[HYP] HyperStake | Generous Reward Staking | Advanced Staking Controls & Wallet

[David Latapie]

 I did not post on the HDJ for quite some time. This time, I focus on network security. Enjoy and react.
Network security and why it matters

[David Latapie]

First entry in the HyperLoan Hall of Fame: jaybeeuk!

[billotronic]

w00t w00t!

[saddambitcoin]

I got my Hyperstake wallet running and waiting for it to sync. Now I have 97 connections, is this normal? 

[4x13]

I am not sure how this would be implemented, as I am not by any means a Dev. but this would be a great addition to the wallet to be able to set this up in the .conf file.

Example:

Go through the cycle every XXhours
Look at all blocks younger than XXhours
Combine all blocks that are not equal to XXXX block size
Break all blocks into size equal to XXXX block size
Make a block equal to change that is smaller than XXXX block

Start over...

Would make things a little more automated for those who have many blocks and not a lot of time...

I would be willing to make a donation if that is what it takes to get this added to the wallet or at least to the new Web Wallet.

[myagui]

I got my Hyperstake wallet running and waiting for it to sync. Now I have 97 connections, is this normal? 

This goes to show just how many active nodes there are in HYP 
saddambitcoin, you can limit the number of connections using the ".conf" file. I can't post the detailed instructions right away, but will add that later if you still need the information and it hasn't been posted meanwhile!

Happy Staking!

[BainbridgeJ]

Thanks Vegasguy. i'll try that and see what happens.

Thanks PressTab.  That would potentially allow the smaller fish to grow in the great big Hyperpond.

There was talk a few pages back about using a Raspberry pi for the wallet.  Anybody know if these would be fine for staking such large amounts of blocks (300+)?  My original EEE PC is telling me its working too hard

While you are waiting for an answer, could you elaborate on your Eee PC "working too hard". You see, I have a couple of old Eee PC901 net-books with solid state drives that I'm thinking of using for staking. They are well-known for their power saving qualities. Which model is yours? Is it a 701, or 901? My 901s run at 1.6Ghz with 1Gb and 2Gb of RAM respectively. Are you saving the wallet blockchain data files onto an ordinary SD card because of memory limitations?

Anyone else have experience of Eee net-books coping/struggling with current blockchains? Raspberry pi too?

[myagui]

@saddambitcoin:

If you still need the info and in case you're a Windows user:

You might find a Hyperstake.conf file in C:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Roaming\HyperStake.
If the file does not exist, you can create one (just use notepad or whatever, it's just a text file, but with .conf extension).

Then add/create this one entry on Hyperstake.conf:

Code:

maxconnections=20

(obviously, change 20 to whatever maximum of connections you want the wallet to have)

I would advise you not to have any less than 20 connections. A very small number of connections, is almost certain to earn you a high rate of stake orphanage, as you would be broadcasting your stakes to a 'smaller audience', so to speak.

If you're on Linux or what-else-not-Windows, good luck 
Happy Staking!

[saddambitcoin]

@saddambitcoin:

If you still need the info and in case you're a Windows user:

You might find a Hyperstake.conf file in C:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Roaming\HyperStake.
If the file does not exist, you can create one (just use notepad or whatever, it's just a text file, but with .conf extension).

Then add/create this one entry on Hyperstake.conf:

Code:

maxconnections=20

(obviously, change 20 to whatever maximum of connections you want the wallet to have)

I would advise you not to have any less than 20 connections. A very small number of connections, is almost certain to earn you a high rate of stake orphanage, as you would be broadcasting your stakes to a 'smaller audience', so to speak.

If you're on Linux or what-else-not-Windows, good luck 
Happy Staking!

Thanks. Question: do I have to have my node connected while I wait the 8.8 days for my HYP to mature?

[nioc]

@saddambitcoin:

If you still need the info and in case you're a Windows user:

You might find a Hyperstake.conf file in C:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Roaming\HyperStake.
If the file does not exist, you can create one (just use notepad or whatever, it's just a text file, but with .conf extension).

Then add/create this one entry on Hyperstake.conf:

Code:

maxconnections=20

(obviously, change 20 to whatever maximum of connections you want the wallet to have)

I would advise you not to have any less than 20 connections. A very small number of connections, is almost certain to earn you a high rate of stake orphanage, as you would be broadcasting your stakes to a 'smaller audience', so to speak.

If you're on Linux or what-else-not-Windows, good luck 
Happy Staking!

Thanks. Question: do I have to have my node connected while I wait the 8.8 days for my HYP to mature?

No.

When it does mature or is about to, make sure you unlock your wallet.  Tools>Unlock Wallet for PoS...

If you hover over the thing just to the left of the one that tells you how many connections you have it will say "Minting" and give you your weight, network weight and estimated next stake.  The estimated stake time doesn't hold much weight

[Biomech]

@saddambitcoin:

If you still need the info and in case you're a Windows user:

You might find a Hyperstake.conf file in C:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Roaming\HyperStake.
If the file does not exist, you can create one (just use notepad or whatever, it's just a text file, but with .conf extension).

Then add/create this one entry on Hyperstake.conf:

Code:

maxconnections=20

(obviously, change 20 to whatever maximum of connections you want the wallet to have)

I would advise you not to have any less than 20 connections. A very small number of connections, is almost certain to earn you a high rate of stake orphanage, as you would be broadcasting your stakes to a 'smaller audience', so to speak.

If you're on Linux or what-else-not-Windows, good luck 
Happy Staking!

Thanks. Question: do I have to have my node connected while I wait the 8.8 days for my HYP to mature?

No.

When it does mature or is about to, make sure you unlock your wallet.  Tools>Unlock Wallet for PoS...

If you hover over the thing just to the left of the one that tells you how many connections you have it will say "Minting" and give you your weight, network weight and estimated next stake.  The estimated stake time doesn't hold much weight

To clarify, while their ARE differences in how the wallets interact with the OS's, such as needing the file extension .exe in Windows, vs simply the filename in Linux, but with permissions set to executable, none of these matter for the hyperstake.conf file. The only thing to note between Windows and Linux in this case is that Linux is case sensitive, and Windows is not. The command structure and available commands are all the same.

And as to the specific thing that triggered all of this: 97 connections is rather a lot. I'd be impressed to catch that many It harms nothing, unless your system gets overloaded, and as shown above, you can throttle it.

For the slightly advanced user, or simply obsessive (me), you can also code it to ONLY connect to certain nodes, by using "connect=<nodeIP>" instead of "addnode=<nodeIP>". As with addnode, you can do this as many times as you wish, one IP per line. The difference is that addnode will still allow the client to connect to any peers it can find, whereas connect will only connect to the defined nodes. It can matter for security in some instances, and it's useful for testing. Probably not relevant to the above gentleman's situation, but there it is

[David Latapie]

(proposal for automated coin control)

I would be willing to make a donation if that is what it takes to get this added to the wallet or at least to the new Web Wallet.

Further automating coin control is in the work, since it will increases the ease of use (and hopefully the adoption) of HYP.
BTW, what you proposed is called "pseudo-code" and this is a really good practice to do so. I myself am not a coder and I do use pseudo-code a lot - and dev like pseudo-code, it helps a lot. So continue that way
For the moment, we do not have a framework for accepting proejct-specific donation. But what we have is HyperJobs, a framework for recruiting more dev. Kushed, who is responsible for HyperJobs (French version), will certainly appreciate donations for faster creation of a new paid positions.

I got my Hyperstake wallet running and waiting for it to sync. Now I have 97 connections, is this normal?  

Yes, we recently removed the 12 connections cap that is common on bitcoin clone (remember that, at heart, HYP is a fork and so comes with a lot of code from previous softwares)
Some people are requesting installation instructions for Linux. Here they are, maybe even easier than for Windows.
One line install

Code:

sudo apt-get install git build-essential libssl-dev libqrencode-dev libdb5.1-dev libdb5.1++-dev libminiupnpc-dev libminiupnpc8 && mkdir -p ~/cryptos && cd ~/cryptos && rm -rf HyperStake && git clone git://github.com/presstab/HyperStake && cd HyperStake && qmake HyperStake-qt.pro && make && ln -s ~/cryptos/HyperStake/release/HyperStake-qt ~/Desktop/HYP

And you will get a shortcut on your desktop. Compilation does take time (one hour one slow computers), that's normal.

One line update

Code:

cd ~/cryptos/HyperStake && git pull && qmake HyperStake-qt.pro && make

Some notes:

• this requires a Debian-based Linux (this includes any flavour of Ubuntu). Arch-based, Red Hat-based, Slackware-based; you'll probably just have to replace "apt-get" with the corresponding installer (assuming packages have the same name)
• you will get the very latest, bleeding edge version, even further advanced that the latest release
• you will have to enter your root password
• if your Desktop is not called "Desktop" (e.g., your Linux is in French), you will have to change "Desktop" accordingly in the command line.

Thanks. Question: do I have to have my node connected while I wait the 8.8 days for my HYP to mature?

Just nitpicking: it actually is 8.73 days presstab found out only recently, that's why the 8.8 days things occurs so often. And no, you do not need your node to be connected the first 8.73 days, since the network securisation only starts once block are starting to stake.
Remember that every time of open your wallet, it will be locked, irrespective of its lock/unlock state last time (this is on purpose, for security). So, remember to unlock it (unlock for mint is enough, full unlock is more convenient but less secure), lest you do not stake

By the way, I have no hyperstake.conf file on my computer and it works just fine.

[presstab]

Everyone should check out this awesome summary page of ##hyperstake stats that Drew is hosting for us
http://www.drew-group.com/hyperstake.html

[billotronic]

Everyone should check out this awesome summary page of ##hyperstake stats that Drew is hosting for us
http://www.drew-group.com/hyperstake.html

well that kinda takes the fun out of this screen shot of 182 folks in the main chat...

presstab's sample quote: "billotronic loves apple"  . . . i just shot meade out of my nose laughing

[mtwelve]

Dafuq HYP diff hitting 5 oh god no I need more coins to stay in the game haha

[nioc]

Oh my, When I started to right this post the diff was 5.6 and now it's 5.9

[Biomech]

Everyone should check out this awesome summary page of ##hyperstake stats that Drew is hosting for us
http://www.drew-group.com/hyperstake.html

well that kinda takes the fun out of this screen shot of 182 folks in the main chat...

presstab's sample quote: "billotronic loves apple"  . . . i just shot meade out of my nose laughing

So, you also like honey

[kingpin69]

Everyone should check out this awesome summary page of ##hyperstake stats that Drew is hosting for us
http://www.drew-group.com/hyperstake.html

loving the new stats page, the irc channel is becoming more and more popular over time.. contrary to what happens in most other channels.

diff hit over 6 at one point today, that's a pretty damn secure network lol

[mtwelve]

@kingpin69 

http://youtu.be/i_xFOmYxKYw?t=1m14s

[Trololoh]

Everyone should check out this awesome summary page of ##hyperstake stats that Drew is hosting for us
http://www.drew-group.com/hyperstake.html

Hmmmm, I better think twice before I fart.