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

[sirsmokesalot]

Judging from the recent XMR volume stats, not much of the buying is going on. I wonder if this whole thing about the attack wasn't contrived to buy some cheap XMR it could mean that the exploit is a real threat.

It's significant that the threats against XMR were made in the Poloniex trollbox, then Poloniex was DDOSed as a "test" last night.

I've been following all this since the beginning, and the whole thing looks like nothing more than an elaborate price manipulation scheme to me.

Um the price of xmr is certainly not at it's lowest atm. The coins were already snatched up by the people who wanted them at such a steep discount. That is the exploit he was talking about. Being able to exploit the weak hands. I think the community has played it fairly well so far.

Is it in bad taste to offer a bounty for someone who can give bcx a taste of his own medicine?

[smooth]

I tried this, and it has been saying "pending evaluation for over an hour.  Maybe because this is my first time setting up an EC2 instance?

The price for the spot instances is rising. Perhaps you did not bid high enough?

No if your price is too low you get "price too low" message. Something else is wrong with his configuration.

a way to have a full node start mining automatically upon launch?

create a script start.sh in your home directory:

Code:

./bitmonerod --start-mining [addr] --mining-threads [threads]

Use the command crontab -e to edit your crontab file. put the following line in there:

Code:

@reboot sh start.sh

Reboot to test. If it works, make an image of it, use that image to start more instances.

Since you are coding in the number of threads you probably want a different image for each instance type

EDIT: Also be sure to open port 18080 (incoming tcp). You can do that when you launch the instance or you can do it when already started by modifying the security group for it.

[smfuser]

To be clear, I wasn't asking whether the attack might start earlier than claimed, which is obvious, but whether that was the only reason to refrain from any transactions now.

I don't have any information whatsoever about anything unusual happening at this time. As far as I can tell, everything is working perfectly. Hope that helps.

If it becomes publicly clear at time X that an attack has begun, approximately when (relative to X) would the "old part of the blockchain" (which you said "will be fine regardless") end?

That depends on the nature of the attack and how quickly we are able to detect it.

I can only say that a credible threat has been made, with a time stated for when it will occur.

No change to what I said earlier about not being aware of anything unusual happening at this time.

Beyond that you will have to use your own judgement

With no assumptions about the accuracy of BCX's claimed time frame, I was trying to understand how far back the blockchain could be affected relative to whatever time an attack becomes publicly apparent.  If there's a range of possibilities, I'm interested in the earliest realistic one (given the kind of attacks you can envision).  Presumably you have some such time limit in mind (otherwise the "old part of the blockchain" wouldn't seem to mean much).  Since I'm quite unclear what kind of attacks are plausible, my own judgment isn't helpful on that point (of estimating that time limit).

[thinkpad99]

xmr to the moon...to day

[Sons_of_Crypto]

LOL...riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

can't believe folks wouldn't want out, like i said before...glad i was in/out on this coin when it was in the know.  now....sorry but given what's come to light no way i'd be back in, it's the plain truth.  anyone who is "RAH RAH RAH" about this coin is obviously in deep and just wants to get out with their shirt still somewhat on. 

it was promising but just like SO many other coins, once shit hits the fan, the only way is down people.  i've been burned a quite a few coins and not with this one!  don't go down with the ship! 

[dEBRUYNE]

Quoting for info:

BCX, was that you in the polo chat under a different name?

For the record I did not DDOS Poloniex.

If I did I promise you I would have told you.

I have nothing against Poloniex and have no interest bothering them.

As was pointed out by a few other posters, this is not my style.

More than likely some poser that was going to try and get some coins out of you.

None of this meant to be a hostile action, I just want to see if XMR can fix their holes.

Anyone can knock down a coin by hitting an exchange. No fun in that.


Believe what you want to believe but anybody that has been here for any time knows, that wasn't me.


~BCX~

[bclcjunkie]

he's just one of those sad trolls fishing for noobs...  amazing how pathetic they can get... despite whining and bitching they still keep coming back... looks like monero got them by the balls pretty good...

The attack threat will be over in a few hours and by then your XMR will be worth nada. You shoulda stayed true to btc and not started with with monero. Today is gonna be a sad day for your portfolio.

Good luck

You are beyond pathetic. Malicious twerp.

Karma will bite a nice chunk out of your ass one day.

[Bobsurplus]

he's just one of those sad trolls fishing for noobs...  amazing how pathetic they can get... despite whining and bitching they still keep coming back... looks like monero got them by the balls pretty good...

The attack threat will be over in a few hours and by then your XMR will be worth nada. You shoulda stayed true to btc and not started with with monero. Today is gonna be a sad day for your portfolio.

Good luck

You are beyond pathetic. Malicious twerp.

Karma will bite a nice chunk out of your ass one day.

Tell that to the 2 hero members from this thread that joined my group in the last 2 days. Fishing for noobs... LMAO... Only ones in here acting like noobs are most of you hero members who are about to lose all that btc you had saved.

Monero is dying dude.. Wake up and smell the coffee

[macsga]

Thanks for the heads up, Bobsurplus
I bet it's irrelevant that the price goes up...

[Bobsurplus]

Thanks for the heads up, Bobsurplus
I bet it's irrelevant that the price goes up...

LMAO... dont misunderstand loyal community members throwing their last btc into the dying coin to trick themselves and you all into thinking it's got a shot. I been here for a while and can tell you this wont end will for those who buy more or stick to the tried tested and untrue tactic of HODLing.

[smooth]

Important update (source code only)

If you are operating a pool or exchange or other important service, or if you are solo mining, and you compile your own node, please pull master from github and upgrade ASAP.  Precautionary checkpoints have been added to prevent any attack against the existing blockchain.

https://github.com/monero-project/bitmonero

No evidence of anomalous activity has been detected at this time. The update is an important precaution.

Updated binaries will follow shortly.

Further measures will be taken as necessary.

[krawallmining]

LMAO... dont misunderstand loyal community members throwing their last btc into the dying coin to trick themselves and you all into thinking it's got a shot. I been here for a while and can tell you this wont end will for those who buy more or stick to the tried tested and untrue tactic of HODLing.

You're hardly known as an altruist, think anyone still buys ur BS?

[dnaleor]

Important update (source code only)

If you are operating a pool or exchange or other important service, or if you are solo mining, and you compile your own node, please pull master from github and upgrade ASAP.  Precautionary checkpoints have been added to prevent any attack against the existing blockchain.

https://github.com/monero-project/bitmonero

No evidence of anomalous activity has been detected at this time. The update is an important precaution.

Updated binaries will follow shortly.

Further measures will be taken as necessary.

great, precaution is what we need. we dont fear possible attacks, the monero devs actually improve the coin

[Bobsurplus]

LMAO... dont misunderstand loyal community members throwing their last btc into the dying coin to trick themselves and you all into thinking it's got a shot. I been here for a while and can tell you this wont end will for those who buy more or stick to the tried tested and untrue tactic of HODLing.

You're hardly known as an altruist, think anyone still buys ur BS?

LMAO, I'm known for making people money and it's not BS!

[macsga]

Thanks for the heads up, Bobsurplus
I bet it's irrelevant that the price goes up...

LMAO... dont misunderstand loyal community members throwing their last btc into the dying coin to trick themselves and you all into thinking it's got a shot. I been here for a while and can tell you this wont end will for those who buy more or stick to the tried tested and untrue tactic of HODLing.

Surprisingly enough, HODLing has served me right for the last couple of years... Do you think I should SHOTR my XMRs? Why would I want to do so?

[MrMeeSeek]

LMAO... dont misunderstand loyal community members throwing their last btc into the dying coin to trick themselves and you all into thinking it's got a shot. I been here for a while and can tell you this wont end will for those who buy more or stick to the tried tested and untrue tactic of HODLing.

You're hardly known as an altruist, think anyone still buys ur BS?

https://i.imgur.com/xp6GF7i.jpg

[Bobsurplus]

Thanks for the heads up, Bobsurplus
I bet it's irrelevant that the price goes up...

LMAO... dont misunderstand loyal community members throwing their last btc into the dying coin to trick themselves and you all into thinking it's got a shot. I been here for a while and can tell you this wont end will for those who buy more or stick to the tried tested and untrue tactic of HODLing.

Surprisingly enough, HODLing has served me right for the last couple of years... Do you think I should SHOTR my XMRs? Why would I want to do so?

Yeah, what coins you been holding?

[macsga]

Thanks for the heads up, Bobsurplus
I bet it's irrelevant that the price goes up...

LMAO... dont misunderstand loyal community members throwing their last btc into the dying coin to trick themselves and you all into thinking it's got a shot. I been here for a while and can tell you this wont end will for those who buy more or stick to the tried tested and untrue tactic of HODLing.

Surprisingly enough, HODLing has served me right for the last couple of years... Do you think I should SHOTR my XMRs? Why would I want to do so?

Yeah, what coins you been holding?

BTC, XMR, and a small pile of others of very small value. What are you hodling?

[dzonikg28]

launch countdown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_AXwf_0d3g

[Bobsurplus]

Thanks for the heads up, Bobsurplus
I bet it's irrelevant that the price goes up...

LMAO... dont misunderstand loyal community members throwing their last btc into the dying coin to trick themselves and you all into thinking it's got a shot. I been here for a while and can tell you this wont end will for those who buy more or stick to the tried tested and untrue tactic of HODLing.

Surprisingly enough, HODLing has served me right for the last couple of years... Do you think I should SHOTR my XMRs? Why would I want to do so?

Yeah, what coins you been holding?

BTC, XMR, and a small pile of others of very small value. What are you hodling?

BTC.. which I first bought at about $15 bucks and mined for. Sold most between $150- $200 and bought back in between $70-$200. Sold again between $700-$1100, bought back at $600.

LTC.. Mined and bought at around $0.50 and been trading them back and forth like BTC.

XST.. Been buying since 2500 all the way up to 14500 yesterday.

LXC.. Been buying since 1K, sold most at about 12K but still hold a fair chunk.

Those are my hoDLings. Nothing else at this moment!