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[Elektrine]

A new vulnerability fundamentally breaks zerocoin security.  

https://twitter.com/Marsmensch/status/1121737544704692224

I don't see why it can't be fixed if true.  

Looks like the Zcoin developers are not going to bother fixing it.

I suppose the burden is placed on VEIL devs now.

https://zcoin.io/further-disclosure-on-zerocoin-vulnerability/

Although we believe that Zerocoin can be fixed given sufficient time, we have decided not to dedicate further resources to it. This is in line with our roadmap to transition away from Zerocoin to Sigma, which has no trusted setup, security proofs for all its proof systems, and it has a much simpler construction along with its performance benefits.

Also looks like PIVX is transitioning away from the Zerocoin protocol instead of fixing the vulnerability:

https://twitter.com/_pivx/status/1121724240095399937

[VeilDango]

New Zerocoin vulnerability and mandatory wallet update v1.0.3.0

A new mandatory wallet update has been released to ensure the Veil network remains safe and unaffected from the new Zerocoin vulnerability.

Read the official statement and download here:
https://veil-project.com/news/wallet-1-0-3-0/

[naska21]

My wallet synchronization has to be interrupted various times due to the overheating of CPU (T_j Max=85^oC, while   the most severe temperature can be as high as 84^oC). Veil-qt consumes almost 100% of CPU resources. Why is it? Such overheating is stunning. 

[l3pox]

My wallet synchronization has to be interrupted various times due to the overheating of CPU (T_j Max=85^oC, while   the most severe temperature can be as high as 84^oC). Veil-qt consumes almost 100% of CPU resources. Why is it? Such overheating is stunning. 

are you sure it's not a local problem?
here it doesn't consume more than 15%

[VasilyS]

There are some problems with Zergpool while Veil mining today. Is there some other good pool for it? I beleive in Veil and wish to have Veil coins. It seems to me there will be good profit with Veil because it has the best technologies of anonimity, better than Monero.

[sidoroffalex]

My wallet synchronization has to be interrupted various times due to the overheating of CPU (T_j Max=85^oC, while   the most severe temperature can be as high as 84^oC). Veil-qt consumes almost 100% of CPU resources. Why is it? Such overheating is stunning.  

I have no problems, the wallet is synchronizing good, maybe everything because of your devices? Do you have such problem before?

[tbearhere]

My wallet synchronization has to be interrupted various times due to the overheating of CPU (T_j Max=85^oC, while   the most severe temperature can be as high as 84^oC). Veil-qt consumes almost 100% of CPU resources. Why is it? Such overheating is stunning. 

My Cpu only consumes ~20%. Maybe check your hardware out. 

[JoenNL]

My wallet synchronization has to be interrupted various times due to the overheating of CPU (T_j Max=85^oC, while   the most severe temperature can be as high as 84^oC). Veil-qt consumes almost 100% of CPU resources. Why is it? Such overheating is stunning. 

My Cpu only consumes ~20%. Maybe check your hardware out. 

i am even under the 5%? u got the latest version came out today?!

[VasilyS]

I'm waiting for big increase of Veil price thanks to a lot of advantages of Veil, for example:
    simplicity and ease of use of VEIL coins, which is ensured by a well-thought-out design and ease of use of the wallet;
    high degree of anonymity and privacy provided by Zerocoin and Dandelion technologies, as well as RingCT (used in the Monero network) and Bulletproofs;
    VEIL blockchain is launched without premining and ICO, which guarantees an honest distribution of coins;
    Veil devaluation protection is ensured by a stepwise decrease in emission of coins

[JoenNL]

I'm waiting for big increase of Veil price thanks to a lot of advantages of Veil, for example:
    simplicity and ease of use of VEIL coins, which is ensured by a well-thought-out design and ease of use of the wallet;
    high degree of anonymity and privacy provided by Zerocoin and Dandelion technologies, as well as RingCT (used in the Monero network) and Bulletproofs;
    VEIL blockchain is launched without premining and ICO, which guarantees an honest distribution of coins;
    Veil devaluation protection is ensured by a stepwise decrease in emission of coins

Yap, i also suggest to join the very active veil discord, always up-to-date with the latest news and cool bots in the discord channel!

[studio1one]

Anyone else getting an error 502 when trying to open VEIL explorer? Been trying to open explorer for past couple hours but every time getting error 502.

https://imgur.com/k8HBym6

[naska21]

My wallet synchronization has to be interrupted various times due to the overheating of CPU (T_j Max=85^oC, while   the most severe temperature can be as high as 84^oC). Veil-qt consumes almost 100% of CPU resources. Why is it? Such overheating is stunning.  

are you sure it's not a local problem?
here it doesn't consume more than 15%

 I don't think the problem is local. Everything runs smoothly if wallet is fully synced. In that state it indeed consumes only small fraction of CPU resources. The problem occurs  after some period of inactivity when wallet is behind of thousands of blocks and it's in need to catch up with the current state of blockchain.

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i am even under the 5%? u got the latest version came out today?!

Yeah, v 1.0.3

[Tolynkuzma]

Today I found 50 coins in pos but they are not visible anywhere in their wallet! what? was it an empty block? why can't I see him !! ??

[JoenNL]

Anyone else getting an error 502 when trying to open VEIL explorer? Been trying to open explorer for past couple hours but every time getting error 502.

https://imgur.com/k8HBym6

They are updating the explorer to newest versions, atm its in sync progress.. Nothing to worry about, should be online soon.

[JoenNL]

Today I found 50 coins in pos but they are not visible anywhere in their wallet! what? was it an empty block? why can't I see him !! ??

That means u have an orphan, somebody else found the same block faster as you.

Are you using the newest wallet version released yesterday? U should enable precomputing, this will handle the zerocoin stakes much faster (so less change on an orphan!)

[Tolynkuzma]

Today I found 50 coins in pos but they are not visible anywhere in their wallet! what? was it an empty block? why can't I see him !! ??

That means u have an orphan, somebody else found the same block faster as you.

Are you using the newest wallet version released yesterday? U should enable precomputing, this will handle the zerocoin stakes much faster (so less change on an orphan!)

One more block did not appear, is it possible in more detail how to enable calculations?
Precompute must be enabled ??

[JoenNL]

Today I found 50 coins in pos but they are not visible anywhere in their wallet! what? was it an empty block? why can't I see him !! ??

That means u have an orphan, somebody else found the same block faster as you.

Are you using the newest wallet version released yesterday? U should enable precomputing, this will handle the zerocoin stakes much faster (so less change on an orphan!)

One more block did not appear, is it possible in more detail how to enable calculations?
Precompute must be enabled ??

Precompute must be enabled indeed. Are you using the latest wallet  version (released yesterday)? https://github.com/Veil-Project/veil/releases

Version 1.0.3.0 is the newest release, make sure u are up to date!

When u start the wallet u will see 2 button on the bottom, 1 is for activate/disable stake and the other button is for precomputing

[Mr.Ease]

Today I found 50 coins in pos but they are not visible anywhere in their wallet! what? was it an empty block? why can't I see him !! ??

That means u have an orphan, somebody else found the same block faster as you.

Are you using the newest wallet version released yesterday? U should enable precomputing, this will handle the zerocoin stakes much faster (so less change on an orphan!)

One more block did not appear, is it possible in more detail how to enable calculations?
Precompute must be enabled ??

Precompute must be enabled indeed. Are you using the latest wallet  version (released yesterday)? https://github.com/Veil-Project/veil/releases

Version 1.0.3.0 is the newest release, make sure u are up to date!

When u start the wallet u will see 2 button on the bottom, 1 is for activate/disable stake and the other button is for precomputing

If you guys are running the newest 1.0.3 wallet, how did you get the chain to sync quick?

Alot of us are having problems with the latest snapshot and are stuck waiting for it.
If you have another method please share

[pinpins]

Yes, indeed, I have waited for 24h to pick up on reindex with latest release which failed with

Code:

2019-04-28T14:56:05Z [0%]...[16%]...[25%]...[33%]...[41%]...[50%]...ERROR: ContextualCheckZerocoinSpend zerocoin spend is required to be V4
2019-04-28T14:56:08Z ERROR: ConnectBlock: failed to add block ea14d8be380f448e326a53b16a849a1f40509d6bceb931780deceac2db5a2800 with invalid zerocoinspend
2019-04-28T14:56:08Z ERROR: VerifyDB(): *** found unconnectable block at 161368, hash=5461beaa1ec03e4d0fe13c6fd5f831c00964ec47ec774b0e2861b289b76a2792 ( (code 16))

Now trying to revert back to prev. version and at least start it from there

[crairezx20]

Can I ask something?
I would like to ask if how much veil coin require to use the staking feature in the wallet?
Just planning to mine or buy coins instead and start this feature?

Is it possible to enable this feature with 50 veil coins in wallet?