Simplify MakePayment

protocol/connections/engine.go

@@ -488,6 +488,7 @@ func (e *engine) sendMessageToGroup(groupID string, server string, ct []byte, si
 	// Note: This flow only applies to online-and-connected servers (this method will return faster if the server is not
 	// online)
 	if attempts >= 5 {
+		log.Errorf("failed to post a message to a group after %v attempts", attempts)
 		e.eventManager.Publish(event.NewEvent(event.SendMessageToGroupError, map[event.Field]string{event.GroupID: groupID, event.GroupServer: server, event.Error: "could not make payment to server", event.Signature: base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(sig)}))
 		return
 	}

protocol/connections/tokenboardclientapp.go

@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ func (ta *TokenBoardClient) Init(connection tapir.Connection) {
 		log.Debugf("Successfully Initialized Connection")
 		go ta.Listen()
 		// Optimistically acquire many tokens for this server...
-		ta.MakePayment()
+		go ta.MakePayment()
+		go ta.MakePayment()
 		ta.Replay()
 	} else {
 		connection.Close()
@@ -182,15 +183,6 @@ func (ta *TokenBoardClient) MakePayment() error {
 
 	log.Debugf("Waiting for successful PoW Auth...")
 
-	// We can't have duplicate outbounds...
-	conn, _ := client.GetConnection(ta.tokenServiceOnion)
-	for {
-		if conn == nil {
-			break
-		}
-		conn, _ = client.GetConnection(ta.tokenServiceOnion)
-	}
-
 	connected, err := client.Connect(ta.tokenServiceOnion, powTokenApp)
 	if connected == true && err == nil {
 		conn, err := client.WaitForCapabilityOrClose(ta.tokenServiceOnion, applications.HasTokensCapability)