Goodbye folks.

Soooo, after some interesting times working with some pretty cool people in this community, I'm going to call it quits.

Simply put, as I've become involved in some other projects, I no longer have the time or patience to think about 8bit anymore.
(I've been "avoiding" it for a few months anyway at this point)

As the hosting for the 8bit faucet isn't free, And 8-bit-party didn't use the greater 8bit site I wrote anyway, I'm going to be ripping down the site asap and the server itself will be dark asap as well.

If anyone would like the code for the faucet, I'll be happy to provide it.

It's been a good ride folks, and the best of luck to all of you.
Cheers.

Put the following line in your darknet.conf file and restart the wallet.
staking=1

The 8bit Faucet and my block explorer wallet.... Totally on the right chain!  

My personal wallets... Not so much... Ugh.  

Oh well, staking/masternoding off for now... annnnd awaiting the new code.  

8-bit-party, just let me know either publicly or PM how I can help.

Even with the bootstrap file, I've found at least with my wallets, it still takes a few days to sync.

For what platform?

Ok, this totally makes sense... I'll still be happy to make/maintain the new thread, but I like the idea of waiting until we have a major code release to do it, assuming that's going to happen reasonably soon'ish. 

Just let me know (either here or PM) where you think my help would be most valuable.

Thanks!

This is a VERY solid idea. (and one that's been tried before, so if we do this, I'd really like to insure it works)

I would absolutely support the creation of a new ANN thread, if all the others here are also willing to move ALL discussion to the new thread.  

I'd also be happy to open the new ANN (Thus, I'd be responsible for keeping the first post up to date, and helpful for new users, which is really the idea here.)...

Opinions?

The faucet's wallet would be a great choice for this.. It is caught up, I've sent you a PM with some details.

I know I've asked this before, but received no response... Sooo, I'm askin' again...

Does anyone have a copy of the old Mac wallet?

I really want to add it to the 8bit downloads page, but I don't have a mac to compile a new one on.

Pretty please... 

That link to the windows wallet will work just fine... (there is also step by step instructions to build a linux wallet there)

That said... DO NOT use that bootstrap file... That is an old link, with an out of date bootstrap file.
I have updated the download link with the current bootstrap file from 8-bit-party.

Soooo, feel free to go HERE for both the current bootstrap file, and the windows wallet. (http://8bitcoin.netspecto.com/download.php)

I should have read the latest here before I sent in my donation! LOL

Anyway, seems my wallets are caught up... I've donated too, and the faucet wallet is less than 2 months behind, and should be caught up shortly.

I'm thrilled that so many folks came together to get this done!  Outstanding... Seriously.

drays is absolutely correct, I've been unavailable all weekend.
JUST got back from spending all weekend more than 50 miles from wireless signal of any kind... (Outside Moab, Utah, USA... I highly suggest it!)

Sooo, of course I'm happy to help...

My wallet I will donate from has been syncing all weekend, and I've got a few months left to go. I'll be happy to donate as soon as I can. (I'd guess it'll be very ready by morning tomorrow)

Either by public response, or PM: 8-bit-party, can you tell me how close we are to the needed number with the donations do far?

The co-lo/VPS/8-bit-faucet one is staking.
The other two are split, one staking, one masternode.

So I still have three wallets stuck on that same block... As per 8-bit-party's latest, I have NOT resynced, as we seem to be on the correct chain.

Is that still correct? Or should I be reloading my wallets?  If not, should I be giving out the faucet's wallet's IP as an addnode? (decent VPS on good/fast network)

The strength of the VPS is not the issue here... This one has multiple virtual cores, and 1.5g/dedicated ram (actually a lot for a VPS)... Annnnnd, all it's doing is one 8bit wallet, and a web server... (with ONLY the new 8bit site, the faucet, and netspecto.com on it, generating all of 100 hits/day total currently)

Specifically here's the CPU usage on the VPS: http://xymon.netspecto.com/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST=server&SERVICE=cpu
Annnnnd, here's the memory usage: http://xymon.netspecto.com/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST=server&SERVICE=memory
Really, no issues there.

It is conceivable that if we can get 8bit working/rebooted, and it REALLY takes off, this VPS might not be enough, BUT, as for now, we should HOPE that becomes a problem...

(point of fact, if it does become a problem, I'm very capable of building something multi-honed, geo-diverse, and load-balanced.... I do that sort of thing for a living.)

I'm not the dev, BUT, I have opened a support case with Bittrex asking them to take a few steps to get their wallet rocking again. 
I have also heard a bit from 8-bit-party (the dev) that he has been on the right track to get the blocks flowing again.  (short-term fix)

Either he or I will keep you folks posted as new arises... But rest assured, we are working not only to get the coin back on track, but to break new ground and really bring some value to this adventure!

Actually the new block explorer is working just fine (although I am still working out the results formatting)... http://8bitcoin.netspecto.com/explorer.php

There is a widespread issue with the wallets at the moment (including the one that powers the block explorer)...
But, no fear, it is absolutely a fixable problem.

8-bit-party is actively working on a fix, and I do honestly expect to hear from him in the very near future.

Here you go folks! Thanks to 8-bit-Party, here is the new official bootstrap file!

The downloads page for the 8bitcoin website has been updated with the file... http://8bitcoin.netspecto.com/download.php

Also, here is a direct link. http://8bitcoin.netspecto.com/downloads/bootstrap-633830-20160827.dat.bz2

Enjoy!!

Hey folks... By all means, when 8-bit-party uploads a new bootstrap go with that, as it'll be current with the blockchain...

BUT, in the meantime, I have this one available on the 8bitcoin web site, it's about a month old.

.LINK REMOVED.

EDIT: I've removed the link as per 8-bit-party who is going to be providing a new, up-to-date bootstrap file today.