# lurkcoin
       
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       There used to be a lurkcoin Gopher page here, but I rewrote
       everything in Gemini so this is here instead.
       
       ## About lurkcoin
       
       lurkcoin is a virtual currency system that is not exchangeable for
       real money. It is designed for use in games to add cross-server
       transactions, and will automatically calculate exchange rates to
       prevent abuse.
       
       It is only available for Luanti (formerly known as Minetest), an
       open-source infiniminer inspired game.
       
       In hindsight the "coin" in the name was a mistake, lurkcoin is not
       cryptocurrency-related.
       
 (HTM) Post on the Luanti forums
       
       ## Exchange rates
       
       Each server has a dynamic "exchange rate" that changes whenever
       there is a transaction (which isn't often, lurkcoin isn't really
       used much). The exchange rate also depends on the amount being
       transferred as a half-broken attempt to prevent abuse via people
       trying to manipulate the exchange rate.
       
 (DIR) Exchange rate calculator
       
       You can try the calculator out with "Blocky Survival" and
       "VE-Survival" as servers.
       
       ## Source code
       
 (HTM) Central service that handles cross-server transactions
 (HTM) Luanti mod
 (HTM) Old Gopher server
       
       There used to be a "bank" that let you store currency online, but
       that is no longer operational and its source code hasn't been
       published.
       
 (DIR) Homepage