The current version has already had smart contracts for 2 years. The newest one is actually very stable and fast. However, I need to update the daemon from the POS 3 fork. (You could build that yourself too)

This version of BlackHalo has decentralized markets as well.

So the goals this year:

Implement the cold staking technique
Finish the remaining templates (currently only custom smart contracts and cash for coins template is live)
And after all templates, I'm still working on NightTraders beta.

The challenge in NightTrader I've had is latency, if i finish the microtrader it will require time to complete trades so i dont want to release a product if people arent using it.

Regardless, I'm making it with either microtrading or perhaps a variation on atomic trades or multisig exchange. The drawback to multisig exchange is i take on some liability because our servers participate. Microtrading is fully decentralized but consider some transactions might take up to 10-20 trades. Imagine waiting for a trade to finish when involved in Bitcoin (days! no fun)

Bitbay will also get their much anticipated pegging.



The problem? My guy who did my marketing moved on to do a completely different business after I paid him.

So we have no marketing in BLK or in BAY or not even for BitHalo or NightTrader.

I cant code and market, coding is so much work i dont even have time to trade and that has costed quite a bit.

And sorry guys that I don't visit Bitcointalk much, I am usually on r/Blackcoin

Speaking of marketing we have a new site for Blackcoin at davtonia.com/blackcoin but its been hard to convince Gritt to help me push the redirect link back. Things like this are exactly what holds back our marketing.

Its been 2 years and we are still using the old site.

Yeah however Etherium is a bloated protocol. It cant be both a decentralized application and payment network.

Let me explain how serious of a problem this is. Bitcoin cannot even store BASIC TRANSACTIONS on the blockchain without grinding to a halt and sparking a huge blockchain size debate. This actualy problem is increased 10-20 fold if you think you are going to store applications in a decentralized way??? You would be out of your mind to think that.

This is why i've never agreed with the Eth business model of "selling dreams without solutions". And investors are apathetic saying "Oh its okay bandwidth will catch up"

But it wont. Etherium to survive will have to centralize and that is absolutely no good as a payment network.

So actually the blockchain is only good for notary, possibly validating a side chain and reporting errors.

So in all honestly the future is in the lightning network, a P2P debt transfer protocol. Something that allows peers to avoid reporting to the blockchain by transferring trust in time locks.

Etherium storing software on the blockchain?? Ridiculous. Imagine having to download all of youtube to watch a single video. The scalaing problem is very serious.

I do like the fact that they can augment the scripting system so in that respect Bitcoin and all its clones are dinosaurs. But Etherium cannot possibly be a solution because it cannot be decentralized in its proposed state.

ROKOS v5 Flavors Released!

Support thread: ROKOS Flavors

Visit the New ROKOS website at: http://rokos.space


ROKOS v5 "Flavors" Released. Full OS with Cryptocurrency Clients, full nodes and much more. Faster, Easier, Stronger.



We've seen new services selling "stake miners" for different currencies, we support the new technology and uses for cryptocurrencies in the Raspberry Pi environments, hence we came up with a Free solution for every IoT enthusiast, developer, user, service that want to use their IoT devices with BTC, OK and more cryptocurrencies, or that would like to turn their Pi into a Staking device, It already integrates a fully functional Bitcoin + 11 Cryptocurrencies Clients and nodes as well to provide the users with the best and easier Out of the Box experience.


The First OS image release that merges the full power of Raspberry Pi 2, Banana Pi PRO & IoT Devices with Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies:
- ROKOS v5 "Flavors" comes with integrated Cryptocurrencies Clients nodes .


Specs:

v5 "flavors" Release (Pi2) March 07 2016
- Full burnable OS Compatible with the Raspberry Pi systems.
- Full System Programs Upgrade.
- Full Design Upgrade.
- Iceweasel browser.
- Autolog.
- Debian.
- Java Dev Tools.
- Easier to Use mod Update.
- Security and Optimization Update.
- Updated Out of the box Firewall ready for use (gui) (start in terminal: gufw)
- Includes Qt and complete set of Dev tools (For developers)
- Includes Qt 3.2.1 Native Qt 5.5.1 for Cross compile !
- Works with other cryptocurrencies.
- 1024mb swap mod.
- Updated Cryptocurrencies Included:
Bitcoin, OKCash, Blackcoin, Gamecredits, Digitalcoin, Diamondcoin,
Energycoin, Europecoin, Soil, Metalcoin, Transfercoin, Mojocoin. (Readme.txt)
- Custom Login and Wallpapers.
- Cryptocurrencies nodes atusr/local/bin/
- Easy Clients Nodes Upgrades.
- Direct access to the Clients Via: Task bar and Menu > Internet.
- ZIP file - Compression: 2.2Gb image to download, 6.1GB uncompressed to burn.


Requirements:
ROKOS v5 "flavors":
- Raspberry Pi 2 (Pi2 full power use by debian jessie base)

- Min 8gb SD card and an External device (usb hdd ssd). To sync the Cryptocurrencies chains on the external device instead of the SD card.


Future Versions:
- Security updates.
- Chain Updates.
- More Cryptocurrencies will be integrated for an Out of the Box experience and adoption.
- Designs Updates.
- More wallets, programs or features, based on users/communities/developers feedback, support and/or cross collaborations.






*Raspberry Pi 2:
User: pi Password: raspberry , follow normal setup.

a) Type: sudo raspi-config
b) Set your Time Zone, change your pi user password and Expand the file system, restart.
After restart the system you can type:  "startx"   to start the user desktop.
c) System ready for use.



a) Go to Menu > Internet and Click on your favorite Cryptocurrency Wallet

This will open the Cryptocurrency wallet and start sync.

*For some Cryptocurrencies the initial sync might take some days, wallets are fully usable after being fully Synchronized.



b) Always remember to make constant backups of your wallets and save them in USB or external media.

Use your wallets in ROKOS to plug HW and mine, Send/Receive, Stake, Share,
become a full node and support your favorite Cryptocurrency network, develop new applications,
etc, the limit is only in your imagination.


Important Security Notice:
*) Remember to create a backup for your Wallets, you can use the wallets to create them and save in different folders on a USB device.
You should ALWAYS have a backup of your wallet, Raspberry Pi Hardware, Raspbian and ROKOS Software are under development hence not responsible for missuses, electrical or compatibility issues that might cause a loss of information. It is as secure as one's ability to take care for it, same as a computer, so always have a backup of your wallets on an external device.

*) Some people tend to recommend getting a 128Gb MicroSD HC (High speed) , at the same time it does work, I do not recommend this solution, as microSD cards tend to get corrupted by the number of overwrites, to ensure the best functionality and security you should use an external HDD/USB storage device to store the chains.


You can start testing and developing new integration with ROKOS and your favorite cryptocurrencies for your IoT projects.







(I did this on a Windows computer, and I dont know what tool to use for Mac to install the iso file Image burner, for this guide you will have to figure out that yourself, if you use Mac)

1. Download and install SD Formatter 4.0 (This is the tool to format the SD card) from:
Windows: https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/eula_windows/SDFormatterv4.zip
Mac: https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/eula_mac/SDFormatter_4.00B.pkg
(or find it yourself at: https://sdcard.org/downloads)

2. Insert the MicroSD/MicroSDHC card into your PC/Mac. (You will probably need an MicroSD to SD adapter for this).

3. Start SD Formatter 4.0 and click the [Option] button. In there you change from "FORMAT TYPE: QUICK" to "FORMAT TYPE: (FULL)Erase", just leave the "FORMAT SIZE ADJUSTMENT" in OFF and click the [OK] button so start the format. When the card is completely formatted click the [Exit] button to close SD Formatter.

4. Download and install Win32 Disk Imager (This is the iso file Image burner) from:
Windows: http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/files/latest/download

5. Download ROKOS Core (rokos5.img.zip) and unzip the ISO file (This is the awesome ROKOS Core "Operating System" that we are going to install on the SD card) from:
Download: http://bit.ly/rokos5flavors
(or find it yourself at: http://rokos.space

6. Start Win32 Disk Imager, press the "little blue folder" and select the "rokos5.img" file that you did extract. Make sure your SD card is selected in the list to the right and press the [Write] button. It will tell you that it can corrupt the SD card, just press [Yes] to continue the installation, when the installation to the SD card is done press the [Exit] button to close Win32 Disk Imager.

7. Now "Safely remove" your SD card from the computer.

8. Put the MicroSD/MicroSDHC card in your Raspberry Pi 2, and make sure you got an USB Keyboard, Monitor (via HDMI), and and Internet cable connected to the Raspberry Pi 2 before you connect the power cable to your Raspberry Pi 2.




1. Type:
(and press enter)

2. Select:
(and press enter) press enter again on the <Ok> button.

3. Select:
(and press enter) press enter again on the <Ok> button. Type a new password (you will not see the letters) and press enter, type your new password again, and press enter. Then press the <Ok> button.

4. Select:
(and press enter) Then select:
(Choose your timezone)

5. Press the "TAB" button on your keyboard two times to get to the <Finish> button, and press enter. Then choose <Yes> to restart your system.

6. Type:
(and press enter) your system will now start up and you are DONE!

ENJOY THIS AWESOME OPERATING SYSTEM!

Free for download, Enjoy.

Permanent adds, Claims and info please at Support thread: ROKOS Flavors to respect this community thread.

Thank you   

Blackcoin is always a good buy.
I'm thinking to buy again while everybody are busy with ETH. This is good price now,
and i believe won't fall further down. I'm glad i see many members thinking like me.
Only that worrying me is slow progress and inactivity of dev team.

You're still working on this project too?
Fuck no!
I sold all my bay after you scammed me there, I think I'll do the same here.
david zimbeck is a scammer, no one should trust you.

Hello,
when  announcement about new merchants?
 

Coins need 500 confirmations (not a strictly fixed time) to start staking. Previously instead of it there was a fixed minimum time (age): 8 hours.

https://nm.reddit.com/r/blackcoin/comments/4b99o5/blackcoinj_source_code/
blackoinj with POS 3.0 protocol updates

pruned chain around 200MB (almost instant synchronization)
HD wallet (and other bitcoinj features)
used in android wallet
https://nm.reddit.com/r/blackcoin/comments/3xzzqa/another_poor_joes_wallet/
and multiblack
https://nm.reddit.com/r/blackcoin/comments/403uza/multiblack/
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