[announce] Namecoin - a distributed naming system based on Bitcoin - page 78.

marcus_of_augustus

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Eadem mutata resurgo

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Why not now? It allows people to easily review the changes.

Dumping tarballs and binaries is not how you do development, especially open source.

heheh, Satoshi might argue with you ... in an ideal world everyone would know perfect git and write essays about philosophy behind minor modes... but let's not be too anal shall we? ... and at this point namecoin will take whatever dev work it can get.

snailbrain

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Quote from: ?? on ??

Why not now? It allows people to easily review the changes.

Dumping tarballs and binaries is not how you do development, especially open source.

working on it.. sorry, be patient <3

snailbrain

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You should provide a git repository.

we will eventually..

snailbrain

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please help test:

DO NOT USE AS MAIN WALLET

Namecoin-QT Alpha 0.1 - based on Namecoin 3.50 + Latest Bitcoin-qt Warning - you may lose NMC
Source + Win bin

Make sure you Backup your wallet
Make sure you Backup the Block Chain (re-downloading = nightmare)
Send Coins at your OWN Risk.. please test with small amounts

Known Bugs:

sendtoname (via console) crashes client on my win7-64.. the original namecoind 3.50 does the same for me (but seems to be working for others?)
Sending Coins - 2 days ago I sent coins which show as unconfirmed in transaction history, possibly due to corrupt blockchain (in-proper shutdown possibly was the cause), as has been working ever since.. but, please test thoroughly and carefully with "small amounts"
Encrypt Wallet is not working, do not use.

I cannot accept any responsibility for loss of coins - please test at your own risk.
but
Please help assist/debug.. NMC > Any Alt coins, and BTC imo

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/p0rm1buz48a2vu8,8j2ydrcnyrbuiwm/shared
note: readme/licence stuff missing atm, will sort asap

THIS IS ONLY FOR TESTING

phelix

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Quote from: twobits on May 20, 2013, 07:56:30 AM

Quote from: phelix on May 20, 2013, 05:40:47 AM

I have a new idea. These would be most important imho:
- importprivkey
- dumpprivkey
- signmessage
- verifymessage

Oh, these will be first at least in what I am working on. Really for no other reason then they came first, so they will be easy to work into the code as I work up the timeline. At the moment though I just got done putting in some fixes for the coinbase. Now I have no real way to test these. So, is anyone running testnet these days for namecoin? Anyone up to helping to test? Or anyone have a networked connected box/vps I can use to run it on the testnet?

Seems to be running, I got two connections. http://testnet.explorer.bit (http://testnet.explorer.dot-bit.org) also shows a block from yesterday.

twobits

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Quote from: phelix on May 20, 2013, 05:40:47 AM

I have a new idea. These would be most important imho:
- importprivkey
- dumpprivkey
- signmessage
- verifymessage

Oh, these will be first at least in what I am working on. Really for no other reason then they came first, so they will be easy to work into the code as I work up the timeline. At the moment though I just got done putting in some fixes for the coinbase. Now I have no real way to test these. So, is anyone running testnet these days for namecoin? Anyone up to helping to test? Or anyone have a networked connected box/vps I can use to run it on the testnet?

phelix

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Quote from: nelisky on May 20, 2013, 05:43:01 AM

Quote from: phelix on May 20, 2013, 05:40:47 AM

Quote from: nelisky on May 17, 2013, 03:17:29 PM

[...]
How's this for a plan? I need the following RPC calls added:
- importprivkey
- dumpprivkey
- importaddress (from codeshark's PR, I can dig the number if needed)
- listunspent
- createrawtransaction
- decoderawtransaction
- getrawtransaction
- sendrawtransaction
- signrawtransaction
- signmessage
- verifymessage
- listaddressgroupings (I can live without this one, but it is useful)

I also need all the tx to be available for querying, not just those for wallet addresses (I think that's already the way it is).

I have a new idea. These would be most important imho:
- importprivkey
- dumpprivkey
- signmessage
- verifymessage

What? Where did you take that those would be the most important *for my needs*?

So, in a nutshell no, that will not be enough, not even close to it, for my needs. I will, however, be glad to tip anyone that pushes those 4 rpc calls into namecoin.

hehe.

I am wondering what is the best way to go forward. Try and rebase on v0.8 or improving the current codebase? Rebasing would probably be a hell of a lot of work. Is there any good library we can build on by now?

edit: here goes the idea: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/nmc-brainstorm-file-signing-210876 [NMC] Brainstorm: File Signing

nelisky

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Quote from: phelix on May 20, 2013, 05:40:47 AM

Quote from: nelisky on May 17, 2013, 03:17:29 PM

[...]
How's this for a plan? I need the following RPC calls added:
- importprivkey
- dumpprivkey
- importaddress (from codeshark's PR, I can dig the number if needed)
- listunspent
- createrawtransaction
- decoderawtransaction
- getrawtransaction
- sendrawtransaction
- signrawtransaction
- signmessage
- verifymessage
- listaddressgroupings (I can live without this one, but it is useful)

I also need all the tx to be available for querying, not just those for wallet addresses (I think that's already the way it is).

I have a new idea. These would be most important imho:
- importprivkey
- dumpprivkey
- signmessage
- verifymessage

What? Where did you take that those would be the most important *for my needs*?

So, in a nutshell no, that will not be enough, not even close to it, for my needs. I will, however, be glad to tip anyone that pushes those 4 rpc calls into namecoin.

phelix

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Quote from: nelisky on May 17, 2013, 03:17:29 PM

[...]
How's this for a plan? I need the following RPC calls added:
- importprivkey
- dumpprivkey
- importaddress (from codeshark's PR, I can dig the number if needed)
- listunspent
- createrawtransaction
- decoderawtransaction
- getrawtransaction
- sendrawtransaction
- signrawtransaction
- signmessage
- verifymessage
- listaddressgroupings (I can live without this one, but it is useful)

I also need all the tx to be available for querying, not just those for wallet addresses (I think that's already the way it is).

I have a new idea. These would be most important imho:
- importprivkey
- dumpprivkey
- signmessage
- verifymessage

Quote from: jonytk on May 17, 2013, 03:48:25 PM

[...]
i'm sure some more people are holding huge stacks of nmc,
they should step-up, join together, make a foundation or something to manage the bounties and pay someone
[...]

There is a little known Namecoin Marketing and Development Fund:
http://dot-bit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=473&p=2694

I was not even aware there is a Namecoin subreddit now: http://www.reddit.com/r/namecoin

snailbrain

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Quote from: Tomatocage on May 19, 2013, 02:39:43 PM

Shouldn't this be in Alternate Cryoptocurrencies?

nmc deserves it's own section <3

marcus_of_augustus

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Eadem mutata resurgo

Quote from: Tomatocage on May 19, 2013, 02:39:43 PM

Shouldn't this be in Alternate Cryoptocurrencies?

No. Namecoin is special since it was designed as a complement for bitcoin (data storage, naming spaces, etc) not a competitor (merged-mining).

And besides it has been in this section since April 2011 and now you want to move it?

snailbrain:

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Namecoin-qt - based on Namecoin 3.50 + Latest Bitcoin-qt

Awesome. I think this alone will be sufficient to revive interest in namecoins and its vision. Make sure it is well-tested, I can help with that ...

virtualmaster

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This is a preview:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40390855/namecoin_wallet.html
Logo, domain, translations will come and may be other features also.

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Quote from: phelix on May 19, 2013, 03:04:25 PM

Quote from: Tomatocage on May 19, 2013, 02:39:43 PM

Shouldn't this be in Alternate Cryoptocurrencies?

Today, yes. But this is a thread of historical value. Above people event planted the rumor vinced could be an alter ego of the great Satoshi himself. Cheesy

Also it's so messy in the Altcoins section these days. Wink

Far too many Alt errr Egos Tongue

phelix

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Quote from: Tomatocage on May 19, 2013, 02:39:43 PM

Shouldn't this be in Alternate Cryoptocurrencies?

Today, yes. But this is a thread of historical value. Above people event planted the rumor vinced could be an alter ego of the great Satoshi himself. Cheesy

Also it's so messy in the Altcoins section these days. Wink

Tomatocage

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brb keeping up with the Kardashians

Shouldn't this be in Alternate Cryoptocurrencies?

virtualmaster

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Quote from: snailbrain on May 19, 2013, 10:44:07 AM

Namecoin-qt - based on Namecoin 3.50 + Latest Bitcoin-qt

not far off..

currently encrypt wallet not working
and ----->> sending coins seem to go into oblivion

(but working from console it seems).. other than that, seems "ok"... will upload something soon

Good work. I like it.
Namecoin is great.
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My utility is a Merged Bitcoin and Namecoin Address and Brain Wallet with the same private key.
Its a fork of bitaddress.org and the same pass-phrase can be used to generate the BTC and NMC address.
So it is less to memorize. I took this idea from the Casascius utility.

snailbrain

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Namecoin-qt - based on Namecoin 3.50 + Latest Bitcoin-qt

not far off..

currently encrypt wallet not working
and ----->> sending coins seem to go into oblivion

(but working from console it seems).. other than that, seems "ok"... will upload something soon

virtualmaster

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I have done a little bit Namecoin development in JavaScript but I think it will be useful.
It is still not ready the logo, domain reservation and some translations are incomplete.
Do you want to see it now or do you wait a couple of days until it is ready ?

snailbrain

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funny.. i actually thought this myself

Satoshi = Vinced

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Quote from: twobits on May 17, 2013, 01:47:24 PM

Quote from: nelisky on May 17, 2013, 12:46:50 PM

Also, I will accept paying the bounty for a working namecoind as described above even if it doesn't have the merged mining stuff in, as that is something well served afaik with the outdated client.

That is simply not going to work, unless you mean a namecoin fork or alternative. Namecoin needs merge mining to at least validate the blocks already made with it active, even if you turn it off in this new version. Merged mining is a forking change.

I just arrived at the same conclusion myself; I got a nodejs implementation able to connect and download the namecoin blockchain up until the merged mining fork at block 19200. Looks like I'll have to delve into the Aux-POW logic to make any more progress.

Quote from: zamgo on May 16, 2013, 04:28:36 PM

Quote from: nelisky on May 16, 2013, 03:43:15 PM

Quote from: twobits on May 16, 2013, 03:37:55 PM

Updated Mac port, and a gui version for sending coins for windows as well.

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Can you share the source code? Pushing binaries around is dangerous (for users) at best.

Yes. Binaries from unknown sources are very dangerous.

It's great there is some new namecoin work being done, but it has to be in the open for all of us to see or else no one will trust it.

Post the source on github or another suitable location and let us all review it.

The benefits of having a compiled binary is speed and simplicity in that its one file to move around, but then you run into these issues; you need to have a trusted compiler who can GPG sign the results and be trusted by the community. That's why I'm liking the possibilities of a Nodejs implementation; it has the power of server and a client, and doesn't have to be compiled, so is a lot easier to verify it's not been tampered with. The advancements in the Bitcoin source have added lots of great features for wallet manipulation and security, and building on a different platform doesn't take full advantage of that, but those can be added incrementally. I'm glad this thread necromancy has revitalized some developers to come out of the woodwork! Cheesy

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