Quote from: everettforth on August 28, 2017, 11:06:33 PM

WhaleCoin

Abstract
We describe a simple mined cryptographic blockchain which
is designed to power a unique decentralized social network. The social
network supports several types of roles and notably the Whale role
which is given to any user who holds at least 1,000 tokens. The total
number of Whales on this network will always be limited and Whales
will have the power to influence how blockchain rewards are distributed.
An incentive structure will be designed so that Followers will attempt
to gain approval from Whales who will then influence the blockchain to
send them rewards.

Website
https://whalecoin.org

Blog
https://blog.whalecoin.org

RocketChat
https://rocketchat.whalecoin.org

Explorer
https://explorer.whalecoin.org/

Wallet
https://mywhalewallet.com/

Desktop Wallet
https://github.com/WhaleCoinOrg/DesktopWallet/releases

Whitepaper
https://whalecoin.org/whitepaper.pdf

Exchanges
https://mercatox.com/exchange/WHL/BTC
https://stocks.exchange/trade/WHL/BTC

(more to come)

Social
Twitter: https://twitter.com/whalecoinorg
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/WhaleCoinOrg/
Github: https://github.com/whalecoinorg

Specs
PoW Mined
No Premine
No ICO
Mining algorithm: Ethash

Total Coin Supply (20-Second Target Block Time)

Block Number	Rewards Per Block
1-1,000	1	(Slow Start)
1001-100,000	15
100,001-200,000	14
200,001-300,000	13
300,001-400,000	12
400,001-500,000	11
500,001-600,000	10
600,001-700,000	9
700,001-800,000	8
800,001-900,000	7
900,001-1,000,000	6
1,000,001-forever	5	(possibly switch to PoS at some point)

Technical
Based on Ethereum
Miners send mined coins to a smart contract which pays for the Development Fund and Follower Rewards.
Social network Dapp to be launched after Block #200,000

Custom Difficulty Adjustment Algorithm: "Ahab"
WhaleCoin created a new hyper aggressive difficulty adjustment algorithm, which adjusts the difficulty of every block by +/-10% of the previous block based on whether the last block occurred faster or slower than the target time (20 seconds), meaning the difficulty can adjust exponentially if necessary. This should help protect the chain from 51% mining attacks.

Genesis Block Start Date
September 4, 2017 11am Pacific Time

Current Coin Distribution
This is a 100% mined coin with no pre mine or ICO. After coins are mined, miners send some of the coins to a development and social contract fund. The amount depends on what miners agree on based on consensus of the code they run at the time.

Current Coin Distribution (After Block #863270)
Miners: 50%
Followers: 40%
Development Fund: 10%

Coin Distribution (Block #200,000- #863270)
Miners: 34%
Development Fund: 33%
Followers: 33%

Coin Distribution (Block #1-#200,000)
Miners: 67%
Development Fund: 33%

Pools
http://whale.spdns.eu
http://whl.hpool.net (china)
http://whale.allcanmine.net/
http://whale.minerpool.net/
http://whale.globalpool.cc/
http://whale.ezmine.io/
http://whale.2zo.pw/
http://whale.orchardcoins.com/

(more to come)

Other "WhaleCoins"
We have found 2 other "WhaleCoin" projects, but they are believed to be abandoned.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=720600.0 (2014)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1028185.0 (2016)

http://whale.minerpool.net/#/account/0x07e00fd10e21924c4687a6f03dac24ce33694aed
Stealing coins? AWARDS FROM THE BLOCK 6 COINS OF WRITTEN AND SWIMMING PAYMENTS 3