Who steals the darksend mixing collateral? I was on v...23 and I started mixing, sadly I lost my internet connection at about 85% completed and it stayed off. When I got the internet back going it would not continue. Now I have updated to v...25 and mixing got disabled.
Will I always lose collateral when the internet is lost?
The network gets collateral (miners and masternodes) and yes, if you have a shoddy internet connection, expect to lose collateral if it's mid mix.
Thank you. I have to wonder why there is no warning when first hitting that 'Start Darksend Mixing' button that it will take several hours needing a stable internet connection otherwise forfeiting a large collateral(Yes 0.1DRK is large to me). Would never have proceeded, at this time, if there was.
I'm sorry about that. I try to ask for this stuff, but everyone's nose is so deep in the code, solving functional issues, that many niceties and informative notifications get forgotten. I still want an obvious notification that shows how your instant X transfer is going on the SEND tab.
But there is an actual reason for a collateral charge. It prevents DDOS attacks, because running DarkSend then pulling out constantly to disrupt the mixing process quickly becomes expensive. So it's there to protect the network, not to harm users. Unfortunately, a bad connection can cause issues. However, if you ever have to turn DarkSend off because you want to reboot or anything, you should be able to tell by the notifications on the overview tab, when DS is idle or not mixing. It's safe to turn off then.
