Hyperstake: A coin with 750% annual POS
When I first contacted presstab, the developer behind hyperstake, I was first looking at some POS journals regarding people who were making quite dividends investing into high POS rate coins like TEK, HBN, as well as Hyperstake. Immediately it caught my eye with its 750% POS rate. Curiosity got the best of me and I was glad presstab was able to make this happen. I was doing some freelance coding work for a few other coins and always wanted to add features and forks that would simply not be acceptable for other coins. I teamed up with David Latapie, and we spent several days brain storming....
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