[ANN][XCP] Counterparty - Pioneering Peer-to-Peer Finance - Official Thread

[wizzardTim]

Sorry guys, looks I broke something again ....  

Apparently 100,000,000,000 is too big of a number for coins.

"I was just trying to recreate DOGE .... *slinks away*"

(Wow, how many bugfixes did I cause in github today? lol)

Still .. better that these things happen now than in the future, where things will seriously break.

Note: I would suggest a max cap, because no matter what datatype you use, someone could simply issue 999999999999999999999999999.... coins as an attack.

I haven't tested non-alphanumeric characters in the asset name yet -- is there support for that or will I crash something again?

Absolutely. Keep 'em comin'.

I fixed the code so that it will run, but this same problem may exist elsewhere, so hold off on re-creating the problem for another twenty-four hours, maybe.

Asset names should only be upper-case alphabetic, but the code should catch all violations of that rule.

So there will be a new windows installer based on the new git-pull?

[BitThink]

I tried to adapt couterpartyd to use blockchain.info json-rpc API. Sadly, blockchain.info json-rpc API does not provide 'getrawtransaction'. It seems I have to install bitcoind in my poor VPS having only 20GB.

Have you tried blockr.io (http://blockr.io/documentation/api) ?

cheers

Cool! I did not know that before. I will give it a try. Thanks a lot.

sure 

If you don't mind me asking which API are you using to retrieve your "pending confirmations" burn?

With the blockr.io API, now db follow() works. So it seems the DB can be completely created from the blockr.io API, and no local bitcoind is needed.

[PhantomPhreak]

Is the "dividend" command already working? I'm trying to pay dividends to an asset I just created ("MAXM"), but the total amount is 0:

Code:

./counterpartyd.py dividend --from=1B9S7nhAsQeGnU6DWqaMF1G2jamLSFNJkV --quantity-per-share=1 --share-asset=MAXM
Total amount to be distributed in dividends: 0.0

Am I missing something here?

There seems to be an error where only assets set to divisible can have dividends distributed.

Yup, and I fixed it just now. Thanks!

I tried to adapt couterpartyd to use blockchain.info json-rpc API. Sadly, blockchain.info json-rpc API does not provide 'getrawtransaction'. It seems I have to install bitcoind in my poor VPS having only 20GB.

Have you tried blockr.io (http://blockr.io/documentation/api) ?

cheers

Cool! I did not know that before. I will give it a try. Thanks a lot.

sure 

If you don't mind me asking which API are you using to retrieve your "pending confirmations" burn?

With the blockr.io API, now db follow() works. So it seems the DB can be completely created from the blockr.io API, and no local bitcoind is needed.

Very cool!

[Asterios]

I am having trouble with my internet connection while running counterparty. Especially when it is building the Database. Between the "Block: xxxx" i always get a "Could not connect to Bitcoinind." This shows up 5-10 times then it continues.

My Internet ist very slow and not reacting for a few seconds while running coutnerparty.

Anyone know why and may have a solution?

[sumantso]

Since there is no win 32 installer provided, I am trying to learn to do this thing.

In OP its mentioned to use 'https://github.com/PhantomPhreak/counterpartyd.git'  while in the document it mentions https://github.com/xnova/counterpartyd_build

Which one to use?

[xnova]

I tried to adapt couterpartyd to use blockchain.info json-rpc API. Sadly, blockchain.info json-rpc API does not provide 'getrawtransaction'. It seems I have to install bitcoind in my poor VPS having only 20GB.

Have you tried blockr.io (http://blockr.io/documentation/api) ?

cheers

Cool! I did not know that before. I will give it a try. Thanks a lot.

sure 

If you don't mind me asking which API are you using to retrieve your "pending confirmations" burn?

With the blockr.io API, now db follow() works. So it seems the DB can be completely created from the blockr.io API, and no local bitcoind is needed.

If someone is willing to write step by step instructions for this, I'd be happy to add it to the documentation as an alternative to using bitcoind.

[xnova]

Since there is no win 32 installer provided, I am trying to learn to do this thing.

In OP its mentioned to use 'https://github.com/PhantomPhreak/counterpartyd.git'  while in the document it mentions https://github.com/xnova/counterpartyd_build

Which one to use?

For building from source on Windows, please follow the instructions at http://counterpartyd-build.readthedocs.org/en/latest/BuildingFromSource.html#on-windows

[xnova]

Guys, I modified the windows installer doc page a bit to list this warning:

Due to the current pace of counterpartyd development, at the current moment it is recommended that Windows users do not use the Windows installer, and instead follow the instructions in Building & Running from Source (which are really not that involved). The reason for this is because the Windows installer always lags current counterpartyd progress by a few days normally, and at this point in heavy development, this fact will most likely cause issues for its users. Building from source is the best way to keep up with the frequent updates.

I'll be updating the windows installer today or tomorrow, but it's still best to build from source for now.

[skull88]

Sorry guys, looks I broke something again ....  

Apparently 100,000,000,000 is too big of a number for coins.

"I was just trying to recreate DOGE .... *slinks away*"

(Wow, how many bugfixes did I cause in github today? lol)

We should all thank you, better to break things now when there is still a disclaimer and everybody knows it is still alpha software and these things are expected.
Thanks

[xnova]

Sorry guys, looks I broke something again ....  

Apparently 100,000,000,000 is too big of a number for coins.

"I was just trying to recreate DOGE .... *slinks away*"

(Wow, how many bugfixes did I cause in github today? lol)

We should all thank you, better to break things now when there is still a disclaimer and everybody knows it is still alpha software and these things are expected.
Thanks

Absolutely. We encourage everyone to really mess around with the features and report any bugs that pop up. This will make the software better for all.

[plasm]

@PhantomPhreak

Hello,when I saw your XCP,I was surprised to find that it's characterized is very similar to my previous thoughts.
This is my  postings at December 26.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=385739.msg4154105#msg4154105
Maybe a coincidence?

should be coincidence .

We don't know whether it was a coincidence.I am considering the issue of copyright.

Search "proof by burn" and you will see if it has a copyright, it does not belong to you.

Well,I see. The idea of "proof by burn" don't belong to me.What I mean is: some characteristics of counterparty is similar to my thoughts.

Hi,
https://github.com/PhantomPhreak/counterpartyd

If you download the source code and have a good look, you will understand that the reason here people burnt more than 500 BTC was not just for some thoughts (like someone invested on Visacoin, Neon just based on some posts). This project is promising because the two developers have already spent a lot of efforts and have got concrete results. The system is working now on testnet already. It's not some vaporware stay in paper (let alone some projects, Visacoin and Neon again, don't even have a whitepaper).

BTW: you can see the initial commit was on 15 Dec. Therefore, they begun their work at least one month ago. Moreover, they don't gain any advantage (other than their insider confidence) over normal investors after so much hard working. Therefore, please show some respect to them and stop mentioning about your post again. It's clever for you to find the idea 'proof by burn' independently, but keep referring it as it was created by you does more harm than good to you.
 

haha,I'm not serious.Thank you for your explanation.
I actually hope that developers can employ my thoughts.

[sumantso]

Since there is no win 32 installer provided, I am trying to learn to do this thing.

In OP its mentioned to use 'https://github.com/PhantomPhreak/counterpartyd.git'  while in the document it mentions https://github.com/xnova/counterpartyd_build

Which one to use?

For building from source on Windows, please follow the instructions at http://counterpartyd-build.readthedocs.org/en/latest/BuildingFromSource.html#on-windows

Thanks.

I am on the installing part, and doing
cd c:\
git clone https://.....

gives 'git is not recognised as an internal or external command .....

So I went into program files/git/cmd and then tried git clone ....
and it did something with quite a few messages which ended in 'clone suceeded, checkout failed'.

[RarsMover11]

If I burn BTC using blockchain.com, how can I send the XCP from the blockchain to another address?

[skrth]

Thanks.

I am on the installing part, and doing
cd c:\
git clone https://.....

gives 'git is not recognised as an internal or external command .....

So I went into program files/git/cmd and then tried git clone ....
and it did something with quite a few messages which ended in 'clone suceeded, checkout failed'.

Hi sumantso,

Make sure you have "Run Git from the Windows Command Prompt" selected when installing Git and try again.

[mtbitcoin]

If I burn BTC using blockchain.com, how can I send the XCP from the blockchain to another address?

You can only burn from using blockchain.info. To send you need to do this with your counterparty client

[sumantso]

Thanks.

I am on the installing part, and doing
cd c:\
git clone https://.....

gives 'git is not recognised as an internal or external command .....

So I went into program files/git/cmd and then tried git clone ....
and it did something with quite a few messages which ended in 'clone suceeded, checkout failed'.

Hi sumantso,

Make sure you have "Run Git from the Windows Command Prompt" selected when installing Git and try again.

Thanks - it worked.

In counterpartyd.conf do I put the rpc port different from BTC rpc port?

EDIT: I am getting 'could not connect to bitcoin-qt'. I am running bitcoin in testnet as a server.

[RarsMover11]

If I burn BTC using blockchain.com, how can I send the XCP from the blockchain to another address?

You can only burn from using blockchain.info. To send you need to do this with your counterparty client

I'm confused, I thought the address that burned the coins would get the XCP, so if I burn through the blockchain, how can I transfers those coins?
Or would I need to import the private keys for the blockchain address into the counterparty client to send them?

[mtbitcoin]

I am attempting to cancel an order. The command appears to go through with a confirmation transaction. But even after 1 confirmation I do not see the order as cancelled.

Instead it appears that the error data for the cancel transaction was  "Invalid: no valid offer with that hash from that address"

Has anyone got the "cancel" order function to work correctly? From what I can see there were 3 cancel attempts and none were successfull

[mtbitcoin]

If I burn BTC using blockchain.com, how can I send the XCP from the blockchain to another address?

You can only burn from using blockchain.info. To send you need to do this with your counterparty client

I'm confused, I thought the address that burned the coins would get the XCP, so if I burn through the blockchain, how can I transfers those coins?
Or would I need to import the private keys for the blockchain address into the counterparty client to send them?

Yes. You will need to import the keys to your local bitcoind/qt client running with counterpartyd.

[maxmint]

There seems to be something wrong with paying dividends. I tried to send dividends to holders of asset MAXM and 1 XCP actually left my address – but none of the "MAXM" holding addresses received any XCP.

Note that MAXM is non-divisible and jimhsu said here that there could be a bug with non-divisible assets.

Could any of the devs comment on this?