NXT :: descendant of Bitcoin - Updated Information

[lophie]

Come-From-Beyond: what do you think of this critique: http://www.reddit.com/r/nxtcoin/comments/1toz2d/warning_nxt_source_code_is_very_low_quality/

Omg I actually expected an arguement. This is a critic from a programming tutor and not a software evaluator. (hope not!) And I am sure he is really not familiar with crypto code especially bitcoin refrence client or he wouldnt criticise magically appearing numbers!

[davethetrousers]

I am currently trying to get it running on my raspy, but when I access the frontend I get: java.lang.NullPointerException

I can click the message away but after unlocking everything is empty, no blocks, no transactions and so on.

Did you use my all-in-one pack? What does the server daemon say on startup? Any exceptions there?

Yes, I am using your pack.

It seems that there is a problem here:

[2013-12-26 15:51:14.713] Nxt 0.4.7e started.
[2013-12-26 15:51:14.751] "blockchainStoragePath" = "blockchain.nrs"
[2013-12-26 15:51:14.915] "myScheme" = "http"
[2013-12-26 15:51:14.935] "myPort" = "7874"
[2013-12-26 15:51:14.953] "myAddress" = ""
[2013-12-26 15:51:14.955] "shareMyAddress" = "true"
[2013-12-26 15:51:14.963] "myHallmark" = ""
[2013-12-26 15:51:14.965] "wellKnownPeers" = "109.230.224.65; 78.46.63.221; 95.85.22.142"
[2013-12-26 15:51:15.039] "maxNumberOfConnectedPublicPeers" = "5"
[2013-12-26 15:51:15.052] "connectTimeout" = "2000"
[2013-12-26 15:51:15.058] "readTimeout" = "5000"
[2013-12-26 15:51:15.062] "enableHallmarkProtection" = "true"
[2013-12-26 15:51:15.071] "pushThreshold" = "0"
[2013-12-26 15:51:15.082] "pullThreshold" = "0"
[2013-12-26 15:51:15.089] "allowedUserHosts" = "127.0.0.1; 192.168.178.21; localhost; 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1;"
[2013-12-26 15:51:15.092] "allowedBotHosts" = "127.0.0.1; localhost; 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1;"
[2013-12-26 15:51:15.100] "blacklistingPeriod" = "300000"
[2013-12-26 15:51:15.119] "communicationLoggingMask" = "0"
[2013-12-26 15:51:15.132] Loading transactions...
[2013-12-26 15:51:53.401] 10: java.io.EOFException

It seemed to work before I added an IP address to the alloweduserhosts, but dunno what I did wrong.

I just did a fresh install of my pack, using my instructions, and it worked. The included blockchain is healthy.

So I assume you messed up your chain files somehow. A dirty shutdown of the server can be enough for this to happen. Do it only by SIGINT/Ctrl+C and wait until it is shut down.

As a solution for now, just do "rm blocks* transactions*" and get fresh files.

[Fatbat]

Anyone else able to navigate to any thread on https://nextcoin.org? Specifically one about the Windows client? Is the site under ddos too? Supposed to be on CloudFlare but it's still not working for me.

[Come-from-Beyond]

Does the DDoS cause the nodes to max out their transmit bandwidth or receive bandwidth?

Former

hm, why is it vice versa here now

No idea. Usualy I see on my node: 2MiB received / 1 GiB sent

[rickyjames]

Is it worth to run a node with around 1000 Nxt? Will I be able to forge anything thats worth it?

Yes, u'll be earning 0.0001% of all fees.

Another way of saying this is that if you run a forging node with 1000 NXT, you will earn only 1 NXT for every 1 million NXTs that are charged as fees.  Thus you will "double" your 1000 NXT initial forging stake only when THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE NXT has cycled through once not as transactions, but FEES.

Maybe it's just me, but I gotta say that forging does not seem to be a very good motivation for running a node.

Yep, you should just buy $1000s of dollars of specialized equipment that can never be used for anything else and consumes a ton of power and mine bitcoins.

Ha ha ha.  Here's some reading material for you:

http://www.drdouggreen.com/wp-content/Propaganda.pdf
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/1964:fourteen-propaganda-techniques-fox-news-uses-to-brainwash-americans

Comparing something bad with something worse doesn't make the original thing less bad.  

NXT nodes are needed to make NXT strong.  Those nodes are only going to be stood up by people motivated to do so.  I repeat my contention that forging does not seen to be a strong motivator for setting up NXT nodes when examined closely.  This could be a problem.   This forum exists to address to problems.

Me going out and buying Bitcoin ASICs as you suggest does not address the problem I identify.  Keep thinking, maybe you can come up with a better idea.

This was sort of tounge-in-cheek. One could easily create a NXT pool similar to other currencies. Everyone pools their NXT together into one account to increase what they could forage alone. Requires extreme trust in the pool operator however.

Interesting idea.  However, I believe it will be low cost of many, many Raspberry Pis and not the high motivation of many, many forgers that will ultimately make the NXT network a viable one.

[Come-from-Beyond]

Can someone post a "wget" link to 0.4.8 for VPS?  Thanks.

There is no 0.4.8 released yet. I run it on my computer only.

[laowai80]

Does the DDoS cause the nodes to max out their transmit bandwidth or receive bandwidth?

Former

hm, why is it vice versa here now

No idea. Usualy I see on my node: 2MiB received / 1 GiB sent

i usually saw about the same in and out, it's different now

[msin]

Can someone post a "wget" link to 0.4.8 for VPS?  Thanks.

There is no 0.4.8 released yet. I run it on my computer only.

Got it. thanks

[bitcoinpaul]

Anyone else able to navigate to any thread on https://nextcoin.org? Specifically one about the Windows client? Is the site under ddos too? Supposed to be on CloudFlare but it's still not working for me.

ddos.

[EmoneyRu]

Come-From-Beyond: what do you think of this critique: http://www.reddit.com/r/nxtcoin/comments/1toz2d/warning_nxt_source_code_is_very_low_quality/

Omg I actually expected an arguement. This is a critic from a programming tutor and not a software evaluator. (hope not!) And I am sure he is really not familiar with crypto code especially bitcoin refrence client or he wouldnt criticise magically appearing numbers!

Everybody hates others' code

[NxtChoice]

Using portforward, a dyn DNS service and updating hallmark and address in the config on every IP change should work... Inconvenient, but doable.

there is no need to update hallmark and address on every ip change,
you generate hallmark against a domain, you put domain as myaddress and that hallmark into config, that's all.

Yes, I will have a try tomorrow.

Now it's midnight, and I have to go to bed.

[klee]

CfB I need you live @ Skype - there is an IT friend regarding the ddos issue.
Maybe he can help...

[mr_random]

NXT nodes are needed to make NXT strong.  Those nodes are only going to be stood up by people motivated to do so.  I repeat my contention that forging does not seen to be a strong motivator for setting up NXT nodes when examined closely.  This could be a problem.   This forum exists to address to problems.

How much NXT you earn from forging depends on transaction volume. NXT users is still a small pool of individuals and transaction volume is low. Transaction volume will increase exponentially as we have seen with Bitcoin which will increase forging profits dramatically.

I guess this situation is like when Bitcoin first launched many years ago... what motivation was there to mine?

[GCInc.]

Somebody is really pissed off by NXT now - both my sites bombarded constantly and admin email receiving hundreds of registration confirmations from various forums mostly in Russia.

They are attempting to deny the service from you - their success will be temporary.

[gbeirn]

Somebody is really pissed off by NXT now - both my sites bombarded constantly and admin email receiving hundreds of registration confirmations from various forums mostly in Russia.

They are attempting to deny the service from you - their success will be temporary.

Thanks for your hard work! If there is anything you need to help, please let me know.

[artila]

dgex.com is currently unreachable.

[btc24]

The decentralization is the best solution. More nodes, more echanges, more forums...

[bitcoinpaul]

The decentralization is the best solution. More nodes, more echanges, more forums...

+1

[dudenohair]

Does anyone have new version? My keeps saying java.lang.NullPointerException

[utopianfuture]

The decentralization is the best solution. More nodes, more echanges, more forums...

I already joined your forum. But you need to promote yours more as an alternative to Nextcoin.org. The more public places for discussion the better.