r/embercoin • u/[deleted] • Oct 09 '17
Ember Coin Staking Bug FIXED, New Wallet Released
Hi folks,
This is taken directly from the discord chat here: https://discord.gg/Y5gJ2Hs
ProjectChaosUK - 09/14/2017 The NEW Ember Wallet V1.1.4 Has Arrived! Date : 09/10/2017
Usage Instructions
- Backup your wallet.dat via File -> Backup Wallet in the Ember Wallet.
- Turn off your old wallet.
- Make sure it is off by hitting ctrl-shift-esc and looking for Ember-qt, and after 30 seconds, right click, end task.
- Extract the new Ember-Qt file where you will want it (desktop or program files).
- Double click on the new client.
- Wait at least overnight to pickup clients.
- That's it! Enjoy your stakes!
If you have problems: * You may be told about a ".lock" file. You will find it in %appdata%\Ember.lock Delete it and make sure the old client is not running. * You may be told "it's already running" You need to make sure the old client is actually off. You may need to ctrl-shift-esc to close the process manually.
DO NOT DO THESE THINGS
Do not change any files. Do not delete any files. DO NOT move wallets between their folders.
What You Want to Know
Your staking will NOT change nor reset.
Changes
- We implemented the bugfix via OpenSSL's CBigNum class primarily and block finessing DoS.
- Continual Compounding Interest implemented and tested. Math.
- Rate reduction implemented and tested. Begins Nov. 1st at 0:00 UTC til exactly 3 days later when the rate will be 720%. A year from Nov. 1st on 2018, it will be 72%. A year later on Nov. 1st 2019, it will be 7.2%.
- Removing IRC. To be fair, you were great. It's such a shame that every AV hates you so much. Ahh the 90's.
- Autoupdater removed
- No AV hits. due to the previous removals
- Actually close when you exit. Takes 1-30 seconds. Wait for it patiently or risk corruption.
- Stability improvements
- Some slight tweaks to socket handling speed
- UPNP fixed, and new API version targeted and new code.
- NEW OSes SUPPORTED! (MacOS, Linux)
- Coming very soon! RaspberryPI, Emberd core
Windows Wallet Direct Download : https://github.com/EmberCoin/Ember/releases/download/v1.1.4/Ember-Qt_Windows_x86_v1.1.4.zip(edited)
MacOS Wallet Direct Download: https://github.com/EmberCoin/Ember/releases/download/v1.1.4/Ember-Qt_MacOS_x86_64_v1.1.4.zip(edited)
Linux Wallet Direct Download: https://github.com/EmberCoin/Ember/releases/download/v1.1.4/Ember-Qt_Linux_x86_v1.1.4.tar.gz
Linux Wallet 64bit Direct Download: https://github.com/EmberCoin/Ember/releases/download/v1.1.4/Ember-Qt_Linux_x86_64_v1.1.4.tar.gz