Re: [ANN][XNC] XenCoin | Instant | Stable | Long term Support - New UPDATE!!!
Working on a bootstrap.dat for the blockchain - should be ready in a few hours -- p2pool node will remain offline for the time being.
A checkpoint update for XencoinCommunity will be coming soon - we're back to having a collision with another alt-coin when the client runs - a checkpoint should solve this. Due to the fast blocktimes on this coin, along with the 'network confusion' issues brought on by lack of proper fork/clone by original source, I may have to start a rolling 'point' release schedule for this client (0.6.3.4 is current - 0.6.3.x <-- x being the point updates for checkpoints) - this may help alleviate the 'stuck downloading wrong chain' issues I'm starting to see again in these older litecoin-clone-based clients. Depending on how often this is needed will determine the 'schedule' - but it's looking like about 2-4 weeks per point release for the blockchain.
To anyone who has started using the latest release, please be sure to note any issues/problems/successes with this fork. I can't fix things or attempt to improve things if I don't know what's wrong or what's happening.
A new thread is coming soon as well - once I get some more things organized. Community members who can contribute, please get setup on Github if you aren't already for issue tracking and code submission/pull requests. Thanks!
A checkpoint update for XencoinCommunity will be coming soon - we're back to having a collision with another alt-coin when the client runs - a checkpoint should solve this. Due to the fast blocktimes on this coin, along with the 'network confusion' issues brought on by lack of proper fork/clone by original source, I may have to start a rolling 'point' release schedule for this client (0.6.3.4 is current - 0.6.3.x <-- x being the point updates for checkpoints) - this may help alleviate the 'stuck downloading wrong chain' issues I'm starting to see again in these older litecoin-clone-based clients. Depending on how often this is needed will determine the 'schedule' - but it's looking like about 2-4 weeks per point release for the blockchain.
To anyone who has started using the latest release, please be sure to note any issues/problems/successes with this fork. I can't fix things or attempt to improve things if I don't know what's wrong or what's happening.
A new thread is coming soon as well - once I get some more things organized. Community members who can contribute, please get setup on Github if you aren't already for issue tracking and code submission/pull requests. Thanks!
Keep up the good work!
It's appreciated
I do what I can
A small update on where things stand:
XencoinCommunity 0.6.3.4 is available - the makefiles may need adjustment off my repo - Windows builds are also downloadable there - click the "Releases" to find them.
Xencoin v0.8.7.3 (the development branch forked last year) has seen some activity and will be nearing availability for release as well. I seem to have resolved some of the performance issues that users were seeing even with low 'worker loads', and I've ported over other updates that have come up since then. I disabled any v2 block lock-ins on this client till after testing and consensus says it's time.
Bootstrap.dat files are available - I'll post links shortly - the bootstrap.dat import is slow as hell on the 0.6.x client branch - as well as the startup time and overhead from that client because it's lacking TONS of code changes that have happened upstream - but I'll maintain that branch until consensus moves us up to the 8.7.x branch (where we need to be) --
There are still issues with blockchain / network confusion - haven't quite figured out how I was hoping to address that just yet...
I'll bring the p2pool node back online eventually - just haven't gotten back to it with the updates I'm trying to get applied.
Repos:
XencoinCommunity 0.6.3.4 (https://github.com/thecarnie/XencoinCommunity)
Xencoin v0.8.7.3 (https://github.com/thecarnie/Xencoin) - TESTING/UNSTABLE/NOT FOR PRODUCTION
Both are accepting pull requests and code support --
Also available is the DNSSeeder code, p2pool code, and some other things - the bitpay/bitcore/insight repos are out of date - but it's a REALLY slick blockchain explorer when it runs right --