Bottlecaps 2.1 UPDATE REQUIRED - HARDFORK JULY 4 2014 to 200% Annual PoS

[David Latapie]

David with the latest beta release 1.999 you should not need any addnodes at all. Try it out and see if it works.  It does for me.

Thanks.

I tried to compile, with no luck

Code:

cd ~ && git clone git://github.com/bottlecaps-foundation/bottlecaps.git && cd bottlecaps && qmake-qt4 bottlecaps-qt.pro && make && ln -s ~/bottlecaps/BottleCaps-qt ~/Desktop/CAP

(go to home folder, download the source, go to the right folder, prepare compilation then compile, create a shortcut name "CAP" on the desktop)

It stops at qmake-qt4 step (I tried with qt5 too - I am on Arch Linux, if that helps)

Any idea?

[scryptographer]

David with the latest beta release 1.999 you should not need any addnodes at all. Try it out and see if it works.  It does for me.

Thanks.

I tried to compile, with no luck

Code:

cd ~ && git clone git://github.com/bottlecaps-foundation/bottlecaps.git && qmake-qt4 bottlecaps-qt.pro && make && ln -s ~/bottlecaps/BottleCaps-qt ~/Desktop/CAP

(go to home folder, download the source, prepare compilation then compile, create a shortcut name "CAP" on the desktop)

It stops at qmake-qt4 step (I tried with qt5 too - I am on Arch Linux, if that helps)

Any idea?

Wrong github
https://github.com/Tranz5/bottlecaps/releases/tag/1.999

See more here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=241445.msg7006678#msg7006678

[David Latapie]

Wrong github
https://github.com/Tranz5/bottlecaps/releases/tag/1.999

See more here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=241445.msg7006678#msg7006678

John Eden did not handed access over to Tranzz? Pity. That's why for monero we deliberately created the ANN with a dedicated, shared account.

When you lose interest in a program, your last duty to it is to hand it off to a competent successor.

Tranzz, how can I compile from source by cloning (not by wgetting the tar.gz)? There is no .git file? I'd like to just use pull to get the latest version.

Thank you.

[Tranz]

Wrong github
https://github.com/Tranz5/bottlecaps/releases/tag/1.999

See more here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=241445.msg7006678#msg7006678

John Eden did not handed access over to Tranzz? Pity. That's why for monero we deliberately created the ANN with a dedicated, shared account.

When you lose interest in a program, your last duty to it is to hand it off to a competent successor.

Tranzz, how can I compile from source by cloning (not by wgetting the tar.gz)? There is no .git file? I'd like to just use pull to get the latest version.

Thank you.

Flound has access to OP.

git clone git://github.com/Tranz5/bottlecaps

Please be aware. There may still be a change or 2 before we are completely done.  So be sure to check back.

[Tranz]

More Hard Fork Commits (For 7/4/2014 07:04:14) :

Add Max Stake Reward of 1,000 coins:
https://github.com/Tranz5/bottlecaps/commit/0fa9b69af7a0f99bcd079743857f5842a11aac44

Change to min/max stake age from 30/90 days to 15/45 days.
https://github.com/Tranz5/bottlecaps/commit/6362bd69b026c37a6dbc48e0162adf1ddc9bfa76

Change to GetNextTargetRequired for negative value:
https://github.com/Tranz5/bottlecaps/commit/1461f280975698e1084527f05bf31f4112bb3775

I would appreciate anyone looking over the code and giving any feedback.

We were planning on an upgrade release before hardfork, correct?

Flound, yes. I have at least 1 more commit to do. I am going to send you a PM here shortly.

[crackfoo]

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[NuShrike]

You can't withdrawl your CAPs from Multipool for the last few weeks so not the best mining option... 

Works now .. for now. I certainly like the PPLNS system better than than PPS on hasher.ca.

Can't speak for cryptopools.com as a few of the coins I've tried there won't mine (FST, etc).

[Tranz]

More Hard Fork Commits (For 7/4/2014 07:04:14) :

Add Max Stake Reward of 1,000 coins:
https://github.com/Tranz5/bottlecaps/commit/0fa9b69af7a0f99bcd079743857f5842a11aac44

Change to min/max stake age from 30/90 days to 15/45 days.
https://github.com/Tranz5/bottlecaps/commit/6362bd69b026c37a6dbc48e0162adf1ddc9bfa76

Change to GetNextTargetRequired for negative value:
https://github.com/Tranz5/bottlecaps/commit/1461f280975698e1084527f05bf31f4112bb3775

I would appreciate anyone looking over the code and giving any feedback.

Tranz,

I take issue with a section of code for the negative target patch.  Specifically, it is this one:

Code:

if (nActualSpacing < 0)
    nActualSpacing = nTargetSpacing;

The difficulty should still increase if the time between blocks is less than zero, but this line of code makes it so that the difficulty remains static.  If this issue is going to be fixed, I feel the more desirable option is below:

Code:

if (nActualSpacing < 0)
    nActualSpacing = 0;

I'm not a fan of the way Peercoin forks adjust difficulty because of attack vectors, and hopefully some hashrate and staking will increase the security of this chain.  That is a discussion for another topic at another time, however.  

Please share your thoughts on my small suggestion  

Hi Math. Good suggestion and thanks for it.  My thoughts on it are such that if you set the spacing to zero, and allow the difficulty to move up, as you suggested, you also allow the peer to rapidly increase the difficulty, which could result in a slow or even stuck block chain.

I will keep this in mind, as I am still adjusting the hard fork. My uses of GetAdjustedTime will not work, so I am changing some functions to fit.

Thanks for the feedback!

[flound1129]

any ACTUAL pool ?!

Multipool.us CAP pool is working fine.

Features:

• Over 1 year in operation
• Proportional reward system
• Redundant EU and US Servers
• User-selectable share difficulty from 16 to 2048 on scrypt/scrypt-n/x11 and 1 to 2048 on SHA-256 coins.
• Load Balancing - High capacity and redundant
• Transparent, detailed block payout stats
• Fee-free daily payouts and low threshold auto payouts
• Android and iPhone app available! http://multistat.yovu.co/

You can't withdrawl your CAPs from Multipool for the last few weeks so not the best mining option... 

Withdrawals were re-enabled today.

[turk-fx]

I just wanted to say here how stupid I was. I gathered almost 2BTC worth of CAPS when hitting from 4000sat to 1900 sat. But I panicked and sold all my caps for loss. If I hold them, I would have had 4-5btc profit. No I bought some back at 4500sat 5000sat and 5500 sat. I am trying to do day trading cryptsy to make some BTC and all my profit goes to CAPS. But I am not sure, If I will ever make almost 1.5btc I lost.

[alibabacool]

I just wanted to say here how stupid I was. I gathered almost 2BTC worth of CAPS when hitting from 4000sat to 1900 sat. But I panicked and sold all my caps for loss. If I hold them, I would have had 4-5btc profit. No I bought some back at 4500sat 5000sat and 5500 sat. I am trying to do day trading cryptsy to make some BTC and all my profit goes to CAPS. But I am not sure, If I will ever make almost 1.5btc I lost.

Don't worry! In cryptocurrencies world you can't win and be in plus every time. So keep calm.

[ElTomeko27]

Like alibabacool said just keep calm and wait with your Caps for high prices...

[techbytes]

You can't withdrawl your CAPs from Multipool for the last few weeks so not the best mining option... 

Works now .. for now. I certainly like the PPLNS system better than than PPS on hasher.ca.

Can't speak for cryptopools.com as a few of the coins I've tried there won't mine (FST, etc).

47MH on CAP now and 667 blocks found so we know that is working.  I will check out FST.  Thanks for reporting the issue.

cap.cryptopools.com/getting_started

Flound, please update the pool list in the OP.  Thanks.


-tb-

[Shirley.BTC]

After that I have kept my wallet closed waiting for the new release. 

[David Latapie]

Please be aware. There may still be a change or 2 before we are completely done.  So be sure to check back.

Thanks. Should I avoid having my newly-acquired Bottlecaps on this wallet (I have a backup) and instead send them back to cryptsy?

[Tranz]

Please be aware. There may still be a change or 2 before we are completely done.  So be sure to check back.

Thanks. Should I avoid having my newly-acquired Bottlecaps on this wallet (I have a backup) and instead send them back to cryptsy?

Should be safe I am running with it no problems, just make sure you get the final version once it is out, or you will have to redownlaod the block chain.

As always make sure you have a good offline backup of your wallet.dat..

[David Latapie]

http://cap.blockx.info/richlist/ has the HBN logo instead of CAPS.

[dreamwatcher]

The Explorer at cryptocoinexplorer will be stopped at block 477854 while the updated daemon rebuilds the block index.

Should only take a hour or two. 

[vrm86]

I just wanted to say here how stupid I was. I gathered almost 2BTC worth of CAPS when hitting from 4000sat to 1900 sat. But I panicked and sold all my caps for loss. If I hold them, I would have had 4-5btc profit. No I bought some back at 4500sat 5000sat and 5500 sat. I am trying to do day trading cryptsy to make some BTC and all my profit goes to CAPS. But I am not sure, If I will ever make almost 1.5btc I lost.

I have lost 25% of my CAP in exactly same way. But I am glad that I kept the rest

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