I just download the wallet i can make a backup ( this will be a .dat file ) but where can i import this file iff i need to ?
if you are on a windows 7 computer this is the path C:\Users\youruserername\AppData\Roaming\BitcoinDark replace yourusername with your computer user name and the file is wallet.dat Thanks, been trying to figure this out! I just found the one -qt file. NB AppData is hidden. Open Explorer and type %AppData% to find it. A lot happier knowing I can recover my wallet if I need to now. Out of interest, what's contained in the wallet.dat file, and how often should I backup? |
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Don't know what the schedule is for publicity and the website. I'm away from Sunday until 3 September but happy to help with content when I'm back if you need it.
Of course, by 2 weeks' time just about anything could have happened and BTCD could already be a top 10 coin...
I've been working with our PR agency on the first press release and it became clear I need to write a Tradebotpaper describing how BTCD is the crypto whose Turing complete scripting language has the most programmers who already know the language. Literally millions of coders know C, and tradebots are written in C! By using linked tradebots and some data synchronization functions, any corporation or group can deploy their own set of linked tradebots and they will maintain a private blockchain running independently. So, like the Internet can run any protocol, the BTCD supernetwork and linked tradebots can run any blockchain, custom programmed by anybody that knows C I realized it got a bit too complicated and needed Tradebotpaper. Not sure how the pirates will deal with an arbitrary number of overlapped heterogeneous blockchains. James  Glad you've still got a sense of humour after the day NXT just had. |
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Nxt is done, should be time for btcd then rught?
Um no. And, this whole teleport thing works with NXT. So be careful what you wish for. i know NXT is not gone but are you saying that without NXT there will be no teleport? I don't believe that is the case. If I've understood correctly, Teleport will work within BTCD in its own right. However, there is a complete ecosystem for trading and cashing out telepods, which will rely on the infrastructure James has been building within NXT (NXTprivacy, tradebots, InstantDEX). I don't understand all of the pieces of the puzzle, though. This was a bad day for NXT and a lot of people are understandably very unhappy about it. There was no good solution, only least-worst ones. For what it's worth, I think leaving the blockchain alone was the right course of action. Whether the hacker can be found and NXT returned remains to be seen. EDIT: PilotofBTC, that rings a bell too, but I'm not sure. |
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Wrong way of saying something as if they own nxt
Just a turn of phrase, is all. |
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Don't know what the schedule is for publicity and the website. I'm away from Sunday until 3 September but happy to help with content when I'm back if you need it.
Of course, by 2 weeks' time just about anything could have happened and BTCD could already be a top 10 coin...
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I don't know what you guys are doing
Socratic irony, followed by a Platonic hug. Not sure what comes next. I'm uncomfortably aware it might involve a Trojan, though. but I just allowed myself 1 BTC for the records later on: 514$ Quoted, for the record. Let's hope you're right. |
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Well that is up to you if you recognize a potential problem and whether you believe that it needs to be worked on or NOT.... Either way, I am o.k., and it seems that I did misunderstand you, so I take back any harsh feelings that I may have emoted in your direction.
I'm ok. I'm glad you're ok too. I need a hug now. |
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A bunch of, like, whatever
Well one thing is building on existing coins or another thing is creating your own coin... which the second really would NOT be appropriate to pursue in this thread; however, the former may be good to discuss ways that BTC may be improved that would help in its adoption in the security realm. Fair point. I'm glad we have you as the final arbiter of what's appropriate. Goodness knows what would get posted in this thread otherwise. If it is a fair point, then why you going all HOSTILITY towards my post or towards me... you know that at least I responded to your previous post, and I attempted to figure out what your link was about.. more or less... Oh, how did this happen again? After last time I promised myself I wouldn't demean myself by engaging with it. I wasn't being serious. It wasn't a fair point, that was me being ironical. In your defence, it's not the first time that's got me into trouble. You've no idea how often people think I'm being mean to my wife, for example. (They're only right a small proportion of the time.) Basically I'm a bad person and you shouldn't talk to me. |
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A bunch of, like, whatever
Well one thing is building on existing coins or another thing is creating your own coin... which the second really would NOT be appropriate to pursue in this thread; however, the former may be good to discuss ways that BTC may be improved that would help in its adoption in the security realm. Fair point. I'm glad we have you as the final arbiter of what's appropriate. Goodness knows what would get posted in this thread otherwise. |
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My goodness the drivel on this thread is remarkable. It reminds me why I left.
So why don't you contribute something then? Did, earlier today. Rather interesting paper on anonymity in the context of Risto switching his affections to Monero. Point was that Monero suffers from unsustainable blockchain bloat and until they fix it, it can't go anywhere. Teleport seems to offer a new approach to anonymity that avoids the problems of ring signatures and mixing. Asked for feedback since privacy is a big deal and the coin that nails it will do well. No one gave any. LINK!!!! or it didn't happen... You spend your life on these boards so I'm surprised you missed it. Still, so you can ignore it again: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178336.msg8346727#msg8346727Note that I asked for considered, meaningful feedback, which was perhaps why I didn't get any. I remember seeing the link, but I did NOT click on it the first time. I have a hard enough time reading thread posts and keeping up with other things in my life. As you suggested, I have been spending quite a bit of time on the forum recently, but I do have a life outside of the threads, as well. Regarding the substance of your paper, it looks like a very well written paper.. at least the parts that I browsed through - of course it is 36 pages, and i am NOT a technical expert in the BTC space so I am NOT sure if I could give a meaningful and/or in depth discussion .. yet are you suggesting some of the privacy features of Monero, for example, could be brought to bitcoin through teleport technologies? No. |
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I expected more of you, Aminorex. Any advance in this field is worthy of consideration, assuming you meant anything you've previously said about privacy. But each to their own.
Once it is proven to be an advance, yes. Privacy claims of altcoins have a dismal history. You will have to forgive my priors. This was sort of the point. I'm not here to pump a coin (who would do such a thing?) but to get feedback on an idea. Admittedly, it's probably the wrong place for that, but it seemed in context at the time. Ah well. |
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My goodness the drivel on this thread is remarkable. It reminds me why I left.
So why don't you contribute something then? Did, earlier today. Rather interesting paper on anonymity in the context of Risto switching his affections to Monero. Point was that Monero suffers from unsustainable blockchain bloat and until they fix it, it can't go anywhere. Teleport seems to offer a new approach to anonymity that avoids the problems of ring signatures and mixing. Asked for feedback since privacy is a big deal and the coin that nails it will do well. No one gave any. I agree, Monero is already dead in the water. I have the feeling that Ristro invested a massive amount of money into it (which probably is the cause of the rally up to $4/coin a couple months ago) and is now doing his best to pump it to others here. He's going to have to cut his loose before long and switch to the next thing. Right. I'm happy to be reeducated about ring signatures - which are, after all, a fantastic advance - and the potential issues of blockchain bloat. But the fact is the more signatories, the greater the bloat, and with advances in computing that's what you're going to need. If there was a way to do it more simply and effectively, then that solution would presumably gain market share. CoinJoin (sounds like a form of venereal disease, so don't bother looking into it Aminorex) has its own issues. |
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Point was that Monero suffers from unsustainable blockchain bloat and until they fix it, it can't go anywhere.
That's the FUD story. The fact is that XMR blockchain is about 5.5x the size of bitcoin, and that number tends to go down over time. Teleport seems to offer a new approach to anonymity that avoids the problems of ring signatures and mixing. Asked for feedback since privacy is a big deal and the coin that nails it will do well. No one gave any.
You might get more feedback if you didn't call it 'teleport'. Sounds too much like pixie dust, so I won't take time to look. I'll let others with more time do that. I expected more of you, Aminorex. Any advance in this field is worthy of consideration, assuming you meant anything you've previously said about privacy. But each to their own. |
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My goodness the drivel on this thread is remarkable. It reminds me why I left.
So why don't you contribute something then? Did, earlier today. Rather interesting paper on anonymity in the context of Risto switching his affections to Monero. Point was that Monero suffers from unsustainable blockchain bloat and until they fix it, it can't go anywhere. Teleport seems to offer a new approach to anonymity that avoids the problems of ring signatures and mixing. Asked for feedback since privacy is a big deal and the coin that nails it will do well. No one gave any. LINK!!!! or it didn't happen... You spend your life on these boards so I'm surprised you missed it. Still, so you can ignore it again: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178336.msg8346727#msg8346727Note that I asked for considered, meaningful feedback, which was perhaps why I didn't get any. |
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is there a BTCD gateway to the NXT exchange. I'm trying to limit my exposure to exchanges and this isn't trade on BTER, about the only place I trade these days other then the AE.
On its way soon - I think BTCD is the next coin James intends to integrate with MGW. Not sure of exact timing but don't imagine it will be long. |
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My goodness the drivel on this thread is remarkable. It reminds me why I left.
So why don't you contribute something then? Did, earlier today. Rather interesting paper on anonymity in the context of Risto switching his affections to Monero. Point was that Monero suffers from unsustainable blockchain bloat and until they fix it, it can't go anywhere. Teleport seems to offer a new approach to anonymity that avoids the problems of ring signatures and mixing. Asked for feedback since privacy is a big deal and the coin that nails it will do well. No one gave any. |
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My goodness the drivel on this thread is remarkable. It reminds me why I left.
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Hello BTCD crowd, I'm an admin at nxtforum.org and the Nxt Wiki, I manage http://multigateway.org, the MGW service docs/user support and others, and overall I try to keep up following developments lead by James. He sensibly suggested me to follow the BTCD thread, so here I am, trying to catch up. So just saying hi, and if there's any ongoing initiatives I can be useful for, please let me know. I'm a very small BTCD holder but seems clear that this will become my second stop after Nxt  Keep up the great work. Hello VanBreuk A good few NXTers here for some reason... |
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Not a Monero thread. Or a pump. But since we're on the subject of privacy... I have concerns about Monero: ring signatures are a fantastic advance but there is currently the problem of intolerable blockchain bloat. Plus with advances in computing there is the potential for them to be rendered far less secure in the future (as with mixing solutions, like Darkcoin's). There is an interesting new protocol called Teleport being implemented by BTCD. It can be used by any other coin, either incorporated in their protocols or used as a separate service. To me, it makes sense to use bitcoin's network effect with such a third-party anonymiser. I'd be interested in hearing (meaningful, considered) feedback on the idea. They have a preliminary darkpaper here: http://www.flipgorilla.com/p/23023990364728535/show#/23023990364728535/0 |
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Hey guys, I'm new to these forums, but I've been investing in BTC for a couple years now. I've been following this thread since the beginning and I'm happy to say that I'm a large investor in BTCD now as well Just wanted to say hi to everyone and a big thanks to James and all the helpers for their hard work. I'll be donating 200 BTCD. Have a good one guys! Welcome! I'm curious to know what counts as a big holder. As this is a coin with a market cap of $2-3 million, that a couple of weeks ago was $1 million, a lot of people will presumably own 0.1-1% of the total supply for just a few bitcoins. 1-10% isn't inconceivable by any stretch. |
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