CryptoNote technical discussion and Chess Challenge - page 21.

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Quote from: dEBRUYNE on January 28, 2016, 08:39:32 AM

Quote from: letsplayagame on January 28, 2016, 04:23:47 AM

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If there are any test results of the great work done by NobleSir it would be nice if they could be shared here. What type of peer review should be expected?

https://github.com/ShenNoether/RingCT

If I recall correctly it has also been submitted to the ledger journal (http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-peer-reviewed-academic-journal-ledger-launches/), so it will get peer review from that.

Hearing the opinions of those outside our small community will help.

I saw Bitcoin Core developers being questioned today as being part of an effort by Blockstream to encourage "crowded and expensive blocks" as a method to drive demand for CT sidechains.

Quote from: Cconvert2G36 on January 28, 2016, 06:24:32 AM

Some would infer that a somewhat expensive and crowded main chain environment might incubate such services, for transactions generally, not just those seeking confidentiality. Why are they wrong?

I tried to defend Greg Maxwell in a polite manner by mentioning his plans to scale Bitcoin Core (and citing Segregated Witness) and that CT provides great value whether or not it is ever used in a sidechain (linking the work of Shen without mentioning Monero by name)

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.13706912

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Quote from: letsplayagame on January 28, 2016, 04:23:47 AM

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If there are any test results of the great work done by NobleSir it would be nice if they could be shared here. What type of peer review should be expected?

https://github.com/ShenNoether/RingCT

If I recall correctly it has also been submitted to the ledger journal (http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-peer-reviewed-academic-journal-ledger-launches/), so it will get peer review from that.

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If there are any test results of the great work done by NobleSir it would be nice if they could be shared here. What type of peer review should be expected?

https://github.com/ShenNoether/RingCT

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Current position
Based on the votes in this thread Team Boolberry has chosen to play O-O-O. Now it is time for Team Monero to respond. I will plan to count votes again tomorrow at approximately 0:00 UTC.

black to move

Team Boolberry (white pieces) vs. Team Monero (black pieces)
Game 2 PGN:

Code:

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Na6 10.h3 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nf4 12.O-O-O

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I like extra pawns. Call me greedy

O-O 1 vote (languagehasmeaning)
O-O-O 3 votes (Morecoin Freeman, tifozi, boolberry)
Bxf4 1 vote (LucyLovesCrypto)

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Quote from: Morecoin Freeman on January 27, 2016, 06:48:17 AM

Today we have Tata Steel Round 10 with Giri Vs. Carlsen!

I just looked at it and unfortunately was rather bored while doing so.

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Quote from: tifozi on January 27, 2016, 11:44:31 AM

I'd like to try new variations here too. I like the g pawn sacrifice and we have some really good attacking lines ahead.

O-O 1 vote (languagehasmeaning)
O-O-O 2 votes (Morecoin Freeman, tifozi))

Okay. I will vote for long castling too. It should make the game interesting even if it goes against my first instinct to castle short.

O-O 1 vote (languagehasmeaning)
O-O-O 3 votes (Morecoin Freeman, tifozi, boolberry)

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I'd like to try new variations here too. I like the g pawn sacrifice and we have some really good attacking lines ahead.

O-O 1 vote (languagehasmeaning)
O-O-O 2 votes (Morecoin Freeman, tifozi))

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I can see us castling the opposite side for an attacking game:

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Today we have Tata Steel Round 10 with Giri Vs. Carlsen!

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Quote from: aeoncurrency on January 26, 2016, 01:20:19 PM

Quote from: newb4now on January 26, 2016, 11:57:01 AM

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Why give a pawn away? Is anything wrong with just playing Kh7 to defend?

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Kh7 looked okay to me. I probably would have voted for it if someone had not already suggested the Nf4 plan which looked even better.

We did not have to lose a pawn (and Boolberry does not need to accept the sacrifice) but if we do it seems to be worth it.

Look at our e5 pawn. Right now it prevents our rook from using the e file and our bishop is blocked in. 12.Bxf4 exf4 would change that.

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Quote from: tifozi on January 26, 2016, 07:16:02 PM

Current position
Based on the votes in this thread Team Monero has chosen to play Nf4. Now it is time for Team Boolberry to respond. Votes will be counted again tomorrow at approximately 0:00 UTC.

white to move

Team Boolberry (white pieces) vs. Team Monero (black pieces)
Game 2 PGN:

Code:

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Na6 10.h3 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nf4

Thank you tifozi for proving the ability of readers (from either team) to continue the game even if I am not here at 0:00. For anyone else who is curious how easy it is, just click the board and you will find a web based editor to easily modify the position.

I want more time to think but will probably vote for either 12.O-O or 12.Bxf4

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Current position
Based on the votes in this thread Team Monero has chosen to play Nf4. Now it is time for Team Boolberry to respond. Votes will be counted again tomorrow at approximately 0:00 UTC.

white to move

Team Boolberry (white pieces) vs. Team Monero (black pieces)
Game 2 PGN:

Code:

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Na6 10.h3 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nf4

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Major announcement from NobleSir. RingCT library is ready for testing!

https://twitter.com/XMRpromotions/status/692096697493639169

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Quote from: newb4now on January 26, 2016, 11:57:01 AM

Nf4 (mathgal23, XMRpromotions, 8XMR, newb4now)

Why give a pawn away? Is anything wrong with just playing Kh7 to defend?

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Quote from: mathgal23 on January 25, 2016, 08:27:15 PM

Quote from: languagehasmeaning on January 25, 2016, 03:05:54 AM

"I'm a little bit unhappy with the readability and layout of that code, so for the past few days I've been refactoring and updating comments, as well as running some tests- I will aim to make this available in a fresh repository in the next few days."

https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/42bv46/small_update_on_ring_ct_crypto_implementation/

I am eager to hear the results of those tests and will read the comments once updated.

I wonder how many people check that github repo every day? Progress has been very quick lately!

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