CryptoNote technical discussion and Chess Challenge

[Morecoin Freeman]

Qxg7: 1 vote (GoldTiger69)
Qg5: 1 vote (Morecoin Freeman)

[boolberry]

Qxg7: 1 vote (GoldTiger69)
Qg5: 1 vote (Morecoin Freeman)

Qxg7+: 1 vote (GoldTiger69)
Qg5: 2 votes (Morecoin Freeman, boolberry)

[boolberry]

Current position
Based on the votes in this thread Team Boolberry has chosen to play Qg5. Now it is time for Team Monero to respond. I will plan to count votes again tomorrow at approximately 0:00 UTC.

black to move


Team Boolberry (white pieces) vs. Team Monero (black pieces)
Game 2 PGN:

Code:

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Na6 10.h3 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nf4 12.O-O-O Nxg2 13.Bxh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Qf6 15.Kb1 Nf4 16.Nd2 Nc5 17.h4 a4 18.h5 Qg7 19.Qg5

[TPTB_need_war]

Congratulations to the Monero Team on your successful Hydroden Helix release. I primarily believe in bitcoin and strongly believe most altcoins are doomed for failure. Monero has good chances to be an important exception.

https://github.com/monero-project/bitmonero/releases/tag/v0.9.0

Monero scales to 0 block size 

It is dangerous when you hand chess masters the keys to software design.

[letsplayagame]

a3: 1 vote (letsplayagame)

[newb4now]

a3: 2 votes (letsplayagame, newb4now)

[newb4now]

So if SDC dead or can their "broken crypto" be fixed?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/458dhs/broken_crypto_in_shadowcash_and_ozcoin/

I am happy to not own any SDC!

[smooth]

So if SDC dead or can their "broken crypto" be fixed?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/458dhs/broken_crypto_in_shadowcash_and_ozcoin/

I am happy to not own any SDC!

It can be fixed but not retroactively. All of the ring signatures on their chain are worthless, if the bug report is correct.

Note that the bug is disputed, so we'll see how it turns out.

[XMRpromotions]

a3: 2 votes (letsplayagame, newb4now)
f6: 1 vote (XMRpromtions)

[boolberry]

Current position
Based on the votes in this thread Team Monero has chosen to play a3. Now it is time for Team Boolberry to respond. I will plan to count votes again tomorrow at approximately 0:00 UTC.

white to move


Team Boolberry (white pieces) vs. Team Monero (black pieces)
Game 2 PGN:

Code:

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Na6 10.h3 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nf4 12.O-O-O Nxg2 13.Bxh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Qf6 15.Kb1 Nf4 16.Nd2 Nc5 17.h4 a4 18.h5 Qg7 19.Qg5 a3

[GoldTiger69]

hxg6: 1 vote (GoldTiger69)

[languagehasmeaning]

hxg6: 1 vote (GoldTiger69)

hxg6: 1 vote (GoldTiger69)
b3: 1 vote (languagehasmeaning)

[LucyLovesCrypto]

hxg6: 1 vote (GoldTiger69)

hxg6: 1 vote (GoldTiger69)
b3: 1 vote (languagehasmeaning)

hxg6: 2 votes (GoldTiger69, LucyLovesCrypto)
b3: 1 vote (languagehasmeaning)

[Morecoin Freeman]

hxg6: 2 votes (GoldTiger69, LucyLovesCrypto)
b3: 2 votes (languagehasmeaning, Morecoin Freeman)

[boolberry]

hxg6: 2 votes (GoldTiger69, LucyLovesCrypto)
b3: 2 votes (languagehasmeaning, Morecoin Freeman)

I will break the tie by voting for what I think is the safer option:

hxg6: 2 votes (GoldTiger69, LucyLovesCrypto)
b3: 3 votes (languagehasmeaning, Morecoin Freeman, boolberry)

[boolberry]

Is there a demand for chess lessons conducted over Skype (not from me) paid for in Monero or Boolberry? If so please state your currency preference(s). Rates would depend on the experience of the instructor and be equivalent to what they currently charge fiat currency customers.

There are already chess instructors who accept bitcoin. If there is enough demand I might introduce some of them to the idea of accepting payment in a Cryptonote based currency.

Sorry for my delayed response. I just read your post. Depending on the cost I might be interested but for privacy reasons I am not a fan of Skype. Obviously there are chess players here who also favor CryptoNote but the number of people willing to purchase chess lessons is not clear to me.

[boolberry]

Current position
Based on the votes in this thread Team Boolberry has chosen to play b3. Now it is time for Team Monero to respond. I will plan to count votes again tomorrow at approximately 0:00 UTC.

black to move


Team Boolberry (white pieces) vs. Team Monero (black pieces)
Game 2 PGN:

Code:

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Na6 10.h3 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nf4 12.O-O-O Nxg2 13.Bxh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Qf6 15.Kb1 Nf4 16.Nd2 Nc5 17.h4 a4 18.h5 Qg7 19.Qg5 a3 20.b3

[newb4now]

f6: 1 vote (newb4now)

[smooth]

So if SDC dead or can their "broken crypto" be fixed?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/458dhs/broken_crypto_in_shadowcash_and_ozcoin/

I am happy to not own any SDC!

It can be fixed but not retroactively. All of the ring signatures on their chain are worthless, if the bug report is correct.

Note that the bug is disputed, so we'll see how it turns out.

Shen updated his blog post and now provides code demonstrating the bug on the actual SDC blockchain, so it turns it his analysis of the math was correct after all.

https://shnoe.wordpress.com/2016/02/11/de-anonymizing-shadowcash-and-oz-coin/

[XMRpromotions]

Shen updated his blog post and now provides code demonstrating the bug on the actual SDC blockchain, so it turns it his analysis of the math was correct after all.

https://shnoe.wordpress.com/2016/02/11/de-anonymizing-shadowcash-and-oz-coin/

Having people with the math background like Shen is great for Monero. MRL vetting our cryptography before implementation certainly helps my confidence.