I just caught up on reading this whole thread. Are you planning to post something that explains all of this? I'm still a noob and all of those phrases sound neat but don't mean much to me. How do I learn more about what you are saying?
I bought 100 BUCKS because I thought it was going to be rare and held for long term. I try to keep up in the forum but I did not break up my coins into smaller coins as it now says I was supposed to do. I still have an amount close to my initial purchase of 100. It has been stuck in stake for a long time now. Currently my wallet says "The blockchain is downloading and verifying blocks; do not create an new transactions until you get a Thumbs Up in the bottom right corner." It says I have 3 connections but I did all of the addnodes you said to do.
How long will I have to wait for it to come out of stake and how do I break up the coins into smaller coins?
What will my 100 BUCKS be worth after the merge?
Sorry if I am being a pain.
It doesn't look like you are going to answer my questions. I verified that I am running the 4.0.4 wallet, but beyond that you didn't answer my other questions. When I got my BUCKS private key in the mail it said, "Should you ever need assistance we are always available and willing to help. Don't be afraid to ask. we love helping out new members!" I was optimistic that you would help me even though I am not an expert.I bought 100 BUCKS because I thought it was going to be rare and held for long term. I try to keep up in the forum but I did not break up my coins into smaller coins as it now says I was supposed to do. I still have an amount close to my initial purchase of 100. It has been stuck in stake for a long time now. Currently my wallet says "The blockchain is downloading and verifying blocks; do not create an new transactions until you get a Thumbs Up in the bottom right corner." It says I have 3 connections but I did all of the addnodes you said to do.
How long will I have to wait for it to come out of stake and how do I break up the coins into smaller coins?
What will my 100 BUCKS be worth after the merge?
Sorry if I am being a pain.
Send your coins in small amounts. Many transactions for small amounts
1. Are you planning to post something that explains all of this?
2. How do I learn more about what you are saying?
3. How long will I have to wait for it to come out of stake?
4. What will my 100 BUCKS be worth after the merge?
New questions from your last response?:
5. Where do I send my coins? I don't think I can send them anywhere since they are stuck in Stake.
. It was a software conflict, nothing to do with the wallet or appdata. Turns out Nortons was in live update when i updated my teeth wallet. this made nortons confused and stuck the live update in limbo, so the firewall exceptions only partially updated, even though it looked good in settings. hard reset nortons and redid live update, restarted the comp and bam... all better. 
