I don't think it really powersoff the machine as it's a vps, you can probably connect with vnc directly to the console output.

Failing that contact your admins.

Depends on your system. On linux its in your homedir as .blackmarket3.rsa, on Windows it should be in AppData with the same filename.
See here for more info.


http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13055.0

To celebrate the launch of our web based client (see here for more) we are begining the launch of our documentation project.

Nolonger is our command line client the barrier to entry that it was (we have a web client, Woo hoo), our greatest is now writing contracts for assets.

I've not had the time to write good documentation, it's not my strong point and I've better things to do, but it is sorely needed.

So this is why we are commisioning a GLBSE Manual/eBook.

And we are paying 31BTC to do it (31 to celebrate bitcoin hitting $31USD)! That's over $900 dollery doos.

You can work as an individual or as a group(I'll then pay the group bid, and you decide yourselves how to divy the payment).

The goal is to have a filled out wiki (your choice of wiki hosting) that can also output the entire wiki as a pdf(wikibooks is a good example) ebook.

Copyright is CC (or whatever).

The wiki/ebook must explain in as easy to understand terms as possible(this is the minimum, more is better):

• What GLBSE is.
• How to use the basic functionality of GLBSE.
• The concept of ricardian contracts.
• How to create a contract to list on the exchange.
• Some example contracts for shares, bonds, futures, options.
• Explain how to trade on the exchange.
• Give a complete guide on how to raise capital on GLBSE by listing.

You can of course organise the manual in anyway you want and include anything you like ,but it must cover the above as a minimum.

You can include images and diagrams.

Post links to your manual below (doesn't have to be the finished version until dday, would be nice to view progress)[no longer a competition]

You can of course email me with questions, contact current users of GLBSE for information on how they use it, you can also use this thread to ask questions on functionality.

Also I will be on irc this Friday for a couple of hours to answer questions at 8am Beijing time.

Nefario.

Something like "Assets I'm watching" sort of thing?

Since the web client is working, along with voting, you could create a motion, to ask your shareholders if they want you to keep looking or go for different cards.

Nefario.

I'll give you a hint, it has the word "ENCRYPTED" in it 

It should be the first one.

Also make sure you are using your unencrypted private key.

Make sure your private key formatting is correct.

that before -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- has a newline.

You can use the web client to make dividend payments.

The total amount paid is divided over the sold shares.

That means that shares in the issuers account get nothing(this is by system design).

Worked ok?

No anti--- me ME.

Yes, think of it as a long username and password. keep them in a textfile.

And yes you need to re-enter your orders.

Ouch, no process.

The private key is the only way to prove you own an account, the password only encrypted your private key on your local machine.

How much bitcoin did you have in the account?
pm me all your account details.

If you've already got an account, and have your private key decrypted on your local machine then it's not sent at all.
It's a javascript version of the python client, it signs all messages with your private key, the messages are sent to the server and verified by your public key.

As I said, the key generation is there for convienience, security minded people wont use it, it's optional.

try openssl.exe, or try to put the full path to the openssl executable.

Good news cuddlefish
http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13055.0

Good news guys
http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13055.0

Important reminder - back up your .blackmarket3.rsa private key file NOW.

I've made quite a few updates over the last week on both the server and python client.

Firstly for the server there is this.

Client
Motions
With thanks for kokjo for fixing the motions bug. You can now view the contents of all motions without any errors.

List assets
Using the command line client you can see all the assets on the exchange.

Recall
For every who has issued shares they want to recall you can now do this, the recall command will take issued assets out of circulations, the ones in the issuers account.

See your History
Specify your transaction history (using the command line client), see as many entries in bitcoin, asset, and market history as you like.

And finally, the big piece of news, this is what has been keeping me up at night.

Web based client
With much thanks to Jere Jones (who has been well paid for this task)


Start here

If you already have a glbse account you want to login, not register.

Written as a single html page, the web based client performs most (not all) the functionallity of the command line. For the average user/issuer it will cover all their needs, and compared to bmc.py, it's soooo pretty.

And best of all, it handles bitcoin as normal decimal instead of the more difficult to use int64(as is still the case with bmc.py)

Using the web based client

If you already have an account on GLBSE, then you'll probably want to use that.

Firstly get your account number, bmc.py user
Then you will need your unencrypted private key.

Your key is probably not unencrypted so to unencrypt it you must:

RSA file decrypt using openssl
Make sure you're in the same directory as your .blackmarket3.rsa file
replace mypass with your password

.blackmarket3-non-AES.rsa contains your private key, copy pasta to the textbox and enter your userid, and hit login.

Your private key is not at any time sent to the server.

Register
The secure way to register is to generate your own public-private RSA keypair using openssl(if it's installed on your system), and then copy/paste them in before hitting register.

See here for more info on how to do that, but forget the -des3 part from that.

The unsecure method is to have our server do this for you and fill in the fields automatically by pressing the Generate new keypair.

It's handy but remember, all that information is sent in plain text over the internet so anyone listening (ECHELON) will have a copy. You're choice.

And don't lose that information, keep your private key safely stored, and don't lose your user id.

You can start trading with the client right now.

Start here

Oh by the way, private key formating is important.
Should be on a newline.

p.s. please don't melt my server, be understanding, sometimes the client is a little slow(often the server is slow).

Nefario

Excellent.

Documentation would be a huge help. I just don't have time to do it.