[ANN] Sia - Decentralized Storage

[l8orre]

my Blockchain seems to be stuck at 34820 - what can I do?

and where are the Blockchain and the wallet files located on ubuntu?
Thanks!

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[bitspill]

my Blockchain seems to be stuck at 34820 - what can I do?

Unfortunately not much other than wait. It's a known issue and the network gateway system was overhauled for the next release which should make syncing a much smoother process.

and where are the Blockchain and the wallet files located on ubuntu?
Thanks!

They are within folders titled "consensus/consesus.db" and "wallet/wallet.json" respectively. The path to those folders depends on how you launched Sia, if you launch 'siad' they should be in the same folder, if you launched 'sia-ui' they should be under '/resources/app/Sia'

[l8orre]

my Blockchain seems to be stuck at 34820 - what can I do?

Unfortunately not much other than wait. It's a known issue and the network gateway system was overhauled for the next release which should make syncing a much smoother process.

and where are the Blockchain and the wallet files located on ubuntu?
Thanks!

They are within folders titled "consensus/consesus.db" and "wallet/wallet.json" respectively. The path to those folders depends on how you launched Sia, if you launch 'siad' they should be in the same folder, if you launched 'sia-ui' they should be under '/resources/app/Sia'

yes I see- I am now up to 34970 Blocks, so it will get there.

consensus.db is ~580MB.

Interesting to see the unusual wallet.json format - is there a link to an explanation of that wallet format?
Just curious, I don't really need to know this right now..

[redjedievolution]

Hi.

Anyone could tell me how much coins are producing SIA each day?

[pallas]

Mining from wallet, is the GPU memory minimum 2GB? Thanks in advance for any advice.

Can anyone answer this? If its 2GB minimum, I will order a new card. Right now when I start mining, it starts and then promptly stops.

Not real sure as I have always mined with 2 GB or more cards, so maybe?,,,,, out of curiosity what are you trying to mine with?

All I have right now is an old ATI 5850 1GB, but in market for newer card. Just wanted to get started mining until I got new card. I think I may need a 2GB card. I know ETH needs at least 2GB. Must be same for SIA.

I went back through some of my older post and I did mine with a couple of 7790's at one point and they did work/hash and are 1 GB cards.
 
Seems there may be something about the older cards like even the 6870's I have, seems they would not mine. I know the cores changed with the Radeon 7790's on up. So it may be the design of the GPU... Ill keep digging lol

The mining algo doesn't use gpu memory (except for passing parameters to the kernel, of course).
I guess you could do with a 256MB card as well.
I see no reason why the miner wouldn't work on a VLIW card like yours (the final OpenCL code is very simple and compact).

[l8orre]

yeah so my wallet blockchain has synch'ed- took about 12 hrs or so.

I have a wallet password and a bunch of addresse in the wallet- is there a 'dumpprivkey' as in bitcoin where I can store it independently of the wallet file?
Or do I have to preserve the wallet file?

[Mrboot]

Anyone here mining Sia, as soon as i Start the Plugin it says first

-The miner has start with intansity ***

2 seconds later

-The GPU miner has stopped

Can get it fixed any help will be appreciated thx

[Tobo]

Hi.
Anyone could tell me how much coins are producing SIA each day?

see the Siacoins section on the sia faq - http://sia.tech/faq

[economist2000]

When you say export to 0.5.1 do you mean click the "Import Legacy Wallet" button from in the 0.5.1 UI?

It's not explained the most clearly so this has led to some confusion and I have not done this myself. rather I'm only stating it from memory after seeing it in Slack...

1) Firstly backup everything.
2) If you haven't already initialize a new wallet in the 0.5.1 UI, it will give you a password/seed
2.5) Backup the new wallet/password/seed
3) Click Import Legacy Wallet, from 0.5.1 and select the old wallet file
4) Enter the password from step 2
5) Close and re open the UI
6) Profit???

1. +
2. +
2.5. +
3. + - from 0.3.3.3
4. - The password is not requested, balance = 0
5. +
6. Balance = 0

So, I can forget about your coins?

There's plenty of people who have this working fine, you're doing something wrong and not putting much effort into these replies to fix it other than apparently trying to trash the coin. If you are serious about this join Slack where someone will walk you through it step by step.

Like in step 3, what do you mean "+ - from 0.3.3.3"? How does that help us help you?

I spent a few hours experimenting with this wallet shitcoin. And this hand-made article still trust their data?
Step 3 I've been doing in your wallet 0.5.1.
In the wallet 0.3.3.3 there is no such menu: "Import Legacy Wallet"

[akaman]

When you say export to 0.5.1 do you mean click the "Import Legacy Wallet" button from in the 0.5.1 UI?

It's not explained the most clearly so this has led to some confusion and I have not done this myself. rather I'm only stating it from memory after seeing it in Slack...

1) Firstly backup everything.
2) If you haven't already initialize a new wallet in the 0.5.1 UI, it will give you a password/seed
2.5) Backup the new wallet/password/seed
3) Click Import Legacy Wallet, from 0.5.1 and select the old wallet file
4) Enter the password from step 2
5) Close and re open the UI
6) Profit???

1. +
2. +
2.5. +
3. + - from 0.3.3.3
4. - The password is not requested, balance = 0
5. +
6. Balance = 0

So, I can forget about your coins?

There's plenty of people who have this working fine, you're doing something wrong and not putting much effort into these replies to fix it other than apparently trying to trash the coin. If you are serious about this join Slack where someone will walk you through it step by step.

Like in step 3, what do you mean "+ - from 0.3.3.3"? How does that help us help you?

I spent a few hours experimenting with this wallet shitcoin. And this hand-made article still trust their data?
Step 3 I've been doing in your wallet 0.5.1.
In the wallet 0.3.3.3 there is no such menu: "Import Legacy Wallet"

I recommend you seek help on the Slack channel, or the official Forum as suggested by the other replier. People will assist you faster there.

We all want to help, and your problem is solveable.

[akaman]

yeah so my wallet blockchain has synch'ed- took about 12 hrs or so.

I have a wallet password and a bunch of addresse in the wallet- is there a 'dumpprivkey' as in bitcoin where I can store it independently of the wallet file?
Or do I have to preserve the wallet file?

In principle, all you should need is the passphrase and seed, but there are currently no tools for recovering your wallet with those bits of info.

So, backup your wallet.json, your seed and passphrase (which, for now, are the same).

[akaman]

Anyone here mining Sia, as soon as i Start the Plugin it says first

-The miner has start with intansity ***

2 seconds later

-The GPU miner has stopped

Can get it fixed any help will be appreciated thx

Not very informative. Did you try running the miner from the command line? The CLI might give you some error message. Post those here.

[akaman]

Anyone could tell me how much coins are producing SIA each day?

At present, about 38 million. There are 144 blocks/day. The block reward is 300,000 minus the blockheight.

[m4nki]

Looks good. Following with interest.

[akaman]

Looks good. Following with interest.

Join on Slack and /r/Siacoin for more news.

[Mrboot]

Anyone here mining Sia, as soon as i Start the Plugin it says first

-The miner has start with intansity ***

2 seconds later

-The GPU miner has stopped

Can get it fixed any help will be appreciated thx

Not very informative. Did you try running the miner from the command line? The CLI might give you some error message. Post those here.

I dont have a command line in the wallet , not like a old wallet were you have the console.

also the miner i have is the inbuild plugin and you only have a start button there, if i do use the button i just see a popup started and straight after it pop up miner stopped.

If i download the other miner, not the wallet plugin it says i miss the MSVCR120.DLL  , probably that microsoft i needed to download what i did + installed.

[joywon]

I like SC, keep watching

[MinermanNC]

I am pleasantly surprised to see Sia still holding its value. Shows there is a strong renewed interest. Still under valued though  

[akaman]

Anyone here mining Sia, as soon as i Start the Plugin it says first

-The miner has start with intansity ***

2 seconds later

-The GPU miner has stopped

Can get it fixed any help will be appreciated thx

Not very informative. Did you try running the miner from the command line? The CLI might give you some error message. Post those here.

I dont have a command line in the wallet , not like a old wallet were you have the console.

also the miner i have is the inbuild plugin and you only have a start button there, if i do use the button i just see a popup started and straight after it pop up miner stopped.

If i download the other miner, not the wallet plugin it says i miss the MSVCR120.DLL  , probably that microsoft i needed to download what i did + installed.

Are you running sia-gui-miner or using the gominer? You should be able to run either of these from the command line. Just open command prompt and navigate to the folder where the miner EXE is located. Type sia-gui-miner --help to see options, and run accordingly.

[americanpegasus]

Can someone show me a chart showing the issuance of Sia over time?  How many exist now and how many will exist after the initial issue?  And you appear to have a perpetual block reward?  That is smart. 
 
So a motivated miner could conceivably mine for their own permanent storage on the network at any given time? 
 
You've got my attention Sia, and that's not easy to do.  I'll be keeping an eye on you.  (Of course, Vanillacoin caught my eye at one point too so don't get too flattered - I'm secretly an idiot)