Topic: STAR COIN [STR] - The coin with bonus STAR blocks - page 17. (Read 143764 times)

don't forget probably want to update the nodes IP addresses in the source also before considering anything done. Another very simple fix

Ok I see a flurry of activity on here, so I will state my case & position.

I have taken a clone of the source code, in an attempt to fix the "Checkpoint is too old" error. This arises because the last checkpoint in the wallet code is, indeed, too far back in the blockchain history for the wallet to deem it 'secure'. However, no need to panic, since there has been no forks, there is only the one blockchain for people mining/trading. With the assistance of some other coin devs (I have little crypto coding experience to date, although have coding experience, and learn quick!) I believe I have added some new checkpoints, but at present I haven't fully tested these updates, and last time I checked the wallet was still complaining. This could be just because I have neglected some nuance of crypto wallets & coding, but I don't want to make any premature announcements until the testing is fully and independently verified.

I'm currently fairly heavily involved in the reorganisation of another coin, and my spare time is already quite precious (job, sleep, other projects) so I can't presently offer to take on the StarCoin dev or lead the project. My intention was simply to offer some remedial maintenance to keep the coin going until someone came forward.

I will try to complete this fix, and when the time is right, I will publish my 'version' .. I don't think at this time it represents a 'fork' from the original code. At that time, you will be able to see in the source repository that the changes are relatively minor. This was intended chiefly as an introduction for me into crypto coding, and hopefully it will prove a successful one, which also benefits a worthy coin in the process!

If anyone can come forward with Windows Qt building experience, please contact me via pm, I don't presently have a windows Qt setup, or equally .. if anyone knows how to cross-compile with mingw32/etc in linux, please also contact me via pm. Thanks.

The checkpoints just need updating correct? should be simple

only 2 users on starcoin.mining.sexy hashing away. block every 2-3 minutes

Star coin is really old good pow+pos coin. I am buying it as much as I can, It will soon skyrocket again. If new dev fork it and cryptsy will change the wallet, than star can 10x value instantly.

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I second the idea of going ahead with fork and new dev.
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Why do you need dev? If you forked it, than simply create new thread, post here link to new thread and thats it. In new thread link all new wallets and sync nodes. Contact Cryptsy to change the wallet to new one and Star Coin can live forever. It is so cheap now, that I am buying it like crazy, so please do the new thread and make yourself new Dev for Starcoin, I am voting for you.

 

I don't know how to contact the dev unfortunately. It looks like he hasn't been online since months, unfortunately.

I would be great to get this coin up and running again .

does this relate to this message i get in my wallet?: "errors" : "WARNING: Checkpoint is too old. Wait for block chain to download, or notify developers."

Does anyone know how to contact the dev(s) for this coin? I have forked the source and tried to add some checkpoints to bring the wallet up-to-date, but I can't seem to find any contact details on the website or here to get them adopted upstream.

Great to see that there still are pools that support StarCoin.

Unfortunately I burnt down my miner.. as soon as I got it back running again, I will join for a few days again I guess .

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Thanks for the reply. Yeah I ended up blocking POS, and that actually fixed everything oddly enough.

Your client may have forked. The *coin code seems to get stuck in a loop when this happens, repeatedly asking peers for the exact same set of blocks, as if they'll magically change somehow. (The definition of insanity?). If you are unable to sync properly you may need to delete the blockchain (but not your wallet!) and restart from scratch.

gen=0 only disables PoW; to disable PoS you need to set reservebalance=xxx in your config, where xxx is a number higher than your actual balance.

Here's some addnodes to help get you synced:

Ok so this is weird.. it appears it can't find a checkpoint or do a full resync because it can't connect to an IRC server. I can't paste the debug log here because it's on another computer.. but, anyone else notice this?

Guessing I need to add a billion addnodes in.

For anyone running the daemon, do you have issues with CPU usage? I'm seeing it bounce between 15 and 95%, I'm wondering if it's mining POS. I have gen=0 in the conf file though.

Any input? Other POS coins don't do this.

I put the following in my starcoin.conf and my wallet began syncing

addnode=69.147.229.226
addnode=76.164.206.58
addnode=212.83.191.197
addnode=63.246.129.56
addnode=68.0.160.3
addnode=203.20.114.252
addnode=77.172.80.106
addnode=190.14.37.111
addnode=159.224.220.21
addnode=198.50.233.16
addnode=63.246.129.56
addnode=192.241.182.189
addnode=37.229.117.57
addnode=172.250.241
addnode=198.50.233.16
addnode=188.252.16.109
addnode=216.158.85.123
addnode=69.9.152.126
addnode=63.246.129.56
addnode=198.136.62.201
addnode=108.62.211.51
addnode=162.243.78.234
addnode=158.255.214.124
addnode=82.204.105.135
addnode=63.141.237.82
addnode=173.172.193.128
addnode=24.255.59.102
addnode=86.214.142.153
addnode=121.73.160.84

I did go to the right directory and no conf file at all

Could anyone copy me the content of this file to let me create it ?