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Help Empower the TAC Network

All operations of TAC require user engagement and the best way to engage is to become part of the network.

Becoming a node operator is the fastest way to get engaged while maximizing TAC rewards.

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Block Time

A new block is mined an average of every 10 seconds.

Block Rewards

Every new block mined produces a reward of TAC coins.

Reward Votes

Currently votes to increase and votes to decrease the block rewards.

Premining

200,000 TAC coins were premined for the purpose of node operations.

Current Distribution

TAC have been distributed excluding unclaimed premined coins.

Operational Cost

TAC mining requires your mining wallet to hold 1000 TAC at all times.

Mining Protocol

TAC is a modified waves clone and uses the LPoS mining protocol.

Current Block Height

The current blockchain height (the last block mined) is .

Cloud Mining

A java based miner makes cloud mining and desktop mining simple.

Operating and configuring your TAC Node

Configuring a node is universal across all platforms. `The configuration file below is the general settings to get a node running as well as explainations on what the options mean and do.

final_tac_network.conf


                      tac {

                          blockchain {

                              type: MAINNET

                          }

This first section of code defines the blockchain as TAC and tells your mining software that you are connecting to the blockchain mainnet. Note that the tac block opens but does not close. This is because we close this block further down in the configuration.


                          network {

                              bind-address = "0.0.0.0"

                              port = "6864"

                              node-name = "name for your node"

                              declared-address = "127.0.0.1:6864"

                              known-peers = ["198.23.213.66:6860","198.23.213.67:6864","192.227.210.138:6860","23.95.84.10:6860","192.227.210.142:6864"]

                              nonce = "2324"

                              enable-peers-exchange = "yes"

                          }

This second section of code is called the network block. This is where we setup details to connect to the network.

If you wish this to be a public node others can connect to, change your declared-address to your public IP. Being public is not required for mining nor node operation however it does help strengthen the network by allowing others to sync with your node.

A node-name can be anything. This is how the rest of the network identifies your specific node.

The known-peers are a list of other nodes you can connect to for syncing. A node must be synced and connected to other nodes in order to earn mining rewards.

The Nonce setting can be change to any random number. Keep this number over 1000 and under 10000 for optimal operations.

The max-inbound-connections and max-outbound-connections limit the number of nodes that can connect to your node as well as limit how many connections out from your computer you will allow. This is safe to leave at 100 but can be increased or decreased to adjust for machine specific performance.

The max-single-host-connections defines how many connections 1 single host can connect to your node. It is safe to keep this at 20 but if you see an attack taking place this can be reduced.

A standard for connection-timeout is 60 seconds. This means exactly what one would expect, a machine will terminate a connection after 60 seconds of inactivity.

If you run from localhost there is no need to change the enable-peers-exchange however if you wish to run from a public ip and still block access to your node, you can change this to setting to no.


                        rest-api {

                          enable = no

                          cors = no

                          bind-address = "127.0.0.1"

                          port = 6869

                          api-key-hash = ""

                        }

The rest api block can simply be disabled by changing enable to no. This is only needed if one wishes to interact with their node through command interface or provide others the ability to interact with the command interface.

All settings in this block other than enable should be left as default except the api-key-hash which password protects dangerous api features from the public.

To generate an api-key-hash you need to have curl installed on your computer or server. Simply issue the follwoing command on your command line. curl -X POST "https://nodes.tactoken.io/utils/hash/fast" -H "accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: text/plain" -d "your_secure_password". This will provide an output of your hashed password that can be used in this setting.


                        miner {

                            enable = yes

                            interval-after-last-block-then-generation-is-allowed = 1d

                            max-transactions-in-micro-block = 500

                            micro-block-interval = 10000ms

                            min-micro-block-age = 0s

                            quorum = 3

                        }

The miner block settings should rarely need to be changed. If one is running a node without mining the enable settings can be set to no.

Do not set last block interval lower than 1d. This setting is a security setting that ensures you are connected to the correct blockchain and does not allow you to mine if the blockchain has not updated in the past day. There is rarely a need to change this but it could be increased to a higher value for better security.

The microblock settings must not be changed and are required to exist in the block for proper connection for mining.

The quorum setting should always be a number of 1 or higher. This setting basically tells your nodes that other nodes must have a minimum of 1 active connection to mine. This prevents offline mining and splitting form the main TAC network.


                        wallet {

                            seed = "your wallet seed"

                            password = "a unique password"

                        }

Note that this section has en extra close tag in it to close the current opened tac block. This will be the last block in the file.

To create your mining wallet it is highly recommended that you generate a wallet address using our desktop wallet. After creating a wallet address, you will find your seed in the settings area listed under the Encoded backup phrase.

The password should be unique and different from the one used during your wallet creation.

Note that after starting your node and verifying it is running, it is highly recommended for security reasons to delete the wallet block from your node configuration. This makes it so in the event your computer or server is hacked, there is no ability for the hacker to gain access to your funds - however each time you restart your node, you must add the block back again.

If you wallet has less than 1000 TAC it will not mine but your node will stay synced and developers can still operate their api.


                        synchronization {

                            #increase the value below if your node stops earning or auto-forks

                            max-rollback: 1000

		        }

		      }

This last section helps prevent auto forking of nodes. This setting tells the chain to validate the node is not on a fork for up to 1,000 blocks.

* Windows users please install JDK8 found on the Oracle Java Downloads page before continuing.

Running your Node

Linux users can run this in the background by adding nohup to the front of the command and add >/dev/null 2>&1 & to the end of the command.

Windows users can run this in the background by adding start /B to the front of the command.

Node Command


                  java -jar tac-all-v1.jar final_tac_network.conf

TAC Node Software

The advertising cryptcurrency nodes have two requirements. You must have java installed to run the software, and you must hold at least 1000 TAC in your wallet to earn from mining.

Java
	TAC Node Jar File	sha512 Checksum 1acb0e489474840d68a8fb1d19e3d29b41d6c33093f530d54aab5b8317f9912c65f1a809eab989fbddfc816b21230dd19fa70928ddf777c2d5b4b7323feab69e
	TAC Source Code	sha512 Checksum 2e0199b94de67b29109ce5b4f51044589702b98f68057206771e54d80990d54a265eaa3c1eb0916340e19e46a8aa34aaa0d7df35f1b58be750f68897959fb69b

Linux Setup

Setup JDK


                    sudo apt-get update 


                    sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre

Setup your Configuration

Follow instructions here to setup your configuration file.

MacOS Setup

Setup JDK


                    mkdir homebrew && curl -L https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/tarball/master | tar xz --strip 1 -C homebrew 


                    brew cask install adoptopenjdk/openjdk/adoptopenjdk8

Setup your Configuration

Follow instructions here to setup your configuration file.

Running your Node

Linux users can run this in the background by adding nohup to the front of the command and an >/dev/null 2>&1 & to the end of the command.

Windows users can run this in the background by adding start /B to the front of the command.

Node Command


                  java -jar tac-all-v1.jar final_tac_network.conf

TAC Desktop Wallet Downloads

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	Source Code	sha512 Checksum 0496227959b6928b7bcc58fdd9d28a37fcbde664fea30b3430f1bc2681ce5283a9b1e259f7ae5e758f05278b4eabd5ad666505d01950c706a25130d19c037c40
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Important information about your TAC Wallet Address

This is both wallet setup as well as security information, please do not ignore.

NEVER give out details about your TAC wallet except your alias or your wallet address. Your alias and address are the only things anyone ever needs to send you funds. You should never give out your private key, your seed words, or any other details about your account and you should never type them into any websites.

An alias is the advertising currency wallet identifer built into the blockchain. You set up an alias inside your wallet for the cost of 1 TAC.

Do not store your seed words or private key on the internet, on your phone nor on your computer. Write the seed words down and store them in a safety deposit box. Write them down and store them in a safe. Do not store them online. This is money you are dealing with.

Windows Defender, some anti-viruses, and/or java itself may give you a security error and stop you from installing. If this happens you need to add exceptions for the wallet. The source code is available for download and the files are readily available to examine. Nothing about these files are unsafe.