Ixcoin TODO

[Vlad2Vlad]

After reading this wiki page about world currency,
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_currency

Some interesting things popped out at me. For instance in 2009 there were several countries and organizations such as IMF and the UN that called for a supranational currency. 2009. Isn't that when bitcoin was created?

And this interesting quote
Advocates, notably Keynes,[16] of a global currency often argue[16] that such a currency would not suffer from inflation,

Hmmmm, no inflation any more with IXC. This is one of the strongest points of showing off the identity of IXC. In fact the no inflation should be the top of the list.

And this gem.
Alternatively, digital gold currency and cryptocurrency can be viewed as examples of how global currency can be implemented without achieving national government consensus.

And the IMF keeps getting mentioned throughout the article it makes me think that the I in IXC stands for International. The C stands for currency or coin or at this current price, cent. And the X,, probably exchange.

So,  International eXchange Currency.


The same article mentions VEN and hubculture. ( as an aside, maybe those would be good partners for IXC)

That's beautiful work you did there but doesn't this belong on the "crazy" twin riddle thread?  lol

What you're saying is impossible cause Andreas [the worshiped crypto expert] says governments HATE Bitcoin and are terrified of it and could "NEVER" control it.  haha.

But seriously, even Russia [and China] love Bitcoin [as I've said for over a year] so of course world governments will do anything to make it work and we should see that [in a HUGE way] next year, 2015.

[cinnamon_carter]

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appears everyone using old clients , in testing on and off i have yet to see anyone using the 9.x client


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[cinnamon_carter]

no , just making an observation

if anyone wants to use an older client of iX coin they are free to do so by all means just as many many people on the bitcoin network use old clients

personally i think the latest source in line with btc 9.3 is my choice since over the years (including times when iX was not regularly updated) many security and other things were changed and improved in the code.

for anyone running merged mining nodes i can understand the older software may be necessary since i am really unsure how using new and old clients can work out (namecoin, i0 , i.e. are running 8.x I believe)

If anyone wants details of soecific items that have changed or been upgraded you can check this list for bitcoin, most of these items apply to iX in it's current state https://bitcoin.org/en/version-history  click on each version to see what was upgraded....

Let me say this describes iX except for obvious items bitcoin specific like checkpoints in the blockchain---- i realize if you are not familiar with the source code you may not be able to understand what an obvious vs. non obvious item but if you want to learn how iX coin or bitcoin works this is a good starting point.... looking up what the specific upgrades are and why they are considered upgrades----  also I never expect anyone to take my word for anything, (or anyone elses word) the code itself should stand on it's own. This is one of the greatest innovations given to us by Satoshi and others who improved the original code.  The ability to have dealings when you cannot trust the others in the system ..... a very general statement but true.  I believe earlier in the thread someone mentioned merged mining. I think this post by "Satoshi" to me at least indicates he came up with the basic idea and gave it his 'blessing'. Post from 12-9-2010

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1790.msg28696#msg28696

appears everyone using old clients , in testing on and off i have yet to see anyone using the 9.x client


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do you need people to do something cinammon?

[jertsy]

I wonder where 2015 will bring cryptos. I think the creation of new coins will continue, achieving new levels of confusion and innovation, all mixed together, a sort of  virtual battle where the weakest coins will wither and die. iXcoin, as always, is on undefined territory.

I think only well established older coins and innovative coins will survive 2015. New coins without new features are unlikely to establish a big community and will probably quickly wither and die.

[jertsy]

I wonder where 2015 will bring cryptos. I think the creation of new coins will continue, achieving new levels of confusion and innovation, all mixed together, a sort of  virtual battle where the weakest coins will wither and die. iXcoin, as always, is on undefined territory.

I think only well established older coins and innovative coins will survive 2015. New coins without new features are unlikely to establish a big community and will probably quickly wither and die.

To be old is not synonymous of successful. It can help, but still I don't see why the age of a coin could make such a great difference. What surprises me it's this: Ixcoin is mined despite the reward is zero.

IMO well established older coins often built up big communities because there were less than 50 alts a year ago. Those communities help to keep coins successful. Now there are 500+ alts it's difficult for any new alt to build a big community.

[Vlad2Vlad]

I get the impression Vlad would like me to, do one that is.   

Ahmed and GroundRod [and Cinnamon] did an excellent job on this new update.


Just double click on the wallet - give it 5 minutes to connect and you're good to go.

It really is that simple with this new wallet.


As long as no firewall blocks the p2p port then it will connect EVERY TIME with no NODES or PEERS. 

Cinnamon takes her work very seriously and has done an excellent job.


This is like doing a video on how to turn on your computer.  I suppose if you really wanna do it then it wouldn't hurt but no, I personally wouldn't waste time on it given there are much better things to focus on.


Edit:  DeadSea, I'm not sure why we would need to start a new thread.  This one has served us all well and it has good history which is very important.  If Thomas wants to start a new thread then that would be a different story.

[Vlad2Vlad]

Good videos can capture people's attention much more than a 240 pages thread buried among thousands of bitcoin threads.
Frictionlesscoin had the idea to start an official forum page connected to his website. That would be something to work on, keeping bct thread active too. We should think of new users. A 240 pages thread? An excess of info is like no info. Plus, even Satoshi doesn't come all the times to start a Bitcoin thread.  
PS to rely on the age of a coin, on the age of a thread: all these things will not determine success or failure in itself.
A old coin must look fresh and dynamic. You like the experience, the background of a brand. But what you buy must not look old. It must transmit competence, be something to rely on, friendly, cool.

So you suggest that every year or so we ditch our community thread to start a fresh one in an attempt to keep iXcoin from looking "old"? 

I don't know why but that sounds very inefficient and pointless to me, but I'd like to hear other opinions from community members.

Also, I don't know anyone who would read a 240+ page thread but it is nice to have for research purposes - in the event someone does wanna do some in-depth research.  Especially since everything started on this thread and all of iXcoin's relevant history is here, on this "old" thread.

Finally, Thomas does check in from time to time so if he wants to start a new thread then I'm sure that's something he can easily do.  Maybe he'll call it:  iXCoin TODO 2.0 - Fresh and New [for about 6-12months]. lol


But seriously, people should start posting their thoughts on this [and other subject matters] so we can all make the best possible decisions for iXCoin.


Cheers!

[ahmed_]

@CinnamonCarter, Could you recompile with the latest source, ive added a lot more nodes with this one.
@Jumbley, once cinnamon''s compiled this then it should work out of the box. IF it doesnt then you have a firewall blocking your outgoing connections

Ahmed

[HashEngineering]

I use GroundRods wallet, I am no expert in these matters but it works well and I have not had any problems with it. I remember seeing a post of his somewhere about wanting to know more about android and it wouldn't really surprise me if he was off somewhere teaching himself how to make an IXC application for mobile devices. I don't really know what he may be doing but I hope we have not seen the last of him.

Is there still a need for and android wallet?

[dadingsda]

Is ixco.in down?

[cinnamon_carter]

note -- I mention in passing I have now tested Ahmed's 9.3 ix client for windows that I compiled on 15 different windows machines from 5 different (at least ip addresses) .

It works no matter if i start it with no wallet or import my wallet.dat.

A few times I notice it can take a few minutes to connect to the network.

These tests were all conducted on windows 7 and various versions of windows 8.

If you are running anything older I cannot predict if it will work or not. (you can alwyas try compatability mode).

Other items:


I also had a chance to test the mining of the iX client on Win with a few asic's. Works well on tests although no blocks were hashed since obviouslly a couple ghs is about as likely to solve a block as hooking up a 1950's egg beater to the network.  I mention this was solo iX not merged mining. But no errors.  Timing seems good.  Anyone else who has actually tested it in server mode who has different results or sees timing issues or other problems please let either myself or Ahmed know.  If you can post the error log from cgminer or bfgminer please do.   I think his work is solid.


On that note if you are really unable to connect to the iX network with any client post your debug.log file and when I have time I will look at it if someone else does not get to it first.  (you get this by clicking on Help, Open debug window, then debug log file. )


On 'community funded' items..... well I think if the community really wants or needs something they might be better to step up and code/write/create what is necessary.  iX was launched long before almost every other alt coin when there were no easy known methods of 'cloning' a coin or even hashing a genesis block.   So they may be 'silent voices' but I have a strong belief that there are some very knowledgable people out there who hold iX.

Finally (and this is just a random thought of mine nothing official)  I was thinking about experimenting with 'inserting' things into the iX blockchain like people have done to bitcoin. (secret messages, photos, ect....)

This is a pandoras box in a way since once someone put's something in a blockchain that is not supossed to be there it could become controversial.  For that reason I will not be 'releasing' or 'sharing' the results of any experiments. I was recently studying various methods of this for another project I am working on unrelated to iX and thought well..... the original or in this case 'the twin' of the original would probably be the easiest of all to mess around with.


Finally as we enter a new year let's not forget while most people today think we are all so cool with all our technology I urge you to look at this item that is over 40,000 years old. Far more is unknown than known.

 
(source for photo and more information here http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/prehistoric/lion-man-hohlenstein-stadel.htm )

[mmpool]

Frictionlesscoin 30,000 IXC?

mmpool.org paid 10k ixcoin to Frictionless and other pledges were 15k for ixcoin updates for counterparty support. I'm not sure if this was completed though - I haven't kept up with the thread.

[FrictionlessCoin]

Frictionlesscoin 30,000 IXC?

mmpool.org paid 10k ixcoin to Frictionless and other pledges were 15k for ixcoin updates for counterparty support. I'm not sure if this was completed though - I haven't kept up with the thread.

I received 15,000 IXC for the counterparty port.  This however is dependent on the 0.9.3 port being completed.

Regarding other bounties that I received,  that was all for the 0.8.x port that I completed.

So really, I don't know what the 10K IXC that you are referring to here.

[Vlad2Vlad]

I received 15,000 IXC for the counterparty port.  This however is dependent on the 0.9.3 port being completed.

Regarding other bounties that I received,  that was all for the 0.8.x port that I completed.

If you are still planning to complete Counterparty then it's ok if you keep the bounty.  I will delete my post above.

Thanks for clarifying.

[mmpool]

I received 15,000 IXC for the counterparty port.  This however is dependent on the 0.9.3 port being completed.

Regarding other bounties that I received,  that was all for the 0.8.x port that I completed.

So really, I don't know what the 10K IXC that you are referring to here.

Look at the link I gave. Here is you saying you'll work on it with the donation address:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=230141.msg6603281#msg6603281

Here is my post with transaction id for the 10k towards it:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=230141.msg6603371#msg6603371

Presumably that 10k made up part of the 15k you mention.

Edit: This post mentions that someone was outstanding for the last 10k:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=230141.msg6883582#msg6883582

[mmpool]

So, are you saying you gave Friction 10,000 IXC for Counterparty, he didn't deliver it and never returned the money to you?

I'm saying that I sent Friction 10k IXC as part of the 25k they requested for the Counterparty work. I don't know if the work has been delivered. I assume it is still in progress based on the last page or two of this thread. I have not received any refund, nor do I expect one if the work is still ongoing.

[FrictionlessCoin]

So, are you saying you gave Friction 10,000 IXC for Counterparty, he didn't deliver it and never returned the money to you?

I'm saying that I sent Friction 10k IXC as part of the 25k they requested for the Counterparty work. I don't know if the work has been delivered. I assume it is still in progress based on the last page or two of this thread. I have not received any refund, nor do I expect one if the work is still ongoing.

I gather it is part of the 15K IXC that I received.  I never received the 25k IXC that I had originally requested.

[mmpool]

so someone owes you 10K IXC when it is completed then?

The user that pledged it hasn't posted since mid-2014:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=230141.msg6483462#msg6483462

Edit: That was for the client upgrade it seems, not counterparty. Disregard.

[ahmed_]

0.9.3 is COMPLETE. As i stated earlier it has been for some time (In the time since its been done ive even hard forked DGC to V3 from the original V2 code) which shows the time since its been done. If @Frictionless you do plan on doing it. I must insist that you start ASAP. Once v0.10 launches i plan on upgrading straight to it, and any of your counterparty work if not completed will NOT be ported. Which will leave you left with porting counterparty to a 0.10 base.

Ahmed

[ahmed_]

the only thing which might be an issue is the lack of UPNP although im not 100% sure on that one