[ANN][CLAM] CLAMs, Proof-Of-Chain, Proof-Of-Working-Stake, a.k.a. "Clamcoin"

[dooglus]

Thanks for the answer. I already did that and they were funded at 2014-may-12. Although, there are 7 addresses in the wallet, 5 of them have clams. May that be issue?

That really shouldn't be a problem. We expect to find multiple funded addresses per wallet.

You could try using the console in the CLAM client and importing the private keys one by one, although that isn't ideal since you'll potentially miss some funded "change" addresses:

Run the LTC client, go to the console, run "dumpprivkey ADDR" for a funded address. Copy the result.
Run the CLAM client, go to the console, run "importprivkey KEY import false" where KEY is the thing you copied in the previous step.
Repeat for each address. On the last one, write "true" instead of "false" to let it rescan the blockchain. That will take 5 or 10 minutes and will probably make the wallet appear to hang while it runs, but you'll see your 4.6 CLAMs start appearing pretty quickly.

[Splatters]

wallet sync very slow. is it normal? 7 weeks behind block 519559. With all the nodes someone posted 2 pages ago.
It synced from 10 weeks to 7 in three days!

[chriswen]

Increase of price is due of Just-dice and investing plan in their wallet or any thing else ?
This coin hasn't any new idea for reaching to 0.01 BTC ..........

Yes one of the main utility of CLAM is due to the utility that just-dice offers. They're a enticing destination for some gamblers.

Also CLAM can be used to invest in this site's bankroll. This offers quite a decent rate of interest that you probably won't see anywhere else.

[dooglus]

wallet sync very slow. is it normal? 7 weeks behind block 519559. With all the nodes someone posted 2 pages ago.
It synced from 10 weeks to 7 in three days!

The newest release (https://github.com/nochowderforyou/clams/releases) doesn't need a node list - it is able to find the best nodes for itself.

And the bootstrap.dat file (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=623147.msg9772191#msg9772191) will help you get synced quicker.

Edit: give me 5 minutes and I'll upload a new bootstrap.dat file which goes up to block 592000.

[wttbs]

Thanks for the answer. I already did that and they were funded at 2014-may-12. Although, there are 7 addresses in the wallet, 5 of them have clams. May that be issue?

That really shouldn't be a problem. We expect to find multiple funded addresses per wallet.

You could try using the console in the CLAM client and importing the private keys one by one, although that isn't ideal since you'll potentially miss some funded "change" addresses:

Run the LTC client, go to the console, run "dumpprivkey ADDR" for a funded address. Copy the result.
Run the CLAM client, go to the console, run "importprivkey KEY import false" where KEY is the thing you copied in the previous step.
Repeat for each address. On the last one, write "true" instead of "false" to let it rescan the blockchain. That will take 5 or 10 minutes and will probably make the wallet appear to hang while it runs, but you'll see your 4.6 CLAMs start appearing pretty quickly.

updated client to .16

tested it now and it works  importing privkey form litecoin works, like Dooglus said, with option import true on seems like client hangs but afetr 1 minutes you seen the coins appear and it is staking !

[SuperClam]

Thanks for the answer. I already did that and they were funded at 2014-may-12. Although, there are 7 addresses in the wallet, 5 of them have clams. May that be issue?

That really shouldn't be a problem. We expect to find multiple funded addresses per wallet.
You could try using the console in the CLAM client and importing the private keys one by one, although that isn't ideal since you'll potentially miss some funded "change" addresses:
Run the LTC client, go to the console, run "dumpprivkey ADDR" for a funded address. Copy the result.
Run the CLAM client, go to the console, run "importprivkey KEY import false" where KEY is the thing you copied in the previous step.
Repeat for each address. On the last one, write "true" instead of "false" to let it rescan the blockchain. That will take 5 or 10 minutes and will probably make the wallet appear to hang while it runs, but you'll see your 4.6 CLAMs start appearing pretty quickly.

updated client to .16
tested it now and it works  importing privkey form litecoin works, like Dooglus said, with option import true on seems like client hangs but afetr 1 minutes you seen the coins appear and it is staking !

Awesome

Welcome to the CLAM family!

[wttbs]

Is there a tutorial how to setup a CLAM Node with a raspberry Pi ? I sure would like to run a CLAM node.

[SuperClam]

Is there a tutorial how to setup a CLAM Node with a raspberry Pi ? I sure would like to run a CLAM node.

Not aware of a "guide"; but, there was a user just a few pages back in the forum here who did just that!

Maybe, between the two of you, you could get a guide together for the community?

[Monopoly]

How to import thousands of privkey from blockchain.info to CLAMs wallet-qt ?

[wttbs]

Is there a tutorial how to setup a CLAM Node with a raspberry Pi ? I sure would like to run a CLAM node.

Not aware of a "guide"; but, there was a user just a few pages back in the forum here who did just that!

Maybe, between the two of you, you could get a guide together for the community?

I shall look that up, thanks. If I/we have time we will make a (short) tutorial.

[SuperClam]

Is there a tutorial how to setup a CLAM Node with a raspberry Pi ? I sure would like to run a CLAM node.

Not aware of a "guide"; but, there was a user just a few pages back in the forum here who did just that!
Maybe, between the two of you, you could get a guide together for the community?

I shall look that up, thanks. If I/we have time we will make a (short) tutorial.

Feel free to submit it directly to the new website.

It is open source and we encourage everyone to help polish it into something we can all be proud of!

http://github.com/nochowderforyou/nochowderforyou.github.io


Otherwise, feel free to submit it as a simple document and we can mark it up with markdown ourselves

[shanem]

What is up with this coin?
It has almost reached the level of Litecoin.

[SuperClam]

What is up with this coin?
It has almost reached the level of Litecoin.

Any explanation or guess is just that - a haphazard guess.
Markets are not often entirely transparent.

That said:

* Conservative distribution
* Fair distribution
* Distribution that aligns user/network growth with money supply expansion
* Awesome community members who give back, such as xploited's long-term support and dooglus' recent and sweeping contributions to the codebase
* And of course, utility and return via services such as the famous Just-Dice, FortuneJack, BitDice, etc.

In the future, I expect to add CLAMspeech, the advantage protected speech gives in fortifying the chain from interference, and the possibilities which it enables such as third-party applications.


But, again, your guess is as good as any other

[chriswen]

Eh, I wouldn't exactly say it reached the level of Litecoin. Nevertheless, I think it's been doing a great job so far.

At #17 with a 2.7 million marketcap, that's quite impressive.

[SuperClam]

Eh, I wouldn't exactly say it reached the level of Litecoin. Nevertheless, I think it's been doing a great job so far.
At #17 with a 2.7 million marketcap, that's quite impressive.

Ripple gets to count it's pre-mine; all those massive distribution coins get to count their insta-mine; Bitcoin gets to count it's lost key and satoshi stockpile share of the money supply.....

Count all coins currently on chain, and controlled by user keys, and CLAM has a market capitalization of over 50 million USD.

Fair?  True?  Likely not - but, food for thought.

EDIT: Might also be worth mentioning that one would expect the incentive to claim to correlate positively with price.  This would suggest that at some point, given continued increase in price, all the CLAM that are likely to ever be claimed, will be.  Even currently, a single address claim of CLAM = ~4.6 * 0.0128 * 263$ = ~15.49 USD.

[wttbs]

Is there a tutorial how to setup a CLAM Node with a raspberry Pi ? I sure would like to run a CLAM node.

Not aware of a "guide"; but, there was a user just a few pages back in the forum here who did just that!

Maybe, between the two of you, you could get a guide together for the community?

can you give a link? I read the last 20 pages but did not find it...

[SuperClam]

Is there a tutorial how to setup a CLAM Node with a raspberry Pi ? I sure would like to run a CLAM node.

Not aware of a "guide"; but, there was a user just a few pages back in the forum here who did just that!
Maybe, between the two of you, you could get a guide together for the community?

can you give a link? I read the last 20 pages but did not find it...

They were running it on a similar device; not exactly a raspberry pi.

Don't have the time at the moment to dig   Was it chilly2k, maybe?  Can't remember

[chilly2k]

Is there a tutorial how to setup a CLAM Node with a raspberry Pi ? I sure would like to run a CLAM node.

Not aware of a "guide"; but, there was a user just a few pages back in the forum here who did just that!
Maybe, between the two of you, you could get a guide together for the community?

can you give a link? I read the last 20 pages but did not find it...

They were running it on a similar device; not exactly a raspberry pi.

Don't have the time at the moment to dig   Was it chilly2k, maybe?  Can't remember

   Not me,  I'm on an Ubuntu server... 

Although the raspberry pi is a cool idea.  To many other projects. 

[wttbs]

Is there a tutorial how to setup a CLAM Node with a raspberry Pi ? I sure would like to run a CLAM node.

Not aware of a "guide"; but, there was a user just a few pages back in the forum here who did just that!
Maybe, between the two of you, you could get a guide together for the community?

can you give a link? I read the last 20 pages but did not find it...

They were running it on a similar device; not exactly a raspberry pi.

Don't have the time at the moment to dig   Was it chilly2k, maybe?  Can't remember

   Not me,  I'm on an Ubuntu server... 

Although the raspberry pi is a cool idea.  To many other projects. 

Ubuntu is no problem too, if I can get it running on that I might get it running on a raspberry too. Can you share some details about the node-install on ubuntu chilly2k? thanks

[dooglus]

Is there a tutorial how to setup a CLAM Node with a raspberry Pi ? I sure would like to run a CLAM node.

Not aware of a "guide"; but, there was a user just a few pages back in the forum here who did just that!

Maybe, between the two of you, you could get a guide together for the community?

can you give a link? I read the last 20 pages but did not find it...

Links:

A Raspberry Pi 2 or Odroid C1 costs only $USD 35; either should be able to run clamd. I'm not sure whether the weaker CPUs will make staking more erratic, or it doesn't really matter. (If it does matter - the C1 CPU clocks 60% faster than the Pi2)

I have an Odroid C1 right next to me, might try compiling and running clamd for a bit, just out of curiosity.

FWIW, I compiled clam for the Odroid C1 a few hours ago, and it's currently syncing. It did die with a segmentation fault ( ) after syncing a few thousand blocks, but has not skipped a beat since I restarted it. I'm doing a sync from scratch to give it a good workout.

The seemingly random segfault bothers me a little. Once fully synced I'll move the db elsewhere temporarily then try another sync from scratch, to see if it dies at the same place. Hopefully it does. [edit: running from a virgin data dir didn't segfault.]

I did the consistent experience in a slightly different way. The Odroid C1 only has a local address, with no gateway IP translation, so the only peer it can connect to is my local server. It didn't crash at all during the second sync attempt... hopefully this was an edge case, where a newer block offered by a peer when barely synced caused something obscure to trigger a crash, rather than it being a more "random" event.

The client is fully synced now, and I can see it's trying to stake, too. With a relatively fresh deposit of only 108 CLAM it may take a while.



With a "typical" maximum power consumption of only 2.5W - a few dollars worth of electricity per year - this sort of setup could be very handy for someone who doesn't leave their main machine powered on 24/7.

Odroid C1 update: the little cigarette pack sized computer has now successfully staked.

http://clamsight.com/tx/36402fb5bfccb4651d4bf0cfbf1fcc114d5caaa7d3164028ac189439303b0fc7

(For those of you who have no idea what an Odroid C1 is - it's like a Raspberry Pi 2, but faster. Quad core ARM @1.5GHz)