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[INRI666]

And by the way I'm using the Windows binaries and the PC has 8gb of Ram and has more than enough HD to store the blockchain.

After doing a lot of searching I have seen that getting stuck on block 401 has happened to a few users before. How did they solve it? No one seems to have an answer for the said problem.

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[cmbconcretefire]

I hope someone can help the fella above ^^^.  I am new to AEON coin but not crypto. I have Windows 7 x 64 and downloaded this > AEON-0.9.12.0-WIN64. I opened it up and ran this > aeond.exe until I believed the blockchain to be up to date. It took a while but I think it finished. I got a green sentence that basically said it was synchronized. At that point, I ran this > simplewallet.exe.

I named it, created a PW, and it told me my keys and address. I typed in the "help" command because I wanted to start mining. I found the command and entered it but I got this error:
Error: wallet failed to connect to daemon (http://localhost:11181). Daemon eithe
r is not started or passed wrong port. Please, make sure that daemon is running
or restart the wallet with correct daemon address.
[wallet WmtiPE]:

SOoooooooooooooooo.......... I used google. Anyway, I came across this page: https://aeon-pool.com/ and I downloaded this > CPUMiner (forked by Wolf) Github > cpuminer-wolf-with-cryptonight-light-w64-non-AES-NI-04082015.zip. Inside this zip was an "Example.bat" and I edited it to the following:

minerd -a cryptonight-light -o stratum+tcp://mine.aeon-pool.com:3333 -u (my wallet address) -p x -t 2
pause

I then renamed the "Example.bat" to "Start.bat." and double clicked on it. A window popped up and it appeared to connect, and is currently (seemingly) humming along and mining. < This is crux of my question: It appears to be mining. But when I type in "balance" in my wallet, the result is 0.000000. I guess my question is two fold. Am I mining correctly for an old CPU? (Q6600) and when does this pool pay out? I'm not really concerned about the error message from above. There's always more ways to skin a cat than 1.

Yes, I fully understand with an old Q6600 I'm not going to mine hardly anything, but that's not the point. I like this coin. I think it's going places, and I want to get the basic "gist" of it down before I start throwing more muscle at it for mining purposes. Is there another / better pool I should be using? All input welcome. Thanks.

[Elder III]

Once your aeond.exe has finished synching it will look like the image below and you may then start simplewallet.exe  Does yours show the same message?

[cmbconcretefire]

Thank you for the response. To be honest, I don't recall if that is what my screen looked like or not. I'm leaning towards "no." It did not look like that but I am fairly certain I saw synchronization complete.

I'm my roaming folder, inside there is a 'aeon' folder and I have 2 files. blockchain.bin and p2pstate.bin. The blockchain.bin file is a little over 4 gigs. For the purposes of our conversation, I gather the p2pstate.bin is not relevant.

So these are the steps I have taken since your post. I have shut down the miner. I have shut down the simplewallet.exe. I then reopened the 'aeond.exe' and it says it loading the blockchain. (An attempt to arrive at the same screen you provided) However, it slows my computer down something terrible and I haven't had the patience to wait for it to actually do anything. I'll provide a screenshot. But let's cut to the chase. Isn't there a blockchain I can download from somewhere and then simply insert it into the 'aeon' folder inside the roaming folder? I searched for one on Google and found a link but the link does not appear to work anymore. It would be so much simpler to just download a fully backed up blockchain.bin file that was ready to go. What are your thoughts on moving forward? I only have 4GB of Ram.
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[Aides]

Congratulations to the development team and the Aeon coin community on the third anniversary.

[INRI666]

So I finally solved the problem by probably one of these things I did.

Disabled firewall.
Disabled all antivirus software.
Connected to the internet via a mobile LTE conmection.

I have since then connected to my normal commection and it has downloaded the blockchain up to block 17,800 where I'm stuck again. I will use my mobile LTE again tomorrow if I have time to fool around my node tomorrow. I want to get this up and running asap.

[Elder III]

Thank you for the response. To be honest, I don't recall if that is what my screen looked like or not. I'm leaning towards "no." It did not look like that but I am fairly certain I saw synchronization complete.

I'm my roaming folder, inside there is a 'aeon' folder and I have 2 files. blockchain.bin and p2pstate.bin. The blockchain.bin file is a little over 4 gigs. For the purposes of our conversation, I gather the p2pstate.bin is not relevant.

So these are the steps I have taken since your post. I have shut down the miner. I have shut down the simplewallet.exe. I then reopened the 'aeond.exe' and it says it loading the blockchain. (An attempt to arrive at the same screen you provided) However, it slows my computer down something terrible and I haven't had the patience to wait for it to actually do anything. I'll provide a screenshot. But let's cut to the chase. Isn't there a blockchain I can download from somewhere and then simply insert it into the 'aeon' folder inside the roaming folder? I searched for one on Google and found a link but the link does not appear to work anymore. It would be so much simpler to just download a fully backed up blockchain.bin file that was ready to go. What are your thoughts on moving forward? I only have 4GB of Ram.

Hmm, I'm not sure if there's a way to lower the amount of RAM used. I checked and mine uses well over 6GB when it's synchronizing. I'll try to upload my blockchain.bin somewhere for download. I presume it will work on anyone's computer but Smooth might have to verify that.

[Elder III]

Here, you can try this --- put it in C/Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/Aeon

http://dropcanvas.com/g66vm

[LesPristy]

Hmm, I'm not sure if there's a way to lower the amount of RAM used. I checked and mine uses well over 6GB when it's synchronizing. I'll try to upload my blockchain.bin somewhere for download. I presume it will work on anyone's computer but Smooth might have to verify that.

The blockchain.bin files are operating system specific. So for example, one from Windows won't work on Linux (I tried).

They should be portable across different computers using the same CPU architecture and OS.

[INRI666]

Here, you can try this --- put it in C/Users/Username/AppData/Roaming/Aeon

http://dropcanvas.com/g66vm

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I also want to ask you guys how to make a batch file in windows to start the node automatically at start up and to shut it down properly at shutdown.

I have read instructions on how to start it up but I haven't seen any ways how to shut it down properly when the computer turns off.

I'm going to do something naughty. I will install a node in my older brother's computer in his office. All he does is the word processor and facebook all day. He has a nice powerful rig there with a fast internet connection and doesn't even play games in it.

[VanBreuk]

Hello, I've been trying to sync Aeon 0.9.12 in a Debian based vps but I keep running into a stream of errors at early height.

Code:

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2017-Jun-08 01:25:45.086690 [P2P7][sock 37] Some problems at write: Broken pipe:32
2017-Jun-08 01:25:58.270514 [P2P7][sock 26] Some problems at write: Broken pipe:32
2017-Jun-08 01:26:12.545911 [P2P0][85.247.157.252:63306 INC]Sync data returned unknown top block: 63611 -> 833054 [769443 blocks behind]
SYNCHRONIZATION started
2017-Jun-08 01:26:23.651815 [P2P4][sock 38] Some problems at write: Broken pipe:32
2017-Jun-08 01:26:47.540030 [P2P5][46.236.116.179:57262 INC]Sync data returned unknown top block: 63694 -> 833054 [769360 blocks behind]
SYNCHRONIZATION started
2017-Jun-08 01:26:51.249933 [P2P5][sock 46] Some problems at write: Broken pipe:32
2017-Jun-08 01:27:07.272552 [P2P5][sock 34] Some problems at write: Broken pipe:32
2017-Jun-08 01:27:10.488642 [P2P6][sock 42] Some problems at write: Broken pipe:32
2017-Jun-08 01:27:12.628231 [P2P8][sock 19] Some problems at write: Broken pipe:32
2017-Jun-08 01:28:00.079252 [P2P1][sock 47] Some problems at write: Broken pipe:32
2017-Jun-08 01:28:02.831671 [P2P0][sock 36] Some problems at write: Broken pipe:32
2017-Jun-08 01:28:11.906694 [P2P1][sock 24] Some problems at write: Broken pipe:32
2017-Jun-08 01:28:13.159096 [P2P7][sock 35] Some problems at write: Broken pipe:32
2017-Jun-08 01:28:47.742986 [P2P1][sock 37] Some problems at write: Broken pipe:32
Killed

It is a brand new install in a good server provider, and I'm only running besides this a couple other daemons with no problems. Is this a known issue?

[smooth]

The earlier 'errors' don't mean anything but 'Killed' is usually due to running out of memory (you can check Linux console messages to confirm this). Add memory and/or swap and try again.

[TronQuix]

So, is there any major benefit to mining this outside of the daemon?

[TronQuix]

I guess also adding to my second question, is it literally as simple as loading up the wallet and daemon and then start_mine.... it doesnt *SEE* like anything is happening.... butttttttt im a pl3b

[VanBreuk]

The earlier 'errors' don't mean anything but 'Killed' is usually due to running out of memory (you can check Linux console messages to confirm this). Add memory and/or swap and try again.

Thank you, adding swap worked.

[Elder III]

I guess also adding to my second question, is it literally as simple as loading up the wallet and daemon and then start_mine.... it doesnt *SEE* like anything is happening.... butttttttt im a pl3b

I highly recommend pool mining with Aeon Stak CPU miner. You will get coins much more consistently then trying to solo mine. --- https://aeon-pool.com/#getting_started

[thehihoguy]

So, is there any major benefit to mining this outside of the daemon?

Solomining is good for the AEON decentralisation.

But as previously stated by someone, there is more regular payment if you mine in a pool with your computer (if you own a server with a loooot hash you might prefer solomine coz you still find blocks all the time and so you dont have to share the payment).

Also there might be hardware with not enough RAM/swap file to run a full node, so you could use just a mining software to mine directly to a pool without running a node.

There are many pools, choose what suits you the best.

On any pool getting started page youll find several miner software. Personally i prefer fireice_uk stak miner, because he is activly updating it/active in the community and also provides open communication on changes on the software.

[smooth]

So, is there any major benefit to mining this outside of the daemon?

Solomining is good for the AEON decentralisation.

Solo mining also has less inherent overhead in terms of tx fees. Not only do the pools have to pay fees to pay out, but you will incur more fees when you spend those coins because it takes many tiny outputs to fund a transaction, making it larger. AEON currently has very low fees but those will need to increase to more sustainable level at some point.

[TronQuix]

So, is there any major benefit to mining this outside of the daemon?

Solomining is good for the AEON decentralisation.

Solo mining also has less inherent overhead in terms of tx fees. Not only do the pools have to pay fees to pay out, but you will incur more fees when you spend those coins because it takes many tiny outputs to fund a transaction, making it larger. AEON currently has very low fees but those will need to increase to more sustainable level at some point.

Thats sorta what I thought, so, just to make sure I am clear, when I open my wallet and type start_mine in the wallet i am solo mining? I've been running on 4 threads based on some suggestions on halving my cache? Thoughts on that?

[Fraggl]

can i mine to aeon-pool.com and transfer it directly to bittrex-wallet?
I tried and everthing worked till first payout and since than (~1h) i wait to see the incoming transfer on bittrex

//Edit: ok, i missed, that i need to give wallet-adress+ payment_id - can i append it ?

Old: minerd -a cryptonight-light -o stratum+tcp://mine.aeon-pool.com:3333 -u myadress -p x -t 6
Probably new: Old: minerd -a cryptonight-light -o stratum+tcp://mine.aeon-pool.com:3333 -u myadress my id -p x -t 6