Official Anoncoin chat thread (including history)

[geekz]

Wonderful !
Great to hear back from you.
Great!

Its been awhile since I've checked in here, so I'd like to give everyone just a very brief update on what we have been doing lately.

First of all, we have a new Anoncoin web site, and we have reorganized the Anoncoin wiki for clarity. If you have any suggestions, or if you would like to help out with editing content on the wiki, please let me know.

Second, for the past several months we have been working with GroundRod, who is now an Anoncoin core developer. He has experience working with other crypto projects, and has been instrumental in upgrading our code to 0.9.4. We are running beta versions of 0.9.4 now, and are working on fixing a few bugs. You are welcome to build the current version on the develop branch at github: if you do so, let us know if you encounter any errors. Unless you are brave, you might want to hold off on this for about a week. I'm hesitant to give a deadline for when we will have a release ready, but I would be surprised if this would take more than a month.

Third, if you want to keep up to date, we have a developement schedule on the wiki that we update on a regular basis. As you can see, our next big project will involve updating the difficulty algorithm and changing to 3-chain mulitPOW merge-mining. We consider this essential for securing the blockchain and to avoid the problems we encountered late last year. This will involve a hard fork, and we have already made some progress on implementing this. As for Zerocoin, this is still the primary goal of the project, but we have decided to stop all such development until after our next release.

Lastly, if you are unhappy with the pace at which we are progressing, we are looking for all types of volunteers and coders. We still have a few bounties that are open on the wiki. Even if you can't code, there is graphic design work that could be done, or work in contacting businesses to use ANC.

Given that we are very close to a release, you can expect to get more regular updates here. Regardless, the best way to keep informed is by IRC on the #anoncoin channel. Most of our discussions are currently on the developer channel (there are pages of uninteresting error messages and tests), but if you ask a question at #anoncoin, someone should get right back to you.

Cheers,

[hanspeter77]

Wonderful !
Great to hear back from you.
Great!

Its been awhile since I've checked in here, so I'd like to give everyone just a very brief update on what we have been doing lately.

First of all, we have a new Anoncoin web site, and we have reorganized the Anoncoin wiki for clarity. If you have any suggestions, or if you would like to help out with editing content on the wiki, please let me know.

Second, for the past several months we have been working with GroundRod, who is now an Anoncoin core developer. He has experience working with other crypto projects, and has been instrumental in upgrading our code to 0.9.4. We are running beta versions of 0.9.4 now, and are working on fixing a few bugs. You are welcome to build the current version on the develop branch at github: if you do so, let us know if you encounter any errors. Unless you are brave, you might want to hold off on this for about a week. I'm hesitant to give a deadline for when we will have a release ready, but I would be surprised if this would take more than a month.

Third, if you want to keep up to date, we have a developement schedule on the wiki that we update on a regular basis. As you can see, our next big project will involve updating the difficulty algorithm and changing to 3-chain mulitPOW merge-mining. We consider this essential for securing the blockchain and to avoid the problems we encountered late last year. This will involve a hard fork, and we have already made some progress on implementing this. As for Zerocoin, this is still the primary goal of the project, but we have decided to stop all such development until after our next release.

Lastly, if you are unhappy with the pace at which we are progressing, we are looking for all types of volunteers and coders. We still have a few bounties that are open on the wiki. Even if you can't code, there is graphic design work that could be done, or work in contacting businesses to use ANC.

Given that we are very close to a release, you can expect to get more regular updates here. Regardless, the best way to keep informed is by IRC on the #anoncoin channel. Most of our discussions are currently on the developer channel (there are pages of uninteresting error messages and tests), but if you ask a question at #anoncoin, someone should get right back to you.

Cheers,

my anoncoin wallet does not sync why?
that in my debug:
trying connection 46................. lastseen=7804.4hrs
2015-02-07 17:32:52 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:32:52 trying connection dnsseed01.anoncoin.net lastseen=0.0hrs
2015-02-07 17:32:57 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:32:57 trying connection 90........... lastseen=6588.9hrs
2015-02-07 17:33:02 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:33:02 trying connection anoncoin.dnsseed.coinpool.in lastseen=0.0hrs
2015-02-07 17:33:07 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:33:08 trying connection 16.............. lastseen=480.1hrs
2015-02-07 17:33:13 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:33:13 trying connection dnsseed01.anoncoin.net lastseen=0.0hrs
2015-02-07 17:33:18 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:33:18 trying connection 91................ lastseen=104.1hrs
2015-02-07 17:33:23 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:33:23 trying connection anoncoin.dnsseed.coinpool.in lastseen=0.0hrs
2015-02-07 17:33:28 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:33:29 trying connection 86.................lastseen=4382.0hrs
2015-02-07 17:33:34 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:33:34 trying connection dnsseed01.anoncoin.net lastseen=0.0hrs
2015-02-07 17:33:39 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:33:39 trying connection 18................... lastseen=3890.0hrs
2015-02-07 17:33:44 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:33:44 trying connection anoncoin.dnsseed.coinpool.in lastseen=0.0hrs
2015-02-07 17:33:49 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:33:50 trying connection 12................... lastseen=166.8hrs
2015-02-07 17:33:55 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:33:55 trying connection dnsseed01.anoncoin.net lastseen=0.0hrs
2015-02-07 17:34:00 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:34:00 trying connection 2............... lastseen=652.8hrs
2015-02-07 17:34:02 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:34:02 IRC connect failed
2015-02-07 17:34:02 IRC waiting 138 seconds to reconnect
2015-02-07 17:34:05 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:34:05 trying connection anoncoin.dnsseed.coinpool.in lastseen=0.0hrs
2015-02-07 17:34:10 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:34:11 trying connection 17.................... lastseen=5864.9hrs
2015-02-07 17:34:16 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:34:16 trying connection dnsseed01.anoncoin.net lastseen=0.0hrs

[K1773R]

Wonderful !
Great to hear back from you.
Great!

Its been awhile since I've checked in here, so I'd like to give everyone just a very brief update on what we have been doing lately.

First of all, we have a new Anoncoin web site, and we have reorganized the Anoncoin wiki for clarity. If you have any suggestions, or if you would like to help out with editing content on the wiki, please let me know.

Second, for the past several months we have been working with GroundRod, who is now an Anoncoin core developer. He has experience working with other crypto projects, and has been instrumental in upgrading our code to 0.9.4. We are running beta versions of 0.9.4 now, and are working on fixing a few bugs. You are welcome to build the current version on the develop branch at github: if you do so, let us know if you encounter any errors. Unless you are brave, you might want to hold off on this for about a week. I'm hesitant to give a deadline for when we will have a release ready, but I would be surprised if this would take more than a month.

Third, if you want to keep up to date, we have a developement schedule on the wiki that we update on a regular basis. As you can see, our next big project will involve updating the difficulty algorithm and changing to 3-chain mulitPOW merge-mining. We consider this essential for securing the blockchain and to avoid the problems we encountered late last year. This will involve a hard fork, and we have already made some progress on implementing this. As for Zerocoin, this is still the primary goal of the project, but we have decided to stop all such development until after our next release.

Lastly, if you are unhappy with the pace at which we are progressing, we are looking for all types of volunteers and coders. We still have a few bounties that are open on the wiki. Even if you can't code, there is graphic design work that could be done, or work in contacting businesses to use ANC.

Given that we are very close to a release, you can expect to get more regular updates here. Regardless, the best way to keep informed is by IRC on the #anoncoin channel. Most of our discussions are currently on the developer channel (there are pages of uninteresting error messages and tests), but if you ask a question at #anoncoin, someone should get right back to you.

Cheers,

my anoncoin wallet does not sync why?
that in my debug:
trying connection 46................. lastseen=7804.4hrs
2015-02-07 17:32:52 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:32:52 trying connection dnsseed01.anoncoin.net lastseen=0.0hrs
2015-02-07 17:32:57 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:32:57 trying connection 90........... lastseen=6588.9hrs
2015-02-07 17:33:02 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:33:02 trying connection anoncoin.dnsseed.coinpool.in lastseen=0.0hrs
2015-02-07 17:33:07 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:33:08 trying connection 16.............. lastseen=480.1hrs
2015-02-07 17:33:13 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:33:13 trying connection dnsseed01.anoncoin.net lastseen=0.0hrs
2015-02-07 17:33:18 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:33:18 trying connection 91................ lastseen=104.1hrs
2015-02-07 17:33:23 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:33:23 trying connection anoncoin.dnsseed.coinpool.in lastseen=0.0hrs
2015-02-07 17:33:28 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:33:29 trying connection 86.................lastseen=4382.0hrs
2015-02-07 17:33:34 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:33:34 trying connection dnsseed01.anoncoin.net lastseen=0.0hrs
2015-02-07 17:33:39 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:33:39 trying connection 18................... lastseen=3890.0hrs
2015-02-07 17:33:44 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:33:44 trying connection anoncoin.dnsseed.coinpool.in lastseen=0.0hrs
2015-02-07 17:33:49 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:33:50 trying connection 12................... lastseen=166.8hrs
2015-02-07 17:33:55 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:33:55 trying connection dnsseed01.anoncoin.net lastseen=0.0hrs
2015-02-07 17:34:00 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:34:00 trying connection 2............... lastseen=652.8hrs
2015-02-07 17:34:02 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:34:02 IRC connect failed
2015-02-07 17:34:02 IRC waiting 138 seconds to reconnect
2015-02-07 17:34:05 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:34:05 trying connection anoncoin.dnsseed.coinpool.in lastseen=0.0hrs
2015-02-07 17:34:10 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:34:11 trying connection 17.................... lastseen=5864.9hrs
2015-02-07 17:34:16 connection timeout
2015-02-07 17:34:16 trying connection dnsseed01.anoncoin.net lastseen=0.0hrs

why did you addnode some VERY WEIRD nonexisting fake DNS seeds?

[hanspeter77]

ist doesnt sync
trying connection 193.150.121.28:9377 lastseen=17.8hrs
2015-02-08 11:24:00 connected 193.150.121.28:9377
2015-02-08 11:24:00 send version message: version 70007, blocks=309707, us=217.85.81.40:9377, them=193.150.121.28:9377, peer=193.150.121.28:9377
2015-02-08 11:24:00 socket recv error 10054
2015-02-08 11:24:00 disconnecting node 193.150.121.28:9377

[matthewh3]

My new i2p node isn't connecting anymore either.  And I've never had problems before with my nodes?

[dewdeded]

Isn't there a fundamental problem with ANC, that people don't know who the big holders (whales) are?
Or how the distribution is? How many big holders?

Like in other anon coins its know who the big holders are. How coin is distributed over the community.
But in ANC not so much.

[matthewh3]

There's been a lot of ANC volume on BTC38 in the last twenty-four hours - http://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/anoncoin/#markets - Network hashrate has just jumped to a new all time high too - http://www.coinwarz.com/network-hashrate-charts/anoncoin-network-hashrate-chart

[lunokhod2]

Isn't there a fundamental problem with ANC, that people don't know who the big holders (whales) are?
Or how the distribution is? How many big holders?

Like in other anon coins its know who the big holders are. How coin is distributed over the community.
But in ANC not so much.

How could any coin respond to such a problem?

- Should the top holders identify themselves?

- Given that the top holders likely have many pseudonymous accounts, should they identify all such addresses?

- Given that the distribution of BTC is not even known, why would a coin that respects user privacy want to make such information available?

All I can say for Anoncoin is that the initial launch and the mining reward schedule were both fair. A small 4200 ANC premine was returned to the community. There was no instamine for the lucky few who got in on day one. No one who held long made money off of ANC. If there is a whale quietly buying up ANC, good for him.

[dewdeded]

lunokhod2: Dont be so hostile. I have nothing against ANC. It was a legitimate question out of interest.
I asked this question because, I feel like I am (and the public is) better informed, who the big holders are, in coins like BTC, LTC, XMR and DRK.

[Cryptoslave]

lunokhod2: Dont be so hostile. I have nothing against ANC. It was a legitimate question out of interest.
I asked this question because, I feel like I am (and the public is) better informed, who the big holders are, in coins like BTC, LTC, XMR and DRK.

It is true for Darkcoin it is easy to know, with Eduffield having instamined more than 10% of the whole network in one hour, without anyone able to compete!

Proof: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=560138.msg7535561#msg7535561

[Cryptoslave]

Isn't there a fundamental problem with ANC, that people don't know who the big holders (whales) are?
Or how the distribution is? How many big holders?

Like in other anon coins its know who the big holders are. How coin is distributed over the community.
But in ANC not so much.

Just check https://coinplorer.com/ANC/Addresses/0/Top

[dewdeded]

Just check https://coinplorer.com/ANC/Addresses/0/Top

Yeah. But who owns these 100 addresses?
100 real ANC community members or one ANC core dev & his three friends?

Currency is about trust. No one gonna trust ANC if ownership is so uncertain IMHO.

[lunokhod2]

Just check https://coinplorer.com/ANC/Addresses/0/Top

Yeah. But who owns these 100 addresses?
100 real ANC community members or one ANC core dev & his three friends?

Currency is about trust. No one gonna trust ANC if ownership is so uncertain IMHO.

I don't think that any coin can answer this type of question (sorry, I didn't mean to be hostile).

One aspect is: Who are the miners?

The second is: Once the miner sells his reward on the open market, who buys it?

I don't know the answer to either of these.

As for the question of trust, I would say that the creation of currency involves trust. After the initial creation, no trust is involved at all.

[anonymousxx1503]

What's up with the huge ANC/BTC volume on BTC38?

[darkota]

What's up with the huge ANC/BTC volume on BTC38?

Someone trading amongst themself.

[K1773R]

Isn't there a fundamental problem with ANC, that people don't know who the big holders (whales) are?
Or how the distribution is? How many big holders?

Like in other anon coins its know who the big holders are. How coin is distributed over the community.
But in ANC not so much.

because we are not interested in pump'n'dump.
move along...

[K1773R]

Just check https://coinplorer.com/ANC/Addresses/0/Top

Yeah. But who owns these 100 addresses?
100 real ANC community members or one ANC core dev & his three friends?

Currency is about trust. No one gonna trust ANC if ownership is so uncertain IMHO.

Why are you using fiat money then? there you even know less who owns the currency so its an invalid argument.

[matthewh3]

What's up with the huge ANC/BTC volume on BTC38?

Yeah for over forty-eight hours now it has been showing a very high volume.

[TheKoziTwo]

Isn't there a fundamental problem with ANC, that people don't know who the big holders (whales) are?
Or how the distribution is? How many big holders?

Like in other anon coins its know who the big holders are. How coin is distributed over the community.
But in ANC not so much.

because we are not interested in pump'n'dump.
move along...

Anyone can look at http://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/anoncoin/ chart / all and see the biggest one day spike in anc history.

Someone is getting ready for a massive pump or a massive dump.

One of the most crookedly traded of the older altcoins.

So is it going to be a pump or a dump?

Educated guess, based on experience with anc, is that a new major update comes out soon. Then a huge pump. Once the market seems to peak the big holders will dump. Same as before.

Meeh has been lured to the Phillipines, also known as Planecrashistan. Once he is officially off the coin the next pumpndump cycle begins. Another attempt to implement a rigged algo. Another cash windfall for the supposed protectors of liberty. Same modus operandi with altcoins as with their other projects.

Carry on.

I have been involuntarily HODLing anoncoins for almost 4 months now, looking forward to dump it all during that huge pump. With a new wallet update I guess cryptsy will finally give me my coins...

[lunokhod2]

Help Anoncoin translate the Qt client (Bounty!)

In preparation for the release of Anoncoin 0.9.4, we have started a project on Transifex to translate the text associated with the Anoncoin-Qt client. We have chosen about ~25 high priority languages, but others can easily be added. Most of these languages are already partially translated as we have started with files that come from the Bitcoin project. We consider this a high priority task as Anoncoin should be available to those who need it, regardless of their native tongue.

We are offering a bounty of 25 ANC for each translation that is brought to 100%. We would like to offer more, but this is all that our donation account can support. All that we ask is that you be a native speaker of the language, and that you not use machine translation. Instruction on how to use the Transifex site can be found here. If you would like to act as a reviewer of previously translated pages, or if you would like to help coordinate specific languages, please contact me.

As usual, you can find everything you ever wanted to know on the Anoncoin wiki!