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    • j_scheibel
      j_scheibel last edited by j_scheibel

      Feathercoin Under the Hood (how it operates)

      NeoScrypt Algorithm - This is the algorithm used in solving a block (aka mining) and is then instrumental in moving from one set of currency transactions in the block chain to the next. A white paper is available at http://phoenixcoin.org/archive/neoscrypt_v1.pdf - and the implementation is at https://github.com/ghostlander/NeoScrypt

      Current Generation ASIC resistance - The NeoScrypt algorithm is designed to use enough resources, in this case memory, such that current ASICs cannot mine Feathercoin. ASICs are a dedicated circuit board to just mine coins. Creating a dedicated circuit board to mine feathercoin would take considerable investment. For a little more detail at http://forum.feathercoin.com/topic/2156/why-ftc-is-asic-resistent-for-beginners-requesting-feedback

      Advanced Checkpointing - This is a method used to prevent network attacks on the currency. Details are provided at http://forum.feathercoin.com/topic/2709/advanced-checkpointing-released there is also more information in the feathercoin wallet guide https://wrapperband.github.io/FeathercoinWalletGuide/#advanced-checkpointing-acp

      336,000,000 Total Coins - Eventually there will be 336 million coins in circulation. This will be pretty close to done around the year 2121 (see schedule below)

      1 minute target block time - This is the average amount of time it takes for a block to be mined and transactions to appear in your wallet. The software constantly adjusts the mining difficulty to keep this time consistent as mining intensity varies. Look here for a deeper explanation of block time https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@ghayas/what-does-block-time-mean-in-cryptocurrency

      enhanced Hash Rate Compensation - This is a method of adjusting the difficulty of the calculation the miners must do to find a block. Difficulty is adjusted based on the speed the blocks are being found on the network and should increase as the hash power of the miners increases. eHRC uses the time it took the last 15, 120 and 480 blocks to be solved and calculates (re-targets) the difficulty after every block using that data. Difficulty in general is explained at https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Difficulty a full write up on the details of eHRC can be found in the feathercoin wallet guide at https://wrapperband.github.io/FeathercoinWalletGuide/#enhanced-hash-rate-compensation-ehrc

      20 coins per block (currently) - Each feathercoin block that is mined pays the miner 20 feathercoins. Every 4 years the amount paid is cut in half. (see schedule below) details at http://forum.feathercoin.com/topic/6847/block-reward-adjustment

      Block halving every 2,100,000 blocks - As more and more of the feathercoin currency gets in circulation the payout of the solving a block (ie mining) is decreased. 21 million blocks is a few days short of 4 years. The intent is that miners get paid for the work in both transaction fees and from the network putting currency in circulation. As time progresses and the distribution of the source currency dries up the transaction fees become the main source of income for miners. Details on the concept can be found here https://academy.binance.com/en/glossary/halving

      OmniLayer functionality - OmniFeather has been released https://github.com/OmniLayer/omnicore/releases which adds OmniLayer functionality to the Feathercoin blockchain. This allows for the creation of additional assets on the Feathercoin blockchain other than the native feathercoin. Assets can be either managed or have a fixed supply, can be introduced via crowdsale and exchanged via a decentralised exchange built into the OmniFeather protocol.

      Default Feathercoin network port is 9336 - The whole Feathecoin cryptocurrency network for sending coins around and exchanging blocks runs on this port. You can retrieve the peer to peer information on various sites like this one https://www.coinexchange.io/network/peers/FTC

      Default RPC mining port is 9337 - This is the port that is used by mining software to communicate via Remote procedure call (rpc) to a server when doing mining. Checkout the solo mining thread for an example of its use http://forum.feathercoin.com/topic/9058/guide-solo-mining-for-feathercoin-and-neoscrypt

      What features are available

      Comments - Comments can be added to transactions. The technical details for reading them are available here http://forum.feathercoin.com/topic/8640/faq-how-to-read-comments-from-the-feathercoin-blockchain further information about comments can be found here in the feathercoin wallet guide https://wrapperband.github.io/FeathercoinWalletGuide/#comments-in-the-feathercoin-blockchain

      Coin control - The coin control feature allows you to control how you spend the coins in your wallet when sending a transaction. You can choose what addresses will be the ones sending the coins and which of the coins you have received will be used. The wallet interface details for this can be found here https://wrapperband.github.io/FeathercoinWalletGuide/#options-menu---wallet-tab

      Setting up a wallet

      download the software - To use feathercoin you just need software to handle receiving coins to a generated address (created by the wallet) . The same software allows you then send the coins to another address. Links are on the main page of the site at https://www.feathercoin.com/ or from github at https://github.com/FeatherCoin/Feathercoin/releases/

      Setting up a server to do e-commerce and feathercoin block chain actions

      Feathercoin rest API - the feathercoin.com site has rest APIs available for full documentation see https://www.feathercoin.com/feathercoin-api/

      Payment Gateway Software from gourl.io - Their site has a number of live samples and code examples on how to do commerce with their payment gateway software. Many currencies including feathercoin are supported. They have code in php and .net available (they even have a nuget package). Their site is at https://gourl.io/ and a 3rd party forum discussing them can be found at https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1043437.0

      Implementing your own - If you are going to start from scratch the best place to get example code for technical reference is from the feathercoin wallet software. The code is in C++ https://github.com/FeatherCoin/Feathercoin . You can ask for further assistance in the technical development forum area https://forum.feathercoin.com/category/71/technical-development

      OmniFeather

      What is the Omni Layer - The Omni Layer is a communications protocol that uses the Feathercoin block chain to enable Smart Properties (tokens) and a Decentralized Exchange. A common analogy that is used to describe the relation of the Omni Layer to Feathercoin is that of HTTP to TCP/IP: HTTP, like the Omni Layer, is the application layer to the more fundamental transport and internet layer of TCP/IP, like Feathercoin.

      What is OmniFeather - OmniFeather is a fast, portable Omni Layer implementation that is based off the Feathercoin codebase. This implementation requires no external dependencies extraneous to Feathercoin, and is native to the Feathercoin network just like other Feathercoin nodes. It currently supports a wallet mode and is seamlessly available on three platforms: Windows, Linux and MacOS. Omni Layer extensions are exposed via the JSON-RPC interface. Development has been consolidated on the OmniFeather product, and it is the reference client for the Omni Layer.

      Compatibility with Feathercoin - OmniFeather is based on Feathercoin 0.18.4 and can be used as replacement for Feathercoin. Switching between Omni Core and Feathercoin may be supported. However, it is not advised to upgrade or downgrade to versions other than Feathercoin 0.18.4. When switching to OmniFeather , it may be necessary to reprocess Omni Layer transactions.

      NFT in OmniFeather - Create managed non-fungible tokens or conventional divisible / indivisible tokens with a fixed or managed supply.

      Omnifeather on github - The project is located at https://github.com/OmniLayer/omnifeather

      Download the software - The releases are available for download at https://github.com/OmniLayer/omnifeather/releases

      OmniFeather Usage

      Feather Dex - A decentralized exchange exists on the OmniLayer network allowing people to exchange feathercoin for tokens without using a 3rd party exchange. While the exchange is available via text commands in omnifeather featherdex provides a more user friendly experience. The code is located at https://github.com/featherdex/featherdex an open source package (currently in alpha) .

      Feather - This is a USD to Feathercoin Token where the token value is fixed at $1 US Dollar. Information is available at https://featherdollar.com/ . The tokens are currently available via the decentralized exchange.

      Additional Resources

      OmniFeather Support - If you have any questions or problems with OmniFeather please raise a GitHub issue, send an email or post questions on Telegram linked below.

      GitHub - https://github.com/FeatherCoin/Feathercoin/issues
      Telegram - https://t.me/FeathercoinOfficial
      Email - [email protected]

      Telegram - https://t.me/FeathercoinOfficial in recent years the telegram group chat has been the go to place to talk to others active in the feathercoin community.

      Discord - https://discord.com/channels/375269855160565762/382242792518451201

      Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/FeatherCOin/ A subreddit to talk about everything Feathercoin related

      Twitter - https://twitter.com/Feathercoin

      Bitcointalk.org’s thread on feathercoin - This is a 3rd party site dedicated to crypto currency. this is the feathercoin thread in their forums https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178286.0

      Block Explorer: - https://fsight.chain.tips/

      API - https://www.feathercoin.com/feathercoin-api/

      Mining Statistics - https://www.feathercoin.com/netstats/

      Mining Calculator (CoinWarz) - https://www.coinwarz.com/calculators/feathercoin-mining-calculator

      Newsletter Archive - https://www.feathercoin.com/category/newsletter/

      FAQ - http://forum.feathercoin.com/topic/8523/faq-new-forum-member-most-asked-questions-try-here-first

      Feathercoin wallet guide - https://wrapperband.github.io/FeathercoinWalletGuide

      Halving Schedule

      Halving Date - Block Count - Coins Mined - New Block Payout
      2017-07-10 - 1793040 - 168000000 - 40
      2021-10-25 - 3893040 - 252000000 - 20
      2026-02-27 - 5993040 - 294000000 - 10
      2030-06-24 - 8093040 - 315000000 - 5
      2034-10-18 - 10193040 - 325500000 - 2.5
      2039-02-12 - 12293040 - 330750016 - 1.25
      2043-06-08 - 14393040 - 333375008 - 0.625
      2047-10-02 - 16493040 - 334687520 - 0.3125
      2052-01-27 - 18593040 - 335343776 - 0.15625
      2056-05-22 - 20693040 - 335671904 - 0.078125
      2060-09-16 - 22793040 - 335835968 - 0.0390625
      2065-01-10 - 24893040 - 335917984 - 0.01953125
      2069-05-07 - 26993040 - 335959008 - 0.009765625
      2073-08-31 - 29093040 - 335979520 - 0.004882813
      2077-12-25 - 31193040 - 335989760 - 0.002441406
      2082-04-21 - 33293040 - 335994880 - 0.001220703
      2086-08-15 - 35393040 - 335997440 - 0.0006103516
      2090-12-10 - 37493040 - 335998720 - 0.0003051758
      2095-04-05 - 39593040 - 335999360 - 0.0001525879

      Halving dates are a best guess and will need to be recalculated from time to time as the block times vary slightly. They are targeted at 1 minute per block but the average tends to run a few seconds more over time. It is possible for this to go lower than 1 minute as well as chance plays a factor.

      These dates were calculate on feb 9th 2021 using 64.9 seconds per block which was a the block time average from that date back to the previous halving date. Ideally you would just look at block counts. the July 2017 block was 1793040 and every 2100000 after that it will be cut in half.

      Legacy features

      These are only available in Feathercoin-qt version 0.9.6.2.

      Paper Wallet - A paper wallet is a document that contains copies of the public and private keys that make up a wallet. Often it will have QR codes, so that you can quickly scan them and add the keys into a software wallet to make a transaction. The feathercoin wallet provides an interface for you to get hold of the necessary keys to create one details are here https://wrapperband.github.io/FeathercoinWalletGuide/#paper-wallet-menu as well as here http://forum.feathercoin.com/topic/8650/faq-how-can-i-generate-a-feathercoin-paper-wallet-online an online tool for creating the actual paper wallet can be found here https://walletgenerator.net/?currency=Feathercoin

      Stealth Addresses - Stealth Addresses are used to keep wallet to wallet transfers hidden from others despite being in a publicly available block chain. Details are available here http://forum.feathercoin.com/topic/8609/faq-feathercoin-wallet-advanced-feature-stealth-addresses the feature can be found here in the feathercoin wallet guide https://wrapperband.github.io/FeathercoinWalletGuide/#stealth-addresses

      Multi Signature Address - A multi-sig address is a special kind of public key address. it has more than one private key. This means that you can create an address which no individual person can spend money from, but which instead requires every signer to agree before a payment can be made. details on using it can be found here http://forum.feathercoin.com/topic/7870/guide-how-to-use-feathercoins-multi-signature-address-page the feature can be found here in the feathercoin wallet guide https://wrapperband.github.io/FeathercoinWalletGuide/#multisig-button

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      • wrapper
        wrapper Moderators last edited by

        That list wasn’t about what Feathercoin “got”, but about how it operated.

        It’s a good idea to update that list with stealth and GUI multi-signature addresses, take out the duplicate eHRC, perhaps add comments, paper wallet and coin control, and make it what facilities FTC “has”.

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        • j_scheibel
          j_scheibel @wrapper last edited by j_scheibel

          @wrapper fair enough, i was trying to find answers more than build something. but i can edit it and actually build it here

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          • wrapper
            wrapper Moderators last edited by wrapper

            I tried to get a link to my help manual, but no one has assisted to make that professional enough, the multi-signature section needs new screen shots :

            https://wrapperband.github.io/FeathercoinWalletGuide/

            https://github.com/wrapperband/FeathercoinWalletGuide

            Tips FTC : 72RyZKLdJZatJNZg4vPsjj9xB3yb2o822X

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            • j_scheibel
              j_scheibel @wrapper last edited by

              @wrapper said in simple run down of what feathercoin offers:

              I tried to get a link to my help manual, but no one has assisted to make that professional enough, the multi-signature section needs new screen shots :

              https://wrapperband.github.io/FeathercoinWalletGuide/

              https://github.com/wrapperband/FeathercoinWalletGuide

              Tips FTC : 72RyZKLdJZatJNZg4vPsjj9xB3yb2o822X

              i’ll work on it some more later :) was taking a break at work. give me a few hours to come back to it

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              • AcidD
                AcidD Moderators last edited by

                Great work both!

                • FTC Block Explorer + API @ https://fsight.chain.tips
                • FTC Beer Money: 6x4LEQV88zRnBvZoH6ZNK6SeRxx4KiTyJs
                • FTC bech32 address: fc1q4tclm3cv4v86ez6el76ewmharexfapxhek5a03
                • BTC bech32 address: bc1qk8umuccapuafspk9e5szahvp0detafuzugv4ay

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                  Davereplicant Regular Member last edited by

                  Superb
                  Keep it up

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                  • j_scheibel
                    j_scheibel @wrapper last edited by j_scheibel

                    @wrapper I intend on using your feathercoin wallet guide but… baby steps i was just getting things laid out and some starting references. i’ll update this some more later this week with deep links in to https://wrapperband.github.io/FeathercoinWalletGuide . Also I’m not any kind of expert on these things. so if my synopsis of a feature is wrong by all means correct me!

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                    • wrapper
                      wrapper Moderators last edited by

                      @j_scheibel At last, many thanks, many kudos - please vote this work.

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                      • j_scheibel
                        j_scheibel last edited by

                        i think it’s done for now. (baring me re-reading it tomorrow and correcting phrasing/typos) if anyone finds any good exchange or commerce code (or payment gateway software) let me know i really wanted more than i listed but it seems like none of the exchanges share their code and i wasn’t able to find any others. a java one would be really nice to share as i feel like that’s something people are going to want beyond c# and php

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                        • wrapper
                          wrapper Moderators last edited by

                          I have pinned this thread, thanks very much …

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                          • ChekaZ
                            ChekaZ last edited by

                            Awesome writeup!

                            BTC: 1Ges1taJ69W7eEMbQLcmNGnUZenBkCnn45
                            FTC: 6sxjM96KMZ7t4AmDTUKDZdq82Nj931VQvY

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                              Moonman last edited by

                              Quality content, thanks!
                              Its always lovely to see well structured and useful info!

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                              • wrapper
                                wrapper Moderators last edited by wrapper

                                @j_scheibel said in What Feathercoin offers with links and explanations:

                                Current Gen ASIC resistance - Basically this means the NeoScrypt algorithm is designed to use enough resources such that creating a dedicated circuit to just mine feathercoin is not cost effective. For a little more detail at http://forum.feathercoin.com/topic/2156/why-ftc-is-asic-resistent-for-beginners-requesting-feedback

                                Current Generation ASIC resistance - The NeoScrypt algorithm is designed to use enough resources, in this case memory, such that current ASICs cannot mine Feathercoin. ASICs are a dedicated circuit board to just mine coins. Creating a dedicated circuit board to mine feathercoin would take considerable investment.
                                For a little more detail at http://forum.feathercoin.com/topic/2156/why-ftc-is-asic-resistent-for-beginners-requesting-feedback

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                                  Davereplicant Regular Member @j_scheibel last edited by

                                  @j_scheibel said in What Feathercoin offers with links and explanations:

                                  1 minute target block time - This is the average amount of time it takes for transactions happen. Look here for a deeper explanation of block time https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@ghayas/what-does-block-time-mean-in-cryptocurrency

                                  1 minute target block time - This is the average amount of time it takes for a block to be mined and transactions to appear in your wallet.
                                  The software constantly adjusts the mining difficulty to keep this time consistent as mining intensity varies.
                                  Look here for a deeper explanation of block time https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@ghayas/what-does-block-time-mean-in-cryptocurrency

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                                  • AcidD
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                                    I’ll just leave this here ;-)

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                                    • FTC Block Explorer + API @ https://fsight.chain.tips
                                    • FTC Beer Money: 6x4LEQV88zRnBvZoH6ZNK6SeRxx4KiTyJs
                                    • FTC bech32 address: fc1q4tclm3cv4v86ez6el76ewmharexfapxhek5a03
                                    • BTC bech32 address: bc1qk8umuccapuafspk9e5szahvp0detafuzugv4ay

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                                    • wrapper
                                      wrapper Moderators last edited by

                                      @j_scheibel said in What Feathercoin offers with links and explanations:

                                      Enhanced Hash Rate Compensation - This is a method of adjusting difficulty for the NeoScrypt algorithm. Difficulty is adjusted based on the speed solutions are sent to the network. The difficulty is figured out (re-targeted) every block with 15, 120 and 480 block averages and 25% damping. Difficulty in general explained at https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Difficulty a full write up on the details of eHRC can be found in the feathercoin wallet guide at https://wrapperband.github.io/FeathercoinWalletGuide/#enhanced-hash-rate-compensation-ehrc

                                      enhanced Hash Rate Compensation - This is a method of adjusting the difficulty of the calculation the miners must do to find a block. Difficulty is adjusted based on the speed the blocks are being found on the network and should increase as the hash power of the miners increases. eHRC uses the time it took the last 15, 120 and 480 blocks to calculated (re-targeted) the difficulty after every block. Difficulty in general explained at https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Difficulty a full write up on the details of eHRC can be found in the feathercoin wallet guide at https://wrapperband.github.io/FeathercoinWalletGuide/#enhanced-hash-rate-compensation-ehrc

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                                      • wrapper
                                        wrapper Moderators last edited by

                                        On a similar theme of specifications.

                                        Feathercoin Ticker : FTC

                                        Feathercoin address start bytes :

                                        Feathercoin Multisignature addres start bytes :

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                                        • wrapper
                                          wrapper Moderators last edited by wrapper

                                          Some of the functions are version specific.

                                          Stealth address
                                          Multisignature (form)
                                          Paper Wallet

                                          are only (currently) available in Feathercoin-qt version 0.9.6.2.

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                                          • j_scheibel
                                            j_scheibel @wrapper last edited by j_scheibel

                                            @wrapper I meant to move those to a new section a while ago. I was just waiting for the right time (and then i forgot). I went ahead and did it now.

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