[ANN] Viacoin (VIA) - Safe | Segwit | Lightning Network | Auxpow | Fast

[Asimmo]

Agree with above posts,, we need more aggresive marketing, apart from good ndevelopment

[PauldL1195]

Hi guys,

What are the hard wallet options to store VIA coins?

I'd rather not use the wallet software provided on viacoin.org as my computer rejects the setup because it is unsafe.

What are the alternatives?

Thank you in advance

[dranster]

Hi guys,

What are the hard wallet options to store VIA coins?

I'd rather not use the wallet software provided on viacoin.org as my computer rejects the setup because it is unsafe.

What are the alternatives?

Thank you in advance

hardware wallets are coming soon, romano has been in talk with ledger for many weeks already

expecting an update soon

[Jonesd]

Viacoin Core 0.13.3.7 is released !
A sync time faster than ever before.

You can download the new wallets: https://viacoin.org/#download

0.13.3.7 Changelog

Code:

Faster sync time

6b0d8c7 Header traffic amplification test fix
814caa6 Fix headers traffic amplification
41e0eac update nMinimum chainwork
7325a43 increase IBD write speed

Make sure to backup your wallet & privkeys just in case.

Great stuff! I downloaded it on a fresh computer this afternoon to check the sync and it is already done! Fastest sync  I have ever seen  of a wallet

[owlcatz]

Hi guys,

What are the hard wallet options to store VIA coins?

I'd rather not use the wallet software provided on viacoin.org as my computer rejects the setup because it is unsafe.

What are the alternatives?

Thank you in advance

That's just windows 10 trying to be your Mom... Hit ignore on Defender's warning screen and it will install just fine. F*(*# windows!!

[romanornr]

Hi guys,

What are the hard wallet options to store VIA coins?

I'd rather not use the wallet software provided on viacoin.org as my computer rejects the setup because it is unsafe.

What are the alternatives?

Thank you in advance

That's just windows 10 trying to be your Mom... Hit ignore on Defender's warning screen and it will install just fine. F*(*# windows!!

Windows is blocking crypto to become mainstream  ! 

[mt55]

I am also happy with my choice. Looks really promising even though there is a ton of cryptos in existence by now. Dedicated dev is definitely key.

Yeah, the developer is doing his job very well, the rest is up to us. There are a few simple things we can do as a community to boost the profile of this coin:

1. Post in this thread. Seriously, if you open this thread, and see new discussion, post a reply. Don't hesitate. I'm not saying you should post gibberish just to bump the thread. Contribute to the discussion and create a more active community. Don't let the thread stagnate when joining the discussion is such an easy thing to do.

2. Post on the subreddit. Same reasons as above. The subreddit is pretty much dead at the moment, which really isn't a good look.

3. Follow Viacoin on twitter.

We can't expect non-investors to get enthusiastic about VIA if they've never heard about it. In the long run, it would also be great to get a Viacoin community message board set up, like the one NEM has, but I'm not sure what that would entail.

Yes, that is probably the least we can do to support our own investment -.-

[TokugaVVa]

Any chance for Trezor wallet ? And some news proof for Ledger ?
Why hardware wallets(Trezor,Ledger) so little support alts ?! =(

[PauldL1195]

I decided to store my VIA coins on a paper wallet generated from https://viacoin.github.io/address-generator.

However, how can I then send VIA coins from this address? Is there an application avalaible in which I can load the private key and send coins?

[dazbog835]

Hi guys,

What are the hard wallet options to store VIA coins?

I'd rather not use the wallet software provided on viacoin.org as my computer rejects the setup because it is unsafe.

What are the alternatives?

Thank you in advance

I would recommend vialectrum. Use the portable version. Install it on a flash drive. Create a new wallet. Write down the private key (or seed in that case) and address. then use it to store the coin for years to come.

I decided to store my VIA coins on a paper wallet generated from https://viacoin.github.io/address-generator.

However, how can I then send VIA coins from this address? Is there an application avalaible in which I can load the private key and send coins?

You could temporarily install a wallet like vialectrum, create the wallet using your private key, send the coins, receive coins, then close down the program, delete it, delete the wallet.dat (possibly permamently erase it, if you know what I mean), and go about your merry way.

I wish I would have gotten a straightforward answer from someone... What differentiates viacoin from other altcoins?

Isn't it just trying to solve the same problem as Bitcoin? Why would it ever garner the support bitcoin has then?

Not trying to bash, just honestly curious what made you invest in this crypto

1. It has an active, highly-skilled developer constantly working on it, providing code updates and user help
2. It's not trying to take over bitcoin - it's an altcoin, but it's also 10x faster at sending coins and getting confirmations, plus smaller fees
3. I invested in it because of the above, and because I believe it's undervalued. Also, I have patience.

Thank you for answering my question. The only one

A followup:
If it's not trying to take over, what do you see its actual value in a future economy, where there are other coins doing the same thing? Some even more private, like monero?

[PilotofBTC]

You could temporarily install a wallet like vialectrum, create the wallet using your private key, send the coins, receive coins, then close down the program, delete it, delete the wallet.dat (possibly permamently erase it, if you know what I mean), and go about your merry way.

Yes, this will work. But what you want to do totally defeats the purpose of a paper wallet, which is to store keys that have never been on a connected PC. You should create your paper wallet on an air gapped Live CD distribution so you are 100% sure the keys have no way to see the light of day on line.

[dazbog835]

You could temporarily install a wallet like vialectrum, create the wallet using your private key, send the coins, receive coins, then close down the program, delete it, delete the wallet.dat (possibly permamently erase it, if you know what I mean), and go about your merry way.

Yes, this will work. But what you want to do totally defeats the purpose of a paper wallet, which is to store keys that have never been on a connected PC. You should create your paper wallet on an air gapped Live CD distribution so you are 100% sure the keys have no way to see the light of day on line.

Obviously a paper wallet is a better solution. But he seemed to be asking of a simple way (for someone used to the windows environment) to create a wallet. He didn't seem to be asking about the most secure way.

[PilotofBTC]

You could temporarily install a wallet like vialectrum, create the wallet using your private key, send the coins, receive coins, then close down the program, delete it, delete the wallet.dat (possibly permamently erase it, if you know what I mean), and go about your merry way.

Yes, this will work. But what you want to do totally defeats the purpose of a paper wallet, which is to store keys that have never been on a connected PC. You should create your paper wallet on an air gapped Live CD distribution so you are 100% sure the keys have no way to see the light of day on line.

Obviously a paper wallet is a better solution. But he seemed to be asking of a simple way (for someone used to the windows environment) to create a wallet. He didn't seem to be asking about the most secure way.

Yea, I'm not saying what you said was wrong... but he's probably just as secure creating a viaelectrum portable on a thumb drive, use a strong password and store the seed somewhere off line and secure incase he loses the thumbdrive (wallet.dat).

[PilotofBTC]

Just came in here to show off my avatar on point everyone to my signature!

Done.

Now everyone go to Coinomi and request they add Viacoin to their wallet. (Which has shapshift built in)

https://coinomi.com/AddingSupportForANewCurrency/

Although, may be something the lead dev needs to do.

[dazbog835]

You could temporarily install a wallet like vialectrum, create the wallet using your private key, send the coins, receive coins, then close down the program, delete it, delete the wallet.dat (possibly permamently erase it, if you know what I mean), and go about your merry way.

Yes, this will work. But what you want to do totally defeats the purpose of a paper wallet, which is to store keys that have never been on a connected PC. You should create your paper wallet on an air gapped Live CD distribution so you are 100% sure the keys have no way to see the light of day on line.

Obviously a paper wallet is a better solution. But he seemed to be asking of a simple way (for someone used to the windows environment) to create a wallet. He didn't seem to be asking about the most secure way.

Yea, I'm not saying what you said was wrong... but he's probably just as secure creating a viaelectrum portable on a thumb drive, use a strong password and store the seed somewhere off line and secure incase he loses the thumbdrive (wallet.dat).

What do you think about storing your keys in a password manager like lastpass with 2FA?
It's really strong encryption, and their entire system seems to be built very solidly.

[PilotofBTC]

You could temporarily install a wallet like vialectrum, create the wallet using your private key, send the coins, receive coins, then close down the program, delete it, delete the wallet.dat (possibly permamently erase it, if you know what I mean), and go about your merry way.

Yes, this will work. But what you want to do totally defeats the purpose of a paper wallet, which is to store keys that have never been on a connected PC. You should create your paper wallet on an air gapped Live CD distribution so you are 100% sure the keys have no way to see the light of day on line.

Obviously a paper wallet is a better solution. But he seemed to be asking of a simple way (for someone used to the windows environment) to create a wallet. He didn't seem to be asking about the most secure way.

Yea, I'm not saying what you said was wrong... but he's probably just as secure creating a viaelectrum portable on a thumb drive, use a strong password and store the seed somewhere off line and secure incase he loses the thumbdrive (wallet.dat).

What do you think about storing your keys in a password manager like lastpass with 2FA?
It's really strong encryption, and their entire system seems to be built very solidly.

That's were I store all my seeds and passwords. I'm less paranoid than some though.  

The nice thing about this is you can create one strong password, I use a 7 word diceware password as my master lastpass password.

[PilotofBTC]

Since no one took up my WTS offer I sold my ICO purchase on bittrex, made some money.

I wish you all the best of luck... hopefully for you all this goes to the moon and I come to regret it.

[grv]

What do you think about storing your keys in a password manager like lastpass with 2FA?
It's really strong encryption, and their entire system seems to be built very solidly.

https://doc.satoshilabs.com/trezor-user/passwordmanager.html

you get the crypto hardware wallet and hardware encrypted password manager,
with direct u2f support (using your hardware wallet as authentication hardware key)

[BMG86]

Sad, this coin just keeps dropping while every other altcoin is being pumped to the moon as we speak. Whats going on?

[Jonesd]

Sad, this coin just keeps dropping while every other altcoin is being pumped to the moon as we speak. Whats going on?

I think a 10% drop after 500% rise is nothing to worry about.