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

[freedomsr40]

hey guys i know i posted alot on here earlier, i talked to creative in the IRC..all is going well over here and CLAMS seems to be doing great. EVEN WITHOUT THE LOTTERY! i dont own a ton of clams but i still have a decent pile to start, good work DEV's you guys are doing great i cant wait to hear the new news

[Thirdspace]

sorry to bother you guys again, I have another small question (problem)
I just noticed that since I got back on the main chain, my upload data transfer is MUCH higher than usual
I don't understand why this happening, because the outbound port on my side is blocked by firewall
I got multiple occurrences of these,

getblocks 170613 to 00000000000000000000 limit 500
  getblocks stopping at limit 171112 b31ce7156dffe7912335
getblocks 169613 to 00000000000000000000 limit 500
  getblocks stopping at limit 170112 cab452d5b579a4001875
getblocks 169113 to 831d2270c55e9d017514 limit 500
  getblocks stopping at limit 169612 09777d16b5cf14ad79ee

is this my client requesting blocks or other node requesting blocks from me?
is this the same problem as almightyruler said couple days ago?
if it is how could it be, coz my firewall blocks incoming requests

[ButtCrack]

sorry to bother you guys again, I have another small question (problem)
I just noticed that since I got back on the main chain, my upload data transfer is MUCH higher than usual
I don't understand why this happening, because the outbound port on my side is blocked by firewall
I got multiple occurrences of these,

getblocks 170613 to 00000000000000000000 limit 500
  getblocks stopping at limit 171112 b31ce7156dffe7912335
getblocks 169613 to 00000000000000000000 limit 500
  getblocks stopping at limit 170112 cab452d5b579a4001875
getblocks 169113 to 831d2270c55e9d017514 limit 500
  getblocks stopping at limit 169612 09777d16b5cf14ad79ee

is this my client requesting blocks or other node requesting blocks from me?
is this the same problem as almightyruler said couple days ago?
if it is how could it be, coz my firewall blocks incoming requests

Try to add "listen=0" in config, it means "do not accept incoming connections".
I do not think it will work but worth to give it a try.
Problem is that "outgoing connections only" still alows uploading.
When you upload a lot it means the swarm likes you and have many clients updating using your connection.
Once swarn has updated most clients and are in sync it should normalise.

[almightyruler]

sorry to bother you guys again, I have another small question (problem)
I just noticed that since I got back on the main chain, my upload data transfer is MUCH higher than usual
I don't understand why this happening, because the outbound port on my side is blocked by firewall
I got multiple occurrences of these,

getblocks 170613 to 00000000000000000000 limit 500
  getblocks stopping at limit 171112 b31ce7156dffe7912335
getblocks 169613 to 00000000000000000000 limit 500
  getblocks stopping at limit 170112 cab452d5b579a4001875
getblocks 169113 to 831d2270c55e9d017514 limit 500
  getblocks stopping at limit 169612 09777d16b5cf14ad79ee

is this my client requesting blocks or other node requesting blocks from me?
is this the same problem as almightyruler said couple days ago?
if it is how could it be, coz my firewall blocks incoming requests

This is most likely the same problem I mentioned. Clients on the wrong fork are going crazy trying to resolve your view of the world versus theirs.

It's a peer to peer network that needs to share data, so even if you block incoming connections, any peer you are connected to (eg via outbound connect) will still request blocks.

One possible temporary workaround (not tested) is to force a connect to only nodes you know are on the correct chain. In your clam.conf you'd have something like this:


listen=0
connect=109.195.211.62
connect=184.6.148.172
connect=203.20.114.252
connect=85.191.52.188
connect=72.10.216.54


This disables inbound connections, and forces a connect to the configured peers. I can't remember if it will also still try to connect to other peers it becomes aware of (which will defeat the purpose of this workaround)

Note that if this does work it would only be a temporary workaround, as it ties you to these specific nodes, which are just 5 random IPs I've happened to note are on the right chain.

[dooglus]

listen=0
connect=109.195.211.62
connect=184.6.148.172
connect=203.20.114.252
connect=85.191.52.188
connect=72.10.216.54


This disables inbound connections, and forces a connect to the configured peers. I can't remember if it will also still try to connect to other peers it becomes aware of (which will defeat the purpose of this workaround)

If you specify any connect= at all, the addresses you list will be the only addresses you connect to. You don't need to specify listen=0 as well.

clamd --help tells us:

 -connect=<ip>          Connect only to the specified node(s)
  -listen                Accept connections from outside (default: 1 if no -proxy or -connect)

[SuperClam]

Indeed, we are aware of the issue.


In the last couple days, we have merged well over 100 upstream commits.
The intention is to release a new feature designed to make us more resilient to censorship, a fix to tame misbehaving forked clients, and a ton of house-cleaning.

Thanks for being patient

[tryphe]

sorry to bother you guys again, I have another small question (problem)
I just noticed that since I got back on the main chain, my upload data transfer is MUCH higher than usual
I don't understand why this happening, because the outbound port on my side is blocked by firewall
I got multiple occurrences of these,

getblocks 170613 to 00000000000000000000 limit 500
  getblocks stopping at limit 171112 b31ce7156dffe7912335
getblocks 169613 to 00000000000000000000 limit 500
  getblocks stopping at limit 170112 cab452d5b579a4001875
getblocks 169113 to 831d2270c55e9d017514 limit 500
  getblocks stopping at limit 169612 09777d16b5cf14ad79ee

is this my client requesting blocks or other node requesting blocks from me?
is this the same problem as almightyruler said couple days ago?
if it is how could it be, coz my firewall blocks incoming requests

Yes, it doesn't matter if you are listening on a port or not, you're still essentially a "server" to the people you connect *to* even if you connected to them.

[ymod123]

my wallet wont sync stuck at 9565 block remaining help?
im using the new update

[paulc010]

Have you tried the methods above? You can also try creating a clams.conf file in your clams data directory and use the addnode lines I specified. Been working for me no problem.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=623147.msg9369794#msg9369794

[ymod123]

Have you tried the methods above? You can also try creating a clams.conf file in your clams data directory and use the addnode lines I specified. Been working for me no problem.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=623147.msg9369794#msg9369794

not yet i will try it now tnx..

[ymod123]

Have you tried the methods above? You can also try creating a clams.conf file in your clams data directory and use the addnode lines I specified. Been working for me no problem.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=623147.msg9369794#msg9369794

i tried the addnotes you listed in i add listen=0 
is noy working for me

[ymod123]

do i need to delete peers.dat?

[SuperClam]

do i need to delete peers.dat?

Feel free to swing into freenode irc #clams, we will try and get you straightened out

[MemoryShock]

I completely forgot about this one.  I might have a BTC wallet that works with this.  What are the average amount coins sent to each wallet?  23?

[chilly2k]

I completely forgot about this one.  I might have a BTC wallet that works with this.  What are the average amount coins sent to each wallet?  23?

    I averaged 4.1 per.  But I didn't have much in any of my wallets. 

[Trololoh]

Have you tried the methods above? You can also try creating a clams.conf file in your clams data directory and use the addnode lines I specified. Been working for me no problem.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=623147.msg9369794#msg9369794

i tried the addnotes you listed in i add listen=0 
is noy working for me

It should be :
Listen=1

[ymod123]

Have you tried the methods above? You can also try creating a clams.conf file in your clams data directory and use the addnode lines I specified. Been working for me no problem.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=623147.msg9369794#msg9369794

i tried the addnotes you listed in i add listen=0 
is noy working for me

It should be :
Listen=1

i tried it says syncronizing to network 11073 block remaining ...but it seems stuck..

[SuperClam]

Have you tried the methods above? You can also try creating a clams.conf file in your clams data directory and use the addnode lines I specified. Been working for me no problem.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=623147.msg9369794#msg9369794

i tried the addnotes you listed in i add listen=0 
is noy working for me

It should be :
Listen=1

i tried it says syncronizing to network 11073 block remaining ...but it seems stuck..

ymod,
It is difficult to troubleshoot here on the forum.  Please stop into freenode irc so we can get you working again: #clams.
If you don't have an irc client you can use this link: http://www.clamclient.com/irc/

[MemoryShock]

I completely forgot about this one.  I might have a BTC wallet that works with this.  What are the average amount coins sent to each wallet?  23?

    I averaged 4.1 per.  But I didn't have much in any of my wallets. 

Than my next question is this...what is the point for 4 clams?

No offense to the dev.  I remember when I first read about this and thought it was a novel idea.  It just seems like the effort to claim the clams is better spent elsewhere...

[dooglus]

Than my next question is this...what is the point for 4 clams?

No offense to the dev.

I remember when I first read about this and thought it was a novel idea.

It just seems like the effort to claim the clams is better spent elsewhere.

What is the point of those 4 sentences?

No offence to the poster.

It just seems like the effort to post that would have been better spent elsewhere.

Would you prefer if every address was given 40 CLAMs? Or 400? 4000?

Do you realise it wouldn't have made any difference at all, since it would effectively just be a relabelling? Much like using "bits" instead of "bitcoins", and having one be worth a million of the other.