[ANN] Sia - Decentralized Storage

[Taek]

help please.

i tried to sent my siacoins from polo to my wallet. Now it says on polo: Complete: Error  and it looks my coins are gone  
Can anybody help me. I also tried to find it on the blockexplorer but i don´t know how to use it (where can i search my adress?).

Damn....  normally i send 1 coin first to be sure everything works fine.

Open a support ticket with poloniex.

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[Taek]

Ya know, I might spend more time mucking around with the 20 different ways I can "monkey" my $500 TROUBLE-FREE router...
But your project has such a long history of serious bugs that the risk/benefit is negatively skewed by orders of magnitude...
I've tried 2-3 different things and may have forwarded port 9982 correctly... and it still won't "announce"... who knows?

What exactly are the errors you are having?

Most crypto projects don't require you to forward ports because they don't have users that need to open connections with you. For most crypto projects, it's okay if nobody can initiate connections with you because you can just initiate connections with them. On Sia however, hosting requires other users to be able to initiate connections with you. The hosting part makes Sia special in terms of it's requirements for port forwarding. You don't need to mess with the router if you aren't going to be a host.

[Taek]

Announcement: We're having a competition to see who can create the best backup tool.

Official rules here: http://forum.sia.tech/topic/15/decentralize-your-data-round-1-data-backup-competition

[Madmax666]

I'm fallowing Sia from long time, and im really happy to see progress and dev involved. Its impressive.
Keep it up

[robinson5]

Hi I apologize but I am still greatly confused on how to get my coins to the new 0.4 wallets without losing any coins.  So I first download the wallet and when I unlock it it has a list of words for me to write down.  Do I need to make any additional passwords?

If I then import my legacy wallet from 0.3 you are saying that all those coins aren't in the backup? I don't think that is clear to users and will cause more people to lose coins.  How can I get all my coins into the new 0.4.6 wallet that are all backed up by the seed? And in addition I should also backup the wallet.json file and the list of words?

I'd also like to request that mac builds be released when windows and linux are.  Last time there was a big release and price shot up the mac download wasn't working.  And right now the 0.4.6 mac download when I unzip it is just the old 0.4.4 release.  I'm a mac user please don't forget about me!

Thanks

[Madmax666]

Teak any idea how to make a promo campaign?
Or its not time for it?

[Forobitcoins]

Hi,  I have siafunds in a client 0.3X sia

I have not moved for fear of losing, Is there any safe way to move a client 0.4?


What files have to save the client 0.3X ?, I think I not had Password

anks a lot

PD: Is there a browser to verify siafunds?

[xibeijan]

How can one import Siafunds into the GUI wallet?

Please post step by step instructions. 

[marcus1986]

Where can I trade siafunds?

[Taek]

Where can I trade siafunds?

How can one import Siafunds into the GUI wallet?

Please post step by step instructions.  

You're going to want to be in the #trading channel on our slack. You can get an invite to the slack at https://slackin.sia.tech

There is currently no siafund support in the GUI, siafunds can be used through the cli only.

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How To Migrate Coins from 0.3.3.x Wallets

0a. Don't run 0.3.3.x software. Doing so risks triggering bugs that can destroy coins.
0b. Create backups of everything before loading anything. Don't delete any backups until you are 100% sure that the coins have been properly recovered.
1. Find the wallet.dat file that has the coins. Make sure that you grab the most recent one - backups may not contain all of the coins. (It's okay to try loading both the most recent one and the backup one)
2. Load the wallet in to the 0.4.x software. In the GUI, there's a 'load legacy wallet' button you can use. With siac, you can use the 'siac wallet load 033x' command.
3. When asked for a password, provide the password for the 0.4.x wallet. The 033x wallet is unencrypted, you are being asked for a password so the 033x wallet can be encrypted.
4. repeat for every wallet and backup that you find. It's okay to load the same wallet multiple times, and to load the wallets in any order.
5. After loading all of the files, restart Sia. Make sure that 'siad' closes all the way, you may need to kill it in the task manager.

As long as you follow step 0a and 0b correctly, you have no risk of losing coins, even if you mess up on the later steps.

[mishax1]

So.. tried to use this migration option..   (yes, it was synced)



restarted the client and now I get this:   (pc restart doesn't help) 

[xibeijan]

Where can I trade siafunds?

How can one import Siafunds into the GUI wallet?

Please post step by step instructions.  

You're going to want to be in the #trading channel on our slack. You can get an invite to the slack at https://slackin.sia.tech

There is currently no siafund support in the GUI, siafunds can be used through the cli only.

I'll wait until you add it to the GUI.  When's that going to be?

[robinson5]

Where can I trade siafunds?

How can one import Siafunds into the GUI wallet?

Please post step by step instructions.  

You're going to want to be in the #trading channel on our slack. You can get an invite to the slack at https://slackin.sia.tech

There is currently no siafund support in the GUI, siafunds can be used through the cli only.

----

How To Migrate Coins from 0.3.3.x Wallets

0a. Don't run 0.3.3.x software. Doing so risks triggering bugs that can destroy coins.
0b. Create backups of everything before loading anything. Don't delete any backups until you are 100% sure that the coins have been properly recovered.
1. Find the wallet.dat file that has the coins. Make sure that you grab the most recent one - backups may not contain all of the coins. (It's okay to try loading both the most recent one and the backup one)
2. Load the wallet in to the 0.4.x software. In the GUI, there's a 'load legacy wallet' button you can use. With siac, you can use the 'siac wallet load 033x' command.
3. When asked for a password, provide the password for the 0.4.x wallet. The 033x wallet is unencrypted, you are being asked for a password so the 033x wallet can be encrypted.
4. repeat for every wallet and backup that you find. It's okay to load the same wallet multiple times, and to load the wallets in any order.
5. After loading all of the files, restart Sia. Make sure that 'siad' closes all the way, you may need to kill it in the task manager.

As long as you follow step 0a and 0b correctly, you have no risk of losing coins, even if you mess up on the later steps.

Thanks Taek.

How do we get the coins from the legacy wallet into part of the seed backup? I think a lot of people don't realize that they won't be backed up.  And is the wallet.json file necessary to backup if you have written down your seed?

Also are there anymore passwords besides to encrypt the wallet besides the seed that is given when first opening the wallet?

thanks!



Also do you know when mac builds will be available? When I unzip the 0.4.6. it's just the 0.4.4 version. thanks

[Merick]

Where can I trade siafunds?

How can one import Siafunds into the GUI wallet?

Please post step by step instructions.  

You're going to want to be in the #trading channel on our slack. You can get an invite to the slack at https://slackin.sia.tech

There is currently no siafund support in the GUI, siafunds can be used through the cli only.

----

How To Migrate Coins from 0.3.3.x Wallets

0a. Don't run 0.3.3.x software. Doing so risks triggering bugs that can destroy coins.
0b. Create backups of everything before loading anything. Don't delete any backups until you are 100% sure that the coins have been properly recovered.
1. Find the wallet.dat file that has the coins. Make sure that you grab the most recent one - backups may not contain all of the coins. (It's okay to try loading both the most recent one and the backup one)
2. Load the wallet in to the 0.4.x software. In the GUI, there's a 'load legacy wallet' button you can use. With siac, you can use the 'siac wallet load 033x' command.
3. When asked for a password, provide the password for the 0.4.x wallet. The 033x wallet is unencrypted, you are being asked for a password so the 033x wallet can be encrypted.
4. repeat for every wallet and backup that you find. It's okay to load the same wallet multiple times, and to load the wallets in any order.
5. After loading all of the files, restart Sia. Make sure that 'siad' closes all the way, you may need to kill it in the task manager.

As long as you follow step 0a and 0b correctly, you have no risk of losing coins, even if you mess up on the later steps.

Thanks Taek.

How do we get the coins from the legacy wallet into part of the seed backup? I think a lot of people don't realize that they won't be backed up.  And is the wallet.json file necessary to backup if you have written down your seed?

Also are there anymore passwords besides to encrypt the wallet besides the seed that is given when first opening the wallet?

thanks!



Also do you know when mac builds will be available? When I unzip the 0.4.6. it's just the 0.4.4 version. thanks

The Windows version is the same way.  Downloaded file says 0.4.6 but once you unzip it  the file name is 0.4.4 and the about page in the gui says 0.4.4.

[IlhemYz0]

forget wallet password 

[Forobitcoins]

Where can I trade siafunds?

How can one import Siafunds into the GUI wallet?

Please post step by step instructions.  

You're going to want to be in the #trading channel on our slack. You can get an invite to the slack at https://slackin.sia.tech

There is currently no siafund support in the GUI, siafunds can be used through the cli only.

----

How To Migrate Coins from 0.3.3.x Wallets

0a. Don't run 0.3.3.x software. Doing so risks triggering bugs that can destroy coins.
0b. Create backups of everything before loading anything. Don't delete any backups until you are 100% sure that the coins have been properly recovered.
1. Find the wallet.dat file that has the coins. Make sure that you grab the most recent one - backups may not contain all of the coins. (It's okay to try loading both the most recent one and the backup one)
2. Load the wallet in to the 0.4.x software. In the GUI, there's a 'load legacy wallet' button you can use. With siac, you can use the 'siac wallet load 033x' command.
3. When asked for a password, provide the password for the 0.4.x wallet. The 033x wallet is unencrypted, you are being asked for a password so the 033x wallet can be encrypted.
4. repeat for every wallet and backup that you find. It's okay to load the same wallet multiple times, and to load the wallets in any order.
5. After loading all of the files, restart Sia. Make sure that 'siad' closes all the way, you may need to kill it in the task manager.

As long as you follow step 0a and 0b correctly, you have no risk of losing coins, even if you mess up on the later steps.

What is "the cli"?

[bitspill]

Where can I trade siafunds?

How can one import Siafunds into the GUI wallet?

Please post step by step instructions.  

You're going to want to be in the #trading channel on our slack. You can get an invite to the slack at https://slackin.sia.tech

There is currently no siafund support in the GUI, siafunds can be used through the cli only.

----

How To Migrate Coins from 0.3.3.x Wallets

0a. Don't run 0.3.3.x software. Doing so risks triggering bugs that can destroy coins.
0b. Create backups of everything before loading anything. Don't delete any backups until you are 100% sure that the coins have been properly recovered.
1. Find the wallet.dat file that has the coins. Make sure that you grab the most recent one - backups may not contain all of the coins. (It's okay to try loading both the most recent one and the backup one)
2. Load the wallet in to the 0.4.x software. In the GUI, there's a 'load legacy wallet' button you can use. With siac, you can use the 'siac wallet load 033x' command.
3. When asked for a password, provide the password for the 0.4.x wallet. The 033x wallet is unencrypted, you are being asked for a password so the 033x wallet can be encrypted.
4. repeat for every wallet and backup that you find. It's okay to load the same wallet multiple times, and to load the wallets in any order.
5. After loading all of the files, restart Sia. Make sure that 'siad' closes all the way, you may need to kill it in the task manager.

As long as you follow step 0a and 0b correctly, you have no risk of losing coins, even if you mess up on the later steps.

What is "the cli"?

"Command Line Interface" --- on Windows it's "Command Prompt", on Mac it's "Terminal"

[dedmaroz]

is any FPGA miner?

[X1235]

OS X: still no wallet.json (latest version - 0.4.eight). This is a problem for me.

[robinson5]

Where can I trade siafunds?

How can one import Siafunds into the GUI wallet?

Please post step by step instructions.  

You're going to want to be in the #trading channel on our slack. You can get an invite to the slack at https://slackin.sia.tech

There is currently no siafund support in the GUI, siafunds can be used through the cli only.

----

How To Migrate Coins from 0.3.3.x Wallets

0a. Don't run 0.3.3.x software. Doing so risks triggering bugs that can destroy coins.
0b. Create backups of everything before loading anything. Don't delete any backups until you are 100% sure that the coins have been properly recovered.
1. Find the wallet.dat file that has the coins. Make sure that you grab the most recent one - backups may not contain all of the coins. (It's okay to try loading both the most recent one and the backup one)
2. Load the wallet in to the 0.4.x software. In the GUI, there's a 'load legacy wallet' button you can use. With siac, you can use the 'siac wallet load 033x' command.
3. When asked for a password, provide the password for the 0.4.x wallet. The 033x wallet is unencrypted, you are being asked for a password so the 033x wallet can be encrypted.
4. repeat for every wallet and backup that you find. It's okay to load the same wallet multiple times, and to load the wallets in any order.
5. After loading all of the files, restart Sia. Make sure that 'siad' closes all the way, you may need to kill it in the task manager.

As long as you follow step 0a and 0b correctly, you have no risk of losing coins, even if you mess up on the later steps.

Thanks Taek.

How do we get the coins from the legacy wallet into part of the seed backup? I think a lot of people don't realize that they won't be backed up.  And is the wallet.json file necessary to backup if you have written down your seed?

Also are there anymore passwords besides to encrypt the wallet besides the seed that is given when first opening the wallet?

thanks!



Also do you know when mac builds will be available? When I unzip the 0.4.6. it's just the 0.4.4 version. thanks

The Windows version is the same way.  Downloaded file says 0.4.6 but once you unzip it  the file name is 0.4.4 and the about page in the gui says 0.4.4.

I used the upload legacy function for the 0.4.3 version I think.  But all my coins aren't backed up by my seed.  So I downloaded the newest version, wrote down my seed, and made a new address to send my coins to.  I then opened the 0.4.3 wallet but it says my coins aren't there anymore.  Is that because they weren't part of the HD wallet with the seed? Anything I can do?

I'm trying to get to the 0.4.3 wallet that I loaded my coins into and send them to my new address in the new wallet.  That way they will be backed up by the seed for the new wallet.  However, all my 0.4.3. wallets say 0 peers and 0 coins