Quote from: GreXX on October 12, 2014, 02:23:16 PM

A Few Notes

So I have noticed many asking about the orphan like behavior and also the fork processing.

In the blog post, I mentioned it down in the notes, but it was kind of hidden. Here is a copy paste with relevant piece highlighted.

In the new system, you still need a client with your passphrase loaded and 1000 XCR to forge. Your client will try to win each block and may initially display that it has won. The network will then come to a consensus, announce the correct forger to nodes, and have the winner updated in your ledger. This means it may look like you won a block, however once the the block confirmed, it will update the winning node. This is also a normal behavior.

Basically what you are seeing is when the new block starts, your node trying to forge the block and saying it has won until it is told otherwise. You are just seeing the network update your node who the real winner is, and then logging it in the ledger.

Keep in mind this is an ever evolving temporary solution that may even turn into a permanent solution with enough tweaks to get the algorithm where we want it and clean it up a bit.

Also remember that we are doing a 1 min block time and the only transactions really occurring at the moment are transfers between users, exchanges, and passphrase fees. So we will still see a good number of zero fee blocks. The idea here is for everyone to see the potential of the system as we continue to build out and gain support. The more we build, the bigger we get, the more you will make for forging and the more full the blocks will become.

On the bright side, it looks like even with all of you coming online, we are all staying on the same fork (no more forking issues) and most here are getting it installed with little to no problems.

If you are still experiencing problems getting installed, please let us know! We will try to work through it with you.

Also, an install video is a great idea. As soon as Eric is available today I will talk to him about doing one for each version and see if we can get them posted to youtube.

As always, stick with us, we will keep you updated. We are happy to see you all still here and appreciate your support!

Doh I missed that myself in the notes. Thanks for the explanation. With that said I definitely agree it's working well. im not seeing any other issues at this time. All of my nodes are at least 2gb servers so no issue with memory. It seems from some posts we have seen an increase in memory use. Will some more memory optimization be possible for those running with less memory?

You guys are doing a great job.