[ANN] Ethereum: Welcome to the Beginning

[IncludeBeer]

I am running the latest win 64 ethereum wallet and I can't seem to find geth.exe The install exe runs and I start the wallet from that but I can not find where geth is installed. Can I download just the geth.exe? The reason I ask is because wallet sync time is ridiculously slow. Is this because of DDos attack?

Yes, should only be from ddos attack.  As for the geth: sorry I'm not sure

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[adamvp]

I am running the latest win 64 ethereum wallet and I can't seem to find geth.exe The install exe runs and I start the wallet from that but I can not find where geth is installed. Can I download just the geth.exe? The reason I ask is because wallet sync time is ridiculously slow. Is this because of DDos attack?

Try to install 0.8.2 and patch geth.exe ... or you can try to look for Ethereum Wallet in Appdata/Roaming or somewhere like this (I don't quite remember)

[mbe24]

Hey guys when the POS will start?

5th Feb 2017

[thevictimofuktyranny]

Hey guys when the POS will start?

5th Feb 2017

Oh, nice - getting the dates

[mbe24]

Hey guys when the POS will start?

5th Feb 2017

Oh, nice - getting the dates

The date got moved up from March 2017. So I guess the team is confident 

[thevictimofuktyranny]

I am running the latest win 64 ethereum wallet and I can't seem to find geth.exe The install exe runs and I start the wallet from that but I can not find where geth is installed. Can I download just the geth.exe? The reason I ask is because wallet sync time is ridiculously slow. Is this because of DDos attack?

Try to install 0.8.2 and patch geth.exe ... or you can try to look for Ethereum Wallet in Appdata/Roaming or somewhere like this (I don't quite remember)

Or, they could just watch a youtube clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6lE0Ctaeqs

 

[mmfiore]

I found Geth and downloaded it and ran it manually. I ran it with these settings to hopefully speed it up.
geth --fast --maxpeers 99 --cache 1024 --jitvm

It is still having problems down loading blocks. Extremely slow.  All geth reports is this message over and over.

Peer 5bffd99ebd9556cf [eth/63]: timed out DAO fork-check, dropping

Is there a fix for the Ddos attack. Seems to me a to be a real break down in the network if this attack is not handled somehow.

Is there anything that can speed things up?

[becoin]

Is there a fix for the Ddos attack. Seems to me a to be a real break down in the network if this attack is not handled somehow.

There is no DDOS attack. It is a lie to cover the fact that ETHF is broken.

[mmfiore]

I am surprised that there are not more people talking about this syncing problem. Are there people not having a problem syncing. I have been at it 2 days now and the wallet is still not caught up.

[szachta]

I am surprised that there are not more people talking about this syncing problem. Are there people not having a problem syncing. I have been at it 2 days now and the wallet is still not caught up.

My wallet to not want to sync,even win crash.

[drawingthesun]

I am surprised that there are not more people talking about this syncing problem. Are there people not having a problem syncing. I have been at it 2 days now and the wallet is still not caught up.

Download and use Parity.

[pawel7777]

Nice mainstream press hit on Vitalik and ETH:

http://fortune.com/ethereum-blockchain-vitalik-buterin/

Can This 22-year-old Coder Out-Bitcoin Bitcoin?

...
Although he’s among the youngest in the room, Buterin is indisputably the star of the group. He is, after all, the wunderkind creator of Ethereum, the network on which Ether runs. And Ether is now the biggest rival to Bitcoin, the $10 billion cryptocurrency that mysteriously burst onto the scene less than a decade ago.
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[becoin]

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 And Ether is now the biggest rival to Bitcoin...

Since Bitcoin came into existence I've seen at least a dozen biggest rivals to Bitcoin. All they come and go. Bitcoin stays the indisputable King. What is different this time the hype comes from the banking establishment. Financial oligopoly must be really scared of Bitcoin if they are desperate to give all their support to such a lame duck as ETHF.

[thevictimofuktyranny]

I am surprised that there are not more people talking about this syncing problem. Are there people not having a problem syncing. I have been at it 2 days now and the wallet is still not caught up.

My wallet to not want to sync,even win crash.

Just, because I'm a very nice person

Here is a guide on how to use Pairty with Ethereum wallet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sta-p5d1blQ

Have fun, you'll need re-download blockchain under parity

[adamvp]

Hey guys when the POS will start?

5th Feb 2017

  link any source or so?

[Zinkin]

Hey guys when the POS will start?

5th Feb 2017

Oh, nice - getting the dates

The date got moved up from March 2017. So I guess the team is confident 

What is the source of the PoS date. I remember seeing some where that the PoS date will be later 2017.

[adamvp]

I saw a statement about Mid 2017..
I think February is to early

[mbe24]

I saw a statement about Mid 2017..
I think February is to early

I read so much threads yesterday, since I'm new to ETH and was interested in POS and its implications. I'm damn sure it is 5th Feb, and also pretty sure that it was moved up from March. If you search for Casper, the name of the POS solution, and ETH, you'll find it eventually.

[vapourminer]

I remember feb too, might of been the ethereum forum i saw that, cant remember.

[adamvp]

You cannot say exact date because it depends on DAG size... and.. dev team decision.. and.. hardfork vote