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legendary
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Kovri (I2P) dev meeting in approximately 2 hours (17:00 UTC). Dev meeting can be followed at #monero-dev on freenode

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html?iso=20160508T17&p1=0&p2=56&p3=37&p4=102&p5=240&p6=136&p7=179&p8=137&p9=70

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If you have an IRC client, just make sure you are on the freenode server and you can subsequently join #monero-dev

If you don't have an IRC client, you can follow the dev meeting using:

http://webchat.freenode.net/

Set the channel to -> #monero-dev

And pick a nickname you like. Everyone is welcome to follow the dev meeting!

Conversation at #monero-dev:

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fluffypony: The messages from the I2P meeting will end up @ #kovri-dev on freenode right?
on irc2p, and on freenode
so you can just stay here, no need to change rooms
legendary
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Sixth dev meeting in approximately 2 hours (16:00 UTC). Dev meeting will be held at #monero-dev on freenode

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html?iso=20160508T16&p1=0&p2=56&p3=37&p4=102&p5=240&p6=136&p7=179&p8=137&p9=70

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If you have an IRC client, just make sure you are on the freenode server and you can subsequently join #monero-dev

If you don't have an IRC client, you can follow the dev meeting using:

http://webchat.freenode.net/

Set the channel to -> #monero-dev

And pick a nickname you like. Everyone is welcome to follow the dev meeting!
legendary
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Free spirit
No 0 post trolls isn't that a suprize    Cool
legendary
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Perhaps a reason is that newer posters have had less time to post on this 2 year old thread.  Yes there is not a linear correlation between the number of posts and the time since registered.

yet having; Number of posts by brand new members:   0   is not surprising.
legendary
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Flippin' burgers since 1163.
As promised, an analysis of the posters on this thread by user status.

Code:
Total number of posts:                   31012
Total number of unique posters:           2081
Number of posts by legendary members:     9785
Number of posts by hero members:          9528
Number of posts by senior members:        4898
Number of posts by full members:          2501
Number of posts by member members:        2099
Number of posts by junior members:        1096
Number of posts by newbie members:        1072
Number of posts by brand new members:        0

Thanks for sharing! I am actually quite positively surprised by these statistics. You would expect that there are way more newbie and junior members (trying to earn a quick buck) compared to hero and legendary. But this Monero tread is like an upside down piramide.

What could explain such a remarkable difference? Likely at first people join the forum for bitcoin, and then slowly realize that there is value in alternative technology as well? Or is it Monero specific because of it's complexity / really being different from bitcoin?

I am not browsing any other threads in this section of the forum, so excuse my ignorance if the answer is obvious.
legendary
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Pretty cool, jwinterm. Thanks for commenting the code you posted.

No problem, guess it's just habit at this point. Just fyi it was run using Python3. Apparently there are some differences with the zip function between 2 and 3, and I don't think the ascii function works in 2.
hero member
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Pretty cool, jwinterm. Thanks for commenting the code you posted.
legendary
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As promised, an analysis of the posters on this thread by user status.

Code:
Total number of posts:                   31012
Total number of unique posters:           2081
Number of posts by legendary members:     9785
Number of posts by hero members:          9528
Number of posts by senior members:        4898
Number of posts by full members:          2501
Number of posts by member members:        2099
Number of posts by junior members:        1096
Number of posts by newbie members:        1072
Number of posts by brand new members:        0

Top 30 posters:
Code:
Username                       number of posts           user class               
smooth                                    2476           Legendary                         
fluffypony                                 884           Legendary                         
dEBRUYNE                                   776           Hero Member                       
GingerAle                                  734           Hero Member                       
Hueristic                                  485           Legendary                         
David Latapie                              485           Hero Member                       
aminorex                                   409           Legendary                         
Anon136                                    404           Legendary                         
nioc                                       401           Legendary                         
surfer43                                   340           Sr. Member                         
tacotime                                   323           Legendary                         
binaryFate                                 318           Legendary                         
dreamspark                                 292           Hero Member                       
generalizethis                             288           Hero Member                       
cAPSLOCK                                   288           Legendary                         
GreekBitcoin                               287           Legendary                         
eizh                                       286           Hero Member                       
iCEBREAKER                                 277           Legendary                         
equipoise                                  267           Hero Member                       
5w00p                                      264           Hero Member                       
Wolf0                                      250           Legendary                         
jwinterm                                   241           Legendary                         
superresistant                             222           Legendary                         
Johnny Mnemonic                            221           Hero Member                       
rpietila                                   211           Legendary                         
saddambitcoin                              210           Legendary                         
medusa13                                   208           Hero Member                       
wpalczynski                                198           Hero Member                       
luigi1111                                  196           Hero Member                       
primer-                                    190           Hero Member               
         

smooth completely dominating, like 8% of total posts. Yours truly at #22. owlcatz and papa_lazzarou just missed the cut.

Complete list of posters here:
https://bpaste.net/show/bd9ed6566621

Source code for gathering data here:
https://bpaste.net/show/4edc215e8cc1

P.S. to everyone who uses weird symbols or unicode in your nickname, "Fuck you!" Tongue just kidding, helped me improve my regex skills a bit Smiley
legendary
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Hello community, does anyone know where I can download the blockchain?

Thank you.

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If you'd prefer to use a blockchain bootstrap, instead of syncing up from scratch, you can use this link for the most current bootstrap. It is typically much faster to sync from scratch, however.

https://downloads.getmonero.org/blockchain.raw

from:

https://getmonero.org/downloads/

Instructions, if needed, here:

https://github.com/monero-project/bitmonero/releases

Under "Updating: Blockchain Conversion":

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It is highly recommended that you delete the contents of your Monero working directory and sync from scratch. This directory can be found in ~/.bitmonero on Linux and OS X, and on Windows in \Users\username\AppData\Roaming\bitmonero or \ProgramData\bitmonero.

Syncing from scratch is EXTREMELY fast in this version, pretty much at bittorrent speeds, and will leave you with a fully verified blockchain.

Alternatively: if you want to grab the bootstrap (NOTE: there is a new bootstrap format!) off the website then you can get it at https://downloads.getmonero.org/blockchain.raw - once downloaded you can import it with blockchain_import --input-file /path/to/your/download.raw. If you're particularly brave you can pass the --verify 0 flag to skip verification during import.

If you REALLY want to convert your old blockchain: you can either use the blockchain_converter tool, or you can use blockchain_export to create a blockchain.raw, followed by blockchain_import to import it into the new LMDB format.



What command should I use in Windows to import the blockchain.

Thanks.



Download blockchain.raw to your monero directory

goto your monero directory, similar to how I do it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIRMM3F1jsE
Once in the folder, type

blockchain_import.exe --input-file NameOfInputFile

but put the input file name where NameOfInputFile is.
hero member
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Hello community, does anyone know where I can download the blockchain?

Thank you.

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If you'd prefer to use a blockchain bootstrap, instead of syncing up from scratch, you can use this link for the most current bootstrap. It is typically much faster to sync from scratch, however.

https://downloads.getmonero.org/blockchain.raw

from:

https://getmonero.org/downloads/

Instructions, if needed, here:

https://github.com/monero-project/bitmonero/releases

Under "Updating: Blockchain Conversion":

Quote
It is highly recommended that you delete the contents of your Monero working directory and sync from scratch. This directory can be found in ~/.bitmonero on Linux and OS X, and on Windows in \Users\username\AppData\Roaming\bitmonero or \ProgramData\bitmonero.

Syncing from scratch is EXTREMELY fast in this version, pretty much at bittorrent speeds, and will leave you with a fully verified blockchain.

Alternatively: if you want to grab the bootstrap (NOTE: there is a new bootstrap format!) off the website then you can get it at https://downloads.getmonero.org/blockchain.raw - once downloaded you can import it with blockchain_import --input-file /path/to/your/download.raw. If you're particularly brave you can pass the --verify 0 flag to skip verification during import.

If you REALLY want to convert your old blockchain: you can either use the blockchain_converter tool, or you can use blockchain_export to create a blockchain.raw, followed by blockchain_import to import it into the new LMDB format.



What command should I use in Windows to import the blockchain.

Thanks.

full member
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Please take a moment to vote!

"@ChessBTC @monerocurrency Please vote for monero and we will list it"

https://twitter.com/livecoin_net/status/728574138244194308

More exchanges are needed and this one can bring decent volume
legendary
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jwinterm probably doesn't want to hype his one project but lightWallet is one of the "unofficial" (whatever that means) ones that is worth checking out (not a browser plugin). It works either with a remote node (sort of a thin spv-ish wallet) or as a GUI for your own full node.



Correct, I don't want to hype my own project  Wink as it still is a bit buggy with TX history and calculating a balance from TX history, and i just haven't had a lot of time to put into it, but if you just want a GUI to display your balance, send TX, and see some network stats, then it should work OK.
legendary
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jwinterm probably doesn't want to hype his own project but lightWallet is one of the "unofficial" (whatever that means) ones that is worth checking out (not a browser plugin). It works either with a remote node (sort of a thin spv-ish wallet) or as a GUI for your own full node.

hero member
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Any prospects for GUI wallet in the near future?

There are several unofficial ones, the newest being the chrome browser wallet. For the official one, depends on your definition of "near future"; I'd guess 3-9 months, which is near future for me, but probably infinity*eternity for most in crypto land.

Thank you for the quick response Smiley

I'd never use any browser plugin. 3-9 is not so far away, still for the crypto land looks like ages. It does not matter for me (the GUI will never beat the terminal env Smiley ), it matters for the end users (I guess).
legendary
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Any prospects for GUI wallet in the near future?

There are several unofficial ones, the newest being the chrome browser wallet. For the official one, depends on your definition of "near future"; I'd guess 3-9 months, which is near future for me, but probably infinity*eternity for most in crypto land.
hero member
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Any prospects for GUI wallet in the near future?
legendary
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Merit: 1141

Do you have a referral code you would like used? How safe is this russian site?

No, I just noticed their message on twitter. I cannot make statements regarding that unfortunately, since I don't have sufficient information.
legendary
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Doomed to see the future and unable to prevent it

Do you have a referral code you would like used? How safe is this russian site?
legendary
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Merit: 1141
Hello community, does anyone know where I can download the blockchain?

Thank you.

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If you'd prefer to use a blockchain bootstrap, instead of syncing up from scratch, you can use this link for the most current bootstrap. It is typically much faster to sync from scratch, however.

https://downloads.getmonero.org/blockchain.raw

from:

https://getmonero.org/downloads/

Instructions, if needed, here:

https://github.com/monero-project/bitmonero/releases

Under "Updating: Blockchain Conversion":

Quote
It is highly recommended that you delete the contents of your Monero working directory and sync from scratch. This directory can be found in ~/.bitmonero on Linux and OS X, and on Windows in \Users\username\AppData\Roaming\bitmonero or \ProgramData\bitmonero.

Syncing from scratch is EXTREMELY fast in this version, pretty much at bittorrent speeds, and will leave you with a fully verified blockchain.

Alternatively: if you want to grab the bootstrap (NOTE: there is a new bootstrap format!) off the website then you can get it at https://downloads.getmonero.org/blockchain.raw - once downloaded you can import it with blockchain_import --input-file /path/to/your/download.raw. If you're particularly brave you can pass the --verify 0 flag to skip verification during import.

If you REALLY want to convert your old blockchain: you can either use the blockchain_converter tool, or you can use blockchain_export to create a blockchain.raw, followed by blockchain_import to import it into the new LMDB format.

hero member
Activity: 574
Merit: 500
Hello community, does anyone know where I can download the blockchain?

Thank you.
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