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Re: Dogecoin Tutorial

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Post by kbouw »

k-mcgrady wrote: post #18

Nice, I just started looking into Dogecoin a few days ago. It's been two days now and my wallet is still doing its first sync (about 70%). I also set up a BitCoin wallet and it looks like that'll take weeks to sync. Is this a problem people starting crypto currencies are thinking about? Is it solvable or just how they work?

When you're using an offline wallet like bitcoin-qt or dogecoin-qt, you have to download the entire blockchain for the cryptocurrency. This is what's 'syncing' and can take a while to finish.

You can bypass having to download the blockchain by using an online wallet instead, which solves that specific pain point but they're less secure than your local storage offline wallet.

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Post by ChrisClark »

k-mcgrady wrote: post #18

Nice, I just started looking into Dogecoin a few days ago. It's been two days now and my wallet is still doing its first sync (about 70%). I also set up a BitCoin wallet and it looks like that'll take weeks to sync. Is this a problem people starting crypto currencies are thinking about? Is it solvable or just how they work?

You can use a wallet like Electrum (https://electrum.org/) for Bitcoin. You don't need to download the entire blockchain then. You can be up and running in the time it takes to install it. And it is still a local wallet, so you don't have to trust an online service to store your wallet.

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Post by kordless »

blakeja wrote: post #5
davidw wrote: post #2

Does it include information on the market manipulation? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7126153

Thank you, those were my thoughts exactly when I saw the headline. Those kinds of problems lead me steer wide and clear.

I continuously trade DOGE into BTC. Since starting a little over 4 weeks ago, I've made a significant amount of BTC via DOGE. I'm about 1/2 way through paying off my rigs, give or take. I also missed out by not holding DOGE before the massive run up, but I'm cool with that.

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Post by scottcanoni »

Regarding: "Since the wallet requires an internet connect, if you have a firewall you must allow the program access. Make sure the boxes are checked, then allow access if prompted." http://howtodogecoin.com/images/wallet/windows/win-firewall....

I don't think you should be allowing the Doge Client to run in public networks. Am I wrong?

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Post by mkeung »

aestra wrote: post #19

Doesn't include compiling for Linux.

co creator of the guide here, it is on my to do list. the guide in its current form isn't even close to complete yet, we just thought it was good enough to start getting feedback and be useful to the average person (who probably doesn't know Linux)

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Post by mkeung »

scottcanoni wrote: post #24

Regarding: "Since the wallet requires an internet connect, if you have a firewall you must allow the program access. Make sure the boxes are checked, then allow access if prompted." http://howtodogecoin.com/images/wallet/windows/win-firewall.... I don't think you should be allowing the Doge Client to run in public networks. Am I wrong?

Hmmmm, you may be right...i'm not super knowledgeable on this type of thing though. I'll update the picture, but can you give me a explanation I can use?

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Post by mkeung »

k-mcgrady wrote: post #18

Nice, I just started looking into Dogecoin a few days ago. It's been two days now and my wallet is still doing its first sync (about 70%). I also set up a BitCoin wallet and it looks like that'll take weeks to sync. Is this a problem people starting crypto currencies are thinking about? Is it solvable or just how they work?

I mentioned in the wallet section that you can download most of the block chain in a file here: http://doge.rstreefland.com/

Hope that helps!

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