UPDATE: April 3rd new whitepaper released here: http://ravencoin.org/Ravencoin.pdf Roadmap link: https://github.com/RavenProject/Ravencoin/blob/master/roadmap/README.mdOverview:Ravencoin was officially launched on January 3rd 2018 with the vision of becoming a community coin, meaning anyone is able to contribute and add to the project. It is not owned by one individual or a team of developers. As such, while I am posting this announcement with updated information, I am not the founder nor a developer, just a volunteer that is looking to help inform the public. This is a new open-source project that anyone can contribute towards with the goal of utilizing the blockchain to facilitate the transfer of assets.
Most people have a hard time conceptualizing what "assets" are so I'll do my best to try to give examples of assets: Assets can come in a variety of types, such as financial instruments such as security tokens/stocks/bonds/deeds/etc as well as gaming items (ex. a sword)/conventional asset management/managing distributions for co-ops/digital art. There are a lot of real-world applications that this blockchain is intended to disrupt and improve. Ravencoin is intended to be the rails to these assets and will power the transfer of assets through raven's decentralized trust-less network, which is why there was no premine/developer reward/etc and was launched fairly to instill trust in the network.
Development:The core developers are currently focused on building the asset layer which will allow Ravencoin to facilitate the transfer of assets. There is a hard-fork planned for the network to implement this additional asset layer in around October/November 2018 time frame. This hard-fork will not create multiple coins as it will be an upgrade and the balance that you currently have will be transferred over to the new chain. No additional coins will be given out from the fork.
The Ravencoin protocol will support RSK / solidity but ALSO have a native capability built in which makes it easier for many use cases. Additional capabilities will include messaging and dividends. More information to come soon on this matter. Ravencoin will eventually support new token launches and facilitate exchanging/transferring tokens, its unclear at this point what the primary use of those tokens will be, but it can be a wide array of purposes.
Core Developers (Discord Username): RavencoinDev, Tron, Chatturga
Advisers: Bruce Fenton
Contributing companies: Overstock, Medici Ventures
Controlling companies: None
Please consider donating to the community development fund: RBjAZ4fgoXfMC1ujzs7XKreMxJAL1r9fhT (Raven Address) thank you!
More Information:We'll update this thread with core developments as that information becomes available to us. Please join us in one of our discord channels for the latest news and updates.
Ravencoin Community DiscordRavencoin (RVN) Lounge Discord *Note: This server contains NSFW content. Visitor discretion is advised.
RVNGaming Discord (Trivia Here) Project Info:Ravencoin was launched in the interest of fair distribution. Miners from all around the world have added to the network to create one of the strongest decentralized networks in existence. There is no ICO, no pre-mine, no masternodes, or any other gimmicky feature, and you can mine RVN using AMD or NVIDIA GPUs. Raven is focused on maintaining a decentralized network and the core developers have expressed their intent to change the algorithm should an ASIC ever be launched on Raven's network.
Coin Specifications: Algorithm: X16R
Whitepaper:
http://ravencoin.org/Ravencoin.pdf Roadmap:
https://github.com/RavenProject/Ravencoin/blob/master/roadmap/README.md Block Time: 1 minute
Block Reward: 5000 RVN
Block Reward halving schedule: ~4years
Total Coin Supply: 21 Billion
Block Size: 1MB (may increase in the future)
Pre-mine: No
Founders Reward: No
ICO: No
Masternodes: No
Airdrops: No
RPC port: 8766
Network port: 8767
Important Links: Wallets Linux/Mac/Windows:https://github.com/RavenProject/Ravencoin/releases/latest Web Wallet (by Traysi): https://pocketraven.com/ Paper Wallet (by Penfold): https://github.com/todd1251/WalletGenerator.net/tree/ravencoin Block Explorers: https://ravencoin.network/ https://rvn.traysi.org/ https://rvn.hash4.life/ https://exp.virtopia.ca/ http://raven-blockchain.info/ http://rvnhodl.com/ Rich List: https://rvn.hash4.life/richlist Statistics (by teh_director): https://www.rvnstats.info/ Community Wiki: https://raven.wiki/ CoinMarketCap https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/ravencoin/ Cryptocoincharts https://cryptocoincharts.info/coins/show/rvn https://www.crypto-coinz.net/coin-info/?109-Ravencoin-RVN-X16R-calculator/
Exchanges: https://wallet.crypto-bridge.org/market/BRIDGE.RVN_BRIDGE.BTC https://nanex.co/exchange/RVNNANO https://graviex.net/markets/rvnbtc https://www.qbtc.com/trade https://www.idcm.io/trading/RVN_BTC Miner Software Downloads Nvidia Mining Rig Software: Suprminer for nvidia cards (0% devfee by ocminer)
Windows/Linux release:
https://github.com/ocminer/suprminer/releases Nevermore Miner for nvidia cards (1% devfee by brianmct)
Windows releases :
https://github.com/brian112358/nevermore-miner/releases Tpruvot-ccminer-2.2.5 (0% devfee by tpruvot)
Windows releases :
https://github.com/MSFTserver/RavenCoin-Wallet-With-Miners/releases AMD Mining Rig Software: Avermore Miner (optimized SGminer by brianmct, 1% devfee, ~+10% performance gain over current versions)
Github source:
https://github.com/brian112358/avermore-miner Windows/Linux releases:
https://github.com/brian112358/avermore-miner/releases Getting Started wiki:
https://github.com/brian112358/avermore-miner/wiki/Getting-Started Optimize Hashrate:
https://github.com/brian112358/avermore-miner/wiki/Optimizing-Hashrate SGminer (by acenine)
GitHub source :
https://github.com/aceneun/sgminer-gm-x16r/tree/x16r.
Windows releases :
https://github.com/aceneun/sgminer-gm-x16r/releases Getting Started wiki :
https://github.com/brian112358/sgminer-x16r/wiki SGminer (by Brianmct)
GitHub source:
https://github.com/brian112358/sgminer-x16r Windows releases:
https://github.com/brian112358/sgminer-x16r/releases Getting Started wiki:
https://github.com/brian112358/sgminer-x16r/wiki/Getting-Started Mining Pools Minepool: https://www.minepool.com/ code:
stratum+tcp://stratum.minepool.com:3636 -u WALLET_ADDRESS -p c=RVN MiningPanda: https://miningpanda.site/ code:
stratum+tcp://miningpanda.site:3666 -u [-p ] Suprnova: https://rvn.suprnova.cc/index.php?page=gettingstarted YiiMP.eu: http://yiimp.eu/ CryptoPool.PARTY: https://cryptopool.party/ code:
stratum+tcp://cryptopool.party:3636 -u -p c=RVN OminousNetwork: http://ominousnetwork.com code:
stratum+tcp://pool.ominousnetwork.com:3636 -u WALLET_ADDRESS Virtopia: https://mineit.virtopia.ca/ code:
stratum+tcp://stratum.virtopia.ca:3333 -u wallet-address -p somename Coinblockers: https://rvn.coinblockers.com/ code:
US Stratum: stratum+tcp://rvn-us.coinblockers.com:4449 -u
WALLET_ADDRESS.yourRigName For EU stratum change "us" to "eu" PickAxePro: http://www.pickaxe.pro/ code:
stratum+tcp://x16r.pickaxe.pro:3636 -u WALLETADDRESS -p c=RVN Krawww-Miner.eu: http://krawww-miner.eu/ Ravenminer: http://www.ravenminer.com/ Protopool: https://protopool.net/ code:
stratum+tcp://eu2.protopool.net:3636 -u RVN_WALLET -p c=RVN Hash4Life: https://hash4.life/ code:
stratum+tcp://hash4.life:3636 -u WALLET -p c=RVN Omegapool: https://www.omegapool.cc/ TheBSODPool: http://bsod.pw/ Guides: Full Mining Guide (credit: Charlie): https://virtopia.ca/how-to-mine-ravencoin-rvn/ German Quick Start Guide (Credit: Shiradvor): https://steemit.com/altcoin/@shiradvor/ravencoin-rvn-minen-unter-windows-deutsch-german Ravencoin Mining Profit Calculator: Coin Calculators https://www.coincalculators.io/coin.aspx?crypto=ravencoin-mining-calculator Forums: Raven Community Forums https://ravencointalk.org/ https://ravenforum.org/ Ravencoin Project Donations: Help contribute to the community's goals by donating Raven to the specific fund that you would like to
see accomplished.
The funds contributed to these addresses will only be used in accordance with their title/description
1) General Fund - RYXTg27X81RT9WM8QUYv4wGZzhyscP8ddg
2) Development Fund - RBjAZ4fgoXfMC1ujzs7XKreMxJAL1r9fhT
3) Marketing Fund - RRpoNfwgVo7nEZsiao9caWjvY9BDVGDs5L
4) Exchange listing fund - RUHAU58CmceTgB2gbGKSXgHXUaiet22tU9
5) Hardware Wallet Support Fund - RFYpqPQqZKKbFCSXMzownDqHEs6ZWHpQaq
I (shiggidy) believe this to be a major step forward for helping to secure our precious RVN
(Aiming for Ledger support, but would be open to Trezor as well if they allow new coins; as of
this moment they do not)
Additionally, the hardware wallet support attracts new people to the community.
New raven coin pool with .5 % pool fees.
