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Update from Jaromil that Freecoin is no longer a fork.
 
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An open source Bitcoin client based on the [[Original Bitcoin client]]. Freecoin is intended to serve a wider base of needs such as (eventual) support for alternative blockchains.
Freecoin was originally an open source Bitcoin client forked from the [[Original_Bitcoin_client|original Bitcoin client]]. It has evolved into software designed to make other P2P currencies.<ref>[http://freecoin.ch Freecoin home page statement of purpose]</ref>


The project was first seen mentioned on the Bitcoin forum in May, 2011<ref>[http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=9493.msg145250#msg145250 New crypto-currency Beertokens and it's Exchange]</ref>.
Freecoin is distinct from [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=269669 FreeCoin].
 
==History==
* The first commit in the [https://gitorious.org/freecoin/freecoin original Freecoin repository] to deviate from the original Bitcoin client was made on March 6, 2011, by [[Amir_Taaki|Amir Taaki]]<ref>[https://gitorious.org/freecoin/freecoin/commit/e9757210f3e9932b620a90ebf13f841737356fdd First Freecoin commit on Gitorious]</ref>.
* Freecoin was presented at the Chaos Communication Camp on August 2, 2011 in a lecture by Jaromil.<ref>[http://events.ccc.de/camp/2011/Fahrplan/events/4450.en.html "DYNDY – Imagine the Future of Money"]</ref>.


==External Links==
==External Links==
 
* [http://freecoin.ch Freecoin website]
* [http://gitorious.org/freecoin/freecoin Freecon] project project on Gitorious
* [http://github.com/dyne/freecoin Freecoin on GitHub] (current)
* [http://gitorious.org/freecoin/freecoin Freecoin on Gitorious] (original)


==References==
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Latest revision as of 09:10, 15 May 2015

Freecoin was originally an open source Bitcoin client forked from the original Bitcoin client. It has evolved into software designed to make other P2P currencies.[1]

Freecoin is distinct from FreeCoin.

History

  • The first commit in the original Freecoin repository to deviate from the original Bitcoin client was made on March 6, 2011, by Amir Taaki[2].
  • Freecoin was presented at the Chaos Communication Camp on August 2, 2011 in a lecture by Jaromil.[3].

External Links

References

  1. ↑ Freecoin home page statement of purpose
  2. ↑ First Freecoin commit on Gitorious
  3. ↑ "DYNDY – Imagine the Future of Money"
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