Quote from: bee7 on March 14, 2017, 01:43:46 AM

Quote from: Chicago on March 14, 2017, 12:26:02 AM

Hello,

What are the chances a community member may have a history longer than yours at this point (probable but not inevitable)? Would it be helpful from a historical perspective to PM the contributors in this thread to ask them if they had a node online through October of 2015?

Best Regards,
-Chicago

The blockchain file I received from the community member I mentioned has the last block minted at Dec 28 20:01:27 2015 UTC.

Unfortunately, I did not finalize the ABE block explorer code fixes yet to allow it properly treat Graincoin chain specifics so I am not ready to make it available online. Also it will took some time for ABE to build the index. So, I expect all this to be completed in three to four days.

Hi bee7,

   Yes, I agree it will take several days for Abe to index the Grain blockchain. A couple of years ago when I had prepared a local Abe instance with Grain it took many days. I suppose if there literally was no swarm then there would be no blockchain movement beyond December 28th of 2015 and thus nothing to lose. If some pair of users had a copy of the blockchain beyond December 28th of 2015 then they'd be the only ones staking and working on it. Your post in the channel is fair warning for them to have spoken up or to speak up soon.

   Once my coin daemon finally syncs with the chain, I was thinking of running through the linearize scripts to produce a linear bootstrap.dat for the case where I would need to bring another wallet online. So long as that is successful I'll share it here for you and others.

   I'm going to read through the two threads you posted about earlier for PoS and hopefully comprehend them by going through slowly and diligently.

   Sounds like you have a solid plan and don't hesitate to ask the community for help if you need it.

Best Regards,
-Chicago