When I try to create an account I just get "failed to create account - unknown error".

I look at it this way.. Would you rather get scammed/cheated or would you rather less privacy? IMO most people would prefer security or game integrity over privacy as less privacy doesn't cost them money unlike the alternative.

I totally agree with this. I know many people are decentralized-anonymity-purists with anarchistic leanings that hate everything that has to do with centralization. But I feel that sometimes a combination of both is the best way to go, especially if you want mainstream adoption.

I don't care that much about anonymity in the case of poker/gambling, and I would gladly pay my taxes knowing that I'm playing in a fair and secure environment.

On another note.. would it be difficult to include other, simpler, games than poker in the same protocol? Like blackjack, roulette etc.. to make it a fully fledged casino? Poker is a complex player vs. player game, but these would simply be player vs. blockchain. The losses could be burned or added to tournament pots. Same for the rake.

Quote from: tonyk on October 18, 2015, 07:30:11 am

That said - What is the point of your post?

A lot of newbies have come to the forum who don't have much understanding how things work. I thought it might be good to explain the basics.

And it was. I'm not a newbie, but I'm not very active either so I didn't know this.

Can you see the new token you got in graphene? its now core

I have 53,771 CORE
Are you saying that I have CORE instead of BTS on the testnet?

Quote from: pioneer on September 28, 2015, 10:20:32 am

But as a last resort, and if I don't get it to work before then, once I'm done decrypting one of my hard drives I will do a complete reinstall of Windows too. If it still doesn't work after that than I don't know why.

Please make a backup of your wallet before you format your drives!!!!

Also, you can try to use the bitshares_client.exe binary instead of the GUI and let the CLI version run some time to sync with the network ... Usually the cli version is alot more robust ..
once you opened the cli version you will see some initial text and eventually reach the input which will look like this: ">>>" .. then you can input "info" and hit enter to get the status of your syncing progress ..
the first few lines of the output tell you what you want to know ..

Thank you, I will try the CLI version. And yes, I have multiple backups of my wallet already. Both on my drives and on a remote server.

Start > search field %appdata% > folder bitshares

backup your wallet

delete everything except your wallet.

restart client and let it sync

I have tried to solve the "severe network problems" issue forever. I've uninstalled, deleted everything, reinstalled.

Anyway, I managed to import the keys to graphene, but none of my BTS are there. No balance.. should be 49k. Is that normal?

I've made a backup using 0.93c but when I try importing to graphene I just get invalid format. I've used both the console and the GUI to make the backup.
Not sure if it matters, but I've been unable to sync for over a month. I have "severe network problems", and last time I tried it got stuck at 39%. I've tried everything, deleted all files including wallet, uninstalled, created a new wallet... nothing works.