[ANN] Orange (OAG) | RandomX CPU-only | No premine | Solo mining | Rust

[andremangra]

Hello!

Congrats, it's a good project!

I am doing a read-only, independent check of Orange mainnet history. Could two node operators who are independent of the project publish comparable chain data? No mining or wallet information is needed.

Please include your UTC collection time, software version/commit, whether your node is full or pruned, and whether it is synced. From your own local RPC, please share `getinfo`; for heights 0–100, `getblockhash [height]` and `getblockheader [hash]`; and, if you retain those bodies, `getblock [hash,false]` for heights 0–100 (or a downloadable text file with those results). The raw blocks let others inspect coinbase outputs and reproduce hashes. Please also include the latest tip's `getblockheader` at the same collection time. If posting all 101 blocks is inconvenient, a public file with a SHA-256 digest and a link is fine.

Please identify whether the node is yours or operated by the project, so the sources can be counted correctly. There is no need to publish your IP address, RPC cookie, data directory, wallet files, private keys, recovery phrase, or logs. Please do not expose RPC to the Internet for this request. I will compare genesis, parent links, timestamps, difficulty, cumulative work, tip agreement, and early coinbase payouts without assuming wrongdoing.

[oag-manh]

Hello!

Congrats, it's a good project!

I am doing a read-only, independent check of Orange mainnet history. Could two node operators who are independent of the project publish comparable chain data? No mining or wallet information is needed.

Please include your UTC collection time, software version/commit, whether your node is full or pruned, and whether it is synced. From your own local RPC, please share `getinfo`; for heights 0–100, `getblockhash [height]` and `getblockheader [hash]`; and, if you retain those bodies, `getblock [hash,false]` for heights 0–100 (or a downloadable text file with those results). The raw blocks let others inspect coinbase outputs and reproduce hashes. Please also include the latest tip's `getblockheader` at the same collection time. If posting all 101 blocks is inconvenient, a public file with a SHA-256 digest and a link is fine.

Please identify whether the node is yours or operated by the project, so the sources can be counted correctly. There is no need to publish your IP address, RPC cookie, data directory, wallet files, private keys, recovery phrase, or logs. Please do not expose RPC to the Internet for this request. I will compare genesis, parent links, timestamps, difficulty, cumulative work, tip agreement, and early coinbase payouts without assuming wrongdoing.

Thanks for doing this. Independent checks are exactly what a new chain needs.

I'm the developer, so my node doesn't count as independent. I'll leave the data to other operators. The strongest check doesn't need anyone's data, though: build from source (or use the release binaries and compare their SHA-256), sync from scratch, and query your own RPC. Every node re-verifies all PoW and rules from genesis, so the chain you end up with is checked by your own machine.

To save you time on the early coinbase payouts: I mined alone from block 1 (Sept 17) until I posted this thread (Sept 24). Almost all blocks before the announcement went to my address oag1qnke7nepxawzz8zepfl2eq8qfe4tzjkvcr8tsyd23kszl9ufd875q4ns5j0, roughly 100,000 OAG. There was no allocation in the genesis block (its reward goes to an unspendable address). Those coins were mined under the same rules as everyone else's, but you should know about them. It's about 0.01% of the 1 billion supply, but a large share of what exists today.

[oag-manh]

v0.1.2 released — https://github.com/manh923/Orange/releases/tag/v0.1.2

Upgrade recommended, especially if you are syncing a new node. No consensus change: 0.1.0, 0.1.1 and 0.1.2 nodes agree on every block.

1. Fixed: a new node could get stuck during its initial sync.
When a node synced from scratch and blocks arrived out of order at a RandomX seed switch, it could wrongly mark a valid block as invalid. After that it kept disconnecting every peer with:

Code:

dropped the exchange with ...: parent block ... is invalid

Nodes that were already in sync were not affected.
If you see that message, just upgrade and restart. 0.1.2 clears the wrong mark on startup and continues. No need to delete your data.

2. Dead connections are detected.
Nodes now ping their peers every 60 seconds and drop a peer that has not answered for 5 minutes. Before this, a node could sit on a silently dead connection and stop receiving blocks. If no new block arrives for a while, the node also asks its peers again and looks for more peers.

3. Quieter while syncing.
While a node is still catching up, it keeps 2 outbound connections, does not accept inbound ones, and does not announce its own address. It opens up normally once it has caught up.

Also: there is now a second seed node, and a public explorer at https://explorer.oagcoin.org/ (you can still run your own with --explorer).

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Should Orange have a Discord?

Right now the only official places are the GitHub repo and this thread.
I've been asked about a Discord (or something like it) and I'm not sure
it's worth it yet, so I'd like to hear what you think.

What a Discord would give us:
- quicker help for people setting up a node or mining for the first time
- a place to chat that isn't a long forum thread

What worries me:
- crypto Discords attract scammers: fake "support" DMs, fake wallet links
- someone has to moderate it, and right now that would be just me
- it splits the conversation; things said there are hard to find later

If I do make one, the rules would be simple:
- admins never DM you first and never ask for your recovery phrase
- anything I post as the developer will be signed with the block 1
  address, with the date and channel in the signed text
  (oag-wallet verify, or the Verify tab in the browser wallet)
- the invite link would be added to the README and this thread first,
  so any other "official" server is fake

Questions:
1. Would you actually use it, or is this thread enough for now?
2. Discord, or something open like Matrix?
3. Anything else you'd want from a community space?

No decision yet. I'll only set one up if there's real interest.

[Biat]

discord is essentially where all the snipers talk. i can mod that for you dw.

[oag-manh]

Thanks. Fair point about Discord being where people look for new coins.
I'll probably set one up. I'll keep moderation to myself for now,
nothing personal, it's just safer while the project is small.
The invite will go in the README and this thread first.

I made discord
https://discord.gg/72KWbXkn86