Got the latest version from git and compiled it. I started a "sync from scratch" with the freshly compiled binary (without even the old wallet.dat which is saved elsewhere, and with only "connect=stratum.infernopool.com" in europecoin.conf).
The sync is tedious at best and tremendously frustrating...
The "one node to serve them all" approach is not the happiest ever...
This is just for the time being until we can get a few more nodes online and on the correct chain. I will have another online by tomorrow than we will be able to use aswell. And if anyone else can verify they are on the same block as the explorer I can add them to the list.
Thank you - I have been synch-ing for 24 hours and only have reached 183,000 blocks of the over 800,000 chain.
Is the bootstrap in the Ann up-to-date?
I'm not quite sure if the one in the OP is up to date but the one on the europecoin website is only a few months behind. another tip to get your wallets going a bit quicker if you have to resync is to use a fresh wallet.dat then once your on the correct block. close the client down. and replace the wallet.dat with your old one.
On another note there is another node online AT erc.infernopool.com
AND this should help everyone out greatly. if you'd like to test it without screwing up the sync on your regular chain until your are sure it works.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fwkx3cmcbj2jikg/ERC2.zip?dl=0
Create a new folder named "ERC".
Place the europecoin.exe beside that folder.
Create a file named run.bat.
Inside of that file add "europecoin.exe --datadir=ERC" save it.
Place the files from dropbox in the ERC folder.
Start run.bat.
The link in the OP ( http://www.europecoin.eu.org/europecoin-wallet-download/category/1-europecoin-wallet?download=24:bootstrap-dat-20-12-15 ) is the same with the one on europecoin's site ( http://www.europecoin.eu.org/europecoin-wallet-download/category/1-europecoin-wallet ) and it seems to be referring to a botstrap.dat from Jan. 31, 2016 despite the link's hint to 20-12-15...
To sum it up, I think the fastest way to get on track "manually" is:
1. obtain latest version of the qt wallet (Europecoin[.exe]) or of the daemon (europecoind[.exe]) either by compiling it (for Linux and Mac, read the docs on github) or by downloading it from the link above;
2. SAVE YOUR OLD WALLET IN AT LEAST 2 PLACES (if you encrypted it, make sure you remember the password);
3. clean the data directory (~/.europecoin/ on Linux, where "~" means "home directory", or %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\europecoin\ on Windoze from Vista to 10) where the wallet dat resides too (make sure you have at least one copy of it elsewhere) - delete everything in here (you did back it up, did you?);
4. download the bootstrap.dat from OP or europecoin site http://www.europecoin.eu.org/europecoin-wallet-download/category/1-europecoin-wallet?download=24:bootstrap-dat-20-12-15;
5. launch Europecoin[.exe] until it starts properly (on my Linux box it exited 3 times, then the 4th time it started sync-ing);
6. go to work, walk your dog, play with (your) kids, make love to your significant one.... whatever... it will take some time to sync