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Re: [ANN][DCR] Decred - Community Governance | Bitcoin Devs | Lightning Network
by
girino
on 31/08/2018, 00:54:08 UTC

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Good afternoon, very interesting and how do I buy the fractioned ticket? and what would be its smallest fraction?

It's not yet ready, but in the roadmap: https://blog.decred.org/2018/02/28/2018-Decred-Roadmap/

It's already 100% functional and without bugs Cheesy
We are doing the last tests with those who want to participate on slack channel: #ticket_splitting
There is no minimum of coins, but to make a profit you need at least 5 DCR.

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Will it be an option only for pooled staking or will it also be possible to solo-split stake?

There was a "solo" version that was used on testnet, but it actually makes no sense if not for testing. The system works by selecting one of the voting addresses from one of the participants, and this person will be responsible for issuing vote. In a "solo" version, the person who is selected to vote will have to keep its wallet open 24/7. So everyone participating in the split needs to trust everyone else. But the advantage of this ticket splitting is exactly that you don't need to trust anyone, since the pool handles the voting. If trust is required, it might be better to have a single wallet where every one deposits it's share and the wallet does the buying of tickets and voting.

So, for the software itself, there will probably be no "solo" versions. But the algorithm works for solo mining, so there is nothing holding anyone from forking the code and modifying it to work solo. I just don't see a reason to do so.