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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: Dread Pirate Roberts on August 03, 2012, 09:48 pm

Title: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: Dread Pirate Roberts on August 03, 2012, 09:48 pm
UPDATE (08/04 07:41 UTC): We've applied yet another fix to the forum login issue.  Sleep beckons, so we'll see how it is holding up in the morning.

UPDATE: Looks like the forum login glitch is back.  I'll keep you updated as we work on fixing it.

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We've been working through two problems and I think we have them fixed at last.  The first was a problem logging into these forums.  The second was deposits not showing up on the main site.

Regarding the login problems here, our forums software tries to keep out spammers by limiting how often a login attempt can be made from a single IP address.  Because the Silk Road forums is a hidden service, all requests appear to be coming from the same IP address, so either someone figured this out and decided to hammer the login, or membership grew to the point that normal logins were being interpreted as spam.  In any case, we've patched the code and this should no longer be an issue.

Regarding deposits, we should be fully caught up now.  If you haven't received a recent deposit, and you have messaged support about it, please DO NOT message again.  We are working through a bunch of support tickets and we WILL get to yours.  If you haven't messaged support about a missing deposit, please give it a good 6 hours before doing so.

Thank you for your patience, and sorry for the inconvenience.

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Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: Limetless on August 03, 2012, 09:54 pm
Thanks for coming and clarifying this DPR, was getting loads of messages about this when it's nothing to do with me lol.

Good to know it's all sorted! :)
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: dance4life on August 03, 2012, 09:56 pm
DPR, I have been trying to get ahold of you through Vendor Support.  Would you please message me with your updated public key on the regular site?  There have been some other small problems, mainly with the "account" $ -> BTC conversions and an incident I had when this phantom BTC price spike happened.

Thanks


http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/index.php/silkroad/user/4e9596dc70


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Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: H4L101 on August 03, 2012, 09:57 pm
Yay :D
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: jameslink2 on August 03, 2012, 10:03 pm
Thanks for the update DPR! It is appreciated.

I am assuming the deposit issue was it needing to repopulate the block chain history.

For those that do not know, the UNIX daemon for doing bitcoin can corrupt the local block chain if it exits wrong. I found this out playing with the daemon on a local Linux server. Working on an online wallet interface with php. If it happens it will have to re-download the whole block chain and that can take a couple of days. Luckily it does not happen often ;)

DRP, Thank you for all your hard work!
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: brutusk on August 03, 2012, 10:05 pm
Thanks for the update  ;D
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: pulpfiction on August 03, 2012, 10:06 pm
Awesome job, thanks for the info!
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: spasmolytic on August 03, 2012, 10:08 pm
As we wished :)
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: NFHC on August 03, 2012, 10:23 pm
thanks for the update and signing your post.
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: Flyhigh on August 03, 2012, 10:25 pm
we never lost hope! Thanks for the update....... ;D
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: seeker4517 on August 03, 2012, 10:26 pm
About 20 minutes ago the coins finally hit my account. THEN 10 minutes later, they were gone again!! Has this happened to anyone else?
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: inflagrantedelicto on August 03, 2012, 10:58 pm
Thank you, DPR!
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: l1llykins on August 03, 2012, 11:02 pm
Thank you, didn't bother formally reporting since I saw forum complaints and therefore knew it would be fixed as per usual. Love you guys!
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: Gibbroni on August 03, 2012, 11:18 pm
DPR should be Time Man Of The Year!
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: Dread Pirate Roberts on August 03, 2012, 11:23 pm
DPR should be Time Man Of The Year!

lol, I get way more praise when we fix problems than when we preempt them and everything goes smooth :P   Sorry for this slip-up gang
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: DeadRa7 on August 03, 2012, 11:54 pm
When I first read this thread, I was unable to log in, but then after reading this thread I tried again and it works! 

I'm still gonna hold off a bit to transfer BTC, but I knew the team was hard at work correcting the issues at hand.

SR SUPPORT/DPR/ADMINS-You all never cease to amaze me.  Thank you so much.
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: Dread Pirate Roberts on August 04, 2012, 12:27 am
FYI, some people got double credit on their missing deposits.  The total amount isn't enough to warrant going through and correcting each individual one, so I'm going to leave it up to the honor system.  Please return any extra funds you were credited to this address:

16R86hFjtH91augYPeLBCEs2jzrbeQDfew
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: oscarzululondon on August 04, 2012, 12:30 am
DPR should be Time Man Of The Year!

lol, I get way more praise when we fix problems than when we preempt them and everything goes smooth :P   Sorry for this slip-up gang

Look at the volume of people using Silk Road now as compared to normal Friday night and you'll see that's not correct.

Never underestimate the value of consistency, even consistency that isn't perfect than a website that starts and stops and breaks then works.
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: BenFrank111 on August 04, 2012, 01:15 am
DPR should be Time Man Of The Year!

lol, I get way more praise when we fix problems than when we preempt them and everything goes smooth :P   Sorry for this slip-up gang

That's one of the problems with democracy; politicians get credit for fixing problems, but not for preventing them, even though preventing them is at least 20x more cost effective...
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: Delta11 on August 04, 2012, 01:46 am
Thanks for the update DPR, I'm sure most of us knew you guys were fixing them asap but with all these new members pouring in they're causing havoc on the forums with new threads every second freaking out  :D
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: bladen on August 04, 2012, 01:52 am
Any chance you guys can work on making the value of the BTC on the silk road match the actual real time value of the BTC on Mtgox/ect?
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: oscarzululondon on August 04, 2012, 01:54 am
Any chance you guys can work on making the value of the BTC on the silk road match the actual real time value of the BTC on Mtgox/ect?

That's impossible and unrealistic. People just need to wait for Mt. Gox to calm down and take their time.
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: Jello on August 04, 2012, 02:38 am
About 20 minutes ago the coins finally hit my account. THEN 10 minutes later, they were gone again!! Has this happened to anyone else?
It happened to me too! I think it might have been related to me purchasing an item though.=D
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: divinechemicals on August 04, 2012, 02:58 am
FYI, some people got double credit on their missing deposits.  The total amount isn't enough to warrant going through and correcting each individual one, so I'm going to leave it up to the honor system.  Please return any extra funds you were credited to this address:

16R86hFjtH91augYPeLBCEs2jzrbeQDfew

Haha, this was me. I logged in hoping my 100 BTC deposit had gone through, and I casually look up to see 200 BTC waiting in my account. My jaw dropped to the floor, but once I realized what had happened, I figured spending it would be a bad idea. DPR deserves every penny! Thanks for all the updates and fixing every problem as it comes, you're the best.
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: cartographer on August 04, 2012, 03:01 am
Well done on the response time. I'm very happy with the older members of the site as well. I noticed that the only people posting in the threads regarding deposits not showing were newer accounts. I'm assuming Silk Road is a true test of faith in DPR. You've earned mine.
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: spasmolytic on August 04, 2012, 03:28 am
Well done on the response time. I'm very happy with the older members of the site as well. I noticed that the only people posting in the threads regarding deposits not showing were newer accounts. I'm assuming Silk Road is a true test of faith in DPR. You've earned mine.

^ This, you hit the nail, man.
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: microRNA on August 04, 2012, 05:26 am
Thanks for your work to correct the issues, but your claim the forum issue has been fixed is incorrect.

The 2 second error is still appearing, took me forever to log in. PLEASE look into the problem further.
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: brokenagain on August 04, 2012, 05:29 am
Thanks for your work to correct the issues, but your claim the forum issue has been fixed is incorrect.

The 2 second error is still appearing, took me forever to log in. PLEASE look into the problem further.
I still cannot log in either. Like microRNA said, PLEASE look deeper into this.
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: Longtimer on August 04, 2012, 05:31 am
FYI, some people got double credit on their missing deposits.  The total amount isn't enough to warrant going through and correcting each individual one, so I'm going to leave it up to the honor system.  Please return any extra funds you were credited to this address:

16R86hFjtH91augYPeLBCEs2jzrbeQDfew

Haha, this was me. I logged in hoping my 100 BTC deposit had gone through, and I casually look up to see 200 BTC waiting in my account. My jaw dropped to the floor, but once I realized what had happened, I figured spending it would be a bad idea. DPR deserves every penny! Thanks for all the updates and fixing every problem as it comes, you're the best.

Spending that would've been the biggest slap in the face to yourself.
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: zero effect on August 04, 2012, 05:40 am
Just able to log in after 20mins. Little glitches are expected, so not all that much to worry about.
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: Dread Pirate Roberts on August 04, 2012, 05:51 am
op updated
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: shill_detector on August 04, 2012, 06:05 am
Thanks for the update DPR! It is appreciated.

I am assuming the deposit issue was it needing to repopulate the block chain history.

For those that do not know, the UNIX daemon for doing bitcoin can corrupt the local block chain if it exits wrong. I found this out playing with the daemon on a local Linux server. Working on an online wallet interface with php. If it happens it will have to re-download the whole block chain and that can take a couple of days. Luckily it does not happen often ;)

DRP, Thank you for all your hard work!


A few days is quite a long time to process the block chain -- you may want to double check your setup.   A fresh install of the reference client (bitcoin-qt) can download and process the entire blockchain in a 1.5-2 hours.  Some of the other clients can do it in as little as 45 minutes.
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: Wadozo on August 04, 2012, 06:43 am
Thanks for your work to correct the issues, but your claim the forum issue has been fixed is incorrect.

The 2 second error is still appearing, took me forever to log in. PLEASE look into the problem further.

I agree. Although I have now finally logged on, the only way I could do it was to click on "Log-In", click "Forgot Password" and reset my password using the secret question method. I am then able to access the Forum by clicking "Log-In". I still feel there may be an issue requiring further investigation.
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: deleteme123123 on August 04, 2012, 06:57 am
DPR FIX YOUR GODDAMN SHIT THIS IS ANNOYING AS HELL YOU SAID YOU FIXED IT BUT I STILL CANT LOGIN WITHOUT CREATE A FAKE ACCOUNT
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: sabu on August 04, 2012, 07:13 am
All your base r belong to us
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: pine on August 04, 2012, 07:17 am
Just to add: DPR's signed message has been verified and is legitimate.
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: Dread Pirate Roberts on August 04, 2012, 07:30 am
DPR FIX YOUR GODDAMN SHIT THIS IS ANNOYING AS HELL YOU SAID YOU FIXED IT BUT I STILL CANT LOGIN WITHOUT CREATE A FAKE ACCOUNT

Show some respect.  If you don't like how this operation is run, you are free to leave.
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: pine on August 04, 2012, 07:41 am
DPR FIX YOUR GODDAMN SHIT THIS IS ANNOYING AS HELL YOU SAID YOU FIXED IT BUT I STILL CANT LOGIN WITHOUT CREATE A FAKE ACCOUNT

ungrateful mammal is ungrateful

See, this is the reason it's a good thing everybody here is anonymous. That's the only way we can engage in real, geninue market transactions on the black market. Otherwise your typical supplier of product would have broken your neck just to send a message.
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: Dread Pirate Roberts on August 04, 2012, 07:45 am
op updated
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: walrus on August 04, 2012, 08:06 am
Its definitely not fixed yet. I still cant login!  :-\
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: JahBUDS on August 04, 2012, 08:39 am
DPR should be Time Man Of The Year!

lol, I get way more praise when we fix problems than when we preempt them and everything goes smooth :P   Sorry for this slip-up gang

No one is perfect, and you sir, are God.

Rest. You deserve it.
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: ZenAndTheArt on August 04, 2012, 03:05 pm
About 20 minutes ago the coins finally hit my account. THEN 10 minutes later, they were gone again!! Has this happened to anyone else?
yer, but only because I spent them ;D
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: LouisCyphre on August 04, 2012, 05:39 pm
Regarding the login problems here, our forums software tries to keep out spammers by limiting how often a login attempt can be made from a single IP address.  Because the Silk Road forums is a hidden service, all requests appear to be coming from the same IP address, so either someone figured this out and decided to hammer the login, or membership grew to the point that normal logins were being interpreted as spam.

Ah, that makes a good deal of sense.  Thanks for the explanation.

Also good to see a nice, valid signature.  :)
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: LouisCyphre on August 04, 2012, 06:11 pm
DPR FIX YOUR GODDAMN SHIT THIS IS ANNOYING AS HELL YOU SAID YOU FIXED IT BUT I STILL CANT LOGIN WITHOUT CREATE A FAKE ACCOUNT

ungrateful mammal is ungrateful

See, this is the reason it's a good thing everybody here is anonymous. That's the only way we can engage in real, geninue market transactions on the black market. Otherwise your typical supplier of product would have broken your neck just to send a message.

that or give him pure H instead of the cut shit hes used to and not tell him  :D

Why waste purity on a hot shot when strychnine works just as well ...
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: Dread Pirate Roberts on August 04, 2012, 06:14 pm
I'm sure you guys are joking around, but let's cut this line of thought short, shall we?
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: LouisCyphre on August 04, 2012, 06:23 pm
I'm sure you guys are joking around, but let's cut this line of thought short, shall we?

I was and sure.
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: shill_detector on August 05, 2012, 03:47 am
Any chance you guys can work on making the value of the BTC on the silk road match the actual real time value of the BTC on Mtgox/ect?

That's impossible and unrealistic. People just need to wait for Mt. Gox to calm down and take their time.

Out of curiosity, why do you believe it is impossible and unrealistic to have the BTC value to be taken from Mt.Gox in real time? (In general that is, I'm not talking about specific problems or the recent spike).

From what I gather, it should actually be quite easy to match prices in real time. 

That said, others have made very good arguments for why it *should not* be done in real-time; the most common being that bitcoin is to volatile at the moment, and that an average price is much easier to use for commerce.

I really am curious though -- is there another aspect here that makes it unrealistic/impossible?
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: THUMBSuP. on August 05, 2012, 04:06 am
Everyone loves getting paid.. remember, it is a market. :D
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: JahBUDS on August 14, 2012, 06:08 am
Bitcoins make the world go 'round.
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: pine on August 14, 2012, 01:13 pm
Bitcoins make the world go 'round.

This damned diet is killing me, I swear to God when I quickly glanced through this thread for an update I thought you wrote:

"Biscuits make the world go 'round"

:o
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: THUMBSuP. on August 14, 2012, 05:33 pm
Bitcoins make the world go 'round.

This damned diet is killing me, I swear to God when I quickly glanced through this thread for an update I thought you wrote:

"Biscuits make the world go 'round"

:o

sounds like we have an issue, dear.
biscuits!! with jelly!!

nomnomnomnomnomnomnomnom.
Title: Re: When it rains it pours! *Update on recent errors*
Post by: superbob4529 on August 14, 2012, 06:54 pm
thanks for the update DPR. I am getting connection time outs again, but I am sure you guys have it under control.