@smic - thank you for your work I highly appreciate it
@Kushedout - the bot is amazing. Respect to all involved in it

I made an extended version of simplewallet:
Download for Windows
Download for Linux
Download for Mac
Source

This version eliminates the "transaction <xxxx> is too big" error by splitting the original transaction into multiple transactions. The usage via command line is not changed:

It also has additional RPC functions, introduced originally in Monero, which will make the porting of software written for Monero far more easy (the irc bot use them for example)

get_address
Usage example:

get_bulk_payments
Usage example:

transfer_split
Usage example:


Currently, our IRC channel #dashcoin is the place where the community is most active. The bot sitting there is the first Dashcoin service, come and check it - http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#dashcoin

Hi,

I have updated the cryptonote generator. The issues with generating coins on Windows are fixed. I also added instructions how to install the requirements needed for Windows:
https://github.com/dashcoin/cryptonote-generator/blob/master/docs/windows-requirements-install.md

The genesis block is now automatically generated, if the coin is new. Just leave the "genesisCoinbaseTxHex" empty.
Support for CryptonoteCoin (https://github.com/cryptonotefoundation/cryptonote) was added. Here is an example for it:
https://github.com/dashcoin/cryptonote-generator/blob/master/examples/config_cryptonotecoin.json

If you want a cryptonote coin but you don't have time to build it yourself I can make the builds for you. All you need to do is send me the configuration file.
Price list:
* Windows build - 0.13 BTC or the equivalent in LTC, BCN, XMR or DSH.
* Linux build - 0.13 BTC or the equivalent in LTC, BCN, XMR or DSH.
* Mac OS X build - 0.13 BTC or the equivalent in LTC, BCN, XMR or DSH.
* Running a node:
   * Bytecoin core: 0.165 BTC per month or the equivalent in LTC, BCN, XMR or DSH.
   * Crytonotecoin core: 0.4 BTC per month or the equivalent in LTC, BCN, XMR or DSH.

If your payment is in DSH you are getting 10% off the price.


We are working on block explorer, Python tutorial about how to use the RPC API and easy config creator for the cryptonote generator. Also the generator itself is constantly improoving.
I also want to clone monero's web wallet, but funding is needed for it.

I cannot advice you about investments.
Dashcoin has it's own path, although it shares the same code with Bytecoin. If Bytecoin is abandoned in foreseeable future this will be a very big hit for us, but this is very unlikely to happen.

Devs have "holidays" too Don't panic.

Hi,
A lot of unexpected work had to be done on the Cryptonote generator. This lead to a delay in the development process.

New version of the Cryptonote generator (https://github.com/dashcoin/cryptonote-generator) is released.
What is new in this version:
 *  Plugins now are loaded through the config file
 *  Tests are loaded through the config file
 *  Base coin git is now configurable
 *  Cryptonotecoin-core plugin (necessary for genesis block generation)  + tests (credits: piotaak)
    Also make you able to create CryptonoteCoin fork (uses a lot of RAM)
 *  Examples - slowcoin (coin with emission close to bitcoin)

This update makes the initial block generation fairly easy. The real generation of the initial block will be added shortly.

The easiest way to find out about the forks:
https://github.com/amjuarez/bytecoin/network/members

Fixed. Sorry for the delay. Thanks for the feedback.
The wallet file corrupted after restart without 'exit' command executed. I needed to rebuild the binary file to fix it (delete the binary and start the wallet again).
I monotor this thread as frequently as I can. You can also write in irc.freenode.net - #dashcoin or #democats if you have any problem.

@imready2rock great news The pools functionality is really useful.

If some of you want to withdraw from Minergate - they currently have some problems with their backend. You can still withdraw with chunks of 100,000 DSH (tested). Bigger transactions will fail. They are working hard on a fix and it is expected to be released shortly.

Update on the Cryptonote generator:
https://github.com/dashcoin/cryptonote-generator

Changes:
* Added coin variables
* Added emission curve variables
* Documentation

This update makes you able to:
* Generate new coins easy (currently the only problem is the initial block hash)
* Update abandoned coins to more advanced and secure code
* Mutate existing coins (Dashcoin)


For real usage of this software we need an open source blockchain explorer and this is my next big goal.
A simple site that generates the json config will be developed next week.
Dependencies installer will also be developed.
If someone wants to help with any of this projects PM me.

We received a huge donation yesterday and the current balance of our community fund is:
156,485,045 DSH

DSH from the community fund were sent to:
https://github.com/pwstegman/DashcoinWalletGUI
https://github.com/fancoder/cryptonote-universal-pool


PS: Not tested on Windows

Long time has passed since last update.
I am working hard on the generator, but the work is still on the core. The project was renamed to "Cryptonote generator".
https://github.com/dashcoin/cryptonote-generator

pwstegman published the code of subtoshi, so if some of you guys code in PHP:
https://github.com/pwstegman/subtoshi

I am also looking at OpenBazaar. The software is beta currently and is very buggy. We are not falling back on this when it is ready to happen.

We have 117,000,000 DSH in the community fund.

You will get basically the same errors if you try to scan Bytecoin or Monero also. The reason - the miner is used in botnets.

Sometimes the wallet bugs and you have to delete the .bin file manually. Try this and if it does not work PM me

You also have to delete the blockchain and resync. You can download the blockchain from here: Blockchain
You have to place the files from the archive in this folder:

The Dashcoin generator now works on Windows:
https://github.com/dashcoin/dashcoin-generator

More documentation, examples and compile scripts are on the way.

Any interest for builds of the Windows GUI for Mac OS X and/or Linux?

Update your daemon. See the my answer to a similar question a few posts above:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=678232.msg9516252#msg9516252

We hardforked to fix a problem with big sized transactions.

Hi,
I assume you are using Dashcoin Wallet GUI. The daemon version is still unupdated there. This will be corrected shortly.
Here is how to fix this meanwhile:
1. Download the latest daemon and wallet from here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dashcoin/files/dashcoin-windows.zip/download
2. Replace 'dashcoind.exe' and 'simplewallet.exe' in Dashcoin Wallet GUI folder with the downloaded files

Thank you for the fast reaction

Is it possible the invalid shares mined in this timeframe to be removed? I think this is an issue for a lot of people mining DSH. I was getting -167,000DSH for a just couple of minutes

Download the updated version from OP or dashcoin.net
You will maybe have to delete the wallet binary file as well. The symptom for this is this error:

Both Extremepool and Minergate are working fine now. Currently the pools with confirmed updated daemon are:
http://dsh.extremepool.org
http://minergate.com
http://dsh.democats.org

I have written confirmation from xminingpool, but I have no success when I try to mine there, so it is not confirmed until they found a block.