BTCD is no more

[jl777]

For reference, I found a discussion between myself and AnonyMint. For those that know him, I dont need to tell you about AnonyMint. For those that dont, he is brutally honest, very smart and obsessive about anonymity. He worries about stuff like future Quantum Computers cracking all current day encryptions!

So, this thread gives some insight into where I was several months ago:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=470987.msg5581647#msg5581647

Now many of the design details have changed, some thanks to AnonyMint's feedback. As he says the key is being able to trust your privacyServer. Everything revolves around this, so for the truly paranoid, the solution is to setup your own privacyServer. If you cant trust yourself, then who can you trust?

I suggest that people that want to setup privacyServers for the public to use to start preparing now. People will want to know you, to be able to trust you as their privacyServer provider. I will make it so that privacyServer nodes get a percentage of the business that flows through them, eg. InstantDEX commissions. You will also earn nodecoins just for running a node. The privacyServers will eventually need Ddos protection, decent bandwidth, enough RAM. Not sure of the exact specs, but considering the hardware BTCD community put together to get 3 petahashes(!!), I dont see a big problem in getting enough privacyServers setup.

So, it will be a hub and spoke topology and we need to get more hubs than DRK has masternodes. However, just having nodes is not enough, we need to have each hub have at least 10 active users, otherwise attackers can use timing and knapsack analysis to deanonynimize.

I am envisioning the privacyServer providing many services, for example I already have a squid http/https proxy automatic install script. This allows you to get subscribers for http proxy service, which runs about $5 per month. Probably best to charge less to get more customers.

James

James, I will want to test/host a couple of privacyServers on a vps. Just let me know.

OK, for now you can clone https://github.com/jl777/pNXT and make sure you can get it to compile
I hope to get the basic comms working soon and it would help if somebody else can also test

Thanks!

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[CECVW]

hi guys, what happened today for bitcoindark to almost double its value? I am really happy!

[jl777]

hi guys, what happened today for bitcoindark to almost double its value? I am really happy!

dev strategy meeting last night and lots of press

[CECVW]

hi guys, what happened today for bitcoindark to almost double its value? I am really happy!

dev strategy meeting last night and lots of press

Nice one Jl777, is there a link to those press?

[BTCDDev]

hi guys, what happened today for bitcoindark to almost double its value? I am really happy!

dev strategy meeting last night and lots of press

Nice one Jl777, is there a link to those press?

Check out the op and our twitter page.

[paulthetafy]

For reference, I found a discussion between myself and AnonyMint. For those that know him, I dont need to tell you about AnonyMint. For those that dont, he is brutally honest, very smart and obsessive about anonymity. He worries about stuff like future Quantum Computers cracking all current day encryptions!

So, this thread gives some insight into where I was several months ago:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=470987.msg5581647#msg5581647

Now many of the design details have changed, some thanks to AnonyMint's feedback. As he says the key is being able to trust your privacyServer. Everything revolves around this, so for the truly paranoid, the solution is to setup your own privacyServer. If you cant trust yourself, then who can you trust?

I suggest that people that want to setup privacyServers for the public to use to start preparing now. People will want to know you, to be able to trust you as their privacyServer provider. I will make it so that privacyServer nodes get a percentage of the business that flows through them, eg. InstantDEX commissions. You will also earn nodecoins just for running a node. The privacyServers will eventually need Ddos protection, decent bandwidth, enough RAM. Not sure of the exact specs, but considering the hardware BTCD community put together to get 3 petahashes(!!), I dont see a big problem in getting enough privacyServers setup.

So, it will be a hub and spoke topology and we need to get more hubs than DRK has masternodes. However, just having nodes is not enough, we need to have each hub have at least 10 active users, otherwise attackers can use timing and knapsack analysis to deanonynimize.

I am envisioning the privacyServer providing many services, for example I already have a squid http/https proxy automatic install script. This allows you to get subscribers for http proxy service, which runs about $5 per month. Probably best to charge less to get more customers.

James

James, I will want to test/host a couple of privacyServers on a vps. Just let me know.

OK, for now you can clone https://github.com/jl777/pNXT and make sure you can get it to compile
I hope to get the basic comms working soon and it would help if somebody else can also test

Thanks!

James, I'm happy to put up a privacyServer.  I have access to either dedicated servers or VPS's (I'll use the latter to begin with) and can put DDOS protection in front.  On the trust front, other than my profile here, I'm the co-founder of CryptoThrift, which is registered with ASIC in Australia so my credentials are publicly available.  Other than compiling it, is there anything else you want me to do at this stage?  do you need the node IP or do they self register with the network?  Might be a good idea to get an IRC channel going aside from #bitcoindark so we can work through testing issues?

[jl777]

For reference, I found a discussion between myself and AnonyMint. For those that know him, I dont need to tell you about AnonyMint. For those that dont, he is brutally honest, very smart and obsessive about anonymity. He worries about stuff like future Quantum Computers cracking all current day encryptions!

So, this thread gives some insight into where I was several months ago:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=470987.msg5581647#msg5581647

Now many of the design details have changed, some thanks to AnonyMint's feedback. As he says the key is being able to trust your privacyServer. Everything revolves around this, so for the truly paranoid, the solution is to setup your own privacyServer. If you cant trust yourself, then who can you trust?

I suggest that people that want to setup privacyServers for the public to use to start preparing now. People will want to know you, to be able to trust you as their privacyServer provider. I will make it so that privacyServer nodes get a percentage of the business that flows through them, eg. InstantDEX commissions. You will also earn nodecoins just for running a node. The privacyServers will eventually need Ddos protection, decent bandwidth, enough RAM. Not sure of the exact specs, but considering the hardware BTCD community put together to get 3 petahashes(!!), I dont see a big problem in getting enough privacyServers setup.

So, it will be a hub and spoke topology and we need to get more hubs than DRK has masternodes. However, just having nodes is not enough, we need to have each hub have at least 10 active users, otherwise attackers can use timing and knapsack analysis to deanonynimize.

I am envisioning the privacyServer providing many services, for example I already have a squid http/https proxy automatic install script. This allows you to get subscribers for http proxy service, which runs about $5 per month. Probably best to charge less to get more customers.

James

James, I will want to test/host a couple of privacyServers on a vps. Just let me know.

OK, for now you can clone https://github.com/jl777/pNXT and make sure you can get it to compile
I hope to get the basic comms working soon and it would help if somebody else can also test

Thanks!

James, I'm happy to put up a privacyServer.  I have access to either dedicated servers or VPS's (I'll use the latter to begin with) and can put DDOS protection in front.  On the trust front, other than my profile here, I'm the co-founder of CryptoThrift, which is registered with ASIC in Australia so my credentials are publicly available.  Other than compiling it, is there anything else you want me to do at this stage?  do you need the node IP or do they self register with the network?  Might be a good idea to get an IRC channel going aside from #bitcoindark so we can work through testing issues?

I prefer to use this thread for comms. The community should see all the stuff going on. You never know when someone lurking has the answer that can help. That is the power of decentralization!

Anyway, you have to convince the community, not me.
Some people have reported difficulty compiling, so if we can get foolproof instructions on how to compile it, that would be nice.
Also, I am rapid developing the master branch without regard to stability now, so no guarantees of what state the version you make is in. If it loads, that is good enough for now

This is a full cryptonote fork + my encrypted network overlay injected into it. All the nodes connect via p2p network, but each user needs to specifically choose a privacy server to use.

James

[MickGhee]

greetings, I am on dark.poolx.ca mining for 30+ hrs with 20 gh and 6 mh and no payout. just looking to see if anyone has had a payout there in the past 24 hrs i tried to jump on irc but so far i have gone unheard. bout to switch to the other multi

[Mr.Joker]

I didnt realize volumes at cryptsy was so high!
Also, we broke .001 price briefly there:

DRK/BTC    DarkCoin            68.6 BTC   0.01078000   0.01147000 BTC   0.01076488 BTC
BTCD/BTC    BitcoinDark    59.1 BTC   0.00095000   0.00105000 BTC   0.00036200 BTC

Almost same volumes as DRK!
And cryptsy is one of the top DRK volume places

I guess I should stop goofing off and get to work

James

Haha James,

I bought at 13k, don't worry about me buying or selling on current price

Will keep this coin as long as possible

[cloudboy]

LOOKS LIKE BITCOINDARK MULTIPOOL IS NOW btcd.xpool.ca

[paulthetafy]

Hi James,

I have an error linking pNXT.  If you're happy to discuss the issues here than ok, but I'll use pastebin for the errors otherwise it's going to get bloated here really fast

http://pastebin.com/n2XTYd81

[damiano]

Looks like we might test .001

[cloudboy]

Looks like we might test .001

Cryptsy has already blown past that 

[Mr.Joker]

I'm almost 100% it will pass DRK at some point.

Really see potential here. The good thing is that not a lot of people want to sell their stash, even at these prices

Also a plus that that there are multipools for BTCD. It keeps te price stable.

[richbtc]

just bought here.. steady uptrend very healthy!

[crackfoo]

LOOKS LIKE BITCOINDARK MULTIPOOL IS NOW btcd.xpool.ca

Both addresses will work. Just changed it to be btcd centric and not "dark".

Cheers!

[paulthetafy]

Hi James,

I have an error linking pNXT.  If you're happy to discuss the issues here than ok, but I'll use pastebin for the errors otherwise it's going to get bloated here really fast

http://pastebin.com/n2XTYd81

Installed boost 1.54 which is the default on ubuntu 14 and I now see a comment that 1.54 should not be used.  however it looks like the only version available on Ubuntu 14

[cloudboy]

LOOKS LIKE BITCOINDARK MULTIPOOL IS NOW btcd.xpool.ca

Both addresses will work. Just changed it to be btcd centric and not "dark".

Cheers!

Awesome. Hey some people have been wondering about the payouts? It seems they haven't been getting them.

[jl777]

Hi James,

I have an error linking pNXT.  If you're happy to discuss the issues here than ok, but I'll use pastebin for the errors otherwise it's going to get bloated here really fast

http://pastebin.com/n2XTYd81

make sure you have clang installed
from the pNXT/src directory do a:
./m_unix

that should make pNXTd in the pNXT/src/src directory

Kind of a mess, but I just used the existing make structure

James

[jl777]

Hi James,

I have an error linking pNXT.  If you're happy to discuss the issues here than ok, but I'll use pastebin for the errors otherwise it's going to get bloated here really fast

http://pastebin.com/n2XTYd81

Installed boost 1.54 which is the default on ubuntu 14 and I now see a comment that 1.54 should not be used.  however it looks like the only version available on Ubuntu 14

It should be ok to use 1.54, I havent seen any problems with it