I do not think 2016 will bring a "revenge of the alts"

Most alts still are clones built solely to pump and dump. Some alts will do well but those will the alts that bring something of value that is unique and not already present in BTC.

Many more people will find out about Ring CT once it is launched. At this point the code is still being tested.

Yes people know what soda is but ""in a unique position to not be affiliated with a particular supplier" means DASH has no distribution contract. Their soda "tech" is still in some guys garage!

3 votes: Qd2 (Morecoin Freeman, languagehasmeaning, LucyLovesCrypto)

Shapeshift already supports XMR and has a widget available to merchants

There is a need for both a large and small logo. I like Aeon, the private blockchain for times where a larger room is appropriate and the other logo (with no words) for cases where space is limited.

Kc6 (LucyLovesCrypto)

2 votes: h3 (Morecoin Freeman, LucyLovesCrypto)
1 vote O-O: (languagehasmeaning)

Thanks for the reply Crypto_Zoidberg!

I am sure someone else can explain in more detail, but the basic idea seems to be to better incentivize miners with a tail emission in addition to the transaction fees generated by the network.

Both was also going to be my answer. In the long term marketing should be easier to fix than poor cryptography so if I had to choose one over the other I would choose the project with better tech.

What are you talking about? Bob Surplus has no connection to TPTB or AmericanPegasus that I am aware of.

Yes Bd5 and Nf6 look better. I posted too quickly. The idea of Nb8 was to play Nc6 and attack a5 but somehow I forgot Nc4 would protect it. Maybe the idea was in my head from earlier when whites knight was still on a4.

Now I am looking at Bd5 49.Bxa6 Bxb3 50.Nd3 Nf6 51.Nxb4 Nh5 52.Bb7 Kc7 53.a6 Kb6 54.Nc6 Nxg3 and I think we can stop the a pawn because 55.Bc8 threatening a7 can be met with Ba4.

I am trying to find a way to capture all of whites pawns even if we have to sacrifice a piece to do it. I am not sure if that is a realistic goal or not. The above line seems to give us good drawing chances so Bd5 will receive my preliminary vote. If someone can prove to me why Nf6 is better I may change my mind.

Bd5 1 vote: (LucyLovesCrypto)

Putting the fixed reward vs percentage question aside do we think the tail emission should be more or less than what Monero chose? If the emission is too high we devalue the currency if it is too low the incentive for decentralized mining may be at risk. How do we find the right balance?

My guess is that AmericanPegasus started this thread as an attempt at comedy and not for any other nefarious purpose.  I won't spend more time in this thread either but I do not assume ill intent. There are many people in the Monero and Aeon communities who value the contributions of TPTB.

This move will be a very important decision. I am considering Nf6, Nb8 and Bd5.

I think we will lose if we just sit and passively defend any longer. We cannot stop all of whites threats. Now that we have centralized our king it is time that we create some threats of our own.

Absolutely. Constructive feedback good and bad help bring attention to areas that we should be working on.

1 vote Be3: (LucyLovesCrypto)

I expected the vote to be closer!

It would be nice to hear something. Historically he does not post much but has logged in regularly. Could be be on vacation?

2 votes O-O (boolberry, LucyLovesCrypto)
1 vote d5 (Morecoin Freeman)

If we are going to play d5 I would rather wait until after black has played Nc6. We should not be worried about exd4.

Teamwork and plenty of time to think about each move really helps. Obviously black has a large advantage in this game if letsplayagame keeps participating but we still have a chance. After a poor performance in game 1 the bitcointalk team appears to be reasonably close to holding a draw vs letsplayagame in game 2! https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1148538.0

There are a lot of things I like about CryptoNote and not all of them are related to cryptography.  Unlike other projects that keep many things closed source, everything here is out in the open.  Difficult questions are not immediately labeled as FUD and instead are addressed. Monero Research Lab raised some important concerns that were addressed well by the 0.9 release. The recent attack on Monero proved the competence of the development team in the professional manner they addressed it while quickly rolling out the fix in 0.9.1  

I also like the way that most of the active CryptoNote communities (XMR, BBR and AEON) seem to get along and learn from each others development ideas instead of focusing on attacking each other. In contrast to bitcoin right now we are a shining example of how open source development should work! Lets hope we still get along as we scale our community closer to the size of bitcoins.

I agree with you that allowing Nc5 now (with a move like Ke7) appears fatal. I am looking at 2 lines:
45...Nd7 46.Bf5 Nb8 47.Bxg4 (47.Nc5 Bf3) Nc6
45...Nd7 46.Ke3 Ke7 47.Kd4 Kd6 48.Kc4 Nf6 with the idea of winning g3 now that the white king is far away

The Nf6 idea (to attack g3) came from remembering this quote:

I am assuming this quote implied a Nd7 vote since I do not see any other way to prevent Nc5.


Nd7: 2 votes (tschukki, LucyLovesCrypto)