[ANN] Ballzcoin! [PoW] [ETHASH]

[Ballzcoin]

Firstly, thanks to everyone who has posted questions, comments (positive and negative!) and shown interest in the project. Rather than make multiple posts, I have tried to cover most of the questions people have asked here.


Website

The website will be up soon, and I will update this thread when done. Rather than promote the project before the code was ready, the focus has been on thoroughly testing the code to make sure no bugs have been introduced as a result of the changes to the original Ethereum code (mainly the new difficulty adjustment algorithm). The source code and binaries have been posted here as the first public step, to give any interested Bitcointalk members a chance to get a head start on mining before promotion of the coin starts in earnest. The next priority is the website.


Discord

There are no immediate plans to start a discord channel for the project, however this may change if (when?) the project generates enough interest to warrant it. For now, this thread is the best place to ask any questions.


Charity

There is some information in the white paper on the charity distribution mechanism, but essentially it will work as follows:

- There are 10 account addresses embedded into the code that will start accumulating coins ~6 months after the launch date. The account private keys will be given to charities over the next 6 months. 
- Accounts will only be given to registered charities who are already established. New charities will not be created as part of the project.
- Ballzcoin itself is not a charity.


Mining

A big thanks to TerraHash.cc, ButSa, and thedives for setting up pools. I will add the links to the announcement post shortly.

For those who are keen, the instructions for solo mining with Claymore are as follows:

1. Start ballzcoin in console mode with RPC port open:
ballzcoin console --rpc

2. Wait for network synchronization. Within about 15 seconds, you should start seeing 'Imported new chain segment blocks = n' appear on the screen (n being a number between 1 and 2048). When n drops to 1, the entire chain has been imported, and you can start mining.

3. Start mining with Claymore:

ethdcrminer64 -allcoins 1 -retrydelay 10 -epool http://127.0.0.1:8641

This all assumes you have an account set up and configured as the etherbase. Please let me know if you want any instructions on how to do that.



ICO

This is not an ICO. The only way to get hold of coins at the moment is through mining.


PoS

Ballzcoin will not transition to PoS. It will always be a PoW coin.


Masternodes

There are no plans to have masternodes.

[psihotoc]

On what exchange do you plan to request a listing first.

[vtoryh]

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[Ballzcoin]

On what exchange do you plan to request a listing first.

No decisions have been made yet on which exchanges to approach first, as it is still very early days for the project. The focus at the moment is encouraging people to mine the coin (a good level of support so far, thanks to everyone who is mining  ) and producing a website and block explorer, which are required before any exchange listings.

[ngocmcbtc]

My wallet can not sync .dev guide help me. Thank you very much

[Ballzcoin]

My wallet can not sync .dev guide help me. Thank you very much

Can you post some more information please:

- Are you using the command line wallet or GUI wallet? Linux or Windows?
- Is the chain simply not downloading, or are you getting an error message?

The chain is currently at block height 40349 as I write this and the bootnodes are online and working, so in theory you shouldn't have any issues. To diagnose the issue, you could try:

Run the command line wallet from a terminal:

>ballzcoin console

It should boot up. Wait around 15 seconds, and type admin.peers into the console. Do you see a number of IP addresses (and other info) come up?

If not, check your firewall settings. In particular, make sure UDP port 31805 is open. 

[TerraHash.cc]

Block explorer for Ballzcoin:
http://ballz-explorer.terrahash.cc
Mining pool:
http://ballz.terrahash.cc


Welcome!

[Greygor]

ballzcoin node connection error

ballzcoin wallet windows

[Ballzcoin]

Block explorer for Ballzcoin:
http://ballz-explorer.terrahash.cc
Mining pool:
http://ballz.terrahash.cc


Welcome!

Thanks for setting up the block explorer, I have added the link to the announcement post. I like the name (Ballz Explorer), definitely true to the spirit of the project 

[Ballzcoin]

ballzcoin node connection error

ballzcoin wallet windows

Please try the following to see if it is a connection error caused by your firewall / windows settings:

- Download the windows client binary (which is also the command line wallet), unzip to a folder.
- Run 'cmd' from the start menu.
- CD into the folder where you unzipped the client binary.
- Run the client: ballzcoin console
- Within 15 seconds of booting up, the client should start downloading the blockchain. If nothing happens, type 'admin.peers'. If there are no peers, then it is likely you will need to open UDP port 31805 on your firewall.

[Greygor]

ballzcoin node connection error

ballzcoin wallet windows

Please try the following to see if it is a connection error caused by your firewall / windows settings:

- Download the windows client binary (which is also the command line wallet), unzip to a folder.
- Run 'cmd' from the start menu.
- CD into the folder where you unzipped the client binary.
- Run the client: ballzcoin console
- Within 15 seconds of booting up, the client should start downloading the blockchain. If nothing happens, type 'admin.peers'. If there are no peers, then it is likely you will need to open UDP port 31805 on your firewall.

I discovered the port immediately

[netto7]

after im read you first post im not clear to understand

what you project want to do  health charities for men ball?


can you tell us more

[infernal1981]

ballzcoin node connection error

[Ballzcoin]

ballzcoin node connection error

I have now managed to replicate this error one one of my PC's, also reported above by Greygor. Can you please try the following fix on your PC and see if the wallet runs afterwards: 

1. Close the wallet.
2. Check the file size for 'ballzcoin.exe' in the following folder: C:\Users\your.username\AppData\Roaming\Ballzcoin-Ballzbrowser-Wallet\binaries\ballzcoin\unpacked
3. If the file size is 0MB, delete the exe file (don't delete anything else!).
4. Download the Windows client binary in the announcement post, extract, and copy ballzcoin.exe to the folder to replace the deleted file.
5. Start the wallet. Does it work?

If this solves the issue, I will investigate further before creating a permanent fix.

[Ballzcoin]

after im read you first post im not clear to understand

what you project want to do  health charities for men ball?


can you tell us more

There is a section on the charity aspect of the coin in the white paper:

https://github.com/ballzcoin/whitepaper

In summary:

- There are 10 account addresses embedded into the code that will start accumulating coins ~6 months after the launch date. The account private keys will be given to charities over the next 6 months. 
- Accounts will only be given to registered charities who are already established. New charities will not be created as part of the project.
- Ballzcoin itself is not a charity.

No charities have been selected yet, however once the website has been released (coming soon!), this process will begin.

[infernal1981]

What is your logo? 

[Nodeasy]

Reserved for translation into Chinese

[ngocmcbtc]

hello my dev today with the time to read the forum. I'm happy to see dev answer my question. Thanks to dev very much. wish the project succeed

[ngocmcbtc]

I followed the dev but my wallet did not read the block

[Ballzcoin]

I followed the dev but my wallet did not read the block

Here is another workaround if you get "Ballzcoin node connection error" when starting the GUI wallet (it seems to be a problem with some PC's and not others):

1. Run the client binary in console mode (see this post).
2. Wait for the client to sync and download the blockchain.
3. Run the GUI wallet. The wallet should load up.
4. After closing the GUI wallet, the correct way to exit the client is by typing 'exit' into the console.