Ok, here it finally is, the official BANANO Bitcointalk announcement thread (
Edit: Updated Feb 2024). BANANO already started
more than 5 years ago, on April 1st, 2018 and a lot has happened since then (check it all out
/here if you like). Now we will also will give
regular updates here.
Since BANANO is shaped by its rapidly growing community, I think it's best to give a brief summary here for now and amend/edit over time as needed.
Everyone's input is highly welcome, may it be questions, suggestions, memes, contributions, whatsoever! Key Features of BANANO - forked from NANO/XNO (formerly XRB/Raiblocks)
- main-net since April 2018 with meanwhile 50M+ txs
- instant & feeless transactions
- ongoing free & fair distribution through airdrops & innovative faucets
- ongoing tech development (privacy layer, on-chain messaging, faucet games, mining faucets & more)
- MonKey implementation as visual account representatives
- aiming to onboard and educate people being new to crypto
- yes, we also have memes, and we don't take ourselves too serious
- ripe infrastructure with sleek wallets & tipbots on multiple social media platforms
- welcoming, multi-cultural community (e.g. our Discord Server has 30k+ members and our subreddit 70k+)
- traded on several centralized exchanges and bridged as wrapped Banano to Ethereum, Fantom, Arbitrum, Polygon, BNB chain, see more tech/market details here at coingecko and at CoinmarketCap
- current market cap is a few Million USD, with around 81% of all coins being distributed so far
What is BANANO? BANANO was forked in April 2018 from
NANO. BANANO offers instant, feeless and rich in potassium 🍌 transactions, thanks to the fact that BANANO developers (several of them having being involved in NANO itself) have kept big portions of the original code unchanged to keep cross-chain compatibility between existing code libraries. However, they have fined-tuned some parameters, such as Proof of Work requirements and currency units. While the focus for now is on having an ongoing free and fair distribution, BANANO is also experimenting with feature additions such as a privacy layer (
Camo BANANO), on-chain messaging (
MonkeyTalks) and more.
In context of distribution, we aim to use our meanwhile ready-to-strike infrastructure with easy-to-use mobile wallets (
Kalium) and tipbots on several major social media platforms to onboard normies and crypto-noobs who have no idea yet what a cryptocurrency is. We also might do IRL airdrops at some point. Of note,
key here is to make the start with crypto as easy as possible, use a fun attitude and gamification to get new users started without all the usual hassle, and then educate them to handle crypto in general in a responsible way.
Want to learn more? Read the BANANO Yellowpaper: All details about BANANO technology and its innovative features, and also animations, videos, and of course memes! ALSO, it's interactive and truly unique every time someone reads it!
How to get started with BANANO? First, you'll need a wallet. The easiest way is to download
Kalium - BANANO's mobile wallet (available for iOS and Android). We also have a web wallet,
TheBananoStand. Check our
official website for more information, and if you need help getting started you'll find it at
banano.how.
monKeys as Visual Account RepresentativesIn Kalium, as well as in our
webwallet and our
network explorer, you will also notice that every account has a unique
monKey as visual acccount representative.
Learn more at
MonKey.banano.cc.
How To Get Free BANANO? You can currently buy BANANO at various mid-tier exchanges (Mercatox, Coinex). You can also buy wrapped Banano at various well-known EVM chain (Ethereum, Fantom, Arbitrum, Polygon, BNB chain) dexes including Uniswap. Overview
here), more to come over time.
Apart from that, you can get BANANO easily for free in multiple ways:Join the BANANO Republic!Official Website: banano.cc | Help getting started: banano.how
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