[ANN] AEON: Scalable, private, mobile-friendly cryptocurrency

[macorcina]

blockchain converted successfully, no issue relaunching daemon.
New blockchain.bin file reduced ~13%

I see a reduction in both the virtual and resident memory, but I'm not sure if I'm looking at the correct metrics:

v0.9.1.1       virt: 6548M  res: 5157M
bcmreduce   virt: 5680M  res: 4650M   

New test release

much better than previous wallet.... but obviously wallet use too much ram

[Radouch]

New test release

Please test, especially if you have a smaller memory configuration. Very small memory configurations won't work with this, but if you have something that has been barely able to run the deemon previously, this should improve your performance quite a bit.

Report any issues (or even if no issues)

Thanks for testing!

I have tested it today on my desktop Kubuntu 14.04 with 4 GB RAM.

"Official" binary https://github.com/aeonix/aeon/releases/download/v0.9.1.1/aeon-0-9-1-1-linux64-tar.gz does not run at all (reports some error).

Version compiled from https://github.com/aeonix/aeon/archive/v0.9.1.1.tar.gz runs with the memory usage as follows (according to htop):
VIRT: 6158 MB  RES: 2286 MB

Version compiled from git clone https://github.com/iamsmooth/aeon bcmreduce runs with the memory usage as follows:
VIRT: 5640 MB RES: 3055 MB

Conversion of the blockain took quite a long time, but no problem occured.

Good luck!

[broadsword]

New test release

This release reduces memory usage and blockchain file size by optimizing storage of the outputs table. While the reduction is somewhat modest, it will be more significant with pruning (the pruned data does not include the outputs table).

Please test, especially if you have a smaller memory configuration. Very small memory configurations won't work with this, but if you have something that has been barely able to run the deemon previously, this should improve your performance quite a bit.

The next step after this is pruning, so if any issues arise here I would like to address them before releasing the pruning support.

Instructions:

1. Copy your blockchain.bin file to another location as a backup. This version will convert the blockchain file to a new format and you won't able to downgrade to the released code with the upgraded blockchain file.

2.

git clone https://github.com/iamsmooth/aeon bcmreduce
cd bcmreduce
git checkout bcmemreduce
make etc.

3. Start node. You should get a message at startup about the blockchain being converted. You can ignore any debug messages about empty outputs and such.

4. Exit node to save the converted blockchain

5. Start node again with new blockchain

Report any issues (or even if no issues)

Thanks for testing!

Well done Smooth!


Lots of new blood coming. And its just the beginning...  Hero member dev, people with tech background, old forum members, super cheap price after drama... Couldn't resist again... Seriously... 7 millions coins out there and trading at 4k... Its a robbery... 

just what ive been waiting for things are going up from here. lets start with 10-20k to begin with

[jwinterm]

about http://52.8.47.33:8080 last night failure.
i looked into the logs and i decided to compensate the miner victim of the failure.
i took the last payment (14/8/2015 00:53:33) to identify miner.
i estimate the loss at three blocks (~12 hours, after the miners should be aware the pool is down)

these miners will receive:
WmthnC.....ZN         
1,17*3=3.51 aeon
         
WmtVTe.....aw         
24,81*3=74.43 aeon
         
WmtNYj.....7C         
1,14*3=3.42 aeon
         
WmtX4D.....Mz         
3,4*3=10.2 aeon
         
Wmt1AW.....2y         
6,54*3=19.62 aeon
         
WmtcqM.....zm         
1,3*3=3.9 aeon

My personal apologies for the inconvenience.

Nice. More than fair. I'll switch my miners back when I get a chance tonight or tomorrow...

[Arux]

...
I have tested it today on my desktop Kubuntu 14.04 with 4 GB RAM.

"Official" binary https://github.com/aeonix/aeon/releases/download/v0.9.1.1/aeon-0-9-1-1-linux64-tar.gz does not run at all (reports some error).
...

thanks for your report. i will look closer why it's not working as expected.

[Arux]

time for vacation  i will be AFK until september because mountain biking



i'm keeping an eye on http://52.8.47.33:8080. where i go there's no computer and access to internet is sometimes unpredictable but with smartphone and cellular network i will be able to connect server, monitor the pool and relaunch process if needed.

see you soon!

[nioc]

sounds wonderful, enjoy

[h0g0f0g0]

I've forked Bitkoot's CryptoNoteWallet project and customized it for aeon. This program is a graphical wrapper around the aeond.exe and simplewallet.exe command line utilties. It can be used to interact with the wallet and daemon in an easy way.

Original project: https://github.com/BitKoot/CryptoNoteWallet

NOTICE: Use at your own risk.

Features:

    Show balance (locked and unlocked)
    Open wallets with *.bin or *.wallet extension
    Backup wallet on launch
    Create new wallets
    Show wallet address
    Copy wallet address to clipboard
    Transfer coins
    Solo and pool mining
    Show logging from wallet and daemon
    Save wallet and daemon on exit.

If you want to compile yourself you will need .NET 4.5 / Mono 3.2 and VS2012 or higher / MonoDevelop 4

Compiled Windows GUI (includes aeon 0.9.1.1):
aeongui-0.2.3.zip
https://mega.nz/#!lwxVxCgL!4gWc58wn9uUwwJ7qzmOHMG4ym6JonvE0q82hHTO0sWY

Sources:
aeongui-0.2.3-src.zip
https://mega.nz/#!tg5BnLKQ!WanTwLwHBcE8LDcPPN2nZ3qbCe18tMg_iWUaPwGyL0w

[smooth]

I've forked Bitkoot's CryptoNoteWallet project and customized it for aeon. This program is a graphical wrapper around the aeond.exe and simplewallet.exe command line utilties. It can be used to interact with the wallet and daemon in an easy way.

Original project: https://github.com/BitKoot/CryptoNoteWallet

NOTICE: Use at your own risk.

Features:

    Show balance (locked and unlocked)
    Open wallets with *.bin or *.wallet extension
    Backup wallet on launch
    Create new wallets
    Show wallet address
    Copy wallet address to clipboard
    Transfer coins
    Solo and pool mining
    Show logging from wallet and daemon
    Save wallet and daemon on exit.

If you want to compile yourself you will need .NET 4.5 / Mono 3.2 and VS2012 or higher / MonoDevelop 4

Compiled Windows GUI (includes aeon 0.9.1.1):
aeongui-0.2.3.zip
https://mega.nz/#!lwxVxCgL!4gWc58wn9uUwwJ7qzmOHMG4ym6JonvE0q82hHTO0sWY

Sources:
aeongui-0.2.3-src.zip
https://mega.nz/#!tg5BnLKQ!WanTwLwHBcE8LDcPPN2nZ3qbCe18tMg_iWUaPwGyL0w

Nice work!

I will include info about it in the OP

In the future please try to find another file hosting site. After Kim Dotcom's warning using mega seems unwise.

[h0g0f0g0]

I've forked Bitkoot's CryptoNoteWallet project and customized it for aeon. This program is a graphical wrapper around the aeond.exe and simplewallet.exe command line utilties. It can be used to interact with the wallet and daemon in an easy way.

Original project: https://github.com/BitKoot/CryptoNoteWallet

NOTICE: Use at your own risk.

Features:

    Show balance (locked and unlocked)
    Open wallets with *.bin or *.wallet extension
    Backup wallet on launch
    Create new wallets
    Show wallet address
    Copy wallet address to clipboard
    Transfer coins
    Solo and pool mining
    Show logging from wallet and daemon
    Save wallet and daemon on exit.

If you want to compile yourself you will need .NET 4.5 / Mono 3.2 and VS2012 or higher / MonoDevelop 4

Compiled Windows GUI (includes aeon 0.9.1.1):
aeongui-0.2.3.zip
https://mega.nz/#!lwxVxCgL!4gWc58wn9uUwwJ7qzmOHMG4ym6JonvE0q82hHTO0sWY

Sources:
aeongui-0.2.3-src.zip
https://mega.nz/#!tg5BnLKQ!WanTwLwHBcE8LDcPPN2nZ3qbCe18tMg_iWUaPwGyL0w

Nice work!

I will include info about it in the OP

In the future please try to find another file hosting site. After Kim Dotcom's warning using mega seems unwise.

OK. For completeness here are sha1 checksums for included binaries:

b6e926b2f992e1b69287f6df9170a0c5b03b1a13 *aeond.exe
80de77a7e4bfcab1b95410465b8389b8686f952c *AeonWallet.exe
a7534a0b32f81d7598b286a2fdc3d649fdd78716 *AeonWallet.Core.dll
b3bad44ad7cd0c75e81ad299c34157ebc5ef579a *AeonWallet.exe.config
73c0b3ffb03b8002193f95655489a4d476256bac *simpleminer.exe
cca8ae922b6fb2408472ea9e37bfd17aba685dda *simplewallet.exe

Checksum of src zip:
73d4a1c95de2c20d1fc073baf209dc30e172deee *aeongui-0.2.3-src.zip

[adhitthana]

I managed to withdraw some Aeon from polo though it took over a week for support to sort it out. I just tried to send some Aeon through to the Bounty Fund address in the OP, but I got a message from polo saying "invalid address". I'm pretty sure it's a problem at poloniex's end. Has anyone else managed to withdraw from polo?

[smooth]

I managed to withdraw some Aeon from polo though it took over a week for support to sort it out. I just tried to send some Aeon through to the Bounty Fund address in the OP, but I got a message from polo saying "invalid address". I'm pretty sure it's a problem at poloniex's end. Has anyone else managed to withdraw from polo?

There is a bug in the forum software that affects copying cryptonote addresses. Try quoting the OP first (as if you were going to reply to it) and copying the donation address from the edit box.

[adhitthana]

I managed to withdraw some Aeon from polo though it took over a week for support to sort it out. I just tried to send some Aeon through to the Bounty Fund address in the OP, but I got a message from polo saying "invalid address". I'm pretty sure it's a problem at poloniex's end. Has anyone else managed to withdraw from polo?

There is a bug in the forum software that affects copying cryptonote addresses. Try quoting the OP first (as if you were going to reply to it) and copying the donation address from the edit box.

Thanks. That worked. I sent 100 through just to check. How do I use the view key?

[smooth]

I managed to withdraw some Aeon from polo though it took over a week for support to sort it out. I just tried to send some Aeon through to the Bounty Fund address in the OP, but I got a message from polo saying "invalid address". I'm pretty sure it's a problem at poloniex's end. Has anyone else managed to withdraw from polo?

There is a bug in the forum software that affects copying cryptonote addresses. Try quoting the OP first (as if you were going to reply to it) and copying the donation address from the edit box.

Thanks. That worked. I sent 100 through just to check. How do I use the view key?

I don't think I've merged MoneroMooo's view key thing yet.

I just checked and it hasn't come through yet. I'll look later.

EDIT: not received. If you check your withdraw ledger poloniex it will probably still say they are still processing it. I think for delisted coins they don't leave the wallets running all the time, just occasionally to process transactions.

[MoneroMooo]

I updated aeonpool.mooo.com a bit:
- min payment bumped from half an aeon to one aeon - keep smaller outputs in check
- 0.5% donation fee to the dev address is back

[smooth]

I updated aeonpool.mooo.com a bit:
- min payment bumped from half an aeon to one aeon - keep smaller outputs in check
- 0.5% donation fee to the dev address is back

The default tx fee is being bumped to 0.01 (fixed now, per-kb later) which will get rid of the 0.00009+0.0009+0.009 change outputs that are currently created on most payments.

That's live in the reduced-memory test version, which I will push out as an optional update release soon.

I don't know if the pool needs a config for that or not.

Thank you for the donations!

[Schild_]

Status update and short term plans

Obviously we have the hard fork coming up in about one week with the mainstream CPU and mobile-friendly PoW. (Done)

There have been discussions with exchanges, so I do expect the coin to be listed for trading soon (either before or after the hard fork, I'm not sure). (Done. Aeon is now on bittrex)

Here is the short term roadmap for the next two versions (there may be incremental bug fix releases in between, along with additional minor features included with each release or as intermediate feature releases):

Version 0.10.0.0

Local blockchain pruning (light full nodes). On systems with limited resources (RAM and/or HD) you will be able to run a full node without storing an archive of the entire chain. This comes with no reduction in security -- you will still be validating the entire chain, but not storing it. Your node will be able to forward blocks and transactions, support wallets with full node security, and even mine. The only thing it won't be able to do is serve old blocks over the p2p to brand new users (it will still serve recent blocks to other users who are syncing after a limited amount of time offline). Brand new users or those offline for an extended period can use a bootstrap, or they can still sync over the p2p by connecting to archive nodes (full nodes that are not running in light mode).

Version 1.0.0.0

Cryptonote GUI integration (some preliminary work on this is already done).

Following version 1.0.0.0, we will move to the more on to the longer-term roadmap items, including the SPV client model, and finally the multisig, simple contract scripts, payment channels, and global blockchain pruning.

Although not presently on the roadmap, I would like to at some point see actual mobile wallets, which could work either as SPV clients or as light full nodes. For that to realistically happen, we'll have to see how things go with funding for the project and/or expansion of the core team.

Bumping this post. Just found it. Always cool to know whats the plan.

[smooth]

New recommended release (0.9.2.0)

Track failed outgoing connections, slow down retries
Increase default transaction fee to 0.01 (still per tx, per-kb tbd)
Donation mining feature (add --donate to deamon command line to support network and project)
10-15% reduction in mem use, blockchain file size
Limited backward compatibility for transaction fees
Small code clean ups

There will likely not be official binaries for this release since Arux is on vacation. Community members are invited to share binaries with the usual cautionary notices.

Compatibility is maintained with the previous release so you can continue to use it although your transactions may be somewhat delayed (due to not including the correct fee).

Version 0.10.0.0 with light node support (blockchain pruning) continues in development.

Source code from https://github.com/aeonix/aeon/releases/tag/v0.9.2.0 or use git to checkout tag v0.9.2.0

[Phantas]

New bootstrap for Aeon release 0.9.2.0-linux-x64 - date 17.8.2015 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxVUR-AB42mXeWxOdjEtRUlsREE/view?usp=sharing

[luckygenough56]

already almost 2 Go lol