Peerunity FAQsAs this is the first release, I'm sure that the community will have lots of questions about how it all works. As questions come up, we'll do our best to get the questions and answers added to the Peerunity wiki, but as it will take us a little time to build that out, I'll first add the response here, to keep them in one place. Do I need a new wallet? What will happen to my coins?
Because they use the same wallet.dat file on your computer, both the Peercoin reference client and Peerunity are accounting for the same coins in the block chain. It is recommended, however, as a general practice, that you keep a backup of your wallet.dat in a safe place. You can create a backup using the Peercoin reference client before you install Peerunity from the menu options. Can we run peerunity and reference client at the same time? e.g. are they using the same ports?
Peerunity uses the same port that the reference client is configured for, so that they can connect to the same network. You should not run the two applications at the same time, because the default settings will use the same data directory. Unless you're trying to run them both for a very specific reason, using different copies of the block chain and wallets.dat with different "-datadir" settings for each when you launch the applications, there should be no reason to attempt concurrent use. Can you download Peerunity to directly replace your Peercoin client (in the same way that downloading v0.4 replaces v0.3)? Should I have to uninstall the Peercoin client first?
You don't have to uninstall the reference client, unless you really want to. Having them both installed won't be a problem, you just shouldn't attempt to switch back and forth between which one you'll use. If you do, you'll likely run into a known issue. Wait, did you say that there's a known issue? What is it, and is it going to affect my coins?
The issue is documented here, " Changing wallet software from Peercoin to Peerunity to Peercoin causing DB exception", and will not affect the coins you have in your wallet. The linked issue report includes instructions for fixing the database version mismatch that occurs. We're actively looking to find a solution to this issue, but in the mean while, we hope that the vast majority of peercoin holders who install Peerunity will find that the added functionality and cleaned up user interface will provide all you need for now, and you won't need to switch back to the reference client. What's next for Peerunity?
Check out the future functionality thread on PeercoinTalk.org to learn more. We'd like to hear your ideas! Who's the "we" you keep talking about when you refer to the Peerunity development team?
Peerunity 0.1.0 has been a truly community-based effort. Developers, testers, and designers who have contributed code, validation, and visual assets include: (If I've missed anyone, I'm very, very sorry, and will get you added to the list. Trying to combine contributions across the repo and PeercoinTalk wasn't as straight-forward as I had hoped!)Enjoy!
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Original announcement by Ben on PeercoinTalk.org here: http://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=2902.0--- I'm proud to announce the availability of Peerunity 0.1.0! Binaries for Windows, Linux and OS X (10.7+) are available through the Peerunity project repository on Github. https://github.com/Peerunity/Peerunity/releases/tag/v0.1.0What is Peerunity?Peerunity is a Peercoin network-compatible, community-developed wallet client. The project has been designed to provide people with a stable, secure, and feature-rich alternative to the Peercoin v0.4.0 reference wallet ( http://github.com/ppcoin/ppcoin). What is included in Peerunity?New Features: - Peerunity branded UI (new icons and text and content labels)
- "Unlock for Minting Only" menu item
- "Coin Control" functionality
- createmultisig RPC call added
- -walletnotify command added
Protocol Bug Fixes: - New stakes will be displayed after a successful block mint without having to restart the client.
- When a proof-of-stake block was minted, the sum of the resulting balance (block reward + stake) was incorrectly being doubled when displayed through the listaccounts RPC call. This was only a display issue and did not affect the GUI or when getbalance was called.
- In the Options dialog, the mandatory transaction fee description was updated with accurate details about how the Peercoin network fees worked. Previously, the text referred to how the Bitcoin network's fees are processed.
- Updated compilation instructions for building on OS X (with MacPorts or Homebrew, for 10.8.x or 10.9.x)
Localization Updates: - French language translation updates
- Norwegian language translation updates
- Chinese (Simplified) language translation updates
What if I run into a problem, or need support?Please report any issues you encounter through the Peerunity Issue tracker on Github, or, if you don't have a Github account, and don't plan on creating one, create a topic here on PeercoinTalk.org on the Peerunity board. |
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Can't wait for the new Peer4commit features. It's going to be huge!
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Hey everyone, PeercoinTalk.org held its 3rd community interview with Peercoin developer Sunny King. The previous interviews were done last year, so it's been a while. In order to finish out the community questions that were submitted, we'll have to do several of these, so keep an eye out in the near future for more. Here is the transcript of interview #3... http://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=2862.msg25938#msg25938 |
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Accordi to this site https://www.litecoinpool.org/pools, coinotron only has 39%. They need to unite with wemineltc to get over 50%. Is that site not accurate, or am I missing something? This little mini crisis happened yesterday. And if it happened once, it can happen again. If Litecoin's only defense against this is to warn people through social media to leave a specific pool, they need a new plan. The system should be designed around human nature to prevent such events from occurring in the first place. Nobody should have to put trust in the good will of miners to know when to stop earning money and leave the pool. |
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Sold all my peercoin and XPM awhile back when realised they weren't goin anywhere, especially because of the primecoin incident  The Primecoin incident? Whatever that is, I'm not talking about Primecoin here. Most of the development is in Peercoin. |
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More and more coins are adopting proof-of-stake, the technology will only improve over time.
Also of note is the fact that Peercoin was the ORIGINAL implementation of proof-of-stake and has proven itself to be stable and reliable for almost 2 years now. It has a visionary developer in Sunny King and an expanding team. Not to mention Peershares, which will revolutionize fundraising and equity management.... "Peershares are a way for businesses to raise funds by issuing shares to the public and managing them in a decentralized fashion. It uses the Peercoin network to automate the distribution of associated dividends in the form of Peercoins." |
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NOTE: First of all, I'm not interested in getting into a debate or a flame war about this. I'm only posting this because somebody from Litecoin posted this today on our subreddit http://www.reddit.com/r/peercoin/comments/2659lz/im_done_with_ltc/ and I felt there might be more people out there looking for information, so I'm addressing them and only them here. If you don't like what I'm saying here then please just let the thread sink. --- Now, if there are anymore Litecoiners who are not interested in being around to see a repeat of the 51% hysteria shown in the following image, maybe you should consider learning about how Peercoin (The #3 Crypto) prevents the centralization of its network. I wanted to provide people that are seriously interested a resource to learn more. It's a conference presentation we designed for speeches and it visualizes many of the concepts we talk about to make it easier to understand. You can check it out here... Find out how Peercoin prevents the centralization of its network: http://imgur.com/a/dG66c
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Here is one submission already. Can anyone do better? Plenty of time left. im not pro, but heres the result. not fancy though  |
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For those who don't already know, Peerunity is a community version of the Peercoin wallet which will combine Peercoin and functionality from the upcoming Peershares client. Peershares are a way for businesses to raise funds by issuing shares to the public and managing them in a decentralized fashion. It uses the Peercoin network to automate the distribution of associated dividends in the form of Peercoins.  |
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Update: To allow for more time for designers to produce quality work, I have received approval to bump the deadline from May 31st to June 7th. Hope that helps. 
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Jordan Lee posted the following on our forum, just so everyone is aware... I would like to add just one clarification: while entries can consist of only a .qss file, entrants may also make simple changes to the code relating to styling by changing classes, IDs and the layout.
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And just in case anyone missed this, you can earn 20 PPC if you refer the winning designer, so let people with talent know and you have a chance of winning as well. Check my statement above about it.
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The Peercoin community at http://www.peercointalk.org/ is holding a competition to create a theme for its upcoming community wallet, Peerunity. We're currently offering a bounty of 300 PPC, which is around $627 as of this posting date (Check http://coinmarketcap.com/ for current Peercoin prices.) The type of people we're looking for that would have the skill set to complete this would be web developers who have used cascading style sheets for web sites. C++ skills are not needed. Instructions: Entrants will be required to design and submit a .qss style sheet. The UI elements are described in the XML files in the https://github.com/Peerunity/Peerunity/tree/master/src/qt/forms directory. A new .qss stylesheet should be used to stylize these elements. The XML files can also be changed with Qt Creator if you feel it's necessary (for example changing classes, the layout or adding identifiers), but you will have to rebuild the code to test the changes. When your entry is complete, a pull request should be made containing the style sheet. Please place the style sheet here: https://github.com/Peerunity/Peerunity/tree/master/src/qt The latest versions of Peerunity for Windows and Linux can be downloaded here: http://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=2785.0. Tutorials: There are many Qt style sheets available on the web you can use as a starting point (If the licence allows it). You can learn more about Qt style sheets here: http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/stylesheet.html. You can read a simple tutorial here: http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2009/09/10/qt-stylesheets-tutorial/ Here's another one: http://thesmithfam.org/blog/2009/09/17/qt-stylesheets-button-bar-tutorial/Testing Custom Style Sheets: You can easily load up and test a custom style sheet using a parameter without having to compile the whole client. Just follow this example: http://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=2648.msg24092#msg24092. If you changed the layout though, you may have to rebuild the code to test the changes. Logo & Color Scheme: Peerunity has its own logo. Currently there is only a tiny version of the logo displayed in the upper left corner of the app, but it's possible a larger version could be placed somewhere on the app in the future. There is an empty space on the bottom left corner of the overview tab where the logo could fit nicely, but we have no plans to do this yet. That could change in the near future though, so it would be best if you were to select a color theme that meshed well with our Peerunity logo. The logo is a P with ring around it, both of them gold. The inner space is transparent, so whatever color theme you choose will show through the inside of the golden ring. To see what I'm talking about, please download the Peerunity logo files here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/0b8nrv2dbkbdno3/Peerunity_Logo_Files.rar. There are different versions in that download with the logo laid over top of light and dark colored backgrounds. Looking at these should help give you an idea what color theme would best match the logo and the Peerunity client. Referral Bonus: If you refer a designer to our competition and they win, you'll receive 20 PPC! Please let experienced designers know about this competition for your chance to win. You can also just copy this entire thread and post it in another forum. Remember, the people we're looking for that most likely have the skill set to complete this would be web developers who have used cascading style sheets for web sites. Please get this into their hands to earn your reward. Rules:- An entrant may submit multiple entries if he/she wants to. - All entries must be submitted by the end of June 7th, EST. - All .qss style sheet entries must be submitted to the Peerunity Github Repo. - We reserve the right to not hand out the bounty reward in the case of small turnout or low quality entries. The Peercoin community will vote on their favorite style sheet after the submission deadline ends. If the community is dissatisfied with the end results of the competition, no reward will be handed out. As long as people submit quality work, this shouldn't happen. Let me know if you have any questions, good luck! |
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Thanks for the update!
While the video is for sure nice from a marketing point of view, I like #6 best as this is an impressive step forward to minting security which will lead to a lot more minting due to the low risk for the minting Peercoins (by evil people/software).
Very exciting!
The only thing I want to know is what happens to the version of cold-locked minting that Sunny is developing. |
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Dear BTC-e, In order to ensure that all Peercoin (PPC) related services can continue after May 5th, we are confirming with our exchange and service providers whether they have updated or are in the process of updating to the mandatory v0.4 Peercoin client. The v0.3 Peercoin wallet will cease to work after May 5th, 2014. Upgrades of existing v0.3 wallets after May 5th require a download of the blockchain to be able to continue using the wallet. Therefore, we would like to have a response from you on the following questions as soon as possible: 1. Have you already upgraded all your wallets to v0.4 in order to continue services after May 5th? 2. If no, have you already planned to upgrade your wallet(s)? Here are some useful resources to upgrade the wallet: Developer announcement for mandatory upgrade to v0.4: http://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=2473.0;allDirect download of official v0.4 build here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcoin/files/0.4.0/Looking forward to your response, thanks! |
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