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up the client the minute it launched, it starts me off on Block 2000. Seriously?<br />

Opened<br />

2000*666,666=1,333,332,000 premined coins. Oh well.<br />

That’s<br />

5 FACTS ABOUT<br />

COINYE<br />

A B i t c o i n - c l o n e u p t o n o g o o d h i j a c k s t h e K a n y e n a m e , m u c h t o W e s t ’ s<br />

c h a g r i n . T h e l a w y e r s s a y s c e a s e a n d d e s i s t , b u t n o t h i n g h a p p e n s<br />

( b a s i c a l l y ) H e r e ’ s 5 F a s t F a c t s Y o u N e e d t o K n o w .<br />

b y P r i n c e l y M a c n i c e<br />

3. Coinye Was Pre-Mined Meaning<br />

That The Crypto-Community Hates It<br />

(But People Still May Buy It)<br />

The Coinye Coin subreddit is ridden with posts angry at the<br />

way Coinye has been handled. This means that Coinye coin<br />

MAY be dead in the water. It definitely bodes poorly that the<br />

developer is trying to “give back” at this point.<br />

For a bit of layman’s explanation into what pre-mining is,<br />

imagine that creating a cryptocurrency is like making a<br />

digital gold mine. Basically, if the mining is fair,<br />

information about when, how, and where to mine is freely<br />

distributed and everyone can start mining at the very first<br />

section of the mine, known as the first “block,” essentially a<br />

section for mining. A pre-mined coin means that<br />

information about how and when mining was to happen was<br />

suppressed or deceiving so that once the mining community<br />

is aware of a coin, miners are not starting on the first block,<br />

but rather a much later block, meaning that the coin was<br />

unfairly mined. So, how late was the initial block that the<br />

mining community was given access to Coinye? According to<br />

one thread, VERY LATE:<br />

Recall that there are only to be 133<br />

billion Coinye EVER, so that means<br />

~1% of the total was unfairly<br />

mined, according to this user. This<br />

means that people are pissed off<br />

and will be less inclined to mine the<br />

coin and give it attention and<br />

praise, at least within the cryptocommunity.<br />

Still, it does appear<br />

that this is false or at least<br />

overstated. The maker claims that<br />

only .37% of the coins were<br />

pre-mined.<br />

WIN

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