Topic: [ANN] [ASIC-RESISTANT] UltraCoin (UTC) - Ultrafast 6 second transactions!! - page 128. (Read 946650 times)

when does nfactor change. My current time is 1:33AM

That is what I said, I'll just copy it below and save myself the trouble of explaining it.  


The wallet passes the Timestamp to the function, subtracts the start time to get the total length of time the coin has been producing blocks, does some funky arbitrary math, then returns the N factor, assuming it's between 4 and 30.  If the value is outside that range ( 4> x >30), then it returns 4 or 30.  That's it.  Every call to get the N-factor in every other part of the wallet uses a call to GetNfactor.  For a short term fix, you just comment out the entire block of code, and write "return 12".  Then all the function calls remain the same and you are just forcing a set N factor until you decide on a proper schedule.  

I wouldn't imagine the mining software would care that it is hardcoded.  I'd need thirtybird to go over that though, as I really don't know a ton about that side of it.  I looked at his YACminer code and there are calls to getNFactor, but I got tired of tracking down where they were going to.  He's much better at this stuff than me anyway so he can probably tell me whether there is something wrong with what I said above as well.  

That is what I said, I'll just copy it below and save myself the trouble of explaining it. 


The wallet passes the Timestamp to the function, subtracts the start time to get the total length of time the coin has been producing blocks, does some funky arbitrary math, then returns the N factor, assuming it's between 4 and 30.  If the value is outside that range ( 4> x >30), then it returns 4 or 30.  That's it.  Every call to get the N-factor in every other part of the wallet uses a call to GetNfactor.  For a short term fix, you just comment out the entire block of code, and write "return 12".  Then all the function calls remain the same and you are just forcing a set N factor until you decide on a proper schedule. 

I wouldn't imagine the mining software would care that it is hardcoded.  I'd need thirtybird to go over that though, as I really don't know a ton about that side of it.  I looked at his YACminer code and there are calls to getNFactor, but I got tired of tracking down where they were going to.  He's much better at this stuff than me anyway so he can probably tell me whether there is something wrong with what I said above as well. 

let this coin go, i saw 0.00002002 buy order. None care this.

well there is the factor of changing the wallet software, a mandatory update, and a forced date for transition. However there is also mining software, scrypt-jane/scrypt-chacha mining software also uses the same formula to determine the n-factor when mining. Custom revisions of each of the mining programs used will need to be ready for this change as well. Coordinating all of this is a nightmare in the crypto world, some people don't listen some don't understand and things just get complicated.

// ultracoin: increasing Nfactor gradually
const unsigned char minNfactor = 4;
const unsigned char maxNfactor = 30;

unsigned char GetNfactor(int64 nTimestamp) {
    int l = 0;
    if (nTimestamp <= nChainStartTime || fTestNet)
        return 4;
    int64 s = nTimestamp - nChainStartTime;
    while ((s >> 1) > 3) {
      l += 1;
      s >>= 1;
    }
    s &= 3;
    int n = (l * 170 + s * 25 - 2320) / 100;
    if (n < 0) n = 0;
    if (n > 255)
        printf( "GetNfactor(%lld) - something wrong(n == %d)\n", nTimestamp, n );
    unsigned char N = (unsigned char) n;
    //printf("GetNfactor: %d -> %d %d : %d / %d\n", nTimestamp - nChainStartTime, l, s, n, min(max(N, minNfactor), maxNfactor));

    return min(max(N, minNfactor), maxNfactor);
}

I do not understand why anytime someone complains it is met with the same response "WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HELP THE COIN?"

That's so easy to say, but so unrealistic. Do you expect people to be cheerful when a coin they have invested months of time mining into is literally evaporating in front of their eyes? Everyone can sugar coat this as much as they want, if UTC doesn't start making some REAL changes to get people to use and invest in it, it will drop to nothing, it is already on that path.

Also, not everyone signed on to be a core member of the UTC team. Some people want to mine, some people want to trade, some want to hold, some want to spectate and speculate. It is kind of silly and immature to tell Joe Average that they are not doing enough because they are complaining about a coin they care about and have been investing time and effort into is dying.

Everyone has a role, and to pass the blame onto the community for lack of real world production by the core team is insulting at the very least. People who did not get a piece of the pre-mine and obtained their coins through investing their own time and money, in most cases at a huge loss.

We all do what we can, but to not allow people to express their disappointment and dissatisfaction is flying in the face of the "core values" that the UTC team continues to preach about. People should have the right and freedom to sing the praises of UTC when it is doing well and criticize and complain about it when it is performing  poorly.

We all do our part and play our roles, I think some of this community needs to grow a little and understand what those roles are and who should be playing them.

I mined some coins, bought some coins and have been trying to get an additional block explorer off the ground in my spare time (which is very limited right now), asking me to champion this coin and go around and do marketing beyond what I would do in the normal course of conversation or communication is ludicrous.

If there were exciting news to spread about the coin the community would spread it, frankly, I am not sure that the things in place are enough for people to really care about.

I will say dcgirl's coin arb thing is impressive, very.  It would be nice if it forced all the arbitrations though UTC (since UTC is so fast) one could get money between exchanges at a faster rate than most other coins. It would be a nice way to emphasize that fact to the rest of the world and show them a real world use for UTC.

I have contacted bter and asked them what we can do to get listed.

To the person asking for a Russian or Chinese person to be added to the team - please feel free to volunteer, or direct people our way. We are not about to turn down anyone that wants to help, but don't always know who all of these people are. Thanks.

I try to Tweet in the morning before work a few times and then a few more times in the evening. I do agree the main person is DCGirl and I try to retweet all her posts. I'd like more people to get on Twitter and start talking about #Ultracoin

KC

just curious who the marketing person is now? Because as normal its just me and DCGirl doing all the tweeting everyday. Surely in the whole world there is more than 2 people willing to tweet a few times a day?

Please all get behind the coin and spread the word. Get on blogs get on troll boxes and just highlight what we are aiming to achieve and what is been done.