Goldcoin Core v0.14.4 has been released which includes a very important security fix for a DoS vulnerability!
If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the installer (on Windows).
Download links:
https://www.goldcoin.org/downloads.htmlAll users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible. Submit any issues you encounter here and one of the Goldcoin developers will assist you.
0.14.4 fails on startup with a dialog box saying "unable to start http server" or something similar.
2018-10-20 01:00:40 Goldcoin version v0.14.4.0-8eb798e
2018-10-20 01:00:40 InitParameterInteraction: parameter interaction: -whitelistforcerelay=1 -> setting -whitelistrelay=1
2018-10-20 01:00:41 GUI: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
2018-10-20 01:00:41 Validating signatures for all blocks.
2018-10-20 01:00:41 GUI: "registerShutdownBlockReason: Successfully registered: GoldCoin Core didn't yet exit safely..."
2018-10-20 01:00:41 Default data directory C:\Users\ken\AppData\Roaming\GoldCoin (GLD)
2018-10-20 01:00:41 Using data directory C:\Users\ken\AppData\Roaming\GoldCoin_GLD_
2018-10-20 01:00:41 Using config file C:\Users\ken\AppData\Roaming\GoldCoin_GLD_\goldcoin.conf
2018-10-20 01:00:41 Using at most 15 automatic connections (2048 file descriptors available)
2018-10-20 01:00:41 Using 32 MiB out of 32 requested for signature cache, able to store 1048576 elements
2018-10-20 01:00:41 Using 4 threads for script verification
2018-10-20 01:00:41 scheduler thread start
2018-10-20 01:00:43 libevent: getaddrinfo: no address associated with nodename
2018-10-20 01:00:43 Binding RPC on address :: port 8122 failed.
2018-10-20 01:00:43 Binding RPC on address 0.0.0.0 port 8122 failed.
2018-10-20 01:00:43 Unable to bind any endpoint for RPC server
2018-10-20 01:00:52 scheduler thread interrupt
2018-10-20 01:00:52 Shutdown: In progress...
2018-10-20 01:00:52 Shutdown: done
2018-10-20 01:02:12
reverting back to 0.14.3 works fine.
2018-10-20 01:04:29 Goldcoin version v0.14.3.0-7a76ae6
2018-10-20 01:04:29 InitParameterInteraction: parameter interaction: -whitelistforcerelay=1 -> setting -whitelistrelay=1
2018-10-20 01:04:29 GUI: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
2018-10-20 01:04:29 Validating signatures for all blocks.
2018-10-20 01:04:29 GUI: "registerShutdownBlockReason: Successfully registered: GoldCoin Core didn't yet exit safely..."
2018-10-20 01:04:29 Default data directory C:\Users\ken\AppData\Roaming\GoldCoin (GLD)
2018-10-20 01:04:29 Using data directory C:\Users\ken\AppData\Roaming\GoldCoin_GLD_
2018-10-20 01:04:29 Using config file C:\Users\ken\AppData\Roaming\GoldCoin_GLD_\goldcoin.conf
2018-10-20 01:04:29 Using at most 15 automatic connections (2048 file descriptors available)
2018-10-20 01:04:29 Using 32 MiB out of 32 requested for signature cache, able to store 1048576 elements
2018-10-20 01:04:29 Using 4 threads for script verification
2018-10-20 01:04:29 scheduler thread start
2018-10-20 01:04:32 libevent: getaddrinfo: no address associated with nodename
2018-10-20 01:04:32 Binding RPC on address :: port 8122 failed.
2018-10-20 01:04:32 HTTP: creating work queue of depth 16
2018-10-20 01:04:32 Config options rpcuser and rpcpassword will soon be deprecated. Locally-run instances may remove rpcuser to use cookie-based auth, or may be replaced with rpcauth. Please see share/rpcuser for rpcauth auth generation.
2018-10-20 01:04:32 HTTP: starting 4 worker threads
2018-10-20 01:04:32 Using BerkeleyDB version Berkeley DB 4.8.30: (April 9, 2010)
2018-10-20 01:04:32 Using wallet wallet.dat
2018-10-20 01:04:32 init message: Verifying wallet...
2018-10-20 01:04:32 CDBEnv::Open: LogDir=C:\Users\ken\AppData\Roaming\GoldCoin_GLD_\database ErrorFile=C:\Users\ken\AppData\Roaming\GoldCoin_GLD_\db.log
2018-10-20 01:04:32 Bound to [::]:8121
2018-10-20 01:04:32 Bound to 0.0.0.0:8121
2018-10-20 01:04:32 Cache configuration:
2018-10-20 01:04:32 * Using 2.0MiB for block index database
2018-10-20 01:04:32 * Using 8.0MiB for chain state database
2018-10-20 01:04:32 * Using 440.0MiB for in-memory UTXO set (plus up to 4.8MiB of unused mempool space)
2018-10-20 01:04:32 init message: Loading block index...