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

[Balthazar]

Support for automatic time sampling over NTP has been added into main sources tree. Now client tries to check whether there is ntpd running on current machine. And if it's not, creates a time sampling thread in order to maintain better accuracy of timestamps which are given by GetAdjustedTime() function.

WIn32 binaries for current snapshor are available here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/novacoin/files/novacoin-test/novacoin-test--v0.5.3-36.7z/download

P.S. Seems as obvious improvement, I'm guessing that Satoshi had the same thought.

[Balthazar]

Another testing build has been published.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/novacoin/files/novacoin-test/novacoin-test-v0.5.3-42.7z/download

Now client supports automatic selection of optimal source of time between NTP, median of p2p clocks and system time.

[Balthazar]

Another nightly build for win32 is available.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/novacoin/files/novacoin-test/novacoin-test-v0.5.3-53.7z/download

Changes list:

• Randomization of NTP sampling interval. Instead of static delay, current implementation of NTP client is choosing a random delay between 1 and 6 minutes in case of error or 1-6 hours in case of successful synchronization.
• GetAdjustedTime() function uses p2p offset correctly if amount of NTP offset samples is unsufficient.
• Additional NTP servers were added, new amount of servers is 162.
• getinfo RPC call now provides you additional data about your system clock offset against NTP and the p2p median time.
• Some irrelevant changes in the proof-of-stake miner.

[Balthazar]

Well, now built-in NTP client is considered as stable. So, Novacoin v0.5.4 was released.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/novacoin/files/novacoin-0.5.4/

[Balthazar]

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[Balthazar]

New testing build has been published.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/novacoin/files/novacoin-test/novacoin-test-v0.5.4-61.7z/download

Major change is multi-threaded, SIMD optimized kernel hashes scanner. Now it requires no more than few seconds to see a list of coinstake solutions which are possible for specific transaction under current or specified difficulty.

Code:

02:18:27

scaninput '{"txid" : "bdd760e6d7d957f5d68ff1464307db69e35be9c5e0cdfa21649276563226023b", "days" : 365}'

02:18:29

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By the way, speaking about this thread...

As usual, all our win32 executables are digitally signed. Please note that we don't publish unsigned win32 builds of novacoin client.

Authority:Thawte, Inc.
Valid from:6/12/2014 8:00:00 AM
Valid to:6/13/2015 7:59:59 AM
Subject:CN=Technogroup Ltd, O=Technogroup Ltd, L=" Penza", S=Penza, C=RU
Issuer:CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US
Serial number:6786e557524162d1e2b9d6f03f266c95

If you've got an unsigned copy of win32 client somewhere, then it's recommended to treat it as a malicious software. It's also recommended to use signed official builds. Or consider building your own executables from source code, in case if you don't trust our authority for some reason.

[Balthazar]

Due to critical security issue in libminiupnp it's recommended to disable UPnP support.

http://talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2015-0035/

---

So, just set upnp=0 in your configuration settings, no additional actions will be required.

P.S. It seems that Novacoin won't provide UPnP support anymore, we have already removed this dependency from source tree.

[ShapeShift.io]

ShapeShift.io has released our instant exchange app for Android devices! Buy or sell Novacoin with bitcoin and 45+ cryptos instantly on any Android device. Exchange anytime, anywhere: https://shapeshift.io/site/tools/shapeshift-mobile

[systh]

Hi,

I'm maintaining Cryptocoins – vector/webfont cryptocurrency icon pack; just released a new update (1.5) including NovaCoin!

• Demo (see it in action): http://labs.allienworks.net/icons/cryptocoins
• Download (get them for free): https://allienworks.net/products/cryptocoins
• Github repo: https://github.com/AllienWorks/cryptocoins

Hope you won't mind me posting here (other communities appreciate it).

Cheers!
~ systh

[rentamodelmarket]

Hello,
We just wanted to let you know that we accept your Cryptocurrency to buy credit to spend on our marketplace (www.rentamodelmarket.com) 18+ only. We hope that this will also help to spread your currency to those who still do not know the altcoins.

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We also want to inform you that anyone who wanted to offer his services (especially as a programmer and webmaster) in our marketplace is welcome.

Thank you!

[Coins-R-Us]

 I like the Novacoin-qt android app, but i'm having trouble sending coins to myself.
Unlocked the wallet, changed the fee to 0.001, and it still won't send.
The send button turns blue, but no message or anything.
Anyone got any ideas about this?  Thanks for your help.

By the way, I have coin control enabled, selected all inputs,
and put a valid address in the send field.  Should work (?)

[alterdicecom]

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[Trimegistus]

Guys, I have three blocks of coins, 34 to 37 days old.

I unlock my 0.5.4 qt-wallet to mint but I'm getting a notification stating that "no suitable inputs were found"

What's wrong? 

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[Lasergun]

Guys, I have three blocks of coins, 34 to 37 days old.

I unlock my 0.5.4 qt-wallet to mint but I'm getting a notification stating that "no suitable inputs were found"

What's wrong?  

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Go to "Minting" tab and check the exact age of your inputs. If the age of these inputs is older than 30 days they have to be green.

[Trimegistus]

Guys, I have three blocks of coins, 34 to 37 days old.

I unlock my 0.5.4 qt-wallet to mint but I'm getting a notification stating that "no suitable inputs were found"

What's wrong?  

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Go to "Minting" tab and check the exact age of your inputs. If the age of these inputs is older than 30 days they have to be green.

They are green/mature! Two of them are now 38 days old and the other one "only" 34.

But the wallet is still not minting...

Did something happened during this last month? A fork?

Last month everything was fine and I got a nice amount by minting my coins.

This month I don't know what the hell is going on 

[Lasergun]

Guys, I have three blocks of coins, 34 to 37 days old.

I unlock my 0.5.4 qt-wallet to mint but I'm getting a notification stating that "no suitable inputs were found"

What's wrong?  

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Go to "Minting" tab and check the exact age of your inputs. If the age of these inputs is older than 30 days they have to be green.

They are green/mature! Two of them are now 38 days old and the other one "only" 34.

But the wallet is still not minting...

Did something happened during this last month? A fork?

Last month everything was fine and I got a nice amount by minting my coins.

This month I don't know what the hell is going on 

There were no fork. I use the same version. You can try to delete all files in folder C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Novacoin (except the wallet.dat) and download the blockchain from beginning.

[Trimegistus]

There were no fork. I use the same version. You can try to delete all files in folder C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Novacoin (except the wallet.dat) and download the blockchain from beginning.

Yeah... already did that and nothing changed. This is very odd. I'm going to close the wallet and reopen it in a few days.

Anyway, thanks!

UPDATE: The solution is to unlock the wallet by hand, using the command line "walletpassphrase <passphrase> timeout mintonly", instead of using the menu. Strange, but real.

[Coins-R-Us]

So anyone else using the Android wallet?
I can't get mine to send, so I might have to get
a PC wallet and see if I can find my wallet.dat file
to put in the new wallet.

First I will experiment some more to see if I can get
it to send, but it does not look like it will work. 

[Lasergun]

So anyone else using the Android wallet?
I can't get mine to send, so I might have to get
a PC wallet and see if I can find my wallet.dat file
to put in the new wallet.

First I will experiment some more to see if I can get
it to send, but it does not look like it will work. 

If you are not going to mint on Android and just looking for some lightweight client, then you should try Coinomi wallet. It supports a NVC starting from version 1.5.20.