Failover Online Wallet Server & Wallet change request
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@Menaxerius Thanks for providing a failover, just a few points, to not confuse users ... @daWallet's Windows AIO Client is NOT the Burst Wallet! It contains it. Maybe it would be good if users understand the difference.
The Burst Wallet can be found here: https://github.com/burst-team/burstcoin/releasesUsing online-wallets can be useful, but i highly suggest, never do it with a main account! It is by far more save to use wallet local.
In General for ALL:
Always ensure you trust the one running a online-wallet and the ones that provide Burst related Software ... before you use it. Think twice before you enter your BURST password somewhere :-)
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@luxe what this man said ;) dont be lazy and use local wallet, both helping network and staying safe :)
Never trust any software whose source cant be vouched by people understanding coding (you never know what surprises might be hidden). And in general being a bit paranoid on internet is in best interest :D
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@Menaxerius , thanks for the post.
The AIO relies on an online wallet as long as the local is not synced or not starting for whatever reasons. I'm not a big supporter of online wallets in general as I expressed many times. There are known security and centralization issues BUT I see the advantages for not so tech savvy users who want to get started fast and easy.
Until this week we had never such connection issues for such a long time and I'm going to improve the client at some points in usability for such cases. A synced local wallet is all what users actually need.
I had the plans for "Options" in the AIO to change the local port and online wallet address before the ddos attack. Also to deactivate the Online Wallet completely. Actually nobody from Burstnation approached me to add their online wallets but also I wouldn't do it by default.
The reason is simple: I won't ship software in my name to thousands of people with third party wallets I can't check for integrity. I don't know how their setup is, how many people have access to them and so on. So the fork is actually a good way to release an altered version with your own responsibility. Just make sure to comply the license.@luxe is right: the AIO is not the core wallet but it includes it and many other useful software. It is explained in several locations.
@Lexicon It is grown code and the coding style is very mixed. I haven't been coding for a long time before I started the Win Client to support this project. Burst was at a $ 70'000 Market Capitalization with no active developer. Focus has always been on functionality, usability and debugging - not code poetry. Old but working code can be replaced by elegant functions when it gets closer to version 1.0 . This is not my full time job or profession.
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@daWallet said in Failover Online Wallet Server & Wallet change request:
A synced local wallet is all what users actually need.
Burst needs local wallets too. Would it be possible to automaticaly deactivate the online wallet, when the local one is in sync?
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@Daforce the local wallet starts always with the AIO Client if there is java installed.
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@daWallet i know. What I mean is, that the online wallet option should only be available, as long as the local wallet is not in sync. If the local wallet is 100% synced, you can only use the local wallet. So that online wallets only have a kickstarter/backup role.
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I would love to use a local wallet, if he worked...
I already tried and "Clean DB", and downloaded the latest database is still syncing never ends, and the database size grows to around 9 Gb.I would like to know how many people here, who normally works the local wallet?
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I always work with the local wallet without problem.
At first it gave me some problem but no longer, I work with the last AIO and what I always do is start it as administrator, from that moment I have not given more problems with the synchronization, that if I download the file that is there, if Not if it takes a week to download
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@Energy It uses only one core to download the blockchain after many complains from users. Now user have the decision at the first start up to sync with all cores or with one core.
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what would be cool is a pool wallet that knows when it is forked or stuck then tries to restart or call 911 j/k maybe a cell phone alert.
Just some thoughts! <<<< sorry wrong subjectI agree some kind of choice basically anything to keep it away from 1 server. Decentralized maybe?
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@daWallet Already but still if you lower the BD from 0 is still taking a lot, it is better to download the one that is here shared and to start from there.
Anyway I am one of those who think that you should remove the online wallet that you want to use that uses them from the browser
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@Energy Yes, I am considering to release the client without the online wallet, too. But suggest people to download the database from one location is against the whole idea of decentralization.
@tross the observer from luxe does not call you but sends a mail to you.
Thanks for your feedback.
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i been using the AIO from my start in burst and always had issues with local side of it, last week i scraped it and downloaded the 1.2.8 stand alone did some minor tweaking in the config file and could not be more happy it is rock solid compared to the AIO all of my network issues vanished as soon as i went true local wallet.
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I finally managed to run a local wallet!
I downloaded from here:
https://github.com/burst-team/burstcoin/releasesAlthough he did not start the first time.
The problem was the antivirus (blocks run.bat).
I tried to run the file with disabled antivirus and it worked. After running antivirus all continues to work.
Database data quickly synced, and its size is about 5 GB. I'm happy :)
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@daWallet It would be really nice if you would ad an indicator which would show the state of db. lets say it would show how much more it needs to download. I like to synchronize the wallet without downloading it but it takes ages to do so and i cant know if something went wrong...
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@potkas the latest versions have an indicator how much percent is missing. The download itself is not taking so long - it is the processing of each block that needs more time and CPU usage.
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@daWallet for some reason couldnt figure out the email thing but will look again.
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@daWallet what about putting the latest database on a torrent?
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@daWallet thanx for info . so i need to upgrade :)
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@iKnow0 said in Failover Online Wallet Server & Wallet change request:
@daWallet what about putting the latest database on a torrent?
You don't need me to set this up. ;)


