If your phone lags at all while running a webgl game in the browser it might be that the miner is lagging as well.

Regarding mining withdrawals, all are saved and are on deck to be sent out and will be sent as soon as the SafeLow is 1 gwei. I tried sending out all requests this morning but it was going to cost about $98 worth of gas just to send out the current requests, whereas when the SafeLow is 1 it will be under $10. For most the of the year the blockchain was at 1 however it is just being over used at the moment. Hopefully things calm down this month but either way all mining withdrawals are saved and added to the list to go out when the SafeLow is 1.

Edit: Great news, the SafeLow is back 1, we have used our smart contract to begin sending out withdrawals, and they will continue to go out today and in the coming days. Your total withdrawals may be done in multiple parts depending on how many times you withdrew and if you used the same address or not (It is preferred that you do use the same wallet address). I will post here again when all withdrawal requests have been processed.

Withdrawals are delayed at the moment because the SafeLow is 40 which is as high as I've seen it. Once that falls back to standard levels withdrawals will be processed. You can check the blockchain's safelow here: Eth gas station


This is not true, there is no background mining and no form of advertisements at all on HowlCoin. Background monero miners like Coinhive are clearly visible in the site's page source code, but there is none of that on HowlCoin.

 While you are right that typically an ERC20 cannot be mined, HowlCoin uses a manual mining system  specifically made for HowlCoin with Unity webgl as an experimental way to distribute coins.

If anyone is familiar with Raiblocks, a manual distribution system is also how that coin was distributed- in their case it was manually through a captcha, Howlcoin tried something similar but went back to a miner that can simply run without anything needing to be pressed.

This is a way to distribute to users without them needing a high end processor. With Raiblocks, this lead to a lot of poorer people in Venezuela being able to take part and earn alot of XRB, when they would not have been able to if they had needed a rack of GTX 1080s.

The top holder wallets will receive a HWL payment every quarter until supplies run out. Same goes with the mining.


 Thanks for pointing this out, I can see now that the miner pauses when a tab is switched. This was a problem with a previous version and is a minor and easy fix which I will add soon. Other than that the miner should run at the same speed even with other stuff open, it's a simple Unity webgl implementation that shouldnt take up many resources.


No that is totally fine, it is preferred if you use the same wallet addresses as it cuts down on transactions.

 As can be seen on Ethgasstation, the SafeLow cost is currently 12 gwei which is on the way down but it needs to be at its usual 1gwei for payouts to be economical. We have a mass distribution smart contract that delivers the coins however it costs significantly more when the SafeLow cost is high (this happens when the blockchain gets clogged). For example it might cost 30c per payout, so if there are 300 miner payouts on the list for that day, it ends up being around $90.
 And if you select a lower fee than the SafeLow, the transaction might simply never arrive. When the SafeLow returns to 1gwei it's much cheaper. This is why sometimes payouts have to be delayed, it's waiting until the blockchain is less clogged so the transaction fee is lower.

The miner is running again and this time has a much higher withdrawal limit, but it also mines a lot more coins which is about 0.3 every 10 seconds. You can leave the window and return if you need too, it will remember how many coins you have. Payouts will go out on Mondays so you can build your coins up throughout the week without having to have to withdraw regularly.

 Anyone with a top 50 wallet would have received a HWL payout on Jan 1.


Yes it is. Of course it would be great to create something brand new but ERC20 coins are secure and fast so this was the best option for this idea.


 There were some payouts from the old miner that didn't process, the miner disregards requests if they are from a user trying to mine from multiple tabs/same computer.

Hey guys, just wanted to warn you that there are reports that EtherDelta may have been fully compromised: http://blockrepublic.io/etherdelta-may-fully-compromised-move-tokens/

 The HowlCoin main wallet will change for now just as a precaution.


Yes it will be the top 50 wallets tomorrow

Everything is pretty much good to go and will be live tomorrow, so it will be possible to mine coins again by the end of Jan 1. Payouts will go to the top wallets before the end of the day also. Even if the blockchain is clogged I plan to put them through regardless of the gas fee, but right now the gas fee is low that its looking good.

That is correct.

Sorry for the delay, been quite busy. The updated website, miner and more will be up before New Years eve US time. On Jan 1 the top holders will receive more HWL and the miner will be live, with a new walk through video explaining all the changes.

The best new development is we have had a proper mass delivery smart contract created which is what we needed to deliver the airdrops, which will be going out starting in around a day and a half. This smart contract allows us to deliver the airdrops and the mining rewards in a MUCH more efficient manner. We can now batch many transactions into one which allows everything to be delivered much more reliably.

 I will be back on Dec 31st with with the video explaining the updates.

I see the new miner is considered too annoying to use so I am going to move it back to the old version with some upgrades. So the old mine is under maintenance- if you are still running it just hit withdraw when you are ready and it will be processed. The new miner will still have a high withdrawal limit to prevent hundreds of requests at once, but it will also offer more HWL per minute, and you will be able to leave it on in the background. This style of miner (build up over time with no click required) is likely to be the final one used.

 Thankfully the blockchain is finally easing in congestion. All pending payouts will be sent out when the SafeLow returns to normal which is 1-2 gwei (if it doesn't happen soon i'll just start sending them at the higher gas price). The new miner will be released this coming week along and at the same time the android app will be released as a downloadable apk also so you can mine from an extra device if you want too. Please if possible use the same wallet address so all payouts can be combined into 1 transaction. Every separate address costs gas/ether to send, anywhere from 0.1c to 30c per payout depending on how clogged the blockchain is.

I will post here again when the new miner is live.

I'm changing names as the previous name causes some confusion (people thinking the project is abandoned even minutes after an update and a post about the update). The previous name was created when I launched a site called Coin Riddles, where you solve a Riddle to win some BTC or ETH. This username is much better for posting HowlCoin updates.


Other coins have used this method to distribute, however it still allows people to "double dip" or even "10x dip" if they use multiple computers/proxies. It's very difficult to distribute coins to people in a way that prevents double dipping. Though Bitcoin's method of distributing is genius, it's a method that allows anyone with the most money to buy more processors and get more coins.

Also the current HowlCoin miner is not too much different to what you are describing. You can claim the HWL every 60 minutes, the only difference is it has to be at that exact time.


 There is usually always some level of inconvenience to mining. For Bitcoin, that inconvenience is going out and buying a mining rig for thousands of dollars and then having to compete with people/companies who have mining farms (I elaborated on this is the recent update video). For HowlCoin, the problem of having to spend money to mine is taken away and the problem of being able to mine more than anyone else is improved. The negative is that you have to be present to claim your coin. Allowing you to claim your coin in an automated way would allow anyone to set up multiple claims.

If someone can think of a solution where coins can be distributed to individuals automatically without the possibly of them 'double dipping', you have a solved a MAJOR problem and every UBI-coin dev will want to talk to you.


You only have to log on right before the claim time at the top of the hour, but yes it does require a physical presence and click which is what makes it hard for users to double dip. Users who find it too inconvenient will simply not mine and not take part in it- similar to how most Bitcoin users love Bitcoin but don't take part in mining because it's too inconvenient to buy a rig.

EDIT: The withdrawal queue is large and will go out when the blockchain is no longer clogged. As you can see here the safelow cost is 54cents which makes sending out hundreds of transaction too expensive and slow. Usually the cost is 1-3 cents. Once it slows down withdrawals and airdrops will go out.