looks like 169999 here too - https://suqa.ccore.online/
others more accurate?

have I been deceived?!!!  :-O

2 blocks away! Not quite the ball drop in NYC on New Year's eve, but close... anybody else hitting refresh on on the explorer? http://suqaexplorer.com/

What a great time! We now have less than 2 hours before the momentous hardfork from SUQA x25i to SIN x25x with Infiniti nodes, greater ASIC resistance, SINcyption and so much more!

Huge shout-out to all the developers working tirelessly behind the scenes - discord has been ablaze with issues and resolutions, and constant updates and help.

Also, mega kudos to all the members of the community who have been reporting issues, testing SIN, preparing pools and miners for SIN , and mining, supporting, buying this coin in advance of the hardfork.

With continued support from everyone who is onboard now, we should all enjoy GREAT rewards in the second half of 2019 - and beyond! 

Here's to the team that delivers! May SUQA rest in peace and long live SIN!

Can confirm DRAMATIC speed increase from previous version!  I'm currently getting 2.2 MH/s on a single GTX 1070Ti. (up from 96 kh/s before...)

It is great to see that one person no longer controls 98% of the hashing power on this coin. (https://miningpoolstats.stream/microbitcoin)
 
Huge THANK YOU to the developer! You have enabled all of us little folks to rejoin the ranks of the faithful MBC miners and earn some MBC. 

The countdown continues! SUQA current block is 166873 - see http://suqaexplorer.com/ . We are 3127 blocks away from 170000. At 30 blocks per hour we're ~104 hours away from the hardfork and SINOVATE Mainnet launch.

My best guestimate for "go live" is 5/31/2019 @ 8:26 PM CST – gives us all a little more time to accumulate enough coins for an Infiniti Node. 

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You can find pools that have set up in advance of SIN launch here:  https://miningpoolstats.stream/sinovate

Please keep in mind that any SIN that you mine between now and "go live" date is on TESTNET and has no value and will not appear in your new MAINNET SIN wallet. The pools have established the ability to test mine X25X prior to launch so we can all check our miners (and they can test their configurations) - in advance of the hardfork/mainnet launch on May 31st.

It's great to be prepared ahead of time!   

Agreed! Common sense and realistic goals set this coin apart from so many others.

I have been actively mining/buying coins across many projects for a couple of years now. The SUQA/SINOVATE team seems to be doing so many things right.  Infinity Nodes address the inherent weaknesses of high inflation and coin emission that occur in the masternodes of other coins.  There is SO much more in addition – everyone should spend a few minutes reading https://medium.com/sinovate/infinity-nodes-groundbreaking-sinovate-evolved-masternodes-7ce54eb61900 - to see how well the team has thought out and overcome other issues by implementing new approaches such as Revolving Sovereignty Votes (RSV) and Incorruptible Data Storage (IDS) and more! 

Also the dev team is much more responsive than many other projects/coins. The developers are active on the Discord channel and are addressing issues as they arise and doing everything possible to ensure a smooth transition from SUQA to SIN. Rather than launch with issues to meet an arbitrary date (or block), they chose to postpone the hardfork to get things right the first time. This speaks volumes to the maturity and mindset of the team.

This coin has incredible potential and I am very pleased that I can be a (small) part of such a great coin and community.

The top pools are all well run and used to pay out on regular basis. Unfortunately since May 9th a single (private) miner had been mining 98%+ of all MBC coins.  The developer has exploited a weakness in the new RFV2 algorithm and updated his miner to take advantage of said weakness. After 18 days, even with updates to the CPU and NVidia miners, the rest of the MBC community (99.99% of us) are left to fight for the remaining 1%-2% of all new MBC coins created.  While I applaud the developer for his extensive knowledge and coding skills, this much control in the power of one pool and one person is extremely unhealthy for any coin.  I would suggest mining elsewhere until the playing field is leveled.

You can check https://miningpoolstats.stream/microbitcoin anytime to see if/when it becomes feasible for all of us to compete in the mining process.

The countdown continues - SUQA current block is 166527 - see http://suqaexplorer.com/
So we're 3473 block away from 170000. At 720 blocks/day we're ~4.8 days away from the hardfork and SIN Mainnet launch. 

Please keep in mind that any SIN you mine between now and "go live" date is on TESTNET worthless and will not appear in your new MAINNET SIN wallet. The pools have established the ability to test mine X25X prior to launch so we can all check our miners  (and they can test their configurations) - in advance of the hardfork/mainnet launch on May 31st.

FYI - SUQA current block is 165776 - see http://suqaexplorer.com/
So we're 4224 block away from 170000. At 720 blocks/day we're ~5.8 days away from SIN Mainnet launch.

From Cryplander on discord - Please upgrade to the newest wallet. If you installed the first SIN wallet then you are on another chain because the first wallet was for block 165.000!!

Wallet update is available here -> https://github.com/SINOVATEblockchain/SIN-core/releases/tag/INFINITYNODES

Update from the discord channel - the hardfork has been postponed to block 170000. The developers are working very hard to fix a wallet issue on the Mac wallet. They are very wise to postpone the hardfork just a little longer to make sure that everything is working as expected prior to SIN launch.

Also, I learned that for all of us with SUQA that is timelocked, after the hardfork, the SUQA coins will be seen as immature in the new sin wallet. Also once the timelocks reach their enddate, they will become available as SIN. No need to send from old wallet to new wallet.

Hope this helps someone else out!

A follow-up to vella85's posting on March 12th... is there still no web site?

The Honey  Webite link on coinmarketcap.com/currencies/honey/ directs the users to http://honeycoin.info/ which is now showing as a newly registered domain on namecheap...

Wondering if this is part of the transition of a new site or a domain speculator/cybersquatter who just grabbed the domain when it became available.

I *want* to believe in this project, and hope this move is part of the long awaited update.

While I recognize that a full-blown roadmap and/or project plan with dates and milestones, is unrealistic for HoneyCoin, it would be great to get a quick status update (a few sentences) from the developer every week or two to help instill confidence.

For example:

• Completed: April 15th Moved domain to new host. Migrated code and began update process and beta testing.
  
• In Progress: April 20th deployed new TestHoneyCoin.info  site for review and feedback by faithful Honey followers.
  
• Next in queue: May 1st - team to continue work on blockchain
  

Not trying to tell developers how to run project, but know from many years in the IT world, that a little communication goes a very long way. Especially when so many other projects (coins) are competing for mind space in the alt coin communities.

If you are using Windows - this should help:
Windows:
1) Make sure Honey.exe is not running
2) Open File Explorer and Type %APPDATA%\Honey and hit enter. Your file explorer window will open to your Honey Directory

Note: if the folder doesn't exist, just go to %APPDATA% instead and create the Honey folder

3) Delete the following if they exist:
•   Database folder
•   Txleveldb folder
•   blk0001.dat file

4) Download the bootstrap blockchain file here: https://mega.nz/#!7XRRUIxQ!h5LAYvwDTyaMaFmrFx99Mu11smJuJ0WHZK14HZ7k75g
(That file was uploaded by https://www.coffeepool.org/ and will get your blockchain up to March 12th 2018 – which gives a big boost to wallet sync)

5) Extract the new downloaded file to the %APPDATA%\Honey folder
6) Start Honey.exe like you normally do
7) Let the wallet synchronize any recent transactions
8 ) Consider supporting https://www.coffeepool.org/ since durich uploaded a fairly recent blockchain to get you going

And no I'm not associated with coffepool.org - just trying to help out with Honey Coin!

As for your other question - I hope Honey is not dead, but developer postings are few and far between.

As legion_miracle mentioned, many extraordinarily wealthy and/or well-known individuals are openly supporting UBI. While the early-adopters are forward-thinking and altruistic, other extremely wealthy individuals will eventually realize that an ever increasing wealth disparity between the ultra-rich and everyone else is not indefinitely sustainable. History has proven time and time again, that large numbers of people who are hungry, oppressed, exploited, and feel that they have nothing left to lose will eventually rebel. The rich are often targeted and their families attacked and forced to flee or are killed, and their homes looted and ransacked when those rebellions occur. From a practical standpoint, even those who currently despise the thought of “handouts” (UBI) - it is much easier to placate the masses with basic income than face future rebellions that may end in violent overthrow. In short, UBI helps keep people relatively happy, fed, clothed and housed, which in-turn allows the very rich to remain in power and enjoy their lifestyle without the threat of civil unrest.

Additionally, there are already small UBI experiments either underway or planned. The Finnish government randomly selected 2,000 unemployed Finns from across the country for a trial testing universal basic income. It started in January of 2017 and will run through the end of 2018. Many news outlets are tracking the successes and failures. I am confident that many other governments are closely watching as well.

If it can be shown that people can attain higher education, or start new businesses, or simply become less stressed or less prone to violence while receiving UBI then that will provide another big boost.  Challenges and growing pains will certainly arise out of the UBI movement, and adoption will come much sooner in some countries than in others, but when implemented correctly it seems the best solution for many of the people-related challenges we face globally.

I have seen many of us struggling with Honey Blockchain errors and “Wallet out of sync” issues. I got my copy of the blockchain from honey-wallet-setup-guide-windows on coinguides, and a good Samaritan (hats off to you Gumcz) uploaded a compressed copy of the blockchain. But I’m wondering what it would take to formalize a compressed distribution on Github in the  (https://github.com/cryptofun/honey/releases) directory.

If a “formal” and (ideally) regularly updated blockchain file (honeychain.zip or honeychain.tar.gz) was available – everyone having an issue could download a copy and quickly sync their wallet.

Once a bootstrap file was available, we could then add a guide similar to the following:

=  = = = = = =

How to Bootstrap the Honey Blockchain
This guide will help you install a recent version of the Honey blockchain. This will significantly speed up the task of getting the blockchain synced up so you can use your wallet.

Windows:
1) Make sure Honey.exe is not running
2) Open File Explorer and Type %APPDATA%\Honey and hit enter. Your file explorer window will open to your Honey Directory

Note: if the folder doesn't exist, just go to %APPDATA% instead and create the Honey folder

3) Delete the following if they exist:
•   Database folder
•   Txleveldb folder
•   blk0001.dat file

4) Download the zip file with the most recent date or largest block number here: https://github.com/cryptofun/honey/releases/blockchain
5) Extract the new downloaded file to the %APPDATA%\Honey folder
6) Start Honey.exe like you normally do
7) Let the wallet synchronize any recent transactions

Mac:
1) Make sure the Honey wallet is not running.
2) Open "Finder".
3) Use this shortcut "Command+Shift+G" to bring up 'Go to Folder':
4) Delete the following if they exist:
•   Database folder
•   Txleveldb folder
•   blk0001.dat file
5) Download the zip file with the most recent date or largest block number here: https://github.com/cryptofun/honey/releases/blockchain
6) Extract the new downloaded file to the ~/.Honey/ folder
7) Start the Honey wallet like you normally do.
8 ) Let the wallet synchronize any recent transactions

Linux:
 

 =  = = = = = = (found the above guide for another coin I mine and modified it for Honey - and it was a lifesaver for synchronizing a *huge* blockchain) = = =

If others see value in an effort such as this, and we can find out how to get a blockchain bootstrap to the Honey directory of Gituhub - I'll be happy help out!

We can collaborate to create a more formalized guide with screen captures and additional details if folks are interested.

Working together we can make Honey even sweeter for everyone!

 

The economics and distribution of UBI are very important considerations. A review of articles on UBI challenges and proposed solutions has led me to believe that the technical and practical aspects of UBI can and will be overcome within the next 6 to 12 months. Searching "Universal Basic Income think-tanks" led me articles and sites where many very smart people are working through many of the challenges. Fortunately cryptocurrency provides a viable solution for both distribution and decentralized control.
 
One of the largest remaining impediments, IMHO, is pushback from national governments, central banks and the rich/powerful everywhere who have greatly benefited from the current systems and practices. A new income system that reduces the power/control of those who have it is likely to face significant resistance from those same people and institutions. A second and equally formidable challenge will be changing the mindset of the masses in some countries. In the USA for example, the concept of income is very tightly bound to "earnings" or "holdings" - many people would argue that UBI equates to money for nothing and would promote laziness and/or idleness. Changing deeply ingrained mindsets can take a very long time.

However, there is a storm on the horizon that may force societal change and almost everyone to rethink UBI. The advancements in AI and automation will displace millions of workers globally and ballooning debt levels/fiscal crises will devastate many fiat currencies in the years ahead. This trifecta of upheaval may spark widespread discussion and ultimate acceptance of UBI (hopefully) or civil unrest/state collapse/failure of national governance (bad times for all involved). Let us all hope that viable UBI such as Manna comes to fruition in the near-term to prevent widespread catastrophe in the long-term.

While I'm fairly new to UBI - GrantCoin, now Manna, seems to be head and shoulders above the other UBI efforts. Distribution started today and I'm optimistic that this project will be the future of UBI. Best of luck to the team and all supporters/holders!

This worked for me. Stopped and closed the Honey wallet. Downloaded blockchain and replaced the files in C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Honey - with the files in the download. I reopened the wallet and it started syncing within a few minutes and finished a couple hours later. Good luck!