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The Parallelcoin Node ISC License GoDoc

Next generation full node for Parallelcoin, forked from btcd

Hard Fork 1: Plan 9 from Crypto Space

TODO: update this!

9 algorithms can be used when mining:

Stochastic Binomial Filter Difficulty Adjustment

After the upcoming hardfork, Parallelcoin will have the following features in its difficulty adjustment regime:

moving the difficulty fast in below 10% of target and 10x target, to deal with recovering after a large increase in network hashpower

window (about 4.8 days) that is varied by interpreting byte 0 of the sha256d hash of newest block hash as a signed 8 bit integer to further disturb any inherent rhythm (like dithering).

each algorithm, meaning sharp rises from one algorithm do not immediately affect the other algorithms, allowing a smoother recovery from a sudden drop in hashrate, soaking up energetic movements more robustly and resiliently, and reducing vulnerability to time distortion attacks.

is done with digital audio and images to improve the effective resolution of the signal by reducing unwanted artifacts caused by the sampling process. Miners are random generators, and a block time is like a tuning filter, so the same principles apply.

exponential decay curve that will produce a flat annual 5% supply expansion. Increasing the precision of the denomination is planned for the next release cycle, at 0.00000001 as the minimum denomination, there may be issues as userbase increases.

inverse exponential rate to bring the block reward from 0.02 up to 2 in 2000 blocks, as the adjustment to network capacity takes time, so rewards will closely match the time interval they relate to until it starts faster from the minimum target stabilises in response to what miners create.

Installation

For the main full node server:

go get github.com/parallelcointeam/parallelcoin

You probably will also want CLI client (can also speak to other bitcoin protocol RPC endpoints also):

go get github.com/p9c/p9/cmd/podctl

Requirements

Go 1.11 or newer.

Installation

Windows not available yet

When it is, it will be available here:

https://github.com/p9c/p9/releases

Linux/BSD/MacOSX/POSIX - Build from Source

the installation instructions

$ go version
$ go env GOROOT GOPATH

NOTE: The GOROOT and GOPATH above must not be the same path. It is recommended that GOPATH is set to a directory in your home directory such as ~/goprojects to avoid write permission issues. It is also recommended to add $GOPATH/bin to your PATH at this point.

$ go get github.com/parallelcointeam/parallelcoin

already add the bin directory to your system path during Go installation, we recommend you do so now.

Updating

Windows

Install a newer MSI

Linux/BSD/MacOSX/POSIX - Build from Source

$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/parallelcointeam/parallelcoin
$ git pull && glide install
$ go install . ./cmd/...

Getting Started

pod has several configuration options available to tweak how it runs, but all of the basic operations described in the intro section work with zero configuration.

Windows (Installed from MSI)

Launch pod from your Start menu.

Linux/BSD/POSIX/Source

$ ./pod

Discord

Come and chat at our (discord server](https://discord.gg/nJKts94)

Issue Tracker

The integrated github issue tracker is used for this project.

Documentation

The documentation is a work-in-progress. It is located in the docs folder.

License

pod is licensed under the copyfree ISC License.