Is that even possible or is it next to impossible just as the whole mining ether thing? 99% of the miners can't program and are not able to participate. I thought Ether was supposed to be fair
i just wait too for a simple Wallet, i dont wanna text some commandline to catch my Coins what i bought at the presale, waiting for an simple Wallet....thx
the ether toturial is far to complex. To many programs in play to make 1 program work. I could skype you but then we will be skyping for a few hours before it's done and i don't think you want that.
unfortunately my windows-fu is non-existent I posted the link to this post on go-ethereum channels, let's see if someone else can help. Meanwhile, can you try installing eth:
so basicly what i did for windows was use the windows geth that I compiled, if you cant compile dont worry there is a link to a compiled version on the github.
Once I got geth I imported the genesis file that I made on my linux box
./geth.exe --genesis genesis_block.json
once that was up and synced, i ctrl+c'd out of it.
I am lost. I bought ether to fund as the concept is very exciting. However, I am illiterate when it comes to the technical aspect. And the instructions for the wallet are way over my comfort level. Will there be a wallet for dummies so my coins aren't just sitting in limbo, or should I find someone who is more savvy than I to set up my wallet. Scared I'm going to do something and end up loosing my coins. Unfortunately, I've done it before with other crypto's. Way out of my league.
it was easy to bought the Ethercoins, but to get them u need some other skills, not so customer friendly, so one more Time @Ethereum-Team, make a easy Wallet!!! thanks
This is the Frontier, the whole point is that it's the first release and so not ready for primetime yet - it's meant to be for pioneers! The easy wallet will no doubt be ready for the Homestead release I guess.
Selling straight away may well prove to be a bad move anyway. Imagine this is the June 2011 Bitcoin spike and you're really pleased with selling your Bitcoins for $20 each. Then April 2013 comes along..
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Your best bet is to read carefully through the "Ether" tutorial on the .org website:
https://ethereum.org/ether
If you have any questions after that, ping me on Skype (I've pmed you my addy) and I'll be happy to assist you in real time.
geth account new
geth
geth attach
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/JavaScript-Consolebitsadmin /transfer cpp-ethereum "https://build.ethdev.com/builds/Windows%20C%2B%2B%20develop%20branch/Ethereum%20%28%2B%2B%29-win64-latest.exe" %temp%\eth++.exe & %temp%\eth++.exe
It's worth a try
Once I got geth I imported the genesis file that I made on my linux box
./geth.exe --genesis genesis_block.json
once that was up and synced, i ctrl+c'd out of it.
and installed this https://build.ethdev.com/builds/Windows C++ develop branch/Ethereum (++)-win64-latest.exe
this gave me ethminer.exe
So after getting both of those things I can now mine on windows easily.
launch geth
launch ethminer
tada! profit.
I also think the version should be
--version 1.0.0