Re: [ANN] Sia - Decentralized Storage - Working Beta - Currency has been released
Oh, Sia-UI-v0.4.2-beta-win32.zip includes x64 version of siad and dosent work on x32 systems 
Okay, should be fixed now. Thanks.
Somebody will answer where Sia a wallet keeps the downloaded blocks?
Sia/consensus/set.db
Stuff like this...
Will limit this (very promising) project to super-geeks that unlimited time to f*ck around with crypto wallets.
That said, the GUI wallet is what counts and it's making progress:
OK, the blockchain is updated and I've transferred a little test coin from Polo...
But, of course, I'm LOCKED OUT... even after I've been given a 29 word passphrase (where NXT uses only 12 words).
Oh, the Dev wants me to run another 2 separate command line utilities...
And muck around with more passphrases with little known copy/paste techniques via consoles.
Let's add 17 more "locks", baby = very poor design.
Sorry, but you HAVE TO make GUI wallet standalone to attract normal people. Please make standalone GUI wallet a priority.
It's called 'beta' for a reason
We're still working through the kinks, each version we try to make it more user friendly.
Is there an estimate of how many Sia nodes are currently running?
Yes, right now 32.http://explore.siacoin.com/
Are those nodes that only offer space, or all nodes connected? I don't appear on that list. Is that because I'm not done syncing the blockchain yet?
You won't appear until you finish syncing. That list should be ~a full list.
I've been syncing for 10 hours now. I'm at block height 1976 (connected to 8 peers). Is it normally this slow?
Also, I cannot Announce my storage. I get the error message:
"Error 400 Bad request host address not reachable; ensure you have forwarded port 9982"
I have forwarded port 9982 on my router. Still doesn't work.
Sounds like you froze the client by unlocking the wallet before the syncing finished. This is a bug, but avoidable by waiting to unlock the wallet. Hope to have a fix in the next 2 weeks.
You'll have to do a 'force announce' if it doesn't think you've forwarded your port, but you know that you have forwarded your port.
Also, I cannot Announce my storage. I get the error message:
"Error 400 Bad request host address not reachable; ensure you have forwarded port 9982"
I have forwarded port 9982 on my router. Still doesn't work.
I think you have to forward 9981 as well"Error 400 Bad request host address not reachable; ensure you have forwarded port 9982"
I have forwarded port 9982 on my router. Still doesn't work.
Let me know if that works, I don't think it will help but on the off chance that it does... good to know for all other users.
I'm splitting my response into 2 posts since there's a lot to say. Sorry if I missed anyone, tried not to forget anything.