10/11/2016 by Jeremy
Counterparty Development The Counterparty Foundation is starting a program to allow the community to fund features they want added to the Counterparty protocol. We will facilitate payment plans for development requests with widespread interest. Plans will be started immediately after the plan is approved, fully funded and an appropriate developer is found. Community Control The Counterparty
9/27/2016 by Jeremy
Ecosystem Updates Spells of Genesis has launched the web version of the game and their team has been busy adding features which include in-game gain, achievements and leaderboards. Check out the announcement here. An unofficial Spells of Genesis Telegram group has also been created here. A collaborative effort from EverdreamSoft and IndieSquare, Book of Orbs
8/22/2016 by Jeremy
Ecosystem Updates IndieSquare and Spells of Genesis have teamed up with TCG Force of Will to innovate using Counterparty. Force of Will has a growing community with over 100,000 players that will soon be able to utilize game items on the Bitcoin blockchain. For greater context about the popularity of Force of Will, I quote SiliconAngle writer
8/4/2016 by Jeremy
Ecosystem News The mobile app company known as MandelDuck recently added support for Counterparty tokens within the popular Bitcoin geocaching app known as Takara. This is not the first time MandelDuck has integrated Counterparty tokens within one of their games, another recent example is the game known as Sarutobi. “At MandelDuck we are passionate about
7/19/2016 by Jeremy
Ecosystem News Storj kicked off Test Group C on July 8th. This is a major announcement for the Storj team as it signifies the beginning of their final testing period before the full launch later this summer. “We’re thrilled to announce the start of our final testing stage before a full launch later this summer
7/14/2016 by Robby Dermody
Earlier this week Counterparty released a major new update for its reference client software. The new version of counterparty-lib, 9.55.0, brings numerous enhancements such as P2SH support, Docker builds, several protocol-level updates, as well as dozens of bug fixes. The included P2SH capabilities enable support in Counterparty for multisig addresses (which start with a ‘3’),
7/12/2016 by Jeremy
Payment channel technology powers the upcoming Lightning Network and enables low-cost, almost instantaneous Bitcoin micropayments. Earlier this year, Storj developed a proof of concept to utilize such technology with Counterparty tokens. According to Shawn Wilkinson, CEO of Storj, “Payment channels allow for instant, ‘streaming’ payments of SJCX, which is a Counterparty token, in exchange for
7/4/2016 by Jeremy
Ecosystem News TopCoin is a Counterparty project created by Josh Jones, co-founder of DreamHost, and his partner Michael Blend. The project has been operating since September of 2014 but has largely been flying under the radar. “Topcoin (\"TPC\") is the world’s only cryptocurrency designed specifically for digital goods loyalty programs. Consumers are rewarded TPC for
6/27/2016 by Jeremy
NOTE: We have created a FAQ page for EVM/smart contracts. As most of you are aware, Counterparty is completing a port of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) to Bitcoin. When we heard about the attack that was successfully carried out earlier on the DAO contract code, it hit close to home. We’re saddened by the losses
6/20/2016 by Jeremy
Ecosystem News Spells of Genesis was featured in a piece by Brave New Coin where several updates were announced: “Shaban Shaame, founder of EverdreamSoft and the conceiver of Moonga, one of the first online trading card games, was excited to announce three significant additions to SoG, two of which, guilds and custom level creation, will