Re: [ANN] [SFR] SaffronCoin | Latest Version - 1.4.2/2.6.2 | Mandatory Wallet Update
Edit: Updated with latest information, since we managed to bring Scrypt back to life!
I decided to compile a list of pools still in operation for the 5 algorithms, and on the correct blockchain, as the OP is a mess of dead links, and bad pools.
SFR Algo Healthcheck
Groestl, Sha and Blake are regularly generating blocks and in good health as they have active regular miners.
Scrypt has not regularly been generating blocks for the past month, due to high difficulty and not enough miners. Effort has been made today following this post to start mining Scrypt again, and several blocks have been found on Scrypt in the past 12 hours since this post. The difficulty has been successfully reduced to 6, making it once again possible to mine more easily.
x11 has no working pools that I can find, and therefore apparently no miners, and the difficulty is probably too high to solo mine. We need a new X11 pool so we can start mining again and bring the difficulty down to a more appropriate level.
The great strength of multi-algo coins, is that that despite 2 algorithms being in poor health before today, 3 have been in good health, meaning the coin still functions perfectly. Multi-algo coins have always been under appreciated, and Saffroncoin is probably the best one out there, despite the lack of progress from the dev in recent months and a low price, it is still fundamentally a solid, well developed coin.
Working Pools
X11
No known pools!
SCRYPT
Active miners: https://hamsterpool.com/index.php?page=statistics&action=pool&coin=sfr_scrypt
GROESTL
No active miners: https://www.miners-pool.eu/#!/pools/saffroncoin-groestl
Despite the lack of an active pool, Groestl algo is still in good health and regularly generating blocks, presumably from solo miners not using a pool (or a pool I'm unaware of).
SHA-256D
Active miners: http://ispace.co.uk/coindetails/?coin=sfr
Active miners: https://hamsterpool.com/index.php?page=statistics&action=pool&coin=sfr_sha256
BLAKE256
Active miners: https://www.miners-pool.eu/#!/pools/saffroncoin
If you know any more pools which are still working, let me know so I can update the above.
I decided to compile a list of pools still in operation for the 5 algorithms, and on the correct blockchain, as the OP is a mess of dead links, and bad pools.
SFR Algo Healthcheck
Groestl, Sha and Blake are regularly generating blocks and in good health as they have active regular miners.
Scrypt has not regularly been generating blocks for the past month, due to high difficulty and not enough miners. Effort has been made today following this post to start mining Scrypt again, and several blocks have been found on Scrypt in the past 12 hours since this post. The difficulty has been successfully reduced to 6, making it once again possible to mine more easily.
x11 has no working pools that I can find, and therefore apparently no miners, and the difficulty is probably too high to solo mine. We need a new X11 pool so we can start mining again and bring the difficulty down to a more appropriate level.
The great strength of multi-algo coins, is that that despite 2 algorithms being in poor health before today, 3 have been in good health, meaning the coin still functions perfectly. Multi-algo coins have always been under appreciated, and Saffroncoin is probably the best one out there, despite the lack of progress from the dev in recent months and a low price, it is still fundamentally a solid, well developed coin.
Working Pools
X11
No known pools!
SCRYPT
Active miners: https://hamsterpool.com/index.php?page=statistics&action=pool&coin=sfr_scrypt
GROESTL
No active miners: https://www.miners-pool.eu/#!/pools/saffroncoin-groestl
Despite the lack of an active pool, Groestl algo is still in good health and regularly generating blocks, presumably from solo miners not using a pool (or a pool I'm unaware of).
SHA-256D
Active miners: http://ispace.co.uk/coindetails/?coin=sfr
Active miners: https://hamsterpool.com/index.php?page=statistics&action=pool&coin=sfr_sha256
BLAKE256
Active miners: https://www.miners-pool.eu/#!/pools/saffroncoin
If you know any more pools which are still working, let me know so I can update the above.
This is great! Thanks for taking the time to put this together
Hopefully maybe Rosh will see this and update the OP...I feel like I got trolled, honestly. Why keep giving specific release dates and not only fail to release anything but also keep quiet about it? Are the other devs, besides Roshan, even part of this coin anymore? Did UnoCoin take precedent over SFR development, Roshan? These are genuine questions, and I'm not trying to vilify you even if it seems that way. We need the old Rosh and SFR dev team back.
I'm right here with you crypto. I honestly i have no idea what to think, which is something probably common for a lot of people around this thread. I would be ecstatic if Rosh were to post an update explaining everything, but I don't think that's going to happen or at least any time soon. Given how things have progressed the past couple months, it appears that Rosh is only updating this thread occasionally/rarely or whenever he has time. So i wouldn't expect that to change any time soon, and if he starts posting more regularly again, i'd expect/hope things to stay that way.
But the reason for his absence, or appeared absence, as of now is pure speculation. No one has any idea exactly what is up with Roshan or SaffronCoin. Some make assumptions, or educated guesses, on what might be and some very well might be true, but at least for me I'm still giving Rosh the benefit of the doubt, for better or for worse. The money i lost with SFR's price decline, i've already accepted it and moved on. Probably like many here, this coin had gone somewhat beyond the typical p/l as many of us truly care(d) about the future and success of SFR.
Roshan for over 6 months was one of the best altcoin developers, taking into account skills, accountability, and communication. I know for months now he's been MIA and everything looks bad, and I could be completely wrong, but SFR has risen from the ashes before, and just for me, i'm not personally giving up on it quite yet.
(BTW crypto all that was not directed at you specifically, just mainly voicing my opinions
You know how i feel about all of this man, but i just don't think we're getting an update unfortunately).