Topic: Pebblecoin (XPB) - FIRST DPOS CRYPTONOTE COIN LIVE - Qt Wallet GUI - v0.4.4.1 - page 34. (Read 56036 times)

Ahh, figured out my problem. The information in OP is outdated for the command-line arguments to simplewallet. Make sure you use the ones from the configuration file instead.

For anyone curious, here is how you should be launching simplewallet:
./simplewallet --genesis-nonce-string "31/Dec/2014 OPEN NASDAQ 4790.53 DAX 9883.10 DOW 17987.66" --genesis-timestamp 1420044761 --genesis-coinbase-hex 010a01ff0000210179e231c0574796ecc198e05afaecd3aea2d9a84fa6c51088eb75130c4eb4da7 2 --genesis-id-hash-hex 80e28ab82d17e61319309c7525d2f76a78731d0c6099b646bce2948d670181ff --genesis-work-hash-hex 9edc9d0ddd03c534300c9f4647a21998af9c0a4cdb9786c9f9b1f10095f5bacf --genesis-work-hash-signature 9578dd84ed25b51fcde0b87505cf94ebf2b4e4ed5fc28c1a05650a06b80bde040cfaf44a7f32ef4 15f1e8bd016ce012fb44f5bc1e3aa3f5f41600235a7417f01

(Note the different values for all of the above arguments. It appears the dev copied and pasted ones he was using on a test from the 30th instead of the 31st.)

Edit: On second look, if you generated a wallet using the data in OP, you will probably have to re-create a new wallet with the above correct data.

The show_hr command doesn't appear to work inside the daemon.

The benefit for getting specialized hardware with specific specs is significantly less than any other hashing algorithm that allow for ASICS or GPUs.  This is as fair as it gets.

+1

Refreshing idea, but I'm pretty sure most people who have 16 GB or more memory, they actually need it and use it. I for one won't be holding 13 GB of RAM hostage for a coin. On the other hand server owners with massive amounts of memory have a huge advantage. And you can rent servers with like 192 GB memory. You mentioned heavily weighted distribution of coins when in reality your distribution method is really poor as the coins wil end up going to a small group of people.

Daemon startup appears to fail.
OS: Ubuntu 14.04 x64

Command: ./pebblecoind --data-dir ~/pebblecoin_data/ --genesis-nonce-string "30/Dec/2014 NASDAQ 4777.44 DAX 9805.55 DOW 17983.13" --genesis-timestamp 1419973386 --genesis-coinbase-hex 010a01ff0000210179e231c0574796ecc198e05afaecd3aea2d9a84fa6c51088eb75130c4eb4da7 2 --genesis-id-hash-hex 3b0e3ff57a8ea1ae614c6b648999be35838c0edbd24a2c2e18303ad135ac43b9

Console output:

2014-Dec-31 21:59:08.550854 Starting...
2014-Dec-31 21:59:08.551935 pebblecoin v0.1.0.4()
2014-Dec-31 21:59:08.552067 Module folder: ./pebblecoind
2014-Dec-31 21:59:08.552257 Genesis block nonce is: 2619793676
2014-Dec-31 21:59:08.552388 Initializing global hash cache...
2014-Dec-31 21:59:08.552476 Loading hash cache...
2014-Dec-31 21:59:08.552671 Can't load hash cache from file /root/pebblecoin_data//hashcache.bin, no genesis block hashes provided
2014-Dec-31 21:59:08.552767 Hash cache initialized, have 0 hashes and 0 signed hashes
2014-Dec-31 21:59:08.552861 Global hash cache initialized OK...
2014-Dec-31 21:59:08.553215 Initializing shared boulderhash state...
2014-Dec-31 21:59:08.553305 Malloc'ing boulderhash state...
2014-Dec-31 21:59:08.554101 Shared boulderhash state initialized OK
2014-Dec-31 21:59:08.554191 Initializing boulderhash threadpool...
2014-Dec-31 21:59:08.555282 Started 16 boulderhash worker threads
2014-Dec-31 21:59:08.555376 Initializing p2p server...
2014-Dec-31 21:59:08.555531 Binding on 0.0.0.0:6180
2014-Dec-31 21:59:08.555834 Net service binded on 0.0.0.0:6180
2014-Dec-31 21:59:08.555926 Attempting to add IGD port mapping.
2014-Dec-31 21:59:12.561207 No IGD was found.
2014-Dec-31 21:59:12.561812 P2p server initialized OK
2014-Dec-31 21:59:12.562095 Initializing cryptonote protocol...
2014-Dec-31 21:59:12.562379 Cryptonote protocol initialized OK
2014-Dec-31 21:59:12.562662 Initializing core rpc server...
2014-Dec-31 21:59:12.562968 Binding on 127.0.0.1:6181
2014-Dec-31 21:59:12.563392 Core rpc server initialized OK on port: 6181
2014-Dec-31 21:59:12.563661 Initializing core...
2014-Dec-31 21:59:12.563945 Loading blockchain...
2014-Dec-31 21:59:12.564233 Can't load blockchain storage from file, generating genesis block.
2014-Dec-31 21:59:12.564532 Genesis block nonce is: 2619793676
2014-Dec-31 21:59:53.477973 Blockchain initialized. last block: 0, d1.h7.m56.s47 time ago, current difficulty: 1
2014-Dec-31 21:59:53.478172 Core initialized OK
2014-Dec-31 21:59:53.478325 Starting core rpc server...
2014-Dec-31 21:59:53.478368 Run net_service loop( 2 threads)...
2014-Dec-31 21:59:53.478955 [SRV_MAIN]Core rpc server started ok
2014-Dec-31 21:59:53.479083 [SRV_MAIN]Starting p2p net loop...
2014-Dec-31 21:59:53.479193 [SRV_MAIN]Run net_service loop( 10 threads)...
2014-Dec-31 21:59:53.484037 [P2P4][69.60.112.169:59166 INC]Sync data returned unknown top block: 1 -> 353 [352 blocks (0 days) behind]
SYNCHRONIZATION started
2014-Dec-31 21:59:53.484178 [P2P0][69.60.113.24:35685 INC]Sync data returned unknown top block: 1 -> 353 [352 blocks (0 days) behind]
SYNCHRONIZATION started
2014-Dec-31 21:59:53.484672 [P2P3][69.60.112.164:41740 INC]Sync data returned unknown top block: 1 -> 353 [352 blocks (0 days) behind]
SYNCHRONIZATION started
2014-Dec-31 21:59:53.484678 [P2P1][54.87.190.112:36705 INC]Sync data returned unknown top block: 1 -> 353 [352 blocks (0 days) behind]
SYNCHRONIZATION started
2014-Dec-31 21:59:53.484762 [P2P2][69.60.113.23:43735 INC]Sync data returned unknown top block: 1 -> 353 [352 blocks (0 days) behind]
SYNCHRONIZATION started
2014-Dec-31 21:59:53.552038 [P2P5]ERROR ../../src/cryptonote_core/blockchain_storage.cpp:1154 Client sent wrong NOTIFY_REQUEST_CHAIN: genesis block missmatch:
id: <80e28ab82d17e61319309c7525d2f76a78731d0c6099b646bce2948d670181ff>,
expected: <3b0e3ff57a8ea1ae614c6b648999be35838c0edbd24a2c2e18303ad135ac43b9>,
 dropping connection
2014-Dec-31 21:59:53.552277 [P2P5]ERROR ../../src/cryptonote_protocol/cryptonote_protocol_handler.inl:469 [69.60.112.164:41740 INC]Failed to handle NOTIFY_REQUEST_CHAIN.
2014-Dec-31 21:59:53.553020 [P2P8]ERROR ../../src/cryptonote_core/blockchain_storage.cpp:1154 Client sent wrong NOTIFY_REQUEST_CHAIN: genesis block missmatch:
id: <80e28ab82d17e61319309c7525d2f76a78731d0c6099b646bce2948d670181ff>,
expected: <3b0e3ff57a8ea1ae614c6b648999be35838c0edbd24a2c2e18303ad135ac43b9>,
 dropping connection
2014-Dec-31 21:59:53.553156 [P2P8]ERROR ../../src/cryptonote_protocol/cryptonote_protocol_handler.inl:469 [69.60.113.23:43735 INC]Failed to handle NOTIFY_REQUEST_CHAIN.
2014-Dec-31 21:59:53.554366 [P2P8]ERROR ../../src/cryptonote_core/blockchain_storage.cpp:1154 Client sent wrong NOTIFY_REQUEST_CHAIN: genesis block missmatch:
id: <80e28ab82d17e61319309c7525d2f76a78731d0c6099b646bce2948d670181ff>,
expected: <3b0e3ff57a8ea1ae614c6b648999be35838c0edbd24a2c2e18303ad135ac43b9>,
 dropping connection
2014-Dec-31 21:59:53.554497 [P2P8]ERROR ../../src/cryptonote_protocol/cryptonote_protocol_handler.inl:469 [69.60.112.169:59166 INC]Failed to handle NOTIFY_REQUEST_CHAIN.
2014-Dec-31 21:59:54.278150 [P2P4][69.60.113.24:35688 INC]Sync data returned unknown top block: 1 -> 354 [353 blocks (0 days) behind]
SYNCHRONIZATION started
2014-Dec-31 21:59:54.388163 [P2P4]ERROR ../../src/cryptonote_core/blockchain_storage.cpp:1154 Client sent wrong NOTIFY_REQUEST_CHAIN: genesis block missmatch:
id: <80e28ab82d17e61319309c7525d2f76a78731d0c6099b646bce2948d670181ff>,
expected: <3b0e3ff57a8ea1ae614c6b648999be35838c0edbd24a2c2e18303ad135ac43b9>,
 dropping connection
2014-Dec-31 21:59:54.388299 [P2P4]ERROR ../../src/cryptonote_protocol/cryptonote_protocol_handler.inl:469 [69.60.113.24:35688 INC]Failed to handle NOTIFY_REQUEST_CHAIN.
2014-Dec-31 21:59:54.479409 [P2P4]
**********************************************************************
The daemon will start synchronizing with the network. It may take up to several hours.

You can set the level of process detailization* through "set_log " command*, where is between 0 (no details) and 4 (very verbose).

Use "help" command to see the list of available commands.

Note: in case you need to interrupt the process, use "exit" command. Otherwise, the current progress won't be saved.

Note: in case you need to interrupt the process, use "exit" command. Otherwise, the current progress won't be saved.
**********************************************************************
2014-Dec-31 21:59:54.859333 [P2P9][54.87.190.112:36708 INC]Sync data returned unknown top block: 1 -> 354 [353 blocks (0 days) behind]
SYNCHRONIZATION started
2014-Dec-31 21:59:54.984036 [P2P2]ERROR ../../src/cryptonote_core/blockchain_storage.cpp:1154 Client sent wrong NOTIFY_REQUEST_CHAIN: genesis block missmatch:
id: <80e28ab82d17e61319309c7525d2f76a78731d0c6099b646bce2948d670181ff>,
expected: <3b0e3ff57a8ea1ae614c6b648999be35838c0edbd24a2c2e18303ad135ac43b9>,
 dropping connection
2014-Dec-31 21:59:54.984729 [P2P2]ERROR ../../src/cryptonote_protocol/cryptonote_protocol_handler.inl:469 [54.87.190.112:36708 INC]Failed to handle NOTIFY_REQUEST_CHAIN.
2014-Dec-31 21:59:57.798558 [P2P7][69.60.113.25:6180 OUT]Sync data returned unknown top block: 1 -> 354 [353 blocks (0 days) behind]
SYNCHRONIZATION started
2014-Dec-31 21:59:57.802376 [P2P5]
**********************************************************************
You are now synchronized with the network. You may now start simplewallet.

Please note, that the blockchain will be saved only after you quit the daemon with "exit" command or if you use "save" command.
Otherwise, you will possibly need to synchronize the blockchain again.

Use "help" command to see the list of available commands.
**********************************************************************
2014-Dec-31 21:59:57.803938 [P2P5]Mining has started with 1 threads, good luck!
2014-Dec-31 21:59:57.803968 Miner thread was started

2014-Dec-31 21:59:57.804117 [miner 0]Using global boulderhash state
2014-Dec-31 21:59:57.804525 [P2P5][(localIP):52689 INC] SYNCHRONIZED OK
2014-Dec-31 21:59:57.804870 [P2P5][sock 19] Some problems at write: Broken pipe:32
2014-Dec-31 21:59:57.804598 [P2P8]ERROR ../../src/p2p/net_node.inl:599 Failed to get random peer from peerlist(white:0)
2014-Dec-31 21:59:57.836488 [P2P2]ERROR ../../src/cryptonote_core/blockchain_storage.cpp:1154 Client sent wrong NOTIFY_REQUEST_CHAIN: genesis block missmatch:
id: <80e28ab82d17e61319309c7525d2f76a78731d0c6099b646bce2948d670181ff>,
expected: <3b0e3ff57a8ea1ae614c6b648999be35838c0edbd24a2c2e18303ad135ac43b9>,
 dropping connection
2014-Dec-31 21:59:57.842885 [P2P2]ERROR ../../src/cryptonote_protocol/cryptonote_protocol_handler.inl:469 [69.60.113.25:6180 OUT]Failed to handle NOTIFY_REQUEST_CHAIN.
2014-Dec-31 21:59:59.264618 [miner 0]Found block for difficulty: 1
Hash was:

The client then begins forking itself, mining on the bad chain:


2014-Dec-31 22:00:02.208731 [miner 0]Found block for difficulty: 1
Hash was:

2014-Dec-31 22:00:05.305178 [miner 0]Found block for difficulty: 4
Hash was: <8b9ca84591ac2e4c7020eb36dd339f58afd01204e55e7104b9cad88445507915>

2014-Dec-31 22:00:14.229253 [miner 0]Found block for difficulty: 10
Hash was:

2014-Dec-31 22:01:09.452519 [miner 0]Found block for difficulty: 20
Hash was:

2014-Dec-31 22:01:18.398278 [miner 0]Found block for difficulty: 35
Hash was: <716eaf8c342b3b8d58827a744aaa9e3bdcd23f422de80b61059e4d95f3059a06>

2015-Jan-01 04:49:13.046253 Provided incorrect block id hash hex. Given 3b0e3ff57a8ea1ae614c6b648999be35838c0edbd24a2c2e18303ad135ac43b9, but block hashed to 48295246f3c9f48b39d945c205abfdb754c80b32f654d7d34a390de533f2de3a

Tried to set up mining. And then realized that my non-zombie PC doesn't have enough RAM 

Waiting . .

first in 2015 

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UPDATE 2015/12/31: Version 0.4.4.1 is now out.  The major change is optimizing the daemon to use less RAM.  It no longer keeps all the blocks, which are rarely needed, in RAM, and so RAM usage has decreased from around 2 gigabytes, to under 200 megabytes.  Mac binaries are also now available.  The new wallet is compatible with the old wallet - simply turn off the old wallet, and start the new wallet, and the blockchain will update automatically to use less RAM.

LINKS:
Windows 64-bit: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b4kubwwnb4t7o4w/pebblecoin-all-win32-x64-v0.4.4.1.zip?dl=0
Mac 64-bit: https://www.dropbox.com/s/uoy9z1oxu4x53cv/pebblecoin-all-mac-x64-v0.4.4.1.tar.gz?dl=0
Linux 64-bit: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jq3h3bc29jmndks/pebblecoin-all-linux-x64-v0.4.4.1.tar.gz?dl=0

Exchange: https://poloniex.com/exchange#btc_xpb .

Source: https://github.com/xpbcreator/pebblecoin/

CONTACT: [email protected]
IRC: irc.freenode.net, #pebblecoin

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UPDATE 2015/06/08: Version 0.4.3.1 is now out.  This is a minor, mostly bug-fix release.  Work continues on the next major release which will bring us user-created currencies and user-graded contracts. Release notes:

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UPDATE 2015/05/04: Version 0.4.2.2 is now out.  This is a bug-fix/cosmetic release.  Release notes:

• Payment ID support
• Windows installer
• Logos updated
• Improved DPOS tab
• Sync issues fully fixed
• Fix rare crash bug
• Fix min out 0 bug
• Fix debit display
• Fix GUI not updating
• Updated hard-coded seed nodes

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UPDATE 2015/04/24: The switch-over to DPOS has succeeded without a hitch!  DPOS blocks are being signed as we speak, at the far faster pace of 15 seconds per block.  This marks the start of a new era for Pebblecoin.

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UPDATE 2015/04/21: Congratulations to the first registered delegate!  This indicates the start of the forking change so everybody please update your daemons if you haven't already.  

To promote the coin and encourage people to become delegates, we've come up with an incentive scheme.

First, we'll send a free 100 XPB to anybody who PMs me their public address, for people to play around with and to start using the coin.

Second, once DPOS starts, for the first month of DPOS I'll send an extra 0.5 XPB to the signing delegate for every block they process.  This is on top of the usual transaction fees they will receive.  This is to encourage more people to become delegates at this important phase of the coin.

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UPDATE 2015/04/19: All went well on the testnet release, so after a few further minor modifications, we are releasing version 0.4.1.2 to the public.  This is a forking change, so please update your clients and servers (links below).  At block 83120, sometime on April 21st, registration for DPOS delegates will begin.  At block 85300, sometime on April 24th, the network will switch over to DPOS.  As with the testnet, to become a delegate and receive block fees for securing the network, just turn on your wallet, register to be a delegate (5 XPB fee), and then leave your wallet on.  It will sign the blocks when it is your turn.

While Roman works on the next phase of the release - introducing subcurrencies - I will be fixing up some loose ends on the wallet, adding payment ID support, etc.

This is truly an exciting time for Pebblecoin.

RELEASE NOTES:

• All clients adjust internal clocks using ntp (client list in src/common/ntp_time.cpp)
• Added testnet support
• DPOS registration starts Block 83120 (~April 21st)
• DPOS phase starts Block 85300 (~April 24th)
• Default fee bumped to 0.10 XPB
• Low-free transactions no longer get relayed by default
• Significantly improved wallet sync
• Checkpoint at Block 79000

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TOTAL CURRENT COINS: Available at this link.
BLOCK TARGET TIME: 2 minutes
EXPECTED EMISSION:
At Block 3600 (End of Day 5): ~78 XPBs
At Block 6480 (End of Day 9): ~758 XPBs
At Block 9360 (End of Day 13): 6,771.0 XPBs
At Block 12240 (End of Day 17): ~61,000 XPBs
At Block 15120 (End of Day 21): ~550,000 XPBs, start of regular 300/block emission
At Block 21900 (End of Month 1): ~2,600,000 XPBs, 300/block
At Block 43800 (End of Month 2): ~9,150,000 XPBs, 300/block
At Block 85300 (End of POW phase): ~21,500,300 XPBs.

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UPDATE: The Pebblecoin Pool is now live!

Instructions: Download the linux miner and run it: ./minerd -o stratum+tcp://69.60.113.21:3350 -u YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS -p x

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UPDATE: The Pebblecoin wallet is now live!

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There have been thousands of attempts at alternative currencies in the community.  Many are 100% copies of existing blockchains with a different name.  Some are very slight variations with no significant differences.  From recent history it is apparent the only realistic chance for viability of a new currency is one that is innovation and continued support and development.  The bitcoin community for good reason has shown interest in currencies that provide privacy of transactions, several currencies such as darkcoin, have become popular based on this desire.  The best technology for privacy is cryptonote although for a variety of reasons there hasnt been much development for ease of use, and as a result there has not been significant adoption.

Pebblecoin (XPB) is a cryptonote based coin with improvements and changes in some areas, and the promise of development in others.  I invite developers to work on this technology with me.  There is no premine, any tips or support of any developer including myself will be completely voluntary.  These are the following areas which I have determined needs changes/updates:
I welcome suggestions, and am interested what else I can try to improve.

1) New Mining algorithm (active)

A mining algorithm is either susceptible to ASIC development or to being botnetted, meaning it is either more efficient to have a centralized mining entity (as is the case with bitcoin) or to have an algorithm that requires a real CPU, in which case botnets become very attractive.  To my knowledge there does not exist a blockchain that attempts to solve both problems, by having an algorithm that only works on a general purpose computer and is difficult to botnet.  Cryptonote coins currently are primarily mined with botnets.

Boulderhash is a new mining algorithm requiring 13 GB RAM, nearly eliminating all possible zombie (botnet controlled) computers from mining.  Most infected computers in the world do not have 13 GB available, so an algorithm that requires that much RAM severely limits the productivity of a botnet.  13 GB also makes ASICs cost prohibitive, and the current GPUs do not have that much RAM.  What's left is general purpose computers as was the original intent of bitcoin's mining process.

2) Distribution of coins (active)

It is very common in the launch of a new cryptocurrency the distribution algorithm heavily is weighted towards the very early adopters.  Such distribution is designed to give a massive advantage to people who are fully prepared to mine at launch, with a very large difference shortly after sometimes a few days later.  If the point of mining is to both secure the network and fairly distribute coins a gradual build up of rewards makes more sense, with no drop off in mining rewards.  At a standard block reward of 300, at launch each block will reward 0.3 coins leading up to 3, 30, and finally the standard reward of 300 which will be the standard unchanging reward from that point.  It will take approximately 3 weeks for the block reward of 300 to be reached.

3) GUI Software (active)

There are no current cryptonote coins that have a downloadable GUI, which makes the user experience much worse than that of bitcoin.  It is hard to achieve signficant adoption with a command line interface.  The very first update had the exact GUI written for bitcoin fully working with Pebblecoin.  The GUI was released on Jan 19, before the full 300 XPB reward was awarded for winning the block.

4) IRC Chat support embedded in Client GUI (active)

For user support, and to talk to core developers message boards such as Bitcointalk and reddit are primarily used.  I have embedded an IRC client in the GUI and be available at set hours for any kind of support.

5) Address aliasing (to be worked on)

Just as a user visiting google does not need to know the ip address, similarly an address should have the ability to have an associated userid.  If I ask a friend to send me pebblecoins it would be easier to tell him send it to @myuserid rather than a very long address or scanning a QR code.  There should be a way of registering a userid on the blockchain that will permanently translate to a pebblecoin addresss.

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QT INSTRUCTIONS:

• Download the package for your respective platform
• Run the Qt executable.  The software will generate a new wallet for you and use a default folder: ~/.pebblecoin on Linux and %appdata%\pebblecoin on Windows.
• To use an existing wallet, copy the wallet.keys file into the default folder.
• To use a different data directory and/or wallet file, run the software like so: ./pebblecoin-qt --data-dir --wallet-file .
• To enable mining, run the start_mining_NEEDS_13GB_RAM.bat batch file. Or run the qt wallet with the --enable-boulderhash command line option, or put enable-boulderhash=1 into the config file.  It will start mining to the wallet address.  To change the number of mining threads (13GB required per thread), do --mining-threads or edit the batch file.

DAEMON + SIMPLEWALLET INSTRUCTIONS:

• Download the package, run: ./pebblecoind --data-dir pebblecoin_data
• Once the daemon finished syncing, run the simplewallet: ./simplewallet

POOL INSTRUCTIONS:

• Download the miner binary for your platform.
• Run the miner using a wallet address gotten from simplewallet or the Qt Wallet:
  

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DEV WALLET (for donations):
PByFqCfuDRUPVsNrzrUXnuUdF7LpXsTTZXeq5cdHpJDogbJ8EBXopciN7DmQiGhLEo5ArA7dFqGga2A AhbRaZ2gL8jjp9VmYgk