Feathercoin enthusiasts celebrate pub meetup by testing merchant interface
Saturday the 20th of July saw the first meetup for UK based cryptocurrency, Feathercoin, at the Oxford Blue pub in Oxford. CoinDesk was in attendance and took the pulse of what's happening with the altcurrency. Feathercoin's 51% Attack Explained. Peter Bushnell, Feathercoin's creator, expanded on the technical details of how last month's 51% attack was dealt with, and explained a new checkpointing system which is going to be released. "Feathercoin's upcoming Advanced checkpointing will be used to stop attackers from orphaning genuine blocks. Checkpoints are used to make sure that clients....
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A Feathercoin meetup is being held in a pub in Oxford, England, this weekend, giving those interested in the digital currency the chance to meet the team behind it. The event is taking place at The Oxford Blue on 20th July from 3:00pm. Among the attendees will be founder of Feathercoin Peter Bushnell, who worked as head of IT at Oxford University's Brasenose College for 10 years. He will lead an open discussion about digital currency and how it can benefit both consumers and merchants. Chris Murray, owner of the Oxford Blue, said he's been "fascinated" with altcoins since he first learned....
Feathercoin. The Feathercoin price fell 15% this week. This price decline is a continuation of the steady downtrend Feathercoin has experienced since the Feathercoin price rose in anticipation of the altcoin's switch from the Scrypt algorithm to the ASIC-resistant (for now) NeoScrypt hashing algorithm. Also read: Feathercoin Price Rises Ahead of NeoScrypt Hard Fork. Feathercoin Price Continues to Decline. Since the pre-NeoScrypt spike in October, the Feathercoin price has steadily declined. However, the Feathercoin price had remained fairly steady at ~7,000 satoshis since mid-November. But....
UNOCS, the altcoin partnership between Feathercoin, PhenixCoin and Worldcoin, has announced a new payment system. This system enables instant payments between consumers and merchants. Called UNOCS Bridge it effectively works as an escrow service where users load their account with digital currency for instant payment to merchants. The process by which UNOCS Bridge works is similar in principal to a BTC exchange voucher or a preloaded credit card. The transaction has already been verified by the network by virtue of funding a Bridge account all before funds are passed to a merchant. UNOCS....
Feathercoin is giving away $1000 worth of feathercoins as a thank you to its forum community of 1000. The announcement from the Oxford-based, open-source currency, comes after a period of intense interest in Feathercoin and many other digital currencies. "Feathercoin is making a big splash as it receives attention from hundreds of volunteers around the world who donate time and resources to the currency," said lead developer Peter Bushnell. "The official Feathercoin forum has exceeded 1,000 members and is preparing for an aggressive push into mainstream markets. In celebration the....
Several months ago, Feathercoin developer Pete Bushnell announced the coin would transition to the newly-developed NeoScrypt hashing algorithm, which is resistant to ASIC miners. On October 26, Feathercoin will undergo a hard fork to make the official transition. The Feathercoin price has increased in anticipation of the update. CCN analyzes this altcoin price movement. Also Read: Should I Purchase an ASIC Scrypt Miner? The Feathercoin Price Has Risen Almost 50%. Feathercoin released client 0.8.7.0 on October 13. The update includes the NeoScrypt hard fork, which will take place on October....