NamecoinGUI (with bitcoin support) - v0.5.0.18

[GoldenBoar]

Here's a Windows Namecoin GUI for managing your wallet and domain names. It also allows you to manage your bitcoin wallet as well. Switching between namecoin and bitcoin is as simple as clicking Tools -> Switch to, then choosing either Bitcoin or Namecoin. It's written in C# and requires the Microsoft .NET Framework 4. Let me know of any features you'd like to see implemented and of course, any bugs you come across.

If you are not interested in using it for bitcoin, just leave the bitcoind path empty.

https://i.imgur.com/UQw3w.png

NamecoinGUI-0.5.0.18
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0.5.0.18
Fixed bug with the send fields causing an exception while the form is refreshing.
Fixed namecoin address validation (bitcoin addresses were being treated as valid namecoin addresses).
Fixed "Couldn't communicate with server" error when trying to send all coins. It now asks to try again with 0.0005 tx fee applied.
Added context menu to transaction lists.
Added transaction details. Either double-click or use the context menu.
Added transaction alerts to context menu.
Added success message after sending coins.

0.4.3.17
Disallowed new accounts named "Default".
Suppressed "Couldn't communicate with deamon" message while starting the daemon.
Tries to initially connect to the daemon every 10 seconds now instead of every 30 seconds.
Adding "Refresh rate" to "Settings" form, default value set to 30 seconds.
Fixed icon on "Settings" and "New Account" forms.

0.4.2.16
Fixed Send functionality which I completely broke in 0.4.1.15
Added currency and number globalisation support.

0.4.1.15
Fixed bug with form closing while controls are being updated.
Disabled command controls while daemon is offline.
Removed Send/Move Amount numeric input validation.
Fixed Send/Move accounts not being updated immediately.
Changed the default account name from being empty to "Default" in the tab lists.
Fixed multiple "Couldn't communicate with deamon" messages when the deamon is taking longer than usual to start.
Fixed account and transactions being filled before the information panel.

0.4.0.14
Undid 0.3.1.13 changes which caused the the GUI to freeze to while downloading the block chain.
Fixed a bug stopping names from being registered.
Implemented name_list
Implemented name_scan
Tidied up the GUI a bit
Only one deamon runs at a time now.

0.3.1.13
Code cleanup - removed background worker and delegates. Caused form freezing.

0.3.0.12
Added Bitcoin wallet support.
Added domain name check, pre-order, registration and update functionality (converts to IDNA format when applicable).

0.2.0.7
Implemented minimize to tray.

0.1.0.6
Pretty much takes cares of the wallet management side of things.
Removed the All transactions tab
Tidied up the code a bit

0.0.0.5
Implemented account balances.
Implemented send from account.
Implemented moving coins between accounts.
Implemented backup wallet.

0.0.0.4
New accounts and transactions show up immediately

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[322i0n]

ooh, a very new member with a shiny polished gui for windows hoisted on media fire?

how lovely.

[jim618]

Very nice!

:-)

[LKTechnik]

Like

[finway]

Waiting for testing report.

[worldinacoin]

Well finally, I do prefer a GUI rather than a black screen, wonder if those who has tested it out post their reviews?

[322i0n]

Waiting for testing report.

me too, anybody able to test this?

[GoldenBoar]

Just letting you guys know there's been a few updates since I first posted.

[worldinacoin]

Those who have tested, wonder can post any feedbacks?  It looks great!

[Tronlet]

All GUIs should have the source posted, to make sure it isn't malicious. However, could it be possible to use applications offline, downloading recent block chains from a separate computer and transferring them to that? It wouldn't be possible to make transactions I assume but you could view received transactions, right?

[bitlane]

All GUIs should have the source posted

Well, luckilly this one does....anything else ?

[GoldenBoar]

All GUIs should have the source posted, to make sure it isn't malicious. However, could it be possible to use applications offline, downloading recent block chains from a separate computer and transferring them to that? It wouldn't be possible to make transactions I assume but you could view received transactions, right?

This is just a GUI for the daemons, so it would depend on the daemon allowing you to do it. You can transfer the whole data folder, but I suspect you're talking about individual transactions and I don't think they support that.

I'll look into it though.

[Tronlet]

All GUIs should have the source posted

Well, luckilly this one does....anything else ?

My post was more directed towards 322i0n, though the wording was a little funny and made it sound like I was attacking GB. Sorry about that.

[322i0n]

I have no idea what you are talking about.

[322i0n]

since trying this out, namecoind has stopped working. stuck at block 24191.

[GoldenBoar]

since trying this out, namecoind has stopped working. stuck at block 24191.

I don't see how that could be caused by the GUI. All the GUI does, is run namecoind as a process, passes it commands and intercepts the output. Have you reported the problem to the namecoind developers?

[322i0n]

It is possible that this was caused by the daemon. I have resolved the problem now. I was running an older version of namecoind and have replaced that with the latest version. I had to download the chain again. everything was working fine with namecoind.
i tried the GUI again and it is working very well.

I will give some feedback in this thread as soon as i have had a chance to test it more thoroughly.

[Tronlet]

322i0n, I am referring to your first post in this thread.

[GoldenBoar]

Just posted another update.

[dark_silverstar]

nice. im gonna using it right now  .

[flinder]

Looks nice!

[bulanula]

What you need to do is remove that TX fee because right now miners do not need additional TX fees with such huge block rewards !

[bitlane]

Any further news or development on this ?

I have been using it for a couple months now and love it. Much better than CMD Line and best of all - IT WORKS.

Thanks again.

[tiberiandusk]

dot-bit.bit wiki has a link for namecoinj which is a gui but I haven't been able to find much info about it.

[ZodiacDragon84]

I'm using the namecoin GUI on windows XP, and I love it. Makes dealing with those pesky namecoins a breeze!

[ovidiusoft]

Would it be possible to compile the app with the target of .NET 3.5 instead of 4.0? I'm trying to run it in Linux using Mono and some things are not supported for 4.0.

Code:

System.Windows.Forms.SplitContainer doesn't implement interface System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize

... which is this Mono bug: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648403

[tiberiandusk]

This product smells something like this.

[bulanula]

This product smells something like this.

Why ? What do you mean ?

Are you trying to say it is a trojan or something ?

[ZodiacDragon84]

as an average joe user of the Namecoin GUI, I have noticed no real issues in day to day use. Coins dont vanish, there are no problems with wallet back up, and it lets you register your .bit info no hassle. (still trying to figure out how that .bit stuff really works, and how I can best use it)

[malevolent]

I have a problem with namecoingui it keeps connecting and can't connect ever since I wanted to run it when I was low on memory but now I have enough and still the same.
namecoin rescan doesn't work, namecoind freezes, reinstalling namecoind will work?

[drakahn]

how big is your wallet.dat?

[grue]

Switching between namecoin and bitcoin is as simple as clicking Tools -> Switch to, then choosing either Bitcoin or Namecoin. It's written in C# and requires the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.

You can change the target framework to something lower, like 3.5 or 2.0. Unless you're using .net 4 specific features. Also, you can autodetect whether a server is namecoin/bitcoin by issuing the "help" rpc command, and looking at the command list.

This product smells something like this.
https://i.imgur.com/bIi3P.jpg[

Why ? What do you mean ?

Are you trying to say it is a trojan or something ?

No, he thinks it doesn't look aesthetically pleasing, which i sort of agree. The gui has too many unnecessary elements, like moving money between accounts.

[pla]

No, he thinks it doesn't look aesthetically pleasing, which i sort of agree. The gui has too many unnecessary elements, like moving money between accounts.

Agreed, not the prettiest GUI out there, but seriously?  The best (or really, "only", unless you count that badly broken Java abomination) NameCoin interface available for over six months now.

Don't like it?  Do better.   

[REF]

didnt even know about this project. I only have a few namecoins but dislike dealing with CMD-line. Looks like it hasnt been updated in sometime but Ill be trying it out. Thanks GB

[bitlane]

I still use it and it works for me 100%, never a problem (however, NMC only).

[mdude77]

I still use it and it works for me 100%, never a problem (however, NMC only).

I'm having problems.  I tried sending my balance from the "any" to another address, and it hangs.  I have to terminate it.

Then I used the transfer from one account to another option.  I tried moving 10 nmc from one account to another.  Somehow the other came up as having -10, and the main one having 10.  Guess what happens when you move 10 to -10?  Now I have 0.

Not using this program anymore.

[bulanula]

I still use it and it works for me 100%, never a problem (however, NMC only).

I'm having problems.  I tried sending my balance from the "any" to another address, and it hangs.  I have to terminate it.

Then I used the transfer from one account to another option.  I tried moving 10 nmc from one account to another.  Somehow the other came up as having -10, and the main one having 10.  Guess what happens when you move 10 to -10?  Now I have 0.

Not using this program anymore.

I have to say I had these odd problems too back on Windblows.

CLI and Linux since then !

[rav3n_pl]

Need update for bitcoin module.
Getting HTTP500 error after 0.6.2 update.

[bulanula]

Need update for bitcoin module.
Getting HTTP500 error after 0.6.2 update.

Looks like author is AWOL so no luck.

Gotta learn the CLI man !

[pyra-proxy]

I take it this project is abandoned .....  Searching for a while though I see no others??  Anyone got any leads on namecoin/multi-coin gui's?

[grue]

I take it this project is abandoned .....  Searching for a while though I see no others??  Anyone got any leads on namecoin/multi-coin gui's?

namecoin-qt
http://dot-bit.org/BuildNamecoinQTFromSource

[ewibit]

build successful but:

Code:

 ./namecoin-qt 
[xcb] Unknown sequence number while processing queue
[xcb] Most likely this is a multi-threaded client and XInitThreads has not been called
[xcb] Aborting, sorry about that.
namecoin-qt: Fatal IO error 11 (Die Ressource ist zur Zeit nicht verfügbar) on X server :0.
namecoin-qt: ../../src/xcb_io.c:274: poll_for_event: Zusicherung »!xcb_xlib_threads_sequence_lost« nicht erfüllt.
Abgebrochen (Speicherabzug geschrieben)

[snailbrain]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=236375.0

you can try posting there with compile problems or dot-bit.org/forum