BlakeStar is a cryptocurrency with a focus on high performance, longevity, and adoption by services.
BlakeStar is one of the first cryptocurrencies to use the Blake2s hashing algorithm. Blake2s itself is a high speed optimized cryptographic hashing algorithm used for Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake hashes in BlakeStar for performance with low load. BlakeStar uses Proof-of-Work, but unlike Bitcoin it is configured to transition to Proof-of-Stake, when small numbers of coins will be issued yearly for staking. Staking will be 10% per year. The advantage of transitioning to Proof-of-Stake is to avoid the centralized mining pools that may eventually threaten Bitcoin with a 51% attack. Most Bitcoin mining has been centralized in China, which is not necessarily a good thing for the currency. Proof-of-Stake is known to discourage centralized mining pools. This makes BlakeStar ideally suited for dedicated staking devices and low-power/low-spec systems.
Originally dependent on the "libb2" library version of the Blake2s reference distribution, the blake2s reference implementation has now been directly baked in for ease of compilation across platforms. Users no longer need to download and install libb2 separately.
If you are technical and you wish to compile libb2 specifically for your platform you may still do so (the configure script will auto-detect and enable special CPU features), you can modify your .pro or daemon makefile.* to remove the blake2 source and object file references, add -lb2 to your LIBS and paths to the includes and library.
BlakeStar will feature a number of innovative solutions devised to foster the growth of the ecosystem.
Type : PoW/PoS 2.0 Hybrid
Algorithm : Blake2s
Difficulty Retarget : Every Block
Block Time : 120 Seconds
PoW Block Reward : 240 BLAS
PoS Reward : 10% Yearly
Coinbase Maturity : 15
Block PoS Start : From The First
Block Minimum PoS Age: 1 Hour
Maximum PoS Age: No Max (Pos 2.0)
Max Coins: 2,400,000,000 or 2.4 Billion
Premine: 10% or 240 Million
(The premine was obviously dumped by the original dev on the market after being lied on and basically bullied into abandoning this awesome coin)
P2P Port: 14442
RPC Port: 14443
Sources
Windows
Mac
http://blakestar.thecryptochat.net
http://pool.minertopia.org/site/mining
http://l8nit3-miners.com/site/mining
http://www.mineme.xyz/site/mining
https://hexpool.com/site/mining
https://www.coinexchange.io/market/BLAS/BTC
https://www.coinexchange.io/market/BLAS/DOGE
https://www.coinexchange.io/market/BLAS/LTC
https://www.coinexchange.io/market/BLAS/ETC
https://novaexchange.com/market/BTC_BLAS
https://novaexchange.com/market/ETH_BLAS
https://novaexchange.com/market/DOGE_BLAS
https://novaexchange.com/market/LTC_BLAS
https://novaexchange.com/market/ESP_BLAS
https://novaexchange.com/market/KIC_BLAS
https://novaexchange.com/market/MOON_BLAS
Coming Soon... If you have a service, product, or use case for BlakeStar don't hesitate to contact us.
Bounties: Coming Soon
Faucets: Coming Soon
Wallet Redesign
Mining Pools
More Exchanges
PoS 3.0 Update
Wallet GUI Enhancements and Updates
Android, iOS, and Raspberry Pi Wallets
Web and Paper Wallets
Social Media/Community Building
Integration With Games
Service and Product Carrier Acceptance
Other Use-Cases
DEVELOPMENT FUND BITCION ADDRESS: 1MBtn4dzrnZD55uQhuJqPjRghd4eQZzseN
DEVELOPMENT FUND BLAKESTAR ADDRESS: BpnRR9Rpmt34dM9vnY5V4Mwz2vsKKiP4mn