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[bitcreditscc]

Todays' issues with slow blocks 

[fairglu]

Todays' issues with slow blocks 

Difficulty seems very very low however, so finding new blocks should be easy?
I tried to start a wallet with gen=1 but then I get the following error

Code:

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error'
  what():  CreateNewBlock() : TestBlockValidity failed

Looks like there is some bug which prevents new blocks from being created...

[hack_]

Todays' issues with slow blocks 

Difficulty seems very very low however, so finding new blocks should be easy?
I tried to start a wallet with gen=1 but then I get the following error

Code:

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error'
  what():  CreateNewBlock() : TestBlockValidity failed

Looks like there is some bug which prevents new blocks from being created...

ok, are you connected to any banknodes?

Code:

"hash" : "5c0f5fb2e7f830c5770594b908312b7108b85fa7c4a1f32b6c18ba158803e9da",
"depends" : [
1
],
"fee" : 1259,
"sigops" : 2
}
],
"coinbaseaux" : {
"flags" : "062f503253482f"
},
"coinbasevalue" : 5000048395,
"longpollid" : "0000ba2401e1a471e8b083eeb8e07b3d467b52224c32768fcdf037bb3ba3dcd3182",
"target" : "00009f8d00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"mintime" : 1436467881,
"mutable" : [
"time",
"transactions",
"prevblock"
],
"noncerange" : "00000000ffffffff",
"sigoplimit" : 400000,
"sizelimit" : 400000,
"curtime" : 1436509731,
"bits" : "1f009f8d",
"height" : 157692,
"votes" : [
],
"payee" : "686Mc16utd7vGPmRJDyjfvj6NsTp8EYabx",
"payee_amount" : 1875018147,
"banknode_payments" : true,
"enforce_banknode_payments" : true
}

The pools are working fine, but you should keep in mind that momentum is very different, what looks like low diff in a typical coin is pretty high in momentum.

Also i took over the pools and the drop in hashrate has been very disruptive.

3/4 dropped off in the last day. We just need to solve a couple of blocks and things will go to normal soon.

[intrader]

Its would be nice if BCR get added to more exchanger like Cryptsy for example,sometimes get delisted warning from trex its not a good sign for traders

[bitcreditscc]

Its would be nice if BCR get added to more exchanger like Cryptsy for example,sometimes get delisted warning from trex its not a good sign for traders

Very true, but we would need traders like yourself to support the bid to get added.

[thelonecrouton]

Lo, another technicolour crouton post!

I have made a few simple ads for Bitcredit:





I shall be putting them in an android app that after another bit of testing should be on Google Play shortly:



You feed it a list of crypto addresses and it gives you balance etc. Works with BTC and any other currency that's indexed by chainz and traded on bittrex (for the BTC values). US$ prices courtesy of Bitfinex. Some currencies (DASH for one) need me to either get an API key from chainz (fairglu is an excellent chap btw!) or use an alternate public explorer for that currency, I'll get around to these things as and when I have time.

No, all those addresses are not mine, sadly.

It'll be a free app, I might alternate BCR ads and Google ads. Anyway, if 50 people download it, that'll probably double the number of folk who know about Bitcredit...  

If anyone can make some BCR-advertising gifs of about 350x56 to 400x75 (ish) then please do, I can use them.

[thelonecrouton]

I seem to have got electrum-server running, these were the steps after installing and running configure / python setup.py install:

change /etc/electrum.conf line 'path = /var/electrum-server' (or whatever it was) to 'path = /home/tlc/.bitcredit' or wherever your datadir is (none of the documentation makes this step clear, maybe it's supposed to be obvious?) and make sure you've got your ports/username/rpcpassword etc correct

put txindex=1 in your bitcredit.conf

restart daemon with ./bitcredit-cli -reindex

check sync with getinfo

when synced, electrum-server start

/var/log/electrum.log should show something like:
[11/07/2015-02:10:18] Starting Electrum server on localhost
[11/07/2015-02:10:19] Database version 3
[11/07/2015-02:10:19] Blockchain height 3
[11/07/2015-02:10:19] UTXO tree root hash: f11401e1a303169c4349bb0f4eccd6ea2fd034ac06565452692360ad81798436
[11/07/2015-02:10:19] Coins in database: 15
[11/07/2015-02:10:19] catching up missing headers: 0 3
[11/07/2015-02:10:19] TCP server started on 127.0.0.1:70001

Now to try the client again and see if I can talk to it...

edit: got client running, it generates a bunch of BCR addresses and looks good,  but it stays offline with
  File "/home/tlc/Downloads/electrum-Bit-Electrum/gui/qt/network_dialog.py", line 47, in __init__
    self.servers = network.get_servers()
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_servers'

 

Off to bed. If I sleep long enough, someone else will have fixed it when I wake up.  

[thelonecrouton]

Building the electrum server leveldb is a lengthy process, this is on an i3 with 4GB or RAM that I cobbled together:

Code:

[11/07/2015-02:10:18] Starting Electrum server on localhost
[11/07/2015-02:10:19] Database version 3
[11/07/2015-02:10:19] Blockchain height 3
[11/07/2015-02:10:19] UTXO tree root hash: f11401e1a303169c4349bb0f4eccd6ea2fd034ac06565452692360ad81798436
[11/07/2015-02:10:19] Coins in database: 15
[11/07/2015-02:10:19] catching up missing headers: 0 3
[11/07/2015-02:10:19] TCP server started on 127.0.0.1:70001
[11/07/2015-02:59:26] catch_up: block 1000 (2940.946s 6.335s) 348c560f7b3a4dbd21ff90a5b570ef050f8008648975a6e886c2b2f335fb8cc2
[11/07/2015-03:48:38] catch_up: block 2000 (2943.469s 7.809s) d3293f9c3861015b01a0ca33373b7ee9b0d176531c4d665e1f3e3e62d463d11d
[11/07/2015-04:37:51] catch_up: block 3000 (2945.868s 7.636s) 059ac79c363a8aa0d6a4849cb45cff847f18eb1de7bf707ba44190d1bf31f821
[11/07/2015-05:27:01] catch_up: block 4000 (2942.345s 7.988s) 3f43e17074d35ea21b00f2259d00154e5cef3139144e49f8ada67e5ab3c3c6c9
[11/07/2015-06:16:18] catch_up: block 5000 (2949.256s 7.846s) 56e9d97acb68dce8b2af60e93d53003445a07e91718ba81cba1f1d082557d740
[11/07/2015-07:05:36] catch_up: block 6000 (2949.104s 8.576s) 8d7e3dd770ddc58daac001c28a715f49c206e490bc63c3ff98a13434cfd094d1
[11/07/2015-07:54:56] catch_up: block 7000 (2951.129s 8.448s) a5a8e2d00c09d3f08a96bfbb09b1b35fea9ef6953e42a36bd84a57017ed9f376
[11/07/2015-08:44:00] catch_up: block 8000 (2936.311s 8.387s) 33f28d572c8a36e2bd14450fc8c7bc1cde527da9baf39d2cc2df81ad520b6779
[11/07/2015-09:33:00] catch_up: block 9000 (2930.610s 8.719s) 8d30fd5791db10dc5a7add64b2af4b61bd25c1c48dc6ff5b6c1a335acfe643f6
[11/07/2015-10:22:09] catch_up: block 10000 (2940.210s 8.864s) f67033f57eba70575be81eb0b420f1d485f7aa4130cddb3b746f1def6c58bc2d
[11/07/2015-11:11:24] catch_up: block 11000 (2946.424s 8.542s) 01207240d218655f61b37f1bc39de201a33543e16632b42dedd316850cdcdca4
[11/07/2015-12:00:29] catch_up: block 12000 (2936.070s 8.834s) 9bd04a741392f206747dd74ceb7ba670af3a68ac9211b30641fb07acd59ae700
[11/07/2015-12:49:46] catch_up: block 13000 (2947.440s 9.321s) de0ad94bd77112e471d56b1a39a8ab8664eb6b7be10be03fe3816c8cdfe26705
[11/07/2015-13:38:58] catch_up: block 14000 (2942.504s 9.586s) d16f3d330cd8958c61f487c9be7645833f794ae4caa96f8110b7fea3fccbc053
[11/07/2015-14:28:01] catch_up: block 15000 (2933.444s 9.862s) f3ebdc58da9911f335068adfa83bfb6d2924cc1f2ed70780af530c249233972d
[11/07/2015-15:17:10] catch_up: block 16000 (2938.533s 10.079s) 99d8d2b7a7896ec3cc441f16ff500245ff403e1dcd9957069af130ff224a4fdf
[11/07/2015-16:06:04] catch_up: block 17000 (2924.925s 9.874s) 2c38e71a9dba5e2ff3ec3817b4659a19df3b31ae076e6625bfe8e81e506cc5bf
[11/07/2015-16:55:15] catch_up: block 18000 (2940.246s 10.067s) 7ccc663d3f49ddddf7df48a550abce0898e2045d896e018e0d2956d4b71bb826
[11/07/2015-17:44:24] catch_up: block 19000 (2938.559s 10.352s) 533a71d72bcf66179247e1d4d1d3949249013207313d3c3ad72bc9a226473c44
[11/07/2015-18:33:24] catch_up: block 20000 (2930.486s 10.335s) 98d143a097281cb4d5f2c9795d0a6479958a88a3069ddbe365298a1e9e3e637f
[11/07/2015-19:22:32] catch_up: block 21000 (2937.127s 10.840s) 55a4bd6b43aebf7dfe5ada1b96db22863fecf9100bae6349d7869a8cba4066fd
[11/07/2015-20:11:27] catch_up: block 22000 (2923.283s 11.045s) a293b8adb5d3dd962ac8dbfbb27e364ca320e63292f5050dac377f6cae6d51d6
[11/07/2015-21:00:36] catch_up: block 23000 (2930.148s 19.511s) 42804cc4f1f40b0446f31f27cadb5cf910b862a8c5650f0e487bcad455b6d8a8

...don't try it on your crappy 512MB VPS...     Fortunately once it's been done once it can be bootsrapped elsewhere from an existing leveldb file.

It might be that the client is offlining itself simply because there are no servers publicly available yet. Or it might be I'm an idiot who has no idea what he's doing. 

[antonio8]

Not sure if issue is on my end but my wallets are stuck at block 158,559

Did not receive one BN payment yesterday so figured I would restart the wallet and seen it.

Says I am 27 hours behind.

[nikos64]

Not sure if issue is on my end but my wallets are stuck at block 158,559

Did not receive one BN payment yesterday so figured I would restart the wallet and seen it.

Says I am 27 hours behind.

Same here.
No new block in the network the last 28 hours...

[dextronomous]

Just been on a short holiday 3 weeks in Konya Turkey. Had to close my miners and stuff. And since then while on holiday have seen the block propagation and or creation staggering took a day now 28 hrs. But then my 7950's never showed their speeds at the pools. So happy now miouw. And then still wondering if out of all the wallets as bn i have them being paid once a while even though the blocks are found by me at ridicilous speeds are not being paid out to me so guys keep the coding up. Hope to see my true speeds at the pool once up. And hope to see a more stable payout.

Have got 2 weeks here left.

[doesntmatter]

there will have to be a fork, or someone with a current running wallet with it setup to mine on will have to mine the block (SOLO, NOT with NAN'S Miner)... It is too far behind to allow me to mine the single block needed... This is the real problem with momentum... THE WALLET WON'T EVEN MINE NOW!!! HOW IS THIS not the priority?  How can you add more to a non working wallet?

[BarTeam]

number of BCR duplicated???

Back to normal...

[bitcreditscc]

Not sure if issue is on my end but my wallets are stuck at block 158,559

Did not receive one BN payment yesterday so figured I would restart the wallet and seen it.

Says I am 27 hours behind.

Momentum diff was left high and dry after another massive hash drop off. i was unavailable so it was perpetuated.

looking normalized now and we are going to hold a session on discussing the next steps to prevent this from ever happening again.

we have already posted the solutions but they require someone with deeper knowledge of cryptography to comment, as i also have my limitations. from a logical and mathematical pov we have a solution, but as i do not have qualifications in pure cryptography , we are better off at least hearing from one person who know what they are talking about.

[LucD88]

Sorry for my repetitive question, but has there been any progression on the wallet? I'm barely able to start the current version of the wallet on Win 8.1 x64, it rarely launches but only after trying about ~50 times. Problem is that I'm unable to transfer the ~500k BCR from Bittrex to my wallet... Besides it's quite a scary thought sending that amount of BCR to a 'broken' wallet.

Hope the wallet issue is fixed soon, keep up the good work!

[bitcreditscc]

Sorry for my repetitive question, but has there been any progression on the wallet? I'm barely able to start the current version of the wallet on Win 8.1 x64, it rarely launches but only after trying about ~50 times. Problem is that I'm unable to transfer the ~500k BCR from Bittrex to my wallet... Besides it's quite a scary thought sending that amount of BCR to a 'broken' wallet.

Hope the wallet issue is fixed soon, keep up the good work!

Very sorry guys , real life has slowed work the last couple of days. I was in the middle of a deep testing period of the wallet trying to pin point the issues. I'm back at it and will post results soon.

[LucD88]

Sorry for my repetitive question, but has there been any progression on the wallet? I'm barely able to start the current version of the wallet on Win 8.1 x64, it rarely launches but only after trying about ~50 times. Problem is that I'm unable to transfer the ~500k BCR from Bittrex to my wallet... Besides it's quite a scary thought sending that amount of BCR to a 'broken' wallet.

Hope the wallet issue is fixed soon, keep up the good work!

Very sorry guys , real life has slowed work the last couple of days. I was in the middle of a deep testing period of the wallet trying to pin point the issues. I'm back at it and will post results soon.

You sure are a work-a-holic.. Take it easy, real life is important as well. However, the effort you're putting into this coin is highly appreciated! Much respect and a big thank you!

If there's anything I can do to help, let me know.

[Department of]

Hey, just letting you know, even though I've been MIA for a while I still believe in this project and where it's going.  Not too worried about price right now.  Inflation is high and bitcoin has been going up, so it's to be expected.  As the features keep coming and things become more stable people will realize the potential of this project.  Keep up the good work devs.  Let me know if there's any non-technical things I can help with.

[thelonecrouton]

If anyone can spare a little time to put together some simple guides that would be great. And I mean simple -

How do I find my Bitcredit address(es)?
How do I send BCR?
What does "Immature Balance" mean?
How do I add a sending address to my addressbook?
How do I set my password?
What is a paper wallet?
How do I get my address privkey(s) so I can recover my BCR if my wallet file gets lost or I forget my password? (Most cryptognats skip this one, and I know a few who have bitterly regretted not taking this simple step.)

etc.

Anything your granny might ask or find useful. Something you wish you had known to begin with. Screenshots optional but welcome, any format you like. 

[thelonecrouton]

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/new-spanish-service-lets-people-buy-bitcoin-local-stores/

Wondering if something like this could be incorporated into the bidding and distribution process?

Someone who wants to bid on the day's fresh BCR buys a bid ticket for whatever amount they wish on Amazon or ebay or the BCR website or wherever, in whatever currency they want. Each ticket has a privkey on it which after the superblock is run, they can use to import whatever they have 'won' into their wallet.

Or they could simply buy a $10 card worth however many BCR... maybe the average of the last week's bids?

All proceeds to the Bitcredit Asset Fund that everyone with BCR owns a proportional part of. That will provide increasing price stability (at increasing price!) as it grows.

Remember, for users (as opposed to speculators) the actual BCR price isn't that relevant. They just want to eg. transfer some wealth to their family back home, who can cash it out if they want into whatever their local currency is.

Same as when you're going on holiday to LaLaLand, you don't really care how many LaLaBucks you get per $/£/€, you just buy whatever you can afford or think you'll need.