[ANN] Sia - Decentralized Storage

[TerraMaster]

I agree, it is better to have this (SIA) out and roaming in the wild and being tested and retested as in any good program. I still consider all of this as beta. Ill be the first to admit I was skeptical as well and almost critical of things until I realized the complexity of this type of service, and then to incorporate a new coin design entirely into the wallet that also can host for profit and store uploaded files. So quite a task. But perseverance is definitely a must here. My head still spins when I try to grasp it all lol 

[TerraMaster]

Buy the way,

I am selling SIA coin by the KS, blocks of 1000 If anyone needs for uploading files, testing there wallets and want to get some of these coins to play with.... and you don't want to have to buy a million at a time lol, well here it is 

See: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1083781.msg11629065#msg11629065

Seems folks are needing and can't get easily?

Let me know if I can help. No big deal either way  Just putting this out there if interested

No investors or big heavy hitter" traders please  lol and please don't ask me how many coins I have to sell..... just will do the KS per instructions 

THX!

[brooklynbtc]

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[xibeijan]

How do I fix the host / announce error?

TCP ports 9981 and 9982 have to be reachable from the outside.
Usually you have to configure your router / your firewall

The ports appear to be open? I'm not sure of the problem

I used sudo netstat -tulpn

tcp6       0      0 :::9981                 :::*                    LISTEN      8704/siad       
tcp6       0      0 :::9982                 :::*                    LISTEN      8704/siad       
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5353            0.0.0.0:*                     

Devs need to implement NAT traversal for this to be taken seriously.  People want to share, but too comberson

[babykayho]

Port forwarding can give problems for even quite experienced people. So prob a good idea to go easy on people who are having problems!!

[omskbear]

Hash rate (last 10 blocks)   1.038038TH/s  WTF )
And after two minutes again: 183.994399GH/s

[riskyfire]

How do I fix the host / announce error?

TCP ports 9981 and 9982 have to be reachable from the outside.
Usually you have to configure your router / your firewall

The ports appear to be open? I'm not sure of the problem

I used sudo netstat -tulpn

tcp6       0      0 :::9981                 :::*                    LISTEN      8704/siad       
tcp6       0      0 :::9982                 :::*                    LISTEN      8704/siad       
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5353            0.0.0.0:*                     

Devs need to implement NAT traversal for this to be taken seriously.  People want to share, but too comberson

I've setup port forwarding on two different systems in different locations

Ubuntu with BT adsl router - Same error
Mac with Virgin cable modem / wireless router - Same error

Not sure on next things I can try, any ideas would be appreciated.

[riskyfire]

How do I fix the host / announce error?

TCP ports 9981 and 9982 have to be reachable from the outside.
Usually you have to configure your router / your firewall

The ports appear to be open? I'm not sure of the problem

I used sudo netstat -tulpn

tcp6       0      0 :::9981                 :::*                    LISTEN      8704/siad       
tcp6       0      0 :::9982                 :::*                    LISTEN      8704/siad       
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5353            0.0.0.0:*                     

Devs need to implement NAT traversal for this to be taken seriously.  People want to share, but too comberson

I've setup port forwarding on two different systems in different locations

Ubuntu with BT adsl router - Same error
Mac with Virgin cable modem / wireless router - Same error

Not sure on next things I can try, any ideas would be appreciated.

Got it working

I had to change the router settings in two parts.

Firstly do the Port Forwarding Add a Service for ports 9980-9982 and call it sia

Secondly you need to allow this new service access via the routers firewall. (I missed this before)

I made a image showing my router settings, hopefully it helps someone else.
http://imgur.com/EEEvcLk

[WilderX]

I'm stuck with the port forwarding can anyone help?

1. I have made NAT rules on my router (screenshot below) destination IP is the PC's IP address on my home network for hosting SIA.

2. I made firewall exception on my Symantec EP for these ports and this app and I even tried to disable both Symantec and Windows Firewall on the host PC, but still same failing to announce?

So what am I missing/doing wrong here?

[chrysophylax]

I'm stuck with the port forwarding can anyone help?

1. I have made NAT rules on my router (screenshot below) destination IP is the PC's IP address on my home network for hosting SIA.

2. I made firewall exception on my Symantec EP for these ports and this app and I even tried to disable both Symantec and Windows Firewall on the host PC, but still same failing to announce?

So what am I missing/doing wrong here?

if you have a firewall active on the router as well - allow that service ( using those ports ) as a rule through the firewall ...

btw - good point about the software firewall installed in the system also ...

#crysx

[WilderX]

I'm stuck with the port forwarding can anyone help?

1. I have made NAT rules on my router (screenshot below) destination IP is the PC's IP address on my home network for hosting SIA.

2. I made firewall exception on my Symantec EP for these ports and this app and I even tried to disable both Symantec and Windows Firewall on the host PC, but still same failing to announce?

So what am I missing/doing wrong here?

if you have a firewall active on the router as well - allow that service ( using those ports ) as a rule through the firewall ...

btw - good point about the software firewall installed in the system also ...

#crysx

Thanks for reply, I called my ISP and they said I have setup everything correctly and they don't have blocks for those ports either and NOW I actually get a success @ www.canyouseeme.org those ports are OPEN!

But SIA still does not let me announce... So it would seem the problem lies with SIA?

Taek, any take on this? My ISP will see if they can update my firmware so maybe that could do something and SIA will also work after that, but I will let you all know how that turns out...

*update* ISP updated my router firmware no effect... Ports forwarding just fine, but SIA fails to announce?

[Taek]

But SIA still does not let me announce... So it would seem the problem lies with SIA?

Taek, any take on this? My ISP will see if they can update my firmware so maybe that could do something and SIA will also work after that, but I will let you all know how that turns out...

If it makes you feel any better, you are not the only one who has had this problem. If canyouseeme.org can find your service, then it's probably a problem with Sia.

There is a chance that you've put in the wrong local ip address. For example, one of the computers on our network is 10.0.0.35, one is 10.0.0.26, etc. They are all on different endpoints, perhaps you've selected the wrong endpoint.

[DreamSpace]

pool mining and or optimized amd-mining would be awesome

[Nthused]

pool mining and or optimized amd-mining would be awesome

Definitely, then I could try and earn back some of what I have already lost.

At the current speed with AMD I'm not even going to bother

[prints]

Hi Everyone,
 Just wanted to let you know that I talked about SIA on my last episode of Coin of the Week for SuperNET Radio! You can check out the show on our Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/supernetradio/coin-of-the-week-episode-8-sia

I did some testing, and on my (admittedly shitty) Core i5 Win8 laptop, I'm able to successfully announce and host contracts. I wish there were a bit more metrics data and such, but everything seems to be working as far as I can tell.

Cheers,
 Jon Prints


Sia Donations:
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[Taek]

I did some testing, and on my (admittedly shitty) Core i5 Win8 laptop, I'm able to successfully announce and host contracts. I wish there were a bit more metrics data and such, but everything seems to be working as far as I can tell.

working on it.

also, just added checksums to the sia addresses. 
also, siafunds stuff is now working in master. But, don't use it yet. The proper usage isn't intuitive and there's a good chance you'd lose your siafunds by doing something you weren't supposed to. Wait until I've got a tutorial out that tells you how not to shoot yourself in the foot. Because, the way it's currently set up, it's pretty easy to shoot yourself in the foot.

(maybe we should set up a testnet so you can practice with siafunds that don't mean anything)

[TerraMaster]

Hey, anyone hosting actually seeing contracts and KS to be earned yet? I am showing 36 known host.

[zxbball]

need a pool!

[bobafett]

need a pool!

need a pool
need a ios app for accessing the files
need a android app for accessing the file
need a in wallet payment system (the actual solution is not usable for the normal user)
need to be listed at a exchanges, that somebody can buy sias
.....

so much is needed to make this a success.

[Trollollo]

I did some testing, and on my (admittedly shitty) Core i5 Win8 laptop, I'm able to successfully announce and host contracts. I wish there were a bit more metrics data and such, but everything seems to be working as far as I can tell.

working on it.

also, just added checksums to the sia addresses.  
also, siafunds stuff is now working in master. But, don't use it yet. The proper usage isn't intuitive and there's a good chance you'd lose your siafunds by doing something you weren't supposed to. Wait until I've got a tutorial out that tells you how not to shoot yourself in the foot. Because, the way it's currently set up, it's pretty easy to shoot yourself in the foot.

(maybe we should set up a testnet so you can practice with siafunds that don't mean anything)

You need to open command window and put in "ipconfig"
Ipv4 is your ip,which you need to put in router setings.