Posted on April 16th, 2021
Ravencoin and NFTs
Ravencoin and NFTs are like peanut butter and jelly. They just go together. We just called them Unique Assets, because the NFT term wasn't around when we built support into Ravencoin. NFT info in IPFS? Yep, a perfect fit. Want t...
Posted on March 24th, 2021
It's been an action-packed couple of weeks since the last update.
Foundation Funding
Because of generous donations by Blockchain Tiger, the Ravencoin Foundation is able to fund projects. The foundation has a legal fund that was raised early in the pr...
Posted on March 23rd, 2021
We're all familiar with the 12 words we write down to secure our crypto. What if we also wrote down a 3-digit number and it saved us hours and hours of frustration in the future.
What's the number for?
I'm proposing that wallets that generate a seed...
Posted on March 8th, 2021
No, this is not a letter from Joe Biden.
Nor is it a letter from the President of Ravencoin. Ravencoin does not have a President because it isn't a company. Ravencoin is MIT licensed open-source code found here.
This is a letter from me, Tron Black...
Posted on March 2nd, 2021
Ravencoin is a top 100 (often top-50, sometimes top-30) coin with a unique purpose. Anyone can issue assets on top of the platform. These assets are similar to ERC-20 tokens, but with some additional useful features like immutable meta-data about the...
Posted on February 24th, 2021
Full nodes are a bit different than just running Ravencoin Qt. There's just one extra step that makes it a full participant on the Ravencoin network. Open your network port for inbound connections -- see instructions near the bottom.
Every node tri...
Posted on February 23rd, 2021
This is meant to be a catch all blog post that can point you to different resources depending on your issue.
First, if you lost your wallet.dat, or your 12 words, or your encryption password for your wallet.dat, I cannot help you. Nobody can. Chalk i...
Posted on February 18th, 2021
When selecting a token technology, you should choose the technology that works best for your project.
Tokenization BenefitRavencoin AssetERC-721Cost to Transfer - This cost is pure friction and has been going up as the load on the Ethereum network as a...
Posted on February 16th, 2021
This is the second letter from the Ravencoin Foundation. I hope to add a place on the Ravencoin Foundation website where these can be posted.
It has been a great couple of weeks for Ravencoin and a lot has changed for Ravencoin in the last few weeks...
Posted on January 31st, 2021
This is the first letter from the Ravencoin Foundation. It will be longer than most because there's a lot to cover.
First, it is important to note that the Ravencoin Foundation is not Ravencoin. Ravencoin is open-source software that volunteers run ...
Posted on December 23rd, 2020
The Code Security Audit
The Ravencoin community raised funds to do a code security audit. The funds, totaling USD$40,000, were collected in four Ballet wallets held by trusted members of the Ravencoin community. The firm Independent Security Evaluato...
Posted on September 28th, 2020
Ravencoin has several different types of assets that are used for different purposes.
Assets = Issuable, and transferable tokens with a unique name in the root namespace. The first one to register a name gets it. Create as many as you want. Can ...
Posted on June 30th, 2020
Recently our community members from the CryptoScope team, developers of Solus Explorer [https://rvn.cryptoscope.io], reached the Ravencoin team with the findings that Ravencoin blockchain has a vulnerability which was used by unknowns to mint RVN that ...
Posted on April 14th, 2020
What’s BIP44? It is a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 44 and it specifies a particular way of deriving public keys and private keys from a master key. But even better than that, it works together with BIP39 and BIP32,
Well that’s a lot of useless techni...
Posted on April 6th, 2020
BLUF: RVN price drop along with other crypto markets due to COVID-19 selling - hit low of $0.01, back to $0.016. Virtual Ravencoin Meetup in AltSpaceVR replacing meatspace meetup. Ballet wallet manufacturing proceeding in China, Nevada phase delayed. B...
Posted on March 11th, 2020
"Every new mechanism frees the human mind for more creative adventures and accomplishments" - Life After Google by George Gilder
We’re all in this together. There are new capabilities included in the latest Phoenix version (3.2+) of Ravencoin that ope...
Posted on March 9th, 2020
BLUF: RVN price drop along with other crypto markets to $0.024. New USD/RVN trading pair on Bittrex. Ravencoin meetup in April is still on. New mining algo in the works. Beginner’s RVN Guide published. Portfolio company Finclusive almost ready for #K...
Posted on March 4th, 2020
Do you want to contribute to Ravencoin?
How about running a full node? You can do this on any desktop, or even a Raspberry Pi.
Just install Ravencoin by downloading the binaries for any desktop (Linux, Windows, or Mac).
Set it up to run all the ti...
Posted on February 17th, 2020
BLUF: Five major features smoothly activated on mainnet and several of the features assist in legal STO issuance. OKEx, a large Asian exchange is adding RVN trading on Feb 19th. New Ballet Wallet (a Multi-currency Non-electronic Physical Wallet) will ...
Posted on January 2nd, 2020
BLUF: New features are ready. Activation begins next week, solving a significant problem plaguing STOs. Mobile wallet is being updated for new capabilities. Price is $0.0228 per RVN, but in line with BTC drop. The RVN ecosystem has been expanding wit...
Posted on December 6th, 2019
Ravencoin (RVN) at coin #39 on CoinMarketCap.com and has been moving up. Price at $0.0297 at 398 sats.
A bounty program is in progress. Come bash on the Ravencoin testnet and earn real RVN. Here are the rules.
The testnet has five features (Messa...
Posted on December 4th, 2019
Ravencoin is an open-source project and can use your help. Contribute to one of the most interesting projects.
The code for Ravencoin Core is available. If you want to make improvements, just fork the code, make your improvements and submit back as ...
Posted on December 4th, 2019
Python Bulk Issuer to issue assets from a .CSV file (exported from Google Docs)
https://github.com/RavenProject/Ravencoin/blob/master/assets/tools/issuebulk.py
Asset Explorerhttps://ravencoin.asset-explorer.net
Testnet Asset Explorerhttps://www.mangofa...
Posted on December 3rd, 2019
Ravencoin has a growing ecosystem of projects, exchanges, podcasts, stores, tools, websites, code, and communities, and much more. This e-mail will give you some of the links to get started.
Code Repository:https://github.com/RavenProject/Ravencoin
E...
Posted on December 3rd, 2019
Ravencoin mining isn't for everyone, but it can be very rewarding.
What is mining? Mining is just running software on your computer that verifies Ravencoin transactions. To prevent bad actors from mining and blocking transactions, each mining compute...
Posted on December 2nd, 2019
Ravencoin hatched on Bitcoin's ninth birthday - Jan 3, 2018. And on Nov 5, 2018, became a full-grown bird when its new asset feature activated letting you create your own assets.
Want to learn more? Read through the fun original whitepaper: https://...
Posted on December 2nd, 2019
As the Ravencoin ecosystem grows, these updates will keep you up-to-date.
Installing Ravencoin Node:Download: https://github.com/RavenProject/Ravencoin/releases
Using RPC calls with Python (raven-cli or rpc):https://github.com/RavenProject/Ravencoin/b...