Congratulations

My introduction is here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5095844

I am proud to introduce V SYSTEMS, a project aiming to bring the Virtual Economy Era one step closer.

During the development last year, the team worked hard to develop a new blockchain model based on the Supernode Proof of Stake Consensus system. Now we want to make sure that we have the necessary corporate structures in place to take the project to the next level. V SYSTEMS will allow us to achieve the next stage of our vision.

I would also like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to the project team for their dedication and commitment. The team has made huge strides toward making our vision a reality. There will be more detailed development updates coming from the V SYSTEMS team, but today I want to highlight some of the progress:

• The new Supernode Proof of Stake Consensus (SPOS) is more resistant to 51% attack than Proof of Work Consensus (POW).
• A flexible smart contract system is under development that will allow support for different languages.
• Database functionality is being developed in stages with close integration with smart contract system in mind.

From today, the team will be updating the community on the progress of project V SYSTEMS. While the company may be new, our vision and mission remain the same. We want to solve the scalability and cost issues that are holding back the true potential of blockchain technology. Through our efforts we are laying the foundations for a future where blockchain databases provide the fundamental infrastructure running businesses, economies and perhaps society itself. Today we make an important step toward accomplishing such a vision.

Cheers!

Weekly Update #217

• We have transferred our official source code repositories from ppcoin organization to peercoin organization on github, to match the branding efforts.
• I am happy to announce that the peercoin core development team welcomes hrobeers and peerchemist to join the team. In 2017 the team plans to release newer versions of peercoin that matches with latest functionalities of bitcoin.

Happy New Year!

Weekly Update #216

• Negalim published a nice article on history of peercoin: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4785.0
• hrobeers annouced the first peerassets explorer with a cool name 'Mercator': https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4787.msg45226
• Peercoin surpasses 5000 followers on twitter!

Have fun!

Weekly Update #215

• peerchemist announced development of peerasset python library.
• Some discussion in the community regarding future of PoW mining in peercoin: https://www.reddit.com/r/peercoin/comments/5cebk1/its_time_for_peercoin_to_reduce_its_pow_reward/?st=ivmg6wf9&sh=0cd91546
• Article on peerasset advantages by Nagalim: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4774.msg45077#msg45077

Have fun!

Weekly Update #214

• Nice tutorial on peerassets deck spawning protocol by embeddedthought: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpewpLGEfiM
• Sentinelrv annouced peercoin's telegram chat group: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4767.0
• Community proposal to reallocate project funds for peerassets and peerkeeper: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4766.0
• hrobeers started working on backend of peerkeeper: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4583.msg45051#msg45051

Have fun!

Weekly Update #213

• nagalim compiled a list of 10 current peercoin projects: https://www.reddit.com/r/peercoin/comments/5722yj/10_current_peer_projects/?st=iukpbc3z&sh=f36c70ab
• Peerbox v0.6.3 released.
• hrobeers article in PeerScript labs - P2SH script puzzle explained: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4758.0
• Support hrobeers excellent projects: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4761.0

Have fun!

Weekly Update #212

• Peerchemist's python tool for rpc access to peercoin daemon: https://github.com/peerchemist/peercoin_rpc
• New peercoin logo set announced by Sentinelrv: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4750.0
• New look at peercoin.net, lovely?
• Updated theme at peercoin.chat, now a busy place for developers and community members!

Have fun!

Weekly Update #211

• hrobeers introduces PeerScript Labs: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4742.0
• peerchemist refreshes peercoin.chat service. This service is intended for community hangout place and provides better channel for developers. https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4738.0

Have fun!

Weekly Update #210

• Long-time Peercoin supporter Superppc has acquired domain peercoin.org: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4735.0
• Superppc is also the original author of this peercoin video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjL2AgCQDJ0
• As members of the peercoin community, let's all give gratitude and appreciation to Superppc for his great effort and generosity!
• peercoin.chat has been upgraded, existing users need to re-register though if you haven't yet.

Have fun!

Weekly Update #209

• I was asked about the status of cold minting feature, it is currently on-hold pending further evaluations. We want to make sure that it can be supported long term. Yes we are aware of the concerns of large stake holders, so it is still on the plate. Sigmike recently gave a good summary of the feature: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=2783.msg43933#msg43933
• Interesting discussions of a possible 'PeerTicker' project: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4723.0

Have fun!

Weekly Update #208

• hrobeers is making great progress with PeerKeeper: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4583.msg44485#msg44485
• Here is the audio of hrobeers' interview with beyondbitcoin on peercoin's 4th birthday: https://soundcloud.com/beyond-bitcoin-hangouts/e169-beyond-bitcoin-dollarvigilante-talks-steem-blockpay-ico-grc-hangouts-steem-billboard-campaign
• Audio link to the birthday party: https://soundcloud.com/beyond-bitcoin-hangouts/peercoinbirthday

Have fun!

Weekly Update #207

• The peercoin community had great birthday events at beyondbitcoin on 19th! hrobeers gave the main talk and then we had a pretty extended party afterwards. It's been great fun
• Sentinelrv's newsletter for the 4th birthday of peercoin: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4701.0
• Enjoy ppcman's picture contest for the anniversary: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4698.0

Have fun

Weekly Update #206

• Next week will be peercoin's 4th birthday coming
• CoinDesk article on peercoin: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4689.0
• hrobeers announced 'advanced relay subnet' to experiment non-standard transactions in peercoin blockchain: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4684
• peerchemist announced a chat service for the community: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4688.0

Have fun!

Weekly Update #205

• Have some graffiti fun with hrobeers: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4676.0
• Some thoughtful discussions on funding of cryptocurrency projects: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4673.0

Have fun!

Weekly Update #204

• We did a great interview as a team with CoinDesk this week. I like it very much, as in the past most of those are on me alone. Thanks team!
• hrobeers is having some fun with data transactions in peercoin: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4671.0

Have fun!

Weekly Update #203

• I have recently done an interview with Ying-Ying from Crypto Capitalism Center: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4661.0
• From hrobeers - key card printer implemented in project PeerKeeper: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4583.45

Have fun!

Weekly Update #202

• Bitcoin reached its 2nd halving this week (congratulations!). As expected peercoin's proof-of-work difficulty is pushed up due to influx of miners. Currently peercoin's proof-of-work difficulty is about 700M, roughly doubling the difficulty before bitcoin's halving.
• There is a discussion regarding merge mining (https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4655.0). I am still of the opinion that merge mining does not provide any security benefit to peercoin as peercoin's security is pure proof-of-stake. Additionally supporting such feature involves significant development and maintenance overhead.

Have fun!

Weekly Update #201

• Sentinelrv has reorganized peercointalk forum, there is now a new project development board now: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4647.0
• Some good discussions here related to peerassets: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4632.0

Have fun!

Weekly Update #200

• hrobeers has begun work on project PeerKeeper: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4583.30
• Tyke is planning another book on Peercoin: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=4627.0

Have fun!