Seems like you guys are pretty angry with BTCF. I wasn't updated about what was happening along all this years so I'm a kind of still living in 2012 and travelling with the time machine and seeing that something that was generally perceived as positive in my epoch has degenerated in something else in the future. I always thought any kind of centralized organization is not good for bitcoin, but haven't ever expressed my thoughts publicly as it seemed to me that everybody was happy with BTCF managing Bitcoin. So who is the boss now?  |
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But is it true that Bitcoin Foundation does not exist anymore? (I've made this question here, but nobody answered so far). |
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Reading the page on Wikipedia dedicated to Bitcoin foundation I've suddenly discovered that Bitcoin Foundation has been "dissolved on Jun 1 2015". It came as shock to me, to be honest. Is it true? If it's true - who are the people behind the site https://bitcoinfoundation.org/? - has any organization or group of individuals replaced the former Bitcoin Foundation? |
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I'm reading in Wikipedia that Bitcoin foundation "was founded in September 2012 in order to try to restore the reputation of Bitcoin after several scandals, and to try to promote its development and uptake." ( source) and I'm wandering whether it's a correct information and what scandals we are speaking about that was necessary to mitigate at that time? If you have any additional information or opinion please tell me what was the reason the Bitcoin foundation was created? |
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SLM Wallet is down on Freiexchange I've contacted their support and have spoken with @Fedde and he told me he'd have a look, but for the moment nothing has been solved.  It's a pity as we've had some nice movement there lately. Update: The issue has been solved! |
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From here seems like Slimcoin has been listed on hoo.com, SLM/USDT pair, but if I go to the site I'm not seeing SLM there. It is an old info. You can see price of SLM 3 dollars, it was once upon a time  Yep, seems like there used to be this page on their site: https://hoo.com/spot/slm-usdt, but it's not available anymore. |
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From here seems like Slimcoin has been listed on hoo.com, SLM/USDT pair, but if I go to the site I'm not seeing SLM there. |
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All my seeding nodes are stuck at block 2197245, since yesterday. What is the most efficient way to get them on the track? Edit: seems like I'm on the wrong blockchain, I'm seeing the following message about the last block ERROR: CheckProofOfBurn() : INFO: prev block not in main chain Downloading the blockchain requires weeks on my VPSs - wouldn't really like to do it again. Edit: solved by deleting .slimcoin folder on all my VPSs and copying a .slimcoin folder from another server that had a relatively recent blockchain version. Seems like if the server is being shut down suddenly the last block remains corrupted and the synchronizing stops. It's just a guess, of course. |
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Thank you for the info, reported to moderators. edited: Thank god, it got deleted.
Yep |
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Do we have any testnet node available or running at the moment?
144.76.118.44 Cheers Graham Thank you very much again! For the moment the developer has taken into consideration your suggestion about the local testnet, should he need more resources I'll let include your node into our "package" |
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Should we call the new version Slimcoin 0.7? (This would be the logical step, as the last one was 0.6) Or would it make sense to directly call it Slimcoin 1.0 to emphasize the code changes? (This would however be a pretty bold move as we would show the world that 1.0 is the first mature, "really stable" version) Both variants have their pros and cons, so I would like to hear the opinion of @everyone (I'm slightly leaning to simply follow our current numbering scheme and call it 0.7). I like the idea of v 1.0, but as you said following the current numbering is a bit more preferable. Of course for SLM the upgrade we will possibly release is a great step ahead, but from the point of view of the general cryptoworld development we are just trying to catch the train that was about to leave. So more sober numbering is preferable, it will let understand to the more attentive people that we know where we are right now. We can reserve 1.0 to the possible improvement of the PoB algorithm, for instance. |
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Thank you very much for your suggestion. How Coinbase works? You need to trust them as well?
Coinbase is a custodial wallet and a centralized exchange. which basically means you have no control over your private keys or your money and you'll have to go through the verification process and lose your privacy too. Coinbase controls both the keys and your money and all you'll have is an account which you can send and receive bitcoin from. trust them? well Coinbase is not a scam company if that's what you are asking but they could get hacked like many other exchanges and you lose your money, or some day they could decide that you are doing something "bad" with your account and block it and never give back your money. they are also record and report all your actions including transactions you send/receive, your IP addresses,... to the government agencies. Great alternative to BTC then  , and even to LN |
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Because BTC transaction fees are quite high.
If the fee is your problem, there are some other options that I think many of us use it like Coinbase. This is the best option and the transaction fee is free if you send it Coinbase to Coinbase account or via email. Since more people use Coinbase, this is the right option for now than using LN. Thank you very much for your suggestion. How Coinbase works? You need to trust them as well? I was looking to reduce transaction fees from an exchange, which apparently doesn't have Coinbase withdrawal option. |
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In my understanding you can do the same thing on a VPS, and from the point of view of that VPS it will be still a local testchain, or?
Local to the VPS, yes - that's entailed in the connect=127.0.0.1:<port> configuration statements. Cheers Graham I've got it, thanks. |
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Maybe you have a VPS with 4 GB of Ram, or are you speaking about your local computer?
Hint: a neat little local testnet chain to play with.
In my understanding you can do the same thing on a VPS, and from the point of view of that VPS it will be still a local testchain, or? |
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Then just start 4 clients, the first with -datadir=`pwd`/datadir-a, the second with -datadir=`pwd`/datadir-b and so on, and you've got yourself a neat little local testnet chain to play with.
Maybe you have a VPS with 4 GB of Ram, or are you speaking about your local computer? Because slimcoind is using almost all the RAM on my 1GB Ram VPSs. |
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Why do you actually want to use LN?
Because BTC transaction fees are quite high. I suggest to just try LN with small amounts, know that you can lose it but use it anyway because of it's potential.
If it's true that 85% of users can be attacked with a minimum expense for attacker (as the research mentioned in the article states), I wouldn't consider to risk even the smallest amount. It doesn't make sense "risking" a small amount either as you'll need to pay the standard BTC fees when you'll be closing the channel, am I getting it wrong? |
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Do we have any testnet node available or running at the moment?
The developer asked me to create at least 4 nodes for the testnet for its work. I have some node available, but before I distract all the 4 from the main net I'm asking, just in case.
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0.10 RC1 is now 17 days old so I guess 2-3 months from now would be the time one would have to expect, but maybe not much more.
Considering we are already using a kind of pre-release version maybe beginning from a more modern pre-release version would make sense. EDIT: We've just agreed with the developer, that he'll release the RC version based on PPC 0.10 and then he'll go on patching it until PPC releases the stable version. Then we'll have an additional 2 month of assistance included just in case any bug or issue occurs. |
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