Witness parse Error : plugin_initialize

in #mining8 years ago

I have followed several guides t mine and I keep getting the same error. I currently have a windows 10 box mining ethereum and I wanted to mine Steem on it.

I keep getting: 

C:\steem>steemd

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            STARTING STEEM NETWORK

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initminer public key: XXXXXICHANGEDXXXX

chain id: 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

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946346ms th_a       main.cpp:119                  main                 ] Error parsing logging config from config file C:\steem\witness_node_data_dir\config.ini, using default config

946354ms th_a       main.cpp:158                  main                 ] parsing options

946358ms th_a       main.cpp:160                  main                 ] initializing node

946362ms th_a       main.cpp:162                  main                 ] initializing plugins

946388ms th_a       application.cpp:979           initialize_plugins   ] Initializing plugin account_history

946408ms th_a       application.cpp:979           initialize_plugins   ] Initializing plugin witness

946420ms th_a       witness.cpp:95                plugin_initialize    ] witness plugin:  plugin_initialize() begin

946449ms th_a       witness.cpp:165               plugin_initialize    ] 4 parse_error_exception: Parse Error

Unexpected char '-30' in ""

    {"c":-30,"s":""}

    th_a  json.cpp:433 fc::variant_from_stream


    {"str":"ΓÇ£erik-prestinaryΓÇ¥"}

    th_a  json.cpp:478 fc::json::from_string

946479ms th_a       main.cpp:196                  main                 ] Exiting with error:

4 parse_error_exception: Parse Error

Unexpected char '-30' in ""

    {"c":-30,"s":""}

    th_a  json.cpp:433 fc::variant_from_stream


    {"str":"ΓÇ£erik-prestinaryΓÇ¥"}

    th_a  json.cpp:478 fc::json::from_string

rethrow

    {}

    th_a  witness.cpp:165 steemit::witness_plugin::witness_plugin::plugin_initialize

C:\steem>

Can someone help me out here? 

I tried with all the Private keys I could find inside my steem wallet, which one should I use?

Thanks!

Sort:  

Private key: Permissions -> Active (show)

If if you still get the same error, please paste your config.ini here removing the private key from it

mate, I try to generate my active private key going to where you have described above.

when i click show it asks me to login, i enter my password and it accepts it but it does not show my key. I have tried both my main password and posting private key.
Am i doing something wrong?

thanks for any help you can give me!

Why don't you try a different browser? Or maybe open and close it.

I use Chrome and I see my keys just fine.

Cheers

Thanks for the reply, I have tried chrome and firefox but i the same thing happens.
and the old open and close trick was my go to! thanks anyway buddy

Great!

Chrome sometimes does weird things

Cheers

How much steem do you make by mining in a day ballpark?

I have no idea! :)

Hi @r3b37 ,

Thank you for the reply!

I can confirm that is the key I am using. Here is the config file info ( do you need the whole thing?).

name of witness controlled by this node (e.g. initwitness )

witness = erik-prestinary

name of miner and its private key (e.g. ["account","WIF PRIVATE KEY"] )

miner = ["erik-prestinary",”5XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX”]

Number of threads to use for proof of work mining

mining-threads = 1

replace
witness = erik-prestinary
with
witness = "erik-prestinary"

and try to see the active private key from chrome browser

have you removed #'s from the config.ini file when adding your account information?

Yes I did remove them.