Do i really need to dump private keys and all this jazz? I just backed up the wallet file and deleted everything else. New client is installed and re-downloading the blockchain... looks good so far.

The correct default for Mac OS X is /Users/<your-username>/Library/Application Support/NoirShares

NoirSharesd compiles ok, but the qt gives the following error:

Can anyone explain me this:

In http://nrs.argakiig.us, I've checked for example:

Block Height: 21359
Block Time: April 23, 2014, 19:55:44

And the previous block:

Block Height: 21358
Block Time: April 23, 2014, 20:04:54


If we look at the Block Time, something wrong?

If we take a look at previous blocks, this is happening several times.

Maybe the wrong device number?  You can try running ptsminer -list-devices to see what device number to use for each gpu.  With the -d flag you can enter multiple devices separated by a ,

So it might be -d 1,2 for example.  

You may also need to try a different algorithm.  The -a gpu flag can be used to specify this.  For example one person testing had to specify -a gpuv6 to get his card to work in Linux.  In most cases it should not be necessary but gpuv2 through gpuv9 is available.  

All EBT wallets are now hardened against the heartbleed OpenSSL security vulnerability.

The Mac wallet was already hardened. If you have a windows wallet, please update it as soon as possible.

Windows Downloads

Auto Install: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8rWObF4xz1YdDZFQzM3TTlQRGM/edit?usp=sharing
Virus Total http://tinyurl.com/k446twt (0/51)

Manual Install: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8rWObF4xz1YVzREY1NKcEhMYjQ/edit?usp=sharing
Virus Total http://tinyurl.com/mrz2dll (0/51)

We're around! We have been coding like crazy, implementing many cool new features and adding more stability to the wallet. We expect a new wallet update within three or four weeks. We plan on making a mobile wallet as soon as the new features for the desktop wallet have been incorporated into the codebase. Coding on the mobile wallet will likely happen before the desktop wallet release, so that the two are released simultaneously.

We are also aware of the low price of EBT. EBT suffers from a common PoW/PoS malaise where speculators judge the value of a coin by the hash rate, drawing conclusions about the stability and health of the block chain. As it stands, over 75% of EBT's maximum PoW (proof of work) money has been mined, which means that over 75% of EBT's maximum PoW money is eligible to stake and find blocks. Compounding this phenomenon is that many, many inputs (which get used for staking) exist from mining payouts, each with a separate coin age. Thus, it is as if each input is its own separate miner looking for PoS (proof of stake) blocks.

With PoW/PoS coins, a critical moment happens in the life of a coin where the PoS blocks begin to outnumber PoW blocks. At that point, mining becomes very inefficient and miners move to passively collecting dividends on stake. Staking keeps the blockchain very healthy, as it is designed to do, but dramatically reduces the profitability of pure mining. The result is that a PoW/PoS coin gradually looses hashes as if it were dying. However, nothing could be further from the truth. PoS blockchains are extremely robust. For example, check http://www.argakiig.us/blockchain/ebt/index.php to see that blocks are continuously being found at an average of 30 seconds per block, with the only deviation from 30s coming from unavoidable random variation. (So, if we seem like we are missing, it's only because we have such a healthy blockchain that we don't perceive any problems and therefore forget to venture into the community to give feedback.)

Were these properties (blockchain health combined with increasing difficulty of PoW blocks) recognized by speculators, the value of EBT would be much higher because simply buying and holding EBT would be the preferable means of increasing value. Unfortunately, for short-term value, speculators do not seem to recognize the PoW aspect of PoW/PoS coins. With these facts in mind, holders of EBT may expect to see a long stretch of low value as the PoW blocks become increasingly difficult to find. Please bear this possibility in mind.

The policy of the EBT Development Team is to fight short-term low value by taking long term approaches to value building. These approaches include continuing to improve the technology surrounding EBT, increasing its exposure, and reaching out to businesses and exchanges.

And, as always, we appreciate comments and participation from the EBT community because community support is essential for the value and long-term success of any coin.

Getting any payouts? I've got some coins stuck in the pool.

We are entering CoinMarketCap and are looking for a new Block Explorer.

CoinMarketCap asks this for the block explorer to have:

Please provide a URL that shows the total number of coins in real time. Required. For example, Feathercoin's total number of coins can be found at: http://ftc.cryptocoinexplorer.com/chain/feathercoin/q/totalbc

As soon as we have the new block explorer we will submit the formal request for CoinMarketCap. This will increase the visibility of the coin a lot!

You saying they'll start dishing out more then 1 zeta per block?

Argh, I forgot that pool counts blocks as they are 1000 coins. It is still enough for the coin to be in the top of CoinWarz.

P.S. Dev, will the pool operators fix that?