This is a community-maintained list of resources for the Verus community. It is intended to be a quick way to find or re-find tools and information, to catalog receipts of what the Verus community has done, and provide a consolidated location for new community members that might like to deep-dive. Links and information appearing here are intended to be helpful, but should not be considered an endoresement by the owner or contributors of this repository. Everything in the Verus ecosystem is operated by independent community members.
- verus.io - Broad overview of information about Verus
- Docs site - Documentation
- Community Meeting Summaries - Summarized notes from the twice-weekly Verus community voice meetings on Discord - usually a mix of marketing, updates on various efforts, and tech-talk
- Community wiki - Howtos and other useful information
- Medium Blog - Medium blog with informative articles
- Verus Countdowns - Countdowns to block reward halvings and other milestones
- Secure Services Setup - Security recommendations for the secure setup of systems for running Verus
- Main Verus Repository
- VerusCoin GitHub - The (generally accepted as) canonical repositories of many Verus ecosystem/community projects
- Discord - This is the primary and most active place to interface with the Verus Community
- Verus Subreddit
- Telegram
- Verus Desktop - Cross-platform multicurrency GUI desktop wallet for a graphical experience running native or lite wallets for Verus, PBaaS chains, and other blockchains.
- Verus CLI Wallet/Daemon - For advanced users, application developers, service operators.
- Verus Mobile for Android
- Verus Mobile for Apple
- Verus Paper Wallet Generator - Follow the instructions to download for offline use in order to use this securely
- Verus Vision Paper - Published in 2018 shortly after the mainnet Verus launch, the Vision Paper outlines the vision of the founders for what the community could build. The vision has been realized and all of the applications and use-cases discussed in the Vision Paper can now be built using features live in the Verus protocol on mainnet.
- Proof of Power Paper - A paper detailing how the Verus consensus mechanism, Proof-of-Power (PoP), works and how it provides provable resistance to 51% hash attacks.
- zk-SNARK Privacy and a Holistic Approach to ASICs Paper - A paper detailing the Verus approach to maintaining long-term decentralization and ASIC-resistance.
- Building dApps at Any Scale - A booklet giving an overview of the functionality offered in the Verus protocol and how App developers interface with the blockchain via API (no smart contracts).
- VerusMarkets - Information about decentralized on-chain currency pricing and volume, liquidity pool reserves, TVL, etc.
- Verus Crypto Dashboard - Dashboard with stats, prices, tools, etc.
- Verus Raw Liquidity Pool Data - Barebones, raw liquidity pool reserve data
- WhatIf Hypothetical Trade Calculator - Plug in a proposed conversion and this tool will give estimated pricing.
- Verus on CoinPaprika - Price and volume information do not account for any on-chain volume or prices yet.
- Verus on CoinGecko - Price and volume information do not account for any on-chain volume or prices yet.
- Verus on CoinMarketCap - Price and volume information do not account for any on-chain volume or prices yet.
As a general rule, the Verus community values decentralization, self-custody, and permissionlessness. Exchanges listed here are not necessarily endorsed by any contributors to this wiki. Do not mine to an exchange address, you'll have a bad time and since you've been warned people aren't likely to bend over backwards to help. Don't store your coins on an exchange, the Verus community has had several bad experiences with exchanges getting hacked, rugpulled, or simply providing poor support, locking funds up for months or more.
- The largest source of liquidity for VRSC is in on-chain liquidity baskets. The best path to take advantage of this is to bridge assets (like DAI, MKR, ETH) over to Verus from Ethereum and convert them into VRSC using the liquidity baskets.
- SafeTrade
- Trade Ogre
- Komodo Wallet
- Verus ID Lookup Tool - Look up any Verus ID to see its properties. This tool also includes a renderer for the first fully decentralized, verifiable, on-chain social-media profiles in Verus IDs, which will automatically render if that content is present in the profile (look up Mike@ for an example).
- Verus ID Signature Verification - Verify a Verus ID signature for messages, hashes, or files.
- VerusIDs - Stats, info, and a great browser for on-chain marketplace transactions for Verus IDs.
- VaultAlert - Look up the Verus Vault lock/unlock status of Verus IDs
- Verus Ethereum Bridge Web Interface - Web interface for using MetaMask or similar Ethereum wallets with the Verus-Ethereum Bridge
- Verus Ethereum Bridge Delegator Contract -
- Bridgekeeper - Bridgekeeper is the software communication tool that enables Verus and the Ethereum smart contract partial implementation of the Verus Internet Protocol to communicate with eachother, exchainging network proof data and bundled transaction imports/exports. Solo miners and stakers can configure and run bridgekeeper for chances to be rewarded for submitting this data to the Verus network. Mining pool operators are encouraged to run bridgekeeper, and do so on behalf of their miners. Bridgekeeper is built into Verus Desktop.
- The Verus Mobile wallet is the best user experience for utilizing the Verus-Ethereum bridge
- Verus Testnet Ethereum Sepolia Testnet Bridge Web Interface - Web interface for using MetaMask or similar Ethereum wallets with the Verus Testnet Bridge to the Ethereum Sepolia Testnet
- Media Assets Repo - Branding information and assets, images for use in social and traditional media.
Links to github release announcements, maybe with accompanying medium articles about problems we solved (and the dates we solved them)
- Bitcoin Talk Release Announcement - The initial public announcement about Verus before mining/staking began.
- How Verus Solved Proof of Stake’s Two Biggest Problems: Nothing at Stake and Weak Subjectivity - Solutions initially released in the Verus v0.4.0 release.
- Verus Public Blockchains as a Service: Fractional Reserve Currencies - First technical preview release with the foundations of what became the Verus Internet Protocol (VIP)
- How Verus Tames the Wild Private Key - Verus ID live on Mainnet in Verus v0.6.0
- Verus Announces New Multicurrency, Multichain DeFi Protocols and Immediate Public Availability of Fully Functional, Multichain Testnet - First testnet release of multicurrency and currency launch support in Verus v0.7.1
- Verus Vault & VerusID (NFT) Marketplace Mainnet Upgrade - Verus Vault first testnet release in Verus v0.7.2, first mainnet release along with Marketplace Transactions in Verus v0.9.0
- Introducing Public Blockchains as a Service (PBaaS) — The Revolutionary Layer 0/1 Protocol Launches its Most Anticipated Mainnet Upgrade - The mainnet release of all PBaaS, multicurrency, liquidity pool functionality in Verus v1.0.0
- Bridging Done Right — Verus-Ethereum Bridge Launches Now! - Verus Ethereum Bridge launches Mainnet to Mainnet
- vARRR - the first PBaaS Chain on Verus mainnet launches on Sun Mar 31, 2024 (Pacific Time)
- Verus Wins Inspiration Award from Fidelity's Center for Applied Technology
Community Youtube
Community meeting summary notes
(Link to another markdown document with links to all the specific interviews, explainers, and other videos about Verus that might be relevant to list)
ID marketplace website Cli Tools (englal, oink, hellcatz, quipacorn)
pool.verus.io
verus.farm
luckpool
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(Links to other markdown documents about PBaaS chains, each with links to where official information can be found, where the explorers, interfaces, communities, etc., can be found)