[ANN][HUC] Huntercoin - Worlds First Decentralized Game/World on the Blockchain

[HunterMinerCrafter]

I have been merged mining this with p2pool for quite some time, but have yet to find any blocks, despite that fact that I continue to find GRouPcoin blocks.

GRouPcoin is higher difficulty than huntercoin so I should be finding some huntercoin blocks by now presumably, even if half of its blocks are going to scrypt miners?

-MarkM-

Ditto. Not one. I'm pretty sure it ain't working properly yet 

We have delayed launching our pool (publicly, if anyone is interested in helping with private testing please find us in the IRC channel) because of this.  We have worked with (and continue to work with) snailbrain to fix some other problems with the client.  We have some "working theories" on why the merged mining is failing, but have not yet come to a resolution.

Would there be interest in the pool if it offered HUC-only mining?

--HMC

[seleme]

I just can't sync the wallet and I get that update message despite being on latest one.

[snailbrain]

I have been merged mining this with p2pool for quite some time, but have yet to find any blocks, despite that fact that I continue to find GRouPcoin blocks.

GRouPcoin is higher difficulty than huntercoin so I should be finding some huntercoin blocks by now presumably, even if half of its blocks are going to scrypt miners?

-MarkM-

Ditto. Not one. I'm pretty sure it ain't working properly yet  

are you getting orphans/rejects or anything? (and Mark?) --  is yours no longer crashing?

Eligius and F2Pool are mining, but probably using some custom pool software
ManicMiner is merge mining - not sure what software they are using, but he seems willing to help out..
There are people mining blocks with p2pool, a couple a day i am told

snailbrain said

"undertaking the reimplementation of Namecoin onto Libcoin (and will then attempt the same for huntercoin) - this should give significant improvements."

What does this mean in non technical speak?  

Namecoin (and therefore Huntercoin), is using old bitcoin code.. approx 0.3.5 or something (bit is now on  v0.9?)
Instead of updating it to the latest bitcoin code, Domob will update reimplement it onto on Libcoin
It means in laymans terms.. the client should be much faster and responsive... although probably the "game" will be a separate interface and will connect to the daemon similar to how mithrilman client connects.

I just can't sync the wallet and I get that update message despite being on latest one.

did you already have some stuff in your datadir? (.e played around launch, and have now come back?)


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[Bitcoin Betting Guide]

snailbrain said

"undertaking the reimplementation of Namecoin onto Libcoin (and will then attempt the same for huntercoin) - this should give significant improvements."

What does this mean in non technical speak?  

Namecoin (and therefore Huntercoin), is using old bitcoin code.. approx 0.3.5 or something (bit is now on  v0.9?)
Instead of updating it to the latest bitcoin code, Domob will update reimplement it onto on Libcoin
It means in laymans terms.. the client should be much faster and responsive... although probably the "game" will be a separate interface and will connect to the daemon similar to how mithrilman client connects.

what is the timeframe on that? oh, what is libcoin?

[count_cyrpto]

Keep up the good work, guys. Improving the speed and response time will be an major improvement.

[RenegadeMind]

oh, what is libcoin?

https://github.com/libcoin/libcoin

https://twitter.com/libcoin

libcoin is the transformation of the Satoshi bitcoin client into reusable libraries. 100% Same functionality, but modular, with no globals and no threads.

[Bitcoin Betting Guide]

Does the huntercoin block reward decrease over time or is it 10 coins per block every minute until the coincap is reached? which would be about 8 years?

[bitcoinxiaoshan]

The wallet sucks, after pressing "go" , question mark forever...  delete transaction then -rescan doesn't work, restart doesn't . What can I do?

[MithrilMan]

Updated pic
I've done some gui improvements and added some features:
I've removed the radar from top-left corner, was hard to play in yellow base and had not much meaning the way it was before, so... i revisited the My Troop window, implemented a new radar inside a tab (surroundings) in that window and added a feature that let you show/hide hunters nerby you, on radar, by colour so you can see, in a 10x10 radius, who's near you (it would be pretty hard to see that many hunters per tile, so this feature help a lot)

added CTRL+H shortcut to toggle GUI, so there is no need to keep moving windows

I've uploaded a brief video to show all this, here it is!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrMufshhwT8

you can keep following me @ https://www.facebook.com/MithrilMan and please, if you have features request, just let me know!

[kulakowka]

play now simply impossible. it is time to do something with these brakes! Every 5 minutes terribly slow, like to play here? And it has lasted for a month exactly, it's time to do something.

[marcje]

take the diff down, and rewards down but make it playable?

[kulakowka]

MithrilMan, when it will release your client? Can finish it later, with the new updates? It will just hang like a purse now?

[snailbrain]

Does the huntercoin block reward decrease over time or is it 10 coins per block every minute until the coincap is reached? which would be about 8 years?

will halve every 4 years, although may be 3.5 years or less first time

The wallet sucks, after pressing "go" , question mark forever...  delete transaction then -rescan doesn't work, restart doesn't . What can I do?

free transactions sometimes get rejected and you need to wait for rebroadcast. Pay a network fee (try that).
There may be a patch soon which may sort..

I made a post about huntercoin!

http://bitcoin-betting-guide.com/james-cannings-blog/huntercoin-an-innovative-and-fun-altcoin/
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Lets go big! Do we have/need a structured development road map with bounties?

cool..
we need people to donate before we have some bounties to give

but, we are working on all aspects atm anyway..

play now simply impossible. it is time to do something with these brakes! Every 5 minutes terribly slow, like to play here? And it has lasted for a month exactly, it's time to do something.

working fine for me.Try ram drive or faster computer.. had the odd little pause but definitely playable
I will also compile the latest update for windows, it includes a patch by domob which may help some

if you want something done fast, then donate or contribute (have you?),.. otherwise be patient until everything is sorted instead of repeating yourself over and over ..

p.s. i put you on ignore now

take the diff down, and rewards down but make it playable?

It's playable, the game won't be any faster. Try controlling 20 teams, you will realize that 1 minute block times is not enough.

[kulakowka]

if you want something done fast, then donate or contribute (have you?),.. otherwise be patient until everything is sorted instead of repeating yourself over and over ..

p.s. i put you on ignore now

and I'm telling the truth or not? I am ready to pay the HUC, but that was the result. Payment for the generals who goes?

[snailbrain]

Updates 1.00.05d :

Added game_waitforchange RPC - this will output game state instantly as soon as a new block comes in
Added listsinceblock and modified WalletTxToJSON
Some UI speed improvements
Reduce Debug output

https://github.com/chronokings/huntercoin
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/h5f96sw56c196/HunterCoin

[Bitcoin Betting Guide]

play now simply impossible. it is time to do something....

working fine for me.Try ram drive or faster computer...

That is not good enough from huntercoin. I am not saying its not good enough from snailbrain, everything is not up to him but we do need a real solution to this, best if it comes from someone other than snailbrain as its may not be a priority of his which is fine. Huntercoin needs to start being a team effort.

Can anyone (perhaps other than snailbrain) come up with a fix for the long name error message problem I detailed a few pages back? 

[snailbrain]

play now simply impossible. it is time to do something....

working fine for me.Try ram drive or faster computer...

That is not good enough from huntercoin. I am not saying its not good enough from snailbrain, everything is not up to him but we do need a real solution to this, best if it comes from someone other than snailbrain as its may not be a priority of his which is fine. Huntercoin needs to start being a team effort.

Can anyone (perhaps other than snailbrain) come up with a fix for the long name error message problem I detailed a few pages back?  

it's being worked on

+ it plays fine on my linux in vmware, within windows, using mechanical harddrive.

not sure if some people just have very very bad PCs -- Mithilmans client will solve most problems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrMufshhwT8

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the long name problem will be fixed, not a priority

[Bitcoin Betting Guide]

the long name problem will be fixed, not a priority

Right so would that be a good thing for someone other than you to do? Huntercoin becoming a team effort needs other community members to contribute and for snailbrain to encourage and facilitate that starting to happen

[snailbrain]

the long name problem will be fixed, not a priority

Right so would that be a good thing for someone other than you to do? Huntercoin becoming a team effort needs other community members to contribute and for snailbrain to encourage and facilitate that starting to happen

yep, if someone wants to submit a pull request they can

domob will probably do it soon.. won't take him long, but he's working on more important things atm

[Bitcoin Betting Guide]

New thread in r/CryptoCurrency give us some upvotes. Perhaps we should make an r/huntercoin sub soon

http://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1zszdj/huntercoin_an_innovative_and_fun_altcoin/