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Re: [DVC]DevCoin - Official Thread - Moderated
by
wiser
on 18/06/2016, 04:49:11 UTC
In that case, I'm part of the problem. Crazy busy three weeks and didn't get my file uploaded in a timely fashion. I just uploaded it now. Hopefully anyone else procrastinating will do the same. Thanks for the explanation.

One of the main requirements for devcoin to function is the hosting of the receiver files. Each time a block is solved a 'call' goes to the receivers so as to determine distribution to recipients addresses. There are 7 receivers hosted and (I believe) that 5 out of 7 need to be hosted for devcoin to work/blocks to proceed. Feel free correct me if I am wrong.

I host receivers at http://show-me-the-devcoin.info/devtome/ and am current. Hosting the files is not cheap, or at least wasn't when the big mining pool merge mined dvc. There were so many calls to the receivers I had to upgrade my bandwidth considerably as my site went down. Not sure how it is working now in regards to bandwidth post merge mining with big pools. My site is pretty crap but it's only there for the receiver files.

But the achilles heel with dvc is that if the receivers aren't hosted that the blocks won't be solved. Above post mentioned 404's on some of the receivers which suggests they haven't been updated. If it isn't syncing (mine isn't) then most likely the last receiver hasn't been uploaded enough times.

The last message to host/upgrade the receivers from Unthinking bit from http://galaxies.mygamesonline.org/receiver_59.csv was May 27, and there is a lag until they are required. My guess is that not enough receivers have been uploaded, the lag time has passed, and the blocks aren't being solved.