summary of the missive? I don't want to listen to some people drone on and on unprofessionally about some mundane esoteric mess
I need a succinct outline. don't like surprises.
For 10 monero I will provide you with a summary.
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-- There is a new website:
http://www.getmonero.org This features updated design
There are sections for missives, a blog, the forum, and a work in progress knowledgebase
There is a new design and research goals plan with a graphical map:
http://getmonero.org/design-goals/ The website is open and stored in the git repository and the devs are welcoming community contribution
-- There is a new research paper at
http://lab.monero.cc MRL4 -
http://lab.monero.cc/pubs/MRL-0004.pdf The idea is they are researching anonymity vs mixin levels and how this can be improved. This is a furtherization of MRL 001
They talked about unlinkability (dual key stealth addressing) and untraceability (ring sigs) ... two different things.
They talked about disallowing a 0 mixin transaction except under special circumstances and dust removal in relation to this problem. This could involve a hard fork where mixin 0 or 1 transaction would not be allowed into the blockchain.
-- Age based associations (temporal associations): There is also new understanding that it is possible to determine the age of coins moved in some circumstances. The info is based on the way inputs are chosen. This problem is less important than the MRL 004 problem, and very simple. The risk is basically Panic when early coins are detected as being moved.
-- Towards the end of the talk they highlight the design and development goals I mention above ^^^
http://getmonero.org/design-goals/-- They discuss how important it is to have libraries finished for 3rd party implementations for things like iOs/Android etc so not only can the wallet be coded well, but others can develop apps etc via these tools.
-- They defend the slow development pace (<-that is semi editorial) by saying they are still carefully laying groundwork for an enterprise grade product as opposed to trying to just make things like wallets. For example the library development as opposed to a WALLET NOW.