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

[cityglut]

Is there anybody know well about dos command of counterparty.

For example, if I want match this order, what's command for it?
Tx    Source                                           Buy      Sell                  Price                   Expiration   F_Req   F_Prov    Remarks
5374 1HCPCB8HkeTZ1xWbdDjqciJ2cSk83zho22 4.5 BTC 477.65 XCP 0.00942112 BTC/XCP (204|500) 0.04275 0.0001 477.65 XCP remain

I tried "counterpartyd order --source xxx --get-quantity 477 --get-asset XCP --give-quantity 4.5 --give-asset BTC --expiration 100 --fee-fraction-required 0.04275 --fee-fraction-provided 0.0001
But it can not match that order.

Thanks a lot.

Since you are "giving" BTC, you need to switch your fee-fraction-provided and fee-fraction-required.

[halfcab123]

Something else noteworthy about the addition of XCP to BTER, is that XCP is on the main markets bar at the top. This is good stuff. BTCBTCBTCBTC

[halfcab123]

Hey halfcab I'm having the same issues with send that you had a couple days ago.

Did you figure out how to resolve it?

I guess it kinda just worked itself out for me. I just restarted the daemon and was able to send after updating. I didn't even rebuild from source, or anything.... so I don't really quite know exactly what fixed it for me.

[ASIC-8Tile]

Is there a legitimate copy of the counterpartyd database posted somewhere with instructions to replace the existing db?

Thanks

Hey halfcab I'm having the same issues with send that you had a couple days ago.

Did you figure out how to resolve it?

I guess it kinda just worked itself out for me. I just restarted the daemon and was able to send after updating. I didn't even rebuild from source, or anything.... so I don't really quite know exactly what fixed it for me.

[BTC-Market]

My buddy posted step by step instructions for Windows users to install BoottleXCP Wallet: http://www.reddit.com/r/xcp/comments/1zzhyg/how_to_install_counterparty_windows_gui_wallet_by/

[Evil-Knievel]

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[prophetx]

I am experimenting with Counterparty and I feel totally lost.
First of all, I would like to critizise the current distributed exchange.

There is a strange buy order at a very good price. However the user seems not to accept any offers. So it is basically impossible to sell XCP to the bid side.

Also on the ask side there are several problems. There are many orders which require very large fees, which are not obvious on the first sight. The best example is the 0.002 BTC / XCP order with 8 BTC fees.

Can't we just leave the "self definable" fees out? This is really confusing? And how can we deal with the strange orders which are not intended to be ever completed?

I have invested 5 BTC in XCP just to play around with it.

The first... that's a legacy troll order, it should disappear.

The other order is due to UX issues that will get worked out over time, not issues with the protocol per se.  for example the orders should be ordered by total unit costs, accounting for price and fees; and it should be more clear to users what stuff like "F_Req" means.

When you see stuff like that what you really ought to do is send feedback to the app maker so he can take it into consideration.

[prophetx]

does anyone have photoshop that can open this for me and export out a PNG so I can use it for the one of the reddit groups.  thought i could open it in pixlr.com but turns out the file is too big

Does this fit your needs? https://www.dropbox.com/s/nsd5kgcary9bqhh/xcp_pngs.zip

sweet thanks!

[Evil-Knievel]

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[prophetx]

I am experimenting with Counterparty and I feel totally lost.
First of all, I would like to critizise the current distributed exchange.

There is a strange buy order at a very good price. However the user seems not to accept any offers. So it is basically impossible to sell XCP to the bid side.

Also on the ask side there are several problems. There are many orders which require very large fees, which are not obvious on the first sight. The best example is the 0.002 BTC / XCP order with 8 BTC fees.

Can't we just leave the "self definable" fees out? This is really confusing? And how can we deal with the strange orders which are not intended to be ever completed?

I have invested 5 BTC in XCP just to play around with it.

The first... that's a legacy troll order, it should disappear.

The other order is due to UX issues that will get worked out over time, not issues with the protocol per se.  for example the orders should be ordered by total unit costs, accounting for price and fees; and it should be more clear to users what stuff like "F_Req" means.

When you see stuff like that what you really ought to do is send feedback to the app maker so he can take it into consideration.

Thanks for the detailed response. That makes things much clearer.
I have one suggestion, not sure if this is possible. But what if a buy order would require to send the BTC amount (which you are intended to spend) to yourself - as a proof that you really own the BTC required to fill the order?

that is the point of the "F_req" actually, so that people need to use up some btc in order to match an order and lock it

just sending btc around proves nothing and costs almost nothing

[xnova]

Bug report - The BTC amount display unit is Satoshi which looks like weird.

v6.5

Code:

C:\>counterpartyd balances 1Gb2f6axSt528uBfUT54Ed

C:\>echo off
Balances
+-------+---------------+
| Asset |     Amount    |
+-------+---------------+
|  BTC  |    41158829   |
|  XCP  | 1001.80991818 |
+-------+---------------+

Thanks for the report. This has been fixed in develop.

[Evil-Knievel]

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[led_lcd]

I am experimenting with Counterparty and I feel totally lost.
First of all, I would like to critizise the current distributed exchange.

There is a strange buy order at a very good price. However the user seems not to accept any offers. So it is basically impossible to sell XCP to the bid side.

Also on the ask side there are several problems. There are many orders which require very large fees, which are not obvious on the first sight. The best example is the 0.002 BTC / XCP order with 8 BTC fees.

Can't we just leave the "self definable" fees out? This is really confusing? And how can we deal with the strange orders which are not intended to be ever completed?

I have invested 5 BTC in XCP just to play around with it.

The first... that's a legacy troll order, it should disappear.

The other order is due to UX issues that will get worked out over time, not issues with the protocol per se.  for example the orders should be ordered by total unit costs, accounting for price and fees; and it should be more clear to users what stuff like "F_Req" means.

When you see stuff like that what you really ought to do is send feedback to the app maker so he can take it into consideration.

Thanks for the detailed response. That makes things much clearer.
I have one suggestion, not sure if this is possible. But what if a buy order would require to send the BTC amount (which you are intended to spend) to yourself - as a proof that you really own the BTC required to fill the order?

This is a plug for a service I'm developing.

One way you can simplify your trading on the DEX is to buy XBTC and use that to trade on the DEX:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=395761.msg5525866#msg5525866

It will avoid the confusion you are experiencing.

[qwertyqwerty]

Sorry if this is a dumb question or not really in the scope of the protocl but I had an idea a while ago that I would like to make into a reality if possible;

1) issue an asset ie: DOMINOS on the DEX. Each share would equate to one 10$ pizza voucher
2) The buyer would pay in DEX or BTC (pegged to USD) or whatever mechanism is suitable so that issuer does not lose money
3) somehow the voucher would be sent to the buyer. As I understand this is not possible in the protocol itself, but maybe the buyer would prove they have ownership of 1 DOMINOS with a key or signed message or something, and then be able to input some proof of ownership to a web-site, the voucher would then be automatically sent to an email address provided and marked as spent.

 is such at thing possible? I love the idea of the decentralised exchange & if possible want to built some link to the 'real-world' on it.

[donut]

Guys, can someone please point me to a guide on installing counterpartyd on windows 8 x64?

I can't install apsw python module for the life of me.

Or better yet, is there a nightly trunk build?

[kdrop22]

Guys, can someone please point me to a guide on installing counterpartyd on windows 8 x64?

I can't install apsw python module for the life of me.

Or better yet, is there a nightly trunk build?

GUI for Windows.
https://github.com/JahPowerBit/BoottleXCP_binaries/releases

If that doesn't work then use the command line utility:
http://counterpartyd-build.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

[donut]

Guys, can someone please point me to a guide on installing counterpartyd on windows 8 x64?

I can't install apsw python module for the life of me.

Or better yet, is there a nightly trunk build?

GUI for Windows.
https://github.com/JahPowerBit/BoottleXCP_binaries/releases

If that doesn't work then use the command line utility:
http://counterpartyd-build.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

Thanks.

Can we please have this info in the first post? I am sure I am not the only one with this issue here.

[kdrop22]

Sorry if this is a dumb question or not really in the scope of the protocl but I had an idea a while ago that I would like to make into a reality if possible;

1) issue an asset ie: DOMINOS on the DEX. Each share would equate to one 10$ pizza voucher
2) The buyer would pay in DEX or BTC (pegged to USD) or whatever mechanism is suitable so that issuer does not lose money
3) somehow the voucher would be sent to the buyer. As I understand this is not possible in the protocol itself, but maybe the buyer would prove they have ownership of 1 DOMINOS with a key or signed message or something, and then be able to input some proof of ownership to a web-site, the voucher would then be automatically sent to an email address provided and marked as spent.

 is such at thing possible? I love the idea of the decentralised exchange & if possible want to built some link to the 'real-world' on it.

My understanding is the asset DOMINOS, will act like a giftcard for 10$. So, the customer can purchase this asset in the distributed exchange.
When they need to redeem it for a pizza for 10$, they would send 1.0 DOMINOS to an address owned by the Business. On receipt of this transaction the Business would then ship the pizza. (This can be handled by an intermediate service provider).

[kdrop22]

Guys, can someone please point me to a guide on installing counterpartyd on windows 8 x64?

I can't install apsw python module for the life of me.

Or better yet, is there a nightly trunk build?

GUI for Windows.
https://github.com/JahPowerBit/BoottleXCP_binaries/releases

If that doesn't work then use the command line utility:
http://counterpartyd-build.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

Thanks.

Can we please have this info in the first post? I am sure I am not the only one with this issue here.

+1
Agreed, someone please link the Windows build for the GUI to the initial post and the WebSite.

[kdrop22]

Hi, does anyoneknow plans for distributed e commerce wiht XCP? are there people working on it?

This would be a nice service for someone to launch.