NXT :: descendant of Bitcoin - Updated Information

[wesleyh]

Agree ... but till than we have to survive.

Guys, why don't you change that terrible design on https://forums.nxtcrypto.org?

My eyes hurt, I am afraid I will get a headache if I look at it for too long.

Black background is rarely used on major public sites outside niches, like gaming.

Agreed. I was excited to find a new forum and barely made it through the registration process. Haven't read/posted there since the first visit.

Would really like an active NXT forum to participate in... as much as I like this thread, it's unwieldy and tough to keep up with.

Busy changin the lay out as we speak. please be patient.

https://forums.nxtcrypto.org

Pin

Please tell us, when it's finished.

All,  I have changed the forums.nxtcrypto.org color scheme

Well, not really a change, that's just the default phpbb theme ;-) Kidding! Regardless, much better and usable now. I will use it more, thanks

[pmabdsf]

This may be a simple solution, but my node running on Digital Ocean seems to stop every time I close my Putty window.  I didn't have this problem in the past.  Any ideas?

[bitcoinrocks]

This may be a simple solution, but my node running on Digital Ocean seems to stop every time I close my Putty window.  I didn't have this problem in the past.  Any ideas?

I suggest installing and running "screen" to prevent this.  It's a great program.

[bitcoinrocks]

What ever happened with rickyjames vs. EpicThomas.  Did he pay up?

[NxtChoice]

Hey, what's the right block number? 

My laptop @32508, my Public VPS node @31724, and my Pi@32526 ?

Post ur 32526 info plz

Here you go:

Code:

pi@raspberrypi ~/bin2 $ ./state 
{"lastBlock":"7617289272752065296","numberOfAliases":39188,"numberOfBlocks":32546,"numberOfPeers":263,"lastBlockchainFeeder":"vps1.nxtcrypto.org","totalMemory":324665344,"freeMemory":229499640,"maxMemory":456130560,"numberOfTransactions":63568,"numberOfUsers":3,"version":"0.4.9e","numberOfOrders":0,"time":3551194,"availableProcessors":1,"numberOfAssets":0,"numberOfAccounts":8082}

[salsacz]

What ever happened with rickyjames vs. EpicThomas.  Did he pay up?

no: http://87.230.14.1/nxt/nxt.cgi?action=3000&acc=16092180239932658439

[Come-from-Beyond]

This may be a simple solution, but my node running on Digital Ocean seems to stop every time I close my Putty window.  I didn't have this problem in the past.  Any ideas?

Add "nohup".

[pmabdsf]

This may be a simple solution, but my node running on Digital Ocean seems to stop every time I close my Putty window.  I didn't have this problem in the past.  Any ideas?

Add "nohup".

Thanks, that did it!  And thanks for the 'screen' recommendation as well; looks interesting I'm going to study that.

[wesleyh]

All,  I have changed the forums.nxtcrypto.org color scheme

I'm willing to pay for and donate any of these if you need them:

http://themeforest.net/item/marina-responsive-retina-ready-phpbb3-theme/full_screen_preview/6509951
http://demo.rockettheme.com/phpbb3/?style=stratos
http://demo.rockettheme.com/phpbb3/?style=acacia

[ferment]

Its been more than a day that public nodes respond with:

Code:

for N in {1..100}; do curl --silent "http://node$N.nxtbase.com:7874/nxt?requestType=getState" | python -m json.tool | grep '"lastBlock"'; done
    "lastBlock": "2680262203532249785", 
    "lastBlock": "2680262203532249785", 
    "lastBlock": "2680262203532249785", 
    "lastBlock": "2680262203532249785", 
    "lastBlock": "2680262203532249785", 
    "lastBlock": "2680262203532249785", 
    "lastBlock": "2680262203532249785", 
    "lastBlock": "2680262203532249785", 
    "lastBlock": "2680262203532249785", 
    "lastBlock": "2680262203532249785", 

Other nodes that accept public request returns, what appears to be a valid lastBlock...
However, all public node*.nxtbase.com nodes, for days, still returns same lastBlock 2680262203532249785.  

 I'm working on this. They seem to have gotten stuck after the upgrade yesterday.

[bitcoinrocks]

And thanks for the 'screen' recommendation as well; looks interesting I'm going to study that.

After installing screen, you would type 'screen' which will open the new screen, then you would launch NRS in there, then hit Ctrl+a+d to detach and get out of your screen, then 'screen -r' to reattach to the NRS screen, and you can go back and forth like that.  If you aren't sure if there is a screen running or not, you can use 'screen -ls' to find out.  If there is one running, 'screen -ls' will also tell you whether you are detached from or attached to that screen.

It's dead simple and really useful.

[brooklynbtc]

Quoting this again as I need some more people to test it:

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

Some more screenshots:

Initial state when you open the page:



And after you click download, you get to see the dropzone where you have to either drag the downloaded file to, or click to select it from a file dialog.

hey wes  looks great. cool idea.
one suggestion, on the drag here page, maybe make a kind of "landing zone", "x marks the spot" because it didnt seem to want to let me drag to the whole page in chrome, just the green bar. is that right? and then when it didnt let me, it just unzipped the file three more times

but its smart and easy and keep up the good work

[wesleyh]

Quoting this again as I need some more people to test it:

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

Some more screenshots:

Initial state when you open the page:



And after you click download, you get to see the dropzone where you have to either drag the downloaded file to, or click to select it from a file dialog.

hey wes  looks great. cool idea.
one suggestion, on the drag here page, maybe make a kind of "landing zone", "x marks the spot" because it didnt seem to want to let me drag to the whole page in chrome, just the green bar. is that right? and then when it didnt let me, it just unzipped the file three more times

but its smart and easy and keep up the good work

That is correct, only to the green zone. I'll look into the possibility of having the whole page act as a dropzone. Good idea and thanks for testing!

[bitcoinrocks]

Is there any sign of DGEX implementing a grace period for NXT withdrawals without the 1.2% fee?

[Mistafreeze]

don't know his username here but mistafreeze for the windows installer.

also opticalcarier working alot behind the scene here.

optical:

nextcoin foundation:
http://info.nxtcrypto.org/

MistaFreeze W7 installer

https://nextcoin.org/index.php/topic,1902.0.html

Profile Link Mistafreeze W7 installer

https://nextcoin.org/index.php/topic,1902.0.html

It's a simple installer for Windows that has been tested on Win7/Win8. Includes the blockchain files for ease of use.

My username is the same here. I appreciate the mention

Also, I run a public vps at nxt.ravensbloodrealms.com. People can feel free to use it if they wish.

[brooklynbtc]

I have been thinking really deeply over the pass week about how to drive adoption for NXT and this is my conclusion:


CONCLUSION:

1) Push Anonymous Messaging ONLY on WORLD CLASS DESIGNED ANDROID/IPHONE APPS (OUR FLAGSHIP APPS).

2) Make these APPS available on Google Play/App Store.


3) USE the current market situation to our advantage AS NO ONE IS NOW SURE ABOUT USING THERE MOBILE FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION....The NSA sent us a blessing in disguise....AN UNTAPPED MARKET WHICH THEY THEMSELVES CREATED.

4) Once Nxt Messaging has gained a strong following 100,000 - 500,000 downloads we start to Unlock/roll out other features of NXT ....ie. auction/storage/payment/Asset exchange/marketplace etc....thru regular updates once users start using the messaging app they become lock into the larger NXT ecosystem.


5) My real world examples are LINE & WECHAT....both started as msg apps but NOW OFFER IN APP PAYMENTS.


Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xioami sold 100,000 smartphones inside the WECHAT messaging app last month.


EDIT: The above is a Strategy for gaining MAINSTREAM ADOPTION which will give us payment possibilities without the need to push payment as our main selling point....this would be a unique approach for a crypto currency.

SMARTT

I've been waiting for this Heml.is secure messanging app for a while, but its not gonna happen, what with more and more Snowden NSA reveals.

However one suggestion! SMS options so people can use it ALL THE TIME, and then when they want truly secure ANON message, they can pay the 1nxt (or .01, or 001) to send that secure message.

[Xtar]

Question about dgex.

Send 6k NXT there 1-st January. Have 1900+ confirmations. And no funds in account. Tikets - no answer.

Is it normal situation?

[brooklynbtc]

are we supposed to promote ourselves? I wrote some articles too although under my normal screen name

jefdiesel https://nextcoin.org/index.php?action=profile

articles
http://info.nxtcrypto.org/chrome-and-firefox-nxt-alias-extensions-available/
http://info.nxtcrypto.org/android-app-for-nxt-rolls-out-first-to-utilize-alias-feature/
http://info.nxtcrypto.org/android-app-updates-to-0-4-5-adds-news-feed-and-live-price-update/

[brooklynbtc]

mac clients
wesleyh https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=173482
mac app http://nxtra.org/mac/

Faucet
wesleyh https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=173482  
faucet http://nxtra.org/faucet/

web extras
wesleyh https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=173482  
random nodes list http://nxtra.org/nodes/
browser extension http://nxtra.org/alias/
hashsum plugin https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=345619.msg4294180#msg4294180

mobile app
yeuye000  https://nextcoin.org/index.php?action=profile;u=508
Android app, with alias, dgex price, payments and now chinese support
https://nextcoin.org/index.php/topic,797.msg6424.html#msg6424


all around support

Come-from-Beyond

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=46556
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=345619.msg3704749#msg3704749

[bitcoinpaul]

All,  I have changed the forums.nxtcrypto.org color scheme

Much better. Now throw the logo up there