PoA is not implemented yet, but you can use deposits.

Min. amount of XDN to "lock" on deposits = 150 XDN

Min time to "lock" = 11000 blocks (~1 month)

Deposits interest rate depends only on "lock" time. (~0.4%-1.03% annual)

E.G. With 150 XDN deposit and 11000 blocks "lock" time annual interest rate ~ 0.4% and you will receive 150XDN + 0.05 XDN after "unlock".
        With 150 XDN deposit and 110000 blocks "lock" time annual interest rate ~ 1.03% and you will receive 150XDN + 1.2875 XDN after "unlock".

But when PoA will be implemented you will have a higher chance to sign new PoS blocks so higher chance to get more rewards.
New PoA block rewards will have the same reward rate as PoW blocks = 150XDN.

New PoS blocks will almost immediately follow PoW blocks, so we will have about 4 min between PoS blocks, so every PoS online stake holder will have a chance to get 150 XDN block reward every 4 min for signing PoS block.

Try to restart it few times with 2-3 min running.

1. Even the fact of message sending is unknown with XDN
2. Strongest encryption. Only recipient can decrypt his message with his private key (by the way we will introduce new encryption option in next XDN releases to provide crypto "channels" interface.)
3. Messages route is unknown
4. Messages are stored in blockchain so recipient can decrypt it and read it after ages
5. You can send "tokens of value" with your messages  

Secure, Private, Untraceable, Ready for long term information storage,

And yes, its Instant.

ABout Sync issue:

We have a minor issue with DNS resolve, we will solve it ASAP

It would be good if you will try not to keep it running, but restart it and wait for about 2-3 min, try to make it few times, it may help.






 

Deposit system works ok. You can "lock" and withdraw deposits.

Current XDN Network deposits stats:

Block height: 242248
Block difficulty: 2895149
Total coins in network:  6858236408.61414663
Total coins on deposits: 172530049.52519974 (2.51566203%)
Amount of active coins:  6685706359.08894689 (97.48433796%)
Total interest paid: 507642.96357385

You can trust DigitalNote beta wallet, it works fine, but may have some minor issues.

Sync is pretty fast, depends on your connection it may take up to few hours, but any way XDN is the most space efficient CryptoNote cryptocurrency with fast Sync, because of unique small block size and no dust in blockchain (unlike any other CryptoNote cryptocurrency).

PoS will be based on XDN deposits.

If you want to sign blocks with PoS and get reward for it (150 XDN reward for PoS block) you should:

1. Make XDN deposit ("lock" some XDN)
2. Stay online with your wallet with deposited XDN
3. Profit! Now you have a chance to sign new block and get 150 XDN reward for it (in addition to deposits interest)

Seed nodes will be good this week.  

P.S. You can tell your friend that XDN is much more secure than anything he can find in terms of sensitive information transfer / storing.

P.S.S. Please try it again it should be good now. Thank you, we found some bug with DNS seed nodes, will fix it soon in next version.

XDN is a proof of work coin. After digitalnote stage we have XDN blockchain deposits (banking).

You can "lock" your XDN and get it back with interest after "unlock".

E.G. With DigitalNote wallet you can "lock" 100 000 XDN for the period of 22000 blocks (~2 month) and get 100000.00000000 XDN + 125.00000000 XDN after unlock.

When PoA will be implemented deposits will act as a PoS part.

XDN deposits is the very first step before PoA.

PoA will be introduced after everything will be done and well tested. That will be a major event and XDN will become the most secure blockchain in the entire World.

Congrats! OpenBazaar is Open for Business
https://blog.openbazaar.org/openbazaar-is-open-for-business/

Fees for rewards is an option, but we are making a self regulated system. Later we are planning to announce a "money burning" feature, or we can call it XDN recycling. Imagine, about 1/2 of any fee will be burned, so it can be mined again. Or you can pay directly to blockchain for some blockchain services and this funds will be burned as well.

Not yet, but probably community should start it.

Latest DigitalNote XDN network stats  (with print_stat daemon command)

Block height: 238713
Block difficulty: 3450953
Total coins in network:  6857659028.46460352
Total coins on deposits: 179446451.83519974 (2.61673044%)
Amount of active coins:  6678212576.62940378 (97.38326955%)
Total interest paid: 460427.55687958

XDN RPC API with full deposits and messages support is almost done and  this month we will update it.
After you will see services because it will be based on new API.
Also we are working on PoA, process is deep. but when done, XDN will be very secure against attacks and will be even more decentralized.

lots of geeks are dealing with XDN, for sure. Lots of geek products will be build around XDN blockchain, as well as non geek products.
Lots of geeks are here from the very first XDN block. Lots of new faces.

To know more about frog and its projects you should better look here http://www.frogdesign.com/about.html

This is a very good article about XDN blockchain use. You should read it from the very beginning. Article Link.

Hello,
Please, try backup - import private key, resync your wallet and try with deposits again.

I guess we should "add some stuff to Windows Azure"   

Some problems with seed nodes.

DigitalNote XDN merged mining discussion. Please, vote and express your opinion. http://digitalnotetalk.org/poa-do-we-need-merged-mining

p.s. you can vote without registration.

I can see at least 3 working pools:

https://minergate.com/
http://darknote.miner.center/
http://xdn.poolto.be/

i don`t want to give unclear, misleading answers about PoA. Process is very deep. I can`t tell you the time now, but, as usual, it can appear suddenly. 

Any way PoA has a PoW element and XDN has a very low PoW hashrate now, we should solve that problem before anything.  Every elements of XDN puzzle should perfectly lay on its place.

But do you mine some other CryptoNote?