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Topic: [ANN] Sia - Decentralized Storage - page 387. (Read 1382227 times)

legendary
Activity: 2198
Merit: 1000
October 03, 2015, 12:07:57 PM
Anyone heard anything from ocminer on a possible pool? I'm guessing not, I may shoot a pm to him. Really would be a plus right now to have.  Smiley
sr. member
Activity: 248
Merit: 250
October 03, 2015, 02:36:09 AM
hi, sorry to be a pita, how exactly does one use this command  `./siad --help`

i stuck it in the cmd window with no joy
dragged the miner into the cmd window, deleted the miner.exe bit of the end and replaced it with that quote with no joy amongst many other combos
i feel sure this is basics im mesing up but perhaps you could give a full example of how to use it please?

thanks
newbie
Activity: 33
Merit: 0
September 30, 2015, 04:34:54 PM
I wrote a little HOWTO for configuring a Siad host on a Ubuntu server:

HOWTO Run Sia host on Ubuntu server
GitHub gist: https://gist.github.com/pmknutsen/7521a29fe8125c24eb3e
legendary
Activity: 2087
Merit: 1015
September 30, 2015, 02:53:06 PM
Question: In the UI, it says XXXX blocks left. What happens to files when the rental period expires? Do files auto-renew? What if wallet is empty? They then get deleted?

As of now the file is deleted from the network when it expires.

An upcoming version will feature auto-renew
sr. member
Activity: 247
Merit: 250
September 30, 2015, 01:42:53 PM
Question: In the UI, it says XXXX blocks left. What happens to files when the rental period expires? Do files auto-renew? What if wallet is empty? They then get deleted?
newbie
Activity: 33
Merit: 0
September 29, 2015, 08:52:19 PM
Announcing PHP-Sia
GitHub: https://github.com/pmknutsen/PHP-Sia

PHP-Sia provides a library of methods for PHP developers to communicate with Sia.

This library will be expanded as I work on this for my own projects. I'm currently implementing an accounts system, for tracking address balances and payments.

For now, the library supports:
  • sending funds
  • creating addresses
  • uploading/sharing/downloading files
  • and more

Note that PHP-Sia uses some API calls that are deprecated as of Sia 0.4.2. I'll keep maintaining the code to keep up with new Sia releases.
legendary
Activity: 1094
Merit: 1006
September 28, 2015, 06:55:50 PM
Thanks Taek. Sia seems an interesting and very promising product.
Will be waiting for the release of version 1.0

There is no reason to wait for version 1.0.

Sia is already an interesting and useful protocol. You can already upload files to the Sia network, with the knowledge your files are encrypted and stored redundantly across multiple hosts. The price for this service is currently much cheaper that most, if not all, other storage providers.

In fact, I'd say now is the best time to get in. The Siacoin (SC) used to pay for storage on the Sia network is currently also very, very cheap.

The protocol and client are both still fairly unstable. Great if you are comfortable with bugs, and with the chance of losing money and files because of early-stage instability.

Things get better every iteration, but there is still a lot that could be improved. But it's definitely worth trying out with trivial money and with files you've got backed up in places other than Sia.
You guys are using Reid-Solomon right? What are your parameters?

Right now we're using 2 data pieces with 10 parity pieces. That's a redundancy of 6. By November we're looking at switching to 3 data pieces with 12 parity pieces, for a redundancy of 5. We'll keep raising the numbers and reducing redundancy as the host churn drops.
Ok, that makes sense. Running simulations on our Test Group B data. Will plug that in.
hero member
Activity: 543
Merit: 501
September 28, 2015, 05:04:30 PM
Thanks Taek. Sia seems an interesting and very promising product.
Will be waiting for the release of version 1.0

There is no reason to wait for version 1.0.

Sia is already an interesting and useful protocol. You can already upload files to the Sia network, with the knowledge your files are encrypted and stored redundantly across multiple hosts. The price for this service is currently much cheaper that most, if not all, other storage providers.

In fact, I'd say now is the best time to get in. The Siacoin (SC) used to pay for storage on the Sia network is currently also very, very cheap.

The protocol and client are both still fairly unstable. Great if you are comfortable with bugs, and with the chance of losing money and files because of early-stage instability.

Things get better every iteration, but there is still a lot that could be improved. But it's definitely worth trying out with trivial money and with files you've got backed up in places other than Sia.
You guys are using Reid-Solomon right? What are your parameters?

Right now we're using 2 data pieces with 10 parity pieces. That's a redundancy of 6. By November we're looking at switching to 3 data pieces with 12 parity pieces, for a redundancy of 5. We'll keep raising the numbers and reducing redundancy as the host churn drops.
legendary
Activity: 1094
Merit: 1006
September 27, 2015, 12:21:57 PM
Thanks Taek. Sia seems an interesting and very promising product.
Will be waiting for the release of version 1.0

There is no reason to wait for version 1.0.

Sia is already an interesting and useful protocol. You can already upload files to the Sia network, with the knowledge your files are encrypted and stored redundantly across multiple hosts. The price for this service is currently much cheaper that most, if not all, other storage providers.

In fact, I'd say now is the best time to get in. The Siacoin (SC) used to pay for storage on the Sia network is currently also very, very cheap.

The protocol and client are both still fairly unstable. Great if you are comfortable with bugs, and with the chance of losing money and files because of early-stage instability.

Things get better every iteration, but there is still a lot that could be improved. But it's definitely worth trying out with trivial money and with files you've got backed up in places other than Sia.
You guys are using Reid-Solomon right? What are your parameters?
hero member
Activity: 543
Merit: 501
September 27, 2015, 11:29:16 AM
Thanks Taek. Sia seems an interesting and very promising product.
Will be waiting for the release of version 1.0

There is no reason to wait for version 1.0.

Sia is already an interesting and useful protocol. You can already upload files to the Sia network, with the knowledge your files are encrypted and stored redundantly across multiple hosts. The price for this service is currently much cheaper that most, if not all, other storage providers.

In fact, I'd say now is the best time to get in. The Siacoin (SC) used to pay for storage on the Sia network is currently also very, very cheap.

The protocol and client are both still fairly unstable. Great if you are comfortable with bugs, and with the chance of losing money and files because of early-stage instability.

Things get better every iteration, but there is still a lot that could be improved. But it's definitely worth trying out with trivial money and with files you've got backed up in places other than Sia.
sr. member
Activity: 247
Merit: 250
September 26, 2015, 05:13:11 PM
Thanks Taek. Sia seems an interesting and very promising product.
Will be waiting for the release of version 1.0

There is no reason to wait for version 1.0.

Sia is already an interesting and useful protocol. You can already upload files to the Sia network, with the knowledge your files are encrypted and stored redundantly across multiple hosts. The price for this service is currently much cheaper that most, if not all, other storage providers.

In fact, I'd say now is the best time to get in. The Siacoin (SC) used to pay for storage on the Sia network is currently also very, very cheap.
hero member
Activity: 543
Merit: 501
September 26, 2015, 03:33:54 PM
If you don't have both nodes running all the time then you need to wait for a block confirmation before the balance shows up...

What exactly does that mean? Doesn't at least one block need to be mined before the transaction is registered on the receiving end?

The nodes will do 0-confirmation transactions, they'll show up as 'pending' in the 0.4.x UI.

hero member
Activity: 543
Merit: 501
September 26, 2015, 03:33:46 PM
I tried to send some SC to my Desktop wallet. It seems like it is stuck?


Code:
root@aeonminerone:~/Sia_v0.4.2-beta_linux_amd64# ./siac wallet send siacoins 3600SC 5dfa9f1c7ccca11115bb3e9ad3bae7c1a4e5e6a95557093e8095210c2a05d3da0d8c054e3b04

Code:
root@aeonminerone:~/Sia_v0.4.2-beta_linux_amd64# ./siac wallet status
Wallet status:
Encrypted, Unlocked
Confirmed Balance:   3719.10 SC
Unconfirmed Delta:  -3610.00 SC
Exact:               3719098285720000000000000000 H
Siafunds:            0 SF
Siafund Claims:      0 SC
root@aeonminerone:~/Sia_v0.4.2-beta_linux_amd64#

Did I do something wrong? How do I get my funds?

Looks like the transfer just didn't confirm. Note with the current low hash rates, blocks are mined very slow, about 1 every few hours. So, it might take that long, or longer, for your transaction to confirm.

If you don't have both nodes running all the time then you need to wait for a block confirmation before the balance shows up. I suspect you just didn't give it enough time, block rate is really slow right now because miners keep coin-hopping.

OK, but the wallet I created and sent those funds to disappeared from my desktop client. The whole client looks as though everything disappeared, and and the wallet is re-syncing from the beginning. So it looks like my funds are gone. Is there a way to retrieve this?

http://explorestaging.siacoin.com/hash?h=5dfa9f1c7ccca11115bb3e9ad3bae7c1a4e5e6a95557093e8095210c2a05d3da0d8c054e3b04&submit=Submit

The explorer says that the coins are still in the address you sent them to. How did you get that address? And what version was the wallet? If you got the address from a 0.4.x wallet I can help you get the coins back. It'll be in your backup file, but you might have to do more than load it. (you may need to create a bunch of addresses - like 100 or so - and then restart 'siad' before the balance appears. We're working on making that unnecessary in future versions)
newbie
Activity: 19
Merit: 0
September 25, 2015, 10:18:03 PM
I tried to send some SC to my Desktop wallet. It seems like it is stuck?


Code:
root@aeonminerone:~/Sia_v0.4.2-beta_linux_amd64# ./siac wallet send siacoins 3600SC 5dfa9f1c7ccca11115bb3e9ad3bae7c1a4e5e6a95557093e8095210c2a05d3da0d8c054e3b04

Code:
root@aeonminerone:~/Sia_v0.4.2-beta_linux_amd64# ./siac wallet status
Wallet status:
Encrypted, Unlocked
Confirmed Balance:   3719.10 SC
Unconfirmed Delta:  -3610.00 SC
Exact:               3719098285720000000000000000 H
Siafunds:            0 SF
Siafund Claims:      0 SC
root@aeonminerone:~/Sia_v0.4.2-beta_linux_amd64#

Did I do something wrong? How do I get my funds?

Looks like the transfer just didn't confirm. Note with the current low hash rates, blocks are mined very slow, about 1 every few hours. So, it might take that long, or longer, for your transaction to confirm.

If you don't have both nodes running all the time then you need to wait for a block confirmation before the balance shows up. I suspect you just didn't give it enough time, block rate is really slow right now because miners keep coin-hopping.

OK, but the wallet I created and sent those funds to disappeared from my desktop client. The whole client looks as though everything disappeared, and and the wallet is re-syncing from the beginning. So it looks like my funds are gone. Is there a way to retrieve this?
sr. member
Activity: 247
Merit: 250
September 25, 2015, 12:36:17 PM
If you don't have both nodes running all the time then you need to wait for a block confirmation before the balance shows up...

What exactly does that mean? Doesn't at least one block need to be mined before the transaction is registered on the receiving end?
hero member
Activity: 543
Merit: 501
September 25, 2015, 10:05:43 AM
I tried to send some SC to my Desktop wallet. It seems like it is stuck?


Code:
root@aeonminerone:~/Sia_v0.4.2-beta_linux_amd64# ./siac wallet send siacoins 3600SC 5dfa9f1c7ccca11115bb3e9ad3bae7c1a4e5e6a95557093e8095210c2a05d3da0d8c054e3b04

Code:
root@aeonminerone:~/Sia_v0.4.2-beta_linux_amd64# ./siac wallet status
Wallet status:
Encrypted, Unlocked
Confirmed Balance:   3719.10 SC
Unconfirmed Delta:  -3610.00 SC
Exact:               3719098285720000000000000000 H
Siafunds:            0 SF
Siafund Claims:      0 SC
root@aeonminerone:~/Sia_v0.4.2-beta_linux_amd64#

Did I do something wrong? How do I get my funds?

Looks like the transfer just didn't confirm. Note with the current low hash rates, blocks are mined very slow, about 1 every few hours. So, it might take that long, or longer, for your transaction to confirm.

If you don't have both nodes running all the time then you need to wait for a block confirmation before the balance shows up. I suspect you just didn't give it enough time, block rate is really slow right now because miners keep coin-hopping.
newbie
Activity: 7
Merit: 0
September 25, 2015, 05:23:28 AM
Thanks Taek. Sia seems an interesting and very promising product.

Will be waiting for the release of version 1.0
sr. member
Activity: 247
Merit: 250
September 24, 2015, 03:46:03 PM
I tried to send some SC to my Desktop wallet. It seems like it is stuck?


Code:
root@aeonminerone:~/Sia_v0.4.2-beta_linux_amd64# ./siac wallet send siacoins 3600SC 5dfa9f1c7ccca11115bb3e9ad3bae7c1a4e5e6a95557093e8095210c2a05d3da0d8c054e3b04

Code:
root@aeonminerone:~/Sia_v0.4.2-beta_linux_amd64# ./siac wallet status
Wallet status:
Encrypted, Unlocked
Confirmed Balance:   3719.10 SC
Unconfirmed Delta:  -3610.00 SC
Exact:               3719098285720000000000000000 H
Siafunds:            0 SF
Siafund Claims:      0 SC
root@aeonminerone:~/Sia_v0.4.2-beta_linux_amd64#

Did I do something wrong? How do I get my funds?

Looks like the transfer just didn't confirm. Note with the current low hash rates, blocks are mined very slow, about 1 every few hours. So, it might take that long, or longer, for your transaction to confirm.
newbie
Activity: 19
Merit: 0
September 24, 2015, 03:09:31 PM
Now I open my Sia Wallet on my laptop, and the address I created and tried to send is gone.

Did I lose my SC? Did I send to a black hole? That kinda sucks....
newbie
Activity: 19
Merit: 0
September 24, 2015, 01:59:47 PM
I tried to send some SC to my Desktop wallet. It seems like it is stuck?


Code:
root@aeonminerone:~/Sia_v0.4.2-beta_linux_amd64# ./siac wallet send siacoins 3600SC 5dfa9f1c7ccca11115bb3e9ad3bae7c1a4e5e6a95557093e8095210c2a05d3da0d8c054e3b04

Code:
root@aeonminerone:~/Sia_v0.4.2-beta_linux_amd64# ./siac wallet status
Wallet status:
Encrypted, Unlocked
Confirmed Balance:   3719.10 SC
Unconfirmed Delta:  -3610.00 SC
Exact:               3719098285720000000000000000 H
Siafunds:            0 SF
Siafund Claims:      0 SC
root@aeonminerone:~/Sia_v0.4.2-beta_linux_amd64#

Did I do something wrong? How do I get my funds?
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