From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Sat Dec 14 09:37:47 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 281D41E7730; Sat, 14 Dec 2019 09:37:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grarpamp@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io1-xd44.google.com (mail-io1-xd44.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::d44]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47ZjBL1hBJz4B6Y; Sat, 14 Dec 2019 09:37:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grarpamp@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io1-xd44.google.com with SMTP id b10so2117202iof.11; Sat, 14 Dec 2019 01:37:45 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=zFZkwarJMWjbyoRI5fF1qWQHQuEPjbXGULFsJk/sI7Q=; b=uZYLFloLtV31wiB9bRF6XM2SsUO9jR3Jtbz6RW6tRAiEAjsjrlcpBfFo4sim2c8aXb Nkp9MYcvAIr9E0rBTzicccceo3K+t3Zc2yopwNdMqXsO/9VrlPpA5jXVElpUYjWYpWeT VLUxyfTs+g1s4qnPWhH+fVOpABJQh4V+U9t3rW6QAHG1U/hzI0URyNMIX7VlaA2r7au+ s7BWOeoieUL1WsqNeqt0sGZSuv+bHgSUfNdL+3y9WnwLbTbgVWEzEHr9/wjIeBVjIYV6 l33qo4u1KYDosLxP2RgPcARpoBMCdinLRmbTmSiCHTq4T1CcG78wvl/BWWRgsBlm32K7 tTfQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=zFZkwarJMWjbyoRI5fF1qWQHQuEPjbXGULFsJk/sI7Q=; b=Fepwt8C+E2qnmvKughbX+r5AmLDEAmbghMc+LLFm8rg+L+QyB685xXbPYmAW+ffvtM o4FCLov9OffRzHR3RcExTRTF8rsdtLSxS/PhKUlvvyKg6blDrqbBQjzjNl5D95Z6Sm46 l0Jeu6RfH4n6VhWRT4jghE7jIcRtq4j554w/76NfLfh0YSYxCtXAU8Bc36AR66IcmE6w WUqoWZX4kJJCTa8IzABrLk0Kfd5Dc5DxJfa8qo4KiRWzAyFfXT1+S97erm9eN54QoKds eq4+pMN7bmIX3uy5OKv8gw9LvsSUqVThjWpocFvtzK/lmmFALWXfij4es7/OHYEcL1Xv rWMQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUwSBs6mPgUwgfYq1bmadj6kNRE9HgsZXGkUUJMtxs99raMgKSd 59KzbW1enQlWStAAEG/Kq+uxKkmMBNhW//Zp0Tdf/xsG X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyAMPK0kjushSqYG5oVkJ9KQnXS6a0vmPafACdtkDsKBS6QiX5NFJmgcuZSutg/Q+UB4Dh1TURyxgim1imFk7o= X-Received: by 2002:a6b:6e02:: with SMTP id d2mr11392404ioh.22.1576316264575; Sat, 14 Dec 2019 01:37:44 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a05:6638:210:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Sat, 14 Dec 2019 01:37:44 -0800 (PST) From: grarpamp Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 04:37:44 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Cryptocurrency: BSD's need more wallet ports To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Cc: info@freebsdfoundation.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 47ZjBL1hBJz4B6Y X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=uZYLFloL; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of grarpamp@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::d44 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=grarpamp@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.00 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36:c]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; IP_SCORE_FREEMAIL(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[4.4.d.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.b.8.f.7.0.6.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; IP_SCORE(0.00)[ip: (2.20), ipnet: 2607:f8b0::/32(-2.20), asn: 15169(-1.91), country: US(-0.05)]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0] X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 09:37:47 -0000 Many BSD users follow cryptocurrencies, and would have interest in testing, learning, supporting, and transacting, already have holdings on other OS but might prefer BSD for various reasons over say Windows and Phones, would like to send and receive donations, support development, grow the ecosystems, etc... Yet they can't because there are no wallet and node ports available for many of the most popular coins on BSD. If you're able to contribute to making ports available, that would help grow and enable the intersection of BSD and crypto communities. Obviously such efforts would provide more funding options and exposure for FreeBSD, and bring some of the BSD experience to the coin world. Missing ports (among many others)... Bitcoin_Cash-BCH <-- very popular top five coin with no BSD wallet https://www.bitcoincash.org/wallets.html https://www.bitcoinabc.org/ Zcash-ZEC Bitcoin_SV-BSV Cardano-ADA Grin-GRIN Dash-DASH Beam-BEAM Maker-MKR Decred-DCR Bitcoin_Gold-BTG Dogecoin-DOGE Horizen-ZEN Ravencoin-RVN DigixDAO-DGD Augur-REP Tron-TRX EOS-EOS NEO-NEO XRP-XRP Verge-XVG etc, no particular order, lots to choose from... If you're looking for random potential ports to work on, try sorting by mktcap, price, or volume and click through to each project's homepage and repo, check news and social sites, etc... https://www.coingecko.com/ https://coinmarketcap.com/ https://cryptocurrencynews.com/ https://www.coindesk.com/ https://www.reddit.com/r/cryptocurrency/ Announcing new wallet, node, and client software ports on the respective coin's community boards may earn you some coin donations too :) Same for upstreaming patches. Some coins already have Linux wallets you can pull work from. Present (in various state of support or choice of wallet)... Cryptos: bitcoin - core, electrum ethereum - go, parity <-- more wallets could be ported https://ethereum.org/use/ https://docs.ethhub.io/using-ethereum/wallets/desktop/ litecoin monero <-- a GUI client is available if users want that https://web.getmonero.org/downloads/ namecoin qtum zetacoin Hardware wallets: keepkey ledger trezor Fun tools: QtBitcoinTrader cointop This is neither advertisement, shill, advice, correct, nor exhaustive post, so no need to go there. Keep it to porting apps for BSD users. Prune and direct replies to whatever is most suitable list.