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

[CoinHopper]

I would like to get involve in this coin and list it on my coins to watch this year but unfortunately they are not traded on yobit,where my coins are and there are no monero faucets listed,this is a very promising coin and surprised that no faucets are existing

yeah... I tried to find some faucets for monero, but I found none... Faucet owners: Here's your opportunity!

[nioc]

I just started looking into monero b/c it appears to be the best anonymous coin and the value that can provide is what made bitcoin what it is today. For those of you that don't know what I'm talking about, you don't need to know.

But there is a legit beef. I'm an IT guy and it is NOT TRIVIAL to do transactions. The wallet is called "simplewallet" it runs via a command line interface (CLI). I tried to use some third party gui "lightwallet" but that is a total joke. It wouldn't even write the config file. After 30 mins screwing with that piece of junk, I gave up.

1. There is no desktop GUI client wallet. I find that pretty poor planning. If you have no GUI wallet, then you have no usage. Someone badly needs to step up to the plate and get that built.

2. The fact it doesn't share bitcoin's codebase is both a curse and a sparkling diamond. B/c it doesn't get some free code from the bitcoin project, the client and updates are slower.

Going back to #1.

MONERO GET A GUI CLIENT UP NOW. The coin is worthless if it requires a CS degree to use a CLI wallet to use the damn thing. Consider who your target audience is. Also explain right off the bat what the viewkey is, the spendkey, and the PAYMENT ID (which I understand is mandatory for some merchants in order to verify a transaction even existed). mymonero.com is nice but you understand the entire purpose of this coin is super privacy. You can't have people viewing transactions on a website b/c there's no GUI client. Bam there goes privacy.

That should be priority 1 while you continue to work on the infrastrature. Get some usage, feedback, and more merchant support. Please. Otherwise the entire effort may be in vain.

There will be a GUI not now but soon.  It is actively being worked on with most of the work already done and the rest was just funded.  See here, screenshots and every thing.  https://forum.getmonero.org/9/work-in-progress/2476/the-official-qt-gui-project

If you are an IT guy it should not be a big deal for you and I assume your critique is about the wider use of the coin.  It is an issue that keeps coming up so that will be reflected in the answers you get here.  I'm not an IT guy but an idiot but with some motivation and help from the community I learned to use simple wallet with no problems.  As an IT guy you can always contribute to this open source project.

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I would like to get involve in this coin and list it on my coins to watch this year but unfortunately they are not traded on yobit,where my coins are and there are no monero faucets listed,this is a very promising coin and surprised that no faucets are existing

yeah... I tried to find some faucets for monero, but I found none... Faucet owners: Here's your opportunity!

CPU or GPU mining is a good way to get small amounts.

[dEBRUYNE]

I would like to get involve in this coin and list it on my coins to watch this year but unfortunately they are not traded on yobit,where my coins are and there are no monero faucets listed,this is a very promising coin and surprised that no faucets are existing

yeah... I tried to find some faucets for monero, but I found none... Faucet owners: Here's your opportunity!

CPU or GPU mining is a good way to get small amounts.

In addition, I think MoneroDice.net was going to set up a faucet.

[binaryFate]

Alice Homemade: first restaurant in the world to accept XMR?

On Friday I had the pleasure to make a real-life XMR transaction with what is probably the first restaurant to accept Monero in the world: "Alice Homemade".   
I ordered two salads to be delivered at my home, and paid the delivery man (who also happened to be the restaurant owner) 12 XMR. There is also a 20% discount if you pay with Monero, and on top of the discount I also got two delicious tiramisus, because... that was history in the making!    

(Note I ordered food many times before while paying in XMR. Where I live there is a big website that accept Bitcoin and does the interface between end-customers and hundreds of restaurants, so usually I just pay that website in XMR through https://xmr.to - the restaurants in this case don't even know the command is paid in BTC, even less in XMR).   

But this time this was different, this restaurant Alice Homemade is now accepting Monero directly! (They were also one of the first in the country to accept bitcoins). Here is the Monero transaction for my two salads: 68be427ec0e6c09961522e444e862b643a86ed0f36aaca170c2116686b5d2f44   

They don't have a website, here is the location and some pictures on google.
   
If you pass by (it's close to Brussels international airport), show them some love    

[birr]

Alice Homemade: first restaurant in the world to accept XMR?

On Friday I had the pleasure to make a real-life XMR transaction with what is probably the first restaurant to accept Monero in the world: "Alice Homemade".   
I ordered two salads to be delivered at my home, and paid the delivery man (who also happened to be the restaurant owner) 12 XMR. There is also a 20% discount if you pay with Monero, and on top of the discount I also got two delicious tiramisus, because... that was history in the making!    

(Note I ordered food many times before while paying in XMR. Where I live there is a big website that accept Bitcoin and does the interface between end-customers and hundreds of restaurants, so usually I just pay that website in XMR through https://xmr.to - the restaurants in this case don't even know the command is paid in BTC, even less in XMR).   

But this time this was different, this restaurant Alice Homemade is now accepting Monero directly! (They were also one of the first in the country to accept bitcoins). Here is the Monero transaction for my two salads: 68be427ec0e6c09961522e444e862b643a86ed0f36aaca170c2116686b5d2f44   

They don't have a website, here is the location and some pictures on google.
   
If you pass by (it's close to Brussels international airport), show them some love    

Were you the first to pay for food with Monero?  Because if you were, you might go down in history like Laszlo the pizza guy.
Inquiring minds want to know!

[binaryFate]

Alice Homemade: first restaurant in the world to accept XMR?

On Friday I had the pleasure to make a real-life XMR transaction with what is probably the first restaurant to accept Monero in the world: "Alice Homemade".   
I ordered two salads to be delivered at my home, and paid the delivery man (who also happened to be the restaurant owner) 12 XMR. There is also a 20% discount if you pay with Monero, and on top of the discount I also got two delicious tiramisus, because... that was history in the making!    

(Note I ordered food many times before while paying in XMR. Where I live there is a big website that accept Bitcoin and does the interface between end-customers and hundreds of restaurants, so usually I just pay that website in XMR through https://xmr.to - the restaurants in this case don't even know the command is paid in BTC, even less in XMR).   

But this time this was different, this restaurant Alice Homemade is now accepting Monero directly! (They were also one of the first in the country to accept bitcoins). Here is the Monero transaction for my two salads: 68be427ec0e6c09961522e444e862b643a86ed0f36aaca170c2116686b5d2f44   

They don't have a website, here is the location and some pictures on google.
   
If you pass by (it's close to Brussels international airport), show them some love    

Were you the first to pay for food with Monero?  Because if you were, you might go down in history like Laszlo the pizza guy.
Inquiring minds want to know!

Yes I was. 
In fact I convinced the owner to accept Monero (together with dnaleor).

[nioc]

I'm on my phone now but on my computer I have a video of pizza being delivered to Risto last year that I believe was bought with Monero.

[binaryFate]

I'm on my phone now but on my computer I have a video of pizza being delivered to Risto last year that I believe was bought with Monero.

Yes it's here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwetOo6gqZQ
AFAIK that was a one time event only though. If not and this pizza place accepts XMR on a regular basis, all the better!

[Bagatell]

Meh. Let me know when you buy that Bugatti. 

[aminorex]

Meh. Let me know when you buy that Bugatti. 

Meh. There is more pragmatic privacy value in routine transactions than in conspicuous consumption. 

Bitcoin is good enough for Lambos &c., but for important stuff like food, XMR is the better technology.

[Bagatell]

Let's hope we never have to buy our groceries on the black market.

[Nik4691]

I'm on my phone now but on my computer I have a video of pizza being delivered to Risto last year that I believe was bought with Monero.

Yes it's here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwetOo6gqZQ
AFAIK that was a one time event only though. If not and this pizza place accepts XMR on a regular basis, all the better!

I lost my faith now...
Monero, Risto and Pizza, don't combine  
Maybe, Monero, Risto and Caviar?

[Herp]

I see volume keeps falling as predicted. Price is on its way to 4mil mkt cap. Volume to reach 30k soon.

What are you people still doing here? Go buy some Dash. Big Dash event at Anarchapulco today. Expect lots of new people to get onboard.

Don't be a bag-holder! Friendly advice because I care. Seen too many people ripped off hoping to hit it big by investing in small turds like Monero.

[birr]

Let's hope we never have to buy our groceries on the black market.

But if we ever need to, we know that monero's up to the job.

I lost my faith now...
Monero, Risto and Pizza, don't combine  
Maybe, Monero, Risto and Caviar?

Risto reminds me of Thurston Howell III.

[nioc]

I'm on my phone now but on my computer I have a video of pizza being delivered to Risto last year that I believe was bought with Monero.

Yes it's here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwetOo6gqZQ
AFAIK that was a one time event only though. If not and this pizza place accepts XMR on a regular basis, all the better!

Excellent that you got them to accept Monero on a regular basis  I think that is a first for food.

Meh. Let me know when you buy that Bugatti.  

Meh. There is more pragmatic privacy value in routine transactions than in conspicuous consumption.  

Bitcoin is good enough for Lambos &c., but for important stuff like food, XMR is the better technology.

Absolutely, they will always know when you buy a lambo.  They don't need watch every step I take.  I use cash whenever I can.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMOGaugKpzs

[MonsterZeroPrice]

I see volume keeps falling as predicted. Price is on its way to 4mil mkt cap. Volume to reach 30k soon.

What are you people still doing here? Go buy some Dash. Big Dash event at Anarchapulco today. Expect lots of new people to get onboard.

Don't be a bag-holder! Friendly advice because I care. Seen too many people ripped off hoping to hit it big by investing in small turds like Monero.

So true, many people trust in XMR but they forget that it is a fork of a scam, so XMR itself can only be a scamcoin.

[Herp]

I see volume keeps falling as predicted. Price is on its way to 4mil mkt cap. Volume to reach 30k soon.

What are you people still doing here? Go buy some Dash. Big Dash event at Anarchapulco today. Expect lots of new people to get onboard.

Don't be a bag-holder! Friendly advice because I care. Seen too many people ripped off hoping to hit it big by investing in small turds like Monero.

So true, many people trust in XMR but they forget that it is a fork of a scam, so XMR itself can only be a scamcoin.

I wouldn't call it a scam since they have some kinda`working product but it`s a very uphill battle Monero's fighting here. It's a dead end. No money for development, no code they can use unlike Dash that was built on a Bitcoin foundation. Donations can't sustain a project. Pure and simple.

Monero is pissing in the wind wetting itself. This pretty much sums it up.

[LiberOptions]

I'm actually mining XMR with minergate.
I can get one XMR in less than a week

[dEBRUYNE]

Friendly reminder for everyone, the work and activity on the GUI can be followed here:

https://github.com/mbg033?tab=activity

https://github.com/mbg033/monero-core

https://github.com/mbg033/bitmonero