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

[BanditryAndLoot]

Do we really need to have email confirmations to make an account?

If you care about anonymity that much, use a disposable address.

It's more about laziness

But:

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[aminorex]

forum.monero.cc won't allow me to login, due to inactivity.  it would be nice to have a contact link on the front page.

Due to inactivity? Is is about the Web of Trust part? If yes then you can just skip it entirely (and complete it later)

i registered when the site opened. i logged in once or twice and have been offline since.  now login attempts report that my account is inactive and refuse me.

[correosdelbosque]

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Monero (XMR) is a new privacy-centric coin using the CryptoNote protocol (see below for more information). The open source reference implementation of CryptoNote was coded from scratch based on the CryptoNote reference implementation, and is not a fork of Bitcoin.

Monero aims to be a fungible and untraceable digital medium of exchange. It intrinsically has a higher degree of privacy than Bitcoin or any of its various forks. It was launched on April 18, 2014 (preannounced and no premine/IPO/etc.).

The official core team members are (in no particular order) - tacotime, eizh, smooth, fluffypony, othe, davidlatapie, NoodleDoodle

Announcements

October 14 - Monero Missives #14 updates on DB, GUI, static builds, per-kb fees, support for MSVC 2013, mnemonic seed, DNS and checkpointing
October 06 - Monero Missives #13 introduces the official Monero forum, improvement of the mnemonic seed, MoneroPulse and faster checkpointing, MRL-0003, addition to Cryptsy voting
September 15 - Monero Missives #12 is a hearty return to our regularly scheduled programming, with the release of the Monero Research Lab, the official Monero merchandise store on http://www.zazzle.com/monerogear*, FreeBSD compatibility, testnet, and much much more!
August 16 - Monero Missives #11 includes an update on the GUI, breaking the 600 subscribers barrier on reddit, pre-announcement for a donation system that also benefits donators directly, using "account" instead of "wallet", a Twitter campaign, an open-source stratum proxy, QoS bandwith control, easier compilation on Windows.
Monero Missives Archives: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 - Longer summary of each missive by Globb0
Other Archives: Blockchain Spam Attack post-mortem (part I and part II) - Block 202612 attack (update 1, technical update, patch) - Partial funding of Privacy Solutions for the C++ version of the I2P router (IP obfuscation)



Features

• Untraceable payments
• Unlinkable transactions
• Blockchain analysis resistance
• Adaptive parameters

Details in the CryptoNote white paper (Review of the CryptoNote white paper)


Specifications

• PoW algorithm: CryptoNight [1]
• Max supply: ~18.4 million [2]
• Block reward: Smoothly varying [3]
• Block time: 60 seconds
• Difficulty: Retargets at every block

[1] CPU + GPU mining (about 1:1 performance for now). Memory-bound by design using AES encryption and several SHA-3 candidates.
[2] Actual number of atomic units is M = 2⁶⁴ - 1. A minimum subsidy may be implemented in the future with <1% inflation to preserve mining incentives.
[3] Uses a recurrence relation. Block reward = (M - A) * 2^-20 * 10^-12, where A = current circulation. Roughly 86% mined in 4 years (see graph).


Official downloads and links

Getting Started - Follow the guide to set up the software and start mining.

Source and binaries
Also see below for optional GUI.

• Source code
• Windows 64-bit binaries (0.8.8.4, updated: September 15th)
• OS X 64-bit binaries (0.8.8.4, updated: September 15th)
• Linux 64-bit binaries (0.8.8.4, updated: September 15th)
• FreeBSD 64-bit binaries (0.8.8.4, updated: September 15th)
• Windows 32-bit binaries (0.8.8, updated: June 11th - outdated and not recommended until the embedded database is released)

SHA sums for the binary downloads:

monero.win.x64.latest.zip      - 9dfa4c57ff7825c702bd14c7d160ab19e80648f0
monero.mac.x64.latest.tar.bz2   - ccf26e07606629bd8ef5d267191e3a03b8e154dd
monero.linux.x64.latest.tar.bz2   - 3455b2469c5e4e9b271b47e573897f86b635a4dd
monero.freebsd.x64.latest.tar.bz - 4bbee4349880171383ee4fee36ea9ad86201d9fd
monero.win.x86.latest.zip      - 6f8f2fa8100127d03d32f5618650c583ae17899f

Blockchain (faster sync)
All updated live and always current.

• Windows 64-bit blockchain (place it in %AppData%/bitmonero)
• OS X 64-bit blockchain (place it in ~/.bitmonero)
• Linux 64-bit blockchain (place it in ~/.bitmonero)

Giveaways
Petitioning Cryptsy, Btc-e and others for Monero(XMR)

Donations for general development

XMR:

Code:

46BeWrHpwXmHDpDEUmZBWZfoQpdc6HaERCNmx1pEYL2rAcuwufPN9rXHHtyUA4QVy66qeFQkn6sfK8aHYjA3jk3o1Bv16em

viewkey: e422831985c9205238ef84daf6805526c14d96fd7b059fe68c7ab98e495e5703

BTC:

Code:

1FhnVJi2V1k4MqXm2nHoEbY5LV7FPai7bb

Monero Community Hall of Fame


Unofficial downloads and links

GUI
All current GUIs are in beta, but they should be fairly safe to use because they work through bitmonerod and simplewallet from the main code.

• Qt GUI (Cross-platform) by Neozaru
• Windows GUI by Jojatekok

Miners

• CPU, open source - Wolf`'s CPU miner - Automatically installed on Linux with the install_script.
• CPU, closed source - yvg1900 - Mu7 Miner Early in development - use at your own risk.
• GPU, open source - Tsiv Nvidia GPU Miner (based on ccminer) Early in development - Thanks Tsiv!
• GPU, closed source - Claymore AMD GPU miner - Early in development - use at your own risk.

Forum

• monerotalk.org

Exchanges

• Hitbtc.com
• Bter
• Mintpal
• Poloniex
• Bittrex
• SwapHole
• cryptoescrow.eu
• Melotic
• lazycoins.com
• cryptlocal.com
• coin-swap.net
• Others: BTC38

Pools
Spread around the hashrate! Join the smaller pools to improve network health.
Larger pools can only reduce your variance, but on average you get less than on small pools due to ddos-attacks, higher fees, downtimes and slower hashing modules
Only open-source pools are mentioned, sorted by donation then fees. Fees include the donation, so miners won't pay more than the fees listed on the "fees" column. Misleading advertisement = undetermined ban ("undetermined" doesn't mean "forever", just "as long "as we deem it necessary"). Manager's note is a list with 100 character max, no exclamation points and no links. For updates, please contact Quanttek (same on IRC)
Beware: we are doing our best to stay current regarding fees, but always double-check on the pool itself.
We recommend to use only the bolded pools, which are up-to-date on important updates and security fixes. Message Quanttek, if your pool updated too.

URL	Country	Manager (IRC)	Donations (% of fees)	Total Fees	Manager's note
backup-pool.com	Canada	triplef	Total: 100%	Fees: 1%	#backuppool IRC-channel, Charts ,10 minutes payout , instant support french/english
cryptonotepool.org.uk	UK	CryptonotepoolUK	Total: 100%	Fees: 1%	Long running pool with reputation for reliability and support, all fees donated to xmr dev fund
mro.poolto.be	Belgium	PCFil	Total: 33%	Fees: 0.3%	Stable dedicated server, hosted in datacenter, fast link, fast support
monero.xminingpool.com	Germany	xmining	Total: 20%	Fees: 1%	First cryptonote-universal-pool implementation. FCN/MCN support.
minexmr.com	France	xnbya	Total: 20%	Fees: 0.5%
crypto-pool.fr	France	onishin, superresistant	Total: 10%	Fees: 2%
xmr.hashinvest.net	France	sammy007	Total: 6.6%	Fees: 1.5%	Transparent and stable pool with regular payouts. Desktop notifications, instant online support.
coolmining.club	Hungary	hegemoOn	Total: 5%	Fees: 1%	#cmc-pool on freenode
xmr.farm	Dubai	edubai	Total: 5%	Fees: 2%	8 core dedicated server, online support, highly available
xmr.unipool.pro	Canada	unipool	Total: 0%	Fees: 0.5%	English and Russian support, Graphic charts
xmr.prohash.net	Netherlands	trampk	Total: 0%	Fees: 1%
chickenkiller.com	France		Total: 0%	Fees: 0%
coinmine.pl	Germany		Total: 0%	Fees: 0%
mro.bitnonce.com	Singapore		Total: 0%	Fees: 0%
kippo.eu	Finland	Kippo	Total: 0%	Fees: 1%

[e-coinomist]

@correosdelbosque, do you need any help setting things up like wallet, or registering on a reputated exchange website?
just feel free to ask.

BTW: when I do see the pools listed, the one I use is missing (does 25% of net hash, it's the one where the attack packages been injected). Any reason against re-adding?

[fluffypony]

forum.monero.cc won't allow me to login, due to inactivity.  it would be nice to have a contact link on the front page.

Due to inactivity? Is is about the Web of Trust part? If yes then you can just skip it entirely (and complete it later)

i registered when the site opened. i logged in once or twice and have been offline since.  now login attempts report that my account is inactive and refuse me.

We don't have any functionality that would do that, but I see your account is marked as unconfirmed. Did you receive the email confirmation? Use this: https://forum.monero.cc/user/resend-activation and then you can reactivate it, and we'll check what caused you to become "unactivated" (probably someone fiddling on the forum administrator side)

[fluffypony]

My wife and I are going to be in LA next week, and I'd like to have a little meetup for any Moneroers in the area on Wednesday, October 29th.

Details and discussion can be had here: https://forum.monero.cc/14/events/70/fluffypony-s-los-angeles-monero-meetup

[sammy007]

Guys, it seems some suspicious russian proprietary miner kachur is very popular already. I'd like to say that this mining software proven SCAM. I banned several miners after I found duplicate share vulnerability and all miners spotted in logs with attempt to submit duplicate share were using this software. Stay away from not trusted developers, there is no even BCT thread for this miner.

If you are trusted person, we can test this miner in isolation, I'll run test pool and can give you early binaries, because after vulnerability fix they probably deleted duplicate submission functionality.

Just did isolated test using latest pool software and 1.2b version of this miner. Duplicates spotted in logs immediately:

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Duplicate share: {"id":"779749578400515","job_id":"394227879843674","nonce":"804f3800","result":"0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"} from  4

...

[bolt1909]

Guys, it seems some suspicious russian proprietary miner kachur is very popular already. I'd like to say that this mining software proven SCAM. I banned several miners after I found duplicate share vulnerability and all miners spotted in logs with attempt to submit duplicate share were using this software. Stay away from not trusted developers, there is no even BCT thread for this miner.

If you are trusted person, we can test this miner in isolation, I'll run test pool and can give you early binaries, because after vulnerability fix they probably deleted duplicate submission functionality.

Just did isolated test using latest pool software and 1.2b version of this miner. Duplicates spotted in logs immediately:

...
Duplicate share: {"id":"779749578400515","job_id":"394227879843674","nonce":"804f3800","result":"0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"} from  4

...

1.2b!? ..... 1.4 (faster+ low fee than Claymore 9.1) came out week ago...i suggest you to use 1.1 or 1.0 its more funn  
One question..is it came from one miner (account) or from 4-5-10...

[sammy007]

Just did isolated test using latest pool software and 1.2b version of this miner. Duplicates spotted in logs immediately:

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Duplicate share: {"id":"779749578400515","job_id":"394227879843674","nonce":"804f3800","result":"0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"} from  4

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1.2b!? ..... 1.4 (faster+ low fee than Claymore 9.1) came out week ago...i suggest you to use 1.1 or 1.0 its more funn 

Funny how ignorants will stay till death on their own. Initial idea was kminer testing against exploiting pools. I did it. It does not matter what future versions does.

[superresistant]

Guys, it seems some suspicious russian proprietary miner kachur is very popular already. I'd like to say that this mining software proven SCAM. I banned several miners after I found duplicate share vulnerability and all miners spotted in logs with attempt to submit duplicate share were using this software. Stay away from not trusted developers, there is no even BCT thread for this miner.

If you are trusted person, we can test this miner in isolation, I'll run test pool and can give you early binaries, because after vulnerability fix they probably deleted duplicate submission functionality.

Just did isolated test using latest pool software and 1.2b version of this miner. Duplicates spotted in logs immediately:

...
Duplicate share: {"id":"779749578400515","job_id":"394227879843674","nonce":"804f3800","result":"0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"} from  4

...

Now that's a proof.

Good work.

[user2]

Just did isolated test using latest pool software and 1.2b version of this miner. Duplicates spotted in logs immediately:

So what's your point? Leaving aside moral matters.

[superresistant]

Just did isolated test using latest pool software and 1.2b version of this miner. Duplicates spotted in logs immediately:

So what's your point? Leaving aside moral matters.

The point is that those duplicate-shares are spamming pools with crap data which has a cost for us pool owner (high server load) + those fake-shares are counted as legit (trust-exploit) on some pool (not on my pool, I just ban them) which steal the hashrate from legit miners (number of blocks found is the same but fake-shares take a % of gain from other miners).

[RentaMouse]

Just did isolated test using latest pool software and 1.2b version of this miner. Duplicates spotted in logs immediately:

So what's your point? Leaving aside moral matters.

I suppose you could classify stealing shares (and therefore XMR) from other miners as immoral, and therefore if morality is no concern for you then feel free to use it and accept the consequences. Personally I would be concerned about using software with a demonstrably immoral history unless I could validate the source very carefully.

[sammy007]

Just did isolated test using latest pool software and 1.2b version of this miner. Duplicates spotted in logs immediately:

So what's your point? Leaving aside moral matters.

I double resistant's post. Running monero pool is very expensive and such crappy software made it much more expensive. I didn't count ignorants who running a pool and can't understand a difference between valid share or trusted one.

Many legit miners still mining this coin and it's not good for everyone if they will be screwed by fake PoW and loose money. I know some miners in person and I feel some responsibility.

[pandacoin]

So our Mintpal XMR's gone or not?

[dEBRUYNE]

So our Mintpal XMR's gone or not?

Is there anyone that withdrew their XMR succesfully? There was some speculation bytheway that Mintpal's XMR were sold off on poloniex.

[surfer43]

So our Mintpal XMR's gone or not?

http://blog.moolah.io/2014/10/19/recent-events/

MintPal Withdrawals

Balances that were not stored with Moolah have not been subject to the same exploit.

As of so far, MintPal has processed 2597 BTC worth of altcoin withdrawals since the platform was fully shut down. A large number of withdrawals (both BTC and altcoin) were processed prior to this event.

XMR withdrawals will follow shortly.

Some funds are floating around in the old wallets (having failed to be imported), and I am currently trying to reclaim these in order to strength exchange reserves.

Withdrawals will continue to be processed until all wallets are depleted.

[EFS]

Yeah, no new information about XMR withdrawals. Just hope for the best, think the worst.

[Este Nuno]

Yeah, no new information about XMR withdrawals. Just hope for the best, think the worst.

One issue now is that "Alex Green" is the only one who controls the withdraws and apparently he's gone AWOL.

https://twitter.com/MintPalExchange/status/523939006988701696

Lets hope he's not a complete asshole and he makes sure people get their money back.

Was XMR being traded as a pair during the short run of "v2"? If not then that's a good thing as people were duplicating coins via an exploit and I assume tons of coins were lost that way.

[Oscilson]

Was XMR being traded as a pair during the short run of "v2"? If not then that's a good thing as people were duplicating coins via an exploit and I assume tons of coins were lost that way.

XMR was traded as a pair during the short run of "v2".