Publish Date: February 22, 2016
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Update: March 24. 2016: By Ghostlander: "I can fork Ethereum, add NeoScrypt there, tune it up and start right with the Homestead. This way we get a very powerful smart contracts engine at the very least. All coins of the current chain will be exchanged 1:1 on the new chain. To keep Halcyon fair, there will be no pre-mine other than what's needed for the coin exchange."
Halcyon v1.1.0.2 (24-Dec-2014)
no pre-mine and no ICO
PoW mining never ends
~3.0M HAL in circulation currently
Windows GUI client: http://download.orbitcoin.org/downloads/halcyon-win-1.1.0.2.zip
MacOS X GUI client: http://download.orbitcoin.org/downloads/halcyon-mac-1.1.0.2.dmg
Source code: https://github.com/ghostlander/Halcyon
Twitter: https://twitter.com/halcoin
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Halcoin
Web Site: http://halcyon.top/
Block Explorer: http://explorer.halcyon.top:2080/
Mining Pools
DNB (1% fee, PPLNS): http://hal.dnb.io/
Exchanges
Cryptsy (HAL/BTC) [defunct]: https://www.cryptsy.com/markets/view/HAL_BTC
Specifications
advanced hybrid proof-of-work (PoW) and proof-of-stake (PoS)
fixed rate of 20% PoW blocks and 80% PoS blocks
block hashing is BLAKE2s
PoW hashing is NeoScrypt
PoS hashing is SHA-256d
2 minutes combined block target (2.5 minutes for PoS, 10 minutes for PoW)
retargets every block using Orbitcoin Super Shield (OSS)
time warp and instamining protection
advanced checkpointing against 51% attacks
PoW block reward is fixed at 5 HAL
PoS block reward is up to 100% per year (5 HAL max.)
coin age for PoS: 0.5 days min. to 7.5 days max.
10 confirmations for regular transactions
50 confirmations for minted coins
very low transaction fees
the default P2P port is 21108, RPC port is 21109
I2P/Tor ready
Example halcyon.conf
irc=1
daemon=1
server=1
staking=1
logtimestamps=1
sse2=1
minersleep=2000
stakecombine=125
stakesplit=250
port=21108
rpcport=21109
rpcuser=someuser
rpcpassword=somepassword
addnode=seed0.halcyon.top:21108
addnode=seed1.halcyon.top:21108
The original announcement thread:
[ANN] Halcyon - x15 POW/POS - 2 Weeks Mining - News UpComing - Ninja - Start Now: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=741728.0
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