I took some screenshots walking through verifying an EverGreenCoin wallet is on the correct blockchain and made a small instruction set. It should take you less than 15 minutes to conduct this test and I hope these instructions are found useful. I kindly ask you, please do find the time to do so if you haven't recently verified your blockchain by a similar method as outlined here or by entering the faucet.
These screenshots are taken from a Linux machine. You may see slight variations in your OS of choice, but the logic remains the same. First, take a look at your EverGreenCoin wallet. To conduct this test, we need both the "Statistics" button/tab and the "Block Explorer" button/tab within your EverGreenCoin wallet. You may not see these tabs initially.
To gain access to these two tabs we need, "Statistics" and "Block Explorer", we have a few options. We can drag and expand the window so it is wide enough, we can click the small green sliver at the extreme right of the toolbar, or we can just simply maximize the entire window.
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"Statistics" and "Block Explorer"
not visible. | | 
Toolbar expanded,
revealing the "Statistics" and "Block Explorer". | | 
Window widened or maximized,
revealing the "Statistics" and "Block Explorer". |
Now that we have access to the buttons/tabs we need, click on the "Statistics" button/tab so we can observe where this copy of the blockchain is at. This is measured in "Block Height".
We can see that this wallet is at Block Height 465738 at the time I took this screenshot and I will use that number for this example.
Take note of that number you see besides the "Block Height" label. The number you see will be different, hopefully slightly higher. By what degree higher will be determined by what time you conduct this test in relation to what time I made the screenshot.
Now we take that noted number, the Block Height this wallet is at, over to the "Block Explorer" tab. Input the Block Height number into the box in the upper left. In this example I input the 465738 number I noted from the Statistics tab. After you have input the number you have noted, your block height, you have noted, click the "Jump to Block" button. Your wallet will output some information about the block. What we are interested in is the "Block Hash".
Leave your EverGreenCoin wallet open and as it is one the block explorer. Open a web browser of your choice and navigate to
http://transactions.evergreencoin.org (
http://158.69.205.238:3001/). This is the official EverGreenCoin Block Explorer. We are going to use this Block Explorer to compare the Block Hash your wallet has for that specific block number you noted. I will continue using the 465738 number for my example but, you want to use the number you noted from the Statistics tab.
Input the number you noted from the Statistics tab in the search text field. Then press the search button and wait for the results.
When the results are returned, look at the block hash the online block explorer returns. This is labeled "EGC block:" and will be directly below the search text field.
What we need to do is compare this long string of characters, the block hash, to that of which your wallet has and verify they are the same. You do not need to painstakingly compare the entire string. Only comparing the first 5 or 6 characters and the last 5 or 6 characters will suffice.
If the block hash the block explorer tells us is the same as the block hash your wallet tells us, congratulations you have just verified your EverGreenCoin wallet is on the correct blockchain. If the block hash does not match, take a moment to verify you did in fact compare the same block number (aka "Block Height"). In the unfortunate even you find you do have a different block hash for the same block number than what the online block explorer has returned, you are in a fork. Please close your EverGreenCoin wallet and do not open it until you are ready to resync to the correct chain. Leaving your wallet open when we have determined it is in a fork only helps the incorrect fork gain strength, so please promptly close it. Following the directions in
this post will get you back on the correct blockchain. If you are not on version 1.2.1, please do so before you resync. Version 1.2.1 has measures in it that will help mitigate you from getting in a fork again and is in yours and the network's best interest. The entire EGC network thanks you for taking the time to do so.
In addition to the above test, you may wish to enter the
official faucet. This is an easy and rewarding way to verify you are on the correct blockchain. I process payouts at both 12 AM and 12 PM eastern standard time. If you receive your payout, you are on the correct blockchain. Do not be alarmed if this does not happen precisely at 12 AM or 12 PM EST. Please allow me a small window as I do inspect the entries in the database before initiating the script that sends payments. Sometimes fictitious entries are made and I do not want to waste my own or the foundation's coins on people that wish to only exploit the faucet. I will increase the payout amount now also as a show of thanks for verifying you are on the correct blockchain but please, only enter once per round. The fictitious entries only slow down the payments and I will not pay any entry I can link to any fictitious entries. Fortunately this has not currently been as large of an issue as it has in the past.
Thank you all for taking the time, by ways of verifying block hashes I outlined here and/or by simply entering the faucet, to verify you are on the correct blockchain and not supporting a fork. The weaker forks become, the less likely they are to pull other people into it.
Quoting this because I am getting several PMs asking how to verify a copy of the blockchain is correct. There may be others still wondering. Following these quoted instructions to verify your copy of the blockchain.
I am continuing to work on the new code. Presently experimenting with 3 minute block target times. Please be patient as this will require much testing that takes a lot of time, even when hot-wiring things to happen faster. My aim is to have this thoroughly tested and wallets compiled and release this weekend, hopefully Friday. If I can stick to this timeline the hard fork will be programmed to occur shortly after, perhaps Sunday. All of this is tentative at this time and could change, but I did not want to leave you wondering on what the plan is.
The network looks solid as of now. Hopefully it stays that way and no forks occur before the new wallets are released. If you have a v1.2.1 EGC wallet that is on the correct chain, I ask you leave it run as often as you can so that version 1.2.1 wallets continue to have a strong majority. Thank you in advance for doing so.
In the mean time, you may wish to take advantage of the low difficulty and try solo mining. If you pool mined EGC, you should have no difficulty solo mining and I explained how to in
this post.
Ccex, Bittrex, and Staisybit all have been informed and are on standby for the new wallet. Of course, I will contact Cryptopia and yobit also.
Thanks for all the continued patience and understanding EGC community.
