Problem isn't that I'm taking things literally, the problem is that you are not clear what the word premine means. John can't own a premine because the coin was publicly launched with mining software built in to the wallet at start and the blockchain is public, block rewards being known.
I am not insecure, my problem is the following:
1) either you don't know what a premine means and just keep throwing in random words
2) you know what it means and you simply chose trolling
I am not being hostile or negative towards anyone who isn't openly trolling or bullshitting. Keep insulting as an act of defense instead of thinking 2x before you post.
Yes, I deliberately just threw in accusations without any basis whatsoever. It should have been so obvious that you wouldn't have even bothered to answer. "dev premine" is simply so common form of accusation towards a new coin that it has become a meme. It is not meant to be taken seriously any more, ever! I guess I was unintentionally trolling then, because I don't think Internet should be an overly serious place. And no, I don't think 2x before I post. In fact, I enjoy posting anything I feel like posting. |
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So fuck you, traumschiff, you just keep asking for a fight no matter what.
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The fact that I remain positively neutral to vanillacoin at this moment is already a significant achievement.
You got an interesting emotional scale if the comments so far were on the positive/neutral side. The problem right here is that you take my words too literally which exposes your unconfidence and generates pointless drama. How would anyone of us really know if John has any unfair premine? And even when that turns out to be the case, what's so bad about it? It's a possibility and it doesn't immediately mean that this coin is foul and should be abandoned. Satoshi has an enormous premine. Didn't stop Bitcoin from succeeding. What worries me is the fact that you get so damn hostile immediately when encountered with something that threatens vanillacoin's reputation. Why? Are you so insecure? If you were confident about the coin you wouldn't try to defend it so hard. On the other hand, if you really are sensitive to criticism then why on Earth do you and your beloved dev act like assholes on newcomers? Does not compute. It's almost as if you were asking for it. |
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You got rejected and continue to fud afterwards, the motive is way too obvious and clear.
Well if that's your definition of FUD. God you're a sensitive guy to criticism. You cannot even distinguish between genuine FUD and healthy scepticism. You know, I hate projects whose cult gets all on their toes at the sight of any threat. If Vanillacoin is the real deal then it can take the pressure and not break. You don't have to pussy foot around the real thing. So fuck you, traumschiff, you just keep asking for a fight no matter what. How much you want to invest Hyena? As a result, I am investing into Vanillacoin.
Well, then Let me be the first to say ; Welcome!  I bought 5000 vanillacoins last night and I have buy orders for another 5000. Yes it's not much but considering the situation in this thread and with the dev I am simply not willing to lose more than 1 bitcoin in this project right now. The community and the dev just hasn't shown themselves from the bright side so far. The fact that I remain positively neutral to vanillacoin at this moment is already a significant achievement. |
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I sort of appear like a bad guy in this thread, so I guess it's OK to try to "put me in place". WHO FUCKING CARES WHAT KIND OF PERSONALITY THE DEV HAS??
As I said earlier, good skills often come with a bad personality. Look at me, for example  . I acknowledge that and it was the only reason why I took my time to investigate what Vanillacoin really was. A scammer would not act like a dickhead but instead would try to lure as many people into his scam as possible. Did John Connor act like that? Hell no. He acts like a prick. So from here I deduced that his coin must be so good --- if he can afford to behave like that he's probably not a scammer. So to answer your burst of anger --- yes people actually care about the personality of the dev and it is a wise thing to do so. You, on the other hand, seem a bit naive. Personality betrays a lot about a person's intentions and this shit is all about money here. Who wants to lose money to another scammer? Not me. Hyena, you act like a hyena. You lied in everything you said since you started writing here... You ... the pro master, with big ego, and big knowledge, said to yourself... "john connor hiring 10 years coder like me? the motherfucker coder hyena of the universe?  " lets see how much he will pay me? And you found another ego master of the universe, more motherfucker than you... which discarded you in few seconds... And you are angry now? hahahah mate! all of this conversation is so funny, is like a kiddie conversation with lies, biggest cocks, etc... I'm glad you find it funny because to make fun is one of my intentions. Those who get it will get it. Others will just think that I'm the bad guy. I didn't lie though. I was just not telling everything in the very beginning. There's a difference between outright lying and not telling the whole truth Huh, well truth will set you free, but...
... if you are employed as good coder or team leader than you should know what salary is about but the way you act here no matter what your coding skills are and experience is I wouldnt give you the job not even if you would accept to get paid in your future value of BTC. Strategy "I'll FUD you to death" unless you hire me is not the way to go Sherlock.
What the hell are you talking about? Who am I FUDding to death? I briefly investigated what Vanillacoin is because John Connor's shitty attitude made me think that it could be something good. I found some FUD about it so I posted it to ask the cult's opinion. Of course the cult explained the matter as expected but nevertheless explained it well. As a result, I am investing into Vanillacoin. The "I wouldnt give you the job" part is kind of childish from you. Who cares about you, you're just some random dude trying to defend his cult leader. Do you even employ people? Do you understand that different countries have very different salaries? I know damn well what salaries local companies and organizations are willing to pay to good programmers but I know a little about the salaries in the bitcoin space where devs work from different countries. Perhaps John wants to pay in Vanillacoins? I don't know that because he never told me it. I asked about the salary right away and I asked who is going to finance it. Later I discovered that John himself was the angel investor of Vanillacoin   I wouldn't wonder if he expects to pay in premined vanillacoins. So as you can see, it's not all black and white, as usually. I'm still a bit sceptical about Vanillacoin. Why is he hiring anyway? Maybe he wants to disappear and is looking for a replacement? Maybe he is hiring but does not intend to actually hire anyone? Just like I was sending the CV but was not intending to get hired . Perhaps this is all a marketing stunt? He obviously wants a guy with established reputation. It means it's more about marketing than it is about finding a good coder. Marketing sure wouldn't hurt Vanillacoin at the moment but is it the most optimal way? If his coin is so good, I would rather have some paid articles published about it. Anyway, I like the guy who said that this conversation is like boys comparing their dicks It's exactly how it always looks like if you have a debate about someone getting his job application rejected and he's still insisting that he should have been hired. Who gives a shit? Why did I even bring this up? To virtually lick the wounds of my ego? It definitely looks like that in retrospective. Whatever the truth is, the excuse for me was to tell you my story so that other lurkers with similar faith could potentially find some relief from here. |
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Making jokes of writting brackets at the beginning of lines, as if that had something to do with quality of code. Do you know who Dennis Ritchie is? Then have a look at his code.
Someone didn't get the joke. 1- Why a good programmer with 10 years of experience like you is searching job You must be working in a big company!! 2- You didn't searched anything about the job you was sending CV???. Do you send your CV like mailshot??? dude your facts talk before you. If you judge others, others will judge you... Is the cause-efect. Don't judge to don't be judged. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQaSRKP8Dho&feature=youtu.be&t=12Good programmers such as myself often come with a cocky attitude
Okey okey enough of this bullshit already. I admit, I was not looking for a job as I am already employed and living good life. I was just curious what salary the guy would offer, who knows --- maybe it would have been worth it. So I literally threw in the e-mail as if I didn't care and I didn't, so you are right. I got what I deserved and I'm upset only because the guy doesn't respect university experience and doesn't understand the fact that 10 years of experience and 15 years of experience are not that different. I have seen a C programmer (old fuck, 40 years old) with 20 years of experience who writes just horrific code. In fact, I was the one who insisted my team lead not to hire that guy. So anyone with a hiring strategy similar to John Connor's is either inexperienced or has some other beef with the candidate. |
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Yes, he must have a damn good gut feeling. |
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I don't know what happens, maybe is the asperger, or all of this genius out there have that kind of attitude... but look at linus torvalds... look at steve jobs... etc... all of them are genius doing what they love/know... but people talk shit about them...
Ever since Steve Jobs died of cancer I have no problem with him any more, he got what he deserved I reviewed it and it tells a lot about John Connor. Like seriously, who puts a starting bracket on a new line? It's the ancient way of coding. My grandpa coded like that . But the fact that he uses C++11 code itself to explain his ideas tells us he has no academic background and/or he is having problems explaining himself (+1 for asperger). But the real problem with his anonymity solution is that it is not novel. Ever since bitcoin was created brilliant minds have been trying to enhance the protocol so that transactions would be truly anonymous. All that has been achieved is by the means of mixing and other messy work with cryptography. Sure it gives you slightly more anonymity than bitcoin in its natural form but it doesn't solve the problem, it only pushes it farther into the future. What I am anxious to see is a new paradigm in the domain of transaction anonymity. Something that would be intrinsic to the protocol. Perhaps it is impossible, I don't know that, but I do know that homomorphic encryption and projects such as sharemind could hold the key to truly anonymous transactions. |
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The guy sends his CV in to work on the coin and yet doesn't know fuk- all about it. Yeh...
Hey I understand your frustration but when I first saw the advertisement and sent the CV I even didn't know it was about a coin development. To be honest, I wouldn't have sent it if I knew it was about a coin The job offering does not say anything about the nature of the project, unfortunately. ...
Yes, john-connor's personality puts some people off. You just have to invest in the code.
Ok that explains it pretty well. As for the personality and egomania, I have a pretty bad personality myself too and that's why I wouldn't discard John Connor just because of his personality Good programmers such as myself often come with a cocky attitude, so ironically, in this situation John Connor's personality actually made it more plausible for his code to be good I read that Vanillacoin aims to become anonymous. Is there any technical information available how it attempts to achieve anonymous transactions? So far all the coins that claim to be anonymous have actually a flawed anonymity which I wouldn't even call anonymity. |
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Hello everyone in this thread. Today someone posted a C++ job advertisement on the bitcoin's block chain: http://cryptograffiti.info/?txnr=4054 the above link finally guides you here: https://talk.vanillacoin.net/topic/284/job-listingsSo, out of curiosity I sent my CV to that John Connor dude. I have 10 years of C and C++ development experience and turned out it didn't satisfy John's needs (for whatever the actual reason was). His e-mails were rather cocky and his reasoning is sort of alien to me from the software developer's point of view. For example, if I was to look for a C++ programmer, I wouldn't immediately discard someone for 10 years of experience as if it was not enough. A good lead programmer chooses their team by the actual skills of people (testing them if needed) not just blatantly stating strange stuff such as "university experience does not count". Since I'm also a cryptocurrency investor, I started to investigate whether Vanillacoin is worth investment. Here's one article about it that I found particularly interesting: http://www.cryptocollectorsclub.com/vanillacoin-secrets.htmlthe dev is a bit of an egomaniac, perhaps just doesn't care about the community or gaining fans early on? I laughed when I read this because it proves that John Connor is actually an arrogant person and it was not just me who perceived him as such I then stumbled upon this reddit section: https://www.reddit.com/r/VanillaCoin/comments/3b25f6/welcome_to_the_uncensored_vanillacoin_subreddit/It doesn't paint a nice picture of neither Vanillacoin nor John Connor. I was going to buy some vanillacoins but after reading this stuff I am having second thoughts. Smells like Paycoin all over again. Any reason why this criticism should be discarded? I mean, this could all be just unintentional FUD by me. In that case, prove me wrong. |
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Actually, each bubble has been progressively smaller if your calculation is correct.
1st: $0.5 to $30 = 60.
2nd: $13 or so to around $266 = ~20
3rd: $120 or so to around $1,300 = ~11
I'm just recalling those from memory and guesstimating, but wouldn't that imply a new ATH below $3,000 at the highest this time? Of course, PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT A PREDICTOR OF FUTURE RETURNS. I feel like everyone here needs to learn that rather than making overly precise predictions based on technical analysis or the past that almost never come true.
You're right, but it's more fun to make precise predictions and later see who gets the closest call. |
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A bunch of sorry idiots thought a drop from 500$ to 300$ would repeat itself again, so they sold in such anticipation. They probably lost some serious money doing so.
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The actual value of bitcoin in my perception is around 300 - 350 USD.
The actual value of bitcoin is 30 000$ per bitcoin, that's the ACTUAL value. that's why I'm not selling. why 30k and not let's say... 10k? there is a particular reason behind this? or maybe this si just your target... If bitcoin was the only cryptocurrency in the world without any competition and it solved the TPS problem then 1 bitcoin would cost 1 000 000$. I think Satoshi agrees because he created 8 decimal places so that 1 satoshi could be representing 1 cent. Instead of whole bitcoins, we would start using the smallest divisible units and have them representing values that we are used to in our everyday life. 149 satoshis = 0.00000149 bitcoins = 1.49$ . Aside from that, I've seen speculations that if all the remittance in the world is done with bitcoin it would have to cost a million dollars each. However, since bitcoin faces competition it becomes obvious that it will lose a good proportion of its potential value to the competitors. Bitcoin's market cap currently takes ~90% of all the market caps of all cryptocurrencies. From 100% to 90% in 8 years. When will bitcoin mature? Perhaps after next 8-16 years. During this time there will be a lot of new competitors so we might get down to 50%. Now we have 1 bitcoin costing 500 000$ in ~2025. With past 10 years dollar has lost 20% of its value. Things don't look good for dollar or any of the fiat currencies, they will lose even more value. By holding bitcoin you are not getting rich because bitcoins are generating new wealth, you are getting rich because everyone else is getting poor. If we extrapolate the inflation conservatively we would get something like ~50% in the next 10 years (for the sake of simple math). This means currently 1 bitcoin should be worth 250 000$ with a lot of assumptions. Because assumption is the mother of all fuckups, we make one last assumption --- 10% of what I just described will actually get to manifest. 10% of 250 000$ is 25 000$. So, being as pessimistic as possible while still trying to remain rational gives us 25k bitcoins. Because markets tend to overreact, it is safe to say that those prices would be achieved with an enormous bubble between 25k and 50k. I remember winkleswiis predicting that 1 bitcoin should cost 40 000$. So, many people have come to the similar numbers. In my dreams, the highest clearly visible price per bitcoin that I have seen is 17 000$ which is aligned with other predictions by its order of magnitude. Speculators set the price, right? Right now I'm speculating so I'm setting the price (in a way it's sorcery  ). |
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The actual value of bitcoin in my perception is around 300 - 350 USD.
The actual value of bitcoin is 30 000$ per bitcoin, that's the ACTUAL value. that's why I'm not selling. |
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Things get even stranger in a configuration where you need several wallets running in parallel on different VMs on the same host. It's obviously a big overhead to store a duplicate block chain on both of those VMs.
You could just share the data volume that contains the blockchain among different vm's. Won't it cause any conflicts, deadlocks and corruption? But if you say it's possible then I guess it would be a good idea. To my understanding block chain has been notorious for being overly sensitive and getting corrupt at the sight of slightest problems so that it has to be downloaded from scratch. But that's just like my subjective opinion. I'm curious why you don't just use an SPV interface, bitcoinj for example?
I haven't looked into those alternatives yet. I always assumed that a different node software comes with a different API/RPCs which would require my personal software to be rewritten/changed. |
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Wallet functionality in a pruned node was disabled because it was still untested when 0.11.0 was released. It will be enabled in 0.12.
You should still be able to broadcast transactions using a pruned node, but I don't know about getting outputs since there is no wallet and txindex is disabled with pruning.
However you can just build the master branch from github for now and get the wallet functionality and then upgrade to 0.12 whenever they release it. It should be coming out in a few weeks.
ok this is really great news. If it's about to be released soon then I can wait. I have long been promoting circular block chains so that blocks older than a year for example would be deleted. With this pruning option it is pretty much the same effect. Those who want to keep the full history can do it if they have the space but most people probably only would keep last year or something on their disk. If you have coins older than 1 year sitting in your wallet you would just send those coins to yourself once in a year and everything would work perfectly. block chain size is no longer an issue |
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Bitcoin core supports pruning. You can set it using the -prune=<size> where <size> is the size of the blockchain you want to store. The minimum you can do is 550 Mb. Unfortunately you can't use the wallet yet but that will be fixed in 0.12
Ok that's good news. What do you mean by not being able to use the wallet? I would need to sign transactions and listen for new incoming transactions, that's all what I need. The latter requires a wallet where to keep the private keys for signing. edit: But I could do my thing without wallet functions, all I need is my own (possibly C++) function for signing a raw transaction with the private key I'd provide. I need the pruned mode to allow me to construct raw transactions based on specific outputs, sign them and broadcast them. Is it possible? |
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It's getting embarrassing to demand 60+ GiB from server hosting providers just to have bitcoin-core running in a situation where I even don't care about the full block chain. In my situation I would only want to store last 1000 blocks on disk because I know that I don't care about transactions that are older than that. The number could be even smaller, I would probably be happy to only have last 144 blocks (24 hours) stored on disk. Perhaps such a configuration is already possible? If not then how doable it is? Does anyone else feel they would need such functionality?
Things get even stranger in a configuration where you need several wallets running in parallel on different VMs on the same host. It's obviously a big overhead to store a duplicate block chain on both of those VMs. What I would propose is to host only one VM with the full block chain and configure other VMs to communicate with the full node whenever they need info about historic blocks. I'm pretty sure these sort of things have been discussed before but I feel like this is sort of an important improvement for the bitcoin-core and it deserves up to date discussion.
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Thanks for the replies. I am using the Private Internet Access VPN. It might have something to do with it. Anyway, it seems like the fault of blockchain.info because they assume that I use Tor but I don't use Tor and I don't intend to start using Tor just because of them suggesting it. Should I contact their support and start whining about it?
Did you try with different ip? Ok unfortunately I didn't look what my old VPN IP was but after disconnecting and reconnecting to the VPN I was able to connect to blockchain.info again. Perhaps such an act made me connect to a different VPN server with a different IP which made the difference. I didn't change the gateway though, it's still nl.privateinternetaccess.com I just reconnected and it started working. Thanks for the help. This hasn't happened to me before. I was already afraid that blockchain.info has gone nazi against VPN users. edit: I found the old IP address which was 109.201.154.208 After reconnecting this indeed changed and the new one is working properly with blockchain.info I still don't like that blockchain.info is discriminating users by their IP address, it's sort of racist |
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Thanks for the replies. I am using the Private Internet Access VPN. It might have something to do with it. Anyway, it seems like the fault of blockchain.info because they assume that I use Tor but I don't use Tor and I don't intend to start using Tor just because of them suggesting it. Should I contact their support and start whining about it?
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When I go to https://blockchain.info/I get "Please use our onion link https://blockchainbdgpzk.onion/" The site is not working, their API is not working, nothing is working. I anyone else having the same problems? I am not using Tor, just normal clearnet web browsing. edit: Apparently it happens because I'm using the Private Internet Access VPN. It has to be a mistake anyway because I'm not going to start using Tor because of that. What are they thinking anyway. This is stupid. edit2: problem solved by reconnecting to my VPN (it probably changed my IP) |
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