[ANN] [VIA] ★ Viacoin ★ ~ the future of digital currency ~ ★

[KeyserSozeMC]

If they tweet something I'd be happy to RT it and post something to r/viacoin

jdebunt:

While both the Bitcoin and Litecoin trading market trades are subject to a 0.2% fee per transaction, the Viacoin trading market trades will be subject to a 0.15% fee per transaction. All of these pieces of information can only bring even more attention to Viacoin and its community. We will be keeping a close eye on things and keep our readers informed accordingly.

Thank You for your time,
EmpoEX Team

That's a really good move IMO. Encouraging people to trade VIA against other currencies for a smaller fee.

[GooseNL]

I have to delete the blockchain and redownload from scratch.
I understand the procedure to delete all files except of wallet.dat
Nevertheless when I open wallet.dat I receive following message: 'Adobe reader could not open 'wallet dat' because it is either not a supported file etc...' It is also not opening with Word or tekseditor. Same with my wallet backup. When I open it with an alternative, with Word, then all strange symbols appear.  
I therefore am afraid to lose my keys. What to do? Can anyone advise me? I have my wallet on a recent MacBook. Maybe just don't bother the wallet.dat, just keep it as it is and start redownload? Btw it happens to all my BTC/Alt wallets
 

[KeyserSozeMC]

I have to delete the blockchain and redownload from scratch.
I understand the procedure to delete all files except of wallet.dat
Nevertheless when I open wallet.dat I receive following message: 'Adobe reader could not open 'wallet dat' because it is either not a supported file etc...' It is also not opening with Word or tekseditor.
I therefore am afraid to lose my keys. What to do? Can anyone advise me? I have my wallet on a recent MacBook
 

Try setting it up to open with notepad, or any other "note" editor you use?

[GooseNL]

I have to delete the blockchain and redownload from scratch.
I understand the procedure to delete all files except of wallet.dat
Nevertheless when I open wallet.dat I receive following message: 'Adobe reader could not open 'wallet dat' because it is either not a supported file etc...' It is also not opening with Word or tekseditor.
I therefore am afraid to lose my keys. What to do? Can anyone advise me? I have my wallet on a recent MacBook
 

Try setting it up to open with notepad, or any other "note" editor you use?

Thank you. It seems I can just leave wallet.dat unopened and redownload. I just tried with an empty alt-wallet and the public key is the same when redownloading. I am just a bit scared, because I have several k's of precious VIA in my wallet. 

[PilotofBTC]

I have to delete the blockchain and redownload from scratch.
I understand the procedure to delete all files except of wallet.dat
Nevertheless when I open wallet.dat I receive following message: 'Adobe reader could not open 'wallet dat' because it is either not a supported file etc...' It is also not opening with Word or tekseditor. Same with my wallet backup. When I open it with an alternative, with Word, then all strange symbols appear.  
I therefore am afraid to lose my keys. What to do? Can anyone advise me? I have my wallet on a recent MacBook. Maybe just don't bother the wallet.dat, just keep it as it is and start redownload? Btw it happens to all my BTC/Alt wallets
 

You don't "open" wallet.dat... especially if it is encrypted. If it is no encrypted it is no more than a text file. But, you should have no reason to open it.

[prophetx]

I have to delete the blockchain and redownload from scratch.
I understand the procedure to delete all files except of wallet.dat
Nevertheless when I open wallet.dat I receive following message: 'Adobe reader could not open 'wallet dat' because it is either not a supported file etc...' It is also not opening with Word or tekseditor. Same with my wallet backup. When I open it with an alternative, with Word, then all strange symbols appear.  
I therefore am afraid to lose my keys. What to do? Can anyone advise me? I have my wallet on a recent MacBook. Maybe just don't bother the wallet.dat, just keep it as it is and start redownload? Btw it happens to all my BTC/Alt wallets
 

You don't "open" wallet.dat... especially if it is encrypted. If it is no encrypted it is no more than a text file. But, you should have no reason to open it.

well that was not helpful...at all... 

to OP you just need to delete all the files in that dir except for wallet.dat, then just start up the wallet software and it will sync up with the network and eventually show your balances for the priv keys contained in that wallet.dat

[DenisZabar]

I have to delete the blockchain and redownload from scratch.
I understand the procedure to delete all files except of wallet.dat
Nevertheless when I open wallet.dat I receive following message: 'Adobe reader could not open 'wallet dat' because it is either not a supported file etc...' It is also not opening with Word or tekseditor. Same with my wallet backup. When I open it with an alternative, with Word, then all strange symbols appear.  
I therefore am afraid to lose my keys. What to do? Can anyone advise me? I have my wallet on a recent MacBook. Maybe just don't bother the wallet.dat, just keep it as it is and start redownload? Btw it happens to all my BTC/Alt wallets
 

Thats because .dat file extension is associated to open with adobe reader. http://www.thewindowsclub.com/change-file-associations-windows

Google is your best friend 

[EmpoEX]

Good morning. Please don't forget to vote.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=907519.msg9974440#msg9974440

We will be happy to see your votes!
You have the chance to pick which altcoins you want to see traded VS $VIA on www.EmpoEX.com

EmpoEX Team

[GooseNL]

I have to delete the blockchain and redownload from scratch.
I understand the procedure to delete all files except of wallet.dat
Nevertheless when I open wallet.dat I receive following message: 'Adobe reader could not open 'wallet dat' because it is either not a supported file etc...' It is also not opening with Word or tekseditor. Same with my wallet backup. When I open it with an alternative, with Word, then all strange symbols appear.  
I therefore am afraid to lose my keys. What to do? Can anyone advise me? I have my wallet on a recent MacBook. Maybe just don't bother the wallet.dat, just keep it as it is and start redownload? Btw it happens to all my BTC/Alt wallets
 

You don't "open" wallet.dat... especially if it is encrypted. If it is no encrypted it is no more than a text file. But, you should have no reason to open it.

well that was not helpful...at all... 

to OP you just need to delete all the files in that dir except for wallet.dat, then just start up the wallet software and it will sync up with the network and eventually show your balances for the priv keys contained in that wallet.dat

Thank you guys. I have succesfully redownloaded the VIA blockchain. It was easy and indeed, there is no need to open wallet.dat

[pkobse]

Just seen request created on cex.io to add via merged mining, anyone registered there may vote it up, it may add some 120Ghashes pointed to their ltc+doge pool.
https://support.cex.io/hc/communities/public/questions/203983886-Scrypt-mergeLTC-DOGE-add-SYS-VIA

[Edit]
another possibly good news, coin-swap was bought by gaw, they said they will implement it into paybase, so if they keep all coins, via will be part of it.

[btcdrak]

Just seen request created on cex.io to add via merged mining, anyone registered there may vote it up, it may add some 120Ghashes pointed to their ltc+doge pool.
https://support.cex.io/hc/communities/public/questions/203983886-Scrypt-mergeLTC-DOGE-add-SYS-VIA

[Edit]
another possibly good news, coin-swap was bought by gaw, they said they will implement it into paybase, so if they keep all coins, via will be part of it.

BTW - I'm already in contact with someone inside cex.io about this.

[pkobse]

Just seen request created on cex.io to add via merged mining, anyone registered there may vote it up, it may add some 120Ghashes pointed to their ltc+doge pool.
https://support.cex.io/hc/communities/public/questions/203983886-Scrypt-mergeLTC-DOGE-add-SYS-VIA

[Edit]
another possibly good news, coin-swap was bought by gaw, they said they will implement it into paybase, so if they keep all coins, via will be part of it.

BTW - I'm already in contact with someone inside cex.io about this.

Good, it will be nice to see the trading pair there as well. But every support helps speed the things.

[btcdrak]

Just seen request created on cex.io to add via merged mining, anyone registered there may vote it up, it may add some 120Ghashes pointed to their ltc+doge pool.
https://support.cex.io/hc/communities/public/questions/203983886-Scrypt-mergeLTC-DOGE-add-SYS-VIA

[Edit]
another possibly good news, coin-swap was bought by gaw, they said they will implement it into paybase, so if they keep all coins, via will be part of it.

BTW - I'm already in contact with someone inside cex.io about this.

Good, it will be nice to see the trading pair there as well. But every support helps speed the things.

cex.io have written favourably about Viacoin twice on their blog in the last couple of months, so it's obviously been on their radar.

[EmpoEX]

We have updated our platform's trading fees.

https://twitter.com/EmpoExchange/status/549954114218913793

Our standard trading fees for $BTC, $LTC are 0.2%.
$VIA VS #BTC/#LTC = 0.15%
#VIA VS #altcoin(s)   = 0.15%

@viacoin

#EmpoEX Team

We wish you best of luck, VIA coin community.
If you have any questions, suggestions or you'd like to give us some feedback, feel free to PM us or post in our topic:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=824587.0

EmpoEX Team

[btcdrak]

I updated the site today with community links.

[kcanup]

How many via being mined in 24 hours?

[btcdrak]

How many via being mined in 24 hours?

5 * 3600 blocks

[ocminer]

Hey guys,

I've added a merged mining pool LTC/VIA @ Suprnova too.

You basically mine at one stratum and get hashrate at two pools as so payouts for two coins, it looks like in every Suprnova Pool and all your login credentials are working as usual.

I'm currently downloading the TACO/PESA/SYS/DOGE Blockchains, will do some testing and then add them to the merged stratum as well (and report back).


You'll find the merged Pools at:

https://via.suprnova.cc & https://ltc.suprnova.cc


Please report any troubles you might find, the (stratum-)code is still in testing, thanks for the great help of btcdrak and reorder at #viacoin-dev ! :-)

Would be cool the pools could be added  to the list of pools too.

[kilo17]

I have mined on alot of supernova coins, my concern here is that the hashrate is so low on the LTC that it may be a while to find a block...particularly since i have pointed 1.5 gh to it and it shows that 2,000,000,000 shares by the pool...which means i constitute 95% of the hashrate and will be rewarded almost nothing.... I understand the payout system but wonder if that many shares have been done, does the pool work....lmk...thanks

[GooseNL]

I am wondering where VIA/XCH, and other apps on top of VIA, could stand in the future in the multi-layered model of the cryptocurrency ecosystem (1-5 year) that Vitalik Buterin presents in his new blog. https://blog.ethereum.org/2014/12/31/silos/
Layer 0 Consensus
Layer 1 Economic
Layer 2a Blockchain service
Layer 2b Off Chain services
Layer 3 Interop
Layer 4 Browsers
Layer 5 Dapps