[XMR] Monero - A secure, private, untraceable cryptocurrency - page 1099.

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Quote from: GingerAle on March 04, 2015, 02:17:06 PM

Quote from: GTO911 on March 04, 2015, 02:14:20 PM

Is anybody interested in changing the current Monero logo. Imo it looks too cartoonish for such superior tech. It should be edgy and sharp. Marketing and image need to taken seriously. Lets hold a contest

i'd be interested to see what is created, but IIRC, the current logo was professionally designed and effectively stands out from the others.

I think what is more important is to get the equivalent of BTC goin.

an M with a horizontal line thru it?

+1, a currency symbol is much more important than redesign an already good logo.

smooth

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Quote from: Johnny Mnemonic on March 04, 2015, 07:48:10 PM

Quote from: GTO911 on March 04, 2015, 04:58:31 PM

Quote from: Johnny Mnemonic on March 04, 2015, 04:26:42 PM

Adaptable size limits, per-block reward adjustments (as opposed to "halving"), minimum block subsidies for network security, are a few examples.

Yes good, but what about the average user? Is he knowledgeable enough to appreciate these advancements. Most people i told bitcoin about told me they dont trust any company for their money Tongue

The average joe will never be interested in whats under the hood. I say our best bet is to project Monero as an anonymous currency. This is how it differentiates us from Bitcoin

I don't think any cryptocurrency is at a level that the average user can appreciate yet. I suppose we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

Agree, and see bolded portion above. Differentiating from Bitcoin is meaningless to The Average Joe at this stage.

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Quote from: Hueristic on March 04, 2015, 03:55:02 PM

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thank you i did not see

NP.

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Quote from: GTO911 on March 04, 2015, 04:58:31 PM

Quote from: Johnny Mnemonic on March 04, 2015, 04:26:42 PM

Adaptable size limits, per-block reward adjustments (as opposed to "halving"), minimum block subsidies for network security, are a few examples.

Yes good, but what about the average user? Is he knowledgeable enough to appreciate these advancements. Most people i told bitcoin about told me they dont trust any company for their money Tongue

The average joe will never be interested in whats under the hood. I say our best bet is to project Monero as an anonymous currency. This is how it differentiates us from Bitcoin

I don't think any cryptocurrency is at a level that the average user can appreciate yet. I suppose we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

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Quote from: rpietila on March 04, 2015, 06:42:34 PM

Quote from: dreamspark on March 04, 2015, 06:30:29 PM

a primary school presentation atm (no offence)

It is confirmed that at least 150,000 XMR is net bought by the ones who heard the approx 60 seconds of my talk. So yes, just imagine what would have happened if it were slick.... Shocked

Indeed, get on it capn' Wink

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Quote from: dreamspark on March 04, 2015, 06:30:29 PM

a primary school presentation atm (no offence)

It is confirmed that at least 150,000 XMR is net bought by the ones who heard the approx 60 seconds of my talk. So yes, just imagine what would have happened if it were slick.... Shocked

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Quote from: rpietila on March 04, 2015, 06:12:39 PM

Quote from: dEBRUYNE on March 04, 2015, 05:48:02 PM

http://david.latapie.name/static/cryptos/XMR/moneropres-coinfest-estonia-2015.pdf

Very nice prez. I wish I had comparable skills and (especially) time in my hands when presenting Cheesy

That was interesting to flick through. I'd deffo offer David or someone else with the skills to spruce it up for you though. Will be worth it. Looks like a primary school presentation atm (no offence)

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Quote from: dEBRUYNE on March 04, 2015, 05:48:02 PM

http://david.latapie.name/static/cryptos/XMR/moneropres-coinfest-estonia-2015.pdf

Very nice prez. I wish I had comparable skills and (especially) time in my hands when presenting Cheesy

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Quote from: Johnny Mnemonic on March 04, 2015, 04:26:42 PM

Quote from: GTO911 on March 04, 2015, 04:12:53 PM

Quote from: Johnny Mnemonic on March 04, 2015, 04:07:26 PM

All of the "shield" looking logos were rejected not only for being cliche but also because Monero's privacy aspects should not be viewed as a "feature," but as an inherent property that should be fundamental in any

Monero is not a shitcoin because it has superior privacy than Bitcoin. It is ONLY the privacy feature that sets Monero apart from bitcoin. Otherwise nobody would be talking about it here. Everybody came here for this feature

Monero has a number of improvements over bitcoin that have nothing to do with privacy. Adaptable size limits, per-block reward adjustments (as opposed to "halving"), minimum block subsidies for network security, are a few examples.

Monero is just one of many coins that "features" privacy (in some form)... privacy is fundamental, and Monero's not a one-trick pony that's gonna jump on the bandwagon and slap on some stupid shield logo so everybody can see that's what makes it special.

But again, if you disagree, then whip something up that knocks everyone's socks off.

I would like to add the viewkey feature Monero has. To get some information on this feature, just have a look at the beautiful slides that davidlatapie presented (I should also credit fluffypony for helping them design).

Page 9:

http://david.latapie.name/static/cryptos/XMR/moneropres-coinfest-estonia-2015.pdf

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Quote from: Johnny Mnemonic on March 04, 2015, 04:26:42 PM

Adaptable size limits, per-block reward adjustments (as opposed to "halving"), minimum block subsidies for network security, are a few examples.

Yes good, but what about the average user? Is he knowledgeable enough to appreciate these advancements. Most people i told bitcoin about told me they dont trust any company for their money Tongue

The average joe will never be interested in whats under the hood. I say our best bet is to project Monero as an anonymous currency. This is how it differentiates us from Bitcoin

Johnny Mnemonic

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Quote from: GTO911 on March 04, 2015, 04:12:53 PM

Quote from: Johnny Mnemonic on March 04, 2015, 04:07:26 PM

All of the "shield" looking logos were rejected not only for being cliche but also because Monero's privacy aspects should not be viewed as a "feature," but as an inherent property that should be fundamental in any

Monero is not a shitcoin because it has superior privacy than Bitcoin. It is ONLY the privacy feature that sets Monero apart from bitcoin. Otherwise nobody would be talking about it here. Everybody came here for this feature

Monero has a number of improvements over bitcoin that have nothing to do with privacy. Adaptable size limits, per-block reward adjustments (as opposed to "halving"), minimum block subsidies for network security, are a few examples.

Monero is just one of many coins that "features" privacy (in some form)... privacy is fundamental, and Monero's not a one-trick pony that's gonna jump on the bandwagon and slap on some stupid shield logo so everybody can see that's what makes it special.

But again, if you disagree, then whip something up that knocks everyone's socks off.

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Quote from: GTO911 on March 04, 2015, 04:09:31 PM

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Quote from: Hilux74 on March 04, 2015, 04:06:26 PM

Those logos look stupid, likely why they didn't win. First one looks like a police badge. Seconds set looks like a superhero logo.

+1

I did not say the logos are good, i said inspiration could have been taken.

Again, inspiration can still be taken. This is not a company. Make a logo you think is better and get people to start using it. It is your currency. Don't sit around waiting for the core team to put their seal of approval on everything, because it's ultimately you who decides.

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Quote from: Johnny Mnemonic on March 04, 2015, 04:07:26 PM

All of the "shield" looking logos were rejected not only for being cliche but also because Monero's privacy aspects should not be viewed as a "feature," but as an inherent property that should be fundamental in any

Monero is not a shitcoin because it has superior privacy than Bitcoin. It is ONLY the privacy feature that sets Monero apart from bitcoin. Otherwise nobody would be talking about it here. Everybody came here for this feature

GTO911

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Quote from: Hilux74 on March 04, 2015, 04:06:26 PM

Those logos look stupid, likely why they didn't win. First one looks like a police badge. Seconds set looks like a superhero logo.

+1

I did not say the logos are good, i said inspiration could have been taken.

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All of the "shield" looking logos were rejected not only for being cliche but also because Monero's privacy aspects should not be viewed as a "feature," but as an inherent property that should be fundamental to any currency.

However, you should feel free to use whatever logo you want. Monero is not a company, and the core team is not a central authority responsible for branding any site or service other than the ones they create.

I see the logo more as an emblem or symbol (like the $ sign or the btc sign) with colors that can be changed at will.

If you want a different logo/symbol, then create it and see if other people start using it.

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Those logos look stupid, likely why they didn't win. First one looks like a police badge. Seconds set looks like a superhero logo.

Quote from: GTO911 on March 04, 2015, 03:52:52 PM

Quote from: fluffypony on March 04, 2015, 02:59:23 PM

We then invited input from marketing specialists, advertisers, graphic designers, and brand experts, from various industries and various parts of the world.

Still came up with a logo looking like a kids toy brand.

Most of the 99designs have been deleted now and the remaining ones are nothing to talk about.

I found some designs digging up our own forum contest.

These designs actually describe Monero in a graphical manner. These should have been used as an inspiration.

To achieve perfection, sometimes one has to act like a dictator

Hueristic

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Quote from: TheKoziTwo on March 04, 2015, 09:22:39 AM

Quote from: fluffypony on March 04, 2015, 09:13:08 AM

Quote from: TheKoziTwo on March 04, 2015, 08:17:04 AM

Problem: Can't restore correct wallet from seed.

Environment:
Ubuntu 14.04
Bitmonero Wallet v.0.8.8.7-1016712

Reproducible:
1. Created new wallet (0 - English for seed language), was given this seed (Wallet id: 42GWgC):

Code:

debut equip surfer tequila eldest heron eggs incur unnoticed nerves fawns ghost dawn revamp northern razor rafts wade calamity ocean zero evolved bygones cactus bygones

2. Exit wallet
3. Run: ./simplewallet --restore-deterministic-wallet
4. Enter wallet name: test.bin
5. Enter (no password)
6. Enter seed
7. Gets wallet id 428RFv, the seed is repeated and identical except from one word, "incur" has been replaced with "incline".

Question:
So basically, I'm getting another wallet restored than the one I should. What am I doing wrong? Why is that word replaced?

Can you open this as a github issue so I can assign it to OranJuice?

https://github.com/monero-project/bitmonero/issues/235

could this affect my holdings?
i did create wallet from seed and then used the same wallet again, but not with this version. i still hold the old seed.
thank you

Answered and fixed immediately.

Quote from: fluffypony on March 04, 2015, 09:46:05 AM

Fixed - this is really, REALLY irritating that I missed this - when I made final tweaks to the new English wordlist I introduced two nigglies, and somehow not a single one of my tests (create/restore ~5k keypairs, check that they match) managed to introduce the bug (as in I literally just checked my testlist, and none of the mnemonics have either of those two words in the mnemonic body).

For now and for future reference: if you have the words "launchpad" or "incline" in your seed you will have to change them, and use "ourselves" and "inline" respectively. Note that this fix has just been pushed to GitHub, so you will need to restore with commit c01069f or above.

We won't be able to detect this and act on it automatically, but we'll add a note for future restore attempts that detects either of these words and informs the user about the issue.

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Quote from: fluffypony on March 04, 2015, 02:59:23 PM

We then invited input from marketing specialists, advertisers, graphic designers, and brand experts, from various industries and various parts of the world.

Still came up with a logo looking like a kids toy brand.

Most of the 99designs have been deleted now and the remaining ones are nothing to talk about.

I found some designs digging up our own forum contest.

These designs actually describe Monero in a graphical manner. These should have been used as an inspiration.

To achieve perfection, sometimes one has to act like a dictator

rpietila

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Monero logo is very good. It might be that the Crypto Kingdom logo needs to be more logo-ish in the future though, and I advise the interested to consider that one and donate designs Cheesy

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Quote from: GTO911 on March 04, 2015, 02:14:20 PM

Is anybody interested in changing the current Monero logo. Imo it looks too cartoonish for such superior tech. It should be edgy and sharp. Marketing and image need to taken seriously. Lets hold a contest

It went through quite a rigorous contest on 99designs and here, and we really struggled to pick a logo from the high-quality submissions that we liked. When we had a handful of finalists (4 or 5, iirc) that we discussed / argued / debated at length. We then invited input from marketing specialists, advertisers, graphic designers, and brand experts, from various industries and various parts of the world. The Monero logo that we selected was the only one that was universally liked by them.

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