STAR COIN [STR] - The coin with bonus STAR blocks

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[afong9]

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[socoban]

Starcoin is awesome. massively underrated and ignored right now, considering how profitable it is
I second the idea of going ahead with fork and new dev.
dev or new dev: stable node available at 198.58.99.249 default port
I have a pool running for personal use but if no other stable pools are around anyone is welcome to hop on and register at: starcoin.mining.sexy - averaging a block every 5 mins just by myself. no fees or nonsense unless it goes > 50%. no issues with pool wallet to cryptsy

Star coin is really old good pow+pos coin. I am buying it as much as I can, It will soon skyrocket again. If new dev fork it and cryptsy will change the wallet, than star can 10x value instantly.

[sirnubbles]

Starcoin is awesome. massively underrated and ignored right now, considering how profitable it is
I second the idea of going ahead with fork and new dev.
dev or new dev: stable node available at 198.58.99.249 default port
I have a pool running for personal use but if no other stable pools are around anyone is welcome to hop on and register at: starcoin.mining.sexy - averaging a block every 5 mins just by myself. no fees or nonsense unless it goes > 50%. no issues with pool wallet to cryptsy

Star coin is really old good pow+pos coin. I am buying it as much as I can, It will soon skyrocket again. If new dev fork it and cryptsy will change the wallet, than star can 10x value instantly.

The checkpoints just need updating correct? should be simple

only 2 users on starcoin.mining.sexy hashing away. block every 2-3 minutes

[veremit]

Ok I see a flurry of activity on here, so I will state my case & position.

I have taken a clone of the source code, in an attempt to fix the "Checkpoint is too old" error. This arises because the last checkpoint in the wallet code is, indeed, too far back in the blockchain history for the wallet to deem it 'secure'. However, no need to panic, since there has been no forks, there is only the one blockchain for people mining/trading. With the assistance of some other coin devs (I have little crypto coding experience to date, although have coding experience, and learn quick!) I believe I have added some new checkpoints, but at present I haven't fully tested these updates, and last time I checked the wallet was still complaining. This could be just because I have neglected some nuance of crypto wallets & coding, but I don't want to make any premature announcements until the testing is fully and independently verified.

I'm currently fairly heavily involved in the reorganisation of another coin, and my spare time is already quite precious (job, sleep, other projects) so I can't presently offer to take on the StarCoin dev or lead the project. My intention was simply to offer some remedial maintenance to keep the coin going until someone came forward.

I will try to complete this fix, and when the time is right, I will publish my 'version' .. I don't think at this time it represents a 'fork' from the original code. At that time, you will be able to see in the source repository that the changes are relatively minor. This was intended chiefly as an introduction for me into crypto coding, and hopefully it will prove a successful one, which also benefits a worthy coin in the process!

If anyone can come forward with Windows Qt building experience, please contact me via pm, I don't presently have a windows Qt setup, or equally .. if anyone knows how to cross-compile with mingw32/etc in linux, please also contact me via pm. Thanks.

[sirnubbles]

Ok I see a flurry of activity on here, so I will state my case & position.

I have taken a clone of the source code, in an attempt to fix the "Checkpoint is too old" error. This arises because the last checkpoint in the wallet code is, indeed, too far back in the blockchain history for the wallet to deem it 'secure'. However, no need to panic, since there has been no forks, there is only the one blockchain for people mining/trading. With the assistance of some other coin devs (I have little crypto coding experience to date, although have coding experience, and learn quick!) I believe I have added some new checkpoints, but at present I haven't fully tested these updates, and last time I checked the wallet was still complaining. This could be just because I have neglected some nuance of crypto wallets & coding, but I don't want to make any premature announcements until the testing is fully and independently verified.

I'm currently fairly heavily involved in the reorganisation of another coin, and my spare time is already quite precious (job, sleep, other projects) so I can't presently offer to take on the StarCoin dev or lead the project. My intention was simply to offer some remedial maintenance to keep the coin going until someone came forward.

I will try to complete this fix, and when the time is right, I will publish my 'version' .. I don't think at this time it represents a 'fork' from the original code. At that time, you will be able to see in the source repository that the changes are relatively minor. This was intended chiefly as an introduction for me into crypto coding, and hopefully it will prove a successful one, which also benefits a worthy coin in the process!

If anyone can come forward with Windows Qt building experience, please contact me via pm, I don't presently have a windows Qt setup, or equally .. if anyone knows how to cross-compile with mingw32/etc in linux, please also contact me via pm. Thanks.

don't forget probably want to update the nodes IP addresses in the source also before considering anything done. Another very simple fix

[tonk997]

Starcoin is awesome. massively underrated and ignored right now, considering how profitable it is
I second the idea of going ahead with fork and new dev.
dev or new dev: stable node available at 198.58.99.249 default port
I have a pool running for personal use but if no other stable pools are around anyone is welcome to hop on and register at: starcoin.mining.sexy - averaging a block every 5 mins just by myself. no fees or nonsense unless it goes > 50%. no issues with pool wallet to cryptsy

Star coin is really old good pow+pos coin. I am buying it as much as I can, It will soon skyrocket again. If new dev fork it and cryptsy will change the wallet, than star can 10x value instantly.

I agree, if a new dev  forks it, the price will rocket

[BitcoinNational]

Does anyone know how to contact the dev(s) for this coin? I have forked the source and tried to add some checkpoints to bring the wallet up-to-date, but I can't seem to find any contact details on the website or here to get them adopted upstream.

Why do you need dev? If you forked it, than simply create new thread, post here link to new thread and thats it. In new thread link all new wallets and sync nodes. Contact Cryptsy to change the wallet to new one and Star Coin can live forever. It is so cheap now, that I am buying it like crazy, so please do the new thread and make yourself new Dev for Starcoin, I am voting for you.

i 3rd it  

can anyone confirm (or deny) the POS is minting or not?

[Don007]

Looks like I can't get the wallet synched now.. Anyway, I don't have time now to get it back running again. 

The POS has worked earlier.

[socoban]

Looks like I can't get the wallet synched now.. Anyway, I don't have time now to get it back running again. 

The POS has worked earlier.

Hello, did you try this node: 198.58.99.249

Let me know, if it works with that node, if not, I will ask Cryptsy, which node are they using. They already answered me, when I asked about CASH coin node, when CASH coin had similar issue. We need to add those working nodes to new forked version, so let us know, if this works fine. Star coin will be soon very hot:)

[daywalkerneo]

star is a dead coin let me know when you get the wallet working again as i have alot of them to get rid of as i was on of the first miners and i have about a months worth of coins to sell.

anyone have a working node?   pretty sure your wasting your time on this coin.

[ScryptHasher]

Price is going crazy on cryptsy.

New news?

[sirnubbles]

Anyone on Linux can change this source code and recompile to fix the checkpoints too old message

edit ~/starcoin/src/checkpoints.cpp

original:

Code:

        boost::assign::map_list_of
        ( 0, hashGenesisBlockOfficial )
        ( 100, uint256("0x000006ab7ca611673c6a20fc7845b13ab770230a0879c293f55a6729cb765a44"))
        ( 10000, uint256("0x00000004d1e43697a0b91bfc088c6e6e55789ad810f025a504eb966ae0d82d65"))
        (100000, uint256("0x59fd2cf11f8e1d9b2889cb376f04509c39d5afc7df9c333ec6db0542bb39daf5"))
        (200000, uint256("0x00000007ebf95521cf2e4ee16771eda5864ae8c4cccb44fbaaab369640414ee0"))
        (300000, uint256("0x00000037cc8dde0f29bf77248e03b07efb5f3a338a4c6c3e0e03e6e3b0440958"))
        (371800, uint256("0x000000231e3abea847919c620b5693a36b6e454923b42398db927387523a08e4"))

change to:

Code:

        boost::assign::map_list_of
        (     0, hashGenesisBlockOfficial )
        (   100, uint256("0x000006ab7ca611673c6a20fc7845b13ab770230a0879c293f55a6729cb765a44"))
        ( 10000, uint256("0x00000004d1e43697a0b91bfc088c6e6e55789ad810f025a504eb966ae0d82d65"))
        (100000, uint256("0x59fd2cf11f8e1d9b2889cb376f04509c39d5afc7df9c333ec6db0542bb39daf5"))
        (200000, uint256("0x00000007ebf95521cf2e4ee16771eda5864ae8c4cccb44fbaaab369640414ee0"))
        (300000, uint256("0x00000037cc8dde0f29bf77248e03b07efb5f3a338a4c6c3e0e03e6e3b0440958"))
        (371800, uint256("0x000000231e3abea847919c620b5693a36b6e454923b42398db927387523a08e4"))
        (400000, uint256("0x0000001c28ec2d77f40b4dd9ef777f1aeb11e0527ee0eb9901f876a2e2231ba3"))
        (500000, uint256("0x000000010a78f82710cc8ec1b1fd47958afc98a58fb912f130d759e5f6c62b8f"))
        (600000, uint256("0x0000000033decf403df3baab1839410ecdea7a4c847122a78b8f4205dab54bba"))
        (700000, uint256("0x000000004182235600cf619bea194fb3018241e71c011537c5707824f77d874a"))
        (755275, uint256("0x000000026b1d161077d7edaee7ab25f7245fddcd559a208f7858b6a68df68830"))

for nodes (any OS) use in your StarCoin.conf file:

Code:

rpcuser=yourpcusername
rpcpassword=yourpassword
rpcallowip=*
rpcport=18217
daemon=1
server=1
listen=1
addnode=198.58.115.87
addnode=198.58.99.249
addnode=162.243.78.234:18216
addnode=158.255.214.124:18216
addnode=82.204.105.135:18216
addnode=63.141.237.82
addnode=173.172.193.128
addnode=24.255.59.102
addnode=86.214.142.153
addnode=121.73.160.84

working pool at starcoin.mining.sexy


enjoy!

[sirnubbles]

Price is going crazy on cryptsy.

New news?

Revival of sorts is in the works. great coin for miners, the bonus blocks give it an edge

[tom14cat14]

How is the revival going. It had an interesting day today on cryptsy.

[veremit]

Anyone on Linux can change this source code and recompile to fix the checkpoints too old message

edit ~/starcoin/src/checkpoints.cpp

<snip>

Yes, that's what I did, and there's another section in 'src/kernel.cpp' as well, although I'm not sure I got this bit down yet.

As I posted before, as soon as I have proved this out, I'll publish my results here, and hopefully get a Windows compile going. As things stand currently, I might just get a few minutes to look back at it later on this week...

[vesperwillow]

Make sure you don't release anything until linux/windows/etc wallets are all fully functional. Don't just release 1.

[sirnubbles]

Anyone on Linux can change this source code and recompile to fix the checkpoints too old message

edit ~/starcoin/src/checkpoints.cpp

<snip>

Yes, that's what I did, and there's another section in 'src/kernel.cpp' as well, although I'm not sure I got this bit down yet.

As I posted before, as soon as I have proved this out, I'll publish my results here, and hopefully get a Windows compile going. As things stand currently, I might just get a few minutes to look back at it later on this week...

For the PoS checkpoints we:

starcoind getblockhash 400000
result - 0000001c28ec2d77f40b4dd9ef777f1aeb11e0527ee0eb9901f876a2e2231ba3

starcoind getblock 0000001c28ec2d77f40b4dd9ef777f1aeb11e0527ee0eb9901f876a2e2231ba3
result - "modifierchecksum" : "7f08adf2"

using that result in kernel.cpp:

Code:

    boost::assign::map_list_of
    (     0, 0x0e00670bu )
    (   100, 0xb52d1d99u )
    ( 10000, 0xc1c3e28fu )
    (100000, 0x88a23121u )
    (200000, 0xfcbb2766u )
    (300000, 0x1e19374au )
    (371800, 0xa200c164u )
    (400000, 0x7f08adf2u )
    (500000, 0x7fc5df8au )
    (600000, 0x205ec908u )
    (700000, 0x48e9ce24u )
    (755275, 0x470d454cu )
    ;

updated list of live fast nodes, from moments ago:

Code:

addnode=198.58.99.249
addnode=198.58.115.87
addnode=84.45.63.215
addnode=107.170.67.240
addnode=188.226.176.232
addnode=85.25.194.238
addnode=192.81.135.88
addnode=192.241.160.190
addnode=54.186.69.238

If I can be of any help let me know.

no fees at pool: http://starcoin.mining.sexy

[Don007]

@ Sirnubbles, could you be a bit more precise about how to get the POS working again. Where do I have to fill in

starcoind getblockhash 400000
result - 0000001c28ec2d77f40b4dd9ef777f1aeb11e0527ee0eb9901f876a2e2231ba3

starcoind getblock 0000001c28ec2d77f40b4dd9ef777f1aeb11e0527ee0eb9901f876a2e2231ba3
result - "modifierchecksum" : "7f08adf2"

?

Thanks in advance!

I saw my wallet started synching again suddently. Great to see that we all can keep this coin alive!

[sirnubbles]

@ Sirnubbles, could you be a bit more precise about how to get the POS working again. Where do I have to fill in

Don't worry about the PoS checkpoints, that's just for whenever people get the source code together for an update. You'll see a 'Checkpoints too old' warning with wallet for now but it doesn't harm anything

Cheers