Mining Pools
We're soon heading into the main phase of the operations and would like to discuss the mining operations of MBC via pools. The current dev team is looking at using the widely used node-stratum-pool to build a custom version and open source it. Please join #mining-pool to discuss further.

A few updates from the dev team.

- daemon builds are finalized and will be released in the next couple of days! Miners, developers, exchanges, and esteem community members, let's aim for 1000 full nodes for a more stable and secure network to be running 🙂
*In perspective, BTC has over 9000 and BCH has over 2000 (numbers from <https://coin.dance/nodes>)*

- to run your own node, there will be a separate announcement with a blog post or guide posted here, please stay tuned!

- TESTNET is also LIVE! Fellow devs join #testnet for further discussions *(faucet is still in the making but you can technically mine for some coins)*.

- current block height is at 525,012 after the dev team had to mine a few blocks to make sure that new blocks that have been mined are accepted by the network.

- miners please join #mining-pool to discuss more about mining. The devs are ready to provide support as this is important for the development and functioning of MBC WALLETS.

*IF THERE'RE NOT ENOUGH MINERS THE CONTRIBUTORS AND TEAM WILL START MINING TO SUPPORT THE RELEASE OF WALLETS.*

MicroBitcoin Daemon and CLI Release
The developer team would like to thank everyone for their patience and would like to announce the release of the first Daemon and CLI builds for MicroBitcoin Protocol. The builds are available for LINUX and OSX at the moment.
You can download the builds using the following link:
<https://github.com/MicroBitcoinOrg/MicroBitcoin/releases>

*Please note that this is the first pre-release version 0.16.1. For bugs or issues, please use the provided Github repository.*

TESTNET
Run the daemon with the -testnet flag.

MINING POOLS
If you're running a pool, feel free to add MBC and if there are any problems, please discuss it in the #mining-pool channel. There are two repositories forked from zone117x/node-stratum-pool and zone117x/node-open-mining-portal for MicroBitcoin which are <https://github.com/MicroBitcoinOrg/NodeStratumPool> and <https://github.com/MicroBitcoinOrg/Pool> respectively. The provided pool is still under development and looking for contributors to help complete it.

WALLET & EXPLORER DEVELOPERS
Developers looking to build wallets and explorers, the core developers have started an ElectrumX Server repository which can be found here <https://github.com/MicroBitcoinOrg/ElectrumX>. It is in working condition but may be buggy. Feel free to setup your server and build!

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Thanks to devs, pools and other contributors, we now have Tools and Pools to plow our way forward!

:: List of TOOLS are here 👉 <https://microbitcoinorg.github.io/> which include:

BLOCK EXPLORER
<https://microbitcoinorg.github.io/explorer>
Features include:
- List of latest blocks
- Search for blocks/transactions/addresses
- Information about block/transaction/address
- Address balances and transactions
- Switch between MAIN and TEST networks

PAPER WALLET GENERATOR
Simple Paper Wallet Generator
<https://microbitcoinorg.github.io/paper>
Generate Public and Private keys using this open source JavaScript client-side MicroBitcoin wallet generator.

ADDRESS CONVERTER
BTC to MBC Address Converter
<https://microbitcoinorg.github.io/converter>
A simple and easy-to-use address converter. Convert your Bitcoin (BTC) address into a MicroBitcoin (MBC) address using this tool.

:: List of POOLS and MINING INFO:

Thanks to @MaeAndrew [poolexplorer.com] for sharing a place to see pools. Check it out here 👉 <https://poolexplorer.com/coin/4802>

MINING POOLS
Thanks to @rob_Gman-Subscriberpool.com for setting up the first pool! Here's the list of available pools so far:
- <https://subscriberpool.com/>
- <https://miningpatriot.com/>

MINING
Join #mining-pool for more information.
Here's the TL;DR:
- AMD Miner: <https://github.com/nicehash/sgminer/releases>
sgminer --algorithm diamond --no-extranonce -X 1024 -g 2 -w 256 -o stratum+tcp://POOL_ADDRESS:PORT -u WALLET_ADDRESS -p c=MBTC --gpu-platform 1 --thread-concurrency 1024
- NVIDIA Miner: <https://github.com/tpruvot/ccminer/releases>
ccminer-x64 -a dmd-gr -i 20 -o stratum+tcp://POOL_ADDRESS:PORT -u WALLET_ADDRESS -p c=MBTC