This week we are excited to announce another round of nice updates!
- The Windows OS, “Buy Coin” template has been updated into the Client for all Slack members and BCT members for testing. This completes the “Buy/Sell Coins” feature in the Clients “Home” tab. This gives the client a total of 3 templates to test out; Buy Coins, Sell Coins, and Custom Contracts.
If you are new to Bitbay, please follow these instructions to download the Client:
First, download and install the core version 1.2 which can be found in our official websites:
http://bitbay.market/downloads/ bitbaymarket.net
The OP on BCT
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=890531.0 Second, download the update file and install it - this will automatically update the core download to the latest version 1.21 Link:
www.davtonia.com/blackhalo/bitbayupdate.exe If you already have the existing core version 1.2 installed, simply skip the first step above.
- For new users, check out the get started section on Bitbay.market
We recommend the following files to be backed up in multiple safe locations:
Both your private keys.
Contracts.dat file - this stores your existing contracts in the marketplace
Other.dat file - this stores various important account and marketplace information, existing order numbers, and existing inbox email correspondence.
Outbox.dat file - stores existing outbox email correspondence.
- New users must be reminded that the Client will need to ‘sync’ to the entire blockchain. This can currently take anywhere from 5-10 hours. For the sake of security, you must wait for the blockchain to syncronize 100% before the Client will allow you to begin to transact.For a faster sync you can download a bootstrap (link in OP) that you can use to import the blockchain. Future template updates will not require re-syncing. Only Core Client updates will require re-syncing. We will consider faster options for coming releases.
To Install the Bootstrap:
Download and install the Client as described above.
Download the bootstrap.dat file from the OP link.
Unzip the bootstrap.dat file to C:Bitbay\bitbaydata
Start your client and it should sync about twice as fast.
- Soon we will have a bootstrap.bat file included into the client updates for convenience. Yet if you wish to create your own .bat file bitbayd.exe -datadir=%CD%\bitbaydata -loadblock=%CD%\bootstrap.dat
- P2M (Pay to email) has been updated due to a bug found in the language feature. Bitbay’s Client has over 90 languages to choose from.
Thanks for reading, we wish you a nice weekend!