DNotes 2.0 - Staking, CRISP Interest, DNotes Pay

[DNotes]

Inflation & Hidden Tax - The Game of Musical Chairs

https://youtu.be/t2zdTIP4xXU

This is from the recent interview, we are splitting it up into chunks and will be promoting them.

Your "chart" pic should end by going way up with Alan at the top! 

Hah! I've been tempted to do things like that.

[DNotes]

DNotes 2.0 Frequently Asked Questions:

Q: What is new with DNotes 2.0?

A: DNotes 2.0 is a major improvement on the original DNotes blockchain. The new blockchain will allow DNotes and its partner company DNotes Global to achieve its objective to connect DNotes to the modern world of finance and commerce. The new blockchain is faster, more secure, and consumes only a fraction of the electricity. It also allows custom invoices to be created and attached to transactions, and changes the economic incentives of the network to one that encourages savings with the switch to the Proof-Of-Stake algorithm, and paying 0.5% interest on balances that haven’t moved from a wallet address in a 30 day period (~6% per annum).

Specifications

POS
2% Annualized Staking Reward
Individual blocks reward will be Current Total Coins / 525,600 * 0.02
60 Second Block Target
0.005 Transaction Fee
Source: https://github.com/DNotesCoin/DNotes2.0
Download Wallet: http://dnotescoin.com/#Download
Directory DNotes2 (C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\DNotes2 on Windows)
CONF dnotes.conf (all lower case)

DNotes 2.0 Features
Switch to PoS
CRISP Reward - 0.5% interest every 30 days. Awarded by address. Calculated on a 30 day cycle.
Automated Invoicing (First Phase) - Integrated blockchain invoice number

There will be a soft deadline where DNotes mined after that block will not be redeemable for 2.0 coins:
4/16/2018
Block# 2180897
133,574,552 Will be the total swappable amount of DNotes we create
+20,000,000 Allocated to DNotes Global, Inc for Development & Growth Fund
153,574,552 Total DNotes 2.0 Created

The next update (TBD) will include:
Deferred Staking

Q: How do I swap my coins? (after April 16th)

A: The DNotes coin swap process will now be done through a private fork of the legacy DNotes blockchain. We have created this fork to ensure that legacy DNotes holders are still able to swap their legacy DNotes for DNotes 2.0 long after the deadline, in the event they missed the swap. This also ensures we will not be accepting newly purchased or mined DNotes, protecting our users and network.

In order to swap your coins, you will need the following DNotes v1.3 wallet, which you can download here:
http://dnotescoin.com/DNotes/dnotes-qt1-3.zip
You will need to copy your wallet.dat or wallet backup file to C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\DNotes1-3 directory, open the wallet application and allow it to update.
Next, you will need an address to send your legacy DNotes in to for the coin swap, you can generate a legacy address with the following instructions:
Create a DNotesVault.com account if you don’t already have one.
Login to your DNotesVault.com account, and click the HISTORIC tab at the top.
Click Create Address, and send your DNotes to the address you just created.

Coin swaps will be processed once a month until further notice.

Q: What is the cutoff date for mined DNotes that can be swapped to the new DNotes blockchain?

A: We have set April 16th 2018 as the soft deadline. No DNotes mined after this date will be eligible to be swapped to DNotes running on the new blockchain. We will continue swap DNotes after that date, however the process will not be as easy and will take more time. Any DNotes 1.x purchased on exchanges after the 16th will not be eligible for the swap.

Q: Will DNotes 2.0 be listed on new exchanges?

We are currently listed on:
https://mercatox.com/exchange/NOTE/BTC
https://stocks.exchange/trade/NOTE/BTC
https://dashboard.listex.io/trading/notebtc
https://www.nlexch.com/markets/notebtc
https://bitebtc.com/trade/note_btc

We are actively working with and in active communication:
https://www.coinexchange.io

Beta or Future Exchanges we are working with:
https://blockbid.io/

Q: Are the new DNotes 2.0 coins worth the same as the old coins?

A: Yes, they are worth exactly the same. However we can not predict what price movements will occur at exchanges once DNotes is relisted using the new coins.

Q: I have Mac or Specific Linux OS, will there be wallets for these?  

A: Yes!
We currently have Windows / Mac / Linux Mint / Ubuntu Desktop wallets at DNotesCoin.com. If you need something else, please let us know.

Q: Where is the block explorer?

A: https://chainz.cryptoid.info/note/


Staking

Q: What is Staking?

A: Staking your coins helps to support the DNotes network, and the network currently pays out roughly 5 DNotes every minute to one address on the network based on a probability that centers on how many coins the user is staking with as a percentage of the total number of coins being staked on the network. The DNotes network pays out ~2% of the total number of coins per annum. If 100% of DNotes were being used to stake on the network, then by probability each user could expect 2% growth in the number of coins they have. If only 50% of coins are used to stake, then those users could expect approximately 4% growth that year.

Q: Can I stake my coins on the DNotesVault?

A: You cannot currently stake your coins that are on the DNotesVault, you will need to withdraw your DNotes 2.0 to a local wallet and stake your coins from your local wallet. We will in a future release incorporate cold staking, which will allow you stake your coins while they are safely tucked away inside the DNotesVault. However, we do not have an ETA, it will be one of our highest priorities for next upgrades.

Q: How do I stake?

Disclaimer: It is recommended that you properly secure your computer and wallet, as well as make proper backups, before attempting to run your own staking wallet. Failure to properly secure your DNotes may result in loss or theft. If you are not familiar with the process, please start off small and familiarize yourself with the process.

You will need to download the DNotes QT wallet here: http://dnotescoin.com/#Download

Install the wallet (and we recommend creating a backup, after encrypting your wallet)
Go to settings, and then ‘encrypt wallet’. Enter your password twice (and do NOT forget it, or you will not be able to access the wallet and we can not help you).
Go to settings, and then ‘unlock wallet’, enter your password, and select “for staking only”. This will prevent any transfers from being made from your wallet without the password while you stake your coins.
Soon the arrow at the bottom will turn green. This means that your coins are now staking.
   
Video: https://youtu.be/bR66LWPRzAU

Q: How do I get the most out of my staking efforts?

A: There is no trick to staking efficiently. The factors involved are your coin weight versus the network coin weight and coin weight is the number of coins currently staking. The age does not matter, nor does how you divide or move your coins around.

Q: How much can I earn staking?

A: That depends on how many coins you are staking and how many coins are being staked on the network. The blockchain distributes Current Total Coins / 525,600 * 0.02 every block, or every 60 seconds. You may calculate how often you are chosen to receive the block reward by dividing your network weight verse your weight. If network weight is 100, and your weight is 5, then you would be chosen for block reward 5 blocks out of every 100.



CRISP

Q: Can I get CRISP reward AND stake at the same time?

A: Yes, the system is designed to allow you to receive CRISP on a wallet you are staking

Q: What is the CRISP reward structure?

A: CRISP periods are every 43,200 blocks (30 days). Payments start 10,080 blocks (1 week) from the end of the CRISP period.

Q: What do I need to do to earn CRISP?

A: Keep your coins in the same address for the full CRISP period 30 days, set every 43,200 blocks.

Q: When will I receive CRISP payments?

A: The next payouts are as follows:

May 1 - Ends first CRISP period.
May 8 - Payout starts. (Virtually no one will receive this payout)
June 2 - Ends second CRISP period
June 10 - Payout starts

Roughly.

Q: Do I get CRISP payments at the DNotesVault?

A: Yes! You get CRISP inside the DNotesVault, or at any address you control, such as a Desktop wallet. Though I won't suspect you will be able to get CRISP rewards from the exchanges or other online providers.

Q: Where do the CRISP coins come from?

A: The blockchain, these are newly created coins and have now become part of the new coin distribution, just like the staking reward.

Q: How do I earn the interest reward?

A: Our Cryptocurrency Investment Savings Plan (CRISP) payouts occur approximately once per month. All coins that haven’t moved address during that month period will accrue a 0.5% interest, which compounds to roughly 6.17% per annum. If you move your coins during that time, those coins will not receive the interest for that month.

Wondering what DNotes is all about? Here’s the basics:

What is DNotes?
•   DNotes is a digital currency with a purpose: to serve as a real currency that people can use in their daily lives - unlike other digital currencies that focus on solving niche problems, with no plan to become a real, usable currency.
•   The DNotes goal is simple: achieve mass adoption and become the world’s first accessible, inclusive, and financially empowering digital currency that benefits everyone around the globe.

What are DNotes’ Benefits as a Currency?
•   DNotes is managed as a business – but not controlled as one.
•   DNotes success is driven by a profit-generating company, DNotes Global, created to promote mass adoption, protect the currency, and ensure sustainable growth.
•   DNotes’ unique CRISP savings program rewards DNotes owners with 0.5% interest, every month
•   DNotes offers staking rewards for stakeholders – at 2% a year.
•   DNotes provides blockchain invoicing features to simplify merchant acceptance and adoption of the digital currency.

What Benefits Does DNotes Global Provide?
DNotes Global protects DNotes and its stakeholders, promotes mass adoption, and creates value and utility for the digital currency, including a fully integrated ecosystem.
The company provides a unique cross-ownership model, with DNotes owning 25% of DNotes Global (pre-dilution), while the for-profit business maintains a stake in the digital currency.
DNotes Global generates profit, creating intrinsic value for the DNotes currency to help create a “floor” for the digital currency’s value.
DNotes Global has plans to build a long-term competitive advantage by offering services that utilize DNotes. That strategy will also help to facilitate awareness and adoption of the DNotes currency.
Long term competitive advantage DNotes Global will provide in offering services that utilize DNotes.

What’s Next?
Fully compliant Reg D 506 (c) crowdfunding followed by a Reg A+ Mini-IPO.
DNotes Payment Solution Integration into Existing eCommerce Platforms
Cold Staking Implementation & More

Where can I learn more?  
Pitch Deck - https://dnotesglobal.com/PitchDeck.pptx
Pitch Deck Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XculeWKdbbE
White Paper - https://dnotesglobal.com/white-paper/
Website - http://dnotescoin.com/
Blog - http://dnotescoin.com/blog-main-hub/

[TeeGee]

The commissioner's comments are encouraging, but I generally wouldn't have much faith in the ability of the actual decision-maker ability to think through and come to rational conclusions. A decision like this is normally down to corruption or incompetence (being wrong). Since the commissioner has spoken out and made some rational conclusions of fact that shouldn't be difficult to arrive at (except for her staff), we can deductively remove the former as an option. It is only a matter of time until bitcoin etf's. They will keep trying.

Great work on the interview. I throughly enjoyed it.

[DNotes]

Blockchain Disrupting the Banking & Financial Services Industry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRQM5VnrKGs

[DCEBrief]

The commissioner's comments are encouraging, but I generally wouldn't have much faith in the ability of the actual decision-maker ability to think through and come to rational conclusions. A decision like this is normally down to corruption or incompetence (being wrong). Since the commissioner has spoken out and made some rational conclusions of fact that shouldn't be difficult to arrive at (except for her staff), we can deductively remove the former as an option. It is only a matter of time until bitcoin etf's. They will keep trying.

Great work on the interview. I throughly enjoyed it.

Those rational conclusions would be a lot easier for bureaucrats if they were able to better respect their roles. That was part of this commissioner's overall argument, in fact - that the SEC's decision represented an expansion of the agency's regulatory role beyond what was intended by its empowering acts of Congress. She apparently recognizes that the SEC's merit-based assessment represents a serious threat to individual choice, which is a core element of personal freedom. Rather than assessing whether the current markets can meet the basic threshold required for satisfying existing law, the Commission instead substituted its own judgment about the nature and maturity of those markets - unwisely denying those investors the opportunity to invest in digital currency on their own terms.

I agree that ETFs are all-but inevitable. It's just unfortunate that the path to greater liberty and opportunity so often runs through the confused and tangled woods of an unelected and all-too-often unenlightened bureaucracy.

[DCEBrief]

Nasdaq Hosts Meeting to Help Crypto Gain Greater Legitimacy

https://dcebrief.com/nasdaq-hosts-meeting-to-help-crypto-gain-greater-legitimacy/

[wiser]

I am trying to create a new Electrum wallet using a list of private keys. I'm entering one key per line, and once I get all the keys in, the NEXT button stays grayed out. Is there a special way to separate DNotes private keys in Electrum so that the software will recognize the keys?

Update: I experimented a bit and I can see that as soon as I input a regular DNotes address (to make a read only wallet), that NEXT button immediately lights up so it's available to click on. But even when I enter only one private key and make sure there are no extraneous spaces, the NEXT button stays grayed out.

What am I missing?

Update 2: I went ahead and created a read only wallet by using all my addresses and that seems to work except that the wallet is stuck at a day behind, or seems to be. It's showing no transactions from today, even though there have been quite a few minting instances. I thought that since it doesn't have to download the block chain, syncing would be instant. Is there a way to force a sync on this wallet?

Also, does the Electrum wallet export transactions?

Update 3: I checked the network and it seems to be on the correct block, but it doesn't seem to be catching all the minting transactions, at least not the recent ones. I'm looking for a way to keep track of my balance and obtain good records that I can export, but that doesn't seem to be happening with the Electrum wallet.

[DNotes]

I am trying to create a new Electrum wallet using a list of private keys. I'm entering one key per line, and once I get all the keys in, the NEXT button stays grayed out. Is there a special way to separate DNotes private keys in Electrum so that the software will recognize the keys?

Update: I experimented a bit and I can see that as soon as I input a regular DNotes address (to make a read only wallet), that NEXT button immediately lights up so it's available to click on. But even when I enter only one private key and make sure there are no extraneous spaces, the NEXT button stays grayed out.

What am I missing?

Update 2: I went ahead and created a read only wallet by using all my addresses and that seems to work except that the wallet is stuck at a day behind, or seems to be. It's showing no transactions from today, even though there have been quite a few minting instances. I thought that since it doesn't have to download the block chain, syncing would be instant. Is there a way to force a sync on this wallet?

Also, does the Electrum wallet export transactions?

Update 3: I checked the network and it seems to be on the correct block, but it doesn't seem to be catching all the minting transactions, at least not the recent ones. I'm looking for a way to keep track of my balance and obtain good records that I can export, but that doesn't seem to be happening with the Electrum wallet.

This is from a electrum wallet.
Try this for the importing of a private key.
Click File > New/Restore
Name your wallet
Enter this private key
L1bFdKHgpxoHSSNniYf8pjZfUA43TzFLGk7vLBgQdJcBibzhRvUL
Click Next.
That is one I just created and put 10 DNotes in. Let me know if that works for you.

Syncing of the blockchain is instant, unless the electrum server was behind. It is up to date right now.
I would also check your wallet against the block explorer, to ensure it matches as well: https://chainz.cryptoid.info/note/

So I checked with one my wallet addresses and see it's not picking up, at least some of the transactions in watch only mode. The electrum server is either missing some information (need to rebuild database) or isn't reading certain transactions. We will have to look at it further to see why.

Edit: I'll have to get back to you on transferring private keys from a different wallet.

[DNotes]

New YouTube Video -- Using DNotes Pay For Pay-Per-Period Services

Demonstrating the use case of DNotes pay for pay-per-period subscription-based services. We show how software can be purchased on a casual, per-use, or ongoing basis charged at small fractional levels. We will be following up with another video that shows how our trading bot can be used.

Check it out here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9myDnwR7SF0&t=

Great job on the video Tim!

DNotes Pay, Pay-Per-Period is a unique way for software developers to sell their software. Even if you are not a software developer I recommend watching the video demonstration.

Pay-Per-Period, especially when dealing with smaller transactions, doesn't make sense when using traditional payment processing methods. This model opens up new opportunities for developers that will make their software more competitive in the marketplace.

Some of the benefits include:
Makes it possible to accept many small payments instead of paying a fee on every transaction and losing most of your profit to the payment processing companies.
Makes it possible to accept payments directly from the software without the need for a server side payment processing.
Payments are made directly from one party to another without the need for a middle man.
Makes it possible for customers to use software on their terms.
Makes it possible for the customer to test the software before paying full price.
& more

I'm sure many of you can relate to this scenario if you ever needed software for a one time use, or software that you might only use once in a while, and couldn't justify the price or justify locking yourself into some subscription agreement. So you either try to find some alternative, open source or free, or you just skip what it is you are working on. But imagine instead, you could just purchase access to that software for just 1 day for a very small fee? Would you be much more likely to purchase and use that software?

This is something a software developer can use and significantly benefit from today. Although there is still a fee if you want to exchange your DNotes into cash, but it can be a single fee for hundreds or thousands of transactions instead of paying hundreds or thousands of individual fees.

The source code for integration, in C# is available here:
https://github.com/DNotesCoin/dnotespay-sw-poc

As you may have noticed in the video, we also have a trading bot for Stocks.exchange that we are going to release as the first program to work with DNotes Pay Pay-Per-Period. They are working on their trading API live for the next 30 days, so we won't be able to release it until the API is stable.

[wiser]

I am trying to create a new Electrum wallet using a list of private keys. I'm entering one key per line, and once I get all the keys in, the NEXT button stays grayed out. Is there a special way to separate DNotes private keys in Electrum so that the software will recognize the keys?

Update: I experimented a bit and I can see that as soon as I input a regular DNotes address (to make a read only wallet), that NEXT button immediately lights up so it's available to click on. But even when I enter only one private key and make sure there are no extraneous spaces, the NEXT button stays grayed out.

What am I missing?

Update 2: I went ahead and created a read only wallet by using all my addresses and that seems to work except that the wallet is stuck at a day behind, or seems to be. It's showing no transactions from today, even though there have been quite a few minting instances. I thought that since it doesn't have to download the block chain, syncing would be instant. Is there a way to force a sync on this wallet?

Also, does the Electrum wallet export transactions?

Update 3: I checked the network and it seems to be on the correct block, but it doesn't seem to be catching all the minting transactions, at least not the recent ones. I'm looking for a way to keep track of my balance and obtain good records that I can export, but that doesn't seem to be happening with the Electrum wallet.

This is from a electrum wallet.
Try this for the importing of a private key.
Click File > New/Restore
Name your wallet
Enter this private key
L1bFdKHgpxoHSSNniYf8pjZfUA43TzFLGk7vLBgQdJcBibzhRvUL
Click Next.
That is one I just created and put 10 DNotes in. Let me know if that works for you.

Syncing of the blockchain is instant, unless the electrum server was behind. It is up to date right now.
I would also check your wallet against the block explorer, to ensure it matches as well: https://chainz.cryptoid.info/note/

So I checked with one my wallet addresses and see it's not picking up, at least some of the transactions in watch only mode. The electrum server is either missing some information (need to rebuild database) or isn't reading certain transactions. We will have to look at it further to see why.

Edit: I'll have to get back to you on transferring private keys from a different wallet.

So I did what you said and imported the private key you posted into a new wallet and that worked just fine. I notice it starts with an L. I don't have my private keys right in front of me at the moment, but I'm pretty sure they all start with V. Maybe Electrum doesn't like that. So, it may be that I need a way to "convert" private keys that start with V into private keys that start with L?

The wallet is definitely not up to date on all the transactions, so I guess that's something for you guys to look into.

In the mean time, does Electrum have an export transactions feature? That would be the most useful feature of a read only wallet.

I thought I needed to "rebuild" my qt wallet in the sense that I needed to start with a brand new wallet and import the private keys. I started doing that and the process was so slow that I thought something else was wrong. So I downloaded the entire blockchain from the beginning and that sped things up. But then while importing private keys I noticed that the time stamp on transactions was not correct, and that would definitely wreak havoc on trying to record my transactions. So, I wondered if maybe the blockchain had gotten corrupted, meaning the original wallet.dat file might be fine after all. So I loaded up that wallet and then checked each balance against the block chain and it all checked out. But it was in between noticing the new wallet didn't have the correct timestamps and figuring out that my old wallet.dat was just fine after all, that I thought of Electrum and gave it a whirl, hoping it would both accurately record transactions and be able to export them. But I ran into issues with importing private keys and now the server not being up to date on read only transactions. So at the moment I'm back to using my qt wallet as a "read only" as in I haven't unlocked it, just using it to watch... But I do have Electrum installed so am happy to help test anything you need with it

[DNotes]

I am trying to create a new Electrum wallet using a list of private keys. I'm entering one key per line, and once I get all the keys in, the NEXT button stays grayed out. Is there a special way to separate DNotes private keys in Electrum so that the software will recognize the keys?

Update: I experimented a bit and I can see that as soon as I input a regular DNotes address (to make a read only wallet), that NEXT button immediately lights up so it's available to click on. But even when I enter only one private key and make sure there are no extraneous spaces, the NEXT button stays grayed out.

What am I missing?

Update 2: I went ahead and created a read only wallet by using all my addresses and that seems to work except that the wallet is stuck at a day behind, or seems to be. It's showing no transactions from today, even though there have been quite a few minting instances. I thought that since it doesn't have to download the block chain, syncing would be instant. Is there a way to force a sync on this wallet?

Also, does the Electrum wallet export transactions?

Update 3: I checked the network and it seems to be on the correct block, but it doesn't seem to be catching all the minting transactions, at least not the recent ones. I'm looking for a way to keep track of my balance and obtain good records that I can export, but that doesn't seem to be happening with the Electrum wallet.

This is from a electrum wallet.
Try this for the importing of a private key.
Click File > New/Restore
Name your wallet
Enter this private key
L1bFdKHgpxoHSSNniYf8pjZfUA43TzFLGk7vLBgQdJcBibzhRvUL
Click Next.
That is one I just created and put 10 DNotes in. Let me know if that works for you.

Syncing of the blockchain is instant, unless the electrum server was behind. It is up to date right now.
I would also check your wallet against the block explorer, to ensure it matches as well: https://chainz.cryptoid.info/note/

So I checked with one my wallet addresses and see it's not picking up, at least some of the transactions in watch only mode. The electrum server is either missing some information (need to rebuild database) or isn't reading certain transactions. We will have to look at it further to see why.

Edit: I'll have to get back to you on transferring private keys from a different wallet.

So I did what you said and imported the private key you posted into a new wallet and that worked just fine. I notice it starts with an L. I don't have my private keys right in front of me at the moment, but I'm pretty sure they all start with V. Maybe Electrum doesn't like that. So, it may be that I need a way to "convert" private keys that start with V into private keys that start with L?

The wallet is definitely not up to date on all the transactions, so I guess that's something for you guys to look into.

In the mean time, does Electrum have an export transactions feature? That would be the most useful feature of a read only wallet.

I thought I needed to "rebuild" my qt wallet in the sense that I needed to start with a brand new wallet and import the private keys. I started doing that and the process was so slow that I thought something else was wrong. So I downloaded the entire blockchain from the beginning and that sped things up. But then while importing private keys I noticed that the time stamp on transactions was not correct, and that would definitely wreak havoc on trying to record my transactions. So, I wondered if maybe the blockchain had gotten corrupted, meaning the original wallet.dat file might be fine after all. So I loaded up that wallet and then checked each balance against the block chain and it all checked out. But it was in between noticing the new wallet didn't have the correct timestamps and figuring out that my old wallet.dat was just fine after all, that I thought of Electrum and gave it a whirl, hoping it would both accurately record transactions and be able to export them. But I ran into issues with importing private keys and now the server not being up to date on read only transactions. So at the moment I'm back to using my qt wallet as a "read only" as in I haven't unlocked it, just using it to watch... But I do have Electrum installed so am happy to help test anything you need with it

The electrum wallet and qt wallet absolutely use different formats for generating the private key. Though I'm fairly certain you should be able to import or sweep into electrum from the QT wallet. Not something I tested originally, so it will require a bit of a deeper dive.

If you were importing a private key into a fully updated QT wallet, it was likely slow as it has to scan through the entire blockchain, block by block, to find all of the transactions. Similar to the way it does when it downloads the blockchain from scratch. The blockchain is only about 80 megs of data right now, but it takes several hours to download because it has to read all the information as it downloads to determine what belongs to your wallet.

Electrum does have export options, under the wallet menu, you can export History.

Other options you can use:

Export CSV or watch from the explorer: https://chainz.cryptoid.info/note/ upon address lookup.

https://abe.dnotescoin.com/q
We also recently added a few API calls for Abe explorer including transaction history. Which we will be using for a different project. 
https://abe.dnotescoin.com/chain/DNotes/q/address_history/YOURADDRESS

[DNotes]

The electrum wallet and qt wallet absolutely use different formats for generating the private key. Though I'm fairly certain you should be able to import or sweep into electrum from the QT wallet. Not something I tested originally, so it will require a bit of a deeper dive.

If you were importing a private key into a fully updated QT wallet, it was likely slow as it has to scan through the entire blockchain, block by block, to find all of the transactions. Similar to the way it does when it downloads the blockchain from scratch. The blockchain is only about 80 megs of data right now, but it takes several hours to download because it has to read all the information as it downloads to determine what belongs to your wallet.

Electrum does have export options, under the wallet menu, you can export History.

Other options you can use:

Export CSV or watch from the explorer: https://chainz.cryptoid.info/note/ upon address lookup.

https://abe.dnotescoin.com/q
We also recently added a few API calls for Abe explorer including transaction history. Which we will be using for a different project.  
https://abe.dnotescoin.com/chain/DNotes/q/address_history/YOURADDRESS

And the format of the last one is:

Transaction id
Block height
Block hash
Block time (excel formula to convert to date =(((D2/60)/60)/24)+DATE(1970,1,1) )
Transaction type (D for deposit, W for withdrawal)
Value (The total balance change for the address we passed in for the whole transaction: output to this address – input to this address)
Balance (running balance as of this tx)
Second address (address we either received money from or sent to, there may be multiple lines for each transaction if there are multiple of these)
Second address value (if we sent money, this is the value on the tx output, if we received, this is the value of the input to the tx, in this case we do not account for change)
Currency (this is just for completeness, Abe supports multiple currencies at once)


Transaction id,Block height,Block hash,Block time,Transaction type,Value,Balance,Second address,Second address value,Currency

[TeeGee]

The commissioner's comments are encouraging, but I generally wouldn't have much faith in the ability of the actual decision-maker ability to think through and come to rational conclusions. A decision like this is normally down to corruption or incompetence (being wrong). Since the commissioner has spoken out and made some rational conclusions of fact that shouldn't be difficult to arrive at (except for her staff), we can deductively remove the former as an option. It is only a matter of time until bitcoin etf's. They will keep trying.

Great work on the interview. I throughly enjoyed it.

Those rational conclusions would be a lot easier for bureaucrats if they were able to better respect their roles. That was part of this commissioner's overall argument, in fact - that the SEC's decision represented an expansion of the agency's regulatory role beyond what was intended by its empowering acts of Congress. She apparently recognizes that the SEC's merit-based assessment represents a serious threat to individual choice, which is a core element of personal freedom. Rather than assessing whether the current markets can meet the basic threshold required for satisfying existing law, the Commission instead substituted its own judgment about the nature and maturity of those markets - unwisely denying those investors the opportunity to invest in digital currency on their own terms.

I agree that ETFs are all-but inevitable. It's just unfortunate that the path to greater liberty and opportunity so often runs through the confused and tangled woods of an unelected and all-too-often unenlightened bureaucracy.

I think that also raises another very key skill that is required for navigating this environment effectively -- the ability to communicate with, and convince / guide regulators toward making the best decision for US constituents and so far as their role plays. Cryptocurrencies are very new and regulators will always err on the side of caution. I am also certain the the Winklevoss twins are well-versed with knowledge and very competent people around them to get the ETF approval over the line, and still, it is not yet enough and they will need to continue trying. It is a similar scenario in general for all things related to cryptocurrency, and while many projects to date have been successful within the insular crypto community, they are going to have a shock coming when they notice how difficult it will be for them to bridge their service or business to the traditional world of finance.  DNotes made the decision early that raising via Reg D and Reg A+ for our financing was the wisest path to take to avoid regulatory difficulties, and this decision will be seen as a strategic masterstroke in the future. We will continue to make all necessary decisions for the best benefit of our business ecosystem, and to our investors. The skills to navigate regulatory hurdles is going to be a huge area where projects will make it or break it. We have talked to and known some of the key people in that area for several years, and created DCEBrief as part of an approach to make us better positioned than any to be the team that makes it.

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I am trying to create a new Electrum wallet using a list of private keys. I'm entering one key per line, and once I get all the keys in, the NEXT button stays grayed out. Is there a special way to separate DNotes private keys in Electrum so that the software will recognize the keys?

Update: I experimented a bit and I can see that as soon as I input a regular DNotes address (to make a read only wallet), that NEXT button immediately lights up so it's available to click on. But even when I enter only one private key and make sure there are no extraneous spaces, the NEXT button stays grayed out.

What am I missing?

Update 2: I went ahead and created a read only wallet by using all my addresses and that seems to work except that the wallet is stuck at a day behind, or seems to be. It's showing no transactions from today, even though there have been quite a few minting instances. I thought that since it doesn't have to download the block chain, syncing would be instant. Is there a way to force a sync on this wallet?

Also, does the Electrum wallet export transactions?

Update 3: I checked the network and it seems to be on the correct block, but it doesn't seem to be catching all the minting transactions, at least not the recent ones. I'm looking for a way to keep track of my balance and obtain good records that I can export, but that doesn't seem to be happening with the Electrum wallet.

This is from a electrum wallet.
Try this for the importing of a private key.
Click File > New/Restore
Name your wallet
Enter this private key
L1bFdKHgpxoHSSNniYf8pjZfUA43TzFLGk7vLBgQdJcBibzhRvUL
Click Next.
That is one I just created and put 10 DNotes in. Let me know if that works for you.

Syncing of the blockchain is instant, unless the electrum server was behind. It is up to date right now.
I would also check your wallet against the block explorer, to ensure it matches as well: https://chainz.cryptoid.info/note/

So I checked with one my wallet addresses and see it's not picking up, at least some of the transactions in watch only mode. The electrum server is either missing some information (need to rebuild database) or isn't reading certain transactions. We will have to look at it further to see why.

Edit: I'll have to get back to you on transferring private keys from a different wallet.

So I did what you said and imported the private key you posted into a new wallet and that worked just fine. I notice it starts with an L. I don't have my private keys right in front of me at the moment, but I'm pretty sure they all start with V. Maybe Electrum doesn't like that. So, it may be that I need a way to "convert" private keys that start with V into private keys that start with L?

The wallet is definitely not up to date on all the transactions, so I guess that's something for you guys to look into.

In the mean time, does Electrum have an export transactions feature? That would be the most useful feature of a read only wallet.

I thought I needed to "rebuild" my qt wallet in the sense that I needed to start with a brand new wallet and import the private keys. I started doing that and the process was so slow that I thought something else was wrong. So I downloaded the entire blockchain from the beginning and that sped things up. But then while importing private keys I noticed that the time stamp on transactions was not correct, and that would definitely wreak havoc on trying to record my transactions. So, I wondered if maybe the blockchain had gotten corrupted, meaning the original wallet.dat file might be fine after all. So I loaded up that wallet and then checked each balance against the block chain and it all checked out. But it was in between noticing the new wallet didn't have the correct timestamps and figuring out that my old wallet.dat was just fine after all, that I thought of Electrum and gave it a whirl, hoping it would both accurately record transactions and be able to export them. But I ran into issues with importing private keys and now the server not being up to date on read only transactions. So at the moment I'm back to using my qt wallet as a "read only" as in I haven't unlocked it, just using it to watch... But I do have Electrum installed so am happy to help test anything you need with it

The electrum wallet and qt wallet absolutely use different formats for generating the private key. Though I'm fairly certain you should be able to import or sweep into electrum from the QT wallet. Not something I tested originally, so it will require a bit of a deeper dive.

If you were importing a private key into a fully updated QT wallet, it was likely slow as it has to scan through the entire blockchain, block by block, to find all of the transactions. Similar to the way it does when it downloads the blockchain from scratch. The blockchain is only about 80 megs of data right now, but it takes several hours to download because it has to read all the information as it downloads to determine what belongs to your wallet.

Electrum does have export options, under the wallet menu, you can export History.

Other options you can use:

Export CSV or watch from the explorer: https://chainz.cryptoid.info/note/ upon address lookup.

https://abe.dnotescoin.com/q
We also recently added a few API calls for Abe explorer including transaction history. Which we will be using for a different project. 
https://abe.dnotescoin.com/chain/DNotes/q/address_history/YOURADDRESS

Thanks for the information. I wonder if the Electrum read only wallet would export a private key for each address that suits the Electrum format and then I could import those into a new fully functional wallet? Just thinking out loud. I won't be able to try it until much later today.

I still have the issue that it's not showing a lot of the recent minting transactions (my read only wallet). It did, however, pick up on two deposits (sent from an exchange) during the same time period that the minting transactions are missing from. That part seems really strange to me.

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Thanks for the information. I wonder if the Electrum read only wallet would export a private key for each address that suits the Electrum format and then I could import those into a new fully functional wallet? Just thinking out loud. I won't be able to try it until much later today.

I still have the issue that it's not showing a lot of the recent minting transactions (my read only wallet). It did, however, pick up on two deposits (sent from an exchange) during the same time period that the minting transactions are missing from. That part seems really strange to me.

We are working on it. Troubleshooting why it's not picking up some of the minting transactions. It should, and it is all being recorded in the database. However,  in my discussions today, we discussed Electrum may not be the best option for watching all of your staking wallets, there are some bigger bugs and issues related to staking. Including the Electrum wallet is limited to 1,000 transactions. With 1 minute blocks and multiple addresses, that can add up pretty quickly. So we are recommending not using Electrum for staking wallets until we can spend a good deal of time to do a major upgrade on it TBD.

These are short term issues, and the Electrum wallet was really created as an easy way to manage smaller amounts of funds and quick transactions. For now you will have to use another option for watching and tracking your staking wallets.

Exporting from the QT wallet is the best option, even if you have to sort and remove the orphan minting blocks. In excel that is just a matter of sorting or filtering. But the block explorer or history API call in Abe are good options as well, you will have to do it by address, but you won't have to remove the orphans.

[DNotes]

Just a heads up, Electrum server may be down temporarily.

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Just a heads up, Electrum server may be down temporarily.

Good ole QT, tried and true, just keeps chugging along, staking it's little butt off! 

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Trust is Invaluable in Financial Services - Poison in the Well

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