but nothing shows up in my wallet. Does this mean i Found a block.
Do a `namecoind listtransactions`, you should see the generate transaction there. It takes 120 blocks for generation transactions to be confirmed.
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10/20/11 11:28 generated 50.0005
keypool keep 6
AddToWallet 4699dc4365 new
SetBestChain: new best=0000000000003682abf7 height=23046 work=2267520288255715292
ProcessBlock: ACCEPTED
This is in the debug log.
keypool keep 6
AddToWallet 4699dc4365 new
SetBestChain: new best=0000000000003682abf7 height=23046 work=2267520288255715292
ProcessBlock: ACCEPTED
This is in the debug log.
Im showing a block on my gui miner but nothing in my wallet. Any help.
I was looking through the debug log and saw
10/20/11 11:28 generated 50.0005
but nothing shows up in my wallet. Does this mean i Found a block.
10/20/11 11:28 generated 50.0005
but nothing shows up in my wallet. Does this mean i Found a block.
you need to know a little bit about the command promt to use it.
so you've downloaded namecoin, lets assume you have put it in c:\namecoin
start the command prompt (it should default to your user folder or similar) type cd.. and press enter, do this untill you get to the root, then type cd\namecoin and press enter
type namecoind and press enter this will run the program and you wont be able to do anything in that command prompt
start another commant promt and go to the directory, type namecoind help to see all the commands
type namecoind getnewaddress to get an address
type namecoind getinfo to see the version/block number etc etc
edit: this is for windows, i'm not sure if its any different in other OS
or just hold shift, right click and click open command prompt here when you're already in the folder so you've downloaded namecoin, lets assume you have put it in c:\namecoin
start the command prompt (it should default to your user folder or similar) type cd.. and press enter, do this untill you get to the root, then type cd\namecoin and press enter
type namecoind and press enter this will run the program and you wont be able to do anything in that command prompt
start another commant promt and go to the directory, type namecoind help to see all the commands
type namecoind getnewaddress to get an address
type namecoind getinfo to see the version/block number etc etc
edit: this is for windows, i'm not sure if its any different in other OS
you need to know a little bit about the command promt to use it.
so you've downloaded namecoin, lets assume you have put it in c:\namecoin
start the command prompt (it should default to your user folder or similar) type cd.. and press enter, do this untill you get to the root, then type cd\namecoin and press enter
type namecoind and press enter this will run the program and you wont be able to do anything in that command prompt
start another commant promt and go to the directory, type namecoind help to see all the commands
type namecoind getnewaddress to get an address
type namecoind getinfo to see the version/block number etc etc
edit: this is for windows, i'm not sure if its any different in other OS
so you've downloaded namecoin, lets assume you have put it in c:\namecoin
start the command prompt (it should default to your user folder or similar) type cd.. and press enter, do this untill you get to the root, then type cd\namecoin and press enter
type namecoind and press enter this will run the program and you wont be able to do anything in that command prompt
start another commant promt and go to the directory, type namecoind help to see all the commands
type namecoind getnewaddress to get an address
type namecoind getinfo to see the version/block number etc etc
edit: this is for windows, i'm not sure if its any different in other OS
Where do I start. I've been trying to follow http://dot-bit.org/InstallAndConfigureNamecoin with no success.
I've been messing with cmd, but don't know how to change "the directory it's referencing"
I think I used to be able to do that with \\E:/ or something liek that, but I'm drawing a blank.
I've been messing with cmd, but don't know how to change "the directory it's referencing"
I think I used to be able to do that with \\E:/ or something liek that, but I'm drawing a blank.
Where are you stuck? Namecoin uses a default directory, I don't know which is it in Windows but you shouldn't have to worry about that. What do you get with `namecoind getinfo`?
with all due respect, google sez there are GUIs for nameserver configuration.
Having said that, someone could adapt Crutches pseudo-gui I build for GG (which is 100% opensource thingie) for Namecoin, and add special tabs for "advanced" commands.
It only requires skills on the level of writing .bat files.
just do it, thenHaving said that, someone could adapt Crutches pseudo-gui I build for GG (which is 100% opensource thingie) for Namecoin, and add special tabs for "advanced" commands.
It only requires skills on the level of writing .bat files.
I mean you already know how to, I'm sure I could do it but I'd have to figure out how you did it
Well after completely failing with command prompt and still having no namecoin address.... I'm installing .net 4 something and then hopefully this guy's gui will work for me.
http://dot-bit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=341&p=2205#p2205
http://dot-bit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=341&p=2205#p2205
ok, so obviously, I'm dumb....
Where do I start. I've been trying to follow http://dot-bit.org/InstallAndConfigureNamecoin with no success.
I've been messing with cmd, but don't know how to change "the directory it's referencing"
I think I used to be able to do that with \\E:/ or something liek that, but I'm drawing a blank.
I think I have the whole blockchain downloaded, I'm just trying to get an address to be able to claim my merge namecoins on eligius. heh.
Any help would be appreciated.
Where do I start. I've been trying to follow http://dot-bit.org/InstallAndConfigureNamecoin with no success.
I've been messing with cmd, but don't know how to change "the directory it's referencing"
I think I used to be able to do that with \\E:/ or something liek that, but I'm drawing a blank.
I think I have the whole blockchain downloaded, I'm just trying to get an address to be able to claim my merge namecoins on eligius. heh.
Any help would be appreciated.
If I have found a block will that be in the debug report for namecoin. What would it say in the debug log if this is true. Thanks.
with all due respect, google sez there are GUIs for nameserver configuration.
Having said that, someone could adapt Crutches pseudo-gui I build for GG (which is 100% opensource thingie) for Namecoin, and add special tabs for "advanced" commands.
It only requires skills on the level of writing .bat files.
Having said that, someone could adapt Crutches pseudo-gui I build for GG (which is 100% opensource thingie) for Namecoin, and add special tabs for "advanced" commands.
It only requires skills on the level of writing .bat files.
( Rant time )
Sure there are GUIs but no-one who knows what they are doing would touch them because they don't help.
I worked with people who used a GUI to configure DNS once, they messed up time after time and getting them to set reverse DNS correctly was an utter nightmare. I can change my DNS in vi and check it into subversion in a few seconds, if I screw up I can get the old version back in a few seconds. Anyone that needs a GUI to configure a nameserver should read the o'reilly book until they don't need a GUI anymore.
with all due respect, google sez there are GUIs for nameserver configuration.
Having said that, someone could adapt Crutches pseudo-gui I build for GG (which is 100% opensource thingie) for Namecoin, and add special tabs for "advanced" commands.
It only requires skills on the level of writing .bat files.
Having said that, someone could adapt Crutches pseudo-gui I build for GG (which is 100% opensource thingie) for Namecoin, and add special tabs for "advanced" commands.
It only requires skills on the level of writing .bat files.
Yet another crappy alternate coin that requires me to use command prompt? Do we seriously not expect any "normal average Joes" to ever start using these things???
If you don't use a command prompt how do you configure your Internet facing nameservers? If you don't configure nameservers you really can't have much reason to use a distributed DNS registry..
Just because NameCoin doesn't solve your problems doesn't mean it doesn't solve mine.
Do you put the siding on a house before you build it? same thing your asking basically. It can be made nice and pretty later.
Also, usually, too many users too early is a bad thing. You need enthusiasts first to test the grounds, let the specifications evolve, etc. When you go mainstream, the specs become as if they are written on stone and workarounds begin. So, sometimes being user friendly is not a good thing at all. Not talking specifically about Namecoin though, I think there already are some GUI tools for it (that need to be tested).
Do you put the siding on a house before you build it? same thing your asking basically. It can be made nice and pretty later.
Not that hard to get an address. http://dot-bit.org/InstallAndConfigureNamecoin
Aren't most of the tools CLI vs GUI? especially the miners.
Not that hard to get an address. http://dot-bit.org/InstallAndConfigureNamecoin
Aren't most of the tools CLI vs GUI? especially the miners.
Yet another crappy alternate coin that requires me to use command prompt? Do we seriously not expect any "normal average Joes" to ever start using these things???
Namecoin is not a pure alternate coin, and it's not a get-rich-quick scheme. It's not even planned to be used as a mainstream currency. With that, the development is mostly like any other open-source volunteer based project, which is slow. If you don't want to use it now, just don't. There will be new services and software popping up in the following years and you can start using them when it's more convenient for you. No harm done.
Sorry, just my $.02.
I just don't understand how the userfriendly gui is not step 1.
But I'm no programmer, so I'll be wrestling with learning how to use namecoins tonight. I downloaded the blockchain last night, but I haven't gotten any addresses yet. We'll see what I can figure out next. It's just a steep learning curve for me.
Yet another crappy alternate coin that requires me to use command prompt? Do we seriously not expect any "normal average Joes" to ever start using these things???
Namecoin is not a pure alternate coin, and it's not a get-rich-quick scheme. It's not even planned to be used as a mainstream currency. With that, the development is mostly like any other open-source volunteer based project, which is slow. If you don't want to use it now, just don't. There will be new services and software popping up in the following years and you can start using them when it's more convenient for you. No harm done.
Yet another crappy alternate coin that requires me to use command prompt? Do we seriously not expect any "normal average Joes" to ever start using these things???
Do you?
Yet another crappy alternate coin that requires me to use command prompt? Do we seriously not expect any "normal average Joes" to ever start using these things???
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