[ANN][SILKCOIN][DARKSILK PREANN][TESTING STORMNODES/DarkSIlk MARKET/I2P]

[CryptoJohn]

So will Silk be exchanged for DarkSilk or is it a completely new launch?

It is a new launch.

DarkSilk is a coin in its own right.

The will be a swap period from Silk to DarkSilk though for current holders at the point of the ANN thread launching.

The moment before I start the ANN I will snapshot all addresses on the Silkcoin blockchain and their balances. These will be entered into Weaver for the swap period.

The swap period will be a short amount of time i.e 72 hours - 1 week

Very cool development
1) how to mine Dark?
2) Can I get some coins to play with please? DRDphj2Cyq95S5sAFzLh7gByz8DFegWQLn update: 
3) Dark wallet seems stuck 1 hour behind update: synced                
Thanks,
john

[SLievensDRKSLK]

So will Silk be exchanged for DarkSilk or is it a completely new launch?

It is a new launch.

DarkSilk is a coin in its own right.

The will be a swap period from Silk to DarkSilk though for current holders at the point of the ANN thread launching.

The moment before I start the ANN I will snapshot all addresses on the Silkcoin blockchain and their balances. These will be entered into Weaver for the swap period.

The swap period will be a short amount of time i.e 72 hours - 1 week

Very cool development
1) how to mine Dark?
2) Can I get some coins to play with please? DRDphj2Cyq95S5sAFzLh7gByz8DFegWQLn
3) Dark wallet seems stuck 1 hour behind update: synced               
Thanks,
john

1) Use CPUMining only (minerd)
2) Yes, I have sent 44k to you to be able to setup a test stormnode and to have 2k left to play with.
3) Yeah I stopped mining that was all

[CryptoJohn]

I have minerd, can you provide setup instructions for mining darksilk?

Thanks,
john

[SLievensDRKSLK]

I have minerd, can you provide setup instructions for mining darksilk?

Thanks,
john

Please guys help each other. I am currently working on codebase.

https://github.com/SCDeveloper/DarkSilk-Release-Candidate/commit/b5a0d67ce974b70018ef0e91e6bef8ecc121bb54
https://github.com/SCDeveloper/DarkSilk-Release-Candidate/commit/8a676f3a69ab8ab765b6cd15ff2bc555d3f82a8a
https://github.com/SCDeveloper/DarkSilk-Release-Candidate/commit/4a43afabfea67bc2cb971bd00c642b843caec513
https://github.com/SCDeveloper/DarkSilk-Release-Candidate/commit/49931f5d9361aabd36652d8bc362fee7cb513e95

[bobthenager]

Welcome CryptoJohn you're in the right place. Saw you over in DGB. This is the only other coin I hold and have from day one virtually. We are unbelievably lucky to have the group of people that we have here behind the scenes and in the community...can't begin to thank them enough for everything they've done!

[CryptoJohn]

Welcome CryptoJohn you're in the right place. Saw you over in DGB. This is the only other coin I hold and have from day one virtually. We are unbelievably lucky to have the group of people that we have here behind the scenes and in the community...can't begin to thank them enough for everything they've done!

Hey whats happening. I've been here since the beginning as well, I remember Silk @ 3000 sats standing by for takeoff. I was pushing hard in the troll box from 1800 and kept buy support to 3000 then we flopped

Much thanks to SLievensDRKSLK and all those contributing now.

Would love someones minerd bat file for DarkSilk, I could throw some cpu cycles at it to help support the testing.

I am a bit confused about DarkS. Is Silk going to still exist after the Dark launch and if so will the swap coins be burnt?

Thanks,
john

[CryptoCanary]

Welcome CryptoJohn you're in the right place. Saw you over in DGB. This is the only other coin I hold and have from day one virtually. We are unbelievably lucky to have the group of people that we have here behind the scenes and in the community...can't begin to thank them enough for everything they've done!

Hey whats happening. I've been here since the beginning as well, I remember Silk @ 3000 sats standing by for takeoff. I was pushing hard in the troll box from 1800 and kept buy support to 3000 then we flopped

Much thanks to SLievensDRKSLK and all those contributing now.

Would love someones minerd bat file for DarkSilk, I could throw some cpu cycles at it to help support the testing.

I am a bit confused about DarkS. Is Silk going to still exist after the Dark launch and if so will the swap coins be burnt?

Thanks,
john

Hi John,

In regards to minerd, you really don't need a bat file. It is not like GPU mining and doesn't need much tweaking or configuration. Really, the only tweaking you can do is the number of threads ( " -t # " parameter/argument ) and the speed ( " -s # " parameter/argument) that it displays output information at.

First, the "-t" parameter/argument tells minerd how many CPU threads to use. For example, I run "-t 1" when I am using the computer and switch to "-t 4" so there is two threads per core while I am away from the computer. I have read that two threads per core is optimal.

Second, the "-s" parameter tells minerd how often you want it to display the informational output. Don't confuse "speed" with "hashing speed". In this case "speed" is only referring to "informational output speed". For example, " -s 5 " will tell minerd to display the information output every 5 seconds. I use 60.

What I do is create a shortcut to the minerd.exe on my desktop or wherever. Then right-click the shortcut and select properties. On the "Shortcut" tab of properties dialog window, modify the "Target:" field. Leave the "C:\Users\UserJohn\BlahBlah\cpuminerBlah\minerd.exe" in the field and add all of the following:

• " -a scrypt " - by default it will use SHA256 so, let's tell it to use scrypt algo.
• " -s 60 " - Speed to output informational stats.
• " -t 4 " - Number of threads to mine with.
• " -o localhost:31500 " - (lower case o, as in "out") Host IP of the wallet. (In this case, localhost. This might be 192.168.1.100 if you are mining from a different computer than the computer that is running the wallet.) : Port wallet can be found at. rpcport in your config file.
• " -O RPCUserSpecifiedInYourConf:RPCPasswordSpecifiedInYourConf " - (Upper case O, as in "Ohio") rpcuser and rpcpassord in your config file.

So, an example of the text contained in the "Target:" field might look like this:

Code:

C:\Users\John\Downloads\cpuminer\minerd.exe -a scrypt -s 60 -t 4 -o localhost:31500 -O John:JohnPassword

And click OK or apply. Launch the shortcut. If you see it output telling you the speed at which it is hashing at ("thread 0: #### hashes, #.## khash/s), it is mining.

If you did want a bat file, it would only contain that same command. Unless you wanted to add "color 02" on a line prior to the command to make it green.

Hope this helps John! Sorry to keep you waiting for help with minerd. I was away or would have responded sooner. If you run into a problem, don't hesitate to post it here or message me.

[arteleis]

Welcome CryptoJohn you're in the right place. Saw you over in DGB. This is the only other coin I hold and have from day one virtually. We are unbelievably lucky to have the group of people that we have here behind the scenes and in the community...can't begin to thank them enough for everything they've done!

Hey whats happening. I've been here since the beginning as well, I remember Silk @ 3000 sats standing by for takeoff. I was pushing hard in the troll box from 1800 and kept buy support to 3000 then we flopped

Much thanks to SLievensDRKSLK and all those contributing now.

Would love someones minerd bat file for DarkSilk, I could throw some cpu cycles at it to help support the testing.

I am a bit confused about DarkS. Is Silk going to still exist after the Dark launch and if so will the swap coins be burnt?

Thanks,
john

Yes Silkcoin will still exist.  Dark Silk and Silkcoin will work in conjuntion with each other through the SilkWeaver.   Once the weaver is finishes all sill be revealed.  For now is testing Darksilk to ensure aproper non bullshit launch.  More the mmerrier testing wise.  Will update the Ann here tomorrow with all relevant info including chatroom (we use telegram because its awesome)

[CryptoCanary]

Welcome CryptoJohn you're in the right place. Saw you over in DGB. This is the only other coin I hold and have from day one virtually. We are unbelievably lucky to have the group of people that we have here behind the scenes and in the community...can't begin to thank them enough for everything they've done!

Hey whats happening. I've been here since the beginning as well, I remember Silk @ 3000 sats standing by for takeoff. I was pushing hard in the troll box from 1800 and kept buy support to 3000 then we flopped

Much thanks to SLievensDRKSLK and all those contributing now.

Would love someones minerd bat file for DarkSilk, I could throw some cpu cycles at it to help support the testing.

I am a bit confused about DarkS. Is Silk going to still exist after the Dark launch and if so will the swap coins be burnt?

Thanks,
john

Hi John,

In regards to minerd, you really don't need a bat file. It is not like GPU mining and doesn't need much tweaking or configuration. Really, the only tweaking you can do is the number of threads ( " -t # " parameter/argument ) and the speed ( " -s # " parameter/argument) that it displays output information at.

First, the "-t" parameter/argument tells minerd how many CPU threads to use. For example, I run "-t 1" when I am using the computer and switch to "-t 4" so there is two threads per core while I am away from the computer. I have read that two threads per core is optimal.

Second, the "-s" parameter tells minerd how often you want it to display the informational output. Don't confuse "speed" with "hashing speed". In this case "speed" is only referring to "informational output speed". For example, " -s 5 " will tell minerd to display the information output every 5 seconds. I use 60.

What I do is create a shortcut to the minerd.exe on my desktop or wherever. Then right-click the shortcut and select properties. On the "Shortcut" tab of properties dialog window, modify the "Target:" field. Leave the "C:\Users\UserJohn\BlahBlah\cpuminerBlah\minerd.exe" in the field and add all of the following:

• " -a scrypt " - by default it will use SHA256 so, let's tell it to use scrypt algo.
• " -s 60 " - Speed to output informational stats.
• " -t 4 " - Number of threads to mine with.
• " -o localhost:31500 " - (lower case o, as in "out") Host IP of the wallet. (In this case, localhost. This might be 192.168.1.100 if you are mining from a different computer than the computer that is running the wallet.) : Port wallet can be found at. rpcport in your config file.
• " -O RPCUserSpecifiedInYourConf:RPCPasswordSpecifiedInYourConf " - (Upper case O, as in "Ohio") rpcuser and rpcpassord in your config file.

So, an example of the text contained in the "Target:" field might look like this:

Code:

C:\Users\John\Downloads\cpuminer\minerd.exe -a scrypt -s 60 -t 4 -o localhost:31500 -O John:JohnPassword

And click OK or apply. Launch the shortcut. If you see it output telling you the speed at which it is hashing at ("thread 0: #### hashes, #.## khash/s), it is mining.

If you did want a bat file, it would only contain that same command. Unless you wanted to add "color 02" on a line prior to the command to make it green.

Hope this helps John! Sorry to keep you waiting for help with minerd. I was away or would have responded sooner. If you run into a problem, don't hesitate to post it here or message me.

There is several versions of minerd. I think the original was created, back in the day, by a pool called "poolers". If you see an error, "no payout address specified" it is because you have a version that was originally made to work specifically with that pool. Which is not a problem but, to override this auto payout feature, add " -no-gbt " to the previously mentioned command.

example:

Code:

C:\Users\John\Downloads\cpuminer\minerd.exe -a scrypt -s 60 -t 4 -o localhost:31500 -O John:JohnPassword -no-gbt

Not all versions need this.

[CryptoJohn]

Mining Update:

For those interested, and with the help of CryptoCanary,  I am successfully solo mining darksilk with the following:

minerd 2.3.3

darksilk.conf

Code:

rpcuser=myUsername
rpcpassword=myPassword
rpcport=31500
server=1
daemon=1
listen=1
testnet=0

darksilk.bat

Code:

minerd.exe -a scrypt -s 10 -t 6 -o localhost:31500 -O myUsername:myPassword

I'm using 6 threads on a 4770k processor and have mined ~1200 DarkSilk in the last hour.

I will make an attempt at the Sandstorm tomorrow.

thanks,
john

[CryptoJohn]

Mining Update:

Just checked miner and it seems nothing has been accepted in hour 2 of mining.

Dev: you still want just CPU mining? I ask because not sure if some bigger hash has hit the network thus causing the CPU mining to be antiquated.

[CryptoCanary]

Mining Update:

Just checked miner and it seems nothing has been accepted in hour 2 of mining.

Dev: you still want just CPU mining? I ask because not sure if some bigger hash has hit the network thus causing the CPU mining to be antiquated.

What you, and all of us test mining, are doing is not like pool mining where you may get shares accepted. We are all mining solo. "Accepted" means a block is solved. Not just a share of work is solved. I see difficulty is 3 times higher (.003) than when you first started (.001) CryptoJohn.

However; I do see the blockchain has been stuck for about an hour and a half. What most likely has happened is some of the people that were testing with us have dropped off and the difficulty has yet to adjust. With only a handful of us testing, one or two of us can easily count for half the net hash.

I think the dev is asleep. I know he was up very late in his timezone working on the code. I think he would have us all keep CPU mining. I gave the chain a shove with a GPU. Difficulty has dropped back down (.0005) and everyone still testing should start getting blocks again.


EDIT: If you are getting rejected blocks a lot, restart your wallet and miner.

[CryptoJohn]

I speculated the chain was stopped but wasn't sure so opted to remain silent

We are definitely off and running again as the coins are showing up gangbusters.



For anyone just tuning in we are discussing testing of the new DarkSilk chain.

The regular Silk chain is alive and well


2:45 am here in CA, off to bed. I will be closing wallet & miner for ~8 hours.

[SLievensDRKSLK]

Lots of progress of bringing our codebase up to Dash 0.12.0.55

So far after a lot of investigation and comparison between Crave, 8Bit, Transfercoin, Sling and Dash/Bitcoin it has become apparent that these coins were a hash of version 0.10 of Dash.

Currently DarkSilk source is between the 0.10 - 0.11.2 and once caught up to 0.11.2 getting all the way up to 0.12.0.55 will be a lot easier.

This is a lot of hard work and many many many hours work i.e. 9/12am - 3/6am most days, any donations are welcome

[ilostmyface]

DarkSilk progress very exciting! Keep it up

I am looking for some test Dark Silk to play with wallet.

DQJhHWU2KPBTN4ec4gjuPDCjKV56rtQgQc

Thanks

[nzminer]

Awesome! Getting excited for launch!

[SLievensDRKSLK]

DarkSilk progress very exciting! Keep it up

I am looking for some test Dark Silk to play with wallet.

DQJhHWU2KPBTN4ec4gjuPDCjKV56rtQgQc

Thanks

Sent 44k. 42k for Stormnode setup and 2k to play with.

[ilostmyface]

Great!

Are the market listings active? If so I am wondering if anyone can see mine. I created a listing for a Virtual Boy Console.

[SLievensDRKSLK]

Great!

Are the market listings active? If so I am wondering if anyone can see mine. I created a listing for a Virtual Boy Console.

Current:
Buyer: marketbuyrequest
Seller: marketapprovebuy
Buyer: marketescrowlock
Seller: marketrequestpayment
Buyer: marketreleaseescrow

I have buy requested your item

Let's give it a test.

[ilostmyface]

Great!

Are the market listings active? If so I am wondering if anyone can see mine. I created a listing for a Virtual Boy Console.

Current:
Buyer: marketbuyrequest
Seller: marketapprovebuy
Buyer: marketescrowlock
Seller: marketrequestpayment
Buyer: marketreleaseescrow

I have buy requested your item

Let's give it a test.

I just accepted your buy request. Not sure what the process would be here from here? The Buy Requested status hasn't changed.

I also created another listing in the Video Game Console Category, this time attached image URLs. Haven't seen them pop up yet...