Today, we proudly present the new Mineralscoin Wallet v1.1.1.0
After several months of studying paper, doing research and digging through thousands of lines of code to gain a fair understanding about the inner workings of crypto currency, we started working on updating the wallet in order to revive our beloved crypto currency.
You were already acquainted with the new face of Mineralscoin. Today, you can get acquainted with a new wallet, that definitively breaks with its past and is geared towards the future.
In order to prepare the path for Mineralscoin, the following aspects have been modified and certain required features added in order to secure the network from mending by 3rd parties:
General Features
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| Graphics | Updating Mineralscoin logo and graphics |
| Seed Nodes | Introducing (DNS) Seed Nodes to the network |
| Fallback Nodes | Adding a set of fallback nodes |
| Checkpoints | Introducing a set of checkpoint to the blockchain |
| Alerts | Introducing the ability for us to broadcast alerts |
| Livenet-specific Features |
| Checkpoint Keys | Checkpoint keys to validate checkpoints on the network |
| Alert Keys | Replacing the keys by a new key pair allowing us to broadcast alerts |
| Bootstrap | Accelerating the importing of the blockchain for new clients |
| Testnet-specific Features |
| Genesis Block | Creation of a new genesis block to launch "Testnet-1" |
| Checkpoints | Testing and creation of checkpoints |
| Checkpoint Keys | Testing checkpoint validation by Checkpoint Nodes |
| Alert Keys | Testing Alert broadcasting on a network |
| Bootstrap | Testing creation and loading for a bootstrap file |
Downloading Mineralscoin v1.1.1.0Pre-compiled binaries for Windows, Ubuntu 14.02 and OpenSUSE 13.2 as well as the source code can be downloaded from our Github release page located at
https://github.com/AkiraTakizawa/Mineralscoin/releases/tag/v1.1.1.0-R1 or by selecting one of the wallets directly below:
Important Note!Please note that some technical aspects have changed as well. This is important if you wish to continue using your existing data located in your current "Minerals" directory!
P2P and RPC ports| Port | v1.1.0.0 | v1.1.1.0 |
| Livenet P2P Port | 33442 | 33555 |
| Livenet RPC Port | 33441 | 33557 |
| Testnet P2P Port | 33444 | 33556 |
| Tetnet RPC Port | 33443 | 33558 |
Unless you wish to custom port number which you can specify in your configuration files, nothing special should be done.
Working DirectoriesMineralscoin v1.1.1.0 uses a new directory to store its wallet and blockchain data.
It is
highly recommended that you rename your directory from
Minerals to
Mineralscoin as shown in the table below.
Attention: If you don't rename, the wallet will crash on first run. Your previous Minerals v1.1.0.0 wallet and blockchain will be unaffected. However, the required Mineralscoin directory and a new wallet.dat will be created. On second launch, it uses this newly created files and will start downloading the whole blockchain again from scratch.
| OS | v1.1.0.0 | v1.1.1.0 |
| Windows XP | %userprofile%\Application Data\Minerals | %userprofile%\Application Data\Mineralscoin |
| Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 | %userprofile%\Appdata\Roaming\Minerals | %userprofile%\Appdata\Roaming\Mineralscoin |
| Linux | ~/.Minerals | ~/.Mineralscoin |
| OS X | ~/Library/Application Support/Minerals | ~/Library/Application Support/Mineralscoin |
Please note that the name of this directory is
case-sensitive!
Configuration FileMineralscoin v1.1.1.0 also introduces a new configuration file Mineralscoin.conf. Please rename your old Minerals.conf to Mineralscoin.conf if you wish to keep your existing configuration settings.
| v1.1.0.0 | v1.1.1.0 |
| Minerals.conf | Mineralscoin.conf |
Please note that the name of this file is
case-sensitive!
*pout* I don't want to change all this stuff!Although we
strongly advise against using the old Minerals directory and files, it is possible to keep using the old files and directories.
You can force the new wallet to use the old directory by adding the
datadir= and
conf= directives to your configuration file or by launching it from the command line, for example by issuing the command
Mineralscoin-qt.exe -datadir=C:\Users\Stubborn User\AppData\Roaming\Minerals -conf=C:\Users\Stubborn User\AppData\Roaming\Minerals\Minerals.conf
on a Windows 8 machine.
Help! Help!We are positive that the transition to this new wallet won't be too complicated. Should you still experience problems, please ask for help on
Bitcointalk or
Twitter. If you have a Github account, you can also
submit an issue on our Mineralscoin repository. The
Q&A pages on Morning Minerals can also be used if you prefer.
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