[XMR] Monero - A secure, private, untraceable cryptocurrency

[Drhiggins]

Can someone in the know please explain to me why orphan blocks are found sometimes when mining?  Is this a GPU, CPU flaw or is it something in the equations that are processed?  Maybe its none of these, I just want to wrap my head around it.

Thanks

http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/5859/what-are-orphaned-and-stale-blocks

So this is a Bitcoin explanation, and I assume its the same for Monero?  Makes sense but sucks when it happens to your pool.  Hashing away only to be slapped in the face with a "No Soup For You!" like the Soup Nazi. LOL

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[ArticMine]

Mixin with a count greater than 1 needs also the breaking out of transactions into powers of 10 down the the lowest level of precision used. So for example 0.00012959874 gets broken down into 0.00010000000, 0.00002000000, 0.00000900000, 0.00000050000, 0.00000009000, 0.00000000800, 0.00000000070, and 0.00000000004. Otherwise these remainder amounts are unique and cannot be mixed. Furthermore for this to work this change needs to be implemented ahead of the mixin change to provide enough transactions in the blockchain for the actual mixing to work. This needs to be addressed at the protocol level.

Right now anything with more than 2 decimal places cannot be mixed with a mixin over 1 and this is the cause of these problems. Asking exchanges to use higher mixin levels is doomed to failure without addressing this mantissa issue at the protocol level.

just a quick idea (dunno if it is stupid), if merchants (exchanges) wont adopt it, from my understanding, you could just send the 1 mixin funds to your wallet and resend it with a mixin greater then 1, to another address you own, right?
perhaps this can be done automatically, like generating an address in your wallet which you could mark as an "unclean" receiving address, and your wallet will automatically resend funds recieved to that address to another one of your addresses with a mixin greater then 1.

What you are suggesting is a good temporary solution, just do not send any transactions with more than two decimal places and a mixin grater than 1 as there is a good chance they will fail. There is a very valid reason why exchanges are not implementing mixin greater than 1 and that is failed transactions leading to increased support issues. This needs to be addresed at the protocol level, otherwise it will continue to ba a problem. Any issue with bloat can be addressed via transaction size dependent transaction fees. If someone wishes to send a high precision high mixin transaction they should be able to provided they pay for it.

[waterpile]

A dice site added XMR

I hope its a good venture for me with XMR

[kazuki49]

A dice site added XMR

I hope its a good venture for me with XMR

it is true https://safedice.com/

[vokain]

A dice site added XMR

I hope its a good venture for me with XMR

it is true https://safedice.com/

Is it true it's actually safe? 

[kazuki49]

A dice site added XMR

I hope its a good venture for me with XMR

it is true https://safedice.com/

Is it true it's actually safe?  

not even one year old, no offense to the creator but after the last dice site disappeared with my xmr invested it will take a while to trust one again.

[wpalczynski]

A dice site added XMR

I hope its a good venture for me with XMR

it is true https://safedice.com/

Is it true it's actually safe? 

I would say it is not safe.  Very likely another scam.  Owner wants to remain anonymous, ask yourself why?

[waterpile]

A dice site added XMR

I hope its a good venture for me with XMR

it is true https://safedice.com/

Is it true it's actually safe? 

I would say it is not safe.  Very likely another scam.  Owner wants to remain anonymous, ask yourself why?

I think most of the gambling site owners want to be anonymous, now i have to read all about XMR lol

[kazuki49]

now i have to read all about XMR lol

start here: https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/ltb-e202-understanding-monero

[jwinterm]

Everytime I see this NeoGAF logo on Steam I'm like, "Oh look, Monero has been greenlit on Steam. How about that?":


Apparently it's not even a game, just a curator:
http://store.steampowered.com/curator/4626771-NeoGAF-Indie-Games/

[AnonCoinTwitter]

ANC volume has been growing in China lately. I mention this only because I think that China is a very important market and there is a clear demand for anonymous transactions.
http://www.btc38.com/trade.html?btc38_trade_coin_name=ANC

As you can tell from my Twitter feed I support Monero and have had nothing but good things to say about it. I just wish there was more Monero activity in the Bitcointalk China thread, QQ group, etc.

[iCEBREAKER]

ANC volume has been growing in China lately. I mention this only because I think that China is a very important market and there is a clear demand for anonymous transactions.
http://www.btc38.com/trade.html?btc38_trade_coin_name=ANC

As you can tell from my Twitter feed I support Monero and have had nothing but good things to say about it. I just wish there was more Monero activity in the Bitcointalk China thread, QQ group, etc.

Chinese people need Monero just as much or perhaps more than English speakers.

I will insist part of the inevitable XMR marketing onslaught target the inclusion of our friends in Asia.

The missive transcription process can be expanded and modified to include translations for the PIIGS and BRICs.

We could even have volunteers re-enact the missives by reading their local translation together, like a play!   

[vokain]

A dice site added XMR

I hope its a good venture for me with XMR

it is true https://safedice.com/

Is it true it's actually safe? 

I would say it is not safe.  Very likely another scam.  Owner wants to remain anonymous, ask yourself why?

Trick question: gambling is never safe

[gaba]

Maybe devs could copy Bytecoin again at least we will get working GUI wallet. These all getting umberising.

[iCEBREAKER]

Maybe devs could copy Bytecoin again at least we will get working GUI wallet. These all getting umberising.

There are like 5 GUI wallets to choose from:

http://getmonero.org/getting-started/choose

Take your pick!

[MalMen]

A dice site added XMR

I hope its a good venture for me with XMR

it is true https://safedice.com/

Is it true it's actually safe? 

I would say it is not safe.  Very likely another scam.  Owner wants to remain anonymous, ask yourself why?

Its normal, if i lauch an service like that i wanted to be anonymous too... what if some autorities want to arrest the owner for money landry? or for no propper taxation... i dont even opened the site, but if you wish to test it, test it with low ammounts...

[amauche]

Hello everybody,

I want share with you a new Monero mining pool:

URL: http://monero.dounit.fr     
Country:  France(Paris)       
Manager (IRC): amauche
Total Fees: 1%
Donations (% of fees): 50%

It protected against DDoS attack.

[Hueristic]

Maybe devs could copy Bytecoin again at least we will get working GUI wallet. These all getting umberising.

Maybe if the Devs were scamming scumbags like Bytecoin devs then they could have the funds for the entire roadmap to be done by now.

[DirtyUniverse]

Hello everybody,

I want share with you a new Monero mining pool:

URL: http://monero.dounit.fr    
Country:  France(Paris)      
Manager (IRC): amauche
Total Fees: 1%
Donations (% of fees): 50%

It protected against DDoS attack.

Really good location  for Europe miners. I will use this for backup pool. good luck.

[dEBRUYNE]

For the gamblers: SafeDice has added Monero! https://safedice.com/

Investors please be cautious with investing as bankroll, the owner is anonymous and also wishes to remain so.

More info in the SafeDice thread -> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=868275.msg11456012#msg11456012