[ANN] official NovaCoin thread - the original PoS+scrypt coin.

[alpet]

Dear NVC community members ! Please vote at a poll about possible NVC' algo change.
Should we change the algo to ASIC-resistant ?
1(Yes)
2(No)

Those who wanna change algo to ASIC-resistant ( and get with that much better/fairly/widely  distributed mining ) must vote furiously to outpace conservative members.
Or otherwise we will not get any change  of algo, or we risk to split community
Welcome: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=911873.0



Today we growth on very good news: first anti-spam solution based on NVC was released for alpha-testing.

P.S: Sorry, but this text was translated automaticaly by http://translate.google.ru from Russian

[ryanb]

Will NVC go back above $20 per coin or not anytime soon?

[BTCat]

Will NVC go back above $20 per coin or not anytime soon?

If it shows the same exponential growth as bitcoin then it could go above $100 as well.

[Rakete4]

Dear NVC community members ! Please vote at a poll about possible NVC' algo change.
Should we change the algo to ASIC-resistant ?
1(Yes)
2(No)

The vote is closed already? I vote "No".

The website www.novacoin.org needs an update. There are some broken links on the website and not even a link to www.novaco.in. The website should also mention that Novacoin was the second PoS/PoW coin next to Peercoin only, because there are so many copycats now.The history of a coin will become more important the more coins there are.
I have no time to make a fresh Novacoin-website myself unfortunately.

How about setting up a bounty for a fresh website? I would spend some of my Novacoins for that.

I can't follow the Russian thread because I don't speak Russian.

[Balthazar]

No, vote isn't closed yet.

// Voted "no".

Client update 0.5.1 is planned for the next week. There are many fixes for various issues, so applying this update will be recommended for everyone.

[lifeforcepools]

I'll be watching so that I can update the pool's wallet - thanks

[Rakete4]

No, vote isn't closed yet.

// Voted "no".

Client update 0.5.1 is planned for the next week. There are many fixes for various issues, so applying this update will be recommended for everyone.

Seems I can't vote because I am still Newbie.

I appreciate very much your work Balthazar in updating Novacoin-qt.

After some years when people realize how robust and well-distributed Novacoin has become, I am sure we will see a revival of the coin's value. I think history of a coin will become more important.

[Balthazar]

Novacoin 0.5.1 has been published.

• Qt: Stake minting tab now is updated correctly when new blocks are generated;
• Qt: Fix for segmentation fault on OS X;
• Core: Entropy security fix in the STUN module;
• Core: Prevent issues related to validation of non-canonical signatures by new versions of OpenSSL;
• Core: Show block index type in the version info;
• Core: Add new DNS seeding server;
• Core: Use fixed size integer types for critical structures, get rid of uint64/int64 in favor of standard uint64_t/int64_t;
• RPC: Add addnode command;
• RPC: Add getaddednodeinfo command;
• RPC: Add removeaddress RPC call;
• Core: Fix forced %llx format to prevent msvcrt compatibility issues;
• Core: Log reason for non-standard transaction rejection;
• Core: Increase IsStandard() scriptSig length to 1650 bytes, improve redeemscript sanity checkings;
• Core: Pregenerated table of stake entropy bits for blocks before #9689;
• Core: Check block signature only if there are no suitable checkpoints in checkpoints.cpp.

... and some other minor fixes, including platform-specific ones like this.

If you're using one of these platforms

• Linux (x86, x86_64);
• Windows (x86, x86_64);
• Mac OS X

then binary builds are available at sourceforge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/novacoin/files/novacoin-0.5.1/

Official Windows binaries are signed with our certificate.

You can also build your own binaries from source code:

https://github.com/novacoin-project/novacoin

Note that it's recommended to apply this update in case if you're using own dinamically linked binaries, oitherwise new versions of OpenSSL able to break your client:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=919373.0

If you're using official binaries, with notorious exception for FreeBSD, then your installation isn't affected by this issue.

P.S. FreeBSD and Linux ARM binaries are coming soon.

[Bitinvestor]

Neither novacoin-0.5.1-ubuntu-amd64 nor novacoin-0.5.1-bdb-ubuntu-amd64 work for me on Ubuntu 14.04:

./novacoin-qt: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.20' not found (required by ./novacoin-qt)

[Balthazar]

Neither novacoin-0.5.1-ubuntu-amd64 nor novacoin-0.5.1-bdb-ubuntu-amd64 work for me on Ubuntu 14.04:

./novacoin-qt: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.20' not found (required by ./novacoin-qt)

Those builds were linked with glibcxx 3.4.20, so there are some pretty expectable compatibility issues.

P.S. Ubuntu builds were removed from sourceforge. Try "*-debian-*" builds instead, those should work in your system.

[Bitinvestor]

Try "*-debian-*" builds instead, those should work in your system.

Yes this works, thanks.

[Balthazar]

Tor hidden nodes were started:

Code:

seedp4knqnoei57u.onion
seedr3hhlepyi7fd.onion
seed3uuomkclbiz4.onion
seedeh7qck3ouff5.onion
seedt3sraf53ajiy.onion
seedg4qyccsg42oq.onion
novaqrtoywpg7jly.onion
seed3d5wolqbgrcb.onion

You can connect to these nodes through Tor client:

./novacoin-qt -proxy=127.0.0.1:9050 -onlynet=tor -connect=seedp4knqnoei57u.onion -connect=seedr3hhlepyi7fd.onion -connect=seed3uuomkclbiz4.onion

Where 127.0.0.1:9050 is an IP address and port of your tor client instance.

If you wish to start your own Tor hidden node then consider reading an official page which describes configuration of hidden service functionality:

https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-hidden-service.html.en

[Balthazar]

novaqrtoywpg7jly.onion and 3 other new Tor nodes have been added.

[Balthazar]

seed3d5wolqbgrcb.onion has been added.

[Balthazar]

More hidden nodes, thanks to svost:

mj26ulzbs2oskgym.onion
eqon4usunavt76m7.onion

[johnywalker]

Respected community, we want to remind you that Novacoin is traded on Comkort exchange!
We will be glad you!

Three markets are live NVC <-> BTC, LTC, DOGE.

Happy & Profitable Trading!

[flound1129]

Having some curious issues with stale blocks..  Looking into it, found this.

Anyone have any ideas?  Running 0.5.2.

$ tail -n 2000 .novacoin/debug.log |grep height
SetBestChain: new best=1c9cff07eb1dffb94fb0  height=154539  trust=143213752449470  blocktrust=1274276683  date=02/04/15 07:06:46
SetBestChain: new best=000000000015af93a103  height=154540  trust=143217575281166  blocktrust=3822831696  date=02/04/15 07:06:57
SetBestChain: new best=d3369021e07c2f1fa416  height=154541  trust=143221403674685  blocktrust=3828393519  date=02/04/15 07:11:34
SetBestChain: new best=0000000000140053d36a  height=154542  trust=143223955938677  blocktrust=2552263992  date=02/04/15 07:38:24
SetBestChain: new best=24ee2f8faa1da7ea8172  height=154543  trust=143227788293663  blocktrust=3832354986  date=02/04/15 07:21:21
SetBestChain: new best=b5e066f3f0990e174045  height=154544  trust=143229065814900  blocktrust=1277521237  date=02/04/15 07:25:44
SetBestChain: new best=c9596db14681dcde084e  height=154545  trust=143230344764099  blocktrust=1278949199  date=02/04/15 07:26:16
SetBestChain: new best=000000000015a4020d3d  height=154546  trust=143234181613350  blocktrust=3836849251  date=02/04/15 07:26:19
SetBestChain: new best=74eb074a7f87822113ae  height=154547  trust=143238025692078  blocktrust=3844078728  date=02/04/15 07:40:24
SetBestChain: new best=57630d564fe6d20e69bf  height=154548  trust=143239306020019  blocktrust=1280327941  date=02/04/15 07:45:02
SetBestChain: new best=8234a566f64bf9d315ba  height=154549  trust=143240587712170  blocktrust=1281692151  date=02/04/15 07:47:54
SetBestChain: new best=515f97d31e850d770248  height=154550  trust=143241871227795  blocktrust=1283515625  date=02/04/15 07:49:12
SetBestChain: new best=03cad37fee6af27f0d1d  height=154551  trust=143243156977212  blocktrust=1285749417  date=02/04/15 07:51:44
SetBestChain: new best=709dd5aef0581ab1dd4e  height=154552  trust=143244444650030  blocktrust=1287672818  date=02/04/15 07:54:14
SetBestChain: new best=00000000002721c9dd3f  height=154553  trust=143248307670144  blocktrust=3863020114  date=02/04/15 08:02:32
SetBestChain: new best=9881ed691cb019923231  height=154554  trust=143252176476091  blocktrust=3868805947  date=02/04/15 08:17:33
SetBestChain: new best=44cabe4ea56cafad813a  height=154555  trust=143253462683779  blocktrust=1286207688  date=02/04/15 08:23:00
SetBestChain: new best=fa05b0ff9501ab210603  height=154556  trust=143254750056238  blocktrust=1287372459  date=02/04/15 08:30:35

[flound1129]

Seems like my node is lagging somehow maybe?

[with the lemons!]

Hello, Hempcoin developer here. We updated to newer Novacoin codebase and POS stopped working. Is it possible to get some assistance from Novacoin developers?

[svost]

I found something similar

$ tail -n 2000 ./debug.log |grep height
SetBestChain: new best=0c5e25c5e1f8a3404ae2  height=154765  trust=143753166005843  blocktrust=3816920382  date=02/05/15 08:17:22
SetBestChain: new best=0000000000167865f34d  height=154766  trust=143755710621114  blocktrust=2544615271  date=02/05/15 08:49:55
SetBestChain: new best=e53ba06136028d39c266  height=154767  trust=143759520515222  blocktrust=3809894108  date=02/05/15 09:03:33
SetBestChain: new best=69ff6097eb712ab09f77  height=154768  trust=143760781451294  blocktrust=1260936072  date=02/05/15 09:27:01
SetBestChain: new best=87bd970b61bbc0256d5c  height=154769  trust=143762039040960  blocktrust=1257589666  date=02/05/15 09:14:04
SetBestChain: new best=000000000023b668ed50  height=154770  trust=143765811811634  blocktrust=3772770674  date=02/05/15 09:26:21
SetBestChain: new best=566d9d8e12909d63d72b  height=154771  trust=143769601852657  blocktrust=3790041023  date=02/05/15 09:30:42
SetBestChain: new best=0478a8f9b79d240bb7b5  height=154772  trust=143770863551761  blocktrust=1261699104  date=02/05/15 09:31:47

SetBestChain: new best=d3369021e07c2f1fa416  height=154541  trust=143221403674685  blocktrust=3828393519  date=02/04/15 07:11:34
SetBestChain: new best=000000000008855f07e3  height=154542  trust=143223955938677  blocktrust=2552263992  date=02/04/15 07:16:29
SetBestChain: new best=24ee2f8faa1da7ea8172  height=154543  trust=143227788293663  blocktrust=3832354986  date=02/04/15 07:21:21