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

[dEBRUYNE]

Some interesting reddit comments that are crosspost worthy:

Fluffypony explaining libraryzing in response to my comment:

GUI will probably be released after libraryzing is done (devs are currently working on it, see design goals -> https://getmonero.org/design-goals/), without libraryzing it makes no sense to "wire up" the GUI.

The design is already done, see following link for some sneak peaks -> http://imgur.com/a/ERheR

It's just fun terminology we adopted after the "daemonize" effort:)

No, it's not merely "modularising" it, it is a separation of concerns into actual libraries that can be implemented into any Monero-related project (including the binaries). This was the initial spec I wrote up a little while ago:

The code should provide 4 libraries, binaries should be built using these statically by default. libs only needs to be a build target / cmake switch.

No app logic / core / verification / p2p / consensus functions should exist outside of these libraries. Binaries implementing this can layer whatever they want on top, but all essential functionality should be provided in these libraries

libMoneroStorage
BlockchainDB for blockchain storage/validation, as well as a class to handle wallet data. TODO: need to figure out blocking during reorgs, and prioritising data requests from the daemon over anything else.

libMoneroAccount
All other wallet (account) functions. Create accounts, recover, mnemonic seeds, etc. etc. Uses libMoneroStorage for wallet cache / key data.

libMonero
Connection to the network (effectively the daemon), uses libMoneroStorage for blockchain storage. Unless explicitly specified via a flag of some sort, there should only be one instance of libMonero running. In other words, if I'm running the daemon, and then a fire up another daemon, all it should do is hook into the already running libMonero one via IPC. The instantiated libMonero should only shut down when there are no longer active handles to it (or when a controlled shut down is requested). Binaries tapping into that functionality should also know and expect that they may receive a controlled shutdown signal, and should be able to either terminate or hang around waiting for the library instance to be available again.

libMoneroRPC
Provides JSON HTTP(S) RPC interface to libMonero and libMoneroAccount. This is effectively a standalone server that feeds commands back to libMonero or libMoneroAccount via 0MQ IPC. Can provide a single port with /daemon and /account endpoints, or multiple ports.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/3ltrxt/its_happening_stepbystep_every_month_since_i/cv9hix0?context=3

smooth's comment about disclosing individual payments on a case by case basis:

The white paper says:

In case Alice wants to prove she sent a transaction to Bob’s address she can either disclose r or use any kind of zero-knowledge protocol to prove she knows r (for example by signing the transaction with r).

If you disclose r (a random number chosen per-transaction) then anyone can perform P = Hs(rA)G+ B to determine the one time address (which in turn is stored on the blockchain) being used to send to Bob. (A,B) is Bob's public (stealth address) key. G is a constant, and Hs() is a hash function. This has no connection to other transactions you may have performed. The ability to retrieve r was not implemented in the original cryptonote code, but we added it recently in github.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/3lvjw1/eli5_how_can_a_monero_transaction_be_publicly/cv9x3dv

[kazuki49]

 

I lol'd just trying to imagine the scene

[smoothie]

 

I lol'd just trying to imagine the scene

this was pretty funny. 

[Joint Force]

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[Joint Force]

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[XMRpromotions]

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[Hueristic]

Here's a funny, I run the laptop at the casino and here is the mining payouts. LOL

Code:

9/23/2015, 1:14:37 AM	543db34026c8e4a33ebb0d3bce475d68b9d72fb75e7e843f0f5962ce6128d658	0.0200	4
9/18/2015, 1:14:13 AM	cac89ac95c4cfe63dd56aa95651361ba3c82635ecc8d149b68154c45f54c08c1	0.0200	4
9/13/2015, 1:08:28 AM	c1e8c1541b0550bdb60f7b0bdf04766258a69a0552ed6a19acf25bf44cdca9b3	0.0400	4
9/8/2015, 12:50:44 AM	5c4d593073f63ff5b7f8b6880178dbdb130a0a5d1b28a5200f6f3cb9d7cf3238	0.0100	4
9/2/2015, 12:53:21 AM	7f16571ea27baef314fdd33797d840ce7ce2fa6b74914fbb183ac556782fb4c7	0.0300	4

[Anon136]

I wanted to raise some awareness for a task that is still open, namely expanding the Moneropedia entries on the Monero website.

https://forum.getmonero.org/7/open-tasks/347/expand-moneropedia-entries-on-the-monero-website

This is quite an important task, since it will help a lot of newcomers.

If you are think you are capable to do this, please just pitch for it and ask a reasonable amount of funding. I am quite sure people are willing to fund this if the proposed price is reasonable.

P.S. Ginger's thread needs funding as well -> https://forum.getmonero.org/8/funding-required/2355/improved-nvidia-mining-software

I just posted an offer to work on and receive funding for the Moneropedia entries in the thread :

https://forum.getmonero.org/7/open-tasks/347/expand-moneropedia-entries-on-the-monero-website

I see fluffypony moved it to funding required, here is the link:

https://forum.getmonero.org/8/funding-required/347/expand-moneropedia-entries-on-the-monero-website

Funded already, great work guys and thanks to everyone who donated!

I love this. Pick anything useful, anything at all, that you can do for the community and you can get paid. Such a cool community.

[Harpua]

Thought of a cool new idea today for the possible capabilities of Monero... not necessarily trying to get it crowd funded or anything, but more directed to the core team to see if they would want to embark on something totally new when it comes to Monero's networking system.

https://forum.getmonero.org/6/ideas/2389/potential-capabilities-of-monero

[Anon136]

http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/09/india-joins-war-on-crypto-wants-everyone-to-keep-plaintext-copies-of-all-encrypted-data-for-90-days/

 
 
So basically India just mandated that they operate in the stone age.  Good job. 
 
Does this mean that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are basically illegal there now?

If they ever ask for a copy, print it out on physical paper using a dot matrix printer and then hand it to them. 

[mmortal03]

Seen on Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015ERQHIM

well someones been busy! Good work sir! If only I could open it.....

lol Dick Monero

kind of interesting that he's published three other books unrelated to crypto prior to this release:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_1?ie=UTF8&text=Richard+Monero&search-alias=digital-text&field-author=Richard+Monero&sort=relevancerank

It would be even more interesting if his last name was actually Monero, but the other three books don't show an author name on the material, at least the sample material doesn't.

[canth]

http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/09/india-joins-war-on-crypto-wants-everyone-to-keep-plaintext-copies-of-all-encrypted-data-for-90-days/

 
 
So basically India just mandated that they operate in the stone age.  Good job. 
 
Does this mean that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are basically illegal there now?

If they ever ask for a copy, print it out on physical paper using a dot matrix printer and then hand it to them. 

The proposal was so ridiculous that it only lasted for a day before it got rescinded. http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/22/india-backtracks-on-encrypted-data-policy/

[Globb0]

Free beginners guide to investing in Monero.


           1. buy some monero

[QuantumQrack]

Seen on Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015ERQHIM

well someones been busy! Good work sir! If only I could open it.....

lol Dick Monero

kind of interesting that he's published three other books unrelated to crypto prior to this release:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_1?ie=UTF8&text=Richard+Monero&search-alias=digital-text&field-author=Richard+Monero&sort=relevancerank

It would be even more interesting if his last name was actually Monero, but the other three books don't show an author name on the material, at least the sample material doesn't.

Reading it at the moment.  If you have Kindle and Amazon Prime you can borrow it for free.

[canth]

Free beginners guide to investing in Monero.


           1. buy some monero

Woah, you're going too fast. Can you start again from the beginning?

[GingerAle]

My revised beginners guide to investing in Monero:

1.  Buy 2X the monero you would like to hold
2.  Use half of that amount to fund development

[jwinterm]

othe's guide to investing in Monero:

1) Buy 10k XMR
2) Place two bets for 5k each at monerodice
3) Donate the proceeds from one win to development and "reinvest" the winnings from other bet into dice
4) Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you somehow own more coins than actually exist
5)
6) Profit!

[isvicre]

What do you think about https://forum.bitcoin.com? They opened Altcoins subforum and there are Ripple, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin subforums for discussion. I think if we want Roger Ver will open Monero subforum too.
I like Monero discussion here but another option would be good too. They will probably get different userbase. We should tell about Monero to newbies.

[QuantumQrack]

What do you think about https://forum.bitcoin.com? They opened Altcoins subforum and there are Ripple, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin subforums for discussion. I think if we want Roger Ver will open Monero subforum too.
I like Monero discussion here but another option would be good too. They will probably get different userbase. We should tell about Monero to newbies.

I don't see anything wrong with more exposure to Monero.

[Violincoin]

Monero remains a very long project coin. good.