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Re: [ANN][DCR] Decred - Hybrid PoW/PoS | btcsuite Devs | Tons of New Features | Go
Solo staking tip!
I tried staking with the default config for the last couple weeks, but never got any tickets using the auto buyer. After some tuning, I did get it to start winning ticket auctions. Here's what I changed:
There's alot more to consider, and I think the staking guide could use alot of improvement. I've only just gotten started so I'm sure others have better suggestions. Otherwise pool staking is more reliable at this point.
Luckily this should get easier once the vote completes and the new stake difficulty is implemented.
I tried staking with the default config for the last couple weeks, but never got any tickets using the auto buyer. After some tuning, I did get it to start winning ticket auctions. Here's what I changed:
Quote
; the ticket prices swings up and down by 2 or 3 times, so the default 1.25 prevents you from bidding
ticketbuyer.maxpricerelative=5
; when ticket prices are low, the fees are higher than the default config max
; so pick something higher than 0.1, but not much higher (0.2 is good but still often too low to win any auctions)
ticketbuyer.maxfee=0.34478
; avoid buying tickets when the prices are too high
ticketbuyer.maxpriceabsolute=50
ticketbuyer.maxpricerelative=5
; when ticket prices are low, the fees are higher than the default config max
; so pick something higher than 0.1, but not much higher (0.2 is good but still often too low to win any auctions)
ticketbuyer.maxfee=0.34478
; avoid buying tickets when the prices are too high
ticketbuyer.maxpriceabsolute=50
There's alot more to consider, and I think the staking guide could use alot of improvement. I've only just gotten started so I'm sure others have better suggestions. Otherwise pool staking is more reliable at this point.
Luckily this should get easier once the vote completes and the new stake difficulty is implemented.
monaco-ico-starts-in-the-coming-hours/
Spam. Aside from the similar name, it has nothing to do with Monacoin. The white paper only suggests BTC and ETH has currencies it will support.Re: [ANN] [KRB] (Ҝ) Карбованець Ukrainian Karbowanec - Cryptonote - Anon - Hardfork!
Coingecko is a coin database like coinmarketcap. I sent an email to them and they said they would list KRB there soon. 
Karbowanec is now on CoinGecko
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/karbowanec
Re: [ANN] [KRB] (Ҝ) Карбованець Ukrainian Karbowanec - Cryptonote - Anon - Hardfork!
There was a little movement in that coin... Why is it so cheap? Mining is easy, is not it?
Metcalf's law. This is a niche national cryptonote fork for Ukraine that is years in the making. It's already an excellent tool for Ukrainians to transfer value safely. I doubt the price on the exchange matters much to them.Re: [ANN] [KRB] (Ҝ) Карбованець Ukrainian Karbowanec - Cryptonote - Anon - Hardfork!
I'm used to seeing a message that says the blockchain is syncronized and its safe to open simplewallet. I haven't seen that message, though I was able to open simplewallet without any errors. Is there a way to confirm that my blockchain is fully synced?
And probably no big deal, but the daemon shows this in the log every few minutes:
karbowanec v1.4.1.703 (a8a0b67)
And probably no big deal, but the daemon shows this in the log every few minutes:
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ERROR Transaction has identical output indexes
ERROR tx has a few inputs with identical keyimages
ERROR tx has a few inputs with identical keyimages
karbowanec v1.4.1.703 (a8a0b67)
Re: [ANN][BANK]BankCoin[X11]POW/POS-Now 4 exchange★bittrex★poloniex★c-cex★coinnext★
Same coin? https://coinmarketcap.com/assets/bankcoin/
Re: [ANN] [KRB] (Ҝ) Карбованець Ukrainian Karbowanec - Cryptonote - Anon - Hardfork!
Ubuntu 14.04 didn't have the right libboost version
I worked around this by making symlinks
Code:
$ karbowanecd
karbowanecd: error while loading shared libraries: libboost_system.so.1.55.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
$ find /usr -type f -name 'libboost_system.*'
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.54.0
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
$ uname -a
Linux server 4.2.0-42-generic #49~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 29 20:22:11 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
karbowanecd: error while loading shared libraries: libboost_system.so.1.55.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
$ find /usr -type f -name 'libboost_system.*'
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.54.0
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
$ uname -a
Linux server 4.2.0-42-generic #49~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 29 20:22:11 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I worked around this by making symlinks
Code:
ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.54.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.55.0
ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_filesystem.so.1.54.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_filesystem.so.1.55.0
ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_program_options.so.1.54.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_program_options.so.1.55.0
ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_filesystem.so.1.54.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_filesystem.so.1.55.0
ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_program_options.so.1.54.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_program_options.so.1.55.0
Re: [ANN] [KRB] (Ҝ) Карбованець Ukrainian Karbowanec - Cryptonote - Anon - Hardfork!
tl;dr KRB is by no means poised to succeed
No national cryptocurrency has been adopted by a country, even as a reserve currency. If they did, I would find it hard to trust any government to keep criminals from stealing the whole fund. Properly securing computer networks is very difficult. I believe it's easier to steal cryptocurrency from a wallet than it is to rob a bank. Moreover, if we're talking about a cryptonote fork being used as a national currency, the government wouldn't even be able to track down who stole the currency. Given that, regardless of how successful Karbowanec is, I believe it will always remain an unofficial, underground currency.
Though I still find some reason to be bullish on Karbowanec. Bitcoin's block size debate has convinced me that altcoins have a valid purpose. I don't think the whole world should necessarily be putting every transaction all into one bloated blockchain. Instead, it makes sense to divide transactions into different ledgers. Humanity is already divided by nations, so conceptually it doesn't seem irrational to have national blockchains. Even as just a store of value, cryptocurrencies can resist inflation. Ukraine "inflation was at more than 12 percent last year (It hit 43 percent in 2015 thanks in part to devaluation)." [1] And almost half of Ukraine citizens have internet access, accounting for 19 million internet users. [2] High inflation and a large potential user-base suggests there is an opportunity for KRB to see some amount of real usage.
Still, no national cryptocurrency has been successful. The country of Nigeria has 86m internet users [2] and an inflation rate of 18%. [3] The African cryptocurrency "Kobocoin," named after the widely used coins in the country, has languished on coin exchanges for two years. The transaction volume suggests no one is using the currency despite the availability of mobile wallets. It might be because English is the predominant language there, so there's no motivation to use an untested crypto over Bitcoin.
The threat of a government outlawing cryptocurrency is real too. Turkey has 46m internet users and 10% currency inflation. But bitcoin exchanges were chased out when banks closed their accounts. [5] Turkey banned Paypal from operating in the country as well. Egypt has 30m internet users and 28% inflation. No national altcoin has caught on in either country, even though they appear to be (subjectively) better candidates than Ukraine.
1: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-02-06/ukraine-is-fighting-its-own-cold-war
2: http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users-by-country/
3: http://www.tradingeconomics.com/nigeria/inflation-cpi
4: http://www.tradingeconomics.com/turkey/inflation-cpi
5: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-exchange-btcturk-terminates-operations-in-turkey-right-after-paypal
6: http://www.tradingeconomics.com/egypt/inflation-cpi
No national cryptocurrency has been adopted by a country, even as a reserve currency. If they did, I would find it hard to trust any government to keep criminals from stealing the whole fund. Properly securing computer networks is very difficult. I believe it's easier to steal cryptocurrency from a wallet than it is to rob a bank. Moreover, if we're talking about a cryptonote fork being used as a national currency, the government wouldn't even be able to track down who stole the currency. Given that, regardless of how successful Karbowanec is, I believe it will always remain an unofficial, underground currency.
Though I still find some reason to be bullish on Karbowanec. Bitcoin's block size debate has convinced me that altcoins have a valid purpose. I don't think the whole world should necessarily be putting every transaction all into one bloated blockchain. Instead, it makes sense to divide transactions into different ledgers. Humanity is already divided by nations, so conceptually it doesn't seem irrational to have national blockchains. Even as just a store of value, cryptocurrencies can resist inflation. Ukraine "inflation was at more than 12 percent last year (It hit 43 percent in 2015 thanks in part to devaluation)." [1] And almost half of Ukraine citizens have internet access, accounting for 19 million internet users. [2] High inflation and a large potential user-base suggests there is an opportunity for KRB to see some amount of real usage.
Still, no national cryptocurrency has been successful. The country of Nigeria has 86m internet users [2] and an inflation rate of 18%. [3] The African cryptocurrency "Kobocoin," named after the widely used coins in the country, has languished on coin exchanges for two years. The transaction volume suggests no one is using the currency despite the availability of mobile wallets. It might be because English is the predominant language there, so there's no motivation to use an untested crypto over Bitcoin.
The threat of a government outlawing cryptocurrency is real too. Turkey has 46m internet users and 10% currency inflation. But bitcoin exchanges were chased out when banks closed their accounts. [5] Turkey banned Paypal from operating in the country as well. Egypt has 30m internet users and 28% inflation. No national altcoin has caught on in either country, even though they appear to be (subjectively) better candidates than Ukraine.
1: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-02-06/ukraine-is-fighting-its-own-cold-war
2: http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users-by-country/
3: http://www.tradingeconomics.com/nigeria/inflation-cpi
4: http://www.tradingeconomics.com/turkey/inflation-cpi
5: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-exchange-btcturk-terminates-operations-in-turkey-right-after-paypal
6: http://www.tradingeconomics.com/egypt/inflation-cpi