I had that problem on the windows wallet... I assume there is a database-check that goes on, without telling you, which stalls the downloading. Eventually, it continued, and quickly pulled a bigger list of peers.

Chances are, you got to the end, on the chain, and picked-up one partial bad block from someone who didn't have the update. All wallets seem to have issues not being able to go backwards through the database, and remove blocks, in order to go forward again. (That is one of those situations where you have to delete the whole damn database, and download it again. Or, restore from a backup which was more complete, but did not contain the fork-block itself, or any other forward-blocks on that fork.)

That, is one thing the devs can look into. Since no wallet, to date, has been able to do that. (It sees the other fork, which is longer/taller or more-populated, but it never joins it. Or it does, but never rebuilds from the point of the fork. Causes YOU to be rejected by the network, and you to reject them for failing to accept you. Each thinks the other is "misbehaving". Returning you to the bad fork, or leaving you alone with others who are all stuck at the same point.)

Yea, I contacted the original DEV, but he is indisposed at the moment.

His servers are still running, but the website and block-explorer are down. (Not sure if there was another block explorer, but it needs one.)

Looks bad for the guy who took the bounty, when he takes the payment and then closes the block-explorer. Not sure what happened there.

I believe I have the code for the off-line wallet-generator. (cold wallet, or paper wallet) I have to double-check my resources. (It may also have updated code too. I have to double-check the git-hub for the source of that code. It is just a simple HTML page that you put on your desktop and open it. {Does not have to be online to run the page, all images and code is actually inside the HTML itself. For security reasons.})

The wallet also needs some code to "reject misbehaving peers". There is at-least one on the network with modified wallet/daemon code, which is purposely rejecting valid diff blocks submitted. (In an attempt to stop yours from being accepted before his is submitted.) Forcing "rebroadcast", usually pushes your rejected-valid block onto the chain again. Blocking his IP helped for a bit, but he changes IP.

For example, this is seen when you submit a block with diff 100K, when the diff is only 30K... It gets rejected, and more than 20-60 seconds later, a valid block seems to be found by someone-else, after your valid block was rejected. (That was him, or one he could not stop from being resubmitted.)

Problem fades when more miners are mining. (A bunch more than his mini-army.) Because he can't reject them fast enough. They get accepted by the others. (Also noted, the IP's are not in the USA. So I once assumed I was just too far from the nodes. That has not been the case.)

Apparent 51% hoarding-attack, I call it. (It is partly the fault of that damn 20-second block-time target. Same issue fastcoin has at times.)

With this difficulty hike, the price will turn, and his gains will be a LOT less. He is already earning about 75% less now. Another few powerful group of steady miners, and his gains will be reduced to below 1% of the daily coins. With value pushing up to 200-400%, to compensate. When diff rises, it is hard to do a self-stack of winning blocks. Thus, less hoarding and more spread-wealth.

Still one of the best coins to solo-mine. Even if just for trading.

This coin is at one of those points where it is good to mine, and to buy... but buying will be like shooting yourself in the foot, as a miner. Because it brings more miners! (Which cause the value to have to be raised, so it's all good in the end.)

You should have seen the nightmare I had with my HIS-Radeon 7970's... half didn't even have enough compound to cover half of the chip. The memory used heat-pads with a cloth-center like duct-tape, limiting the GPU from having adequate contact, and the voltage-regulators didn't even touch the heat-sink, where they carefully crafted a place for them to touch.

Had to file-down the riser-feet holding the PCB board at the improper height from the heat-sink, shim and paste the VR's so they could touch, remove the heat-pad duct-tape from the memory, and then all was well. Saved me 18-20c in thermal transfer for cooling. (Those reference card designs still suck though.) Hottest ones I have running, out of all my designs. The heat-sink fins are only tacked-on at four points, with no paste or contact anywhere underneath to the heat-pipe vessel. Yes, a vessel, like a giant flat pancake... Horrible design. )

They should be using silk-screen or a rolling application for paste... Are they just gobbing it on there? (Spreader that looks like a "V" toothed trowel used for laying tiles, but smaller and made of plastic.)

Gonna have to rip it apart for sure now... Thermal paste is insulation if it is too thick. It is only supposed to fill the air-gaps between the metal surface and the heat-source, not be the whole transmission-point for heat to pass through. I can imagine all the air-bubbles in there, defeating the purpose of even having it on there at all.

Silver-paste and diamond-paste, here I come!

Might also add some pressure-points, since PCB's flex and bend under heat-stress when you use rigid screw-mounts to attempt to hold them in place against a surface that expands at a different rate. (Like aluminum.)

Nylon, man's third best friend... as opposed to duct-tape, and dogs...

LOL, maybe they should hire me, as a design tech... Seems they need a few lessons in thermal dynamics and design. (This is coming from a guy who just spent $3,000 on a thermal imager to evaluate a $6,000 miner. Needed a new one anyways, mine was ready to retire.)

You have to remember that you are not seeing the average... only peaks...

If many peak in harmony, you see something like that. Just as the low, is many of us in a sour-spot. (Could be that we lost connections with a farm, got a lot of errors, just got lucky, or the day just got cooler.) In addition to machines added to the network, and other machines being pulled-off the network.

https://blockchain.info/charts/ <-- Logarithmic Scale, with 7-day roling avg, 1-year
(Growth is actually slowing-down. Technology-limit and lack of new farms.)

Also, miners hop onto other coins that are better value than BTC to mine, and come back when BTC is a better value to mine.

There are a lot of factors. You need to focus on the 3-day to 7-day rolling avg, or the log-charts.

But yes, 20PHs is a lot to add to a network, but that is only 20,000THs at most... 10,000THs + harmonic-peaks.

Split among the orders... (Includes China-MFG and ScryptASIC which does sha256 also)
0.1THs (6x MFG) ~6.0THs (10x Production, ant-usb-farms, old-BFLs, misc.)
0.2THs (6x MFG) ~1.2THs
1.2THs (5x MFG) ~6.0THs
2.4THs (3x MFG) ~7.2THs
3.0THs (1x MFG) ~3.0THs
3.6THs (1x MFG) ~3.6THs
TOTAL HASHING ~ 27THs * 50-units/day * 15-days = 20.5PHs

(50 units seems to be about the avg claim. 15 days is just how long they have had to build and test, before shipping. Since claims have been rolling in. Both I believe modest estimates. 7-days if it comforts you, with the harmony-theory.)

A place MFG 100 a day, could only test 50 for half as long... I would assume, unless they have some crazy power setup. (Seeing as most power is used for MFG. Not to mention the electric bill. Though that would be 10%-50% of consumer prices for electricity. Monthly dumps anyone? lol.)

China, I am sure, is using robots to assemble 1,000+ a day...

I believe this may be the last few years for "consumer mining", to be profitable, on any level. Unless they come-up with a 1.0 PHs miner that runs off 400Watts next year, for under $2500. Then limit that to only one miner per person. (Looking at the difficulty.)

Though, I don't see many farms opening up anymore. Diff is slowing-down, no matter which way you slice it. At this technology limit. Now it is a matter of volume, and few are buying that volume, at that price, for that little return.

Best we can hope for is farm failure, as all the hardware starts to break-down and die from overclocking.

Even with $6,000/BTC to $24,000/BTC, this is a tight earning.

Sorry, missed that in the flood of posts.

I thought I had something new to share.

You take all the fun out of needless posting. You are not invited to my next post-it party! I'd sew you if I had the ability to thread a needle! However, I can't spare the money for a loyer... Know change in my pocket, knot even won sense to my name. (Had to type that.)

Nylon-ties are more friendly, or push-in nylon nipples... Cheaper too... Not to mention, a little easier on the back-plane tension from heat expansion. (Not the ugly zip-ties. Actual short dumbbell-locking ties that look like a nose-ring. They fit into slots that could be notched out of the heat-sink, for attaching. Same with the nipples, a hole on either side of the back-plane and the nipples gently hold it against the socket. Does not require drilling more holes in the back-plane or a board redesign.)

How handy are you with a drill?

Pics, and stats! We are peeing ourselves... and drooling already!

Well Bitmine.ch (Coincraft) has delivered...

One guy got two already. (One with the original setup boards, and one bonus rig for the compensated MPP.)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=486808.msg5515598#msg5515598

AMT's deliveries should be arriving just around the corner...

However, There is some deep competition out there... China-guys selling A1 (defunct batches? first-runs? cheap supporting hardware? stolen chips?)

Those are the ones selling for about $3255 USD running at 1THs around 880Watts. (Sure those will show on ebay for about $12,000 USD soon too. lol.) http://www.lketc.com/goods/show-197.aspx

... and opened Pandora's box!

This is the early days... You will get more per day than those that follow, in the following days.

Oh, ye have little faith and understanding of the concept of time and difficulty on reward. JK...

Trust me, this is early... Mine and come back in four years... See where your investment has taken you. Peek every year as a reminder as to why you are holding still.

Nice, getting a lot less rejects with the diff climbing... (Odd, but expected.)

Funny that I am actually making more coins now, with a higher difficulty, than when diff was lower.

Mine the hell out of the coin! Hold and wait for the dumpers to run dry. They can't take much more of these low-ball prices to cash-out. Take advantage of that. (Ignore the actual price now. They helped push the diff down low, so now you can get more. Trust me, it all levels-out later.)

If you got some BTC to throw around, to bring-up your investment value... start making small-change purchases on the high side of the charts. Doesn't take much to create a small upward trend to bring more miners to the coin. (Which will further increase the value.)

Feel free to throw some BTC at me, and I will add it to my regulator bot. It drinks-up all these discount coins, one penny at a time. Or, just let me keep drinking alone!

Time to get off our asses and stop being spectators to our holdings and its value! lol.

Looking for the post now... I think I did reply, something about the voltage-regulation issues. They were using a raw link from the VR to the chip, and the PWM frequency of the VR was screwing with the chips operation. He added a decent capacitor and a resistor between the two, and that resolved some of the issue. The rest might have actually required an RF torrid choke. (I actually suggested a mini ultra-capacitor, which would have yielded pure constant voltage. Works better when the frequency changes on the VR chip. Requires no "tuning", which limits actual ability to the range of voltage/frequency of the cap/resistor combo you install.)

Still having trouble finding the post.

I think I'll pass on that opportunity... They couldn't handle me as an employee. I would have to run the place. Then you would all be in trouble! JK... If I were OP, I would deliver! (Play on words, if you ever have visited a 4chan forum. lol.)

Seems bitmine.ch is having trouble with designs too. (Just making a note, not defending again.)

They should all get hold of the group here in the forums who are having some decent progress with their own designs of the boards. The seem to have conquered most of the issues that bitmine.ch had run into, with their pre-release design. (Maybe they have, and that is how they got the non-daisy-chained design.)

Wish I could remember where I saw that post. Not sure if I replied to it.

I am quite sure they blocked your number... (Stalker customer) Call from a neighbors house!

18K OMG soo not dead... My bad, thanks for correcting me... NOT

BTCchina best recent day of trades 40K (Best week 639K, last week 44K)
(75% of that was fake volume they got caught and stopped listing fake buys/sells.)

Yea I say BTCchina is essentially dead...

GOX (before stopping) About 100K (Best week 2194K, Last week 412K)
Huobi best recent day was about 349K (Best week 1410K, Last week 907K)
Bitstamp best recent day about 100K (Best week 317K, last week 150K)
BTCe Best recent day was about 71K (Best week 327K, last week 108K)

And now you know who the market leader is...

It is a bug... An exploit exploits bugs in software... Glitches, bad programming, poor execution... (Bug = undesired operation.)

He just stopped claiming ownership of the bug/flaw.

Termed because it "bugs you"... (Bug, bother, annoy, haunt)

I believe that is a political play on words.

Yea, it is right on the level with CampBX in the USA... Essentially a dead exchange.

Everyone with real money left, and went to Huobi. The ones left there essentially got raped of any value. They are still alive though.

Huobi WAS a purely big-boy private exchange. They went sort-of public, and allowed more smaller-boys to play with them. Now they are the ones doing the major leading on all the other exchanges. They have a hand in every exchange. (You will notice 100BTC sold on Huobi, with a matching 1-10BTC sale on any other exchange. Same with buying. They are playing the USD/JPY conversion-rate between storage's on each exchange.)

BTCchina may come back to life... It will be like the BTCe of China.

I would assume, a "constitutional citizen" is one birthed under the shadow of direct constitutional rights...

Where as a "US Citizen" would be someone who was essentially "adopted", with protections of civil-rights under the constitution, but not so much protection that the "adoptive limitations", from where they were adopted from, would over-rule. (Over-rule without consultation.)

EG... I am born here by US citizens, I am a "constitutional citizen", with no shared prior adoption to other rights from another country/rule. However, John Doe escaped from Cuban-oppression, and was offered US Citizen status, by protective adoption. He would still have protections from Cuba, if desired, and our limitations to his protection would not extend, if for some reason Cuba "needed" him back for some legal reason of prosecution. Thus, the limited "protection by the constitution". Same if someone were to legally move here, from another country, and still be dual-citizenship or have prior crimes unpunished... We would not say... "Sorry, he is a US Citizen protected under the constitution. You can't have him." (We would turn that person's ass over in a heart-beat. Faster if there was a risk of political tension or threats of war.)

I am sure to this day, there are all sorts of amendments to that original outline.

Having that is like having a law that tells you to keep your eyes on the road, at all times... then another one that says you must be aware of your surroundings at all times, while driving... then another one that says you must be aware of your speed at all times...

You can't do all at the same time... You have to stop looking at the road, to "be aware of surroundings", and again to "look at your speed". Driving, by those laws, is essentially turning you into a criminal. Since you will break one of those laws, to obey the other.

In relation to the above post... They can essentially pick which path they want to legally follow.

Just like a cop/judge will do in court, if you get charged with the crime of an accident... Claiming you "were not aware of your speed, or surroundings, or watching the road"... You lose if they want you to lose.

You can't control people, you just think you can, and some believe it...

Less and less believe it every day...

Govts, like banks, are due for an overhaul...

People around the world, police and govt workers, (who are people), have laid-down arms and stood-up to pushy and crazy nut-jobs in office, showing them who has the real power.

WE determine what WE want to be regulated... It is their job to do what WE say, and regulate what WE told them to regulate... Never forget that!

Without us, they are nothing...

Without them, we are free...

They are the ones who told us, that we wanted them to rule us... (For their own gains. The jig is up. Power = fail. Again... History repeats itself.)

You don't have to stop him from talking... You need to stop listening to the nut-sack, and convince everyone to do the same, or they are nut-sacks also.