Topic: [XMR] Monero - A secure, private, untraceable cryptocurrency - page 808. (Read 4670673 times)

Privacy of course is a needed feature but not the one achieving the mainstream adoption, and bitcoin was never created to be totally anonymous, it's just a coin with a NSA algorithm inside its core, cmon. 

Devs probably want to get all bugs out before tagging and releasing them.

Devs probably want to get all bugs out before tagging and releasing them.

where is the source code for db branch ? I want to try it out on VM.
Found and compiled, didnt know that it is right in official branch. But I'm curious why can't we have new binaries why the new version is already on the git ?

At your service! -> https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-monero-missive-podcast/id1032156854

plan to make confidential transaction was pushed forward on bitcoin. Once bitcoin has that. What are still the benefits of monero / byte / dash ?

It's quite a bit less "anonymous", as it makes no attempt to hide the "metadata". So it hides the transaction amount, but you don't have untraceability (what /u/nullc refers to as "shaping the transaction graph"). The upshot of doing so is that it allows for pruning, which is a good thing. Currently if we had to enable pruning with Monero you'd need to retain the entire txoset (since there is no distinction for utxos, at least not once we've banned mixin 0 transactions) and the entire key image set. Whilst this pruning is quite aggressive, it's nowhere near as aggressive as the pruning available with Bitcoin (and, by extension, with this sidechain). We (nor anyone else) have been unable to come up with a scheme that allows both.

Maybe put differently: this can enhance Bitcoin's privacy, effectively ending the raison d'être for certain altcoins forked from Bitcoin desperately trying to wedge "anonymity" into it, but it cannot magically make Bitcoin fungible. The implementation (as a sidechain) still faces many unique challenges.

That said, I welcome this, and I think anything that can enhance Bitcoin's privacy is advantageous. I'm also a massive fan of the work that andytoshi, gmaxwell, and the Blockstream developers are doing, and I'm sure they will continue to enhance this functionality:)

plan to make confidential transaction was pushed forward on bitcoin. Once bitcoin has that. What are still the benefits of monero / byte / dash ?

plan to make confidential transaction was pushed forward on bitcoin. Once bitcoin has that. What are still the benefits of monero / byte / dash ?

Can someone take a look at this post? https://forum.getmonero.org/1/news-announcements-and-editorials/252/monday-monero-missives-28-march-30th-2015?page=&noscroll=1#post-1627

I'd like for the missives to get on iTunes and it only requires a small RSS edit to get this to happen. Seeing this reddit post reminded me recently: https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/3hakv7/what_about_new_monero_missives/

I don't believe the dark side is that much on accumulating XMR peacefully, they rather steal and destroy.

my page 1337 post went back to 1336 manipulation!!

Thanks smooth.

I was hoping to get around using Ubuntu because at the moment I have no monitor with an HDMI input, and SSH is not enabled by default on Ubuntu. Guess I'll be ordering an adapter.

Stockpiling 80% or more could be problematic. Stockpiling <1 million (<11% of current, growing, supply) is no concern at all.

Thanks smooth.

I was hoping to get around using Ubuntu because at the moment I have no monitor with an HDMI input, and SSH is not enabled by default on Ubuntu. Guess I'll be ordering an adapter.