Description

Orbitcoin v1.6.1.0
 
 
(6-Dec-2018)
 

 
 

 
32-bit Windows GUI client

64-bit Windows GUI client
 
 

 
64-bit Linux GUI client & daemon
 
 

 
32-bit MacOS X (10.5+) GUI client
 
64-bit MacOS X (10.8+) GUI client
 
 


Source code
 
 
Block chain data for rapid deployment:

.orbitcoin.tar.xz (2394300 blocks, 1102Mb)
 md5sum (.orbitcoin.tar.xz) = 10539be16ef1bc76ddb16caf3c39c48e
 
 (for Windows users, rename extracted .orbitcoin to data) 
 


NeoScrypt CPU and GPU miners

CPUminer (source code and binaries)

CUDAminer (source code and binaries)

NSGminer (source code and binaries)

NSGminer: The Fastest NeoScrypt GPU Miner


 
Specifications

advanced hybrid proof-of-work (PoW) and proof-of-stake (PoS)
fixed rate of 33% PoW blocks and 67% PoS blocks
3.77 million coins to be produced

block hashing is BLAKE2s
PoW hashing is NeoScrypt
PoS hashing is SHA-256d

2 minutes combined block target (6 minutes for PoW, 3 minutes for PoS)
retargets every block using Orbitcoin Super Shield (OSS)
time warp and instamining protection
advanced checkpointing against 51% attacks
transaction messaging supported
the 1st implementation of 0% PoS
PoW and PoS blocks carry the same fixed reward of 0.5 ORB
coin age for PoS: 1 day min. to 16 days max.
6 confirmations for regular transactions
200 confirmations for minted coins
very low transaction fees (most transactions are free)
no destruction of transaction fees (all collected by a block finder)
the default P2P port is 15298, RPC port is 15299
I2P/Tor ready


Example orbitcoin.conf
 

Quote

irc=1
dns=1
qtstyle=2
daemon=1
server=1
stakegen=1
logtimestamps=1
minersleep=2000
stakemintime=72
stakecombine=50
stakesplit=100
stakefence=360
port=15298
rpcport=15299
rpcuser=someuser
rpcpassword=somepassword
addnode=seed0.orbitcoin.org:15298
addnode=seed1.orbitcoin.org:15298



Some FAQ on staking

Block reward and optimal stake size


Merchants & Services

CoinToPay.com



 
Twitter
 
 

 
Facebook


Web Site


Block Explorer


Mining Pools

TheBlocksFactory (1% fee, PPLNS; located in France)


Exchanges

Cryptopia (ORB/BTC)
TradeSatoshi (ORB/BTC)
NovaExchange (ORB/BTC, ORB/LTC, ORB/DOGE, ORB/ETH)
ExchangeWar.info (price monitoring)
 
 
Advancement Fund
 
Our advancement fund is for Orbitcoin promotion and development actions approved by the community.
It's a public ledger with all transactions visible. It's a secure cold wallet.
You can also contribute to the fund if you please.
 
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Orbitcoin is one of the oldest PoW / PoS altcoins launched on the 30th of July 2013 at Cryptocointalk!