BTCD is no more

[jl777]

http://www.coinssource.com/bitcoindark-transitions-from-pow-phase-pure-pos/

Hey salsa! Nice to see you here.
We have a bunch of BTCD stuff in the pipeline, maybe you could help get press?

[jl777]

http://www.coinssource.com/bitcoindark-transitions-from-pow-phase-pure-pos/

Wow!
This is a great article.

James

[jl777]

When is the next significant development update (code, screenshots and/or whitepaper/proof-of-concept or something else) expected to come out?

I think James our dev is trying to keep a lid on things.  He doesn't want the price to fly up and get out of control.

He is working on a ton of shit.  The guy has a serious track record so I wouldn't be worried.

The BTCD devs just finished a strategy session

We decided that instead of all this stuff happening behind the scenes, we will bring it out into the open

That means you will see dev chat about upcoming tech. So you can follow along as things are happening and contribute where you can. Not exactly a roadmap and certainly not a whitepaper, but it is what it is, the current state of the dev process.

If we are struggling with some bugs, you will see that if we happen to have made a successful MGW multisig deposit you will see that:

isinternal.0 Confirmed deposit.1 BTCD bYjsXxENs4u7raX3EPyrgqPy46MUrq4k8h dbe105ed7106dc0514e1844be69587cd52e057cda75e2edadc22ed1aadf7039c.vout1 1.00000000 -> NXT.8989816935121514892

Yes, I have gotten MGW to recognize a BTCD multisig deposit, I believe this is the first ever such deposit for BTCD. Now I work on getting the withdraw to work and then next week we will get some stuff to test

James

And that multisig deposit just generated an asset transfer!

 transferAsset.(requestType=transferAsset&recipient=8989816935121514892&asset=11060861818140490423&quantityQNT=100000000&feeNQT=100000000&deadline=720&comment={"coinid":8,"vout":1,"timestamp":20615804,"coinaddr":"bYjsXxENs4u7raX3EPyrgqPy46MUrq4k8h","coin":"BTCD","cointxid":"dbe105ed7106dc0514e1844be69587cd52e057cda75e2edadc22ed1aadf7039c","NXTaddr":"8989816935121514892","assetoshis":"100000000","value":"100000000"}) -> {"fullHash":"a7888d37d98fd5797d0cfb77d0581593e6cd7c70c963d3408a0ac262a20d6508","signatureHash":"9473ff86d262c34e45c9ab44988cef7d0101ec0bf0e7abe37975996ba174e4b5","transactionBytes":"020196b43a01d0024e5bbad625df3d536fa90b1e6a28c3f5a56e1fcbe34132391c8d3fd7f671cb1 98c71b555df3ec27c000000000000000000e1f50500000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000beee9d5a0bfcff6aff664ad4f24bd93046ae713a4a5b0 84d28beb762fc90cc03f68f822978ef727ef9ada00b63bcd230b3df13076a32ce23c97ad91dc98c d2d9b7faf17b3813809900e1f5050000000003017b22636f696e6964223a382c22766f7574223a3 12c2274696d657374616d70223a32303631353830342c22636f696e61646472223a2262596a7358 78454e7334753772615833455079726771507934364d557271346b3868222c22636f696e223a224 2544344222c22636f696e74786964223a2264626531303565643731303664633035313465313834 3462653639353837636435326530353763646137356532656461646332326564316161646637303 33963222c224e585461646472223a2238393839383136393335313231353134383932222c226173 7365746f73686973223a22313030303030303030222c2276616c7565223a2231303030303030303 0227d","transaction":"8779081211731347623","broadcasted":true,"unsignedTransactionBytes":"020196b43a01d0024e5bbad625df3d536fa90b1e6a28c3f5a56e1fcbe34132391c8d3fd7f671cb1 98c71b555df3ec27c000000000000000000e1f50500000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000b7faf17b3813809900e1f5050000000003017b22636f696e6964223a382c22766f7574223a3 12c2274696d657374616d70223a32303631353830342c22636f696e61646472223a2262596a7358 78454e7334753772615833455079726771507934364d557271346b3868222c22636f696e223a224 2544344222c22636f696e74786964223a2264626531303565643731303664633035313465313834 3462653639353837636435326530353763646137356532656461646332326564316161646637303 33963222c224e585461646472223a2238393839383136393335313231353134383932222c226173 7365746f73686973223a22313030303030303030222c2276616c7565223a2231303030303030303 0227d"}

Sorry it took so long, we now have 75% of MGW functionality for BTCD working as the withdraw side is just an ordinary asset transfer back, so now I need to get the multisig withdraw done.

Then I can finish the InstantDEX release

James

[cloudboy]

When is the next significant development update (code, screenshots and/or whitepaper/proof-of-concept or something else) expected to come out?

I think James our dev is trying to keep a lid on things.  He doesn't want the price to fly up and get out of control.

He is working on a ton of shit.  The guy has a serious track record so I wouldn't be worried.

The BTCD devs just finished a strategy session

We decided that instead of all this stuff happening behind the scenes, we will bring it out into the open

That means you will see dev chat about upcoming tech. So you can follow along as things are happening and contribute where you can. Not exactly a roadmap and certainly not a whitepaper, but it is what it is, the current state of the dev process.

If we are struggling with some bugs, you will see that if we happen to have made a successful MGW multisig deposit you will see that:

isinternal.0 Confirmed deposit.1 BTCD bYjsXxENs4u7raX3EPyrgqPy46MUrq4k8h dbe105ed7106dc0514e1844be69587cd52e057cda75e2edadc22ed1aadf7039c.vout1 1.00000000 -> NXT.8989816935121514892

Yes, I have gotten MGW to recognize a BTCD multisig deposit, I believe this is the first ever such deposit for BTCD. Now I work on getting the withdraw to work and then next week we will get some stuff to test

James

And that multisig deposit just generated an asset transfer!

 transferAsset.(requestType=transferAsset&recipient=8989816935121514892&asset=11060861818140490423&quantityQNT=100000000&feeNQT=100000000&deadline=720&comment={"coinid":8,"vout":1,"timestamp":20615804,"coinaddr":"bYjsXxENs4u7raX3EPyrgqPy46MUrq4k8h","coin":"BTCD","cointxid":"dbe105ed7106dc0514e1844be69587cd52e057cda75e2edadc22ed1aadf7039c","NXTaddr":"8989816935121514892","assetoshis":"100000000","value":"100000000"}) -> {"fullHash":"a7888d37d98fd5797d0cfb77d0581593e6cd7c70c963d3408a0ac262a20d6508","signatureHash":"9473ff86d262c34e45c9ab44988cef7d0101ec0bf0e7abe37975996ba174e4b5","transactionBytes":"020196b43a01d0024e5bbad625df3d536fa90b1e6a28c3f5a56e1fcbe34132391c8d3fd7f671cb1 98c71b555df3ec27c000000000000000000e1f50500000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000beee9d5a0bfcff6aff664ad4f24bd93046ae713a4a5b0 84d28beb762fc90cc03f68f822978ef727ef9ada00b63bcd230b3df13076a32ce23c97ad91dc98c d2d9b7faf17b3813809900e1f5050000000003017b22636f696e6964223a382c22766f7574223a3 12c2274696d657374616d70223a32303631353830342c22636f696e61646472223a2262596a7358 78454e7334753772615833455079726771507934364d557271346b3868222c22636f696e223a224 2544344222c22636f696e74786964223a2264626531303565643731303664633035313465313834 3462653639353837636435326530353763646137356532656461646332326564316161646637303 33963222c224e585461646472223a2238393839383136393335313231353134383932222c226173 7365746f73686973223a22313030303030303030222c2276616c7565223a2231303030303030303 0227d","transaction":"8779081211731347623","broadcasted":true,"unsignedTransactionBytes":"020196b43a01d0024e5bbad625df3d536fa90b1e6a28c3f5a56e1fcbe34132391c8d3fd7f671cb1 98c71b555df3ec27c000000000000000000e1f50500000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000b7faf17b3813809900e1f5050000000003017b22636f696e6964223a382c22766f7574223a3 12c2274696d657374616d70223a32303631353830342c22636f696e61646472223a2262596a7358 78454e7334753772615833455079726771507934364d557271346b3868222c22636f696e223a224 2544344222c22636f696e74786964223a2264626531303565643731303664633035313465313834 3462653639353837636435326530353763646137356532656461646332326564316161646637303 33963222c224e585461646472223a2238393839383136393335313231353134383932222c226173 7365746f73686973223a22313030303030303030222c2276616c7565223a2231303030303030303 0227d"}

Sorry it took so long, we now have 75% of MGW functionality for BTCD working as the withdraw side is just an ordinary asset transfer back, so now I need to get the multisig withdraw done.

Then I can finish the InstantDEX release

James

Beautiful 

[virtapayseller666]

what is this ?

[jl777]

http://www.coinssource.com/bitcoindark-transitions-from-pow-phase-pure-pos/

Everybody!
Please read this article and send some tips to Salsa!!

We need somebody that can get ink and he can. lets show him some BTCD love

James

[jl777]

what is this ?

people keep asking for regular progress reports, so that is a successful BTCD deposit into MGW and subsequent asset transfer
We can do atomic exchanges of assets, this is critical for safe trading.
I do have another trick up my sleeve for direct peer to peer trading, but I will let the others tell you about that.

James

[JonathanHe]

wow a whale just jumped in 60k sats...

[T2 Ultra]

Its great to see NXT people here. I m betting big on this coin. Those who dumped yesterdae, thanks to them Hehe, my holdings increased to 2K, not much but k with me.

[cloudboy]

Its great to see NXT people here. I m betting big on this coin. Those who dumped yesterdae, thanks to them Hehe, my holdings increased to 2K, not much but k with me.

Give it time, people will be wishing they had 2k coins 

[gitbknowsall]

Its great to see NXT people here. I m betting big on this coin. Those who dumped yesterdae, thanks to them Hehe, my holdings increased to 2K, not much but k with me.

Give it time, people will be wishing they had 2k coins 

sitting here wishing i bought more lol so far donated more than ive been able to buy because of those that are smart enough to hodl

[kidyubyub]

Well today I deleted a wallet with almost all of my coins in, having just sent them locally from bittrex.  No I didn't have a backup (I had only just downloaded the wallet), no it isn't in my recycle bin, yes it was a lot of coins.  So there are now even less available!

I managed to snag a few k more around 37k-38k satoshis which I think is still a ridiculously low price, so hopefully I'll make back my losses.

On another note, this is one of the strangest coin launches I've experienced, with no major pump and dump, an incredibly small sell book, and PoW phase already over.  The dev team is looking good, and if the promised features arrive, a 10-20 times price increase within weeks/months seems inevitable, if not more.  Interesting times!

  

try some backup softwares , i think it could work

LOL yeah I know.  I'm certainly not new to this game.   I have a machine that I use only for coin storage (mostly offline).  I deleted an old coin folder that I no longer use and must have selected more than one folder by mistake.  poof, gone.  I had only just closed the wallet to encrypt it otherwise the delete would have failed.  oh well.

Download Recuva. It's free and it can do a deep scan. Works like a charm and easy to use. I recommend it all the time. Good luck to you!

[Azeh]

Updated OP!

added the coinsource writeup :http://www.coinssource.com/bitcoindark-transitions-from-pow-phase-pure-pos/

[martinyin]

Admiration arises every time when i read Jame's post despite my complete incomprehension of what he said . 

[AnonymousEconomist]

Uh oh no buy support...  Might have to dump on you guys again =D

[Azeh]

Call to action!

Alright everybody, James is making real progress and will continue to do so on the technical advancement of BTCD.

I would like to ask the communities support in ramping up marketing activities.  

We need people to help spread the word.  Get on social media, re-tweet our messages.  Let crypto oriented news outlets know about our progress.

Some basic things that we should probably think about doing:

-contact more media outlets (we need to get the word out about our developments)

-create a more professional looking website (e.g. Blackoin's site is a nice example)

-improve the log

-flashy GUI for the wallet

Whatever else you guys can think of!

I'm not worried about the current price, smart money is getting in on the ground floor and with what we have planned, BTCD will stand apart from all other coins. 

Let's get the discussion started now!

[jl777]

Admiration arises every time when i read Jame's post despite my complete incomprehension of what he said .  

All this stuff boils down to 1's and 0's in the right place.
For example to do a multisig transaction, you need to pass in the hexcodes that get interpreted by the Forth like language built into the coin. The problem is that BTCD doesnt give you the hexcodes, but rather the assembly code. This is actually not so bad an idea as bitcoin gives both and it really chews up a lot of extra space. The downside is that I have to convert from assembler to hex, so I just did a hardcoded "assembler" that only does this one thing for the one type of tx that I need. I can always add support for more if required, but for now I want to see a withdraw work!

Code:

int32_t add_opcode(char *hex,int32_t offset,int32_t opcode)
{
    hex[offset + 0] = hexbyte((opcode >> 4) & 0xf);
    hex[offset + 1] = hexbyte(opcode & 0xf);
    return(offset+2);
}

int32_t convert_to_bitcoinhex(char *scriptasm)
{
#define OP_HASH160_OPCODE 0xa9
#define OP_PUSHDATA1 0x4c
#define OP_EQUAL_OPCODE 0x87
    //"asm" : "OP_HASH160 db7f9942da71fd7a28f4a4b2e8c51347240b9e2d OP_EQUAL",
    char *hex;
    int32_t middlelen,offset,len,OP_HASH160_len,OP_EQUAL_len;
    len = (int32_t)strlen(scriptasm);
    // worlds most silly assembler!
    OP_HASH160_len = strlen("OP_HASH160");
    OP_EQUAL_len = strlen("OP_EQUAL");
    if ( strncmp(scriptasm,"OP_HASH160",OP_HASH160_len) == 0 && strncmp(scriptasm+len-OP_EQUAL_len,"OP_EQUAL",OP_EQUAL_len) == 0 )
    {
        hex = calloc(1,len+1);
        offset = 0;
        offset = add_opcode(hex,offset,OP_HASH160_OPCODE);
        offset = add_opcode(hex,offset,OP_PUSHDATA1);
        middlelen = len - OP_HASH160_len - OP_EQUAL_len - 2;
        offset = add_opcode(hex,offset,middlelen/2);
        memcpy(hex+6,scriptasm+OP_HASH160_len+1,middlelen);
        hex[6+middlelen] = hexbyte((OP_EQUAL_OPCODE >> 4) & 0xf);
        hex[6+middlelen+1] = hexbyte(OP_EQUAL_OPCODE & 0xf);
        hex[6+middlelen+2] = 0;
        printf("(%s) -> (%s)\n",scriptasm,hex);
        strcpy(scriptasm,hex);
        free(hex);
        return((int32_t)(2+middlelen+2));
    }
    else
    {
       // printf("cant assembly anything but OP_HASH160 + <key> + OP_EQUAL (%s)\n",scriptasm);
    }
    return(-1);
}

So unfortunately all the C code is probably incomprehensible to most, but all it does is:
(OP_HASH160 db7f9942da71fd7a28f4a4b2e8c51347240b9e2d OP_EQUAL) -> (a94c14db7f9942da71fd7a28f4a4b2e8c51347240b9e2d87)

And with this conversion, I am ready to see if the withdraw tx gets the proper handling. As expected the part of asset xfer back to MGW worked fine, so once I can get the rawbytes right, we could see a full loop of BTCD -> asset -> BTCD

James

[IceColdTommy]

Call to action!

Alright everybody, James is making real progress and will continue to do so on the technical advancement of BTCD.

I would like to ask the communities support in ramping up marketing activities.  

We need people to help spread the word.  Get on social media, re-tweet our messages.  Let crypto oriented news outlets know about our progress.

Some basic things that we should probably think about doing:

-contact more media outlets (we need to get the word out about our developments)

-create a more professional looking website (e.g. Blackoin's site is a nice example)

-improve the log

-flashy GUI for the wallet

Whatever else you guys can think of!

I'm not worried about the current price, smart money is getting in on the ground floor and with what we have planned, BTCD will stand apart from all other coins. 

Let's get the discussion started now!

I can work on the website as soon as i finish my curent project(should be friday at most)

[Azeh]

Call to action!

Alright everybody, James is making real progress and will continue to do so on the technical advancement of BTCD.

I would like to ask the communities support in ramping up marketing activities.  

We need people to help spread the word.  Get on social media, re-tweet our messages.  Let crypto oriented news outlets know about our progress.

Some basic things that we should probably think about doing:

-contact more media outlets (we need to get the word out about our developments)

-create a more professional looking website (e.g. Blackoin's site is a nice example)

-improve the log

-flashy GUI for the wallet

Whatever else you guys can think of!

I'm not worried about the current price, smart money is getting in on the ground floor and with what we have planned, BTCD will stand apart from all other coins. 

Let's get the discussion started now!

I can work on the website as soon as i finish my curent project(should be friday at most)

Thanks ICT,

Keep us posted on any developments or if you need anything.

Any initial ideas on how you think the site should look?  Do you have any favorite coin sites you would like to model our site after?

@James  Is there anything in particular our website should include that might fit in with our future tech developments?

[IceColdTommy]

Call to action!

Alright everybody, James is making real progress and will continue to do so on the technical advancement of BTCD.

I would like to ask the communities support in ramping up marketing activities.  

We need people to help spread the word.  Get on social media, re-tweet our messages.  Let crypto oriented news outlets know about our progress.

Some basic things that we should probably think about doing:

-contact more media outlets (we need to get the word out about our developments)

-create a more professional looking website (e.g. Blackoin's site is a nice example)

-improve the log

-flashy GUI for the wallet

Whatever else you guys can think of!

I'm not worried about the current price, smart money is getting in on the ground floor and with what we have planned, BTCD will stand apart from all other coins. 

Let's get the discussion started now!

I can work on the website as soon as i finish my curent project(should be friday at most)

Thanks ICT,

Keep us posted on any developments or if you need anything.

Any initial ideas on how you think the site should look?  Do you have any favorite coin sites you would like to model our site after?

@James  Is there anything in particular our website should include that might fit in with our future tech developments?

Still no solid idea my mind is somewhere else, i do like the blackcoin site, but as this is unique coin with unique features we need unique web presentation, i am pritty confident in my skills so if anyone have some idea or suggestion please let me know i am always open for briliant ideas