My PPCoin wallet will not connect to the PPC Network to download all the blocks. I use BitCoin and LiteCoin and neither of those have had issues connecting and updating. I have tried several different networks and multiple computers with no luck. Any ideas as to what this might be? Several hours have gone by and nothing has happened.
Hi, sa_sterling.
A couple of questions for you, to help figure out what’s going on.
[ul][li]What operating system do you use on the computer that PPCoin-QT is installed on (Windows, OS X, Linux, etc.)?[/li]
[li]Have you set up a ppcoin.conf file yet?[/li][/ul]
If your answer to the second question is “yes”, you may want to check this topic thread to see some of the settings that I’ve had success with in the past: http://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=769.msg9618#msg9618
Hi, Ben
I am using windows 7
I had not setup the ppcoin.conf file at the time of the posting but now I have. I have run into another problem when trying to run the ppcoind program. Attached is a .jpeg of my PPCoin.conf file open with my user and password entered, and a screen shot of the error while running the ppcoind program.
Okay well it will not process the attachment…
this is what i put in the PPCoin.conf file:
ppcoin.conf configuration file. Lines beginning with # are comments.
Network-related settings:
Run on the test network instead of the real bitcoin network.
#testnet=0
Connect via a socks4 proxy - default none
#proxy=127.0.0.1:9050
Accepting incoming connections
listen=1
UPnP
#upnp=1
##############################################################
Quick Primer on addnode vs connect
Let’s say for instance you use addnode=4.2.2.4
addnode will connect you to and tell you about the
nodes connected to 4.2.2.4. In addition it will tell
the other nodes connected to it that you exist so
they can connect to you.
connect will not do the above when you ‘connect’ to it.
It will only connect you to 4.2.2.4 and no one else.##
So if you’re behind a firewall, or have other problems
finding nodes, add some using ‘addnode’.
If you want to stay private, use ‘connect’ to only
connect to “trusted” nodes.
If you run multiple nodes on a LAN, there’s no need for
all of them to open lots of connections. Instead
‘connect’ them all to one node that is port forwarded
and has lots of connections.
Thanks goes to [Noodle] on Freenode.
##############################################################
Use as many addnode= settings as you like to connect to specific peers
#addnode=69.164.218.197
#addnode=10.0.0.2:8333
… or use as many connect= settings as you like to connect ONLY
to specific peers:
#connect=69.164.218.197
#connect=10.0.0.1:8333
Maximum number of inbound+outbound connections.
#maxconnections=
JSON-RPC options (for controlling a running Bitcoin/bitcoind process)
server=1 tells Bitcoin-QT to accept JSON-RPC commands.
#server=0
You must set rpcuser and rpcpassword to secure the JSON-RPC api
rpcuser= WTF
rpcpassword= WTFx100
How many seconds bitcoin will wait for a complete RPC HTTP request.
after the HTTP connection is established.
#rpctimeout=30
By default, only RPC connections from localhost are allowed. Specify
as many rpcallowip= settings as you like to allow connections from
other hosts (and you may use * as a wildcard character):
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcallowip=192.168.1.*
Listen for RPC connections on this TCP port:
rpcport=9902
You can use ppcoind to send commands to ppcoind
running on another host using this option:
rpcconnect=127.0.0.1
Use Secure Sockets Layer (also known as TLS or HTTPS) to communicate
with ppcoind
#rpcssl=1
OpenSSL settings used when rpcssl=1
#rpcsslciphers=TLSv1+HIGH:!SSLv2:!aNULL:!eNULL:!AH:!3DES:@STRENGTH
#rpcsslcertificatechainfile=server.cert
#rpcsslprivatekeyfile=server.pem
Miscellaneous options
Set gen=1 to attempt to generate ppcoins using built-in CPU mining
#gen=1
Use SSE instructions to try to generate bitcoins faster.
#4way=1
Pre-generate this many public/private key pairs, so wallet backups will be valid for
both prior transactions and several dozen future transactions.
#keypool=100
Pay transaction fee amount per kilo-byte. Default 0.01 (1 cent)
Minimum required 0.01 (1 cent)
#paytxfee=0.01
Allow direct connections for the ‘pay via IP address’ feature.
#allowreceivebyip=1
And the ppcoind.exe program says:
Error: To use ppcoind, you must set a rpcpassward in the configuration file:
C:------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #which is exactly where I put it
It is recommended you use the following random password: #then it goes on saying what to put as username and PW and to create the file if it does not exist.
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ty for reporting and posts removed
Fuzzybear
My wallet is also not connecting to the network? did you ever figure out how to fix this??
What’s the message that you are seeing in the wallet, batosdannyboy? Depending on what it is, I’ll help you with troubleshooting.
Also, what type of computer is it running on? Windows, Mac, Linux?
Windows 8, its not giving me any message, it just shows 0 active connections to PPC network
We should be able to fix that. What we need to do is to tell the client what nodes to connect to.
I’m not familiar with navigation in Windows 8, yet, but here’s how you would do it in Windows 7.
[ul][li]Open up the Windows Start Menu and search for [font=courier]%appdata%[/font][/li]
[li]Windows explorer will open up to your “Roaming” folder. Inside this folder is another one called PPCoin. Open that, next.[/li]
[li]Create a new file called [font=courier]ppcoin.conf[/font]. Make sure you save it as a .conf file, and not as .txt.[/li]
[li]In to the ppcoin.conf file, paste the following:[/li][/ul]
# ppcoin.conf configuration file. Lines beginning with # are comments.
# Network-related settings:
# Run on the test network instead of the real peercoin network.
#testnet=0
# Connect via a socks4 proxy - default none
#proxy=127.0.0.1:9050
# Accepting incoming connections
listen=1
# UPnP
#upnp=1
# Use as many addnode= settings as you like to connect to specific peers
addnode=66.90.146.146
addnode=91.156.102.128
addnode=110.174.124.20
addnode=67.14.164.114
addnode=37.209.40.22
addnode=50.71.216.165
addnode=109.108.236.208
addnode=173.28.37.150
addnode=68.102.86.156
addnode=213.251.187.24
addnodd=188.134.122.31
addnode=72.38.179.122
# ... or use as many connect= settings as you like to connect ONLY
# to specific peers:
#connect=69.164.218.197
#connect=10.0.0.1:8333
# Maximum number of inbound+outbound connections.
maxconnections=64
# JSON-RPC options (for controlling a running Bitcoin/bitcoind process)
# server=1 tells PPcoin-QT to accept JSON-RPC commands.
server=1
# You must set rpcuser and rpcpassword to secure the JSON-RPC api
rpcuser=CANBEANYTHING
rpcpassword=ANYTHINGBUTNOTYOURWALLETPASSPHRASE
# How many seconds peercoin will wait for a complete RPC HTTP request.
# after the HTTP connection is established.
rpctimeout=30
# By default, only RPC connections from localhost are allowed. Specify
# as many rpcallowip= settings as you like to allow connections from
# other hosts (and you may use * as a wildcard character):
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcallowip=192.168.1.*
rpcallowip=10.0.0.*
# Listen for RPC connections on this TCP port:
rpcport=9902
# You can use ppcoind to send commands to ppcoind
# running on another host using this option:
#rpcconnect=
# Use Secure Sockets Layer (also known as TLS or HTTPS) to communicate with ppcoind
#rpcssl=1
# OpenSSL settings used when rpcssl=1
#rpcsslciphers=TLSv1+HIGH:!SSLv2:!aNULL:!eNULL:!AH:!3DES:@STRENGTH
#rpcsslcertificatechainfile=server.cert
#rpcsslprivatekeyfile=server.pem
# Pre-generate this many public/private key pairs, so wallet backups will be valid for
# both prior transactions and several dozen future transactions.
#keypool=100
#The reserve balance field is the minimum amount of coins you want to have available and NOT put up as stake.
#The reason for this is that if you are generating proof of stake you cannot spend those coins for 520 blocks.
#reservebalance=10000[ul][li]Save your changes to [font=courier]ppcoin.conf[/font].[/li]
[li]Restart PPCoin.exe[/li][/ul]
Once you’ve included that configuration file, and told the app where to find other nodes, it should be begin to download the block chain.
Let me know how it goes for you, and if you have any other questions.
got it, thank you and happy hunting!
I never did get it to work until today. My computer was acting weird overall so I did a complete restore of the factory image. After that I installed the peercoin wallet and it connected and is now undating. Thanks for all whom helped.