Topic: BTCD is no more - page 188. (Read 1328516 times)

why dump on mgw asset?

I converted the DHT storage from RAM to RAM/HDD hybrid with a 1 GB limit
this allows using it kind of like normal file storage, but indexing into cloud locations (cached locally in RAM/HDD) that are unique for each message to each other user.

I use the contact list to know which accounts to set things up for. Once this is debugged (it has been a big detour!) I can plug in Telepod transmission and storage into the Telepathy network. So while it might have seemed like I wasnt making progress on Teleport, it actually was solving the key parts of teleport, eg. transmission and storage of telepods.

Along the way I added task management, so each teleport can be tracked and as soon as both sides are online at the same time for any amount of time, all the comms that are needed happen. Then over time, the teleport completes.

Still have to debug the HDD storage, but it uses existing code, shouldnt take too long.

What's left after HDD storage?

1. convert telepods to use Telepathy
2. private chain API for teleport status and telepod totals, amount sent/received, etc.
3. debug changepod (this is needed to support current installed base and other coins)
4. debug teleport API

At this point, it will be a matter of fixing the bugs found from unit tests and ad hoc testing. The more testing we get, the faster this will go. Not sure the status of GUI or Windows build, but it feels like we are getting close to just fixing bugs instead of writing new code.

James

the server needs to be able to access the address, so just make a few new addresses

Does it need to be the wallet address of the wallet running on the server or can it be the one running on my desktop?

you are running a stubbed out version. if there is no SuperNET.conf it runs like a normal BitcoinDarkd.

you can use something like the above as a SuperNET.conf file
make sure to put in your username (or leave that part out if running as root) and the BTCDaddr's need to be some addresses in your wallet, I suggest ones without too much BTCD in them for privacy

you will get printouts with a SuperNET.conf
https://forum.thesupernet.org/index.php?board=41.0 has the beginnings of API documentation

James

So I deleted the btcd folder along with everything else and used the instructions James posted a few comments up.  I am assuming that .SuperNET.config has been automatically generated.

This is what I currently have in my console

root@ecochav:/btcd/libjl777# starting SuperNET
SuperNET_start(SuperNET.conf) 0x7faa10001f08 ipaddr.(104.131.50.139:33604)
back from start

is it up? if so what command do I use to exit the console without killing the process?

Good to see all the interest in basic computing here!

I think what SuperNET is all about is the REAL web2.0, because it is about a new ROUTING mechanism, i.e. a new protocol layer in the IP protocol stack.
All that babble hype of web 2.0 was about using javascript in a browser as general purpose GUI for consumer services such as messengers and mail order services.
That certainly is not a groundbreaking innovation, but merely a finishing touch on s.t. that is not accessible in a standard way for the average consumer, and 'web developer'.

SuperNET on the other hand adds a whole new layer of protocols that offer real technical innovations.

And about OS'ses: This is a basic tech that will stay around for a long time. Think about incandescent light bulbs and the Diesel engine. Haven't changed much since their invention 100+ years ago, and still going strong.
So System V (as in '5') will stay around for quite some time to come. And that means *NIXes. F*** Windoof$. SysV is a standard, not a product. Windows at its inception didn't even know what SysV was!
And in the early days of the internet, you had to MANUALLY install a 'WINSOCK.DLL' binary library in order to use it! The same goes for the rest of the SysV compliance in windows: On the fly patchwork.
Maybe MS is getting to do it more organically in Win10 or whatever, but the *NIXes will be the family that sets the standard, and for everyone using it it will be much more natural and comfortable to use the same or logically similar /root structures.
Of course: Android and iOS are *NIXes too, so there one can see the evolution!

I myself got hooked on Debian in 2004 (after a dismal attempt at Red Hat in 2001, which really sucked, but I didn't have time to spare and no real use case and documentation).
The nice thing about *NIXes is that you can always get under the hood and all the way down to the bare metal, where things tend to make more sense than when just looking at a black box.
In windows, you end up with the binary encapsulated registry, which is an impenetrable and infectious malware pit - both MS sanctioned and not.
  
Things usually start to get a foggy for me when it comes to routing and DNS, and I think that is also the area where there still is centralization and control points. Deep packet inspection, agency snarfing of traffic, etc.

There are trade fairs where companies advertise their spy softwares to totalitarian regimes:                

Intelligence Solutions - Lawful Interception  

Always notice demonstrative emphasis on the attribute 'LAWFUL'. As in 'DRONE STRIKE'.

http://euro-police.noblogs.org/files/2011/10/Intelligence_Solutions_NSN.pdf

http://www.voima.fi/tiedostot/NSN_Image_Bro_web1.pdf

http://www.issworldtraining.com/ISS_MEA/

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35689/1.html

http://www.tlaxcala-int.org/article.asp?reference=4260

I only know C, but I think there must be easier languages if you are just getting started.
Not sure which are most applicable to crypto though. I've been able to cobble together pretty much all the required crypto functions in C and the fastest implementations all seem to be in C, plus libuv is in C as are many other core libraries

I have heard good things about Go, but dont know any details.

James

I had a 10 year break from computers to work in the charity sector so am trying to get back into a computing career starting with Linux admin and networking.  I want to start from scratch and start building a knowledge base ready for a career in crypto which I see as being a booming business in the near future.  I did something similar with eCommerce and websites back in 1999 which got me into some pretty sweet internet jobs come 2k.  I feel like I am in the same position with crypto being the next big thing since the internet.    Core Linux skills aside what programming languages and courses should I be looking at (tech rather than finance) for a career in crypto?

I've been a professional developer for 15 years now, all of it on Windows using MS products.  I learned C and Java on Unix at university 15 years ago but back then getting red hat or other distro's to install on home PC's was a nightmare so I stuck to Windows.  Then last year, after 15 years away from *nix, I discovered Ubuntu.  I still do all my professional dev (C#, C++/CLI, C++) for my day job on Windows (no choice), but all CryptoThrift dev and any hobby projects are now all done on Linux.  Yesterday I discovered mono and am now happily writing C# on Ubuntu too.  The MonoDevelop IDE is great and has pretty much all of the core features I use from Visual Studio... for free!  What made me install Ubuntu???  Mining crypto! (all the good coins were getting launched with linux source before windows binaries)

Wow!

It is fantastic to have more people interested. The coding might seem like magic, but really it is just 1's and 0's
up or down
on or off

Then from that you build simple logics:

AND
1 & 1 = 1
1 & 0 = 0
0 & 1 = 0
0 & 0 = 0

OR
1 | 1 = 1
1 | 0 = 1
0 | 1 = 1
0 | 0 = 0

XOR
1 ^ 1 = 0
1 ^ 0 = 1
0 ^ 1 = 1
0 ^ 0 = 0

From these, you can build any sort of arithmetic, and then crypto algorithms
toss in some load and store with compares and you get a Turing complete language that can calculate any function

Fundamentally, coding is about making sure the 1's and 0's end up in the right place at the right time. If you are starting learning, try to start at the lowest levels. I notice a lot of people nowadays dont even know the type of assembly code that is running underneath all the fancy objects and abstractions. All that stuff is great if you want to quickly put something together, but if you are resource limited you need to code at the lowest level possible.

After all the guard rails and safety stuff has to be written in something!

James

P.S. still looking for testers for the SuperNET API which will soon have the "teleport" API released into testing. No coding knowledge needed, just common sense and ability to use command line. I also make a Makefile (I usually dont!) so getting a btcd running on Ubuntu is:

You need to make sure curl and clang are in your system:
sudo apt-get install clang
sudo apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev

then:
git clone https://github.com/jl777/btcd
cd btcd/libjl777
make onetime
make btcd

Now you should have a BitcoinDarkd all built! After that each time to get a new build:

./BitcoinDarkd stop
git pull
make btcd
./BitcoinDarkd

Of course you do need a SuperNET.conf file, but this will eventually be created during install process

I feel the future is bright for Linux.  Now more than ever.  I remember trying to use Linux a couple of years back and I wasn't really impressed but I used it the past year much more and I honestly preferred it to Windows 7 (the best Windows out of all IMHO).  I think in the near future this is only going to increase and more and more things will be compatible.  I just find compiling programs to be annoying as hell.  I like simple .deb files and such.  Glad to have you all here.  I find there will be such a bright future with this coin.  I think it should ideally have a chance to, if not slay BTC, at least join forces with it 

The SuperNET has inspired me to do a Linux Networking and Administration course that I have already done 2 lessons of.  Its basic Linux but the advance course covers subjects a bit more akin to SuperNET.  I am defiantly going to sign up for that early next year and possibly either a cryptography or programming courses more relevant to crypto.  It does look like SuperNET and BTCD have sparked an influx in people eager to learn new skills.  Thats pretty special.

Honestly, what is weird is that I've been having an intense urge to learn more about programming/networking from some of his posts.  I just see the amount of power James has in molding the world for the better through code and I really envy it.  I'm sure there are moments of frustration as anything thats difficult, but the biggest the obstacles, the bigger the reward when they are overcome 

Enrolled in computer science 101 today to start my journey through programming. This coin and especially James has been the main inspiration for me to get started finally. A big thanks to Bitcoindark, James, and the rest of this community.

Is it too much to ask for a link to newsletter?  I do want to know more...

Thanks, will try it. Looks like I need to enable it in the .conf file first.

then your balance on your address has changed. now tocheck your balance onaddress. open console from debug window. and write "getbalance address" without quotes. replace address with your actual btcd address

I couldn't have staked 90 coins on a balance of 900 in that time. There were a few transfers.