Note: This project is dead, it never gained much momentum. This ANN is left here for purely historical reasons.

Resources

• Website: https://wispproject.github.io
• Github Home: https://github.com/wispproject
• Wallet repository: https://github.com/wispproject/wallet
• Documentation Wiki: https://github.com/wispproject/doc/wiki
• FAQ: https://github.com/wispproject/doc/wiki/FAQ
• PRE-ANN: https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/3371587.0

Social

• Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/2YUewTX
• Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#wisp:privacytools.io
• Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/wispofficial/

Specifications

See https://github.com/wispproject/doc/wiki/Specifications


About Wisp

Wisp is a fork of SpectreCoin that runs without development fees. At Spectrecoin, every 6th block reward goes to the project founder. This system was introduced in a hardfork on 2018-08-21 @ 22:00 GMT (Source). The Wisp project is a group of independent developers and community members who believe that users of a cryptocurrency should NOT be forced to give money to a single person (and neither to a small group of people for that matter). Instead, we strongly believe in freedom and decentralization, as these are the main points of cryptocurrencies.

The goal of Wisp is the original vision of Spectrecoin to build a solid privacy-focused cryptocurrency based on Proof-of-Stake, but with an even stronger focus on freedom, fairness and radical decentralization. As such we don't support centralized exchanges but encourage our users to use decentralized exchanges (DEX) instead. Our developers and active community members are volunteers or work based on unsolicited donations by other members. There is no central "team", instead everybody is encouraged to contribute what he or she can. You don't need permission to start working in the Wisp project, and if you can code and your contributions are good, you will get repository access.

The Wisp project in a wider sense is characterized by the association of individuals with a focus on decentralization, liberty and privacy. As such we see ourselves in the philosophic heritage of communities like the Tor community, /r/Rad_Decentralization on Reddit and the original Bitcoin community.


Anonymity

Wisp uses several mechanisms to protect the privacy of its users. Connections to other clients are exclusively made through the Tor network. Received payments can be made unlinkable using dual-key stealth addresses (DKSA). Sent payments can be anonymized using a ring signature token system originally invented for ShadowCash (SDC).

For more info, please refer to the Spectrecoin whitepaper: https://spectreproject.io/White_Paper.pdf


Wallet

The current wallet is based on Spectrecoin v1.4 and can be accessed from this repository: https://github.com/wispproject/wallet

We currently do NOT offer binaries, since the binary release process is inherently centralized and relies on trusting a single person, which is not compatible with the philosophy of Wisp! We encourage our users to compile the wallet on their own system if they have the ability to do so, or let a trusted person build a binary for them. You should generally not run executables from people on the Internet that you don't know.

One goal on our roadmap is setting up Gitian, which should (partially) solve the trust problem. If you are a developer experienced with using Gitian, you could help us to set this up if you like!    We're also aiming to create comprehensive compilation instructions for Windows users so that it is easier for them to compile the wallet.



Exchanges

Wisp is currently not listed on any exchange. Generally we consider exchange listings to be the task of the community. So if you are interested in getting Wisp listed on your favourite exchange, please come to our Discord, propose your idea and join forces with other people who also want Wisp to be listed on that exchange.

We are planning to get Wisp listed on the Bisq exchange as soon as possible, because it aligns perfectly with the radical decentralization approach of Wisp.

If you are lucky you will find someone here or in the Wisp Discord who is willing to sell you some coins OTC (over the counter).


Roadmap

The plan is basically to follow the changes released by the Spectrecoin team, and making our own adjustments in cases we don't agree with what they did. The main reason we have our own blockchain is simply because they decided to implement development fees into their core protocol and we did not. Except from that, the two will be pretty much the same.

Any other developments really depend on our community members; since we're an open community anybody who has a cool idea will get the chance to include it into Wisp if the rest of the community agrees.


Contributing

Wisp is a community project, so contributors and developers have a very high reputation in our community. There is a special membership status in our Discord for contributors, and we have an exclusive channel that only contributors can write on. If you are interested in getting involved, you can basically contribute whatever you like! The most important positions to fill right now are:

• Developers code maintainers
• Social media experts
• Node operators running static IP nodes or DNS seeds

Acknowledgements go to:

• The Spectrecoin developers for their past and ongoing work on the Spectrecoin wallet that Wisp is based on
• jbg for building the foundation of our current wallet and build system
• HippiePyro and vvc for initiating the Wisp project
• Tom14 for building an awesome website
• Huber Humphre for creating our current logo

Please ask if there are any further questions, and welcome to the Wisp community!    You can find the Discord invite link in the "Links" section above.