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gjhiggins

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Quote from: d5000 on December 29, 2016, 10:40:32 AM

@gjhiggins: Do you operate a Linux version of 0.4.1 and does it sync without getting stuck from the beginning?

Yes to both questions.

I haven't been able to replicate the “gets stuck whilst synching from the network” issue.

(I haven't made any progress on creating a reliable bootstrap.dat file. It's not on the top of my stack because it's a bit of a nuance in view of several unchallenged reports of cross-platform success obtained merely by copying the blockchain files from one datadir to another.)

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I'm also considering deleting the word "Official" from the thread title.

Can I suggest “Mainstream” as a replacement? It's a reasonable claim to make; afaik, this bitcointalk thread is the only remaining active public discussion forum for the coin.

I recompiled the Windows and OSX binaries with the “optimisation” flag set (-O3) and have refreshed the downloads available from https://minkiz.co/noodle/9 Dunno whether it'll make much difference to the mining hashrate, tho. I also changed the diffplot so that the chart is a little easier to read.

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Happy holidays to all

Happy calendarial modulus, hope you make the most of the extra second.

Cheers

Graham

casper77

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I wish Slimcoin to go to the exchange next year !
happy NY !

gavrilo77

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Wish you all Happy New Year!!!

psycodad

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精神分析的爸

I have compiled the master branch on Debian Wheezy 64 and Ubuntu 15.10 64 and I am currently (successfully) running:
slimcoin-qt on Wheezy 64
slimcoin-qt on Ubuntu Wily Werewolf 64
slimcoind on Wheezy 64 as public node

All three have been synched from scratch from the network without problems. The public node's slimcoind getinfo reads as:

Code:

{
    "version" : "SLMv0.4.1-alpha-43-g812154a-alpha",
    "protocolversion" : 60003,
    "walletversion" : 60000,
    "balance" : X
    "newmint" : X
    "stake" : 0.00000000,
    "blocks" : 856184,
    "moneysupply" : 13873156.89406400,
    "connections" : 19,
    "proxy" : "",
    "ip" : "X.X.X.X",
    "difficulty" : 0.00618169,
    "testnet" : false,
    "keypoololdest" : 1482851863,
    "keypoolsize" : 102,
    "paytxfee" : 0.01000000,
    "errors"
}

HTH

d5000

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I'm actually testing the "master" branch code, the command line linux version.

The client seems to work fine so far. Unfortunately I am still having sync problems when starting from a earlier blockchain snapshot (e.g. block 600000). The strange thing is that syncing gets stuck at other blocks than with the 0.3.2 version (but it stops every time at the same blocks). It seems to be related to "CheckProofOfStake errors" in the debug.log.

@gjhiggins: Do you operate a Linux version of 0.4.1 and does it sync without getting stuck from the beginning?

I have seen that there was more advance in the master branch these days. Will download the newest code and try it (although last commits seem OSX and Windows related).

I'll soon updating the OP and I'm also considering deleting the word "Official" from the thread title. Very interesting reads on the last page, gjhiggins. Slimcoin seems to be one of the very few real P2P projects in the altcoin world, and that's good ...

Happy holidays to all

gavrilo77

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I like the way how this coin goes. It is really enjoying

psycodad

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When I want to create a bootstrap, I start the daemon or wallet with -detachdb, let it synch up, stop and copy away the needed files. I don't know if -detachdb is needed but it sounds like it exists for that purpose. But loading such a bootstrap needs -loadblock as gavrillo77 notes.

gavrilo77

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Quote from: enerbyte on December 26, 2016, 11:18:30 AM

Here my impressions

Blockchain was synchronized from scratch without major problems, it took about 15 hours
Loading of the client is fast for me
There is no Slimcoin icon
Interface and nice design
Solo mining with slimminer works fine
Small bug in "Decode transaction" shows "BSY" instead of SLM

Cheers!

- loading is at the end good, i had some other processes background

gavrilo77

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I made bootstrap.dat as well. Wallet is reading it only when i open it with the command ./slimcoind -loadblock=~/.slimcoin/bootstrap.dat

Edit: My boostrap.dat doesnt work well. It is stoped after ~ 50 000 blockss

enerbyte

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Here my impressions

Blockchain was synchronized from scratch without major problems, it took about 15 hours
Loading of the client is fast for me
There is no Slimcoin icon
Interface and nice design
Solo mining with slimminer works fine
Small bug in "Decode transaction" shows "BSY" instead of SLM

Cheers!

gavrilo77

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I tried the new windows client (refreshed one).

- there is no Slimcoin icon
- loading of the client is slower than the previous one
- mining trough the wallet is working but it is more than 10 times slower than https://mega.nz/#!ewEl0RiJ!v7NgPRz3pVhUMN3vkB9eZnTEma774kdujfgk2qLGMdE

ArchitektoR

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Used the same way to transfer blockchain from windows wallets to Linux slimcoind daemon. It works with almost every coin.

gjhiggins

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Quote from: gjhiggins on December 25, 2016, 04:35:16 AM

I've never yet managed to get Slimcoin to read a bootstrap file successfully on any platform.

Arrgh. Such sloppy thinking. Never even checked whether the folklore cat blk* > bootstrap.dat is actually efficacious.

TIL how to create a bootstrap.dat file: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tree/master/contrib/linearize

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Linearize

Construct a linear, no-fork, best version of the blockchain.

Sounds promising - except that it doesn’t work out of the box with Slimcoin’s elderly JSON-RPC API and it's unconverted from Python 2.7 (sigh).

What does work, perhaps not-unexpectedly if you think hard enough about it, is gavrilo77's SLIMCoin.rar file

https://mega.nz/#!XscB0RbQ!R3FJxDyYEK65ilqlGKf9tmahAwkysh5xm6lw5SpIuZA

Strictly speaking, it's not a “bootstrap.dat” in that it is a packaged copy of the relevant elements of the datadir folder.

Code:

gjh@ashpool:~$ rar l ~/Downloads/SLIMCoin.rar 

RAR 5.30 beta 2   Copyright (c) 1993-2015 Alexander Roshal   4 Aug 2015
Trial version             Type RAR -? for help

Archive: /home/gjh/Downloads/SLIMCoin.rar
Details: RAR 4

 Attributes      Size     Date    Time   Name
----------- ---------  ---------- -----  ----
    ..A....     80856  2015-02-08 18:54  database/log
    ..A....  10485760  2015-09-29 17:31  database/log.0000000001
    ..A....  10485760  2016-12-25 11:07  database/log.0000027834
    ..A....  10496000  2015-02-08 18:54  database/log~
    ..A.... 534708224  2016-12-25 11:04  blkindex.dat
    ..A.... 445270627  2016-12-25 11:04  blk0001.dat 
    ...D...         0  2016-12-25 11:07  database    
----------- ---------  ---------- -----  ----
           1011527227                    7

(which I include so everyone is sharing the model)

I checked and it worked for my wine-hosted SLIMCoin.exe.

And, after repackaging as a tar.gz archive (because I couldn't be arsed hunting down a copy of rar) and copying across to the Sierra VM, also works for the SLIMCoin.app OSX binary.

I will check that the package also works for the Linux app and if I can create one under Linux that also works universally, I'll configure the server to publish a daily downloadable package.

Edit: As ArchitektoR observes, it also works for Linux, as I just found out..

BTW, refreshed windows binary and OSX binaries (one for bdb4.8 wallet and one for bdb6.1) are on:

https://minkiz.co/noodle/9

Cheers

Graham

zodiac3011

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just found my first block! I will keep it running as long as possible

gavrilo77

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Here is the new one bootstrap

https://mega.nz/#!XscB0RbQ!R3FJxDyYEK65ilqlGKf9tmahAwkysh5xm6lw5SpIuZA

gavrilo77

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Quote from: zodiac3011 on December 25, 2016, 10:56:40 AM

Quote from: gavrilo77 on December 25, 2016, 10:37:05 AM

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I know what's the problem. well I used the bootstrap.dat from bchain which is useless. Redownloaded the one you uploaded. it works perfectly! thanks!

Good!!! Anyway i am uploading the new one.

zodiac3011

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Quote from: gavrilo77 on December 25, 2016, 10:37:05 AM

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I know what's the problem. well I used the bootstrap.dat from bchain which is useless. Redownloaded the one you uploaded. it works perfectly! thanks!

enerbyte

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I'm trying the new version qt, currently downloading blocks, I love the new design with the integrated graphic and the block explorer.
Now only wait for the synchronization to end, it will surely take some time but it is good to do it to see that everything is working well.

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Quote from: zodiac3011 on December 25, 2016, 10:32:06 AM

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Quote from: zodiac3011 on December 25, 2016, 04:15:08 AM

I would love to support this coin so much. how can I use the bootstrap at all? it doesn't seem to work...

I have put link somewhere above. Just copy it in your app data folder

Well the wallet didn't read the file unfortunately

Quote from: gjhiggins on December 25, 2016, 04:35:16 AM

Quote from: zodiac3011 on December 25, 2016, 04:15:08 AM

I would love to support this coin so much. how can I use the bootstrap at all? it doesn't seem to work...

I've never yet managed to get Slimcoin to read a bootstrap file successfully on any platform.

IME, it does fully sync, eventually.

Cheers

Graham

it takes tons of time lol but it will be done. I have to restart wallet to keep it running as it halts sometimes

Strange. Because i was using the same files to install the client on another computer

I will upload once again and i will post it

I am using this version please have a look: vSLMCOIN_VERSION_MAJOR.SLMCOIN_VERSION_MINOR.SLMCOIN_VERSION_REVISION.SLMCOIN_V ERSION_BUILD-g154b52a-alpha

Try to put only database folder, blk0001.dat and blkindex.dat in your appdata/roaming/Slimcoin folder from .rar. Yes this is the build i am using

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Quote from: gavrilo77 on December 25, 2016, 10:25:29 AM

Quote from: zodiac3011 on December 25, 2016, 10:14:13 AM

Quote from: gavrilo77 on December 25, 2016, 04:24:41 AM

Quote from: zodiac3011 on December 25, 2016, 04:15:08 AM

I would love to support this coin so much. how can I use the bootstrap at all? it doesn't seem to work...

I have put link somewhere above. Just copy it in your app data folder

Well the wallet didn't read the file unfortunately

Quote from: gjhiggins on December 25, 2016, 04:35:16 AM

Quote from: zodiac3011 on December 25, 2016, 04:15:08 AM

I would love to support this coin so much. how can I use the bootstrap at all? it doesn't seem to work...

I've never yet managed to get Slimcoin to read a bootstrap file successfully on any platform.

IME, it does fully sync, eventually.

Cheers

Graham

it takes tons of time lol but it will be done. I have to restart wallet to keep it running as it halts sometimes

Strange. Because i was using the same files to install the client on another computer

I will upload once again and i will post it

I am using this version please have a look: vSLMCOIN_VERSION_MAJOR.SLMCOIN_VERSION_MINOR.SLMCOIN_VERSION_REVISION.SLMCOIN_V ERSION_BUILD-g154b52a-alpha

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