Re: [ANN][PIVX] - PRIVATE INSTANT VERIFIED TRANSACTION - POS 2.0 - ZEROCOIN PROTOCOL
Fork of Dash.
What actual NEW code is being written/created on this project?
What actual NEW code is being written/created on this project?
https://github.com/PIVX-Project/PIVX/commits/master
590 commits since it was forked from Dash, that's quite some code.
I am really waiting for the mobile wallet with zerocoin integration. That will be awesome!!
Linux wallet closes about twice a day, asked in slack chat and it seems to be a known bug, hope devs know it too. Is there any way to ask pivx-cli to prompt for a password (when unlocking for staking) instead of typing it into the terminal without censoring (***) ?
What distro and kernel are you using? May I guess a linuxmint flavor with GUI? Since switching to debian and command line (pivxd and cli), it has been constant uptime. Btw I guess that some devs use debian...
Then for your command line history : https://www.ostechnix.com/how-to-clear-command-line-history-in-linux/
or you erase it all : history -c (total erase) or simply but a space before the command you typed to remove this one only.
I'm using mint 18.2 but I saw on slack that many people with different linux distros are having this problem, this is a bug in the client that should be fixed. Until it's fixed I'm staking on windows, it's 100% stable there also it's a shame that you can't type in a password like whenever you do sudo su, so it won't be visible. Deleting bash history is one thing but still it's visible while you type it, that's why I rather stake on windows until either the linux qt is fixed or cli prompts for pass. I hope they work on at least one of these things. Weird to say that stuff works better on windows
Thanks for the info. I too had sometimes the problem with mint. Generally a quick crash a few moments after start up and if not it was stable for long. But there is no comparison to debian 9.0. What ever the bug, it's nice to see it being worked on. 100% as you say.
Sorry to not have well understood your problem with the visible password... use a towel over your head and screen
.so i got a cool 1000 PIVX and i've been staking and haven't received a stake. i'm keeping my PIVX. but what i find kinda unfair is that those bigger bags that get rewarded and after 100 confirms jump right back into even playing field with my 1000 attempting to catch my first stake. coinage used to actually give smaller bags a chance to stake but now i feel even more out of the squeeze to stake... any insight? there maybe more to this technology that give me a better possibility to stake with my smaller bag?
From the white papers :
The Block Reward in most Proof of Stake systems is unfortunately based on Coin Age. In
theory, this is to distribute interest fairly by allowing nodes to receive latent payments
due. It is an attempt to keep a common APR. However, this system does not work
because nodes can stay disconnected and with many split inputs, reconnect to the network
and game the reward system. Also, it does not give nodes any incentive to stay connected.
In a decentralized system, the more nodes connected the better the security since it shifts
trust from a single entity to the network itself.
You can always check http://cryptocoin.cc/table.php?cryptocoin=Pivx to have an idea about your staking. However like a previous poster said, not everyone is staking... so it's highly realistic to expect improved odds.
But with 1k you aren't that bad, it's true there are big stakers like someone with over 36k however there are smaller stakes that get blocks. I saw a 10 pivx stakes got a block recently ! Furthermore the average is a little over 2500 pivx. Tell us how it goes. But as you say the most important is reliability of your system.
thanks for the reply!
i think disconnecting "majority coins in large inputs" and reconnecting and taking a few reward confirms is the real idea behind coinage. as doing so it will take only a few reward confirms. when large bags take few reward confirms it opens the Barrier of Entry by giving small bag holders that didn't catch a reward confirm weight and more chances for reward confirms for securing the network. this happens because then the large inputs are fairly satisfied reducing huge holder the need to devour all the reward confirms. a reward confirm to a small bag owner gives them the notification that they are indeed staking and securing the network and rewarded for so.
unfortunately people are more greedy than scientific so... yeah they game on all the reward confirms and rest of network has no incentive.
i like the idea! i am hoping to see some great things!
Exactly, better to have a trustless system than one that can be abused. The sad part is that 99% of the users will be honest but a few can crash the system for all. So if the possibility is technically removed by not using coinage, it's a win for everyone.
But in a sense the more coins, someone has the more blocks he should get, it's like owning asics or gpus. Furthermore the more coins hold the greater are his incentive to secure them well and as such making the network more secure for everyone else, including the small holders.