PPC - Minting suspended due to locked wallet

[zylstra]

My PPC wallet says "Minting suspended due to locked wallet."  Can I mint PPC with my wallet?  How do I unlock it?  Are encrypted and locked the same thing?

My wallet seems always to be instantly updated when I open it, as opposed to my BTC or LTC wallet.  How/why is this?

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[🏰 TradeFortress 🏰]

Locked = encrypted.

[zylstra]

Thanks for the reply.  Do you know how I unlock it?

[crazy_rabbit]

Thanks for the reply.  Do you know how I unlock it?

Entering your password? If you "locked" ie: Encrypted your wallet then you need to decrypt it. It should be in the GUI.

[Sunny King]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=101820.msg1725936#msg1725936

[magnificat_mafia]

I'm trying to unlock my wallet in Windows, but I'm having this problem.


C:\Program Files (x86)\PPCoin\daemon>ppcoind walletpassphrase (password) 6000 true
error: You must set rpcpassword=<password> in the configuration file:
C:\...\AppData\Roaming\PPCoin\ppcoin.conf
If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions.


I have made the file using the sample from github

[zylstra]

The option to decrypt it is not in the GUI.

Sunny, thanks for your reply.  So the wallet cannot be decrypted?  I'm getting the same error as the previous poster.  Where is ppcoin.conf located?  Or where should I create it?

[bitgolfer]

Does one need to run the app ppcoin-qt.exe all the time in order to mint PPC (Proof of stake) coins?

[Sunny King]

Yes you need to leave the wallet running in order to mint.

For windows users, to find your wallet directory, open windows explorer and type '%appdata%', this gets you to your appdata hidden directory. Then go to 'ppcoin' directory that's where your wallet, configuration and debug log are located.

You need to create ppcoin.conf using our sample in the wiki installation page and set (uncomment) the lines related to rpcuser and rpcpassword.

These steps might be hard for novice windows users so in the future there will be gui options to unlock the wallet for minting.

[zylstra]

Instead of following all those steps I moved my wallet to another location so that the application created a new, unlocked one.  If PPCoin is running that means I'm attempting to mint PPC?  On average how long would it take an average year-old laptop to mint coins?  How many would be minted?  I assume they magically appear in the wallet?

[cycloid]

Yes you need to leave the wallet running in order to mint.

For windows users, to find your wallet directory, open windows explorer and type '%appdata%', this gets you to your appdata hidden directory. Then go to 'ppcoin' directory that's where your wallet, configuration and debug log are located.

You need to create ppcoin.conf using our sample in the wiki installation page and set (uncomment) the lines related to rpcuser and rpcpassword.

These steps might be hard for novice windows users so in the future there will be gui options to unlock the wallet for minting.

Will you please add this feature in a similar way to YAC , debug command screen? I think they nailed it when it comes to simple gui setup for POS mining with encrypted wallet.

Cheers

[Sunny King]

Will you please add this feature in a similar way to YAC , debug command screen? I think they nailed it when it comes to simple gui setup for POS mining with encrypted wallet.

Cheers

You mean the debug window console? That's a bitcoin feature and will be in ppcoin's next release.

[cycloid]

Will you please add this feature in a similar way to YAC , debug command screen? I think they nailed it when it comes to simple gui setup for POS mining with encrypted wallet.

Cheers

You mean the debug window console? That's a bitcoin feature and will be in ppcoin's next release.

Yep debug window but with POS option as found in YAC Client :

Menu
 Help>Debug window>Console tab

Type
 help

Second to last command.

Code:

walletpassphrase <passphrase> <timeout> [mintonly]

this makes it much easier to unlock wallet for minting only.

[quarzazatete]

nevertheless, when having a "locked wallet" I am still able to send and receive PPC, right?

thanks in advance

[Digicoiner]

I've had most of my coins in my qt wallet for over a month.  I have encrypted the wallet and run this batch file just before the wallet opens in order to unlock the wallet for block minting only.

SET /P variable=Password :
ppcoind walletpassphrase %variable% 9999999 true

Once I enter my password I confirm the padlock in the lower right appears unlocked.  However, none of my coins have gone to stake.  I would have expected some to go to stake by now.  Why is this?  I don't keep my wallet open all the time.

Thanks,

[dmp1ce]

I'm having the same trouble on my wallet.  I've owned over 300 ppcoins since April and I haven't been able to generate any stake yet.  I'm running on Linux and I've made sure to unlock the wallet so that at least my client does't complain that the wallet is locked.