[TEST RELEASE OF NODECOIN MINER]

I did a quick proof of concept NXTcoin today. The coin is actually a NXT AE Asset called "nodecoin", there are 1 billion nodecoins. I made a nodeminer that has been tested on Mac and Linux, no guarantees on Windows. It is is pretty portable C in a self-contained file, so there is a decent chance it will compile under Windows. Let me know if you get it ported to Windows.

OK, so nodecoin was a great idea from Mises_77 yesterday. It inspired me to do some programming and I took a lot of shortcuts. No complaining about lack of features, it is less than 12 hours old!

How does it work? You simply run nodeminer from the command line with your NXT acct id. It does not needs your passkey. For now it is hardcoded to testnet and has a very fast cycle time of 10 seconds. Every 10 seconds that you are forging, 1 nodecoin is "created". However, I was lazy and didnt bother to keep track of who forged which coins, and I certainly didnt database the incoming info. I just add up everyone's total into unclaimed nodecoins. If you are forging, you will be able to see the total unclaimed nodecoins.

Now comes the fun part. ANYBODY can claim all the unclaimed nodecoins by sending in 1 NXT!!

Of course, if there is more than 1 bidder, then the highest bidder wins. I would like to test higher load scenarios, so the more people that test it, the better.

There will be a contest. The one who has the most nodecoins in about 48 hours, will win a 1000 NXT bounty.  Please report any fatal bugs.

build with: gcc -o nodeminer nodeminer.c -lcurl
run with: ./nodeminder

James