NXT :: descendant of Bitcoin - Updated Information

[wesleyh]

Hi Jean-Luc, CFB and others interested;

I'm ready with that client side implementation of an SHA256 test. I would like some people to test this. I have tested it on the latest Safari, Firefox, and chrome.

As far as I know this will only run in IE10+, earlier versions of IE are not supported.

You can download the files here: http://nxtra.org/update/update.zip

Unzip, then go to your nxt folder and navigate to webapps > root. Paste the two files there.

Now you should be able to open http://localhost:7874/update.html in the browser.

For this test you will always receive the update notice. An older version is hardcoded in. This is to allow for testing of the sha256 hashing function.

Just follow the instructions; download the client, and then drop it over the dropzone to see if it compares to the official release.

If all goes well you should see this screen:



Now also test it with another file, just a simple txt file or another zip, it doesn't matter. Just pretend this is a fake release.

If that goes well, you should see the following:



I hope this will increase the security of everyone, if you have any feedback, please share.

My Nxt ID for donations is: 3209075099254042753 - any donation is appreciated.

Thank you,
Wesley

[marcus03]

yet unnamed, NXT client for Windows.

May I suggest a name.... Nxt Jupiter Client ...or Jupiter for short.

I like that. :-) I'll think about it (and registered the alias... ;-) )

[Come-from-Beyond]

did someone finished reading the source code ......?
conclusion?

One file, all static.

Very interesting way  to use Java.

So is Satoshi author or not?

No. Satoshi used 4 files for the source code.

[landomata]

My Nxt ID for donations is: 3209075099254042753 - any donation is appreciated.

Thank you,
Wesley

he does it again....i'm becoming ur fanboy Wesley   

[landomata]

yet unnamed, NXT client for Windows.

May I suggest a name.... Nxt Jupiter Client ...or Jupiter for short.

I like that. :-) I'll think about it (and registered the alias... ;-) )

or Solara....Jupiter might be already taken

[S3MKi]

hey guys what do u think about first day of nxt's release?

[laowai80]

...Unzip the archive to a directory and start the NXTclient.exe. ...

Tried to run it under Wine in Linux, it crashed. Can't risk to run on the Windows box just yet, sorry

[thatbluedude]

imo these nxt threads should include a clearly marked section "initial coin distribution any why it's fair" in the first post, I immediatelly disregarded this coin utill it was in the "list of all cryptocoins" as "lol scam" without reading further because of this.

also why hasn't BCNext posted since november?

[S3MKi]

imo these nxt threads should include a clearly marked section "initial coin distribution any why it's fair" in the first post, I immediatelly disregarded this coin utill it was in the "list of all cryptocoins" as "lol scam" without reading further because of this.

also why hasn't BCNext posted since november?

he doesn't use this account. other

[utopianfuture]

This forum (when I go to this thread) crashed so often (bad gateway error). Why we are still staying for so long ?

[NxtChg]

Now, that's something interesting. Somebody deployed or developing a fishing page for NxtChg

It's located at coinsmag.orgfree.com/nxtchg_deposit.html

Here it is in zip:

https://nxtchg.com/nxtchg_deposit.zip

Want to join me in investigating this?

LOL, he's feverishly trying to request a withdrawal from my own account 
Good luck with that.

[jl777]

I have been looking at the source and ignoring the formatting style (everyone hates any formatting that is not their own) the code is quite clever.

In several places I thought I found an off by one error, or control flow problem, but so far the code is written to run efficiently and cleverly. Not much waste within the context of JAVA that will run on everything, which is quite a big requirement for something like NXT.

People complain about one it just being one file, but I myself do that until it gets to 10000 lines or so. It helps the compiler generate more optimized code, at least for C, if it is all in one file as linking is only to libraries. It is also much easier to make a release, just one file instead of many.

I am not familiar with all the JAVA built in classes, but there appears to be very little code for what NXT does and usage of the built in classes is part of the reason. I can see why jean-luc wanted to refactor the code. My impression is that this was written by a single person, not a team, but I have no basis for that other than a gut feel.

James

P.S. For those of you worried that the trolls will announce some sort of "source code is rotten" tirade with any merit, you can rest easy. Source code appears to be the work of a super-genius with a strange formatting style (indentation, spacing, eg. doesn't affect any actual code)

[gbeirn]

Now, that's something interesting. Somebody deployed or developing a fishing page for NxtChg

It's located at coinsmag.orgfree.com/nxtchg_deposit.html

Here it is in zip:

https://nxtchg.com/nxtchg_deposit.zip

Want to join me in investigating this?

I just posted about it here: https://nextcoin.org/index.php/topic,1585.165.html

[BitcoinForumator]

I have been looking at the source and ignoring the formatting style (everyone hates any formatting that is not their own) the code is quite clever.

In several places I thought I found an off by one error, or control flow problem, but so far the code is written to run efficiently and cleverly. Not much waste within the context of JAVA that will run on everything, which is quite a big requirement for something like NXT.

People complain about one it just being one file, but I myself do that until it gets to 10000 lines or so. It helps the compiler generate more optimized code, at least for C, if it is all in one file as linking is only to libraries. It is also much easier to make a release, just one file instead of many.

I am not familiar with all the JAVA built in classes, but there appears to be very little code for what NXT does and usage of the built in classes is part of the reason. I can see why jean-luc wanted to refactor the code. My impression is that this was written by a single person, not a team, but I have no basis for that other than a gut feel.

James

P.S. For those of you worried that the trolls will announce some sort of "source code is rotten" tirade with any merit, you can rest easy. Source code appears to be the work of a super-genius with a strange formatting style (indentation, spacing, eg. doesn't affect any actual code)

Thanks. It's always interesting to read your long explanations (no sarcasm)

[opticalcarrier]

You guys who are developing different clients, please feel free to open a discussion thread in the nxcrypto.org forums at https://forums.nxtcrypto.org/viewforum.php?style=1&f=46

[Passion_ltc]

I have been looking at the source and ignoring the formatting style (everyone hates any formatting that is not their own) the code is quite clever.

In several places I thought I found an off by one error, or control flow problem, but so far the code is written to run efficiently and cleverly. Not much waste within the context of JAVA that will run on everything, which is quite a big requirement for something like NXT.

People complain about one it just being one file, but I myself do that until it gets to 10000 lines or so. It helps the compiler generate more optimized code, at least for C, if it is all in one file as linking is only to libraries. It is also much easier to make a release, just one file instead of many.

I am not familiar with all the JAVA built in classes, but there appears to be very little code for what NXT does and usage of the built in classes is part of the reason. I can see why jean-luc wanted to refactor the code. My impression is that this was written by a single person, not a team, but I have no basis for that other than a gut feel.

James

P.S. For those of you worried that the trolls will announce some sort of "source code is rotten" tirade with any merit, you can rest easy. Source code appears to be the work of a super-genius with a strange formatting style (indentation, spacing, eg. doesn't affect any actual code)

Thanks. Found a flaw already?

[gbeirn]

Now, that's something interesting. Somebody deployed or developing a fishing page for NxtChg

It's located at coinsmag.orgfree.com/nxtchg_deposit.html

Here it is in zip:

https://nxtchg.com/nxtchg_deposit.zip

Want to join me in investigating this?

LOL, he's feverishly trying to request a withdrawal from my own account 
Good luck with that.

I guess that's the nice thing about manual withdrawals

Might want to freeze all deposits/withdraws until compromised accounts are ruled out

[Framewood]

already wrote about this two weeks ago.
the client wil handle it this way:

1. check if address is within own address book  -> green
2. if account exist within blockchain -> yellow
3. don't exist within blockchain -> red

simple visual control.

Some ppl confuse green and red...

True, color blind people confuse color, simple remedy is to add some simple text next to or on the color.

[Come-from-Beyond]

True, color blind people confuse color, simple remedy is to add some simple text next to or on the color.

Not sure this will help... If u looked at a red icon but saw it as a green one, would u read the text? I wouldn't.

[Damelon]

True, color blind people confuse color, simple remedy is to add some simple text next to or on the color.

Not sure this will help... If u looked at a red icon but saw it as a green one, would u read the text? I wouldn't.

Everyone can see white text.
If not, they are truly blind.