[ANN][PIRATE] A zk-SNARKS only blockchain, Tor, secured by dPoW and BTC hashrate
DISCLAIMER
I [the original poster / OP] is NOT a developer of PIRATE Assetchain.
I do not advice anyone for PIRATE Assetchain.
NOTE: I can not assure this first thread will be up to date. I highly recommend visiting https://pirate.black which is being taken care by community on github pages. I'll still try to keep this main original post up to date as the information is provided to me. No promises. Thanks for understanding.
Komodo Platform (https://komodoplatform.com/) has Assetchain parameter to make Z transactions only Assetchain. Means a runtime fork of Zcash code, which ONLY does private transactions. Totally Independent blockchain. There are many combinations of making such chains here: https://bit.ly/2NwOM3J
So far no project used this parameter to make PRIVACY TRANSACTIONS ONLY BLOCKCHAIN. Some community folks made a this Assetchain and named it PIRATE. 😅
So, this PIRATE chain has these interesting facts (so far from my notes):
- Komodo Assetchain
- Independent blockchain
- Privacy/Shielded/z tx only chain. No Transparent transactions possible on PIRATE chain.
- Block time aprox 60 seconds.
- Block halving every 388885 blocks.
- aprox every 270.0590278 days
- aprox every 8.872575862 months
- Block reward of 1 satoshi will reach in about 25.89607116 years.
- Total supply of around 40 million. Exactly to be 199,109,119.99420500 by year 2043+
- CryptoConditions contracts not possible on this chain, as it's z tx only chain.
-Can't notarize without special exemptions. Notarisation now possible since this update: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4979549.msg46084487#msg46084487
- Equihash PoW algo blockchain.
- Alternatively can use Verushash PoW, but has to be used for a 100% PoW chain.
- TOR network supported.
Getting Started
To get started with you only need Komodo Platform daemon installed on your machine. You can either download the wallet from Komodo Platform website and use the bundled "komodod" and "komodo-cli" in it, or you can also compile it on your machine.
Installation instructions are available on Komodo Platform documentation website here: https://docs.komodoplatform.com/komodo/install-Komodo-manually.html
Connect to PIRATE blockchain
Command to run PIRATE blockchain and connect with the network:
Mine PIRATE blockchain
Use "-gen" and "-genproclimit" to enable mining. Value for "-genproclimit" is the value of how many CPU threads you have on your system.
Add seed node IPs
Add seed nodes IP for better network connectivity. Example starting assetchain with 2 seed node IP
Wallet comands
How to enable TOR settings for PIRATE:
Just started Tor Browser as normal and used this command to start PIRATE blockchain:
Tested this on MacOS. It must be exactly same on Linux as well.
For Windows, just use the single line command, and remove the comment line after "#" too.
Remove the command line parameter or change it accordingly.
I just tested PIRATE over TOR in the most simplest and easiest setup way possible. Bit more advanced users can find this help link very useful which describes setting up "bitcoind" with Tor settings:
https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/70069/how-can-i-setup-bitcoin-to-be-anonymous-with-tor
Linux admins and PIRATE miners can also help by setting up Tor PIRATE nodes, and share on this forum your .onion address and port for your PIRATE peer.
Once we have good amount of .onion based PIRATE peers we can add them to "-addnode=" list, and can have more privacy added to PIRATE.
The Tor support request has been shared with Agama Wallet developers. Let's hope we get Tor Support in Agama Wallet soon. Once done, setting up Tor for a coin or assetchain would be easier.
Website:
https://pirate.black/
Explorer:
https://explorer.pirate.black/
http://pirate.explorer.dexstats.info/
https://pirate.kmdexplorer.io/
GitHub:
https://github.com/PirateNetwork
PIRATE Wallets
Refer to pirate.black website for wallet links:
https://pirate.black/wallets/
Connect with PIRATE:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateChain
Telegram: https://t.me/piratechain/
Discord: https://pirate.black/discord/
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/PirateChain/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/piratechain/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PirateChain/
Medium: https://medium.com/piratechain
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/piratechain
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/piratechain
Mining Pools:
https://miningpoolstats.stream/piratechain
Enhanced Getting Started by webworker01: https://piratepool.io/getting_started
Mining Calculator:
dexstats.info: https://dexstats.info/piratecalc.php
crypto-coinz.net: https://www.crypto-coinz.net/coin-info/?203-Pirate-ARRR-Equihash-calculator/
MinerStats: https://minerstat.com/coin/ARRR
WhatToMine: https://whattomine.com/coins/298-arrr-equihash
Trading Exchanges
Refer to pirate.black website for exchanges info: https://pirate.black/exchanges/
OTC [PIRATE] trading thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5038706
OTC [PIRATE] trading discord channel: https://discord.gg/d6FQVu2
Richlist (99.99+% shielded funds)
https://dexstats.info/richlist.php?asset=PIRATE
Articles
PIRATE MEDIUM: https://medium.com/piratechain
PIRATE MINING INFORMATION: https://medium.com/piratechain/mining/home
PIRATES of Komodo Platform: https://medium.com/@satindergrewal/pirates-of-komodo-platform-cdc991b424df
PIRATE is all about privacy & nothing about piracy: https://medium.com/@satindergrewal/pirate-is-all-about-privacy-nothing-about-piracy-2962eb5bb818
Post in Spanish PIRATE, the most anonymous cryptocurrency in the world: https://steemit.com/spanish/@thewalker/pirate-la-criptomoneda-mas-anonima-del-mundo
PIRATEchain Why we need anonymity: https://medium.com/@seko1900/piratechain-why-we-need-anonymity-4aa7a7d854ef
HAVE FUN!
- Satinder
EDIT 1: Total supply and halving info updated as per this update: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4979549.msg46084487#msg46084487
EDIT 2: TOR Support settings details/notes added. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4979549.msg46147769#msg46147769
EDIT 3: PIRATE Wallet and new pool information updated. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4979549.msg46165431#msg46165431
EDIT 4: Mining calc added. social median and other communication links added. articles links update.
EDIT 5: Updated Exchange links
EDIT 6 (25 May, 2020): Updated Exchange, wallets, social, mining calc, explorer links
I [the original poster / OP] is NOT a developer of PIRATE Assetchain.
I do not advice anyone for PIRATE Assetchain.
NOTE: I can not assure this first thread will be up to date. I highly recommend visiting https://pirate.black which is being taken care by community on github pages. I'll still try to keep this main original post up to date as the information is provided to me. No promises. Thanks for understanding.
Komodo Platform (https://komodoplatform.com/) has Assetchain parameter to make Z transactions only Assetchain. Means a runtime fork of Zcash code, which ONLY does private transactions. Totally Independent blockchain. There are many combinations of making such chains here: https://bit.ly/2NwOM3J
So far no project used this parameter to make PRIVACY TRANSACTIONS ONLY BLOCKCHAIN. Some community folks made a this Assetchain and named it PIRATE. 😅
So, this PIRATE chain has these interesting facts (so far from my notes):
- Komodo Assetchain
- Independent blockchain
- Privacy/Shielded/z tx only chain. No Transparent transactions possible on PIRATE chain.
- Block time aprox 60 seconds.
- Block halving every 388885 blocks.
- aprox every 270.0590278 days
- aprox every 8.872575862 months
- Block reward of 1 satoshi will reach in about 25.89607116 years.
- Total supply of around 40 million. Exactly to be 199,109,119.99420500 by year 2043+
- CryptoConditions contracts not possible on this chain, as it's z tx only chain.
-
- Equihash PoW algo blockchain.
- Alternatively can use Verushash PoW, but has to be used for a 100% PoW chain.
- TOR network supported.
Getting Started
To get started with you only need Komodo Platform daemon installed on your machine. You can either download the wallet from Komodo Platform website and use the bundled "komodod" and "komodo-cli" in it, or you can also compile it on your machine.
Installation instructions are available on Komodo Platform documentation website here: https://docs.komodoplatform.com/komodo/install-Komodo-manually.html
Connect to PIRATE blockchain
Command to run PIRATE blockchain and connect with the network:
Code:
./komodod -ac_name=PIRATE -ac_supply=0 -ac_reward=25600000000 -ac_halving=77777 -ac_private=1 -addnode=136.243.102.225
Mine PIRATE blockchain
Use "-gen" and "-genproclimit" to enable mining. Value for "-genproclimit" is the value of how many CPU threads you have on your system.
Code:
./komodod -ac_name=PIRATE -ac_supply=0 -ac_reward=25600000000 -ac_halving=77777 -ac_private=1 -addnode=136.243.102.225 -gen -genproclimit=4
Add seed node IPs
Add seed nodes IP for better network connectivity. Example starting assetchain with 2 seed node IP
Code:
./komodod -ac_name=PIRATE -ac_supply=0 -ac_reward=25600000000 -ac_halving=77777 -ac_private=1 -addnode=136.243.102.225 -addnode=78.47.205.239
Wallet comands
Quote
# Get wallet and blockchain info
./komodo-cli -ac_name=PIRATE getinfo
# Get wallet information
./komodo-cli -ac_name=PIRATE getwaletinfo
# Get mining information
./komodo-cli -ac_name=PIRATE getmininginfo
# Generate a new Z/Private address
./komodo-cli -ac_name=PIRATE z_getnewaddress
# To backup the private key of a z address
./komodo-cli -ac_name=PIRATE z_exportkey "zaddr"
# To send mined coins to a z address
./komodo-cli -ac_name=PIRATE "fromaddress" "tozaddress" ( fee ) ( limit )
# Example 1:
./komodo-cli -ac_name=PIRATE z_shieldcoinbase "RHYDbB9ZtoqSaTvJqkCNd7EH9eLnvULSnr" "zcdYeSbZCnvcbKhUPMYWdMy9FVdgQ2y9fivhbWgCuPsbFJ5VycayAZwrgkC8dbyVZd1einoNjKBa8hs Xy71B3aMNVpinvsa"
# Example 2:
./komodo-cli -ac_name=PIRATE z_shieldcoinbase "*" "zcdYeSbZCnvcbKhUPMYWdMy9FVdgQ2y9fivhbWgCuPsbFJ5VycayAZwrgkC8dbyVZd1einoNjKBa8hs Xy71B3aMNVpinvsa"
# To send a transaction from your z address to another z address
./komodo-cli -ac_name=PIRATE z_sendmany "fromaddress" [{"address":... ,"amount":...},...] ( minconf ) ( fee )
# Example:
komodo-cli -ac_name=PIRATE z_sendmany "zcdYeSbZCnvcbKhUPMYWdMy9FVdgQ2y9fivhbWgCuPsbFJ5VycayAZwrgkC8dbyVZd1einoNjKBa8hs Xy71B3aMNVpinvsa" '[{"address": "zcVHHtp5vTFDASaMoWXGYnPYq7n6xqwtYDFmN4F9UX4T88MscMJY9wQgyAMWpM4ttNXDyQHcFDGgegs 3CBDQ9KNWvUXaaUA" ,"amount": 5.9999}]'
./komodo-cli -ac_name=PIRATE getinfo
# Get wallet information
./komodo-cli -ac_name=PIRATE getwaletinfo
# Get mining information
./komodo-cli -ac_name=PIRATE getmininginfo
# Generate a new Z/Private address
./komodo-cli -ac_name=PIRATE z_getnewaddress
# To backup the private key of a z address
./komodo-cli -ac_name=PIRATE z_exportkey "zaddr"
# To send mined coins to a z address
./komodo-cli -ac_name=PIRATE "fromaddress" "tozaddress" ( fee ) ( limit )
# Example 1:
./komodo-cli -ac_name=PIRATE z_shieldcoinbase "RHYDbB9ZtoqSaTvJqkCNd7EH9eLnvULSnr" "zcdYeSbZCnvcbKhUPMYWdMy9FVdgQ2y9fivhbWgCuPsbFJ5VycayAZwrgkC8dbyVZd1einoNjKBa8hs Xy71B3aMNVpinvsa"
# Example 2:
./komodo-cli -ac_name=PIRATE z_shieldcoinbase "*" "zcdYeSbZCnvcbKhUPMYWdMy9FVdgQ2y9fivhbWgCuPsbFJ5VycayAZwrgkC8dbyVZd1einoNjKBa8hs Xy71B3aMNVpinvsa"
# To send a transaction from your z address to another z address
./komodo-cli -ac_name=PIRATE z_sendmany "fromaddress" [{"address":... ,"amount":...},...] ( minconf ) ( fee )
# Example:
komodo-cli -ac_name=PIRATE z_sendmany "zcdYeSbZCnvcbKhUPMYWdMy9FVdgQ2y9fivhbWgCuPsbFJ5VycayAZwrgkC8dbyVZd1einoNjKBa8hs Xy71B3aMNVpinvsa" '[{"address": "zcVHHtp5vTFDASaMoWXGYnPYq7n6xqwtYDFmN4F9UX4T88MscMJY9wQgyAMWpM4ttNXDyQHcFDGgegs 3CBDQ9KNWvUXaaUA" ,"amount": 5.9999}]'
How to enable TOR settings for PIRATE:
Just started Tor Browser as normal and used this command to start PIRATE blockchain:
Quote
./komodod \
-ac_name=PIRATE \
-ac_supply=0 \
-ac_reward=25600000000 \
-ac_halving=77777 \
-ac_private=1 \
-addnode=37.9.62.186 \
-addnode=136.243.102.225 \
-daemon \
-proxy=127.0.0.1:9150 # Connect through TOR SOCKS5 proxy \
-listen # Accept connections from outside (default: 1 if no -proxy or -connect) \
-listenonion # Automatically create Tor hidden service (default: 1) \
-maxconnections=25 \
# -onlynet=onion # Optional. If you only want to connect to peers via Tor network. If enabled no clearnet/internet IPv4/IPv6 addresses will connect as peers.
-ac_name=PIRATE \
-ac_supply=0 \
-ac_reward=25600000000 \
-ac_halving=77777 \
-ac_private=1 \
-addnode=37.9.62.186 \
-addnode=136.243.102.225 \
-daemon \
-proxy=127.0.0.1:9150 # Connect through TOR SOCKS5 proxy \
-listen # Accept connections from outside (default: 1 if no -proxy or -connect) \
-listenonion # Automatically create Tor hidden service (default: 1) \
-maxconnections=25 \
# -onlynet=onion # Optional. If you only want to connect to peers via Tor network. If enabled no clearnet/internet IPv4/IPv6 addresses will connect as peers.
Tested this on MacOS. It must be exactly same on Linux as well.
For Windows, just use the single line command, and remove the comment line after "#" too.
Remove the command line parameter or change it accordingly.
I just tested PIRATE over TOR in the most simplest and easiest setup way possible. Bit more advanced users can find this help link very useful which describes setting up "bitcoind" with Tor settings:
https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/70069/how-can-i-setup-bitcoin-to-be-anonymous-with-tor
Linux admins and PIRATE miners can also help by setting up Tor PIRATE nodes, and share on this forum your .onion address and port for your PIRATE peer.
Once we have good amount of .onion based PIRATE peers we can add them to "-addnode=" list, and can have more privacy added to PIRATE.
The Tor support request has been shared with Agama Wallet developers. Let's hope we get Tor Support in Agama Wallet soon. Once done, setting up Tor for a coin or assetchain would be easier.
Website:
https://pirate.black/
Explorer:
https://explorer.pirate.black/
http://pirate.explorer.dexstats.info/
https://pirate.kmdexplorer.io/
GitHub:
https://github.com/PirateNetwork
PIRATE Wallets
Refer to pirate.black website for wallet links:
https://pirate.black/wallets/
Connect with PIRATE:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateChain
Telegram: https://t.me/piratechain/
Discord: https://pirate.black/discord/
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/PirateChain/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/piratechain/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PirateChain/
Medium: https://medium.com/piratechain
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/piratechain
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/piratechain
Mining Pools:
https://miningpoolstats.stream/piratechain
Enhanced Getting Started by webworker01: https://piratepool.io/getting_started
Mining Calculator:
dexstats.info: https://dexstats.info/piratecalc.php
crypto-coinz.net: https://www.crypto-coinz.net/coin-info/?203-Pirate-ARRR-Equihash-calculator/
MinerStats: https://minerstat.com/coin/ARRR
WhatToMine: https://whattomine.com/coins/298-arrr-equihash
Trading Exchanges
Refer to pirate.black website for exchanges info: https://pirate.black/exchanges/
OTC [PIRATE] trading thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5038706
OTC [PIRATE] trading discord channel: https://discord.gg/d6FQVu2
Richlist (99.99+% shielded funds)
https://dexstats.info/richlist.php?asset=PIRATE
Articles
PIRATE MEDIUM: https://medium.com/piratechain
PIRATE MINING INFORMATION: https://medium.com/piratechain/mining/home
PIRATES of Komodo Platform: https://medium.com/@satindergrewal/pirates-of-komodo-platform-cdc991b424df
PIRATE is all about privacy & nothing about piracy: https://medium.com/@satindergrewal/pirate-is-all-about-privacy-nothing-about-piracy-2962eb5bb818
Post in Spanish PIRATE, the most anonymous cryptocurrency in the world: https://steemit.com/spanish/@thewalker/pirate-la-criptomoneda-mas-anonima-del-mundo
PIRATEchain Why we need anonymity: https://medium.com/@seko1900/piratechain-why-we-need-anonymity-4aa7a7d854ef
HAVE FUN!
- Satinder
EDIT 1: Total supply and halving info updated as per this update: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4979549.msg46084487#msg46084487
EDIT 2: TOR Support settings details/notes added. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4979549.msg46147769#msg46147769
EDIT 3: PIRATE Wallet and new pool information updated. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4979549.msg46165431#msg46165431
EDIT 4: Mining calc added. social median and other communication links added. articles links update.
EDIT 5: Updated Exchange links
EDIT 6 (25 May, 2020): Updated Exchange, wallets, social, mining calc, explorer links