[ANN] Litecoin - a lite version of Bitcoin. Launched!

[3phase]

I tried to compile the latest litecoind (ver. 50001) in a new machine (Ubuntu 11.04), I transferred my wallet.dat from my current machine, ran litecoind -rescan but my balance appears to be "0.00".

Have I missed something

Did you let it download the blockchain?

Yes, I let it download the blockchain first, stopped the daemon, copied the wallet.dat and restarted the daemon with the -rescan option.

Try removing the blockchain with the new wallet intact and let it redownload. If it successfully launches without errors, the chances of your private keys getting lost are close to none.

Thanks for the advice Terry, it worked. I never had to do it this way in all previous client upgrades.

[coblee]

Litecoin version 0.5.0.2 has been released with the new Litecoin logo.

Windows client: https://github.com/downloads/coblee/litecoin/litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.2.zip

[tomba]

Litecoin version 0.5.0.2 has been released with the new Litecoin logo.

Windows client: https://github.com/downloads/coblee/litecoin/litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.2.zip

Nice one coblee, all though the icon is just a small grey blob in the captionbar ;-)

[coblee]

Litecoin version 0.5.0.2 has been released with the new Litecoin logo.

Windows client: https://github.com/downloads/coblee/litecoin/litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.2.zip

Nice one coblee, all though the icon is just a small grey blob in the captionbar ;-)

Yeah, the icon doesn't look quite right when it's resized to a small icon in the captionbar. I'm not sure if there's a way to tell it to use the smaller icon. I will look into it.

[coblee]

Just spent the last couple hours incorporating Matoking's ScryptMiner minerd GUI with the Litecoin client.
It's a new mining tab that let's you start/stop/configure minerd to run against any pool.
You need to make sure that the minerd executable and libraries are in the same directory as the Litecoin-QT application.

Let me know what you guys think. And thanks to Matoking for creating the original GUI.

https://github.com/downloads/coblee/litecoin/litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.3.zip

[tomba]

Just spent the last couple hours incorporating Matoking's ScryptMiner minerd GUI with the Litecoin client.
It's a new mining tab that let's you start/stop/configure minerd to run against any pool.
You need to make sure that the minerd executable and libraries are in the same directory as the Litecoin-QT application.

Let me know what you guys think. And thanks to Matoking for creating the original GUI.

https://github.com/downloads/coblee/litecoin/litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.3.zip

Works perfect but I'd appreciate an option to hide it (also you didn't remove mining from options)

[michaelmclees]

Fantastic upgrade.

*edit - I notice that if I run my mouse over the hammers while I am mining, the client tells me that I am not mining.  Small bug I'm sure.

[Matoking]

Just spent the last couple hours incorporating Matoking's ScryptMiner minerd GUI with the Litecoin client.
It's a new mining tab that let's you start/stop/configure minerd to run against any pool.
You need to make sure that the minerd executable and libraries are in the same directory as the Litecoin-QT application.

Let me know what you guys think. And thanks to Matoking for creating the original GUI.

https://github.com/downloads/coblee/litecoin/litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.3.zip

Neat implementation, and thanks for fixing the application launch on non-Windows OSes, didn't know about that.

I would probably try cleaning a few things if it wouldn't be for the fact that Litecoin isn't compiling for me (seems to be something in the project file that was modified back in the bitcoin-qt fork)

EDIT :
Nevermind, found a fix to the compiling problem :
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=47417.msg567123#msg567123

I'll be making some changes into the mining stuff tomorrow.

[coblee]

Fantastic upgrade.

*edit - I notice that if I run my mouse over the hammers while I am mining, the client tells me that I am not mining.  Small bug I'm sure.

Yes, that status is only hooked up the the internal miner. I need to hook it up to the poll miner info, but I haven't figured out a good way to present these 2 different mining options together without confusing the user.

Neat implementation, and thanks for fixing the application launch on non-Windows OSes, didn't know about that.

I would probably try cleaning a few things if it wouldn't be for the fact that Litecoin isn't compiling for me (seems to be something in the project file that was modified back in the bitcoin-qt fork)

Matoking, if would be great if you can fork your own Litecoin repo, make your changes, and submit a pull request. What were you thinking of doing? I was going to work on adding an "full log" checkbox that would switch the output to exactly what minerd prints out. This will be useful for advance users that want to see the full output.

[terrytibbs]

I haven't figured out a good way to present these 2 different mining options together without confusing the user.

Dropdown with "Pool" and "Solo" options, with a URL input for the pool getting disabled when solo is selected?

[coblee]

Just spent the last couple hours incorporating Matoking's ScryptMiner minerd GUI with the Litecoin client.
It's a new mining tab that let's you start/stop/configure minerd to run against any pool.
You need to make sure that the minerd executable and libraries are in the same directory as the Litecoin-QT application.

Let me know what you guys think. And thanks to Matoking for creating the original GUI.

https://github.com/downloads/coblee/litecoin/litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.3.zip

Works perfect but I'd appreciate an option to hide it (also you didn't remove mining from options)

How about if I put it at the right most tab? Would that be just as good as having an option to hide it?
I will work on combining the mining from options with this mining tab.

[coblee]

I haven't figured out a good way to present these 2 different mining options together without confusing the user.

Dropdown with "Pool" and "Solo" options, with a URL input for the pool getting disabled when solo is selected?

Yeah, that probably makes most sense. Thanks for the suggestion. This will work well when we also support p2pool.

[terrytibbs]

P2Pool will make the client a fully self-sustained ecosystem. I can't wait.

[coblee]

P2Pool will make the client a fully self-sustained ecosystem. I can't wait.

Yes, my ultimate goal is to have people start the client (or daemon) and p2pool will automatically start in the background and the client will be mining away. And as blocks are found, they will see their balance increase by a few litecents every few minutes. For those who want to muck around with minerd, they can compile their own optimized minerd and point that to p2pool using the GUI I have now. And for those who still want to use traditional pools, they can do that too.

[terrytibbs]

P2Pool will make the client a fully self-sustained ecosystem. I can't wait.

Yes, my ultimate goal is to have people start the client (or daemon) and p2pool will automatically start in the background and the client will be mining away. And as blocks are found, they will see their balance increase by a few litecents every few minutes. For those who want to muck around with minerd, they can compile their own optimized minerd and point that to p2pool using the GUI I have now. And for those who still want to use traditional pools, they can do that too.

Yes, instant feedback and gratification is key. Automatically starting to mine probably isn't optimal, but the rest would be a dream come true.

[ehmdjii]

is there a blockexplorer for litecoin yet?

[johnj]

P2Pool will make the client a fully self-sustained ecosystem. I can't wait.

Yes, my ultimate goal is to have people start the client (or daemon) and p2pool will automatically start in the background and the client will be mining away. And as blocks are found, they will see their balance increase by a few litecents every few minutes. For those who want to muck around with minerd, they can compile their own optimized minerd and point that to p2pool using the GUI I have now. And for those who still want to use traditional pools, they can do that too.

Yes, instant feedback and gratification is key. Automatically starting to mine probably isn't optimal, but the rest would be a dream come true.

Oh neat, I never thought of combining p2pool into the client.  Good stuff!

[terrytibbs]

is there a blockexplorer for litecoin yet?

http://blockexplorer.sytes.net/chain/Litecoin

http://litecoin.kicks-ass.org/chain/LiteCoin

[Tomatocage]

A little off topic, but why is TerryTibbs labeled as a scammer?  He seems like a good contributing member from the posts he's made.

[jago25_98]

I can't search this thread so I guess I have to ask - linux binary miner?

(got trouble with  ./configure: line 4759: `LIBCURL_CHECK_CONFIG(, 7.10.1, ,'), losing patient to be honest after fixing aclocal)