I haven't figured out a good way to present these 2 different mining options together without confusing the user.
Dropdown with "Pool" and "Solo" options, with a URL input for the pool getting disabled when solo is selected? 
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Fantastic upgrade.
*edit - I notice that if I run my mouse over the hammers while I am mining, the client tells me that I am not mining. Small bug I'm sure.
*edit - I notice that if I run my mouse over the hammers while I am mining, the client tells me that I am not mining. Small bug I'm sure.
Yes, that status is only hooked up the the internal miner. I need to hook it up to the poll miner info, but I haven't figured out a good way to present these 2 different mining options together without confusing the user.
Neat implementation, and thanks for fixing the application launch on non-Windows OSes, didn't know about that. 
I would probably try cleaning a few things if it wouldn't be for the fact that Litecoin isn't compiling for me (seems to be something in the project file that was modified back in the bitcoin-qt fork)
I would probably try cleaning a few things if it wouldn't be for the fact that Litecoin isn't compiling for me (seems to be something in the project file that was modified back in the bitcoin-qt fork)
Matoking, if would be great if you can fork your own Litecoin repo, make your changes, and submit a pull request. What were you thinking of doing? I was going to work on adding an "full log" checkbox that would switch the output to exactly what minerd prints out. This will be useful for advance users that want to see the full output.
Just spent the last couple hours incorporating Matoking's ScryptMiner minerd GUI with the Litecoin client.
It's a new mining tab that let's you start/stop/configure minerd to run against any pool.
You need to make sure that the minerd executable and libraries are in the same directory as the Litecoin-QT application.
Let me know what you guys think. And thanks to Matoking for creating the original GUI.
https://github.com/downloads/coblee/litecoin/litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.3.zip
Neat implementation, and thanks for fixing the application launch on non-Windows OSes, didn't know about that. It's a new mining tab that let's you start/stop/configure minerd to run against any pool.
You need to make sure that the minerd executable and libraries are in the same directory as the Litecoin-QT application.
Let me know what you guys think. And thanks to Matoking for creating the original GUI.
https://github.com/downloads/coblee/litecoin/litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.3.zip
I would probably try cleaning a few things if it wouldn't be for the fact that Litecoin isn't compiling for me (seems to be something in the project file that was modified back in the bitcoin-qt fork)
EDIT :
Nevermind, found a fix to the compiling problem :
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.567123
I'll be making some changes into the mining stuff tomorrow.
Fantastic upgrade.
*edit - I notice that if I run my mouse over the hammers while I am mining, the client tells me that I am not mining. Small bug I'm sure.
*edit - I notice that if I run my mouse over the hammers while I am mining, the client tells me that I am not mining. Small bug I'm sure.
Just spent the last couple hours incorporating Matoking's ScryptMiner minerd GUI with the Litecoin client.
It's a new mining tab that let's you start/stop/configure minerd to run against any pool.
You need to make sure that the minerd executable and libraries are in the same directory as the Litecoin-QT application.
Let me know what you guys think. And thanks to Matoking for creating the original GUI.
https://github.com/downloads/coblee/litecoin/litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.3.zip
Works perfect but I'd appreciate an option to hide it It's a new mining tab that let's you start/stop/configure minerd to run against any pool.
You need to make sure that the minerd executable and libraries are in the same directory as the Litecoin-QT application.
Let me know what you guys think. And thanks to Matoking for creating the original GUI.
https://github.com/downloads/coblee/litecoin/litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.3.zip
(also you didn't remove mining from options)
Just spent the last couple hours incorporating Matoking's ScryptMiner minerd GUI with the Litecoin client.
It's a new mining tab that let's you start/stop/configure minerd to run against any pool.
You need to make sure that the minerd executable and libraries are in the same directory as the Litecoin-QT application.
Let me know what you guys think. And thanks to Matoking for creating the original GUI.
https://github.com/downloads/coblee/litecoin/litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.3.zip
It's a new mining tab that let's you start/stop/configure minerd to run against any pool.
You need to make sure that the minerd executable and libraries are in the same directory as the Litecoin-QT application.
Let me know what you guys think. And thanks to Matoking for creating the original GUI.
https://github.com/downloads/coblee/litecoin/litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.3.zip
Litecoin version 0.5.0.2 has been released with the new Litecoin logo.
Windows client: https://github.com/downloads/coblee/litecoin/litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.2.zip
Nice one coblee, all though the icon is just a small grey blob in the captionbar ;-)Windows client: https://github.com/downloads/coblee/litecoin/litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.2.zip
Yeah, the icon doesn't look quite right when it's resized to a small icon in the captionbar. I'm not sure if there's a way to tell it to use the smaller icon. I will look into it.
Litecoin version 0.5.0.2 has been released with the new Litecoin logo.
Windows client: https://github.com/downloads/coblee/litecoin/litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.2.zip
Nice one coblee, all though the icon is just a small grey blob in the captionbar ;-) Windows client: https://github.com/downloads/coblee/litecoin/litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.2.zip
Litecoin version 0.5.0.2 has been released with the new Litecoin logo.
Windows client: https://github.com/downloads/coblee/litecoin/litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.2.zip
Windows client: https://github.com/downloads/coblee/litecoin/litecoin-windows-client-0.5.0.2.zip
I tried to compile the latest litecoind (ver. 50001) in a new machine (Ubuntu 11.04), I transferred my wallet.dat from my current machine, ran litecoind -rescan but my balance appears to be "0.00".
Have I missed something
Did you let it download the blockchain?Have I missed something
Yes, I let it download the blockchain first, stopped the daemon, copied the wallet.dat and restarted the daemon with the -rescan option.
bwuahaha, that rocks. I don't know how to get the white corners off of images in mspaint
Haha nah, you don't want any of my artistic ability associated with LTC 
. What you got now is clean and professional. I appreciate the offer though!
. What you got now is clean and professional. I appreciate the offer though! Awww man my logo woulda looked SWEET on that wallet image!
If you create that image for me, I might consider using it for the testnet splashscreen!
Awww man my logo woulda looked SWEET on that wallet image!
Thanks everyone for helping me design the Litecoin logo!
Here are the final images that BitcoinPorn helped me create for the client. And they look great!
wallet splashscreen:
main icon: (still deciding whether to use the lighter or the slightly darker one)
main icon for testnet:
toolbar icon:
toolbar icon for testnet:
All the rewards are paid out:
Sent 50 LTC reward for submitting logo design:
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Sent 300 LTC reward for winning logo design:
BitcoinPorn - ef045f23cfa2b98675eff8a131d5c9d639fd29bc133084abee8731c285fcc435
Here are the final images that BitcoinPorn helped me create for the client. And they look great!
wallet splashscreen:
main icon: (still deciding whether to use the lighter or the slightly darker one)
main icon for testnet:
toolbar icon:
toolbar icon for testnet:
All the rewards are paid out:
Sent 50 LTC reward for submitting logo design:
michaelmclees - f5c13f042d1166cfa116934e0311ae4afaf7ecd4e548dd181e87283579ee0138
ElectricMucus - 92336a1b924b484f23e5922fc5ae146088d5cca50cc3d76904a5bccb14b07e89
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kano - d245becc42c1f4330693f8057bb4158e0089eb8c1b7a5a806a2509f3b5442ba4
Matoking - 4da59f45dee163e31eee58ed93b57b3a6e845f3f5f804124846637735a55ab06
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chieffery - 96f610806451fe4a2ea510ca3a3f625a6fc41a36c2032342eee980b505e81645
EskimoBob - 74ac2e7479e75f9f412803b1a31001bf16b5d1b255e76ac656aeca4161f41746
Sent 300 LTC reward for winning logo design:
BitcoinPorn - ef045f23cfa2b98675eff8a131d5c9d639fd29bc133084abee8731c285fcc435
The next thing I'd like to add to the Litecoin client is the ability to mine at a pool. Matoking built a nice GUI on top of minerd. I will look into incorporating this into the client. See: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.587882
A similar but opposite feature I'd like work on is for each client to be able to act as a node in a distributed pool.
Something like p2pool: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/P2Pool
Either add a UI for the client to kick off p2pool. Or code up p2pool (or something similar) in C++.
The former will be much simpler, but would be hacky, because litecoin will start/stop/configure p2pool via python scripts, and p2pool will talk to litecoin via RPC calls on localhost.
The latter would be much nicer because the client will communicate with different nodes on the same p2p network as the block chain communication, but it would take considerable amount of work to implement it.
+1 nice! the latter. maybe something could be done in the interim and hold back the c++ implementation for a future release.A similar but opposite feature I'd like work on is for each client to be able to act as a node in a distributed pool.
Something like p2pool: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/P2Pool
Either add a UI for the client to kick off p2pool. Or code up p2pool (or something similar) in C++.
The former will be much simpler, but would be hacky, because litecoin will start/stop/configure p2pool via python scripts, and p2pool will talk to litecoin via RPC calls on localhost.
The latter would be much nicer because the client will communicate with different nodes on the same p2p network as the block chain communication, but it would take considerable amount of work to implement it.
Yeah, maybe the interim version is just the UI to start/stop/configure p2pool.
Having pool options I guess could be necessary, using SolidCoin's drop down as an example, I would not include the names of any specific pools at all and rather just link to a landing page set up to pull recent pool info and activity.
If we want to go the route of a dropdown for pool selection, I was thinking along the lines of defining each pool in a separate pool-[name].conf file and have the client read all those files and populate the pool selection. This way, pools can release their .conf file that users can download. Maybe that's overkill... not sure yet.
The next thing I'd like to add to the Litecoin client is the ability to mine at a pool. Matoking built a nice GUI on top of minerd. I will look into incorporating this into the client. See: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.587882
Sounds like a great idea. Would you be able to include an easy way for people to switch between different flavours of minerd optimized for different CPUs ( like http://www.wuala.com/jbw9/pub/Bitcoin/Tenebrix/miner/win/ ), maybe something like the way guiminer for Bitcoin enables this (doesn't need to be tabs for different versions of minerd, I guess it could be a drop-down selection or something)?Does that mean you want the client bundled with like 10 different versions of minerd?
With Matoking's GUI, you include your own minerd binary and it will use that.
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What's your hash rate?
You don't make progress when mining, you have the same chance of generating a block for every hash you generate.
You don't make progress when mining, you have the same chance of generating a block for every hash you generate.
Hash is approx. 2x3000khash.
I understand that with probability it's not accumulative. But the chances of not getting anything after a couple of days seems a bit much? I just want to be sure everything's setup ok
To the guy who compiled on linux: congrats, I had no joy on that... do we trust you for a binary now?
The total network hash rate is approx 5000khash/sec at the moment.
Anyway, the difficulty has gone up again it's now 0.22023019
So with 1kh/s it would take on average 0.22023019 * 2^32 / 1000 seconds
or approximately 262.75hours per block (almost 11 days)
Divide that by your hash rate to get an idea of your single block expected find time if you found 1,000,000 blocks
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