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Hello all, Thanks to @johnwhitestar I have found and resolved an issue with the slimcoin-qt flatpak which meant that it could not access the .slimcoin directory. The latest version is available here ( https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vSStIzz8fw_Fv6e3GUBX8Ja_1QBZ7xql). My apologies to anyone who tried to use the previous version. Regards |
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Hello all, here are some more detailed instructions for the flatpak ( https://drive.google.com/open?id=1o1Xi1W5T8jXh7tB66GtQuoYVx-7Cjius) for systems on which I have tested them. Arch Linux:sudo pacman -S flatpak
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
reboot, then sudo flatpak install slimcoin-qt.flatpak
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexlarsson/flatpak
sudo apt update
sudo apt install flatpak
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
reboot, then (note the absence of sudo on this version) flatpak install slimcoin-qt.flatpak
sudo apt install flatpak
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
reboot, then sudo flatpak install slimcoin-qt.flatpak
If you have any issues, please let me know. |
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I have made more progress on packaging for linux. There is now a standalone flatpak bundle availalble at this link( https://drive.google.com/open?id=1o1Xi1W5T8jXh7tB66GtQuoYVx-7Cjius). If you have flatpak installed on your system you should be able to install this with the command sudo flatpak install slimcoin-qt.flatpak It is strongly recommended to use this over the bundle I released on saturday as it contains the same binary but is self contained and also removes an issue I found with that bundle in that it does not include the libdb5.3 file. It also provides integration with the system to place slimcoin in the application menu in the window manager. If someone can test this and give me feedback it would be appreciated. Just as a quick note to add to this, if you are on Ubuntu 16.04 you will need to remove the "sudo" from the beginning of the command to avoid ownership issues. This may apply to other versions but I have not tested it. |
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I have made more progress on packaging for linux. There is now a standalone flatpak bundle availalble at this link( https://drive.google.com/open?id=1o1Xi1W5T8jXh7tB66GtQuoYVx-7Cjius). If you have flatpak installed on your system you should be able to install this with the command sudo flatpak install slimcoin-qt.flatpak It is strongly recommended to use this over the bundle I released on saturday as it contains the same binary but is self contained and also removes an issue I found with that bundle in that it does not include the libdb5.3 file. It also provides integration with the system to place slimcoin in the application menu in the window manager. If someone can test this and give me feedback it would be appreciated. |
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Hello all, If anyone running linux wants a pre-compiled binary that should work on any linux version I have made a bundle and uploaded it here https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lGadgz-miSXi5EFbW7TuYndE6c1fBqSr. This must be run using the shell script in the base directory. This was compiled from the master branch last night on ubuntu18.04 with libdb5.3 (WARNING: this version of libdb may cause some compatibility issues with prexisting databases.) This should have support for UPNP, QR codes, and DBUS notifications. If any of these are missing or there are other issues, please let me know. |
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There is an interesting ongoing discussion with Graham on Discord. So I'm editing our announcement with Graham's suggestions: "Officially announced on May 17th, 2014 and fairly launched 4 days later Slimcoin is one of the few truly decentralized coins around. Whoever wants to join and contribute to its development in any way is welcome. Its Proof-of-Burn (or virtual mining) algorithm, that by the recent estimates provides up to 30% of yearly SLM returns, grants to everybody the possibility to mine coins without any specific hardware and with a minimal computing power employed. It also contributes to a balanced power structure without an almighty elite and to a clean environment for the future generations. The economic model that is behind the Proof-of-Burn mechanism is not within the get-rich-fast logic, but rewards the long-term involvement. So Slimcoin has a potential to shine should the traditional coin’s markets become saturated. Along with a unique mining mechanism, Slimcoin offers the ASICs resistant CPU mining algorithm dcypt and PoS. The community is active on Discord and Bitcointalk." I'll try to put hyperlinks on first Proof-of-Burn mention and on the words "Discord" and "Bitcointalk" at the end of the text. If there is any other suggestion please speak now or forever hold your peace  as we are already a bit late with delivery and I'd say it's mandatory to send the announcement this weekend. Yes looks good. Thanks for taking the initiative to get this done. |
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@eddycurrent: I've taken into consideration your suggestion to change "mining" into "minting" in the text but I'm not able to establish where it would be more appropriate.
We have the following expression with the word "mining" in our text: "virtual mining", "the possibility to mine coins", "unique mining mechanism" and "ASICs resistant CPU mining algorithm dcypt".
The first 3 expressions are about PoB. Is PoB to be considered as minting instead of mining?
The last one is about CPU mining, so I wouldn't change it.
To the best of my knowledge (I am not confident about this) I believe that PoS, PoB, ... are sometimes referred to as minting mechanisms, but I would like to get clarification/correction on that. I do not think that it is a major issue in this context, but might just be good for a bit of clarity. Unless someone else can confirm this I would be happy to leave it as "mining" to be on the safe side. |
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Like it! I would introduce the following small changes:
"Its Proof-of-Burn (or virtual mining) algorithm, that by the recent estimates provides up to 39% of yearly profit, grants to everybody the possibility to mine coins without any specific hardware and with a minimal computing power employed. It also contributes to a balanced power structure without an almighty elite and to a clean environment for future generations"
(the "hassle" part is imo not that important as it's more or less the same that the previous sentence, so one could use the space to refer to another advantage)
"The economic model that is behind Proof-of-Burn mechanism is not within the get-rich-fast trend, but rewards long-term involvement. So Slimcoin has a potential to shine should the traditional coin’s markets become saturated."
(to specifically include the phrase "long-term involvement", or, if you like it more "long-term investment")
Thank you very much for your comments! Let's wait another day to see whether someone else has anything to add and then I'll send it to Freiexchange with you corrections. I'll try and have a look tonight and get back to you. I had a bit of a look and it looks pretty good but the second to last sentence caught my eye. I wonder whether this, "Along with the unique mining algorithm Slimcoin offers the ASICs resistant CPU mining algorithm and PoS." Should instead read "Along with a unique mining mechanism, Slimcoin offers the ASICs resistant CPU mining algorithm dcrypt, and PoS at 10% (might want to check this)" I thought it would be good to actually mention the algorithm's name to interest people and I that using the word mechanism over algorithm would just make it a clearer distinction. Also, you may want to consider using the word minting over the word mining in some cases. Just some thoughts anyway. Feel free to ask for clarification if you need or to ignore if you think the original is more appropriate. |
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Like it! I would introduce the following small changes:
"Its Proof-of-Burn (or virtual mining) algorithm, that by the recent estimates provides up to 39% of yearly profit, grants to everybody the possibility to mine coins without any specific hardware and with a minimal computing power employed. It also contributes to a balanced power structure without an almighty elite and to a clean environment for future generations"
(the "hassle" part is imo not that important as it's more or less the same that the previous sentence, so one could use the space to refer to another advantage)
"The economic model that is behind Proof-of-Burn mechanism is not within the get-rich-fast trend, but rewards long-term involvement. So Slimcoin has a potential to shine should the traditional coin’s markets become saturated."
(to specifically include the phrase "long-term involvement", or, if you like it more "long-term investment")
Thank you very much for your comments! Let's wait another day to see whether someone else has anything to add and then I'll send it to Freiexchange with you corrections. I'll try and have a look tonight and get back to you. |
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....the ability to mine on extremely low end hardware like small ARM boards. The second in particular is the main thing that gives SLM an advantage over any other coin.
Here you mean PoB algorithm, right? Primarily, but also PoS to a small extent. Yes, but I think we need to advertise PoB above all, because SLM is a pioneer in it and also because the ROI in PoB is much higher than in any PoS coin, including SLM itself. That, and it also encourages long term involvement much more than PoS and especially PoW. |
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....the ability to mine on extremely low end hardware like small ARM boards. The second in particular is the main thing that gives SLM an advantage over any other coin.
Here you mean PoB algorithm, right? Primarily, but also PoS to a small extent. |
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Important Update 2019-12-08: Freiexchange is offering to us the possibility to advertise SLM this week on their new newsletters channel as a featured coin. We need to provide an image and the text. What concepts would you like to put into?
Personally, I think two of the key things are the GPU/ASIC resistant algorithm, and the ability to mine on extremely low end hardware like small ARM boards. The second in particular is the main thing that gives SLM an advantage over any other coin. |
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I'm still wondering, why nobody tried to 51%-attack Bitcoin network early on? People were so loyal to BTC network, and others didn't hear about it? Because it seems strange - I know maybe there wasn't many incentive, but when it started in 2010 being traded on Mtgox, it was still only CPU-mineable, and attack was easy to stage as network was miniscule, and it had already some value (0.06-0.1USD/coin but still).
I seem to remember that I read an article discussing 51% attacks, and as far as I remember, their opinion was that they were sufficiently detrimental to the attacker themselves that the author did not consider that they were as big an issue as they first thought. |
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@eddycurrent, you said something in 2017 about Android version of client?
I believe I did, but I think it was mainly to see if there was any interest. It makes sense to me that users may want to run a wallet burning on their phone because it is a low power device that is usually on. If there is interest now, I will consider doing it, but it will probably be slow, intermittent work as I am fairly busy at the moment. It may also depend on how QT is set up in the codebase at the moment. Regards |
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Hello all,
Is anyone interested in a new ARM binary? If so, do people think that the latest version is stable enough to use for it?
Regards
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Hello muf18 Yes, that is the correct one. I hope to have a GUI wallet for that architecture soon too, but there seems to be a small bug. Regards As I recall it was for Linux distro this daemon ? Can you tell me for what distro it was ? I think the distribution was ubuntu. I fixed the "bug" with a make clean from memory if you were wondering about it. Regards |
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Anyone have any news on the status of SLM integration with NovaExchange?
I have been given to understand that the exchange is taking a different approach that circumvents the issue that was preventing the integration - so there is reason for cautious hope. Cheers Graham Ah, thanks for the update, I'll keep waiting then. Regards |
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Hello all,
Anyone have any news on the status of SLM integration with NovaExchange?
Regards
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The new aarch64 Slimcoin QT client should now be available.
Regards
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Hello muf18 Yes, that is the correct one. I hope to have a GUI wallet for that architecture soon too, but there seems to be a small bug. Regards |
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