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Hello,

as main developers and maintainers have fixed fork problem by releasing new Peercoin client build I should build new binaries for Peerbox using that code so Peerbox users can continue running their boxes.

However I must inform you that this might prove to be quite difficult as Peerbox repository is quite old now compared to upstream linux distribution (ArchLinux ARM) and I will need some time to overcome this side effect of not updating Peerbox for over three months.

This event might finally push me to release new Peerbox version. I will see into that in following weeks. Even though I have planed to do it after 0.5 is released.

In the meantime I advise all Peerbox users to stop using Peerbox for the moment. I also urge Peerunity maintainers to deal with this, as that is the most popular client at the moment.

Thank you.

2

Hey peerchemist,

Happy to hear that you’ll be willing to upgrade Peerbox for v0.5.

My raspi is waiting for you :wink:

Have a good day.

3

Excellent! I hope the new version of PeerBox correctly run on raspi2?

4

Yes, it will.

5

How is the new version coming along [member=30983]peerchemist[/member]?
I have finished setting up my Raspberry Pi B and predictably it appears to have got stuck on the fork so I will shut it down until the new version is available:
[tt]Peerbox:
{
“Peerbox:”: “v0.25”,
“ppcoind”: {
“blocks”: 205273,
“connections”: 26,
“difficulty”: 31425811.031526,
“difficulty proof-of-stake”: 1.0,
“errors”: “WARNING: Checkpoint is too old. Wait for block chain to download, or notify developers of the issue.”,
“keypoololdest”: 1448534230,
“keypoolsize”: 100,
“moneysupply”: 22754436.274749,
“newmint”: 0.0,
“paytxfee”: 0.01,
“protocolversion”: 60004,
“proxy”: “”,
“stake”: 0.0,
“testnet”: false,
“unlocked_until”: 0,
“version”: “v0.4.0ppc-21-g650ea5f-beta”,
“walletversion”: 60000
},
“serial”: “00000000421112f0”,
“uptime”: “1 day, 17:47:57.660000”
}[/tt]
No massive hurry from my perspective as I cannot start minting until January as my first coins were only transferred earlier this month but I am sure others are eagerly awaiting news on the fixed version.
Thanks!

6

I have started re-implementing peerbox-info set of tools in Golang. Change of tools was needed to achieve portability I want for future versions. So far I am doing good, but at slower pace as I am new to Golang and I am learning as I Go.

7

[quote=“peerchemist, post:6, topic:3693”]and I am learning as I Go.[/quote] :))

Thanks for the steady improvements. My node keeps running strong with my own alterations, but I’m always looking forward to your next release!

8

Thank you, Peerchemist. Also, thanks to all the guys on this thread.

Keep up the good work.

Steady as she goes: wins in the long run!

9

Sounds great. I’m looking forward to it and will grab my copy ASAP.

10

Hello,

is there a release date planned, because I unfortunatly bought a raspi 2 and now I cannot use it for this purpose.

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[quote=“C3PO, post:10, topic:3693”]Hello,

is there a release date planned, because I unfortunately bought a raspi 2 and now I cannot use it for this purpose.[/quote]

no release date planned, yes it is unfortunate please be patient, in the meanwhile you could maybe try Tea’s project: https://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=2702.0