[ANN][XRB]Cryptocurrency's killer app: RaiBlocks micropayments

[jayycox]

Announcement

The RaiBlocks Team are pleased to announce the release of RaiBlocks Wallet 8.0 for Windows 64bit, Mac OS X and Linux. This is a major upgrade with significant improvements in the speed and reliability of wallet syncing. Other changes include the addition of new RPC as well as upgrading of the included submodules. It is recommended that RaiBlocks users upgrade their desktop/pc wallets to this latest version. The team recognise that the GUI has not been upgraded - it was felt that backend reliability was more important to improve.
At this point 32bit systems are not supported due to the block lattice file system exceeding 32bit OS limitations - it is advised to either upgrade your OS or use an online wallet.

To download please go to https://github.com/clemahieu/raiblocks/releases/tag/V8.0

While the wallet has been tested extensively for further feedback please go to #new_wallet on the RaiBlocks slack channel.

Some Changes:

• Reorganized the bootstrap code to be more readable and also fixed a number of edge cases where it would start from the beginning
• Votes coming off the network no longer cause an IO write every time greatly reducing running IO
• Blocks are processed in a single queue greatly reducing bootstrap disk IO
• Fixed issue where network requests would wait for IO to complete lowering throughput
• Fixed issue where log rotation size couldn't be changed
• Fixed an issue where the database resizing could cause a crash
• Tracking and displaying peer version number in GUI and RPCs
• Fixed a number of issues found with clang sanitizers

If you have already downloaded the OS X or Windows 64bit wallets then please downloaded them again, there was a missing commit in the binaries which has now been pushed. You'll find the wallet boots much faster...

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[zzSunZZ]

Announcement

The RaiBlocks Team are pleased to announce the release of RaiBlocks Wallet 8.0 for Windows 64bit, Mac OS X and Linux. This is a major upgrade with significant improvements in the speed and reliability of wallet syncing. Other changes include the addition of new RPC as well as upgrading of the included submodules. It is recommended that RaiBlocks users upgrade their desktop/pc wallets to this latest version. The team recognise that the GUI has not been upgraded - it was felt that backend reliability was more important to improve.
At this point 32bit systems are not supported due to the block lattice file system exceeding 32bit OS limitations - it is advised to either upgrade your OS or use an online wallet.

To download please go to https://github.com/clemahieu/raiblocks/releases/tag/V8.0

While the wallet has been tested extensively for further feedback please go to #new_wallet on the RaiBlocks slack channel.

Some Changes:

• Reorganized the bootstrap code to be more readable and also fixed a number of edge cases where it would start from the beginning
• Votes coming off the network no longer cause an IO write every time greatly reducing running IO
• Blocks are processed in a single queue greatly reducing bootstrap disk IO
• Fixed issue where network requests would wait for IO to complete lowering throughput
• Fixed issue where log rotation size couldn't be changed
• Fixed an issue where the database resizing could cause a crash
• Tracking and displaying peer version number in GUI and RPCs
• Fixed a number of issues found with clang sanitizers

yes will go to moon

[WhiteZer0]

Announcement

The RaiBlocks Team are pleased to announce the release of RaiBlocks Wallet 8.0 for Windows 64bit, Mac OS X and Linux. This is a major upgrade with significant improvements in the speed and reliability of wallet syncing. Other changes include the addition of new RPC as well as upgrading of the included submodules. It is recommended that RaiBlocks users upgrade their desktop/pc wallets to this latest version. The team recognise that the GUI has not been upgraded - it was felt that backend reliability was more important to improve.
At this point 32bit systems are not supported due to the block lattice file system exceeding 32bit OS limitations - it is advised to either upgrade your OS or use an online wallet.

To download please go to https://github.com/clemahieu/raiblocks/releases/tag/V8.0

While the wallet has been tested extensively for further feedback please go to #new_wallet on the RaiBlocks slack channel.

Some Changes:

• Reorganized the bootstrap code to be more readable and also fixed a number of edge cases where it would start from the beginning
• Votes coming off the network no longer cause an IO write every time greatly reducing running IO
• Blocks are processed in a single queue greatly reducing bootstrap disk IO
• Fixed issue where network requests would wait for IO to complete lowering throughput
• Fixed issue where log rotation size couldn't be changed
• Fixed an issue where the database resizing could cause a crash
• Tracking and displaying peer version number in GUI and RPCs
• Fixed a number of issues found with clang sanitizers

Thanks for the hard work, testing it.

[JetBoom]

Just wait for a couple of hours or days cause sometimes it takes days for your xrb to arrive in you wallet.

Not very promising for a coin that promises instant transactions.

[harvw]

Can't think of a harder working development team in the crypto space other than Bitcoin Core...

[hananl1styo]

Announcement

The RaiBlocks Team are pleased to announce the release of RaiBlocks Wallet 8.0 for Windows 64bit, Mac OS X and Linux. This is a major upgrade with significant improvements in the speed and reliability of wallet syncing. Other changes include the addition of new RPC as well as upgrading of the included submodules. It is recommended that RaiBlocks users upgrade their desktop/pc wallets to this latest version. The team recognise that the GUI has not been upgraded - it was felt that backend reliability was more important to improve.
At this point 32bit systems are not supported due to the block lattice file system exceeding 32bit OS limitations - it is advised to either upgrade your OS or use an online wallet.

To download please go to https://github.com/clemahieu/raiblocks/releases/tag/V8.0

While the wallet has been tested extensively for further feedback please go to #new_wallet on the RaiBlocks slack channel.

Some Changes:

• Reorganized the bootstrap code to be more readable and also fixed a number of edge cases where it would start from the beginning
• Votes coming off the network no longer cause an IO write every time greatly reducing running IO
• Blocks are processed in a single queue greatly reducing bootstrap disk IO
• Fixed issue where network requests would wait for IO to complete lowering throughput
• Fixed issue where log rotation size couldn't be changed
• Fixed an issue where the database resizing could cause a crash
• Tracking and displaying peer version number in GUI and RPCs
• Fixed a number of issues found with clang sanitizers

thanks for hard working, this wallet very fast sync.

[EarlyBirdSpecial]

Can you guys please make the osx wallet compatible with Yosemite (10.10.5)?  Don't want to d/l the newest os yet.

[themathiasmiller]

Announcement

The RaiBlocks Team are pleased to announce the release of RaiBlocks Wallet 8.0 for Windows 64bit, Mac OS X and Linux. This is a major upgrade with significant improvements in the speed and reliability of wallet syncing. Other changes include the addition of new RPC as well as upgrading of the included submodules. It is recommended that RaiBlocks users upgrade their desktop/pc wallets to this latest version. The team recognise that the GUI has not been upgraded - it was felt that backend reliability was more important to improve.
At this point 32bit systems are not supported due to the block lattice file system exceeding 32bit OS limitations - it is advised to either upgrade your OS or use an online wallet.

To download please go to https://github.com/clemahieu/raiblocks/releases/tag/V8.0

While the wallet has been tested extensively for further feedback please go to #new_wallet on the RaiBlocks slack channel.

Some Changes:

• Reorganized the bootstrap code to be more readable and also fixed a number of edge cases where it would start from the beginning
• Votes coming off the network no longer cause an IO write every time greatly reducing running IO
• Blocks are processed in a single queue greatly reducing bootstrap disk IO
• Fixed issue where network requests would wait for IO to complete lowering throughput
• Fixed issue where log rotation size couldn't be changed
• Fixed an issue where the database resizing could cause a crash
• Tracking and displaying peer version number in GUI and RPCs
• Fixed a number of issues found with clang sanitizers

YES FINALLY!! IT'S BEEN RELEASE!! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS RELEASE IN WEEKS!! Sorry for the capslock but I'm just too excited and happy reading this. I can't wait to use the new wallet and see the improvements 

[RaiBlocksCommunityWill]

Working very well on win64. Never synced so fast even when block count was under 300,000. Nice work RaiBlocks node developers

[Pyramusx]

When bittrex dev?

[da1ver]

https://github.com/clemahieu/raiblocks/releases/tag/V8.0
In Windows Server 2016 when start wallet i have error: "Error initializing node"

[sonaciku]

Nice improvement dev. Hope raiblocks best in future

[Savigny]

Fully synced in about an hour, that's an amazing improvement compared to the previous builds. Great job!

[t3ChNo]

No choice but to upgrade to 64-bit. So far you guys have a good feedback on the latest release. I'll try this.

[evil751]

https://github.com/clemahieu/raiblocks/releases/tag/V8.0
In Windows Server 2016 when start wallet i have error: "Error initializing node"

Why you run wallet on Windows Server?

[niap]

Announcement

The RaiBlocks Team are pleased to announce the release of RaiBlocks Wallet 8.0 for Windows 64bit, Mac OS X and Linux. This is a major upgrade with significant improvements in the speed and reliability of wallet syncing. Other changes include the addition of new RPC as well as upgrading of the included submodules. It is recommended that RaiBlocks users upgrade their desktop/pc wallets to this latest version. The team recognise that the GUI has not been upgraded - it was felt that backend reliability was more important to improve.
At this point 32bit systems are not supported due to the block lattice file system exceeding 32bit OS limitations - it is advised to either upgrade your OS or use an online wallet.

To download please go to https://github.com/clemahieu/raiblocks/releases/tag/V8.0

While the wallet has been tested extensively for further feedback please go to #new_wallet on the RaiBlocks slack channel.

Some Changes:

• Reorganized the bootstrap code to be more readable and also fixed a number of edge cases where it would start from the beginning
• Votes coming off the network no longer cause an IO write every time greatly reducing running IO
• Blocks are processed in a single queue greatly reducing bootstrap disk IO
• Fixed issue where network requests would wait for IO to complete lowering throughput
• Fixed issue where log rotation size couldn't be changed
• Fixed an issue where the database resizing could cause a crash
• Tracking and displaying peer version number in GUI and RPCs
• Fixed a number of issues found with clang sanitizers

Thanks for the hardwork Raiblocks devteam

[chaserdream11]

The Faucet still says under maintenance !!

Is it only me ?

[kamiyama]

The Faucet still says under maintenance !!

Is it only me ?

Announcement

We've had to stop the faucet payment system, the faucet will go into full maintenance very soon. We appreciate that the system has degraded recently and a key team member has been away - its got to a point where we can't keep it going so it has been decided to pause it for at least 1 week so that we can adjust the system to be more robust. Please remember that the faucet is a massive project, serving millions of captcha's an hour, at one point we calculated that it was 10% of google recaptcha's traffic (in the old days).

As the faucet hasn't gone into maintenance yet @clemahieu will run the payout script once it does to allow the backlog to be paid and then it will pause.

More importantly for the RaiBlocks ecosystem/economy there has been loads of work on improving the wallet - this is vital for success and actually we hope will help the faucet, a more reliable wallet means that people can collect their own xrb rather then rely on online service (the dreaded pools). As has been reported in the newsletter the wallet has made lots of progress, its being extensively tested and will be here soon. While the faucet is in maintenance some of the focus is going to be on getting this release out.

Thanks

RaiBlocks Team

[ridict]

Announcement

The RaiBlocks Team are pleased to announce the release of RaiBlocks Wallet 8.0 for Windows 64bit, Mac OS X and Linux. This is a major upgrade with significant improvements in the speed and reliability of wallet syncing. Other changes include the addition of new RPC as well as upgrading of the included submodules. It is recommended that RaiBlocks users upgrade their desktop/pc wallets to this latest version. The team recognise that the GUI has not been upgraded - it was felt that backend reliability was more important to improve.
At this point 32bit systems are not supported due to the block lattice file system exceeding 32bit OS limitations - it is advised to either upgrade your OS or use an online wallet.

To download please go to https://github.com/clemahieu/raiblocks/releases/tag/V8.0

While the wallet has been tested extensively for further feedback please go to #new_wallet on the RaiBlocks slack channel.

Some Changes:

• Reorganized the bootstrap code to be more readable and also fixed a number of edge cases where it would start from the beginning
• Votes coming off the network no longer cause an IO write every time greatly reducing running IO
• Blocks are processed in a single queue greatly reducing bootstrap disk IO
• Fixed issue where network requests would wait for IO to complete lowering throughput
• Fixed issue where log rotation size couldn't be changed
• Fixed an issue where the database resizing could cause a crash
• Tracking and displaying peer version number in GUI and RPCs
• Fixed a number of issues found with clang sanitizers

Good jobs dev..
A bright future for this coin, more fast to sync and transaction..it's time to add new exchange and start to the moon

[RaiBlocksCommunityWill]

Faucet should restart on Monday 28 August.