Topic: [Collected/Closed]1 btc bounty for a windows namecoin guide (Read 2461 times)
Eggcellent paid in full thank you Eggcellent! anyone else needing help with namecoin for windows pm me.
> Bounty was collected by Thundertoe. Thanks.
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Try the following:
Download the binaries and put them somewhere, for example C:\namecoin\
Press windows+R and type cmd, click ok
now type c:\namecoin\namecoind
It will show the error about the configuration file.
No problem, we wanted it to.
Type cd %appdata%\namecoin
now type notepad bitcoin.conf
It will ask you to create a new file, click ok
put in it the following rows:
Close notepad saving it
Go back to the prompt and type start c:\namecoin\namecoind
This opens a new window that should just show a blinking cursor.
Go back to the previous prompt and type cd c:\namecoin\
To test if it is actually working type namecoind getinfo
Should report the number of blocks, number of connections, and other infos.
Download the binaries and put them somewhere, for example C:\namecoin\
Press windows+R and type cmd, click ok
now type c:\namecoin\namecoind
It will show the error about the configuration file.
No problem, we wanted it to.
Type cd %appdata%\namecoin
now type notepad bitcoin.conf
It will ask you to create a new file, click ok
put in it the following rows:
Quote
rpcuser=something
rpcpassword=somethingelse
rpcport=8336
rpcpassword=somethingelse
rpcport=8336
Close notepad saving it
Go back to the prompt and type start c:\namecoin\namecoind
This opens a new window that should just show a blinking cursor.
Go back to the previous prompt and type cd c:\namecoin\
To test if it is actually working type namecoind getinfo
Should report the number of blocks, number of connections, and other infos.
Bounty was collected by Thundertoe. Guy was very helpful. Thanks.
Sure youre not hiding file extensions or something just to make it look like it's really named bitcoin.conf and not bitcoin.conf.txt or something like that?
Try using this .conf http://solidfiles.net/d/ac5c/
Try using this .conf http://solidfiles.net/d/ac5c/
Thanks for all the input but I'm still stuck exactly where i've been stuck since I started. I made the bitcoin.conf file in my roam appdata file and I've set it multiple ways with no luck..
rpcuser=myusername
rpcpassword=mypassword
rpcport=8336
daemon=1
rpcuser=XXXXXX
rpcpassword=YYYYYY
However my namecoind opens and closes automatically still.
I'm also getting this error in CMD error: You must set rpcpassword= in the configuration file:
C:/Users/Anonymous/AppData/Roaming/Namecoin/bitcoin.conf when I enter certain commands in there. I have entered a password in there several times in several different ways. The file is EXACTLY where CMD tells me it needs to be.
What am I doing wrong? Did I make the file wrong? How is it supposed to be created? I was originally just opening a text document and saving it as bitcoin.conf is that incorrect? I must be missing something here because the file is exactly where it needs to be. Perhaps I'm using the wrong binaries for windows?
rpcuser=myusername
rpcpassword=mypassword
rpcport=8336
daemon=1
rpcuser=XXXXXX
rpcpassword=YYYYYY
However my namecoind opens and closes automatically still.
I'm also getting this error in CMD error: You must set rpcpassword=
C:/Users/Anonymous/AppData/Roaming/Namecoin/bitcoin.conf when I enter certain commands in there. I have entered a password in there several times in several different ways. The file is EXACTLY where CMD tells me it needs to be.
What am I doing wrong? Did I make the file wrong? How is it supposed to be created? I was originally just opening a text document and saving it as bitcoin.conf is that incorrect? I must be missing something here because the file is exactly where it needs to be. Perhaps I'm using the wrong binaries for windows?
1. Download namecoin
2. Run namecoind.exe through cmd, personally i just make a .bat file in the same directory and put in it.
3. Wait a few seconds, then turn it off (if it doesn't turn off itself).
4. Create a bitcoin.dat in your namecoin data folder (located in C:\Users\****\AppData\Roaming\Namecoin in win7 afaik)
5. Edit bitcoin.dat and put the following information in it:
6. Run namecoind.exe (or the .bat if you created one) again and let it be up again
7. Start an instance of cmd and type "cd path/to/namecoind/" (path/to/namecoind/ to be edited ofcourse).
8. Type namecoind help to get a list of commands.
"Core" commands:
help : Show all commands available.
getnewaddress : Create a new namecoin address.
sendtoaddress : Send namecoins to someone (sendtoaddress).
getbalance : Shows how many namecoins you have.
Send to 1Awyxgawq52mkYmiAQ9v4sLPXxStVsSGy8 if this helped you, thanks.
2. Run namecoind.exe through cmd, personally i just make a .bat file in the same directory and put
Code:
START namecoind
3. Wait a few seconds, then turn it off (if it doesn't turn off itself).
4. Create a bitcoin.dat in your namecoin data folder (located in C:\Users\****\AppData\Roaming\Namecoin in win7 afaik)
5. Edit bitcoin.dat and put the following information in it:
Code:
rpcuser=username here
rpcpassword=password here
rpcport=port you want to use (example:8336)
daemon=1
7. Start an instance of cmd and type "cd path/to/namecoind/" (path/to/namecoind/ to be edited ofcourse).
8. Type namecoind help to get a list of commands.
"Core" commands:
help : Show all commands available.
getnewaddress : Create a new namecoin address.
sendtoaddress : Send namecoins to someone (sendtoaddress
getbalance : Shows how many namecoins you have.
Send to 1Awyxgawq52mkYmiAQ9v4sLPXxStVsSGy8 if this helped you, thanks.
Your guide is missing a couple of steps. I've written one up here, OP, if you need it:
http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=6017.msg225444#msg225444
1. Download namecoin
2. Run namecoind.exe through cmd, personally i just make a .bat file in the same directory and put in it.
3. Wait a few seconds, then turn it off (if it doesn't turn off itself).
4. Create a bitcoin.dat in your namecoin data folder (located in C:\Users\****\AppData\Roaming\Namecoin in win7 afaik)
5. Edit bitcoin.dat and put the following information in it:
6. Run namecoind.exe (or the .bat if you created one) again and let it be up again
7. Start an instance of cmd and type "cd path/to/namecoind/" (path/to/namecoind/ to be edited ofcourse).
8. Type namecoind help to get a list of commands.
"Core" commands:
help : Show all commands available.
getnewaddress : Create a new namecoin address.
sendtoaddress : Send namecoins to someone (sendtoaddress).
getbalance : Shows how many namecoins you have.
Send to 1Awyxgawq52mkYmiAQ9v4sLPXxStVsSGy8 if this helped you, thanks.
2. Run namecoind.exe through cmd, personally i just make a .bat file in the same directory and put
Code:
START namecoind
3. Wait a few seconds, then turn it off (if it doesn't turn off itself).
4. Create a bitcoin.dat in your namecoin data folder (located in C:\Users\****\AppData\Roaming\Namecoin in win7 afaik)
5. Edit bitcoin.dat and put the following information in it:
Code:
rpcuser=username here
rpcpassword=password here
rpcport=port you want to use (example:8336)
daemon=1
7. Start an instance of cmd and type "cd path/to/namecoind/" (path/to/namecoind/ to be edited ofcourse).
8. Type namecoind help to get a list of commands.
"Core" commands:
help : Show all commands available.
getnewaddress : Create a new namecoin address.
sendtoaddress : Send namecoins to someone (sendtoaddress
getbalance : Shows how many namecoins you have.
Send to 1Awyxgawq52mkYmiAQ9v4sLPXxStVsSGy8 if this helped you, thanks.
http://dot-bit.org/InstallAndConfigureNamecoin
And for steps 6-8: Instead of ./namecoind randomtext, it should be namecoind.exe randomtext.
Then to start mining using your CPU/GPU, follow the guide on here: http://bitparking.com/pool. You still should be able to use the miners you use for Bitcoin.
And for steps 6-8: Instead of ./namecoind randomtext, it should be namecoind.exe randomtext.
Then to start mining using your CPU/GPU, follow the guide on here: http://bitparking.com/pool. You still should be able to use the miners you use for Bitcoin.
Name basically says it all. I'm running windows 7 and want to mine some namecoins. Will give 1 btc to whoever helps me get it running since I'm too dumb to do it myself 
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