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Hi everyone,
I have not been on this thread/coin for a while and I was surprised to find that there is no official/endorsed GUI wallet.
I like this coin but it is never going to go main stream unless those rough edges are polished.
I understand the community has created two GUI's so just take a version, endorse and host on a Monero site.
Wording like 'All current GUIs are in beta, but they should be fairly safe ' does not fill people with confidence.
Also how often is the block chain on the OP being updated ?
An ambitious official GUI is under development, but there are other things that need to be tackled before being able to release a proper GUI wallet for the masses. One of those things is the blockchain in DB format instead of loading it entirely into RAM (this was inherited from the original bytecoin code). The BlockchainDB version has been evolving and you can try it out on your own if you are capable of building it on Linux, but it still needs some work and a lot of testing. IMO, It's not about embracing one of the currently available GUIs. People can use and develop whichever GUI they want, that's the nature of open source software. Core members have their own view of what a GUI wallet should be like, and they are aiming for that. They have shown designs and have released a preview version of it. Good software development requires solid design, capable coders and a lot of time. Core members work for free on their free time, but they are also humans (I think) and they also have a life (I think  ). I would also love for development to go faster, but wishing and pushing for it won't make it happen any sooner. Hopefully we will see a GUI sooner than later. Some have rumored about it being released around Christmas, but I don't expect that to be true. Core members have not made any promise about it, and won't make any promise they can't keep (except for missives on Mondays... just kidding  ) All I take as a fact, is that it will be done "when it's done" tm. Having said that... I do believe in the potential of this coin and I have faith in the team behind it. |
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For those who are trying out the DB version on HDD (not SSD), I've made a small tweak to the code that massively improves HDD performance. On bitmonero/src/cryptonote_core/BlockchainDB_impl/db_lmdb.cpp, change line 727 from: if (auto result = mdb_env_open(m_env, filename.c_str(), 0, 0664)) to: if (auto result = mdb_env_open(m_env, filename.c_str(), MDB_MAPASYNC | MDB_WRITEMAP, 0664)) I'm not sure whether it may have some implications like corrupted data on crash or something, but I've tested killing the daemon while syncing, and starting it up again, and it continued without any trouble from where it left before killing it. The only side-effect I've noticed so far, is that it instantly allocates 16GB to data.mdb, but it makes it incredibly faster. So, if you want to try it out, do it at your own risk Cheers! |
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Feedbacks (both negative and positive) welcomed!
Hi, The blockchain converter worked fine for me (at least the first 18k blocks). But it was taking ages on my (low end) laptop so I went with osensei's link. I'm now running a monero node using less than 512MB of RAM. Can anyone tell what's the size of the resulting database file? Yup, around 4.3 GB. |
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Someone should make blockchain in db format available for download. I'm syncing for 24 hours now and I'm still 150 days behind. i3-550, 4Gb, HDD.
In case anyone wants the blockchain in DB format, I've uploaded it to https://mega.co.nz/#!HJATCCyA!VICGBgoZSn_BRrxEhUD3EQLGUO7pon3o27cp25SmwWE I also can confirm that the db version of the daemon works. The blockchain converter is fast only if you have an SSD and plenty of RAM. Also, for people with HDD, I think that mounting your home partition with "nobarrier" option helps to improve performance. |
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Someone should make blockchain in db format available for download. I'm syncing for 24 hours now and I'm still 150 days behind. i3-550, 4Gb, HDD.
In case anyone wants the blockchain in DB format, I've uploaded it to https://mega.co.nz/#!HJATCCyA!VICGBgoZSn_BRrxEhUD3EQLGUO7pon3o27cp25SmwWE I also can confirm that the db version of the daemon works. The blockchain converter is fast only if you have an SSD and plenty of RAM. |
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how to help the price rising?
Buy and hold? +1 Last Reward decreases every day Ok I was holder of a little 10 XMR and maybe nice to buy back at this price levels. Why is there no positive price movement? There are much other coins with anon features. Why is XMR special? I'm not a big investor but if I see potential maybe more follow. AFAIK, CryptoNote based coins (from which XMR is the most popular) are the only ones that provide truly untraceable transactions built-in at the protocol level. All other "anon" coins use some form of coin mixing. |
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20Gbps DDOS protection provided by Staminus.
WTF is that? Google cant have ddos protection and you are pretending to sell something that those not exists! "20 Gbps DDOS protection" means that it has a filtered IP that can take an attack of up to 20 Gbps or around 10 million PPS (packets per second) before being null routed. I'm not trying to sell anything. I'm just trying to support the network by providing a good pool because I believe in the potential of this coin (in which I have invested myself) and because I like playing with servers stuff. I have 15+ years of web development and 7 years of Linux experience, and I just thought I would give it a shot to running a pool just for the joy of it, while making my best effort to keep it running smoothly. If you don't know what something means, then you should ask nicely before making such accusations. |
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Hi, After giving it some thoughts and working on it for a while, I've set up a pool at https://monerohash.comThis is what I have to offer: 20Gbps DDOS protection provided by Staminus. HTTPS-only secure web traffic, to avoid leaking your stats to sniffers. Located in NY => Good choice for miners from North, Central and South America, while still keeping a relatively low latency to Europe (~70ms to UK) Up-to-date pool and daemon software.1.6% fee ( 0.6% donated to devs) My goal is to provide a good service with a fast, reliable and secure pool, and I believe I've taken the neccessary steps to accomplish that Please, give it a try and let me know your thoughts! Thanks, osensei |
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Hi, After giving it some thoughts and working on it for a while, I've set up a pool at https://monerohash.comThis is what I have to offer: DDOS protection provided by Staminus. HTTPS-only secure web traffic, to avoid leaking your stats to sniffers. Located in NY => Good choice for miners from North, Central and South America, while still keeping a relatively low latency to Europe (~70ms to UK) Up-to-date pool and daemon software.1.6% fee ( 0.6% donated to devs) My goal is to provide a good service with a fast, reliable and secure pool, and I believe I've taken the neccessary steps to accomplish that Please, give it a try and let me know your thoughts! Thanks, osensei |
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Is there any way to avoid the auto-saving of the blockchain every 12 hours in bitmonerod?
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