[ANN][VOT]: VoteCoin - a new era of anonymous crypto democracy

[votecoin.site]

VoteCoin activated overwinter (new protocol) after block 179999.

This new Protocol will prevent ASICs? Or will it have no effect on them?

As of now there are no changes regarding ASICs.

[votecoin.site]

Attention Z-NOMP pool owners
If you are running VoteCoin pool based on Z-NOMP, your pool will not be able to mine new blocks until you patch it to support the latest overwinter transaction format.
The patch can be found here:
https://github.com/karel-3d/bitcoinjs-lib/pull/3/files
it applies to the following file:

Code:

./z-nomp/node_modules/bitcoinjs-lib-zcash/src/transaction.js

After you patch it, you need to make one more change.
Find file

Code:

./z-nomp/node_modules/stratum-pool/lib/transactions.js

In this file, find the following line:

Code:

var tx = new bitcoin.Transaction(); 

Add this line after:

Code:

tx.setOverwinter();

If your pool supports multiple coins, you will need to call tx.setOverwinter() only for VoteCoin (and Zcash) coins. Since we do not run multiple coins, I didn't search for proper solution for multicoin setup. At least you have a starting point here. Hope it helps.
-Tom

[cryptofarmer]

Attention Z-NOMP pool owners
If you are running VoteCoin pool based on Z-NOMP, your pool will not be able to mine new blocks until you patch it to support the latest overwinter transaction format.
The patch can be found here:
https://github.com/karel-3d/bitcoinjs-lib/pull/3/files
it applies to the following file:

Code:

./z-nomp/node_modules/bitcoinjs-lib-zcash/src/transaction.js

After you patch it, you need to make one more change.
Find file

Code:

./z-nomp/node_modules/stratum-pool/lib/transactions.js

In this file, find the following line:

Code:

var tx = new bitcoin.Transaction(); 

Add this line after:

Code:

tx.setOverwinter();

If your pool supports multiple coins, you will need to call tx.setOverwinter() only for VoteCoin (and Zcash) coins. Since we do not run multiple coins, I didn't search for proper solution for multicoin setup. At least you have a starting point here. Hope it helps.
-Tom

Works like a charm!
Thank you very much for this great detailed solution !
Pool back online and first block is already a fact

[israel.garcia2@yahoo.com]

So I am having a weird issue. The pool I am using is saying I have been paid x amount, but my wallet is not showing the same thing. Yes I do have the upgraded wallet and have had no issues since overwinter got implemented. Any ideas on what the issue might be? I did notice the difficulty drop dramatically yesterday. So wondering if that had anything to do with my issue.

[israel.garcia2@yahoo.com]

So I am having a weird issue. The pool I am using is saying I have been paid x amount, but my wallet is not showing the same thing. Yes I do have the upgraded wallet and have had no issues since overwinter got implemented. Any ideas on what the issue might be? I did notice the difficulty drop dramatically yesterday. So wondering if that had anything to do with my issue.

You should visit Votecoin explorer, pasting your txid of these transactions or your receiving address to check what's really happened.
Let's check it first, then come back to ask if you can not find answers for your issues.

I did visit the explorer and there is still a difference in the amount I have been paid and the amount in my wallet.

[ranban]

I got in this plan. I am interested to see how the developers realize the idea!
 Good luck team!

[votecoin.site]

So I am having a weird issue. The pool I am using is saying I have been paid x amount, but my wallet is not showing the same thing. Yes I do have the upgraded wallet and have had no issues since overwinter got implemented. Any ideas on what the issue might be? I did notice the difficulty drop dramatically yesterday. So wondering if that had anything to do with my issue.

You should visit Votecoin explorer, pasting your txid of these transactions or your receiving address to check what's really happened.
Let's check it first, then come back to ask if you can not find answers for your issues.

I did visit the explorer and there is still a difference in the amount I have been paid and the amount in my wallet.

It is possible that you have some inconsistency in wallet cache.
In your wallet, go to Settings and click Cleanup button. It will reread all data from blockchain. Lets see if that fixes your issue.
-Tom

[israel.garcia2@yahoo.com]

So I am having a weird issue. The pool I am using is saying I have been paid x amount, but my wallet is not showing the same thing. Yes I do have the upgraded wallet and have had no issues since overwinter got implemented. Any ideas on what the issue might be? I did notice the difficulty drop dramatically yesterday. So wondering if that had anything to do with my issue.

You should visit Votecoin explorer, pasting your txid of these transactions or your receiving address to check what's really happened.
Let's check it first, then come back to ask if you can not find answers for your issues.

I did visit the explorer and there is still a difference in the amount I have been paid and the amount in my wallet.

It is possible that you have some inconsistency in wallet cache.
In your wallet, go to Settings and click Cleanup button. It will reread all data from blockchain. Lets see if that fixes your issue.
-Tom

So I did what you suggested and still no luck.

[punkoivan]

So I am having a weird issue. The pool I am using is saying I have been paid x amount, but my wallet is not showing the same thing. Yes I do have the upgraded wallet and have had no issues since overwinter got implemented. Any ideas on what the issue might be? I did notice the difficulty drop dramatically yesterday. So wondering if that had anything to do with my issue.

You should visit Votecoin explorer, pasting your txid of these transactions or your receiving address to check what's really happened.
Let's check it first, then come back to ask if you can not find answers for your issues.

I did visit the explorer and there is still a difference in the amount I have been paid and the amount in my wallet.

Explorer always shows true, ask your pool support.

If explorer and pool show different amount - pool admin must be contacted.

And just for clarify - explorer and wallet show the same?

[israel.garcia2@yahoo.com]

So I am having a weird issue. The pool I am using is saying I have been paid x amount, but my wallet is not showing the same thing. Yes I do have the upgraded wallet and have had no issues since overwinter got implemented. Any ideas on what the issue might be? I did notice the difficulty drop dramatically yesterday. So wondering if that had anything to do with my issue.

You should visit Votecoin explorer, pasting your txid of these transactions or your receiving address to check what's really happened.
Let's check it first, then come back to ask if you can not find answers for your issues.

I did visit the explorer and there is still a difference in the amount I have been paid and the amount in my wallet.

Explorer always shows true, ask your pool support.

If explorer and pool show different amount - pool admin must be contacted.

And just for clarify - explorer and wallet show the same?

Contacted pool support. Hoping to have a resolution. But wallet shows 19k and the pool shows 33k. So a huge difference.

[punkoivan]

Contacted pool support. Hoping to have a resolution. But wallet shows 19k and the pool shows 33k. So a huge difference.

And what does explorer show?
If 19k - wallet is right
if 33k - pool is right.

[egyptianbman]

So I am having a weird issue. The pool I am using is saying I have been paid x amount, but my wallet is not showing the same thing. Yes I do have the upgraded wallet and have had no issues since overwinter got implemented. Any ideas on what the issue might be? I did notice the difficulty drop dramatically yesterday. So wondering if that had anything to do with my issue.

You should visit Votecoin explorer, pasting your txid of these transactions or your receiving address to check what's really happened.
Let's check it first, then come back to ask if you can not find answers for your issues.

I did visit the explorer and there is still a difference in the amount I have been paid and the amount in my wallet.

It is possible that you have some inconsistency in wallet cache.
In your wallet, go to Settings and click Cleanup button. It will reread all data from blockchain. Lets see if that fixes your issue.
-Tom

The reason why the pool is showing profit while the wallet isn't is because the pool likely hasn't applied the most recent update. Unfortunately, most pool owners aren't able to watch the ANN threads of all the coins on their pool. I would consider this update while major, very silently rolled out. I wasn't made aware of this update until someone reported the exact issue to me that you're reporting. This update has caused a fork that some pools are still mining on.

With that being said, https://equipool.1ds.us is updated on all three stratums (North America, Europe and Asia) and blocks are being found again. You're welcome to join us!

[israel.garcia2@yahoo.com]

So I am having a weird issue. The pool I am using is saying I have been paid x amount, but my wallet is not showing the same thing. Yes I do have the upgraded wallet and have had no issues since overwinter got implemented. Any ideas on what the issue might be? I did notice the difficulty drop dramatically yesterday. So wondering if that had anything to do with my issue.

You should visit Votecoin explorer, pasting your txid of these transactions or your receiving address to check what's really happened.
Let's check it first, then come back to ask if you can not find answers for your issues.

I did visit the explorer and there is still a difference in the amount I have been paid and the amount in my wallet.

It is possible that you have some inconsistency in wallet cache.
In your wallet, go to Settings and click Cleanup button. It will reread all data from blockchain. Lets see if that fixes your issue.
-Tom

The reason why the pool is showing profit while the wallet isn't is because the pool likely hasn't applied the most recent update. Unfortunately, most pool owners aren't able to watch the ANN threads of all the coins on their pool. I would consider this update while major, very silently rolled out. I wasn't made aware of this update until someone reported the exact issue to me that you're reporting. This update has caused a fork that some pools are still mining on.

With that being said, https://equipool.1ds.us is updated on all three stratums (North America, Europe and Asia) and blocks are being found again. You're welcome to join us!

Yeah, after I realized what was going on, I switched over to your pool and hashing away. Thanks

[thesudio]

Hi Everyone, Since there are some people still asking i thought ill post this again.

Here are some guides on how to update to the new Wallet after overwinter update.

If you are updating from GUI walet
1. (optional step) Open old wallet, will automatically open in safe mode and wait to sync.
2. Make a backup of old wallet esp wallet.dat (votecoin folder/resources/app/votecoin)
3. Download new wallet (Dont start wallet) https://github.com/Tomas-M/VoteCoin-wallet/releases/ and copy all the files from new wallet into the old wallet and overwrite all files (170 files)
4. Wallet.dat file should still be in there unaffected
5. Open votecoin.exe after files were overwritten
6. Wait to sync.

If you are updating from original old WINDOWS text wallet.

 1. Downloaded newest wallet.
https://github.com/Tomas-M/VoteCoin-wallet/releases/
2. Put wallet.dat from old wallet into new wallet (resources/app/votecoin) and votecoinid file from old into new (resources/app)
3. Start new wallet. wait for it to sync to block chain to show transactions. It will still give safe mode error.
4. Then Export private keys from back up section on new wallet.
5. Now you dowload a new wallet again,  export to a new folder, open and wait for fresh wallet to sync.
6. Import your keys from back up section.

This is the long winded way but works, make sure you back up those walelet.dat and votecoinid files somewhere else too


If you are updating from original LINUX text wallet, open the old wallet, ignore the safe mode error.

1. Type command
$ vot export
to get your private keys
2. Download latest wallet from @everyone overwinter update has been completed, get new wallet below... I will make a quick video on how to tansfer coins if needed https://github.com/Tomas-M/VoteCoin-wallet/releases/
3. Open new wallet and wait to sync
4. Go to Back up tab in new wallet import your keys
5. Wait for resync (wont take long)

Cheers

[crypto_mang]

I just can't seem to update my node.  I continue to get error that my node is not updated and needs to be updated to v.1.1.0(or higher) to be compatible with Overwinter.  When I run a votecoin-cli --version, I get "VoteCoin RPC client version v1.1.1-91a9776b".  I deleted my VoteCoin folder and recompiled, but still no joy.  Can anyone assist?  

[egyptianbman]

So I am having a weird issue. The pool I am using is saying I have been paid x amount, but my wallet is not showing the same thing. Yes I do have the upgraded wallet and have had no issues since overwinter got implemented. Any ideas on what the issue might be? I did notice the difficulty drop dramatically yesterday. So wondering if that had anything to do with my issue.

You should visit Votecoin explorer, pasting your txid of these transactions or your receiving address to check what's really happened.
Let's check it first, then come back to ask if you can not find answers for your issues.

I did visit the explorer and there is still a difference in the amount I have been paid and the amount in my wallet.

It is possible that you have some inconsistency in wallet cache.
In your wallet, go to Settings and click Cleanup button. It will reread all data from blockchain. Lets see if that fixes your issue.
-Tom

The reason why the pool is showing profit while the wallet isn't is because the pool likely hasn't applied the most recent update. Unfortunately, most pool owners aren't able to watch the ANN threads of all the coins on their pool. I would consider this update while major, very silently rolled out. I wasn't made aware of this update until someone reported the exact issue to me that you're reporting. This update has caused a fork that some pools are still mining on.

With that being said, https://equipool.1ds.us is updated on all three stratums (North America, Europe and Asia) and blocks are being found again. You're welcome to join us!

Yeah, after I realized what was going on, I switched over to your pool and hashing away. Thanks

We're happy to have you!

[votecoin.site]

VoteCoin official pool has now a new limit for sending payments. It was 1 VOT minimum, now it is 100 VOT minimum.
Do not worry, even slow miners (like 300 Sols/s) can still expect 1 payment a day, and it is better to send 1 bigger payment instead of 100 small ones.

[lonely_one]

VoteCoin official pool has now a new limit for sending payments. It was 1 VOT minimum, now it is 100 VOT minimum.
Do not worry, even slow miners (like 300 Sols/s) can still expect 1 payment a day, and it is better to send 1 bigger payment instead of 100 small ones.

I suggest the pool to expand time of required confirmations to prevent risks of potential double spend attacks.

[votecoin.site]

I suggest the pool to expand time of required confirmations to prevent risks of potential double spend attacks.

Good point, I've changed it to 20 confirmations. So payments will be sent after 100+20+20 (coinbase+shielding+unshielding) confirmations.
-Tom

[Ctd]

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