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[novag]

Please explain very simply what is needed Hydrogen Helix? Thanks.

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[dEBRUYNE]

Please explain very simply what is needed Hydrogen Helix? Thanks.

Yes, any version of Hydrogen Helix (0.9.x) is fine, but preferably 0.9.2

[sussex]

bter still alive



almost three day to withdraw xmr, deposit is immediate, that's not very comforting

I have 0.5 BTC worth of UNITY on there, tried to make a withdrawal, but the UNITY just disappeared. I have been ignored by admin for five days now.

I am also hearing of problems with QORA and TIPS

And then, there's this:

http://www.satoshinews.org/2016/03/bitcoin-exchange-bter-withdrawal-issues.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

I think it's safe to advise people to not make any deposits there.

I'm going to post this in several threads for visibility.

[CoinHopper]

Would you say now is a good time to invest in xmr?
I have been reading a lot about it and seeing it a lot on twitter.
Are you guys buying?

[dEBRUYNE]

Would you say now is a good time to invest in xmr?
I have been reading a lot about it and seeing it a lot on twitter.
Are you guys buying?

Directing you to this thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=753252.15020

[americanpegasus]

Would you say now is a good time to invest in xmr?
I have been reading a lot about it and seeing it a lot on twitter.
Are you guys buying?

First of all, this kind of chatter really belongs in the speculation thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=753252.0 
 
Secondly, no one here is qualified to give you investment or trading advice.  Even one of the core devs advises everyone to own 'zero' Monero. 
 
Thirdly, a year ago I took a 30% APR predatory loan for $8,000 and put it fully into Monero at 40 cents each, so consider that as my vote of confidence.

[dEBRUYNE]

Bump, none of the pools have upgraded yet. However, Minergate said they will upgrade soon, see:

https://twitter.com/MinerGate/status/710727384136335361

PSA: Users, (solo)miners, exchanges/merchants, and pooloperators must be on 0.9.x (preferably 0.9.2) in advance of the hardfork otherwise you will get forked/booted off the network. If you are mining on one of the following pools, please contact your poolop immediately or switch to another pool.


Approximately the 23th of March there will be a hardfork on the Monero network. Most pools have upgraded, but some have not yet. If they don't upgrade before the hardfork they will get forked/booted off the network. As a result you will miss out on revenue if you are mining on these pools. Thus, if you are mining on the following pools, please contact your pool owner as soon as possible and urge them to upgrade. Alternatively, you can switch to a pool that is on the right version.

FYI: You can plug the blockheader of your pool into "http://moneroblocks.info/api/get_block_header/hash_of_blockheader". The minor_version must show "minor_version: 2". This means that the pool is on the right version. If it shows "0" or "1" the pool is on an outdated version. An example of a pool on the right version (Monerohash):

http://moneroblocks.info/api/get_block_header/2a88740443bf654e595bba7061509e6a3a80623da5de2478c4a90b45454a7fa8

List of pools that haven't upgraded yet:

• http://cryptonotepool.org.uk/ | Blockheader: http://moneroblocks.info/api/get_block_header/064901fae3c4c1f42a10ca066e367ff277b1ae255043e17fad0695b9da775030 | Contact: http://cryptonotepool.org.uk/#community
• http://xmr.alimabi.cn/ | Blockheader: http://moneroblocks.info/api/get_block_header/612eeb758358ffa8af784c6c12c59b7cc038474fe525b5d7794be30f585f941c | Contact: http://xmr.alimabi.cn/#support
• http://cryptmonero.com/ | Blockheader: http://moneroblocks.info/api/get_block_header/b98ebc9fc8674c2b6cfa303cd9d8770f9187e87664f8acf93446b2ff7e15674b | Contact: http://cryptmonero.com/#support
• https://minergate.com/pool-stats/mro | Blockheader: http://moneroblocks.info/api/get_block_header/2fb5df3e2967a7679ad5ff6848b6b5eb3cb071ba31e3e84a16b95b7d7c421dd2 | Contact: https://minergate.com/
• If you are mining on a private pool, please check the block header manually (if the pool is on the right version) using the method I described.

List of pools that have upgraded:

You can find most pools here:

https://monerohash.com/#network

Some of the aforementioned pools are listed there as well. If you are switching, avoid the aforementioned pools.


Binaries:

Monero v0.9.2 - Hydrogen Helix - released! (Urgent and important bug fixes for the upcoming hard fork)

https://github.com/monero-project/bitmonero/releases/tag/v0.9.2

<fluffypony> will do shasums / gpg signed mesage tomorrow

Information from Github:

This has urgent and important bug fixes to 0.9.0 Hydrogen Helix

• Major performance and size improvements to the LMDB database implementation
• Urgent and important bug fixes for the upcoming hard fork
• Huge bug fixes to the database hard fork handling
• New simplewallet flag to restore from keys
• Initial work on a wallet library / API
• Updated in-source block headers

General hardfork information:

Background:

https://forum.getmonero.org/4/academic-and-technical/303/a-formal-approach-towards-better-hard-fork-management

What are the change(s) with the upcoming hard fork on the 20th of March?

• Blocktime is bumped from 1 to 2 minutes. See:

https://forum.getmonero.org/20/general-discussion/2401/increasing-the-block-time

• Minimum blocksize is bumped to 60 KB. See:

https://forum.getmonero.org/20/general-discussion/2409/increasing-the-minimum-block-size

A big advantage of this is that current individual transactions that sometimes won't go through (because they are a bit above the median due to many outputs (e.g. dust), or the daemon / MyMonero rejects them for some reason) can easily be included in the block without incurring a penalty. Above is a bit of a blunt explanation, I am sure one of the core-team members / developers could give you a more detailed explanation.

• Finally, the recommendations from the MRL team stated in MRL-0004, of which the minimum mixin >= 3 is probably the most salient. See:

https://lab.getmonero.org/pubs/MRL-0004.pdf

P.S. Due to variance the hard fork will likely be on the 21th or 22th of March. A specific block height was determined for the hardfork, not a specific date. The specific blockheight for the hardfork can be found here:

https://github.com/monero-project/bitmonero/blob/master/src/cryptonote_core/blockchain.cpp#L83

// version 2 starts from block 1009827

P.P.S. As long as you are on any 0.9.x version in advance of the hardfork you are fine.

[Monerobuyer0]

Would you say now is a good time to invest in xmr?
I have been reading a lot about it and seeing it a lot on twitter.
Are you guys buying?

The technical properties of Monero as a cryptocurrency are superior to everything else in existence.

Whether this will translate into a price rise is unknown, in this insane market that is willing to value Ethereum at a billion dollars, while Monero is 1% of that.

[bitebits]

Going to spam this place only once, but the offer is still valid. Two days remaining
(node has been upgraded to the latest version 0.9.2)

Support the Monero network by hiring a pre-installed full node for just 4$

Recently I switched provider (more expensive, higher specs for simultaneously running a Bitcoin node) and I was wondering what to do with my current Monero node. It hurts a bit to just let it go, especially because it just runs great and is cheap. It is hosted at MikroVPS.eu for 4$ per month and they accept bitcoin (and so Monero through XMR.to).

So I was thinking there may be more users like me (I struggled hard but had great help from the community), who would like to support the Monero network but are not that much experienced configuring a Linux server. Therefore I would like to check if there is any interest in extending a fully hosted Monero node:

You can pay the equivalent of 4$ in Monero or Bitcoin, and the node will run for another whole month. You can check whether it is online here (just zoom in a little bit) since it is the only node running in the area.

Specs of the node, still valid till 2016-03-21
- 25 GB harddisk
- 512 MB RAM
- 250 GB bandwidth
- Ubuntu Linux 15.10 x64
- IP: 185.112.158.127

The Monero node is running from Hungaria, Budapest and is nicely filling up a gap on the map of Europe:


Some statistics of the last few weeks:


Monero address: 45dBwTfM1oFGVWEosmtxTeEXQpWMvvzf8cPaELkNsebNPZMcRaX3P8V1eF5afBS9LW1xJbMPYkteM8W bbu56K9kJSwvSrrB
Bitcoin address: 1B3cZEg1oGnXpgjhkTJGpP9G4LNPWTXk1D

[luigi1111]

Thirdly, a year ago I took a 30% APR predatory loan for $8,000 and put it fully into Monero at 40 cents each, so consider that as my vote of confidence.

Dude, what? Have you paid it back at least?

[fluffypony]

Monero-ers in Japan, let's meet up when my wife and I are there in a week-and-a-half's time:)

Post: https://forum.getmonero.org/11/meta/2511/monero-in-japan

[Hueristic]

Monero-ers in Japan, let's meet up when my wife and I are there in a week-and-a-half's time:)

Post: https://forum.getmonero.org/11/meta/2511/monero-in-japan

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/15/business/economy/lloyd-s-shapley-92-nobel-laureate-and-a-father-of-game-theory-is-dead.html

[dEBRUYNE]

Fourth dev meeting in approximately 4 hours (17:00 UTC). Dev meeting will be held at #monero-dev on freenode.

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html?iso=20160319T17&p1=0&p2=56&p3=37&p4=102&p5=240&p6=136&p7=179&p8=137&p9=70

If you have an IRC client, just make sure you are on the freenode server and you can subsequently join #monero-dev. If you don't have an IRC client, you can follow the dev meeting using:

http://webchat.freenode.net/

Set the channel to -> #monero-dev and pick a nickname you like. Everyone is welcome to follow the dev meeting!

[dEBRUYNE]

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/mininero/9nblggh4r0wx

From reddit:

I'll be out all day - but android / iOS versions in the future (I'm not as comfortable with those platforms, so it takes a bit longer).

https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/4b36sa/mininero_windows_apps_on_microsoft_store/

[dEBRUYNE]

Bump, still no progress from the pools listed below. All others have upgraded and are safe to mine on.

Bump, none of the pools listed below have upgraded yet. However, Minergate said they will upgrade soon, see:

https://twitter.com/MinerGate/status/710727384136335361

PSA: Users, (solo)miners, exchanges/merchants, and pooloperators must be on 0.9.x (preferably 0.9.2) in advance of the hardfork otherwise you will get forked/booted off the network. If you are mining on one of the following pools, please contact your poolop immediately or switch to another pool.


Approximately the 23th of March there will be a hardfork on the Monero network. Most pools have upgraded, but some have not yet. If they don't upgrade before the hardfork they will get forked/booted off the network. As a result you will miss out on revenue if you are mining on these pools. Thus, if you are mining on the following pools, please contact your pool owner as soon as possible and urge them to upgrade. Alternatively, you can switch to a pool that is on the right version.

FYI: You can plug the blockheader of your pool into "http://moneroblocks.info/api/get_block_header/hash_of_blockheader". The minor_version must show "minor_version: 2". This means that the pool is on the right version. If it shows "0" or "1" the pool is on an outdated version. An example of a pool on the right version (Monerohash):

http://moneroblocks.info/api/get_block_header/2a88740443bf654e595bba7061509e6a3a80623da5de2478c4a90b45454a7fa8

List of pools that haven't upgraded yet:

• http://cryptonotepool.org.uk/ | Blockheader: http://moneroblocks.info/api/get_block_header/064901fae3c4c1f42a10ca066e367ff277b1ae255043e17fad0695b9da775030 | Contact: http://cryptonotepool.org.uk/#community
• http://xmr.alimabi.cn/ | Blockheader: http://moneroblocks.info/api/get_block_header/612eeb758358ffa8af784c6c12c59b7cc038474fe525b5d7794be30f585f941c | Contact: http://xmr.alimabi.cn/#support
• http://cryptmonero.com/ | Blockheader: http://moneroblocks.info/api/get_block_header/b98ebc9fc8674c2b6cfa303cd9d8770f9187e87664f8acf93446b2ff7e15674b | Contact: http://cryptmonero.com/#support
• https://minergate.com/pool-stats/mro | Blockheader: http://moneroblocks.info/api/get_block_header/2fb5df3e2967a7679ad5ff6848b6b5eb3cb071ba31e3e84a16b95b7d7c421dd2 | Contact: https://minergate.com/
• https://minergate.com/pool-stats/mro | Blockheader: http://moneroblocks.info/api/get_block_header/2fb5df3e2967a7679ad5ff6848b6b5eb3cb071ba31e3e84a16b95b7d7c421dd2 | Contact: https://minergate.com/
• If you are mining on a private pool, please check the block header manually (if the pool is on the right version) using the method I described.

List of pools that have upgraded:

You can find most pools here:

https://monerohash.com/#network

Some of the aforementioned pools are listed there as well. If you are switching, avoid the aforementioned pools.


Binaries:

Monero v0.9.2 - Hydrogen Helix - released! (Urgent and important bug fixes for the upcoming hard fork)

https://github.com/monero-project/bitmonero/releases/tag/v0.9.2

<fluffypony> will do shasums / gpg signed mesage tomorrow

Information from Github:

This has urgent and important bug fixes to 0.9.0 Hydrogen Helix

• Major performance and size improvements to the LMDB database implementation
• Urgent and important bug fixes for the upcoming hard fork
• Huge bug fixes to the database hard fork handling
• New simplewallet flag to restore from keys
• Initial work on a wallet library / API
• Updated in-source block headers

General hardfork information:

Background:

https://forum.getmonero.org/4/academic-and-technical/303/a-formal-approach-towards-better-hard-fork-management

What are the change(s) with the upcoming hard fork on the 20th of March?

• Blocktime is bumped from 1 to 2 minutes. See:

https://forum.getmonero.org/20/general-discussion/2401/increasing-the-block-time

• Minimum blocksize is bumped to 60 KB. See:

https://forum.getmonero.org/20/general-discussion/2409/increasing-the-minimum-block-size

A big advantage of this is that current individual transactions that sometimes won't go through (because they are a bit above the median due to many outputs (e.g. dust), or the daemon / MyMonero rejects them for some reason) can easily be included in the block without incurring a penalty. Above is a bit of a blunt explanation, I am sure one of the core-team members / developers could give you a more detailed explanation.

• Finally, the recommendations from the MRL team stated in MRL-0004, of which the minimum mixin >= 3 is probably the most salient. See:

https://lab.getmonero.org/pubs/MRL-0004.pdf

P.S. Due to variance the hard fork will likely be on the 21th or 22th of March. A specific block height was determined for the hardfork, not a specific date. The specific blockheight for the hardfork can be found here:

https://github.com/monero-project/bitmonero/blob/master/src/cryptonote_core/blockchain.cpp#L83

// version 2 starts from block 1009827

P.P.S. As long as you are on any 0.9.x version in advance of the hardfork you are fine.

[hyc]

I sent an email to cryptonotepool.org.uk. Haven't heard back yet.

[dEBRUYNE]

I sent an email to cryptonotepool.org.uk. Haven't heard back yet.

I urge other community members to do the same, please send a mail to the pools listed in my previous comment urging them to upgrade. Any Hydrogen Helix version is fine (0.9.x).

[dEBRUYNE]

I sent an email to cryptonotepool.org.uk. Haven't heard back yet.

I urge other community members to do the same, please send a mail to the pools listed in my previous comment urging them to upgrade. Any Hydrogen Helix version is fine (0.9.x).

FWIW: Minergate is active on socialmedia, so it's possible to contact them there as well:

https://twitter.com/MinerGate

https://plus.google.com/+MinergatePool/posts

https://www.facebook.com/minergate/

https://www.instagram.com/MinerGate/

[Hueristic]

I sent an email to cryptonotepool.org.uk. Haven't heard back yet.

I urge other community members to do the same, please send a mail to the pools listed in my previous comment urging them to upgrade. Any Hydrogen Helix version is fine (0.9.x).

Just pull your miners on them. That will get their attention faster.

They obviously don't bother monitoring this thread or Github.

It's not like we didn't know about this fork a year ago. If they want to profit from miners they should at least make the effort to keep the code up to date.

[aerbax]

Weekly Dev meeting notes for today:

https://hellomonero.com/article/monero-weekly-dev-meeting-notes-2016-03-19