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[shellbunner]

The delay on the new client is due to us having to strip out a number of custom features that were not ready for production. As the features are quite innovative, we did not want to simply comment them out in the source and give away too much information and/or allow the features to be "borrowed" before we even launch them. We ended up creating a completely separate branch and things are rolling along.

The fork will replace the bonus blocks with steady 188 coin blocks throughout the remainder of the bonus phase. Also, a new difficulty formula will kick in that adjusts every block to help smooth out the network. The fork begins at block 75,888 - that means we need to get everybody updated before the weekend is over. It isn't as much notice as we'd like but we felt it was important enough that it needed to be fast-tracked. The new source will be put up on GitHub tomorrow and we will begin reaching out to all of the pool operators and exchanges that will need to update their clients before block 75,888.

For those of you on Windows that want to get a jump on things, here is the download for the new 32-bit Windows-QT client:

OctoCoin 1.8 w/ 75888 fork [Windows-QT]

This is complete with the fork that kicks in at block 75,888 and will run fine until then as well. It is built on top of the upcoming Bitcoin 0.9.2 source. Once the new OctoCoin source is public, we will follow with the 64-bit Windows-QT and Mac wallets. We will release the windows installers later - for now, we're keeping it simple.

By EOD, all nodes will be updated and ready for the fork. Will update the main post and provide updates throughout the day.

Thanks for the update again guys!
New wallet looks slick!!!!

[JesstersDead]

New wallet looks slick!!!!

Yes, yes it does!

[JesstersDead]

Damn, makes me wish I had pulled from BTC cold storage instead of dropping 50k Octo to pay the electric ...lol

[OctoCoin]

Damn, makes me wish I had pulled from BTC cold storage instead of dropping 50k Octo to pay the electric ...lol

I don't know if selling some Octos to buy a new power adaptor to keep on mining or waiting till it's fixed in 1-2 weeks when nearly no Bonusblocks are left... -.- I don't have BTC. All In here.

If you can convince them to pay it out you can have the 3000+ that FusionHash owe me 

Once everybody is updated to the new source, your transaction will likely be pushed through. If it isn't, FusionHash will make sure you are taken care of. I have personally asked them specifically about your issue and, with your transaction being stuck in their wallet, they would have to briefly take the pool offline to completely remove it - they would prefer to wait until updating to the new client since they will have to briefly go offline for that anyway. Since launch, FusionHash has overpaid 150,000+ OctoCoins - we have studied the blockchain and concluded this is accurate. I understand the frustration of waiting around - your issue should be resolved soon.

[shellbunner]

Damn, makes me wish I had pulled from BTC cold storage instead of dropping 50k Octo to pay the electric ...lol

I don't know if selling some Octos to buy a new power adaptor to keep on mining or waiting till it's fixed in 1-2 weeks when nearly no Bonusblocks are left... -.- I don't have BTC. All In here.

If you can convince them to pay it out you can have the 3000+ that FusionHash owe me 

Once everybody is updated to the new source, your transaction will likely be pushed through. If it isn't, FusionHash will make sure you are taken care of. I have personally asked them specifically about your issue and, with your transaction being stuck in their wallet, they would have to briefly take the pool offline to completely remove it - they would prefer to wait until updating to the new client since they will have to briefly go offline for that anyway. Since launch, FusionHash has overpaid 150,000+ OctoCoins - we have studied the blockchain and concluded this is accurate. I understand the frustration of waiting around - your issue should be resolved soon.

I can vouch for FusionHash making me whole a month or so ago when I had a stuck transaction, and they made sure everything was correct. They could have stolen the 85,000 888, but they and the developers are honest people.

[GWCalvert]

I was going to hold out for the Win64 wallet, but everyone was talking about how cool the new wallet was that I broke down and downloaded the Win32.

Nice wallet... Can't wait to see what else is in the works for it.

[joshycoin]

Damn, makes me wish I had pulled from BTC cold storage instead of dropping 50k Octo to pay the electric ...lol

I don't know if selling some Octos to buy a new power adaptor to keep on mining or waiting till it's fixed in 1-2 weeks when nearly no Bonusblocks are left... -.- I don't have BTC. All In here.

If you can convince them to pay it out you can have the 3000+ that FusionHash owe me 

Once everybody is updated to the new source, your transaction will likely be pushed through. If it isn't, FusionHash will make sure you are taken care of. I have personally asked them specifically about your issue and, with your transaction being stuck in their wallet, they would have to briefly take the pool offline to completely remove it - they would prefer to wait until updating to the new client since they will have to briefly go offline for that anyway. Since launch, FusionHash has overpaid 150,000+ OctoCoins - we have studied the blockchain and concluded this is accurate. I understand the frustration of waiting around - your issue should be resolved soon.

Thanks for all the new information. As you can see, the mood has improved  . Can't wait to see what's next. Not blinking!

[frameLAlife]

i can't wait to get home and take a look at this new wallet... everyone seems impressed....

[frameLAlife]

Well... Dougcoin on MintPal felt our wrath! Pawncoin is next!




Another one bites the dust!

all i can ever think of is the guy doing the teach me how to dougie dance into traffic and getting hit by an ice cream truck when i see dougcoin.

[GWCalvert]

Amazing what just a simple new wallet can do to the price.

What will happen when the major developments are announced?

Don't Blink! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKNbIUTNuGk

[GWCalvert]

Nice, catchy tune.

Did you make that?

Something I threw together last night.

The tune is from some royalty free music package that I purchased and downloaded at some point in the past 3 or so years.

The images are from morguefile.com - a cool place for free royalty free images. No sign-up.

If anyone wants to fool around with banners, memes, videos, etc.:

The hash for the green color used in the OctoCoin logo is #56B71D - or so photoshop color match tells me.

The Octocoin font is Exo-2. Do a search for it... It's a free font.

[edric]

The delay on the new client is due to us having to strip out a number of custom features that were not ready for production. As the features are quite innovative, we did not want to simply comment them out in the source and give away too much information and/or allow the features to be "borrowed" before we even launch them. We ended up creating a completely separate branch and things are rolling along.

The fork will replace the bonus blocks with steady 188 coin blocks throughout the remainder of the bonus phase. Also, a new difficulty formula will kick in that adjusts every block to help smooth out the network. The fork begins at block 75,888 - that means we need to get everybody updated before the weekend is over. It isn't as much notice as we'd like but we felt it was important enough that it needed to be fast-tracked. The new source will be put up on GitHub tomorrow and we will begin reaching out to all of the pool operators and exchanges that will need to update their clients before block 75,888.

For those of you on Windows that want to get a jump on things, here is the download for the new 32-bit Windows-QT client:

OctoCoin 1.8 w/ 75888 fork [Windows-QT]

This is complete with the fork that kicks in at block 75,888 and will run fine until then as well. It is built on top of the upcoming Bitcoin 0.9.2 source. Once the new OctoCoin source is public, we will follow with the 64-bit Windows-QT and Mac wallets. We will release the windows installers later - for now, we're keeping it simple.

By EOD, all nodes will be updated and ready for the fork. Will update the main post and provide updates throughout the day.

Ok, since the wallet will be available tomorrow, I'm going to hold off on opening the casino until then, since I don't want to have to just shut it right back down to change out wallets.

Once the pool switches over, if we continue to have problems because of the negative Liquid asset error, it's possible we'll do a "fresh start", which should be painless for you guys, but quite a bit of work on my end. If that does take place, either I'll push everyone's remaining balances out manually, or give you instructions to withdraw from the "old" wallet. I don't want anyone to worry, nobody's going to lose anything. I just want to make sure our pool runs smoothly and there's no more payout errors.

I'm definitely excited though!

[OctoCoin]

The main post has been updated to reflect the upcoming hardfork and the 1.8.0.0 source (tar) has been added to the downloads section in addition to the 1.8.0.0 Windows QT client. explorer.octocoin.org, FusionHash, and all 4 official OctoCoin nodes are updated to version 1.8.0.0; edric's pool should be updated soon as well. We still have ~3.5 days before we hit block 75,888.

GitHub source and downloads section at octocoin.org will be updated shortly. Help us spread the word to ensure everybody is updated before block 75,888 - once everything is online we will make all of the official announcements via the various channels but it's never too soon to start moving (especially when we only have a few days).

[OctoCoin]

Most of this info is in the main post but, just in case some of you are only checking the latest posts, here is a brief overview of the new OctoCoin client and upcoming hardfork:

Hardfork Details

• Blockchain forks at block 75,888 [ETA Monday, May 26, 2014 at 18:08 (UTC)]
• Requires OctoCoin v1.8.0.0+ (Mandatory upgrade before May 26th)
• Bonus blocks removed, standard blocks increased to 188 coins/block (until block 94,255)
• New dynamic difficulty adjustment (adjusts after every block) to smooth network and deter coin jumping
• Please add the following official nodes to your OctoCoin.conf file to ensure the correct chain
  
  • 162.243.144.135
  • 162.243.149.125
  • 162.243.207.204
  • 162.243.141.242

OctoCoin 1.8.x Details

• Complete re-architecture of OctoCoin
• Built on Bitcoin Core 0.9.x - dropped Litecoin code as base
• Same Scrypt PoW algorithm and same reward schedule
• Includes hardfork upgrades starting at block #75,888
• Compatible with both pre-fork and post-fork blockchain

For the full Bitcoin Core 0.9 changelog, please see https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=522014

Downloads [Hardfork-Ready]

• OctoCoin-QT v1.8.0.0 [Windows]
• OctoCoin-QT v1.8.0.0 [Mac OS X] - Available May 24
• Source v1.8.0.0 [GitHub]

[wartywarlock]

Double plus happy face. Good to hear from ya.

[joshycoin]

The main post has been updated to reflect the upcoming hardfork and the 1.8.0.0 source (tar) has been added to the downloads section in addition to the 1.8.0.0 Windows QT client. explorer.octocoin.org, FusionHash, and all 4 official OctoCoin nodes are updated to version 1.8.0.0; edric's pool should be updated soon as well. We still have ~3.5 days before we hit block 75,888.

GitHub source and downloads section at octocoin.org will be updated shortly. Help us spread the word to ensure everybody is updated before block 75,888 - once everything is online we will make all of the official announcements via the various channels but it's never too soon to start moving (especially when we only have a few days).

DAMN I"M EXCITED!!!! Thanks again Devs for all your hard work and all the new updates. It's great to be apart of something that isn't another "shitcoin".

[frameLAlife]

sweet.... i just need to buy more octo now.

[frameLAlife]

The main post has been updated to reflect the upcoming hardfork and the 1.8.0.0 source (tar) has been added to the downloads section in addition to the 1.8.0.0 Windows QT client. explorer.octocoin.org, FusionHash, and all 4 official OctoCoin nodes are updated to version 1.8.0.0; edric's pool should be updated soon as well. We still have ~3.5 days before we hit block 75,888.

GitHub source and downloads section at octocoin.org will be updated shortly. Help us spread the word to ensure everybody is updated before block 75,888 - once everything is online we will make all of the official announcements via the various channels but it's never too soon to start moving (especially when we only have a few days).

DAMN I"M EXCITED!!!! Thanks again Devs for all your hard work and all the new updates. It's great to be apart of something that isn't another "shitcoin".

It is exciting.... i can't wait to see the apps sometime soon.

[shellbunner]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again...these developers are the most professional I have come across. I'm just simply impressed and I'm excited for our community. 

[frameLAlife]

we are almost to page 100 also. reaching some milestones.