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coblee authored 3 months ago
Looks like dead project, as we already seen many times (examples are TBX/FBX/IXC etc.). 
It's not dead. I'm still working on it. If anyone wants to help, please let me know.
Topic: [ANN] Litecoin - a lite version of Bitcoin. Launched! - page 341. (Read 1467253 times)
It's not dead. I'm still working on it. If anyone wants to help, please let me know.
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coblee authored 3 months ago
Looks like dead project, as we already seen many times (examples are TBX/FBX/IXC etc.). 
I'd really like to see some mac updates. The client I had won't work for me after I had to do a time machine re-install. Can't figure out how to load the app. It instantly crashes. Would be nice to run Litecoins on the computer as most of the time it's open for iTunes while I'm at my drafting table at the office.
Also, this might not be the best place to start requesting this, but I think we should have some sort of backup system implemented into the Litecoin app. Push a button, it exports a file to the DESKTOP ready for USB backup. I was thrilled to see that the Litecoin app had a built in miner (less thrilled that I had to add a minerd), but we REALLY NEED to make this stuff more user friendly. I know my way around computers, but I find myself having to do a lot of research for some of the smallest things. Miners might put up with it, but why would anyone else? Having a noob-friendly system might help Litecoin. If you look at practicality reasons for Litecoin, it will be the cellphone/ipad kids that would really kick these coins off with small trade systems.
Also, this might not be the best place to start requesting this, but I think we should have some sort of backup system implemented into the Litecoin app. Push a button, it exports a file to the DESKTOP ready for USB backup. I was thrilled to see that the Litecoin app had a built in miner (less thrilled that I had to add a minerd), but we REALLY NEED to make this stuff more user friendly. I know my way around computers, but I find myself having to do a lot of research for some of the smallest things. Miners might put up with it, but why would anyone else? Having a noob-friendly system might help Litecoin. If you look at practicality reasons for Litecoin, it will be the cellphone/ipad kids that would really kick these coins off with small trade systems.
Interesting.
I'd really like to see some mac updates. The client I had won't work for me after I had to do a time machine re-install. Can't figure out how to load the app. It instantly crashes. Would be nice to run Litecoins on the computer as most of the time it's open for iTunes while I'm at my drafting table at the office.
Also, this might not be the best place to start requesting this, but I think we should have some sort of backup system implemented into the Litecoin app. Push a button, it exports a file to the DESKTOP ready for USB backup. I was thrilled to see that the Litecoin app had a built in miner (less thrilled that I had to add a minerd), but we REALLY NEED to make this stuff more user friendly. I know my way around computers, but I find myself having to do a lot of research for some of the smallest things. Miners might put up with it, but why would anyone else? Having a noob-friendly system might help Litecoin. If you look at practicality reasons for Litecoin, it will be the cellphone/ipad kids that would really kick these coins off with small trade systems.
Also, this might not be the best place to start requesting this, but I think we should have some sort of backup system implemented into the Litecoin app. Push a button, it exports a file to the DESKTOP ready for USB backup. I was thrilled to see that the Litecoin app had a built in miner (less thrilled that I had to add a minerd), but we REALLY NEED to make this stuff more user friendly. I know my way around computers, but I find myself having to do a lot of research for some of the smallest things. Miners might put up with it, but why would anyone else? Having a noob-friendly system might help Litecoin. If you look at practicality reasons for Litecoin, it will be the cellphone/ipad kids that would really kick these coins off with small trade systems.
Heads up to coblee: You need to integrate net.h and net.cpp from bitcoin 0.5.2 for the program to compile correctly in Linux with the newest version of miniupnp, otherwise you get
https://github.com/coblee/litecoin/pull/16Code:
error: too few arguments to function 'UPNPDev* upnpDiscover(int, const char*, const char*, int, int*)'
There is the pull request, that fixes this.
P2Pool users: An upgrade is required in the next 24 hours in order to continue mining. There is a scheduled protocol change that breaks compatibility with older nodes, but adds support for raising your local difficulty and is more robust against DoS attacks. See https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.758574 . Thanks!
Just in case you haven't seen the announcement for it, here is the Litecoin Faucet:
http://freelitecoins.appspot.com/
The Thread Announcement:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/announce-litecoin-faucet-httpfreelitecoinsappspotcom-65936
http://freelitecoins.appspot.com/
The Thread Announcement:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/announce-litecoin-faucet-httpfreelitecoinsappspotcom-65936
Heads up to coblee: You need to integrate net.h and net.cpp from bitcoin 0.5.2 for the program to compile correctly in Linux with the newest version of miniupnp, otherwise you get
Code:
error: too few arguments to function 'UPNPDev* upnpDiscover(int, const char*, const char*, int, int*)'
One thing I have noticed is that minerd hits DNS really hard.
(my DNS server at home is using a full CPU to deal with 3 of them)
(my DNS server at home is using a full CPU to deal with 3 of them)
Is this true? Anybody can confirm? But why would minerd do it? It should use only one url so there is no reason to continuously do dns requests right?...
I am planning on having 2 different Litecoin installations on separate PCs: one PC for personal LTC wallet storage, and the other PC dedicated to mining LTC. I'm assuming each Litecoin installation will generate their own separate LTC addresses. Guess the trick here is to make sure not to ever mix the 2 Litecoin wallets.
This is correct. If you feel so inclined, you can even run two clients on the same box, just pass datadir -datadir=1 to one, and -datadir=2 to the other.Ahhh, good info. Thanks Terrytibbs
I am planning on having 2 different Litecoin installations on separate PCs: one PC for personal LTC wallet storage, and the other PC dedicated to mining LTC. I'm assuming each Litecoin installation will generate their own separate LTC addresses. Guess the trick here is to make sure not to ever mix the 2 Litecoin wallets.
This is correct. If you feel so inclined, you can even run two clients on the same box, just pass datadir -datadir=1 to one, and -datadir=2 to the other. Having a minor issue with the Litecoin client.
I recently installed litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.9 on Windows 7. What I had done to install was unzip the file onto my Win Desktop and
in the folder, double clicked the executable.
Unlike the bitcoin client, it did not create a program entry in Windows /program menu, so I had to make a shortcut to the executable.
Also LItecoin does not appear in my Windows Program Lists, unlike the Bitcoin Client which does.
Now I would like to uninstall Litecoin client from this PC for now, how do I go about that? I have already secured my Litecoin wallet.
I do see the Litecoin installation under the "Roaming" directories, similar to Bitcoin, but I have no clue as to uninstalling it.
Thanks,
Stew
Stewart,I recently installed litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.9 on Windows 7. What I had done to install was unzip the file onto my Win Desktop and
in the folder, double clicked the executable.
Unlike the bitcoin client, it did not create a program entry in Windows /program menu, so I had to make a shortcut to the executable.
Also LItecoin does not appear in my Windows Program Lists, unlike the Bitcoin Client which does.
Now I would like to uninstall Litecoin client from this PC for now, how do I go about that? I have already secured my Litecoin wallet.
I do see the Litecoin installation under the "Roaming" directories, similar to Bitcoin, but I have no clue as to uninstalling it.
Thanks,
Stew
The default Litecoin client is different in this regard, as it does not install itself. In your case, you would delete the Litecoin directory in your %AppData%\Roaming directory (after backing the wallet.dat up), and the files extracted from the "litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.9.zip" archive. To my knowledge, the client itself does not modify the Windows registry.
Good luck.
Thanks for the heads up on that. Now I know what to do. Guess it makes it a little more portable in that respect.
I am planning on having 2 different Litecoin installations on separate PCs: one PC for personal LTC wallet storage, and the other PC dedicated to mining LTC. I'm assuming each Litecoin installation will generate their own separate LTC addresses. Guess the trick here is to make sure not to ever mix the 2 Litecoin wallets.
Having a minor issue with the Litecoin client.
I recently installed litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.9 on Windows 7. What I had done to install was unzip the file onto my Win Desktop and
in the folder, double clicked the executable.
Unlike the bitcoin client, it did not create a program entry in Windows /program menu, so I had to make a shortcut to the executable.
Also LItecoin does not appear in my Windows Program Lists, unlike the Bitcoin Client which does.
Now I would like to uninstall Litecoin client from this PC for now, how do I go about that? I have already secured my Litecoin wallet.
I do see the Litecoin installation under the "Roaming" directories, similar to Bitcoin, but I have no clue as to uninstalling it.
Thanks,
Stew
Stewart,I recently installed litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.9 on Windows 7. What I had done to install was unzip the file onto my Win Desktop and
in the folder, double clicked the executable.
Unlike the bitcoin client, it did not create a program entry in Windows /program menu, so I had to make a shortcut to the executable.
Also LItecoin does not appear in my Windows Program Lists, unlike the Bitcoin Client which does.
Now I would like to uninstall Litecoin client from this PC for now, how do I go about that? I have already secured my Litecoin wallet.
I do see the Litecoin installation under the "Roaming" directories, similar to Bitcoin, but I have no clue as to uninstalling it.
Thanks,
Stew
The default Litecoin client is different in this regard, as it does not install itself. In your case, you would delete the Litecoin directory in your %AppData%\Roaming directory (after backing the wallet.dat up), and the files extracted from the "litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.9.zip" archive. To my knowledge, the client itself does not modify the Windows registry.
Good luck.
Having a minor issue with the Litecoin client.
I recently installed litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.9 on Windows 7. What I had done to install was unzip the file onto my Win Desktop and
in the folder, double clicked the executable.
Unlike the bitcoin client, it did not create a program entry in Windows /program menu, so I had to make a shortcut to the executable.
Also Litecoin does not appear in my Windows Program Lists, unlike the Bitcoin Client which does.
Now I would like to uninstall Litecoin client from this PC for now, how do I go about that? I have already secured my Litecoin wallet.
I do see the Litecoin installation under the Windows "Roaming" directories, similar to Bitcoin, but I have no clue as to uninstalling it.
Thanks,
Stew
I recently installed litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.9 on Windows 7. What I had done to install was unzip the file onto my Win Desktop and
in the folder, double clicked the executable.
Unlike the bitcoin client, it did not create a program entry in Windows /program menu, so I had to make a shortcut to the executable.
Also Litecoin does not appear in my Windows Program Lists, unlike the Bitcoin Client which does.
Now I would like to uninstall Litecoin client from this PC for now, how do I go about that? I have already secured my Litecoin wallet.
I do see the Litecoin installation under the Windows "Roaming" directories, similar to Bitcoin, but I have no clue as to uninstalling it.
Thanks,
Stew
the mac version seems to crash instantly when trying to launch the program ?
Not sure if anyone is paying attention, but the number of "Other" miners has fallen to nearly 40%, and it seems the bulk of people are now mining in pools. I think the golden era of litecoin may be coming.
Basing it on bitcoins and making it CPU friendly was a smart move. Is the generation process something that can never be done in OpenCL/CUDA? or will someone eventually write that code and mess things up?
One of the things that I don't quite understand is why you chose 2.5minute block time. One of the main problems for bitcoins are in real-time transactions - was that like the lowest technically feasible time for true transactions to propagate the network or something?
One of the things that I don't quite understand is why you chose 2.5minute block time. One of the main problems for bitcoins are in real-time transactions - was that like the lowest technically feasible time for true transactions to propagate the network or something?
The faster you make the block chain, the more quickly it grows in size... To keep it from becoming massive, you need to choose a reasonable block time size. GG proved that you can have insanely high block generation rates, but I think you still potentially risk clutter by having it too large.
Scrypt is difficult for GPUs to perform, so far no one has really proved a faster GPU miner
Basing it on bitcoins and making it CPU friendly was a smart move. Is the generation process something that can never be done in OpenCL/CUDA? or will someone eventually write that code and mess things up?
One of the things that I don't quite understand is why you chose 2.5minute block time. One of the main problems for bitcoins are in real-time transactions - was that like the lowest technically feasible time for true transactions to propagate the network or something?
One of the things that I don't quite understand is why you chose 2.5minute block time. One of the main problems for bitcoins are in real-time transactions - was that like the lowest technically feasible time for true transactions to propagate the network or something?
Coblee,
when I do "git clone https://github.com/coblee/litecoin.git" I get this output:
Cloning into litecoin...
remote: Counting objects: 9176, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3598/3598), done.
Receiving objects: 23% (2111/9176), 1.25 MiB | 385 KiB/s
It stops at 23% and does not continue. Is this a problem with github or am I doing something wrong?
EDIT: It works now.
when I do "git clone https://github.com/coblee/litecoin.git" I get this output:
Cloning into litecoin...
remote: Counting objects: 9176, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3598/3598), done.
Receiving objects: 23% (2111/9176), 1.25 MiB | 385 KiB/s
It stops at 23% and does not continue. Is this a problem with github or am I doing something wrong?
EDIT: It works now.
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