parity tips and tricks - parity docker and persistent storage

If you use parity above 2.3.5 and you want to run with docker in a way that your chain is synced on a persistent storage, like under /srv/parity on an ubuntu machine, you can use something similar to the  following script:

sudo docker run -ti -d --name parity --network=host --user=root --restart=unless-stopped  -v /srv/parity:/home/parity/.local/share/io.parity.ethereum  parity/parity:v2.3.5 --chain=ropsten --geth --jsonrpc-apis "web3,eth,net,parity,parity_accounts,traces,rpc,parity_set,personal" --base-path /home/parity/.local/share/io.parity.ethereum

parity tips and tricks - ancient block sync error

If you use parity 2.3.5 syncing your blockchain and you open a geth console with the synchronization as well, your geth console might show that everything is synced but you can and error with ancient block syncing.

Like the following error: "Block information is incomplete while ancient block sync is still in progress, before it's finished we cant`t determine the existence of item"
In this case check the following :

 curl --data '{"method":"parity_chainStatus","params":[],"id":401697,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST localhost:8545

if it shows that there is still and existing blockgap it means that an ancient block syncing is still in progress, so wait until it finishes. If the sync does not improve check if you did not coicidently start parity with the --no-ancient option.  

Phases of learning solidity programming

Month 1: Yes, I can program in Solidity ! This is an easy language, similar to Javascript, with some types.

Month 2: Wait, Underflow / overflow ? I thought they can not cause problems.

Month 3: But, I should upgrade my contract ? Because it contains already ether and I forgot to implement an etherTransfer function ?

Month 4: Cool, I have some upgrade patterns, but they cost too much ether.

Month 5: Ooh, msg.sender, tr.origin, contract in the middle attacks ?

Month 6: Or, Fallback function ? Reentrancy ?

Month 7: Hmm, A transaction is always atomic, right ? So what is with address.transfer or address.call.value ?

Month 8: And, Libraries, Delegate calls ?

Month 9: Hence,  Stack, call stack attacks and front running?

Month 10: So, How about just reusing some ready libraries ? Like OpenZeppelin ?

Month 11: Or, Formal verification, bug-bounty, military programming ?

Month 12: No, I can not program in Solidity !