Development News

With the network upgrade proceeding well, other devs have found and added MicroBitcoin to their repositories. Folks over at "bitcoin_fork_claimer" have added support for MBC! Big thanks to them for the addition!
If you're a developer or an exchange this tool is probably something you'd like to use, check them out here:
👉 <https://github.com/ymgve/bitcoin_fork_claimer/commit/7f0517a938a72e7e32b7f299f9f7f853aa9a479a> 👈

+1 to Open Source 😎

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Halving Update

Fellow community members, we'd like to make amends to the recent announcement regarding the height number at which the next mining reward halving will take place.
The next mining reward halving will occur at Block Height 1,574,991 instead of the previous mention of 630,000.
The calculation was done again after reviews and had shown to be at the height of 1,574,991 instead.
We apologize for the previous announcement regarding this matter.

A quick dive into what MicroBitcoin is for those that still haven't grasped the bigger picture 😉

Definitions
Protocol: a set of rules governing the exchange or transmission of data between devices.
Application: a program or piece of software designed and written to fulfill a particular purpose of the user.

MicroBitcoin is a protocol that has its own set of rules to fit in such a way that transactions can suffice in the micro-economy.
Wallets, Explorers, and Address Converters are applications that help a user interact with peers on the network using the MicroBitcoin protocol.

In plain simple English, email is like a protocol and we use applications like Gmail to send them.

Protocol is not Application. Many make the mistake of understanding the underlying definition and think that both are the same. Infact, MicroBitcoin is an implementation of the Bitcoin protocol, so is Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin Gold. Ivan on Tech explains it really well in his recent video here 👉 <https://youtu.be/1GQPc3BtiJ8> 👈

New Listing

Get MicroBitcoin over at <https://p2pb2b.io>!!! Thanks to them for the listing!
<https://news.p2pb2b.io/coin-for-everyday-payments-p2pb2b-enlisted-microbitcoin-cryptocurrency/>

Thanks to the folks over at BiteBTC that have renamed the ICO's ticker to MBTC. Please don't confuse with our MBC. https://twitter.com/bitebtccom/status/1050346727017013248

New Listing

MicroBitcoin listed as MBC <https://bitebtc.com/>
USD, BTC and ETH pairs available.
https://twitter.com/bitebtccom/status/1050442181637492736

Exchange Updates
- MBC is now listed on 3 exchanges - BiteBTC, P2PB2B and BitOnBay
- The community is reaching out to pursue more of them, thank you.

Development Updates
- With our Dicord becoming popular and to avoid confusion, the developers have setup a Developer Forum at <https://mbc.wiki> for latest updates, discussions, issues and other development related matters. *Please avoid spam and other general questions in the forum*.
- Android and iOS wallets will soon be released in the respective stores, Apple though taking longer than expected.

General Updates
- Added a #trading channel for members to discuss about the price. *Please also avoid spamming the channel*.

You can check out API which helps you fetch info about MicroBitcoin blockchain and interact with it. This API utilize slightly modified ElectrumX server as backend. 👉👉https://mbc.wiki/d/5-api-guide 👈👈

New Exchange Listing
MBC now trading on https://stex.com
👉 BTC and ETH 👈 pairs available!
https://twitter.com/StexExchangeR/status/1055373190418063362

New Mining Pool Added
MBC can now be mined at https://uberkripto.club

New Exchange Listing
MBC available on https://exrates.me/
👉 USD, BTC and ETH 👈 pairs available!

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Progress & Updates
It has been a while since we made an official announcement regarding the development and progress of updates that are to come.

Core
Developing on technology that is still in the early states if not of an easy task, however, developers are managing to provide updates to provide a better and more efficient protocol for payments.
In light to the above statement, we'd like to ask the community to acknowledge @iamstenman for contribution to the next release of the LWMA3 algorithm for difficulty adjustment as this update will possibly (maybe eventually) be implemented in other cryptocurrency projects. For more details on this see <https://github.com/zawy12/difficulty-algorithms/issues/3> and <https://github.com/MicroBitcoinOrg/MicroBitcoin/commit/76c0cfc43b2c5109c0d1e52dee1cefa4e002d9c1>

❗ Please note,development updates have moved to <https://mbc.wiki/>

Wallets
The team has been pushing the stores for listing, however, so far Google Play Store is the only one that has been friendly. Apple Appstore seems to difficult to list as they have declined individual developer listings relating to cryptocurrencies. If anyone from the community may be able to assist and provide access for listing please reach out to any of the devs.
In the mean time, the team and community members have reached out to wallet providers for addition of MicroBitcoin in their wallets, i.e. Coinomi and Ledger.
The more requests we can ask, the better chance we have that they consider 😎

Troubleshooting
There have been some issues, possibly, and the fixes are underway. Please see #android-wallet-guide (Discord channel) for details to how you can backup your wallet and then restore it in the newer versions. Here are some tips to troubleshoot:
- Check if your seed phrase is correct BEFORE you uninstall the app
- If your balance isn't showing, try closing the app and opening it again (the devs are currently working to make it better)
- Check if your address has balance using the block explorer 👉 <https://microbitcoinorg.github.io/explorer>
- Check the transaction history of your address in the block explorer (the blockchain is very difficult to hack, it's easier to hack the person)
- Use the Mnemonic converter <https://microbitcoinorg.github.io/mnemonic> to get list of addresses and private keys of your wallet (can be used to verify your wallet address)

Good user experience in blockchain world is "Not your keys, not your money." - Andreas M. Antonopoulos

Hello fellow members.
There have been some issues and it has been difficult for devs to track down the problem for some of them.
We've made a feedback form for the current ANDROID WALLET.

Feedback form: https://goo.gl/forms/MHsKxWVdGLsev4eH2

Please read the enclosed instructions and fill it out with as much detail as possible so that the devs know what the exact problem is.

Network Upgrade :: LWMA-3 :: 654,000

Fellow community members, with major updates to the MicroBitcoin Protocol, there will be a Network Upgrade at block height 654,000. Expected to occur on Thursday November 1, 2018 at 00:00:00 UTC.

❗️ those who are running nodes, please update your daemon to the latest version 0.16.3 here
👉 <https://github.com/MicroBitcoinOrg/MicroBitcoin/releases> 👈

CoinMarketCap Listing

MicroBitcoin listed on CMC!
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/microbitcoin/

BEWARE OF SCAMS

❗️Please note that no one from the team will ask for any money. Please be careful.❗️

NOW AVAILABLE IN THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE
As a reminder, the OLD version has been DEPRECATED and is NOT RECOMMENDED for use as there can be errors and potentially loss of MBC. Please download the latest version here
👉 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microbitcoin 👈

Network Upgrade Successful
So far so good folks!
New LWMA-3 difficulty algorithm and working well.
Credits to the developers for putting in their time and effort.

Android Play Store Released
MicroBitcoin Wallet now available in the Google Play Store!
👉 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microbitcoin 👈