Quote from: hotpotato on December 29, 2014, 05:49:58 pm

I don't think they should be taken this lightly.

They have the the resourceful Gawminers backing them and a huge community hashtalk.org supporting them. Just checkout their IRC #Gawminers , #XPY .Its quite active to say the least.

There is also a lot of hype around the launch of their coinbase competitor , paybase.com/

They are good with their PR.
Their websites , videos are mass appealing and they have already managed to get articles out in major publications.
http:// blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/11/25/bitbeat-gaw-miners-to-launch-bitcoin-challenger-paycoin/
https:// cryptocoinsnews.com/josh-garza-to-launch-paycoin-media-tour/
http:// coindesk.com/gocoin-gains-strategic-investment-software-development-push/

They are looking to buy out companies left and right .They have made investments in GOcoin ,have already bought the exchange coin-swap.net and may buy out shapeshift.io soon and many more acquisitions to come according to Josh Garza ,CEO of Gawminers twitter.com/gawceo

They have set out a ambitious plan to become the go to digital currency for the masses and it will be quite interesting to watch how successful they become in implementing it.

Yes, being good with PR brings great $$$ rewards.

I don't think their website is that good though, I think MethodX is working on improving ours.

Their video's aren't great either, is this their best one? http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TFDUDSm7bI0
I can edit something better I think. In fact if I combine an idea MethodX seeded, we would have a similar themed, 'global currency + community' advert

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_W8ZekJ4eSk That one of theirs is really bad.

I am going to let them know they have to manage their own PR as well.

Brian will be here this week so I will pressure him.

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We can always bring him on for hangouts.  I think it would be an hour of his time well worth it.  When people don't see someone around at all, they tend to assume the worst.  A little community interaction, I believe, will go a LONG way

Scan progress is always 0 i had this problem I deleted by config file.. looks like outdated nodes in that file thay wont connect.. dont know if the client gives up trying in time because seems no syncing with older config file there must be some good nodes in there... latest bitcoin does a good job of handling this.

Anyways delete config file and ur good

@hotpotato:  the output from the "get_info" command that you want to look at to see if it is syncing with the blockchain is "blockchain_head_block_age"

I also at some points have deleted everything in my .bitshares folder ((EXCEPT THE WALLETS FOLDER, DON'T DELETE THAT!)) to get it happily syncing again. 

I know it's frustrating. They're still working out the bugs :-)

If it's burning you out I suggest turning on some good dancing music (at high volume), decompress, and try again later --  This is still early, early in the life of this software.  You could think of it as being one of the first test drivers of the horseless carriage!  I'm sure there were plenty of glitches before they got around to racing...