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I finally got around to building my own client from source (on Ubuntu) and the first thing I did was to add sound effects. I now hear a little pop whenever there's a transaction, and a chime when there's a new block.

It was easy, here's the diff for main.cpp, just 3 lines:

Code:

diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index b7dfd9f..1196520 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "headers.h"
 #include "cryptopp/sha.h"
+#include "wx/sound.h"
 
 
 
@@ -2575,6 +2576,7 @@ bool ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv)
 
     else if (strCommand == "tx")
     {
+wxSound::Play("snd_tx.wav");
         vector<uint256> vWorkQueue;
         CDataStream vMsg(vRecv);
         CTransaction tx;
@@ -2628,6 +2630,7 @@ bool ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv)
 
     else if (strCommand == "block")
     {
+wxSound::Play("snd_blk.wav");
         CBlock block;
         vRecv >> block;

For snd_tx.wav I used http://www.series-of-articles.com/sfx/snd/pop.wav (http://www.series-of-articles.com/sfx/snd/pop.wav); for snd_blk.wav I used http://www.series-of-articles.com/sfx/snd/bell.wav (http://www.series-of-articles.com/sfx/snd/bell.wav).

A quick hack, but entertaining and informative.

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