[ANN] [MINT] Mintcoin (POS / 5%) [NO ICO] [Fair distro, community maintained]

[Sarticus]

Renamed. Ran the mintcoin-qt.exe directly from its folder. Got no wallet found, option to import was presented. <didnt do so>
Program menu was running - stopped the synch attempt...


( I now recall that my PC crashed while mintcoin was runing -sorry forgot to mention that)

well, put your wallet.dat back in after closing it... the block chain got corrupted

Thanks for the quick help

[rlm42]

Why does it take so long to download the blockchain 

[CryptInvest]

Is there a node coins based on ip v6. Write please them. Thank you.

this whole quote confuses me... I take it english isn't your native language? not trying to be rude, but it might help if you say what you're looking for in your native language

Sorry for my google translate i have cheap VPS server for one year on ip v6 only and wanna know addresses mint nodes on ip v6.

[MintyAllDay]

Why does it take so long to download the blockchain  

Solutions...

Bootstrap:

https://link.getsync.com/#f=Mintcoin_daily&sz=12E8&t=1&s=SNTPNBS7OXQM5TZCEPZLPAGSB37LAJUF&i=CW6PY36ZAT2EPXWS7DTBOJMHJGMOXANPQ&v=2.0

And...

cryptochainer.com

[EDIT 3/12/16]

https://link.getsync.com/#f=bootstrap&sz=1E9&t=1&s=PLWY53LWFWGR67POGCCJIB7L2H2UXLVE&i=CRVSHHV6P25RWLX7HDGOPRIHRX2ZMC5VS&v=2.3

[rlm42]

Why does it take so long to download the blockchain 

Solutions...

Bootstrap:

https://link.getsync.com/#f=Mintcoin_daily&sz=12E8&t=1&s=SNTPNBS7OXQM5TZCEPZLPAGSB37LAJUF&i=CW6PY36ZAT2EPXWS7DTBOJMHJGMOXANPQ&v=2.0

And...

cryptochainer.com

Hmm is it easy? Mate I've been downloading for about a week and at 38% should I just keep going now? :/

[Derek492]

Why does it take so long to download the blockchain 

Solutions...

Bootstrap:

https://link.getsync.com/#f=Mintcoin_daily&sz=12E8&t=1&s=SNTPNBS7OXQM5TZCEPZLPAGSB37LAJUF&i=CW6PY36ZAT2EPXWS7DTBOJMHJGMOXANPQ&v=2.0

And...

cryptochainer.com

Hmm is it easy? Mate I've been downloading for about a week and at 38% should I just keep going now? :/

It's slow because it generates a block every 30 seconds that it has to sync.

One thing that usually helps speed it up if you don't want to use the bootstrap, is check on it every now and then, and restart the client every few hours or so. It might help. Otherwise just be patient. If you run it 24/7  yeah it will take over a week because it will individually verify every block...

Sometimes the GUI will lag and say not responding, but just be patient. If you check the Mintcoin directory for the blockchain file, you can watch to see if is growing bigger every few seconds or so. If you notice it isn't increasing in size after about a minute, with several connextions, then I would restart the client. This will push in a fresh set of nodes wich should help move things along if it gets stuck. Hope that helps.

[MINT_Market_Recap]

WEEKLY: Feb 18 – Feb 25, 2016

MINT/LTC
https://i.imgur.com/KR65rUU.png
During the past week, MINT/LTC went from .00001750 to .00001400 for a total weekly decrease of -20.00%

MINT/DOGE
https://i.imgur.com/PEaztv8.png
During the past week, MINT/DOGE went from .2070 to .1600 for a total weekly decrease of -22.71%

MINT/USD
https://www.coingecko.com/en/price_charts/mintcoin/usd/7_days
During the past week, MINT/USD went from .000052 to .000047 for a total weekly decrease of -9.62%


YEAR OVER YEAR: Feb 25, 2015-2016
MINT/USD
https://www.coingecko.com/en/price_charts/mintcoin/usd/max_days
During the past year, MINT/USD went from .000016 to .000047 for a total yearly increase of 193.75%

MINT/XAU (GOLD)
https://www.coingecko.com/en/price_charts/mintcoin/xau/max_days
During the past year, MINT/XAU (GOLD) went from .00000001 to .00000004 for a total yearly increase of 300%

[Fuzzbawls]

_{MintCoin v2.0.2}

RECOMMENDED  UPDATE - v2.0.2

This is a security and maintenance patch for the 2.0 branch of MintCoin. As work towards the 2.1 overhaul is being extended, we are continuing to make adjustments and forward compatibility patches to our current release branch (2.0). Included in this release are a number of updates related to security. Though mostly edge cases, we feel it is important to include such patches for completeness.

SUPPORT FOR 3RD PARTY TRANSACTION URLS

Included in this release is optional support for 3rd party transaction URLs (Block explorer links). The setting is accessed from within the GUI's options window in the "Display" tab. Users can enter URLs to as many Block Explorers Transaction pages as they like and each entry (after restarting the client) will then be a clickable item in the transaction history's context menu.

This eliminates the need to manually copy/paste a TXID into a block explorer's search field. Some example URLs to include in this field are:

Code:

https://chainz.cryptoid.info/mint/tx.dws?%s.htm
https://www.cryptopia.co.nz/BlockExplorer?id=240&txId=%s

SECURITY / DEPENDENCIES UPDATES

• [f21ebad] Guard against OpenSSL's new strict DER checking
• [1696dc1] Miniupnpc 1.9 API compatibility
• [a5d130c] Fix invalid signature with crafted length (PPC)

CLI / GUI UPDATES

• [470bfb4] Optional support for 3rd party transaction URLs
• [2215305] Display the Berkeley DB version used in debug.log and RPC Console UI
• [e8e2d96] Clean up GUI Tooltips and status message handling

MISC UPDATES

• [a07643d] Add new DNS Seeder from Fuzzbawls
• [02eea6f] Update Windows Installer Support Files
• [2edf6f2] Update Checkpoints
• [2a9ac23] [8ba9d18] Update OS Specific makefiles
• [bca38bc] Basic Documentation Update

HOW TO UPDATE

Since this release still runs on the single-file database format, updating is a simple process of replacing your binary executable from one of the downloads from the downloads page. Please make sure that no MintCoin processes are currently running before replacing this file! Once the file has been replaced, start up your wallet/daemon as usual.

WINDOWS INSTALLER RETURNS

Windows clients now again have the option of using a self-contained installer (available below) to install MintCoin on their systems. The installer places the binaries in your Program Files folder and adds a handy Start Menu Icon for easy launching.

NOTE FOR SELF-COMPILERS

This release is NOT contained in the master branch of the MINT repository, it is in the 2.0 branch exclusively! The 2.0 branch contains backports from our development repos that were custom tailored specifically for the 2.0 branch of MINT. Rather than deal with a chain of rebases, we decided to branch off the 2.0 tree from master. The process for compiling this release yourself contains the additional step of making sure you have the correct branch (or tag) checked out.

Code:

 git clone https://github.com/MintcoinCommunity/Mintcoin-Desktop-Wallet.git 

Then either

Code:

 git checkout 2.0 

or

Code:

 git checkout tags/v2.0.2 

All startup and RPC commands from previous versions, as well as conf file format remain the same.
All Images, Logos, and GUI elements remain consistent with previous 2.0 branch releases.

[MarSas]

Excellent job, devs!

[nickenburg]

_{MintCoin v2.0.2}

RECOMMENDED  UPDATE - v2.0.2

This is a security and maintenance patch for the 2.0 branch of MintCoin. As work towards the 2.1 overhaul is being extended, we are continuing to make adjustments and forward compatibility patches to our current release branch (2.0). Included in this release are a number of updates related to security. Though mostly edge cases, we feel it is important to include such patches for completeness.

SUPPORT FOR 3RD PARTY TRANSACTION URLS

Included in this release is optional support for 3rd party transaction URLs (Block explorer links). The setting is accessed from within the GUI's options window in the "Display" tab. Users can enter URLs to as many Block Explorers Transaction pages as they like and each entry (after restarting the client) will then be a clickable item in the transaction history's context menu.

This eliminates the need to manually copy/paste a TXID into a block explorer's search field. Some example URLs to include in this field are:

Code:

https://chainz.cryptoid.info/mint/tx.dws?%s.htm
https://www.cryptopia.co.nz/BlockExplorer?id=240&txId=%s

SECURITY / DEPENDENCIES UPDATES

• [f21ebad] Guard against OpenSSL's new strict DER checking
• [1696dc1] Miniupnpc 1.9 API compatibility
• [a5d130c] Fix invalid signature with crafted length (PPC)

CLI / GUI UPDATES

• [470bfb4] Optional support for 3rd party transaction URLs
• [2215305] Display the Berkeley DB version used in debug.log and RPC Console UI
• [e8e2d96] Clean up GUI Tooltips and status message handling

MISC UPDATES

• [a07643d] Add new DNS Seeder from Fuzzbawls
• [02eea6f] Update Windows Installer Support Files
• [2edf6f2] Update Checkpoints
• [2a9ac23] [8ba9d18] Update OS Specific makefiles
• [bca38bc] Basic Documentation Update

HOW TO UPDATE

Since this release still runs on the single-file database format, updating is a simple process of replacing your binary executable from one of the downloads from the downloads page. Please make sure that no MintCoin processes are currently running before replacing this file! Once the file has been replaced, start up your wallet/daemon as usual.

WINDOWS INSTALLER RETURNS

Windows clients now again have the option of using a self-contained installer (available below) to install MintCoin on their systems. The installer places the binaries in your Program Files folder and adds a handy Start Menu Icon for easy launching.

NOTE FOR SELF-COMPILERS

This release is NOT contained in the master branch of the MINT repository, it is in the 2.0 branch exclusively! The 2.0 branch contains backports from our development repos that were custom tailored specifically for the 2.0 branch of MINT. Rather than deal with a chain of rebases, we decided to branch off the 2.0 tree from master. The process for compiling this release yourself contains the additional step of making sure you have the correct branch (or tag) checked out.

Code:

 git clone https://github.com/MintcoinCommunity/Mintcoin-Desktop-Wallet.git 

Then either

Code:

 git checkout 2.0 

or

Code:

 git checkout tags/v2.0.2 

All startup and RPC commands from previous versions, as well as conf file format remain the same.
All Images, Logos, and GUI elements remain consistent with previous 2.0 branch releases.

Ok so this is the new update for the new windows wallet?
Because it isn't updated in the main post yet?
There it still says 2.0.1, but if this is the new wallet.
Really nice that you made it a little faster because this wallet is so slow.

And I really don't see a lot happening with this coin anymore, new coins have entered the playing fields.
Took over our share we should take it back guys, Minting is still really good for the envoirment!

[Flyskyhigh]

Does anyone know if all of the Mintcoins from Cryptsy are lost forever? Wasn't it like 2 billion coins or something? On that exchange..

This client Update is not mandatory right? Looks like good updates, keep em coming

[Fuzzbawls]

Does anyone know if all of the Mintcoins from Cryptsy are lost forever? Wasn't it like 2 billion coins or something? On that exchange..

This client Update is not mandatory right? Looks like good updates, keep em coming

2.0.2 indeed is not "mandatory", but is "highly recommended" as it fixes some attack vectors (miniupnp/crafted sig) as well as adds support for newer versions of OpenSSL in signature verification. Not upgrading your client will still leave you open to at least 2 of these 3 issues needlessly

[sokol]

After updated my wallet on windows from v2.0.1 to 2.0.2 I have "error reading blkindex.dat" 

[arandy]

_{MintCoin v2.0.2}

RECOMMENDED  UPDATE - v2.0.2

This is a security and maintenance patch for the 2.0 branch of MintCoin. As work towards the 2.1 overhaul is being extended, we are continuing to make adjustments and forward compatibility patches to our current release branch (2.0). Included in this release are a number of updates related to security. Though mostly edge cases, we feel it is important to include such patches for completeness.

SUPPORT FOR 3RD PARTY TRANSACTION URLS

Included in this release is optional support for 3rd party transaction URLs (Block explorer links). The setting is accessed from within the GUI's options window in the "Display" tab. Users can enter URLs to as many Block Explorers Transaction pages as they like and each entry (after restarting the client) will then be a clickable item in the transaction history's context menu.

This eliminates the need to manually copy/paste a TXID into a block explorer's search field. Some example URLs to include in this field are:

Code:

https://chainz.cryptoid.info/mint/tx.dws?%s.htm
https://www.cryptopia.co.nz/BlockExplorer?id=240&txId=%s

SECURITY / DEPENDENCIES UPDATES

• [f21ebad] Guard against OpenSSL's new strict DER checking
• [1696dc1] Miniupnpc 1.9 API compatibility
• [a5d130c] Fix invalid signature with crafted length (PPC)

CLI / GUI UPDATES

• [470bfb4] Optional support for 3rd party transaction URLs
• [2215305] Display the Berkeley DB version used in debug.log and RPC Console UI
• [e8e2d96] Clean up GUI Tooltips and status message handling

MISC UPDATES

• [a07643d] Add new DNS Seeder from Fuzzbawls
• [02eea6f] Update Windows Installer Support Files
• [2edf6f2] Update Checkpoints
• [2a9ac23] [8ba9d18] Update OS Specific makefiles
• [bca38bc] Basic Documentation Update

HOW TO UPDATE

Since this release still runs on the single-file database format, updating is a simple process of replacing your binary executable from one of the downloads from the downloads page. Please make sure that no MintCoin processes are currently running before replacing this file! Once the file has been replaced, start up your wallet/daemon as usual.

WINDOWS INSTALLER RETURNS

Windows clients now again have the option of using a self-contained installer (available below) to install MintCoin on their systems. The installer places the binaries in your Program Files folder and adds a handy Start Menu Icon for easy launching.

NOTE FOR SELF-COMPILERS

This release is NOT contained in the master branch of the MINT repository, it is in the 2.0 branch exclusively! The 2.0 branch contains backports from our development repos that were custom tailored specifically for the 2.0 branch of MINT. Rather than deal with a chain of rebases, we decided to branch off the 2.0 tree from master. The process for compiling this release yourself contains the additional step of making sure you have the correct branch (or tag) checked out.

Code:

 git clone https://github.com/MintcoinCommunity/Mintcoin-Desktop-Wallet.git 

Then either

Code:

 git checkout 2.0 

or

Code:

 git checkout tags/v2.0.2 

All startup and RPC commands from previous versions, as well as conf file format remain the same.
All Images, Logos, and GUI elements remain consistent with previous 2.0 branch releases.

I just updated and wallet runs fine but when i click on the links in the wallet the won't work.
If domains don't exist anymore they really shouldn't be listed in the wallet i think.

http://mintcoinfund.org/
http://www.mintshops.com/

Other then that keep up the good work

[crzybilly]

After updated my wallet on windows from v2.0.1 to 2.0.2 I have "error reading blkindex.dat" 

Sounds like your datadir is corrupted... I would suggest downloading the bootstrap and replacing those files.

This likely happened either due to app crash, forcefully closing the app without letting it complete the exit process or a complete system crash

[nickenburg]

Guys do I need to download the 2.0.2 wallet?
Because when I start my wallet now it says:
Warning: checkpoint is to old. Wait for the blockchain to download or Contact developers.

So I Fully downloaded the blockchain and it still says the same.
Will the new wallet fix that or is something wrong?

[sokol]

After updated my wallet on windows from v2.0.1 to 2.0.2 I have "error reading blkindex.dat" 

Sounds like your datadir is corrupted... I would suggest downloading the bootstrap and replacing those files.

This likely happened either due to app crash, forcefully closing the app without letting it complete the exit process or a complete system crash

I downloaded the bootstrap from mincoint official and replaced data dir, and get some error 

With v2.0.1 all OK

[crzybilly]

Guys do I need to download the 2.0.2 wallet?
Because when I start my wallet now it says:
Warning: checkpoint is to old. Wait for the blockchain to download or Contact developers.

So I Fully downloaded the blockchain and it still says the same.
Will the new wallet fix that or is something wrong?

2.0.2 fixes that issue plus a few other issues

[crzybilly]

After updated my wallet on windows from v2.0.1 to 2.0.2 I have "error reading blkindex.dat" 

Sounds like your datadir is corrupted... I would suggest downloading the bootstrap and replacing those files.

This likely happened either due to app crash, forcefully closing the app without letting it complete the exit process or a complete system crash

I downloaded the bootstrap from mincoint official and replaced data dir, and get some error 

With v2.0.1 all OK

I'll get my chain up-to-date again with 2.0.2 and upload bootstrap for you that should work exactly... there should be no reason that it continues to do that, because we didn't change bdb version.

[BrotherJ]

After updated my wallet on windows from v2.0.1 to 2.0.2 I have "error reading blkindex.dat"  

Sounds like your datadir is corrupted... I would suggest downloading the bootstrap and replacing those files.

This likely happened either due to app crash, forcefully closing the app without letting it complete the exit process or a complete system crash

I downloaded the bootstrap from mincoint official and replaced data dir, and get some error  

With v2.0.1 all OK

I'm also having the same issue ("error reading blkindex.dat"). My 2.0.1 wallet is fully sync'ed to block #2371004 and has been working perfectly. I run it every day. I can tell you that in my appdata file there is no sub-file named blkindex.dat. Maybe this helps.

I believe the correct file name is "blk0001". At least that is what I have.

Ok, I just tried renaming this file "blkindex" but it still didn't help.

I wonder if something needs to be changed in the properties.