Did you ever have a piggy bank?
Well now the piggy bank is back in the form of a cryptocurrency, to teach kids about saving, finance, and cryptocurrencies!
(We call them piggybanks)
Desktop PiggyBanks (Windows, Mac, ...)
Source code
(Optional) Blockchain bootstrap file updated daily
This saves you time downloading the blockchain when you
first use your Desktop PiggyBank.
On Windows, unzip into your
C:\Users\{UserName}\AppData\Roaming\newpiggycoin
directory.
You can also find a recent blockchain bootstrap file at
CryptoChainer.com
Android PiggyBank
Direct APK download for Android
Online PiggyBank
Note: There is a 0.15% withdrawal fee from the Online PiggyBank.
Paper PiggyBanks
Block time target: 60 secs
Difficulty retarget: every block
Interest/year: 3%
PoS started at block: 8000
Min stake age: 8 hours
Max stake age: 270 days
P2P port: 54481, RPC port: 54480
Premine: 1%
PoW PHASE (finished now)
Algorithm: X11
Block reward: 23700
(First 100 blocks: 100 PIGGY each)
Number of blocks: 10,000 (+-7days)
Today's total supply: > 473,490,056 PIGGYs are currently in circulation
(265,353M were mined in the old chain)
See the Chainz block explorer for the exact number of PIGGYs
in circulation right now.
Chainz blockchain explorer
See all transactions and addresses
Cryptofolio
A site to help you keep track of your investments
Cointopay.com payment processor
PiggyCoinb.in
An online tool to make PiggyCoin transactions.
Needs documentation.
API
Conforms to bitpay's Insight api.
Source code
Use this if you are having trouble getting connections
in your Desktop PiggyBank.
Call it newpiggycoin.conf and put it in your
%appdata%\newpiggycoin folder
(if you are using Windows).
rpcuser=user
rpcpassword=hardtoguesspassword
port=54481
rpcport=54480
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
daemon=1
listen=1
server=1
addnode=67.221.193.55
addnode=104.12.86.201
addnode=104.245.145.218
addnode=108.163.197.58
addnode=137.63.71.82
addnode=137.63.74.26
addnode=192.111.152.115
addnode=192.210.139.104
addnode=192.210.139.155
addnode=198.23.155.143
addnode=198.52.249.202
addnode=23.95.112.156
addnode=23.95.121.121
addnode=24.36.146.66
addnode=2607:5600:c6:14d::93c7
addnode=46.238.44.222
addnode=50.191.94.83
addnode=64.180.177.247
addnode=67.225.133.132
addnode=73.215.7.131
addnode=83.233.233.58
addnode=89.212.214.168
addnode=94.226.187.230
addnode=94.23.186.186
addnode=94.246.37.69
addnode=97.64.214.229
addnode=98.224.241.45
Piggy Coin Website: piggy-coin.com
News: piggy-coin.com/news
Educators — Get involved! piggy-coin.com/educators/
History: The old PIG thread
Twitter | Facebook | Google+
#piggy Freenode IRC
Reddit | Voat
BitcoinTalk
Bitcoin.com forum
CryptoCoinTalk
BitcoinGarden
CryptoMoms forum
You can buy and sell PIGGY at:
Cryptopia (NSFW chatbox)
CoinExchange.io
NovaExchange
TradeSatoshi
PoSWallet exchange (only traded against POSW)
Ask/Vote for PIGGY to be on more exchanges:
Livecoin | Bter | C-Cex | ShapeShift
A faucet gives you free coins for completing a small task.
Educative quiz faucet: PiggyFacts
Normal faucet (Registration required): TheCryptoChat faucet
Normal faucet (Registration required): TradeSatoshi faucets
Teachers: Get PiggyCoins for use in your classroom:
The PiggyCoin Educational Seed Fund
The PiggyCoin Shop
PexPeppers
The PiggyCoin song!
PiggyCoin Crossword
Presently the PiggyTeam consists of:
neurocis — Software developer
Mo Green — Apprentice developer, Community officer
2016-02-01: DCEBrief: Are Your Kids Ready for Satoshi Math?
2015-03-08: BitBillions.net: New PiggyCoin Sets the Pace for Future Generations
Ana Munoz blog: New Money for a New Generation
Forbes: CryptoKids: Altcoins, Apps And Authors Aim To Bring Bitcoin To Children
Huffington Post: Back to School with a Little Digital Lunch Money
Yahoo! News: Piggycoin brings cryptocurrency to the classroom