[announce] Namecoin - a distributed naming system based on Bitcoin

[doublec]

db_cxx.h is included with the berkeleydb dev tools. Just install version 4.6-4.8 and update your include paths and There's a package that includes this that you can install with apt-get, I just forget the name off the top of my head.

See the build-unix.txt file in the source for what the dependencies are for Ubuntu,

[MaGNeT]

After some trouble setting up, the namecoin client is now downloading blocks and the Phoenix miner is setup to start as soon as all blocks are downloaded.
I understand why it's not popular... The client looks like it's made in 1983...

I'll mine some Namecoins on one of my rigs to speed things up a bit Can't let all of you wait till august until the difficulty drops...

[Man From The Future]

After some trouble setting up, the namecoin client is now downloading blocks and the Phoenix miner is setup to start as soon as all blocks are downloaded.
I understand why it's not popular... The client looks like it's made in 1983...

I'll mine some Namecoins on one of my rigs to speed things up a bit Can't let all of you wait till august until the difficulty drops...

Difficulty should drop in ~8 days, to ~22,000

Unless more people come in seeing it about to drop causing it not to drop

[MaGNeT]

After some trouble setting up, the namecoin client is now downloading blocks and the Phoenix miner is setup to start as soon as all blocks are downloaded.
I understand why it's not popular... The client looks like it's made in 1983...

I'll mine some Namecoins on one of my rigs to speed things up a bit Can't let all of you wait till august until the difficulty drops...

Difficulty should drop in ~8 days, to ~22,000

Unless more people come in seeing it about to drop causing it not to drop

Well, as you told me before: you are from the future so you should know...

[drrussellshane]

After some trouble setting up, the namecoin client is now downloading blocks and the Phoenix miner is setup to start as soon as all blocks are downloaded.
I understand why it's not popular... The client looks like it's made in 1983...

I'll mine some Namecoins on one of my rigs to speed things up a bit Can't let all of you wait till august until the difficulty drops...

are you referring to a GUI client for namecoin?

If so, where can I find such a thing?

[Man From The Future]

After some trouble setting up, the namecoin client is now downloading blocks and the Phoenix miner is setup to start as soon as all blocks are downloaded.
I understand why it's not popular... The client looks like it's made in 1983...

I'll mine some Namecoins on one of my rigs to speed things up a bit Can't let all of you wait till august until the difficulty drops...

Difficulty should drop in ~8 days, to ~22,000

Unless more people come in seeing it about to drop causing it not to drop

Well, as you told me before: you are from the future so you should know...

I don't want to cause any kind of strange feedback loop destroying the universe, now, do I?

[MaGNeT]

After some trouble setting up, the namecoin client is now downloading blocks and the Phoenix miner is setup to start as soon as all blocks are downloaded.
I understand why it's not popular... The client looks like it's made in 1983...

I'll mine some Namecoins on one of my rigs to speed things up a bit Can't let all of you wait till august until the difficulty drops...

are you referring to a GUI client for namecoin?

If so, where can I find such a thing?

No, I didn't find a GUI client...
I only found this one:

http://dot-bit.org/InstallAndConfigureNamecoin

And it works...

[drrussellshane]

After some trouble setting up, the namecoin client is now downloading blocks and the Phoenix miner is setup to start as soon as all blocks are downloaded.
I understand why it's not popular... The client looks like it's made in 1983...

I'll mine some Namecoins on one of my rigs to speed things up a bit Can't let all of you wait till august until the difficulty drops...

are you referring to a GUI client for namecoin?

If so, where can I find such a thing?

No, I didn't find a GUI client...
I only found this one:

http://dot-bit.org/InstallAndConfigureNamecoin

And it works...

ok. that's what I'm working with, but I don't see anything about downloading blocks.

Where can I find the commands for it?

I know "getnewaddress", but what are the rest?

[sadpandatech]

After some trouble setting up, the namecoin client is now downloading blocks and the Phoenix miner is setup to start as soon as all blocks are downloaded.
I understand why it's not popular... The client looks like it's made in 1983...

I'll mine some Namecoins on one of my rigs to speed things up a bit Can't let all of you wait till august until the difficulty drops...

are you referring to a GUI client for namecoin?

If so, where can I find such a thing?

No, I didn't find a GUI client...
I only found this one:

http://dot-bit.org/InstallAndConfigureNamecoin

And it works...

ok. that's what I'm working with, but I don't see anything about downloading blocks.

Where can I find the commands for it?

I know "getnewaddress", but what are the rest?

If you are running the namecoind it will get the blocks.  You can see what the current block is with a command for it specificly. I like to use getinfo. Type it in the same place you would getnewaddress. Getinfo shows the current block you are up to, balance, and a few other things.

[drrussellshane]

Thanks sadpandatech!

[sadpandatech]

Thanks sadpandatech!

welcome.

also, I know its probably in the setup guide but if you type in   namecoind help   it will list all the commands.

[JohnDoe]

No, I didn't find a GUI client...
I only found this one:

http://dot-bit.org/InstallAndConfigureNamecoin

And it works...

So you were talking about the command line client. Now I'm torn between thanking you for the extra mining power or hating on you for disrespecting command line programs.

There is a GUI btw, although it's closed source:

http://dot-bit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=62

[talpan]

No, I didn't find a GUI client...
I only found this one:

http://dot-bit.org/InstallAndConfigureNamecoin

And it works...

So you were talking about the command line client. Now I'm torn between thanking you for the extra mining power or hating on you for disrespecting command line programs.

There is a GUI btw, although it's closed source:

http://dot-bit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=62

Mhm, closed source for an open source based project, that's strange.
I understand it, if it is webpage or something but a GUI shouldn't be closed source.


But either way, I like the idea of Namecoin.


regards, talpan

[JohnDoe]

Mhm, closed source for an open source based project, that's strange.
I understand it, if it is webpage or something but a GUI shouldn't be closed source.


But either way, I like the idea of Namecoin.


regards, talpan

I agree, I would never use a closed source client for Namecoin or Bitcoin.

This is not an 'official' GUI though, it was just made by some random person.

[talpan]

Mhm, closed source for an open source based project, that's strange.
I understand it, if it is webpage or something but a GUI shouldn't be closed source.


But either way, I like the idea of Namecoin.


regards, talpan

I agree, I would never use a closed source client for Namecoin or Bitcoin.

This is not an 'official' GUI though, it was just made by some random person.

Sure but whats the point in making a closed GUI?

Yeah, nothin.
I tell you, i will not use the GUI. I don't want to suggest anything but
you could wake up one day and everythings gone. (I know that's the worst case scenario).
But on the other hand, what will the developer gain from this, donations?, I don't think so.


regards, talpan

ps: a little ad . check out my new namecoin pool at PoolMunity.com[/b]

[Bruce Wagner]

Namecoin is a naming system based on bitcoin with a few modifications.  It is inspired by the bitdns discussion and recent failures of the DNS.

@VinceD,

I would like you to appear as a guest on The Bitcoin Show.... asap.

Please contact me by email or telephone as soon as possible.

bruce@onlyonetv.com

Or my Producer, aida@onlyonetv.com

+1 646-580-0022

Or, the main number +1 646-580-0020

Or, my Producer's number +1 646-580-0290

[smoothie]

Namecoin is a naming system based on bitcoin with a few modifications.  It is inspired by the bitdns discussion and recent failures of the DNS.

@VinceD,

I would like you to appear as a guest on The Bitcoin Show.... asap.

Please contact me by email or telephone as soon as possible.

bruce@onlyonetv.com

Or my Producer, aida@onlyonetv.com

+1 646-580-0022

Or, the main number +1 646-580-0020

Or, my Producer's number +1 646-580-0290

Nice. This will give namecoin some publicity. I'll be watching the show!

[coinotron]

Namecoins in Coinotron.com

We are proud to present to you one of the world's first dual-coin mining pools. You can mine here bitcoins and namecoins!

In order to start mining namecoins you must go to page My account and change worker type from BTC to NMC. That is all! You can switch between mining bitcoins and namecoins anytime you want.
Just like in case of bitcoins you should install additional application for managing your wallet. It is called namecoind.
Install and configuration: http://dot-bit.org/InstallAndConfigureNamecoin
More info about namecoins: http://dot-bit.org/Main_Page
Tools: http://dot-bit.org/tools/
Exchange: https://exchange.bitparking.com/main

Until the end of July 2011 pool fee is 0%.
New, cool features coming soon!

[Oldminer]

Hmm I seem to have Guiminer hashing ok but if I do a 'namecoind listtransactions' command I get
[
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Also if I do a namecoind getinfo I get:
{
    "version" : 32190,
    "balance" : 0.00000000,
    "blocks" : 16443,
    "connections" : 13,
    "proxy" : "",
    "generate" : false,
    "genproclimit" : -1,
    "difficulty" : 23508.97554354,
    "hashespersec" : 0,
    "testnet" : false,
    "keypoololdest" : 1311242104,
    "paytxfee" : 0.00000000,
    "errors" : ""

namecoind listreceivedbyaddress 0 true gives me:

[
    {
        "address" : "ND7X26bHrm1Rj9YqCqZEt5vo1MpwdXV8Ry",
        "account" : "",
        "label" : "",
        "amount" : 0.00000000,
        "confirmations" : 0
    },
    {
        "address" : "NFgRuTfnz1ekTnrSTt6G5QG78pE6vjBJjw",
        "account" : "",
        "label" : "",
        "amount" : 0.00000000,
        "confirmations" : 0
    },
    {
        "address" : "NFs3WU5BnMxRF1LrxwDLz36AwiZEVqPAAZ",
        "account" : "NFgRuTfnz1ekTnrSTt6G5QG78pE6vjBJjw",
        "label" : "NFgRuTfnz1ekTnrSTt6G5QG78pE6vjBJjw",
        "amount" : 0.00000000,
        "confirmations" : 0

Not entirely convinced everythings working as it should...

[doublec]

It's normal for hashespersec to be zero when using an external miner.