I will not make a quiet launch. I will notify you guys 2-3 days beforehand. Thanks for reminder passionsurf

As launch day is near (exact day will probably be decided on IRC #curacoin first), I will have more time to post more on bitcointalk and elsewhere. I posted a topic on reddit's HealthIT section http://www.reddit.com/r/healthIT/comments/1ynvpy/proposal_to_decentralized_medicine_cura/

Have a good weekend everyone.

Ps: Here's the VirusTotal Scan for Windows wallet QT version, in case of any false positive: https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/97787e267f608b58c6aeee38d6a5bbfced6354070db82fa1352eedaea544638d/analysis/1393140484/

I tested compile headless client and Wallet QT version for Windows last night. Linux and Windows versions will be available on launch. I am active on IRC at #curacoin if you guys want to inquire more about launch days.

to make a statement. full handle name is sicktoshi nakamoto. also i'm involved with medicine.


you called tomatoes i call toma-toes. it is n-factor that is adaptive as opposed to being fixed as scrypt-jane over time with the assumption that the processor is getting better in a few years. there is an initial n-factor starting time and whenever it is mined it retrieves current timestamp and make adjustments based on that difference.


i was busy with schedule. with that being say, Cura will be released in a week. So far I did internal testing and compiling which worked on Linux. I will need sometimes to compile for Windows.

again, Cura will be N-adaptive factor with Kimoto gravity well and random block reward. happy v-day everyone.

It will be 0.8% or less. ANY coin can be killed when rushing to an exchange. The fund will be use to for checkpoints and bounties.

With that being say, exchange will be the last on my list of to-do thing.


It is CPU-oriented but you can use GPU for mining.

Also, it should be release in two weeks depending on my off-time schedule working on source codes, compiling, and pools to be readied (so far I got liberty-miners and AnimusGS on board) . Cheer.

http://i.imgur.com/U3Tl8aW.png?1

Greeting,

This is the second announcement of Cura Project which is a SERVICE-BASED cryptocurrency to promote de-centralized medicine practice. I figured it would be appropriate since there were major changes to CuraCoin. If you have some time to read, please check out my proposal at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OTUoLC5Veb5HVJeZ6CdsV0KpiwXH5orxQiU9tDFX5ic/edit for further understanding of the project.

A few updates: I have converted CuraCoin to N-adaptive factor algo with block difficulty re-targeting along with implementing my own random blocks reward for better ASIC resistant and a better rewarding experience.  

It should be ready in two weeks and will be fair launching. Some people suggested the idea of IPO but I do not think it is a good route, although I definitely want to set up a foundation/funding for researching. I can't foresee setting up a good funding for groups in the future since people have been clamoring for fair launch, yet I am not a miner. It is up to the crowd-mining to donate the fund in the future. If you guys have better suggestion, please do.

In the meantime I am doing some graphics, code changes (different memory scaling) in free time.


Also, I suggested NAMING mining pools to insurance pools (no specific name though due to potential legal issues) and illness , e.g.

       insurance.pool-name.com
       obamasuck.pool-name.com
       yomamacare.pool-name.com
       botulism.pool-name.com
       cholera.pool-name.com
       syphilis.pool-name.com

There will be rewards for setting up pools (only if you name them after illness or insurance), nodes, faucets, tipbot, Android wallet, lightweight client, etc. I also would like to bring forth QR scanner that I wrote a few months back into Cura Project sometimes after the launching.

I am active on #curaCoin on freenode chat, so feel free to check it out and ask question, or if you want to contribute to the team. If you have question regarding the Cura Project or ideas to contribute, please post here. I will keep this thread update with changes.


Edit: The release page on bitcointalk will be short and to-the-point. I do not like lengthy release page. To get involved in the community, please visit http://www.reddit.com/r/curacoin , https://www.facebook.com/Curacoin, and twitter https://twitter.com/Curacoin

Previous thread:
/r/medicine Pre-ANN http://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/1wexrf/cura_proposal_to_decentralizing_medicine/
bitcointalk previous PRE-ANN https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=431095.msg4720478#msg4720478

/r/HealthIT http://www.reddit.com/r/healthIT/comments/1ynvpy/proposal_to_decentralized_medicine_cura/

VirusTotal scan for Windows Wallet QT version: https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/97787e267f608b58c6aeee38d6a5bbfced6354070db82fa1352eedaea544638d/analysis/1393140484/

thank you radfuk. i want patients to see Cura as an alternative insurance without restrictions. the whole reason for pushing Cura forward is the people and the service behind it. without revealing much information, i am a future clinician, not just from being a developer. i will introduce Cura to the local docs here as well as my friends also. also, i want to run a good but inexpensive (Raspberry pi) on top of Cura for great provider/patient experience in regarding to peer-to-peer transaction. i have been working with QR scanner software, building backend, and fudging around with affordable hardware for half a year prior to getting into Cura.

there are obvious roadblocks from old-timers docs but there are some supports as well. considering cryptocurrency is being debated, discussed, on FinCEN table in the financial circle, the idea of having a cryptocurrency in the medical field is obviously more obscure. but, that is also the reason why Cura must be push forward, so that de-centralized medicine gains more legitimacy and acceptance.

you guys can call me an idealist, an outsider, a minority, but regardless of all, a voice is still a voice.

i have an ongoing discussion on /r/medicine please check it out http://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/1wexrf/cura_proposal_to_decentralizing_medicine/

It does not require powerful contacts since the goal is to start out small, gradually spreading de-centralize medicine idea.  It would be great to have powerful contacts to make adoption faster. I will contact Technology Officer for various medical associations.

It just need open-mined and some compassionate providers that want to see their patients have more options to choose.

We rather try doing something than not doing anything  . I myself want to instill the de-centralize medicine movement.


I have update the Proposal "For Providers" and "For Patients" as well at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OTUoLC5Veb5HVJeZ6CdsV0KpiwXH5orxQiU9tDFX5ic/edit.

Also have pictures of my QR scanner prototype. Will post them with further update.

Hey Kuroman troll, if you have problem with Cura, feel free to confront me on IRC @ curacoin on freenode since the release page is too much for that thick skull of yours. I am eagerly awaiting you.

To others, I have updated the technical plans and future plans as well. Regarding providers' office, I created a prototypes QR scanner of my own that will incorporated into Cura service, and it will use Android Phone (Raspberry Pi in the future) with front-end running on light-weight miniPC/android that will run with customed QR-backend to process Cura's wallet transaction and will divulging more details after launching.

The launching will be a short description since this pre-announcement is served as a proposal. The official link to the proposal shall be/updated at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OTUoLC5Veb5HVJeZ6CdsV0KpiwXH5orxQiU9tDFX5ic/edit for posterity.

If anyone has good input and want to join the team, contact us on IRC @ curacoin on freenode.

Again, comprehension issue is from your end. Let me cut and paste for you on the bitcointalk release page on first page.

Keep in mind your job is a miner here on bitcointalk, nothing more.


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Reasons for Supporting Cura

Bringing cryptocurrency to a globalized healthcare
Bridging telemedicine
Supporting concierge medicine for the poor
Funding for future scientific projects
Reducing runaway healthcare inflation
Anonymous Peer to Peer payment
Catering to providers/patients adoption, first as oppose to trying to create speculations and then merchant adoption as with other cryptos.
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It is a fork of Litecoin. It is a Scrypt clonecloin similar to Dogecoin and 140 + coins over here. Mechanically algo-wise we are considering Scrypt
2048,1,1 down the road, which is new.


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Cura is different not in crypto algo but in the way it is catering to provider/patients and use as a tool for putting de-centralizing medicine into practice.  
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If you are not interest in Cura and its objectives, please refrain from asking further question that I honestly deemed to be moronic/idiotic and save it for those whom are interested. Cura is not just revolve around financial but also healthcare issues. The issues I brought up in the release page are mostly healthcare and social issues. There is a reason for long release bitcointalk page because it is not an easy topic to swallow.

Can't agree more. Thank you for this wonderful suggestion BayCoins. We will definitely bring up your posting after Cura is launched.

I am assume you can write another form of algo or make your own coin based on your parrot talk? Feel free. But keep in mind when you are putting down Scrypt, you are putting down about 120+ developers that are contributing to the Scrypt community. Nice going.

There are stability issues that we are concerning with other experimental types. Forking any script is easy, maintaining it and troubleshooting it is hard.

You don't have to follow Cura based on your tone, nor your understanding of previous explanation, nor taking time reading it. We at Cura will not miss you.

We are exploring Scrypt 2048,1,1 for memory consumption for further ASIC resistant in future forking if it gets bad. Try to see if other coins are trying to do that. Also, I am quoting from the reddit thread regarding why Cura is unique " Cura is upfront about catering to providers/patients adoption first as oppose to trying to create speculations and then merchant adoption as with other cryptos."

Also, I created a thread on /r/medicine subreddit . http://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/1wexrf/cura_proposal_to_decentralizing_medicine/ check out for my answers to concern/issues

Just a quick update the original thread posting on pre-allopathic got banned  due to "advertising". Here is a Google Cache of the few thread (it was 2 pages long http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Ob891iMfM1AJ:forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/pre-ann-cura-proposal-to-de-centralize-medicine-healthcare.1052331/+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us)

At any rate, there will be another thread on Pre-Allopathic thread. Also there will be another post on SDN's Allopathic thread and dental, because I want to spread the De-centralized Medicine belief.

Again for clarification purpose, the software is open-source with various people contribute to the project and we at Cura does not ask for money, and neither is it costs anything to use the software.

I will also promoting discussion on www.reddit.com/r/medicine and IRC channels as well. Also, my consultant is exploring the possibility of implement Scrypt 2048,1,1 for further ASIC resistant (if he could not come up in time, there will be eventually forking down the road in case Asic explodes)

Keep on the discussion because I feel de-centralize medicine is an important issue for most people.

At the latest would be in two weeks. We have to do testings for bugs.

Glad to hear someone has similar forward-thinking regarding cryptocurrency  

I just posted a thread on SDN pre-allo: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/pre-ann-cura-proposal-to-de-centralize-medicine-healthcare.1052331/

And they think ALL bitcointalk people are matured people  


Also, I have started working on source-code.

Definitely No penalty   , you don't have to pay for extra premiums either.

Another point I want to bring up for miners/investors (since this is Bitcointalk after all) is, although Cura is catering a niche market (medicine/pharma), if there is adoption, the market is hughe, only even if it in U.S alone.  

We will start working on the project next week. I will do more thorough research/changing proposal a bit before releasing to studentdoctor network site. Also, the soft upper cap is 500 billions but I am thinking of following Dogecoin's route of around 3% inflation once the maximum is reached. My reasoning is to make it affordable. Let me know what you guys think.

The terminology still stands. Notice it is not Asic-Proof but Asic-Resistant, offering higher resistant compared to traditional SHA-256. What you meant to say was Scrypt is not Asic-Proof anymore, but it is being resist-ive to some degrees against Asic.

If we are here to argue about the nitpicking details of what is Asic-Resistant, which is not the main topic or reason for this thread, then I suggest we should take a closer look of social issue at hand regarding the declining healthcare system in America and practical application of tele-medicine around the world, and how cryptocurrency can help overcoming barriers.