[BCN] Bytecoin (not a bitcoin fork) How-To

[the_darkness]

Silly question, but how do I point two different cpus to mine at the same wallet?

You've got three choices . .

1. Copy the wallet file and just open the same wallet on each computer and inside the wallet program type "start_mining y" where y is the # of cores

2. Start the daemon on the other computer and type "start_mining x y" where x is the wallet address you want to use and y is the # of cores

3. minergate

Thanks for the fast and detailed reply!

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[EndlessWin]

Silly question, but how do I point two different cpus to mine at the same wallet?

You've got three choices . .

1. Copy the wallet file and just open the same wallet on each computer and inside the wallet program type "start_mining y" where y is the # of cores

2. Start the daemon on the other computer and type "start_mining x y" where x is the wallet address you want to use and y is the # of cores

3. minergate

Thanks for the fast and detailed reply!

should've probably provided a link to the minergate https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=528848.80

[ndonnard]

Does anybody know what "unlock balance" is? In the wallet. part of my money is blocked,why?

[Monkeyseemonkeydo]

Does anybody know what "unlock balance" is? In the wallet. part of my money is blocked,why?

Interesting question. Have seen it but have no ideas what's that mean 

To tell the truth have never thought about it as my balance and my unlock balance always match

[GreedyBoy]

Every time I check Bytecoin.org and wish to see any changes I am a lit bit disappointed as status quo doesn't change and there is always "P.S. MacOS version coming soon."  but today I realized  that according to the blockchain there is already 1,7M mined coins.   

IMHOm there's actually no need to make mac ver.

[nopedope89]

How to use open-source simpleminer to mine with MinerGate.com

Linux

Build latest bytecoin from sources using instructions in this thread.

Make sure you have executable ‘simpleminer’ in build/release/src.

Launch it with the following params:
./simpleminer --pool-addr=bcn.pool.minergate.com:5555 --login=YOUR_ACCOUNT_EMAIL --pass !

Windows 7 x64 + MSVC2012 instructions:

   •   Download and install Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34673
   •   Download and install boost binaries boost_1_55_0-msvc-11.0-64.exe from http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/1.55.0-build2
into c:\sdk\boost_1_55_0
   •   Download and install CMake 2.8.6 or later:
http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html
Choose “Add cmake to path for all users” when asked.
   •   Download bytecoin zipped sources from https://github.com/amjuarez/bytecoin and extract them to 
C:\bytecoin-master
   •   Open command prompt and execute the following:
cd C:\bytecoin-master
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DBOOST_ROOT=C:\sdk\boost_1_55_0 -DBOOST_LIBRARYDIR=C:\sdk\boost_1_55_0\lib64-msvc-11.0 -G "Visual Studio 11 Win64" ".."
   •   Make sure you have no error and Project.sln has been created in C:\bytecoin-master\build
   •   Open Project.sln with Visual Studio Express 2012 (double-click it).
   •   Choose ‘Release’ and ‘x64’ in solution configuration drop-boxes.
   •   Select ‘Build’ -> ‘Build solution’.
   •   Upon build succeeded all executables will be in C:\bytecoin-master\build\src\Release

Launch it with the following params:
simpleminer --pool-addr=bcn.pool.minergate.com:5555 --login=YOUR_ACCOUNT_EMAIL --pass !

Please be careful and put correct e-mail corresponding to your MinerGate account.

In case you run simpleminer with wrong or misspelled e-mail all your work will be associated with different account!

[Wanesst]

Does anybody know what "unlock balance" is? In the wallet. part of my money is blocked,why?

I think locked balance appears when you send or receive the money. With receiving it's obvious that you need the network confirmation. With sending I assume the reason lies within ring signature and several inputs/outputs.

I guess the network confirmation of your spent transaction is needed again to unlock previous inputs.

I'm not sure if it's right 

[GullibleGooo]

I need help to load my wallet. It says - file not found "wallet_name.bin.keys" , even though the wallet_name.bin.keys is in the same folder, looking good.

[Cheesus]

I need help to load my wallet. It says - file not found "wallet_name.bin.keys" , even though the wallet_name.bin.keys is in the same folder, looking good.

Are you certain you're starting simplewallet from the correct folder? What is your starting line?

[sgk]

I have synchronized blockchain. But whenever I try to refresh my wallet, it says 'Daemon is busy'.

How do I resolve this?

[abit2slo]

I have synchronized blockchain. But whenever I try to refresh my wallet, it says 'Daemon is busy'.

How do I resolve this?

are you 100% sure that it was synchronized? have you seen the green line "synchronized OK"?

[sgk]

I have synchronized blockchain. But whenever I try to refresh my wallet, it says 'Daemon is busy'.

How do I resolve this?

are you 100% sure that it was synchronized? have you seen the green line "synchronized OK"?

Yes. First time I wasn't sure, so I saved it and exit. Then I launched it again and it said synchronized OK.

I will try again though. Do you believe this could be the only issue or there can be anything else too?

BTW; what should be the final size of the synchronized blockchain bin file?

[Cheesus]

I have synchronized blockchain. But whenever I try to refresh my wallet, it says 'Daemon is busy'.

How do I resolve this?

are you 100% sure that it was synchronized? have you seen the green line "synchronized OK"?

Yes. First time I wasn't sure, so I saved it and exit. Then I launched it again and it said synchronized OK.

I will try again though. Do you believe this could be the only issue or there can be anything else too?

BTW; what should be the final size of the synchronized blockchain bin file?

Around 2.2 GB.

[GullibleGooo]

I need help to load my wallet. It says - file not found "wallet_name.bin.keys" , even though the wallet_name.bin.keys is in the same folder, looking good.

Are you certain you're starting simplewallet from the correct folder? What is your starting line?

I use the same path as when opening the daemon so I'm pretty sure it's the same. (Daemon works)
The command line is: c:\ByteCoin\simplewallet --wallet-file=wallet_name.bin --pass=12345

The name of the wallet is wallet_name.bin. If I use a made up non-existing wallet name (but same folder-path), I get the same error message (file not found fake_wallet_name.bin.keys). Switching to another folder than the daemon didn't help.

Before the error message says “bytecoin wallet v0.8.5.300 <a6f344a>”

[Edgecrusher]

Hi,

I'm having an issue when I open my simplewallet. I get:

Starting refresh...
Error: refresh failed: transaction extra parse error. Blocks received: 404

Any ideas?

[33zer0w0lf]

i am having this as well.  looks like there is new github source for linux that works.. not sure about new windows wallet though.

[MCOnyx]

Hi,

I'm having an issue when I open my simplewallet. I get:

Starting refresh...
Error: refresh failed: transaction extra parse error. Blocks received: 404

Any ideas?

Download latest ByteCoin binaries from:  https://sourceforge.net/projects/bytecoin-bcn/files/bytecoin-windows.zip/download

Due to tests in merged-mining, something borked, downloading new wallet fixes it.

[33zer0w0lf]

Hi,

I'm having an issue when I open my simplewallet. I get:

Starting refresh...
Error: refresh failed: transaction extra parse error. Blocks received: 404

Any ideas?

Download latest ByteCoin binaries from:  https://sourceforge.net/projects/bytecoin-bcn/files/bytecoin-windows.zip/download

Due to tests in merged-mining, something borked, downloading new wallet fixes it.

I am assuming bytecoin.org has the write files as well, I downloaded and installed it, copied my wallet files over and now all is good.

[gogamoga]

My wallet doesn't sync. Any idea?

It may appear if wallet is unable to connect to deamon by rpc port. First of all try to turn off firewall and anti-virus and sync wallet again.

Tried it and it didn't work.
I get :

Error: refresh failed: daemon is busy. Please try later. Blocks received: 0

After the daemon has synchronized with the network, issue the save command in daemon console to store the blockchain, then you will be able to refresh the wallet

[kneim]

After the daemon has synchronized with the network, issue the save command in daemon console to store the blockchain, then you will be able to refresh the wallet

I have the same problem with my older wallets, the save command does not solve the problem.

I have different wallets:
name1.bytecoin.wallet
name2.bytecoin.wallet
...
I updated my wallet sw on Ubuntu Linux from version 0.8.4.290 before to 0.8.5.306 now.

A freshly created wallet works fine. But if I run simplewallet with an older wallet I'm getting the error as shown above:
Error: refresh failed: transaction extra parse error. Blocks received: 6321

The blockchain download is complete, of course.