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Title: How can i find out how many coins in circulation
Post by: lockepi on August 25, 2014, 06:26:48 PM
firstly i am not sure if this maybe in the right category if it isnt please can you move it.

i would like some help on how can i find out how many coins there are in circulation

1. if it has no block explorer
2. if it has no wallet




Title: Re: How can i find out how many coins in circulation
Post by: kodeon.CEO on August 25, 2014, 06:45:47 PM
For Bitcoin there is a lot of information on this website:

http://bitcoincharts.com

Hope this helps.


Title: Re: How can i find out how many coins in circulation
Post by: Testing123 on August 25, 2014, 06:55:09 PM
firstly i am not sure if this maybe in the right category if it isnt please can you move it.

i would like some help on how can i find out how many coins there are in circulation

1. if it has no block explorer
2. if it has no wallet

Why would a coin has no block explorer (no way to track and check transactions) and no wallet (no way to send or receive the coin)?  ???


Title: Re: How can i find out how many coins in circulation
Post by: lockepi on August 25, 2014, 07:12:37 PM
firstly i am not sure if this maybe in the right category if it isnt please can you move it.

i would like some help on how can i find out how many coins there are in circulation

1. if it has no block explorer
2. if it has no wallet

Why would a coin has no block explorer (no way to track and check transactions) and no wallet (no way to send or receive the coin)?  ???

a new coin may not have it at the beginning or a wallet may not work. its a common a problem i have when they have a block explorer and if the wallet is broken.


Title: Re: How can i find out how many coins in circulation
Post by: Bumper on August 25, 2014, 08:31:07 PM
Try blockChain -D


Title: Re: How can i find out how many coins in circulation
Post by: ReBoRn on August 25, 2014, 08:32:56 PM
For Bitcoin there is a lot of information on this website:

http://bitcoincharts.com

Hope this helps.
Very helpful chart thanks for link


Title: Re: How can i find out how many coins in circulation
Post by: tripppn on August 26, 2014, 12:22:57 AM
In the wallet click "Help" at the top and click "Debug Window"
Go to the console and type in getinfo
You'll get a bunch of stuff and one line will be "moneysupply"  that's how many coins have been minted.

This works with just about every coin not just btc


Title: Re: How can i find out how many coins in circulation
Post by: BitCoinNutJob on August 26, 2014, 08:02:12 AM
firstly i am not sure if this maybe in the right category if it isnt please can you move it.

i would like some help on how can i find out how many coins there are in circulation

1. if it has no block explorer
2. if it has no wallet




https://blockchain.info/charts will provide you with a ton of information on this.  Quite handy for predicting the growth of bitcoin.


Title: Re: How can i find out how many coins in circulation
Post by: devonne on August 26, 2014, 10:41:14 AM
http://bitcoincharts.com/ gives the best information on the quantity of btc in circulation


Title: Re: How can i find out how many coins in circulation
Post by: alwinlinzee on August 26, 2014, 03:40:13 PM
http://bitcoincharts.com/ gives the best information on the quantity of btc in circulation

I quite agree this link assisted me when i had a similar problem.


Title: Re: How can i find out how many coins in circulation
Post by: BigMac on August 26, 2014, 03:45:37 PM
OP is not talking about bitcoin, as he said the coin has no block explorer and has no wallet.

Or am I the only one misunderstanding here?


Title: Re: How can i find out how many coins in circulation
Post by: oceans on August 26, 2014, 07:53:33 PM
I always find that bitcoincharts.com gives the best results when looking for something like this. I tend to use this on a regular basis myself for the same reason you are looking for :) hope that helps!


Title: Re: How can i find out how many coins in circulation
Post by: thecast on August 27, 2014, 04:45:52 PM
blockchain.info has lots of interesting graphs


Title: Re: How can i find out how many coins in circulation
Post by: noel57 on August 28, 2014, 10:11:56 AM
What you is seek is on blockchain.info for daily updates.


Title: Re: How can i find out how many coins in circulation
Post by: lockepi on August 29, 2014, 11:07:12 PM
i know but these new coins sometimes do not have a blockchain. i am not referring to coins with a block explorer or a wallet. is there anyway i can know like pools or exchanges


Title: Re: How can i find out how many coins in circulation
Post by: ensurance982 on August 30, 2014, 04:21:58 PM
In the wallet click "Help" at the top and click "Debug Window"
Go to the console and type in getinfo
You'll get a bunch of stuff and one line will be "moneysupply"  that's how many coins have been minted.

This works with just about every coin not just btc

Is there actually a cheat sheet (reference sheet) that shows you all those codes you can use in order to get information from the debug terminal of the QT clients? There are so many interesting commands you just stumble upon when researching some certain feature!


Title: Re: How can i find out how many coins in circulation
Post by: chanz on August 30, 2014, 04:26:19 PM
In the wallet click "Help" at the top and click "Debug Window"
Go to the console and type in getinfo
You'll get a bunch of stuff and one line will be "moneysupply"  that's how many coins have been minted.

This works with just about every coin not just btc

Is there actually a cheat sheet (reference sheet) that shows you all those codes you can use in order to get information from the debug terminal of the QT clients? There are so many interesting commands you just stumble upon when researching some certain feature!

yes, there is check this wiki page. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin
Shows what command does what with little description with it.


Title: Re: How can i find out how many coins in circulation
Post by: ensurance982 on August 30, 2014, 04:36:53 PM
In the wallet click "Help" at the top and click "Debug Window"
Go to the console and type in getinfo
You'll get a bunch of stuff and one line will be "moneysupply"  that's how many coins have been minted.

This works with just about every coin not just btc

Is there actually a cheat sheet (reference sheet) that shows you all those codes you can use in order to get information from the debug terminal of the QT clients? There are so many interesting commands you just stumble upon when researching some certain feature!

yes, there is check this wiki page. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin
Shows what command does what with little description with it.

Ah thanks, I keep on forgetting about the official site! :D Umm but the 'moneysupply' command isn't showing on that page. Are those just parameters used when starting BitcoinQT or are those also commands for the terminal?


Title: Re: How can i find out how many coins in circulation
Post by: chanz on August 30, 2014, 05:15:14 PM
In the wallet click "Help" at the top and click "Debug Window"
Go to the console and type in getinfo
You'll get a bunch of stuff and one line will be "moneysupply"  that's how many coins have been minted.

This works with just about every coin not just btc

Is there actually a cheat sheet (reference sheet) that shows you all those codes you can use in order to get information from the debug terminal of the QT clients? There are so many interesting commands you just stumble upon when researching some certain feature!

yes, there is check this wiki page. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin
Shows what command does what with little description with it.

Ah thanks, I keep on forgetting about the official site! :D Umm but the 'moneysupply' command isn't showing on that page. Are those just parameters used when starting BitcoinQT or are those also commands for the terminal?

No, the command is "getinfo" it shows with a tag like this.
"blocks" : 5615,
"timeoffset" : 0,
"moneysupply" : 17061303.00000000,
"connections" : 7,

That's not from qt though, not running qt anymore switched to Armory but the command is similar in every qt wallet.


Title: Re: How can i find out how many coins in circulation
Post by: ensurance982 on August 30, 2014, 05:36:18 PM
No, the command is "getinfo" it shows with a tag like this.
"blocks" : 5615,
"timeoffset" : 0,
"moneysupply" : 17061303.00000000,
"connections" : 7,

That's not from qt though, not running qt anymore switched to Armory but the command is similar in every qt wallet.

Ah alright, thanks again! Yeah, I don't use BitcoinQT, either, it's just not feasible to keep the whole Blockchain on my machine and having to sync all the time. I prefer light clients, too.