Isn't that kind of the point of this coin? It's like Dash but not centralized by ASIC miners

I really didn't mean any offense mate. I know this is your project, and you're working on a new wallet, and that it's going to be easier to use once released. Objectively, I have setup masternodes in SIB, CHC, BRO and this, and this was the most difficult one to get working, to the point where I decided to leave the US$2 / node / day behind.

Some barrier to entry for this coin (in it's current form) vs other coins are:
- Links in the announcement here are dead, including the marketing website and chain explorer
- Blockchain is more difficult to sync and requires snapshots from community members*
* said snapshots are not in the main post, but buried in these threads
- No windows wallet*
** I don't use windows myself, but it's the biggest desktop OS, and the wallet is broken, but this isn't stated in the announcement thread, instead there's a dead dropbox link.

I think this coin will be get better in the near future (I'm holding some in cryptopia). The guy I was responding to is a windows user, with presumably limited knowledge of Linux. I stand by my advice that if you can forgo the masternode returns, but think this coin will improve, it's not too risky holding the coin in cryptopia.

> Could you please mention one coin (or any other thing you can invest into) that will not make you upset if you lost it?

touché

What I meant was, generally I wouldn't invest a large % of my wealth in a coin with such a low market cap, and in it's current state.
And since it's not a large amount of my wealth, I'm happy to store that in cryptopia. If I lost this amount money, I'd be okay to laugh it off.

I couldn't do this with bitcoin or dash, because I have life-changing amounts of money stored in them.

As for node operators seeing wallet issues and laughing, that's cool. I'm happy for them. US$2 / day for a 112-8bit stake is very good. I hope the guy above who I sent 60 coins to puts them towards another masternode and makes a killing.

Hi Panda111,

I've read through the last 20 pages of this thread. From what I've gathered:

1. The windows wallet is fucked. You'll have to use the Linux one. And it's difficult to compile because it depends on old libraries which aren't included.
2. To even sync the chain, grab the megaupload copy of the blocks from bakra: https://mega.nz/#!gawV0Qqb!Gcg-A_oRbSyDzHeFQ5s_lz98o3TGzZ7CGvzV-VqGwfI
Simply extract that archive, copy your wallet.dat into it and your 8bit.conf and place it in ~./8bit
You should now be relatively sync'd, until the next "funny block" comes along and fucks you.

And the following is from my personal experience:
Even with a chain snapshot, my fast i7 with an SSD had trouble keeping up with the blockchain.
Sending that 60-8bit tip to bakra, kept failing, I had to create an infinite loop to keep re-trying the send.
I had the same issue sending my remaining balance to cryptopia.

I don't normally suggest this, but if you're not planning to setup a masternode, just keep your coins in cryptopia. Let their engineers keep the wallet running for you instead.
The risk of cryptopia dying or getting hacked is much lower than losing the coins in this software, especially since you HAVE TO use linux, and you're probably unfamiliar with it.
Additionally, you shouldn't have enough wealth in a coin like this that you'd be upset if you lost it.

Good luck, and no need to tip me.

I already managed to access them via the dropbox link like 5 pages back, but you can have em anyway:

$ ~/8bit/src/8bitd sendtoaddress 8YyG4zaUrx7hgkTBDeiCtorqU2aUd3c93J 60 im_out
8ae38cbf979989ba9ae9f86185665be3b750097d6cec54f0348179538663d2d3

Enjoy

Cool, I get it, the future is going to be great. But in the meantime, I need access to my money, and the wallet is broken (Linux build).

Could you please provide me with a copy of the blockchain so I can access my funds?

Like all I need is for you to .tar.gz and upload the blockchain

On my workstation with 32GB RAM and in i7 + SSD, I'm getting nowhere.
On my VPS, I'm getting:

EXCEPTION: St9bad_alloc      
std::bad_alloc      
8bit in ProcessMessages()  

Edit:
I'm suck at block:     "blocks" : 1010218,

First person to upload the blockchain, and provide their 8bit address, gets 60 - 8bit tokens from me. I'll post the TX ID here.

I've been trying to sync for 15 days.
I'm up to around block 1010000 and not moving, even though 8bitd is at 100%
I sent my coins to my address already so now I'm really stuck.
Tried syncing on 3 different machines, including an i7 3770k with and SSD and 24mbit download speed.

Could someone please host a .tar.gz of the blocks?