Topic: [ANN][PIVX] - PRIVATE INSTANT VERIFIED TRANSACTION - PROOF OF STAKE - ZEROCOIN - page 218. (Read 782370 times)

How do masternodes help to insure the anonymity of the network.  I know that this and cash use them  are they a point of weakness?  I understand has figured out how to make anonymous transactions without masternodes.


Can someone sell me on why you would use a masternode system over cloak which does not have ten and anonymity is achieved in wallet client alone.

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in case of a restore or new pc i do the following:

1. Download and install Wallet from pivx.org
2. Start the wallet and let it snyc or close the wallet after a first start nd them ain window opens and don't wait for synch
3. open the pivx data dir copy your wallet.dat from your backup drive/folder to the data dir (overwrite the existing, new and empty wallet.dat)
4. open the wallet again (and let it snyc)
5 after a full snyc all your funds are available

the wallet.dat file is your money so you should be safe, you can allways download the chain, exe's and so on again. if you have edited some conf files safe them too (optional). also store a backup (the .dat file) on a exteral drive in case of hd crash or hw failure and so on. maybe have a backup on 2-5 external places like me

also think about to encrypt your wallet with a good password. there are lot of bad people trying to steal your wallet.

the business is called crypto wild west for a reason!

better be safe then sorry!


edit:

in case of a restore or new pc i do the following:

1. Download and install Wallet from pivx.org
2. Start the wallet and let it snyc or close the wallet after a first start nd them ain window opens and don't wait for synch
3. open the pivx data dir copy your wallet.dat from your backup drive/folder to the data dir (overwrite the existing, new and empty wallet.dat)
4. open the wallet again (and let it snyc)
5 after a full snyc all your funds are available

the wallet.dat file is your money so you should be safe, you can allways download the chain, exe's and so on again. if you have edited some conf files safe them too (optional). also store a backup (the .dat file) on a exteral drive in case of hd crash or hw failure and so on. maybe have a backup on 2-5 external places like me

also think about to encrypt your wallet with a good password. there are lot of bad people trying to steal your wallet.

the business is called crypto wild west for a reason!

better be safe then sorry!


edit:

in case of a restore or new pc i do the following:

1. Download and install Wallet from pivx.org
2. Start the wallet and let it snyc or close the wallet after a first start nd them ain window opens and don't wait for synch
3. open the pivx data dir copy your wallet.dat from your backup drive/folder to the data dir (overwrite the existing, new and empty wallet.dat)
4. open the wallet again (and let it snyc)
5 after a full snyc all your funds are available

A general question related to this answer; in a normal backup situation I make a backup of my wallet and save the .dat file in one of my personal folders, there is only the .dat file, there are no chainstate or blocks directory or other files, am I missing any files ? (my computer hasn't crashed by the way, but just in case it does....I'm thinking ahead)

2017-03-22 12:14:19 ERROR: ProcessNewBlock : AcceptBlock FAILED
2017-03-22 12:14:19 block time=1487834676 adjusted time=1490184860 is proof of stake=1
2017-03-22 12:14:19 ERROR: GetTransaction : txid mismatch
2017-03-22 12:14:19 ERROR: CheckProofOfStake() : INFO: read txPrev failed
2017-03-22 12:14:19 WARNING: ProcessBlock(): check proof-of-stake failed for block 91a7153df7780665e3fc489d7c977228520cf375816152d3d02214d857462eb2
2017-03-22 12:14:19 ERROR: ProcessNewBlock : AcceptBlock FAILED
2017-03-22 12:14:20 block time=1487834676 adjusted time=1490184861 is proof of stake=1
2017-03-22 12:14:20 ERROR: GetTransaction : txid mismatch
2017-03-22 12:14:20 ERROR: CheckProofOfStake() : INFO: read txPrev failed
2017-03-22 12:14:20 WARNING: ProcessBlock(): check proof-of-stake failed for block 91a7153df7780665e3fc489d7c977228520cf375816152d3d02214d857462eb2
2017-03-22 12:14:20 ERROR: ProcessNewBlock : AcceptBlock FAILED
2017-03-22 12:14:20 block time=1487834676 adjusted time=1490184861 is proof of stake=1
2017-03-22 12:14:20 ERROR: GetTransaction : txid mismatch
2017-03-22 12:14:20 ERROR: CheckProofOfStake() : INFO: read txPrev failed
2017-03-22 12:14:20 WARNING: ProcessBlock(): check proof-of-stake failed for block 91a7153df7780665e3fc489d7c977228520cf375816152d3d02214d857462eb2
2017-03-22 12:14:20 ERROR: ProcessNewBlock : AcceptBlock FAILED
2017-03-22 12:16:35 block time=1487834676 adjusted time=1490184996 is proof of stake=1
2017-03-22 12:16:35 ERROR: GetTransaction : txid mismatch
2017-03-22 12:16:35 ERROR: CheckProofOfStake() : INFO: read txPrev failed
2017-03-22 12:16:35 WARNING: ProcessBlock(): check proof-of-stake failed for block 91a7153df7780665e3fc489d7c977228520cf375816152d3d02214d857462eb2

Don't worry. Your coins are safe as long as you have the wallet.dat file. (make sure to copy it elsewhere for backup!)
Now, your wallet is not working as the blockchain db is corrupt due to the non-graceful termination of the wallet. So...
From the directory where your wallte.dat file resides, you need to delete the chainstate & blocks directory. (only these 2)
Then you can relaunch the wallet to resync the blockchain.

If you want to sync faster, you can download the official blockchain backup from our github and extract the 2 folders.
You can download the "Pivx_Blockchain_Backup-xxxxxx.zip" from here: https://github.com/PIVX-Project/PIVX/releases

Please check this info graphic or page 4 here for how to stake.
https://slack-files.com/T14Q58TGF-F4MMZN92T-484ccb5c00
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14jL8KUAiKxB9rBS_Zj-Xc1MmmurpniwGcT-iLZ5na1g/edit

Obfuscation is a coin mixer to make the transfer of those coins harder to trace in the blockchain.

Staking only works when the wallet is online.
Change of IP address does not matter.

I have an issue with my windows wallet.
I use windows 10 64bit.
Due the electricity problem, my computer did not shutdown properly.
When I restart my computer and open the pivx wallet, I saw this message "pivx-qt.exe has stopped working".
I can enter the wallet.

Is there any solution?
I do not have a backup of my wallet.
But the wallet file is still in my directory.
This is the second day I am using pivx wallet.
Please help me.
Thank you.

OK, so I've got my PIVX in my wallet and encrypted it, what do I need to do to start staking ? What is the Obfuscation button for ? What happens if I turn my laptop off at night and if the IP address automatically changes, does it still stake ? Apologies in advance for the newbie questions.

Let the dump commence.

Hello,

can anybody give me some info abut pivx for this picture here?