Bullion (CBX) rebranding to "bullion," 2018 roadmap published

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The Bullion (CBX) is the cryptocurrency that has all the right specifications for investment: Quick 65 second blocks for fast transactions, CBX is 100% Proof-of-Stake, there are only less than 1 million CBX in circulation with new coin generation (inflation) maintained at a healthy yearly 2%. The thing that is the most valuable though, is CBX's dev team which has been developing it since 2013.

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PoSP is the special Proof-of-Stake algorithm that the CBX network uses to fuel itself, i.e. generate new blocks. This algorithm is what makes our unique network very secure and constantly well maintained, as CBX stake owners are rewarded for their participation in this task: creating a truly decentralized network securing algorithm is an important decision that many popular new coins seem to take lightly. PoSP makes sense in efficiency, decentralization and economic value.

Earning CBX by staking is of course entirely optional. To earn rewards or "stake" and participate in the CBX network (and get rewarded for it), all a CBX holder need to do is to own some CBX and keep their CBX Vault Software running on their PC and in staking mode: i.e. either unlocked or unlocked for staking. Because participating in the PoSP program is optional, people who opt to not participate also give up their potential gains to those who do help in securing the network: this translates into very interesting rewards for you, if you choose to participate, as many opt not to participate for varied reasons (CBX held at exchanges, cold wallets, etc).

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At the heart of Bullion is the CBX Vault Software. This free Software allows you to be in full control over your finances by allowing you to keep CBX stored on your personal computer, and earn interest by participating in the PoSP staking program. The latest version of the CBX Vault is 2.4.3.

Links to directly download, install and sync the latest CBX Vault:

CBX Trouble Shooting Tool and Auto Bootstrap Loader to eliminate historical blockchain syncing: Trouble Shooting Tool with May 1st 2017 Official Bootstrap

CBX Bootstrap: http://node.alex4j.cryptobullion.io/bootstrap.zip
CBX Windows Vault: https://github.com/cryptogenicbonds/CryptoBullion-CBX/releases/tag/2.4.3
CBX MacOS Vault: https://github.com/cryptogenicbonds/CryptoBullion-CBX/releases/tag/2.4.3


Github Archive for Vault 2.4.3: https://github.com/cryptogenicbonds/CryptoBullion-CBX/releases/tag/2.4.3

Promoting CBX is, naturally, a top priority for us. As a 3 year old cryptocurrency quite a bit of material has been produced online about CBX; yet promoting CBX is still very important since we know CBX remains widely unknown by the crypto community at large. CBX is a desirable coin, but with so many other choices out there it is important to make sure everybody has had a chance to review information about it.

Bullion Mobile Promo Cards

Cards are available in English with French or Spanish on the reverse side

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Specifications:

• Proof of Stake Participation (PoSP) – Dec 31, 2015

• 65 Second block time

• Staking eligibility after 1 hour

• Variable Annual compound interest earned via PoSP (6%-12% on average)

• 2% Annual inflation

• Less than 1 million CBX in circulation

• Year-long inflationary distribution stage completed on July 13, 2014

• Proof of Work completed on January 1, 2016





Exchanges:











Website

PoSP White Paper

Forum

Source

Block Explorer

Vault Download

User Guides

Faucet

Dice

Historic Thread (CGB)


Forums in other languages

Official CBX forum in Greek English

Official CBX forum in Spanish

Official CBX forum in Greek

Official CBX forum in Hindi

Official CBX Forum in Indonesian

Official CBX forum in Mandarin

CBX official forum in Portuguese

Official CBX forum in Russian

Forum CBX officiel on tagalog







Donate to the CBX Foundation Development Fund:

CBX 5oS6SK8411DUdxritrohRW96rZmHC9DX7d
BTC 1D1oyugjRQFAyJ9sRYBvWS2aUbJ9KnUsVG​

 

[pedrillo0]

Of course!

And we continue growing by the day.

If you want to know more, do not forget to contact me ...

 

[pedrillo0]

Crypto Bullion (CBX) family and friends, good day!

We are having our second draw for our lottery, this time with a 20 CBX jackpot is coming.

We're on test mode, so we are gradually improving the site but the prize is a real gain for the winer!

Do not miss this opportunity to win, so buy your lucky ticket...

1 CBX per ticket is enough to participate.

You can buy more than one ticket, but they have to be bought in multiple 1 CBX purchases ...

Saturday 18 June at about 6pm UTC time will be time of the draw.

We wish you good luck!


The CBX Lottery site: http://lottobullion.com/index.html

Cheers

- CBX Team

 

[pedrillo0]

Hello to our Crypto Bullion community

It has come to our attention that the way our staking algorithm works, the PoSP, is not 100% clear to a few people.

Here is a quick video explaining its advantages:


Enjoy!

- CBX Team

 

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This is a big day for the CBX community and network; we are happy to announce the Vault version 2.4.0. This Vault is programmed to be ready for the upcoming CBX hard fork which will take place at block 1 584 000, about 5 days from now (August 7th, 2016), this is why updating to this Vault is mandatory.


These are the improvements made to the Vault in version 2.4.0

1- Attribution of tx fees to PoSP block winner
2- Reasjustment of PoSP gains, so we are closer to 2% yearly growth objective
3- Fix for the change address issue, where people had to make frequent wallet.dat backups to prevent from losing coin
4- Staking Green Light indicator, to show your Vault is indeed staking
5- New Splash Screen that includes new logo which will match upcoming project


Link: http://212.47.243.58/cbx-2.4/

- Team CBX

 

[pedrillo0]

New look for the official CBX website!

The official Crypto Bullion website, http://cryptobullion.io/, has been down for some time now; we were updating it to a new and more actual design.

It is ready now: please come take a look! We will keep it updated with all current CBX information as we have always done.

Also, I would like to report that Cryptopia and Yobit have updated their internal CBX software and it is safe now to send and withdraw from both these exchanges. Cryptomic.com is still pending.

Focus on CBX!

 

[pedrillo0]

We have compiled the new version 2.4.2 as promised; you can download it from this public server : https://github.com/cryptogenicbonds/CryptoBullion-CBX/releases/tag/2.4.2

This new version carries the following fixes and improvements:

- A few changes in the French text
- The icons at the bottom of the window will no longer be cut off
- Added red light, to confirm that the Vault is not staking
- A descriptive text appears when the mouse cursor hovers over the Red or Green dot, to describe staking activity

- Team CBX

 

[pedrillo0]

Crypto Bullion Vault 2.4.3 is available for downloading and installing!

Since the Quintessence crowdfunding campaign has been announced, many new CBX users have joined the Crypto Bullion ranks and some have reported connectivity issues, so we have compiled a new Vault which should alleviate these connectivity problems.

https://github.com/cryptogenicbonds/CryptoBullion-CBX/releases/tag/2.4.3

 

[pedrillo0]

!! Congratulations!!

Now you can buy and sell CBX from: https://www.tradesatoshi.com/Exchange/?market=CBX_BTC

We continue to expand our markets for our family CBX ...

- CBX Team

 

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Hey Bullionaires, Join The Creative CBX Contest for Positive Momentum!

$500 reward for finding uses for CBX, in new sites and applications, paid by the CBX team.

Rules:

Any site or app using CBX for the first time is eligible to win
Post your site or app on the CBX forum. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=951753
The community will vote on a winner on Sept 1, 2017
Site or App must be available to the public and be working/running by Sept 1, 2017
$500 paid in BTC at the end

Examples of entries:

Existing sites that accept CBX for the first time
New CBX apps
New sites that use CBX exclusively
CBX YouTube videos or ads that can be shared

Feel free to post works in progress, status updates on your project, etc. on the CBX forum. The more you post on the CBX forum the more the community can get behind you and help make your project a success. Prize awarded in BTC so that the winner can buy more CBX!

**Bonus contest - every tweet or post using #500USDforCBX is an entry to win $100 worth of CBX. Winner chosen at random so the more you tweet, retweet, or post, the higher chances you have of winning.

- The Crypto Bullion Team

 

[pedrillo0]

Let's talk about masternodes!

I think there is something good with masternodes, more than a fad we should blindly follow. There are many advantages to adding BPN (Bullion Participation Nodes) to CBX - an even more reliable network, adding anonymity to the network, removing many coins from trading, thus making CBX even more scarce and facilitating the creation of a reliable mobile CBX app.

I have posted a new poll, outlining how we see the possible implementations of masternodes to CBX; please select one, and perhaps voice your constructive opinion on this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=951753.0

Essentially, CBX holders continue to gain PoSP rewards, but we open 500 000 possible CBX to masternodes, at 10 000 CBX each. With option 2 as an example, we split 20 000 CBX yearly rewards between all registered BPN runners - this means that if 5 people lock in their 10 000 CBX each or 50 000 CBX then the 20 000 CBX reward gets divided among those 5 - or 4000 CBX each for a nice 40% yield!

Large CBX holders will have the possibilitly of locking in more than one 10 000 CBX sum, in 10 000 CBX increments those will count as more nodes to the same owner.

All this would work in typical PoSP fashion, online BPN or non BPN get all rewards for given block, essentially adding the Participation twist to traditional masternodes.

The Crypto Bullion Team

 

[pedrillo0]

The Crypto Bullion Team
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[pedrillo0]

One critical piece of the outlined 2017 road-map is to put in place a self funding mechanism for continued development. The current plan is to create a 10k superblock at the time of the hardfork occurring in August/September to be used for a dev operated BPN from which interest earnings would fuel ongoing CBX development, advertising, etc. However, this is not ideal as it could potentially create an issue with exchange listing policies or negative perception/issues for investors. Resultant to this, it has been suggested to create a donation address to gather these funds from the community. In response to this suggestion the below address has been created to accept donations. The goal is 10k CBX. We will report periodically on progress towards the goal.

CBX Donation Address: 5jMKPEvPoHN4UNQEyEh9n84ZPdaQBMzfuZ


The Crypto Bullion Team

 

[pedrillo0]

In writing the white paper for the BPN implementation, I have been back and forth with the team regarding the current voting poll (cost for a BPN). Yes, a BPN should be an investment and the earning potential will justify the investment, however this is not the only consideration. I bring this point up because the 2k CBX option is presently leading.

The issue I have with this is that in order for us to maintain PoSP and implement BPN, we must split the network coins so we can allow different interest earnings percentages for each function (BPNs should earn more as they provide more services to the network).

Essentially this means splitting the 1 million total CBX into halves of 500k CBX each. One half would be used for PoSP at 1% annual inflation (interest earnings projected from this would be in the 3-6% annual range). The other half for BPN would be at 3% annual inflation so the two would balance out to our 2% inflationary target.

Additionally to make BPN operation more lucrative, we will limit the total number of BPNs to max out at 250k CBX (1/4 of the network). This means that if all of the BPN slots are filled, the absolute minimum interest earnings would be 6% per year. Going off of our PoSP history, we can extrapolate that the return will actually be 3-6 times higher than the inflationary rate from the BPN half therefore rewarding in the projected range of 9-18% yearly for BPN operators.

So with this outlined we come back to the current survey. If we set a BPN cost at 2k CBX, then the maximum number of nodes we can have on the network would be 125. If however we set BPN cost at 500 CBX, then we can have a maximum of 500 BPN on the network and better decentralization.

Feel free to provide any input you want heard from the team regarding this subject: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=951753.new;topicseen#new

Chris Mrozek (Founder of CBX)

 

[pedrillo0]

New poll posted; https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=951753.3980 this time taking under consideration the proposed segmentation of the total CBX money offer, allowing only 250 000 CBX to take part in the global BPN network, this poll now also focuses on "how many nodes do you feel are necessary to maintain a healthy CBX network".

As before, the amount of temporarily locked CBX should be high, but the higher we set this mark, the less nodes will be securing the network. So, please choose, this time focusing on those 2 essential parameters at the same time.

Also remember that, with CBX's BPN network, regular non masternode nodes (regular online staking Vaults) will also be allowed to secure the network; although the block reward will be higher for actual BPNs.


The Crypto Bullion Team

 

[pedrillo0]

Stage 1 of CBX 2017 Road-map update:

Coding for the hardfork to implement BPNs is almost complete (75%) and will soon begin internal testing. Next steps after completion will be as follows:
• Auto bootstrap load / trouble shooting tool integration into Vault build
• QR support
• GUI redesign and addition of in wallet metrics


The Crypto Bullion Team

 

[pedrillo0]

Official CBX bootstrap updated to today. Download from the OP here or website if you need it.

Also, we are still looking for donation for CBX Dev fund, see below:



Donate to the CBX Foundation Development Fund:

One critical piece of the outlined 2017 road-map is to put in place a self funding mechanism for continued development. The current plan is to create a 10k superblock at the time of the hardfork occurring in August/September to be used for a dev operated BPN from which interest earnings would fuel ongoing CBX development, advertising, etc. However, this is not ideal as it could potentially create an issue with exchange listing policies or negative perception/issues for investors. Resultant to this, it has been suggested to create a donation address to gather these funds from the community. In response to this suggestion the below address has been created to accept donations. The goal is 10k CBX. We will report periodically on progress towards the goal.

CBX Donation Address: 5jMKPEvPoHN4UNQEyEh9n84ZPdaQBMzfuZ

The Crypto Bullion Team

 

[pedrillo0]

Just a quick update on the progression of development towards the roadmap objectives:

1) Bootstrap loader will be as simple to all users, as promised; being finalized now,

2) Testing the Scrypt algorithm with new Vault; Scrypt hashing will be necessary when testing the new CBX network: we had removed it prematurely in 2.4.3, and regretted it,

3) Major CBX Vault GUI redesign as promised:
much improved wallet metrics are being added
full QR code functionality is being added, back and forth (reading QR codes, and generating them)

The Crypto Bullion Team

 

[pedrillo0]

Thank you all for the support...

The Crypto Bullion Team​

 

[pedrillo0]

Currently, we have a semi-operational new Vault, as we have to adjust the network interaction between the new Vault software when put in same network and running side-by-side with current 2.4.3 Vaults. This is important to allow a period of time where both Vaults will be running side-by-side on same network, before the phase 1 hard fork; also means things will be similar, network-wise, even after the hard fork.

Let's review the requirements for phase 1 of 2017 roadmap:

- Transaction anonymity still needs testing
- Correction of memory usage issue is done
- New Vault build with auto bootstrap loader is done ;D
- Self-Funding has been taken care of by community (thanks, guys!) ;D
- Full QR-code support is currently at 50% (new Vault generates a QR-Code, but can't yet read QR-codes using a PC cam or portable PC's cam)
- GUI complete revamp is still underway


The Crypto Bullion Team