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== Coin launch / structure == === Where's the whitepaper? ===A paper describing the intention for Ravencoin is available on the Ravencoin.org site [https://ravencoin.org/Ravencoin.pdf here] other papers are also linked [https://ravencoin.org/whitepaper/ here] === What's the roadmap for Ravencoin? ===[https://github.com/RavenProject/Ravencoin/blob/master/roadmap/README.md https://github.com/RavenProject/Ravencoin/blob/master/roadmap/README.md] All papers are linked to from [https://ravencoin.org/whitepaper/ https://ravencoin.org/whitepaper/]. The [[Development | Development section]] also summarizes all roadmap phases. === Any ICO/Premine/Masternodes? ===No. Ravencoin had a fair launch, open source project focused on building good code with a good use-case. It was [https://twitter.com/brucefenton/status/948682276229074945 announced on twitter] and discussed at several meetups months prior to launch. There's a timeline of some of these events [https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1NKsWx5sSG90GjbbwZaOav6D_bAOdnlBjPBAjJtZzXr4&font=Default&lang=en&initial_zoom=2&height=650 here] Further points about the launch where made on [https://raven.wiki/w/index.php?title=The_Fenton_Files&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop#6_May_2018_-_Telegram Telegram on the 6th May 2018] ===The devs should do <insert topic here> / Why aren't the devs doing <insert topic here>? ===This is an open source project. You can do whatever you want with it. The devs are focused on the code development inline with the roadmap. Members of the community can build tools and websites around the coin that they think could be useful. === What's the max supply? ===21 billion === What's the halving rate? ===The same as bitcoin so every 4 years or so. 2100000 blocks (1block / min * 60mins * 24hrs * 365 days * 4yrs) https://ravencoin.org/halving/ read more here. === When will all be mined? ===Tron one of the core team devs explained it on Telegram on the 30th March 2018 as follows: "Half of Raven will be mined over the next 4 years or so. Then another quarter over the next 4 years. Then an eighth over the next 4 years, etc. Most will be mined over the next 24 years, but it will continue for another 120 years or so. Mining fees should support the Raven network as the block reward decreases." == Trading Questions == === When will RVN be on more / better exchanges? === RVN is listed on multiple exchanges. There's an exchangeliaison group on discord with a number of people talking to exchanges and software and hardware wallets.  The group has a working document [[Exchange | Exchanges]] and an [[Exchange FAQ]] on this wiki. == Mining == === How do I mine Ravencoin? === There is dedicated '''[[mining]]''' page, including links to the opensource mining software for both nVidia and AMD cards. The [[Guides]] page contains multiple how to videos. === Can I mine with my CPU / CPU or GPU mining which is better? === CPU mining is not worthwhile anymore. You can mine with your CPU using the wallet (''setgenerate true -1'' to use all your CPUs, however you are extremely unlikely to mine a block). The network hash rate is very large so a single CPU isn't going to contribute much.  === Which miner is best? === Miner Devs update their software very often. The best place is to ask on [https://discordapp.com/invite/jn6uhur Discord] #mining. === Which pool is best? === All the [[Pools]] are pretty good, and as with most things tech, they all have issues from time to time. On average you'll get a larger share of fewer blocks with the smaller pools and a smaller share of more blocks with the larger pools. There are support channels for most of the pools on [https://discordapp.com/invite/jn6uhur Discord]. The pools can be compared [https://www.rvnstats.info/d/TcDzUYmmz/x16r-ravencoin-mining-pool-statistics-v1-3 here]. Mining on a big pool will give you many tiny payouts, vs mining on a small pool will give you fewer large payouts. Over time it will average out and you will earn the same amount of coins. A good recommendation when choosing a pool is any pool not in the top 3 highest hashrate, but any other pool with at least around 0,5% of network hash rate so the pool will hit some blocks each day. Or if we want to help build up a tiny pool, go for an even smaller one. The reason we want to not go for the pools with the highest hashrate is to spread the hash and secure our network. Read up on [https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Majority_attack 51% attack here]. === When do we get paid === Payouts come from a block found by the pool that we have valid shares on. After a block is found it needs to be confirmed by the 100 next blocks, and since block time is 1min for Ravencoin this is about 100 mins. Coins are called immature while being confirmed. Once the coins are confirmed they are spendable, and will be paid out by the pool on the next payout cycle. Coins are often called matured coins at this stage. === I just started mining 30mins ago, why are my rewards so low === Pplns vs pps, is often the answer. In a pool with pplns - Pay Per Last N Shares - we build up over rounds(N) our share in the reward(block). Suprnova uses 20 - 25 rounds for N. PPS - Pay Per Share, the sum of our submitted (accepted) shares divided by total submitted shares on the pool by other miners, gives us our percentage of the next block. yiimp based pools (such as ravenminer.com, yiimp.eu, cryptopool.party) by default use a custom approach to rewards. All shares are saved for as long as it takes to find a block. Then, when a block is found: 1) rewards are divided proportionally among valid shares. 2) Valid shares older than 5 minutes prior to the block being found are then deleted. [https://github.com/tpruvot/yiimp/blob/next/web/yaamp/core/backend/blocks.php] This has the effect that all miners get close to a fresh start with each new block. Pplns will give us more rewards in long term mining. [https://minergate.com/faq/difference-between-pps-and-pplns Read more here] and [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=39832 here.] === Why is the difficulty going up / down? ===The network tries to maintain 1 block being solved per minute over 2016 blocks before retargeting difficulty. If miners have found more than 1 block per minute during the previous 2016 blocks the network difficulty will go up to bring the average block time back to 1 per minute. If miners are solving blocks slower the opposite will happen. === What hash rate should I be getting for my cards? === There are some conservative numbers on [http://whattomine.com/ WhatToMine] [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_d-BzXjpIUS8zUoQrxGQW90v-zCap7VKMfpZ4sQ2Gqg/ User-submitted spreadsheet for kawpow] [https://ravencoinhashrate.space/ Ravencoin Hashrate] website (outdated) == Community type questions == The '''[[community]]''' page links to a lot of the resources available.  === What's the link for Ravencoin Community Discord? ===[https://discord.gg/CXkJcC3 Discord] == How do I do <topic here> with the wallet? ==Many questions about the wallet can be answered by searching the same question for the Bitcoin wallet. The [https://en.bitcoin.it Bitcoin wiki] and [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/bitcoin Bitcoin on StackOverflow] are two great resources which might already have answers to your question. [[Best_practices#General_wallet_guide|General wallet guide]] '''[[Best practices]]''' for how to keep your coins safe.=== How do I get a receiving address? ===At the time of writing the Raven QT wallet is largely the same as the Bitcoin QT wallet - there are numerous guides via Google on setting up the Bitcoin QT wallet. In summary, install the wallet then: For a receiving address: Click File > Receiving Address > New, enter a name for your address, click OK - you should then see your new address There is a more detailed [[Best_practices#General_wallet_guide|General wallet guide]] on Best practices page. === Wallet problems === There is a dedicated '''[[Troubleshoot|Troubleshoot page]]''' === where is the wallet.dat file? ===https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Data_directory '''[[Troubleshoot]]''' page has a wallet section. === Restore wallet === Check the [[Troubleshoot#Restore_wallet|Restore wallet guide]] === How do I backup my wallet.dat file? ===https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Backingup_your_wallet '''[[Best practices]]''' for how to keep your coins safe. === How can i choose the address bitcoins are sent from ===Raven-qt wallet is forked of bitcoin-qt wallet: [https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/44598/how-can-i-choose-the-address-bitcoins-are-sent-from how can i choose the address bitcoins are sent from] === What is the wallet and Private key ===[https://ravenforum.org/topic/21/the-private-key-and-the-wallet the private key and the wallet] === How do I set up the wallet to be a full node (and why would I?) ===A full node validates transactions and blocks, which makes the whole Ravencoin network stronger. You can enable this by opening up the wallet and looking under Settings > Options > Network and making sure both "Map port using UPnP" and "Allow incoming connections" are both checked. === What should I do to keep my Ravencoins and my wallet as safe as possible? ===https://virtopia.ca/crypto-wallet-safety/ '''[[Best practices]]''' for how to keep your coins safe. == Marketing == === Simple style / branding ===

We don't know. The core development team is not looking at it, they're working on developing the technology'Ravencoin Font''': Nimbus Sans Light - [https://www. The general consensus amongst the community is that it would be better to wait until we have a least a better defined white paper discussing the roadmap for the coin before listing the coinurwpp. You can currently buy and sell via the trading channel in Discord. There are trusted members of the mod team that we'd recommend using as Escrow.Well worth a read de/en/shop/?fontshop=datei:show_charmap;map_func:20;fontbel:W;fs_dir:1;fname:Nimbus%20Sans%20Light;fontnummer:n019002t;charsetIds:,1,2,; font info] - [httphttps://rotcexdrive.google.com/ravencoin-safety-guidefile/d/1kauS3fXc4jf85W7R_u4dm5iLPghuqeIA/ safety guideview?usp=sharing font download]

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# Download the wallet from [https'''Tracking'''://github.com/RavenProject/Ravencoin github], install and get a receiving address# Select a pool from the [[Pools]] list# Download the GPU miner from [https://github.com/MSFTserver/ccminer/releases/tag/2.2.5-rvn github], unzip, and edit the batch file to include the pool you want to mine on and put your wallet address in the start up script....run the batch file.130

== What's the link for Discord? ==[https''Text'''://discordapp.com/invite/M9hUESq Discord]Ravencoin rather than RavenCoin

== Are there Masternodes'''Images''': [https://github.com/underdarkskies/Ravencoin-Marketing? files==No. 1 Github repository]

== When is the ICO? = Other Marketing resources ===There isn't going to be one.

== Was it preThere is a marketing group on Discord -mined? ==No - it was [https://twitterif you're interested in helping please feel free to get in touch there.com/brucefenton/status/948682276229074945 announced on twitter]

== How come some people have 100,000's if it wasn't premined? ==There were people that started when difficulty was well under 100 rather than where it is now[https://discord. Some people rented hundreds of Google.cloud CPU's to mine it before the GPU miner software was even developed for the community. Some have huge gpu rigs pointed at poolsgg/CXkJcC3 https://discord.gg/CXkJcC3]

== Can I mine with my CPU Initial [https:/ CPU or GPU mining which is better? ==/github.com/MSFTserver/Raven-Branding-Kit Msftserver] Raven Branding Kit

Yes you can mine with your CPU however you're unlikely to earn many RavenCoinNEW [https://github. The net hash is now pretty large so a single CPU isn't going to contribute much. Obviously, if you've got a lot of CPU's or highcom/underdarkskies/Ravencoin-Marketing Marketing-end ones you many earn more. Generally, people are running GPU's in a [[Pool]Kit].by Under