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Silk (SLK) Version 1.0.0.0

Project Status: Backlog

Silk Integration/Staging Tree

SLK logo

Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Silk Network

What is Silk?

  • Algorithm: Scrypt
  • Coin Suffix: SLK
  • PoW Period: 10,000 Blocks
  • PoW Target Spacing: 60 Seconds
  • PoW Difficulty Retarget: 10 Blocks
  • PoW Reward per Block: 0 SLK
  • Full Confirmation: 10 Blocks
  • Maturity: 350 Blocks
  • PoS Target Spacing: 64 Seconds
  • PoS Difficulty Retarget: 10 Blocks
  • PoS Reward: 2 SLK Static PoS Reward
  • Minimum Confirmations for Stake: 350 Blocks
  • PoS Min: 12 Hours
  • PoS Max: Unlimited
  • Total Coins: 2,000,000,000 SLK
  • Block Size: 2MB (2X Silk Core)

Silk is a digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Silk uses peer-to-peer technology over ClearNet to operate with no central authority (centralisation): managing transactions and issuing currency (SLK) are carried out collectively by the Silk network. Silk is the name of open source software which enables the use of the currency SLK.

MainNet Parameters P2P Port = 16666 RPC Port = 16667

TestNet Parameters P2P Port = 16668 RPC Port = 16669

Debian/Ubuntu Linux Daemon Build Instructions

install dependencies:

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libboost-all-dev libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libminiupnpc-dev libdb++-dev libstdc++6 make

build darksilkd from git:

$ git clone https://github.com/SilkNetwork/Silk-Core.git silk
$ cd darksilk/src && make -f makefile.unix USE_UPNP=1

install and run darksilkd daemon:

$ sudo strip silkd && sudo cp ~/silk/src/silkd /usr/bin && cd ~/
$ silkd

here are a few commands, google for more.

$ ./silkd getinfo
$ ./silkd getpeerinfo
$ ./silkd getmininginfo
$ ./silkd getstakinginfo
$ ./silkd getnewaddresss

Debian/Ubuntu Linux Qt5 Wallet Build Instructions

update and install dependencies:

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
$ sudo apt-get install make libqt5webkit5-dev libqt5gui5 libqt5core5a libqt5dbus5 qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools qtcreator libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler build-essential libboost-dev libboost-all-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-thread-dev libssl-dev libdb++-dev libstdc++6 libminiupnpc-dev libevent-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev git libpng-dev qrencode libqrencode-dev

build darksilk-qt from git:

$ git clone https://github.com/SilkNetwork/Silk-Core.git silk
$ cd silk && qmake -qt=qt5 "USE_QRCODE=1" "USE_UPNP=1" && make

running the darksilk Qt wallet:

$ sudo ./silk