[ANN] Ethereum: Welcome to the Beginning

[connexus]

What new in latest mist release?

The latest version of Mist 0.8.6 adds a possibility to update automatically the ethereum client, without need of a new Mist version and it checks the current client version against clientBinaries.json.

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[roselee]

mine works, even my rigs powered with conventional disks.

try nuking your chaindata and resync with --fast.

some of the block with malicious calculations refer back to previous blocks to crunch more data. limiting the bulk of old blocks to headers only curbs the amount of erroneous calculations needed to process (and sync) a block.

how to resync with --fast ?
would you be so kind and give a step by step list ?

In windows open cmd.
Go to directory where your geth is
Enter geth --fast
I am not sure  but you probably should start from zero so you should delete old chain data (blocks).. search for removedb

ok thank you, i will try this and give feedback couse i think there are otheres with the same problem

and for info me os is win7
geth mist 0.8.6

[Wesiematic]

mine works, even my rigs powered with conventional disks.

try nuking your chaindata and resync with --fast.

some of the block with malicious calculations refer back to previous blocks to crunch more data. limiting the bulk of old blocks to headers only curbs the amount of erroneous calculations needed to process (and sync) a block.

how to resync with --fast ?
would you be so kind and give a step by step list ?

In windows open cmd.
Go to directory where your geth is
Enter geth --fast
I am not sure  but you probably should start from zero so you should delete old chain data (blocks).. search for removedb

ok thank you, i will try this and give feedback couse i think there are otheres with the same problem

and for info me os is win7
geth mist 0.8.6

Thank you too, have also massive problems to get the mist client synced, will give it a try.

[roselee]

mine works, even my rigs powered with conventional disks.

try nuking your chaindata and resync with --fast.

some of the block with malicious calculations refer back to previous blocks to crunch more data. limiting the bulk of old blocks to headers only curbs the amount of erroneous calculations needed to process (and sync) a block.

how to resync with --fast ?
would you be so kind and give a step by step list ?

In windows open cmd.
Go to directory where your geth is
Enter geth --fast
I am not sure  but you probably should start from zero so you should delete old chain data (blocks).. search for removedb

ok thank you, i will try this and give feedback couse i think there are otheres with the same problem

and for info me os is win7
geth mist 0.8.6

Thank you too, have also massive problems to get the mist client synced, will give it a try.

does anyone know how big chaindata gets ? blocks are almost synced but chain structure as at 13 mil and keeps counting up. whole chaindate is right now around 9.3 gb

[Casabrandy]

ETH only holds when prices decline

The dollar price of the ETH is quite stable. But the price in bitcoin is dropping at the moment. that is due to the rise of bitcoin.

[becoin]

ETH only holds when prices decline

The dollar price of the ETH is quite stable. But the price in bitcoin is dropping at the moment. that is due to the rise of bitcoin.

Speaks volumes who is supporting ETHF.

[Abiky]

In windows open cmd.
Go to directory where your geth is
Enter geth --fast
I am not sure  but you probably should start from zero so you should delete old chain data (blocks).. search for removedb

Also, you can try using the following command:

Code:

geth --fast --cache=1024

Notice that the difference here is the cache size which is 1GB. This greatly improves syncing performance for geth in which it may take from 30 min to more depending on your system to get fully synced.

But still, as of now I have been getting trouble syncing as geth displays a message which reads: gas used error. The only solution here would be to delete all chain files, and start all over from scratch. (which is something that takes time in case that it fails again with an error message)

As for now, I think that the only workaround here would be to use the online myetherwallet. (until the Ethereum Foundation sorts all these issues out) I have a feeling that ETH might emerge stronger than ever, once these issues are solved (like the DDoS attacks, smart contract security, and more). 

[zoza14]

mine works, even my rigs powered with conventional disks.

try nuking your chaindata and resync with --fast.

some of the block with malicious calculations refer back to previous blocks to crunch more data. limiting the bulk of old blocks to headers only curbs the amount of erroneous calculations needed to process (and sync) a block.

how to resync with --fast ?
would you be so kind and give a step by step list ?

In windows open cmd.
Go to directory where your geth is
Enter geth --fast
I am not sure  but you probably should start from zero so you should delete old chain data (blocks).. search for removedb

ok thank you, i will try this and give feedback couse i think there are otheres with the same problem

and for info me os is win7
geth mist 0.8.6

Thank you too, have also massive problems to get the mist client synced, will give it a try.

does anyone know how big chaindata gets ? blocks are almost synced but chain structure as at 13 mil and keeps counting up. whole chaindate is right now around 9.3 gb

31+ millions and there are huge chances that it will get error messages while syncing. I had encountered these error messages at 15 million mark. Then you have to start all over again. After weeks of trying to sync I finally gave up. This whole situation is just nerve wracking. I have used myetherwallet to send the funds to an exchange and have ordered ledger nano s where I will transfer my ether funds when I get it.

I love ether, I love bitcoin as well. I won't give up on ethereum, but I can't lose my nerves on syncing issues no more. Life is more precious than that!

[roselee]

mine works, even my rigs powered with conventional disks.

try nuking your chaindata and resync with --fast.

some of the block with malicious calculations refer back to previous blocks to crunch more data. limiting the bulk of old blocks to headers only curbs the amount of erroneous calculations needed to process (and sync) a block.

how to resync with --fast ?
would you be so kind and give a step by step list ?

In windows open cmd.
Go to directory where your geth is
Enter geth --fast
I am not sure  but you probably should start from zero so you should delete old chain data (blocks).. search for removedb

ok thank you, i will try this and give feedback couse i think there are otheres with the same problem

and for info me os is win7
geth mist 0.8.6

Thank you too, have also massive problems to get the mist client synced, will give it a try.

does anyone know how big chaindata gets ? blocks are almost synced but chain structure as at 13 mil and keeps counting up. whole chaindate is right now around 9.3 gb

31+ millions and there are huge chances that it will get error messages while syncing. I had encountered these error messages at 15 million mark. Then you have to start all over again. After weeks of trying to sync I finally gave up. This whole situation is just nerve wracking. I have used myetherwallet to send the funds to an exchange and have ordered ledger nano s where I will transfer my ether funds when I get it.

I love ether, I love bitcoin as well. I won't give up on ethereum, but I can't lose my nerves on syncing issues no more. Life is more precious than that!

my problem is i do this for a friend.
he didnt update his ether wallet for a long time
its predaofork
how do i use myetherwallet ?
could you help with a step by step advice ?

[zoza14]

mine works, even my rigs powered with conventional disks.

try nuking your chaindata and resync with --fast.

some of the block with malicious calculations refer back to previous blocks to crunch more data. limiting the bulk of old blocks to headers only curbs the amount of erroneous calculations needed to process (and sync) a block.

how to resync with --fast ?
would you be so kind and give a step by step list ?

In windows open cmd.
Go to directory where your geth is
Enter geth --fast
I am not sure  but you probably should start from zero so you should delete old chain data (blocks).. search for removedb

ok thank you, i will try this and give feedback couse i think there are otheres with the same problem

and for info me os is win7
geth mist 0.8.6

Thank you too, have also massive problems to get the mist client synced, will give it a try.

does anyone know how big chaindata gets ? blocks are almost synced but chain structure as at 13 mil and keeps counting up. whole chaindate is right now around 9.3 gb

31+ millions and there are huge chances that it will get error messages while syncing. I had encountered these error messages at 15 million mark. Then you have to start all over again. After weeks of trying to sync I finally gave up. This whole situation is just nerve wracking. I have used myetherwallet to send the funds to an exchange and have ordered ledger nano s where I will transfer my ether funds when I get it.

I love ether, I love bitcoin as well. I won't give up on ethereum, but I can't lose my nerves on syncing issues no more. Life is more precious than that!

my problem is i do this for a friend.
he didnt update his ether wallet for a long time
its predaofork
how do i use myetherwallet ?
could you help with a step by step advice ?

1. go to myetherwallet
2. go to send ether
3. check keystore file
4. select your wallet file (that's your private key that you can find it in the keystore folder)
5. enter the password and unlock your funds
6. send to the address you want

Just consider this address as compromised, move all your funds somewhere else and don't ever use it. I was shaking my ass off while doing this, as just a thought came to my mind what if myetherwallet is compomised, but I have done it without any problems.

[roselee]

mine works, even my rigs powered with conventional disks.

try nuking your chaindata and resync with --fast.

some of the block with malicious calculations refer back to previous blocks to crunch more data. limiting the bulk of old blocks to headers only curbs the amount of erroneous calculations needed to process (and sync) a block.

how to resync with --fast ?
would you be so kind and give a step by step list ?

In windows open cmd.
Go to directory where your geth is
Enter geth --fast
I am not sure  but you probably should start from zero so you should delete old chain data (blocks).. search for removedb

ok thank you, i will try this and give feedback couse i think there are otheres with the same problem

and for info me os is win7
geth mist 0.8.6

Thank you too, have also massive problems to get the mist client synced, will give it a try.

does anyone know how big chaindata gets ? blocks are almost synced but chain structure as at 13 mil and keeps counting up. whole chaindate is right now around 9.3 gb

31+ millions and there are huge chances that it will get error messages while syncing. I had encountered these error messages at 15 million mark. Then you have to start all over again. After weeks of trying to sync I finally gave up. This whole situation is just nerve wracking. I have used myetherwallet to send the funds to an exchange and have ordered ledger nano s where I will transfer my ether funds when I get it.

I love ether, I love bitcoin as well. I won't give up on ethereum, but I can't lose my nerves on syncing issues no more. Life is more precious than that!

my problem is i do this for a friend.
he didnt update his ether wallet for a long time
its predaofork
how do i use myetherwallet ?
could you help with a step by step advice ?

1. go to myetherwallet
2. go to send ether
3. check keystore file
4. select your wallet file (that's your private key that you can find it in the keystore folder)
5. enter the password and unlock your funds
6. send to the address you want

Just consider this address as compromised, move all your funds somewhere else and don't ever use it. I was shaking my ass off while doing this, as just a thought came to my mind what if myetherwallet is compomised, but I have done it without any problems.

the coins i have to move belong to a friend
the coins are nto splited yet
did you move yours to polo ? or another exchange ?

[wareck]

Hi

After two week of slow sync I found a solution.
I use three computer and 2 different adsl lines.  
I takes long time I was always late about 1500 blocks
Every time I catch my late, I loose peers and again after connected 1500 ~ 2000 block late ...

After passing all "bad blocks" now my wallet sync very fast.

I build a "boostrap" ... until ethereum team find a good solution to fix this slow sync and DoS attacks you can use it.

How to uses my "bootstrap" files :

• Stop your wallet
• Download my files here : https://mega.nz/#F!UxMElYZR!D1AEMLiuCLTHFK51vDt2wA
• Extract files with Winrar or 7zip
• Copy everything inside Ethereum folder to you "C:\Users\HereIsMyName\AppData\Roaming\Ethereum" folder
  
• Start again your wallet

Olivier

ps: files are uploading, i'll put link after finish

[CoinCidental]

mine works, even my rigs powered with conventional disks.

try nuking your chaindata and resync with --fast.

some of the block with malicious calculations refer back to previous blocks to crunch more data. limiting the bulk of old blocks to headers only curbs the amount of erroneous calculations needed to process (and sync) a block.

how to resync with --fast ?
would you be so kind and give a step by step list ?

In windows open cmd.
Go to directory where your geth is
Enter geth --fast
I am not sure  but you probably should start from zero so you should delete old chain data (blocks).. search for removedb

ok thank you, i will try this and give feedback couse i think there are otheres with the same problem

and for info me os is win7
geth mist 0.8.6

Thank you too, have also massive problems to get the mist client synced, will give it a try.

does anyone know how big chaindata gets ? blocks are almost synced but chain structure as at 13 mil and keeps counting up. whole chaindate is right now around 9.3 gb

Nearly 50 GB at the moment

[roselee]

thats what i found on eth mist troubleshooting page :

Mist is synchronized but is stuck during the last part

Each time the Wallet is started it needs to sync the chain with the network. The first time it needs to download and verify the entire chain which can take a long time. Therefore a smarter and faster solution is used the first time the Wallet is started. It will not download and verify the entire chain but will only download specific parts up to a specific block (latest block - 1024 blocks). After that it will download and process the state of the contracts which can take quite some time. So please wait an let it finish downloading the state, otherwise it would start from scratch again. You can find more details here: https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pull/1889.

(latest block - 1024 blocks)thats where mine stucks and then loads in again and stucks
so its not a bug its how it is designed

well i give it another try
new day new game

[roselee]

hi all finaly it worked
what i did

i updated to 0.8.7
and had it run for a couple of hours now its updated and i could replace the new keystore file with the old one from backup
all coins are in there
right now i try to split them at polo

[Khaan.jamil010]

about Etherum how much expline its not much really i love Ethereum

[NanoPipe]

about Etherum how much expline its not much really i love Ethereum

Any idea why the price of Ethereum dropped so much recently? Is that due to the second hard fork?

[Abiky]

Any idea why the price of Ethereum dropped so much recently? Is that due to the second hard fork?

I think that it most certainly is as a result of the second hard fork. Ethereum has so many flaws (security issues) and has gone through so many controversies, that maybe this has resulted in many investors to get out of ETH. Also, ETC's price is declining but in the bright side I hope that ETH becomes stronger after all of these past events.

I think that it would be wise to buy a few ETH while this happens. Maybe then, after all of this is solved prices could go all the way up again. Just sharing my opinion.   

[IncludeBeer]

Any idea why the price of Ethereum dropped so much recently? Is that due to the second hard fork?

I think that it most certainly is as a result of the second hard fork. Ethereum has so many flaws (security issues) and has gone through so many controversies, that maybe this has resulted in many investors to get out of ETH. Also, ETC's price is declining but in the bright side I hope that ETH becomes stronger after all of these past events.

I think that it would be wise to buy a few ETH while this happens. Maybe then, after all of this is solved prices could go all the way up again. Just sharing my opinion.  

I doubt that.  Perhaps a small part, but updates to the protocol that fix security issues is no reason for a price drop, and that's what the recent releases have been about.  Furthermore, this update wasn't a controversial one at all, so I don't understand the reasoning behind why this would deflate the price.  Much more likely: it's because of the BTC price rising. It's very very typical for alt coin prices to fall as BTC price rises.  This has been observed many times before, on many different blockchains.

[wareck]

Hello
I think it's because lot of people were impacted with las DoS attack.
Their wallet cannot sync and some think Ethereum was dead and sell all their coin...
Every time one cryptocurrencie stuck people can still connect sell coin...

Last week, SIA coin do same think, 2 days without sync, when you can open your wallet coin change fall down...


I uploaded a bootstrap file for ethereum :https://mega.nz/#F!UxMElYZR!D1AEMLiuCLTHFK51vDt2wA

olivier