[ANN] SpreadCoin | True Decentralization (No Pools) | Testing New Masternodes

[thelonecrouton]

Good job figuring things out, but either wikipedia lied or you looked at the GT 720 which indeed seems to be compute 3.5 while the GT 720M is 2.1 according to https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus

Unfortunately some of the ccminer X11 kernels need compute 3.0 to work, therefore you're SOL.

Short version: no go.

Well, bollocks then. I'll fire up sgminer on a 270 rig. 

[thelonecrouton]

Is there something to stop botnets from mass mining this coin?

There's nothing to stop botnets, besides basic security practices, from ransacking GPU rigs all over the world either. I know people it's happened to.

I know why you're looking at this coin.  I guess my question is, couldn't massive botnets be used to subvert the coin?  Does this really fix the pool issue?

Massive botnets could be used to subvert anything connected to the internet. I have no idea why you would worry about botnets with this coin in particular. It's no more or less vulnerable than anything else.

And as far as I can tell, yes this does fix the pool problem. Spreadcoin looks like the only decentralised PoW cryptocurrency at this point. It doesn't do anything about massive solo farms though, but one step at a time...  

One thing I've noted though is that the 'cheating miner' code is not yet implemented?

Mr Spread would it not be wise to test/release that before it becomes necessary, if it ever does?

Also, are there any nethash analysis/distribution tools available, possible, in the pipeline?

[minerpage]

Just checked my Windows wallet, mining with GPU and got a message "Not enough memory" (got 8GB) and when restarting the wallet I get message "error reading block" and the wallet doesn't start... any ideas what the problem could be and  how to resolve it?

[NoobKidOnTheBlock]

I've only mined 6.6 coins so far with the wallet but hey free coins are free coins right lol

[Mr. Spread]

New version, the only change is a new logo:
Windows wallet (32-bit)
Windows wallet (64-bit)
Linux wallet (32-bit)
Linux wallet (64-bit)
Mac OS X wallet

[Mikolo]

Mr. Spread can you please set a more informative topic in our IRC channel? With links to site, ann thread, whitepaper, etc.

[Mr. Spread]

One thing I've noted though is that the 'cheating miner' code is not yet implemented?

Mr Spread would it not be wise to test/release that before it becomes necessary, if it ever does?

There is nowhere to cheat yet, existing miners can only work in solo mode. First we'll need at least some pool protocol.

Also, are there any nethash analysis/distribution tools available, possible, in the pipeline?

Due to more decentralized nature it is harder to perform such analysis for SpreadCoin. You need to monitor which node will be the first to broadcast the block. For Bitcoin you can just connect to all major pools which is not a problem as they probably are running on a good servers. Since there are no pools in SpreadCoin you will need to connect to as many nodes as you can and still the fact that some node was the first to broadcast some block doesn't mean that this block was mined by this node, it may be just distributing block which was mined by node to which you are not connected. Many computers in internet are behind NAT or don't accept incoming connections for some other reasons, the only way to be connected to such nodes is if they will connect to you which may never happen.
This doesn't mean that it is impossible but hashrate distribution analysis may be less reliable than in cryptocurrencies with pools.
No such analysis is available yet.

[Mr. Spread]

Just checked my Windows wallet, mining with GPU and got a message "Not enough memory" (got 8GB) and when restarting the wallet I get message "error reading block" and the wallet doesn't start... any ideas what the problem could be and  how to resolve it?

Some application is probably using all of your memory, task manager should help you to determine which one is it.

SpreadCoin is not actually designed to work in out of memory condition (and I think most of today applications aren't) as a result your local copy of blockchain may have been damaged. Try to run the wallet with -reindex argument, if it doesn't help than you can simply remove blockchain from your computer, it is stored in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\SpreadCoin. The only file that you need to keep is wallet.dat, it stores all your spreadcoins. After starting the wallet it will redownload the blockchain.

[Mr. Spread]

Mr. Spread can you please set a more informative topic in our IRC channel? With links to site, ann thread, whitepaper, etc.

Yes, of course, will do it when I will come back home to my main PC.

[thelonecrouton]

One thing I've noted though is that the 'cheating miner' code is not yet implemented?

Mr Spread would it not be wise to test/release that before it becomes necessary, if it ever does?

There is nowhere to cheat yet, existing miners can only work in solo mode. First we'll need at least some pool protocol.

Also, are there any nethash analysis/distribution tools available, possible, in the pipeline?

Due to more decentralized nature it is harder to perform such analysis for SpreadCoin. You need to monitor which node will be the first to broadcast the block. For Bitcoin you can just connect to all major pools which is not a problem as they probably are running on a good servers. Since there are no pools in SpreadCoin you will need to connect to as many nodes as you can and still the fact that some node was the first to broadcast some block doesn't mean that this block was mined by this node, it may be just distributing block which was mined by node to which you are not connected. Many computers in internet are behind NAT or don't accept incoming connections for some other reasons, the only way to be connected to such nodes is if they will connect to you which may never happen.
This doesn't mean that it is impossible but hashrate distribution analysis may be less reliable than in cryptocurrencies with pools.
No such analysis is available yet.

Thanks for the answers. 

[Mikolo]

So where exactly can spreadcoin be traded right now? and how many coins left for POW or POM left? anyone got any ideas or updates?

Links to exchanges in the OP. Number of coins is at the block explorer:http://spreadcoin.net/explorer/

[overvalued]

New version, the only change is a new logo:
Windows wallet (32-bit)
Windows wallet (64-bit)
Linux wallet (32-bit)
Linux wallet (64-bit)
Mac OS X wallet

we expect Dev to add some new features

[tacee]

8 hrs and counting 0 SPR at 140 KH/s

...

tried restarting.. no change.

it's quite normal,0.14/440=0.032%,that's is your odd of finding blocks.

[Odeyin]

yes, I am running two cards at about 4.5MH/s(4500khs) and I am getting about 3-4 blocks a day.

[minerpage]

Just checked my Windows wallet, mining with GPU and got a message "Not enough memory" (got 8GB) and when restarting the wallet I get message "error reading block" and the wallet doesn't start... any ideas what the problem could be and  how to resolve it?

Some application is probably using all of your memory, task manager should help you to determine which one is it.

SpreadCoin is not actually designed to work in out of memory condition (and I think most of today applications aren't) as a result your local copy of blockchain may have been damaged. Try to run the wallet with -reindex argument, if it doesn't help than you can simply remove blockchain from your computer, it is stored in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\SpreadCoin. The only file that you need to keep is wallet.dat, it stores all your spreadcoins. After starting the wallet it will redownload the blockchain.

not sure what got out of memory... restarted with -reindex and back in business

[tacee]

Just checked my Windows wallet, mining with GPU and got a message "Not enough memory" (got 8GB) and when restarting the wallet I get message "error reading block" and the wallet doesn't start... any ideas what the problem could be and  how to resolve it?

Some application is probably using all of your memory, task manager should help you to determine which one is it.

SpreadCoin is not actually designed to work in out of memory condition (and I think most of today applications aren't) as a result your local copy of blockchain may have been damaged. Try to run the wallet with -reindex argument, if it doesn't help than you can simply remove blockchain from your computer, it is stored in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\SpreadCoin. The only file that you need to keep is wallet.dat, it stores all your spreadcoins. After starting the wallet it will redownload the blockchain.

not sure what got out of memory... restarted with -reindex and back in business

I've never met such suituation

[peteycamey]

girinos miner crashes. does this happen to anyone else?

[girino]

girinos miner crashes. does this happen to anyone else?

To everyone using drivers prior to 14.9... If that's not your case, please describe in more details what is happening:

- what are the command line params you use?
- how long before it crashes?
- post a screenshot or at least copy the errors displayed on screen.
- what version of windows are you running?
- does it happen to the original miner or only with the modified one?
- any other info you think might be useful.

The more info you post, the better i can diagnose and solve the problem. The amount of information you currently provided gives me no clue whatsoever about what happened, so please, be way, way, more descriptive of the problem.

[MyFarm]

Mr Spread.  Any thoughts on forking in Darkcoin features into this coin?  "True Decentralization", anonymous, and masternodes would be pretty amazing.

[thelonecrouton]

Mr Spread.  Any thoughts on forking in Darkcoin features into this coin?  "True Decentralization", anonymous, and masternodes would be pretty amazing.

Don't forget InstanTX.

I've been picking up a few thousand Spread here and there but I would buy into this like nobodies business if some more DRK features were to be added. 

Mr Spread seems honest and competent, if he keeps it up I am very hopeful for this coin.