use VTC address as username and MON address as password when mining on the proxied p2pool nodes, the other (non-p2pool) pools may have a different way to pass your addresses so please read their individual instructions.P2pool network 1:stratum+tcp://p2p-us.kilovolt.co.uk:9555stratum+tcp://p2pool.vtcpool.co.uk:9555stratum+tcp://vtc.cubeconnex.com:9555stratum+tcp://mon.qemulab.com:9555stratum+tcp://ny.p2proxy.net:9555 ( http://p2proxy.net/ stratum+tcp://191.239.1.169:9555stratum+tcp://singaporep2pool1.no-ip.info:9555stratum+tcp://vertcoinpool.com:9555stratum+tcp://107.170.105.6:9555stratum+tcp://p2pool.vertfinder.info:9555 - stats page: http://p2pool.vertfinder.info:8080/proxypool/ P2pool network 2:stratum+tcp://p2p-eu.kilovolt.co.uk:9555stratum+tcp://198.144.185.136:9555stratum+tcp://singaporep2pool2.no-ip.info:9555stratum+tcp://whatever.kn.vutbr.cz:9555P2pool network 3:stratum+tcp://p2p-asia.kilovolt.co.uk:9555stratum+tcp://singaporep2pool3.no-ip.info:9555stratum+tcp://p2pool3.coingiant.net:9555stratum+tcp://109.24.254.169:9555Non p2pool:These lists will provide notifications for MON client updates, or mining pool software. If you are a p2pool node operator who wishes to add merged mining of MON to your node, please sign up to the pool operators list to receive pool specific notifications such as the merged mining backend, this list will also contain any alerts relating to updates of the MON daemon (so there is no need for node operators to sign up to both lists). Users who do not wish to receive information about the pool-side software, but just alerts relating to MON client updates should sign up to the users/miners list.Pool operators: http://eepurl.com/TsPOr Users/Miners: http://eepurl.com/TsP8H Release binaries: https://github.com/erkmos/monocle/releases (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux portable binaries)Github: https://github.com/erkmos/monocle/ If you have the pre-release passworded wallets or source, the password is WknYbiAWZ4EA66ggUhSaj3HE7cee but the same files are now available unencrypted from the above links.Premine: ZeroAlgorithm: Scrypt-N, merge-mineable on the VTC chainBlock time: 2 minutesRetarget: Every 12 blocks using BRNDF. Starting difficulty 2.0Block reward: 25 MON per block, then decreasing by approximately 3% every 10080 blocks (2 weeks). First 1000 blocks ramp up gradually from 1 MON to full block reward. After block 1,468,415 (approximately 5 years and 7 months) only fees will be mined.Total circulation: 8.4 million MONTX fees: No free transactions, 0.01 MON base TX feePorts: Mainnet RPC port 6888, mainnet P2P blockchain sync port 6889. Testnet RPC 16888 and p2p 16889.IRC: Freenode #vertcoinThe HOWTO at https://github.com/erkmos/proxypool/blob/master/HOWTO has now been sent to the node operators mailing list. All the necessary software and instructions to add MON are in that repo. Please open TCP port 6889 for inbound connections in your firewall so you are operating as a full node.Running your own node on the Vertcoin p2pool network is the optimal way to mine, with zero fees and the maximum possible payouts. To make the process easy and painless I have created a preconfigured p2pool node in a box, with simple howto and triple merge mining of VTC+MON+PLX: https://github.com/Paul-Bradley/EasyNode General p2pool info: http://www.reddit.com/r/vertcoin/comments/22hved/vertcoin_p2pool_faq/ and http://www.reddit.com/r/vertcoin/comments/21r4y8/vertcoin_p2pool_quick_start_guide/ To mine MON, you will need to use the existing VTC mining software you use now, but you will need to mine on one of the p2pool nodes which adds MON merged mining (they will be added to this post over the next few days) and you will need to change your miner configuration to add your MON address once the wallet is released. You will use your VTC address as username and your MON address as password when connecting;eg. vertminer.exe -o "NODE-ADDRESS:9555" -u "VTC-ADDRESS" -p "MON-ADDRESS" --the-rest-of-your-settingsIf you already mine at a node that decides to add MON, you'll need to change the TCP port you connect to the node on, to the new port for both VTC and MON (9555 as specified in the example above), and add your MON address as password.Note that the optimal way to mine both VTC and MON (with no fees, and maximum payouts due to reduced latency) is to run your own p2pool node on your LAN, possibly even in a VM or on your own desktop computer. The main p2pool software is at https://github.com/donSchoe/p2pool-n - if you install and configure that for VTC, all you need to do to add MON at release is add the monocle daemon to the machine, and run p2pool with the --merged option, eg. python run_p2pool.py --net vertcoin -f 0 --give-author 0 --no-bugreport --merged http://MON-RPCUser:MON-RPCPassword@127.0.0.1:6888 - you'd then be mining VTC in the normal way (with payouts in the generation transaction, fully distributed on p2pool) and solomining MON into the Monocle wallet on the p2pool server. It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to run this configuration.



NODES:



addnode=146.185.131.175

addnode=188.226.239.48

addnode=188.226.233.63



Forum:



https://cryptocointalk.com/forum/1276-monocle-mon/

NODES:addnode=146.185.131.175addnode=188.226.239.48addnode=188.226.233.63Forum:

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Hero MemberActivity: 728Merit: 500 Re: [ANN] MON | Monocle | Merge Mined on VTC Vertcoin - No Premine - Scrypt-N April 27, 2014, 09:35:00 AM #11 Thanks Boris for that new feature of VTC.

Is this absolutly new feature in crypto scene or is it already used anywhere i can watch it.



I have shut down my miner because my powercost is much to high. It´s more "proftibale" to buy VTC than mine them for me.

Monocle could bring me back into the game.



I don´t understand why people still are able to mine any scrypt coins with GPU and why coins using alternative algos as

scrypt-n or X11 do not have more followers. Where is all the scypt hash gone ?

Are the rigs shut down already ?

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Full MemberActivity: 210Merit: 100 Re: [ANN] MON | Monocle | Merge Mined on VTC Vertcoin - No Premine - Scrypt-N April 27, 2014, 06:14:38 PM #19

Added the following to the OP. Please sign up to the lists if you wish to add MON merged-mining to your public VTC p2pool node, and users/miners please sign up to the second list to get updates in future regarding new MON client releases.



Mailing lists:



These lists will provide notifications for MON client updates, or mining pool software. If you are a p2pool node operator who wishes to add merged mining of MON to your node, please sign up to the pool operators list to receive pool specific notifications such as the merged mining backend, this list will also contain any alerts relating to updates of the MON daemon (so there is no need for node operators to sign up to both lists). Users who do not wish to receive information about the pool-side software, but just alerts relating to MON client updates should sign up to the users/miners list.



Pool operators:



Users/Miners: Added the following to the OP. Please sign up to the lists if you wish to add MON merged-mining to your public VTC p2pool node, and users/miners please sign up to the second list to get updates in future regarding new MON client releases.These lists will provide notifications for MON client updates, or mining pool software. If you are a p2pool node operator who wishes to add merged mining of MON to your node, please sign up to the pool operators list to receive pool specific notifications such as the merged mining backend, this list will also contain any alerts relating to updates of the MON daemon (so there is no need for node operators to sign up to both lists). Users who do not wish to receive information about the pool-side software, but just alerts relating to MON client updates should sign up to the users/miners list.Pool operators: http://eepurl.com/TsPOr Users/Miners: http://eepurl.com/TsP8H