[ANN][Datacoin] Datacoin blockchain start announcement (Minor code upd + logo)

[PhusionPhil]

is it possible to sync a windows desktop qt client?

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[batesresearch]

is it possible to sync a windows desktop qt client?

Where are you based? I had trouble syncing from the UK but my other systems (In the US) synced fine, first time.

Have you added the nodes detailed below to your client? Do you need help adding them?

addnode=198.205.118.181:4777
addnode=191.101.9.62:4777
addnode=218.24.154.38:4777
addnode=61.235.146.130:4777
addnode=144.76.123.194:4777
addnode=92.222.37.29:4777
addnode=80.74.157.31:4777

[pineapples]

how big is the blockchain now.
if it's bearably sized i'll run a node

also is anyone running that explorer from a few pages back ? that looks awesome ..

[K1773R]

how big is the blockchain now.
if it's bearably sized i'll run a node

also is anyone running that explorer from a few pages back ? that looks awesome ..

currently its ~1.5GiB

[AtomSea]

how big is the blockchain now.
if it's bearably sized i'll run a node

also is anyone running that explorer from a few pages back ? that looks awesome ..

Another node would be amazing there are only 4 currently running.
And yeah, can we get some reviews of the blockchain blockpage explorer?
How's it working?
That's amazing stuff - I need to get it going too.


And does anyone know how to SOLO-MINE with a GPU on Datacoin???
I'm using the miner from here --> http://dtc.graymines.net

I've never solo-mined before, I'd like to put some of my GPU prime-hashing power directly into Datacoin via solo-mining. I plan to still keep some in dtc.graymines.net - I just want to make sure we are load balancing as much as possible

Any help would be appreciated - and we can use the instructions we come up with for a new Datacoin help page

[PhusionPhil]

Going to attempt to figure it out right now, but yes help wouldn't hurt have never done this before.

is it possible to sync a windows desktop qt client?

Where are you based? I had trouble syncing from the UK but my other systems (In the US) synced fine, first time.

Have you added the nodes detailed below to your client? Do you need help adding them?

addnode=198.205.118.181:4777
addnode=191.101.9.62:4777
addnode=218.24.154.38:4777
addnode=61.235.146.130:4777
addnode=144.76.123.194:4777
addnode=92.222.37.29:4777
addnode=80.74.157.31:4777

[AtomSea]

Going to attempt to figure it out right now, but yes help wouldn't hurt have never done this before.

is it possible to sync a windows desktop qt client?

Where are you based? I had trouble syncing from the UK but my other systems (In the US) synced fine, first time.

Have you added the nodes detailed below to your client? Do you need help adding them?

addnode=198.205.118.181:4777
addnode=191.101.9.62:4777
addnode=218.24.154.38:4777
addnode=61.235.146.130:4777
addnode=144.76.123.194:4777
addnode=92.222.37.29:4777
addnode=80.74.157.31:4777

Here's my cheat sheet to get a wallet going from post
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=325735.msg11527613#msg11527613
But use the above nodes - they are the most current.

If someone has detailed instructions on how to set up a full-node - that'd be extremely helpful as well.
This is something we should have explicated so others can add some too.

Here's my "cheat-sheet" to get a working Datacoin wallet going



Link to Windows wallet - http://sourceforge.net/projects/datacoin/files/

Download datacoin-qt-131204.zip

Unzip it (drag file onto desktop usually does it, or click the unzip icon in the folder)

Run datacoin-qt

After the wallet boots up, you'll notice that it doesn't connect to any active connections.

To fix that, go to the 'Help' tab on the top, then 'Debug window'

The 'Console' tab comes up.

At the bottom of the Console tab you can enter commands to the wallet.
We are going to add nodes. I went through this thread and others and found nodes that may be active.

type the following:

addnode 107.170.165.126 add

then hit return.

I added all of the following using the above command format:
107.170.165.126
108.61.57.85
125.135.114.73
162.243.125.211
198.12.12.83
46.4.147.38
144.76.123.194
80.74.157.31
104.131.69.82
graymines.net:4777


My wallet is now connected to 11 nodes!
Not sure which ones above are active - just know that one or more gets the wallet working

Hope this helps my fellow Datacoin peeps!

And as of today (6/3/2015) the size of Datacoin is about 1.2 gigs. (Bitcoin is currently about 32 gigs)

Peace.

[batesresearch]

We have a Datacoin information site in the pipeline and its around 80% complete. I have had good feedback on its progress from members of the community, as AtomSea said we need working instructions to include on the website, areas we are covering include:

- Help with setting up your wallet
- Mining Guides

If anyone thinks of something else we should have on the site, speak up and we will get it added. If anyone wants to contribute to the site or wants a look over it before it going live let me know, all contributions will be credited.

[pineapples]

it's pretty easy to setup a basic node on a vps (which is what i'm doing)

this is amusingly the guide i generally follow, https://github.com/coincreator/tutorials/tree/master/tutorials/LinuxDaemonHosting
the important part is installing the correct libraries.
and it uses ubuntu, so the commands below will need to be changed slightly for other flavours of linux

obviously there are a few things to change, such as git address but it's pretty much the same.
edit. i added adding a swap file in, can be useful its' down the bottom

here's a basic variation on that link which will be for dtc..
once your vps is started and you've logged in.
1. update the vps OS and install libraries
2. get source code and start compiling
3. edit datacoin.conf -- generally i start the daemon first, then it closes with an error about needing this .conf file.
it will spit out an example rpcuser and rpcpassword details. i just copy/paste these into the conf. also copy/paste addnodes from below
4. start for real.

Code:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential libboost-all-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libdb5.1-dev libdb5.1++-dev make git

## look below at adding swap file, do it here

git clone https://github.com/foo1inge/datacoin.git
cd ~/datacoin/src/
make -f makefile.unix "USE_UPNP=-"

./datacoind &
touch /root/.datacoin/datacoin.conf
nano /root/.datacoin/datacoin.conf

## paste stuff, then to exit
[ctrl-x] 
[y]
[enter]

./datacoind &

./datacoind getinfo

hopefully now your daemon will spit out some promising info that it is working, and connected !!


conf content - change username and password to yr whatever

Code:

rpcuser=useretc
rpcpassword=passwordofyourchoice
addnode=107.170.165.126
addnode=108.61.57.85
addnode=125.135.114.73
addnode=162.243.125.211
addnode=198.12.12.83
addnode=46.4.147.38
addnode=144.76.123.194
addnode=80.74.157.31
addnode=104.131.69.82
addnode=graymines.net:4777

adding a 1gb swap file. virtual ram basically, will help with some memory based compiling errors.
you may as well do this early in the procedure

Code:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=1024
mkswap /swapfile 
swapon /swapfile

## then to make it persistent, ie run on reboot you need to edit fstab

nano /etc/fstab
## then at bottom of file paste
/swapfile  swap      swap    defaults         0 0

[ctrl-x],[y],[enter]

note. lines with ## are not to be entered.

[batesresearch]

Thanks pineapples !

We will add a 'Help setting up a node' section to the site, I'll credit you on the page!

[pineapples]

Thanks pineapples !

We will add a 'Help setting up a node' section to the site, I'll credit you on the page!

no worries
the tricky bit i didnt go through is setting up a tunnel with the vps. so you can chat with it through a terminal interface.

digitalocean offer one through their droplet infos, but i've always had problems using it, probably just bad ping.
windows users need to use putty, but as i'm on OSX i can just open a terminal and just connect

[batesresearch]

Thanks pineapples !

We will add a 'Help setting up a node' section to the site, I'll credit you on the page!

no worries
the tricky bit i didnt go through is setting up a tunnel with the vps. so you can chat with it through a terminal interface.

digitalocean offer one through their droplet infos, but i've always had problems using it, probably just bad ping.
windows users need to use putty, but as i'm on OSX i can just open a terminal and just connect

I'll drop you a PM of where I am up too with the website

[portsofessen]

Nice to see that DTC is still ticking along

[batesresearch]

Nice to see that DTC is still ticking along

Can you help in anyway, we are hoping to get development started on Datacoin again

We are currently creating a single source of information (A website) for Datacoin

[portsofessen]

Nice to see that DTC is still ticking along

Can you help in anyway, we are hoping to get development started on Datacoin again

We are currently creating a single source of information (A website) for Datacoin

I've just started a chinese thread, its still missing alot of info though so shoot me through a PM if you want anything added/updated

[batesresearch]

Thanks, we will probably add a translation system to the site we have created.

It seems who ever owns http://datacoin.info has decided to make the site live once again.

Does anyone here know who owns datacoin.info?

[portsofessen]

Thanks, we will probably add a translation system to the site we have created.

It seems who ever owns http://datacoin.info has decided to make the site live once again.

Does anyone here know who owns datacoin.info?

According to this thread user Maxsolnc owns datacoin.info
Anyone working on a DTC block explorer?

[AtomSea]

Thanks, we will probably add a translation system to the site we have created.

It seems who ever owns http://datacoin.info has decided to make the site live once again.

Does anyone here know who owns datacoin.info?

According to this thread user Maxsolnc owns datacoin.info
Anyone working on a DTC block explorer?

indeed - Maxsolcn says so here ---> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=325735.msg5126781#msg5126781

and here's a Datacoin block explorer --> http://www.bytestamp.net/blocks/index
but the more the merrier!

And MarcusDe is running a great Datacoin pool here --> http://dtc.graymines.net
however, this appears to be the only one... we need some diversity!

[batesresearch]

Thanks, we will probably add a translation system to the site we have created.

It seems who ever owns http://datacoin.info has decided to make the site live once again.

Does anyone here know who owns datacoin.info?

According to this thread user Maxsolnc owns datacoin.info
Anyone working on a DTC block explorer?

indeed - Maxsolcn says so here ---> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=325735.msg5126781#msg5126781

and here's a Datacoin block explorer --> http://www.bytestamp.net/blocks/index
but the more the merrier!

And MarcusDe is running a great Datacoin pool here --> http://dtc.graymines.net
however, this appears to be the only one... we need some diversity!

Hey Atom,

I dropped Maxsolcn a PM before asking if he still owned it but he replied saying he doesn't.

We definitely need to diversify the services!

[AtomSea]

Thanks, we will probably add a translation system to the site we have created.

It seems who ever owns http://datacoin.info has decided to make the site live once again.

Does anyone here know who owns datacoin.info?

According to this thread user Maxsolnc owns datacoin.info
Anyone working on a DTC block explorer?

indeed - Maxsolcn says so here ---> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=325735.msg5126781#msg5126781

and here's a Datacoin block explorer --> http://www.bytestamp.net/blocks/index
but the more the merrier!

And MarcusDe is running a great Datacoin pool here --> http://dtc.graymines.net
however, this appears to be the only one... we need some diversity!

Hey Atom,

I dropped Maxsolcn a PM before asking if he still owned it but he replied saying he doesn't.

We definitely need to diversify the services!

I find that most fascinating.
<read that ^ with a Spock accent>

But yeah, interesting

Well, to whomever is running it, that's awesome, just be sure everything is updated, Datacoin.info-mystery-person
Ex - Datacoin is now a GPU coin, not just a CPU coin