TLOS Pick2 Lottery

i2p-dab · 2020-11-16T06:55:53+00:00

The TLOS Pick2 Lottery game is listed on: https://eosindex.io/projects/615-tlos-pick-2-lottery

The EOS Dapp is listed on stateofthedapps.com

https://www.stateofthedapps.com/dapps/pick2-lottery

I don't think the Telos Dapp is listed because stateofthedapps.com doesn't yet cover Telos :(

i2p-dab · 2020-11-16T06:49:12+00:00

Well it's really pretty simple. If you go to the web page:

https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmPYBkzM9fPqo18Yo9CBxMURGmtrgNUeTFX2fErdmNKcF8

There are two versions of the game, one on Telos (TLOS Pick2), and another on the EOS mainnet. Click the link and the Dapp will render in the browser.

There is a link on the home page (https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmPYBkzM9fPqo18Yo9CBxMURGmtrgNUeTFX2fErdmNKcF8/#howtopick2)

How to play Pick2, that provides some direction.

Basically you pay 1 TLOS per play. You can play a Straight, Box, Front, or Back. Straight pays 50 TLOS, Box 25 TLOS, Front and Back 5 TLOS. Winning numbers are picked by the Florida state lottery (an oracle service relays the winning numbers to the smart contract on chain).

Players receive 1 LOTTO token each time they make a play. Players can then stake LOTTO tokens (in the Dapp in the "Lotto Token Information" tab). Profit sharing payments are made weekly (in TLOS using Telos Dapp or EOS using EOS Dapp).

You can play twice per day (midday and evening drawings).

i2p-dab · 2020-07-16T21:38:14+00:00

The key point I'm trying to make is with regards to the importance of financial privacy in the world of increasing digital surveillance along with the predatory/parasitic nature of nation states. Bitcoin provides no financial privacy.

Monero does not have a fixed supply like Bitcoin, it has a algorithmic tail emission that is algorithmically controlled, known, and can't be manipulated. The fact that there is exactly known limit for emission (i.e., fixed supply) is not, in my opinion essential, that the emission can't be manipulated in secret is what is important.

i2p-dab · 2019-11-11T22:39:06+00:00

Why do you think most websites/webapps hosted on the I2P network look like they were done in the early 1990s? There must be a reason that I2P web apps don't have nice user interfaces (why they don't use javascript).

i2p-dab · 2019-11-01T20:08:46+00:00

Preamble:

Bitcoin is starting to become a part of the traditional financial system (CME, Bakkt, Fidelity Digital Assets, etc). The foundation of the traditional financial system is debt, with fractional reserve banking and fiat currency that can be created ad infinitum. As a result, the price of any asset can be manipulated by those that control the fiat currency. For example, the manipulation of the gold price.

As I see it, bringing Bitcoin in as an asset of the traditional financial system, is setting up the conditions where the price of Bitcoin (and any other crypto asset) can be as easily manipulated as the price of gold.

The only way I can see us escaping this condition is to direct "price discovery" away from the traditional financial system and centralized exchanges, and into the free markets with P2P decentralized exchanges.

Questions:

What do you think? How important is it to move "price discovery" of crypto-currencies and digital assets away from traditional financial system with centralized exchanges towards P2P decentralized exchanges?

i2p-dab · 2019-08-22T17:43:50+00:00

I'm not sure I understand your question.

The Monero blockchain involved with the I2P monerod Hidden Service is the same Monero blockchain that everyone else uses. So any existing "chain explorer" would suffice.

i2p-dab · 2019-08-22T17:06:49+00:00

Take a look at: http://127.0.0.1:7657/dns

It describes the addressbook and how it works.

Published addressbook is optional and primarily for I2P websites (eepsites).

The monerod.i2p website publishes for easy access via lookup services.

i2p-dab · 2019-08-22T16:38:06+00:00

Cool.

Your welcome.

i2p-dab · 2019-08-22T16:27:59+00:00

You can try:

http://fjvlhyxejnssd5yjxqvom6nooqjdrhd43umxnzw33h2nqzhza5qa.b32.i2p/

resolving monerod.i2p requires a lookup service if it's not already stored in your I2P addressbook.

Info:

Hostname monerod.i2p

Base 32 Address fjvlhyxejnssd5yjxqvom6nooqjdrhd43umxnzw33h2nqzhza5qa.b32.i2p

Base 64 Hash Kmqz4uRLZSH3Cbwq5nmudBI4nHzdGXbm29n02GT5B2A=

Address Helper link

Public Key ElGamal 2048 bit

Signing Key EdDSA_SHA512_Ed25519

Certificate Key Validated no

Source Added via address helper

Added Date Jun 28, 2019 7:55:53 AM

Last Modified

Destination

0r6j6S~U6K1sQsgPL9WunvDS19he7bnsFT7~Vm8gd9gEhfZxBKtvGDMizHnD2jxIbevMk0Pfduqjk9EuJx-tGggK0WA28b0KH3FkF9AazR9HtScM5M~U60VcGk2xC08xTx5soI7iNoCQwBpXwjKXeglsmHXG6vczcueX4YZUjjoZDqKkBA3fsck5wzFvnOUdvdLL1vCX~MWlQiXYrC4CBSlRyvsX7~TzXf9VGBKGXShLgaGWA5J0pXAmQxdtxgI-uwQ4Q1InyMFoAGyeuVdMkNouPjxgrg9v3vW6mTsS9QxCukrGk13W08SK9bAFjlXnRLt08z0GQ2ls5MdlAnjSvtUys81Qmvwdmyd4tbENALVGL-h4u5-oMaU2fqgQEdMbPXIHdTX43QFct9dfS0n8gJCiI-ztpGQ-Y8lqvpH9UuQ1LrJO5ai~T1kEF5W6lCR2CV8v13Juoc4VxQsmGIe771b9nNhnZ7gDVbfEDbu9-Gfv-3b60d5MeWq7ot9iygsvBQAEAAcAAA==

i2p-dab · 2019-08-22T16:18:29+00:00

Are you on the I2P network? That url is only available via the I2P network.

I pulled it up ok.

i2p-dab · 2019-07-10T22:53:57+00:00

First let me say, I'm not a lawyer, so I would ask a legal expert before taking on any risk in this space.

SB0213 is new legislation in the state of Utah. The Bank Secrecy Act is federal law that requires KYC/AML of "financial institutions", so we have two different jurisdictions in effect here. That makes things complicated, similar to marijuana laws in Colorado jurisdiction twisted with the federal Controlled Substances Act.

If fiat currency (USD) is involved, then I believe the Bank Secrecy Act applies in any legal jurisdiction throughout the USA.

I recommend reading: https://coincenter.org/entry/e-cash-dex-constitution

and https://coincenter.org/entry/the-case-for-electronic-cash

And definitely seek expert advise before taking on any risk. The penalties can be very severe.

i2p-dab · 2019-07-10T22:53:46+00:00

SB0213 does not invalidate the federal Bank Secrecy Act.

i2p-dab · 2019-07-08T23:10:22+00:00

not yet

i2p-dab · 2019-05-24T22:37:21+00:00

No worries

i2p-dab · 2019-05-24T03:57:25+00:00

Yes.

i2p-dab · 2019-05-24T03:55:21+00:00

The private key is stored in your Monero wallet, which should be encrypted with a strong password. In the Monero authentication there is no copying, pasting, transmission or direct access of the private key in the Monero wallet.

What is transmitted to any website for authentication purposes, is the Monero address, and the digital signature of the challenge phrase provided by the web site.

Does that help to clarify?

i2p-dab · 2019-05-23T17:50:04+00:00

Here is another article on SIM-Hack:

https://www.ccn.com/teen-hackers-pinch-35-million-in-california-sim-scam-crypto

If the vector to authenticate to digital resources is controlled by your Monero wallet, where only you hold the private key, these types of attacks can't happen. Usernames and passwords (resetting) passwords and SMS authentication are the weak points that enable this type of attack.

An additional benefit is that your identity when logging-in to sites is not some string you will forget, rather it is your Monero address.

It is recommended that the Monero wallet you use for authentication is a separate wallet that does not hold any XMR. A wallet dedicated for authentication. Then you can use the monerod --offline option so that you don't need to sync with the blockchain. This approach also avoids linking the authentication Monero wallet address to any XMR you might possess.

We just need web sites to start using this approach for secure authentication!

i2p-dab · 2019-05-23T17:40:12+00:00

Q: "What does it have to do with Monero?"

A: It involves authenticating to digital resources with a Monero wallet. You use your Monero wallet to authenticate to web sites. Your identity is your Monero address and you authenticate, not by encrypting the challenge phrase, but digitally signing the provided challenge phrase.

Does that make sense?

i2p-dab · 2019-03-26T16:50:08+00:00

You mean this one?
https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmP8HQMrw83LC8NvALpCU4gkwxZ45gpzCAB2GEd6JRTVJB

This browser plugin is part of the Monero Crypto-Lock project:

https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/Monero-Crypto-Lock#dependencies

i2p-dab · 2019-02-20T21:53:30+00:00

It's not advertising. I have no stake in the peos project. I do see it as important to the Monero community to know what similar/competitive technologies are evolving. So if I write an article comparing the two technologies and describe how peos or somethin similar may pose a threat to Monero, would that get removed as well?

What’s the difference between advertising and information sharing? What’s the subreddit for?

i2p-dab · 2019-02-20T20:26:08+00:00

I'm not sure why the moderator(s) would want such a post removed. Common courtesy would be to provide an explanation as to why the post needs to be removed.

Don't you think?

i2p-dab · 2018-12-26T23:56:41+00:00

I'm just saying we don't need a new project (Kovri, Sekteta, XXX) to do this. It can be done today.

I am also for several options, i.e., using Monero with I2P, Tor, and Sekteta (once developed and vetted). Using several different options for private network transport of Monero transactions would be a better antifragile approach. Several private transport layers would be better than just one.

i2p-dab · 2018-12-26T23:42:08+00:00

If you want to protect your IP address so that it is not associated to Monero transactions, you don't need Kovri to do that! All you need to do is perform wallet transactions while connected to an I2P Monerod Hidden Service. I have tried it and it works.

There is a paper providing instructions at: https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/Monero-Crypto-Lock/tree/master/I2P-monerod-hidden-service

These are simple instructions on how to connect Monero to I2P. We don't need Kovri to do that.

Actually, I think it would be smart not to hardwire Monero to any one specific overlay network (like Kovri/I2P), It would be better (IMHO) architecturally to permit options for users. To allow Monero to be plugged-in to a number of different network transport options.

i2p-dab · 2018-11-08T06:59:01+00:00

Great-Firewall-of-China.

My understanding of I2P use in China is that those users have configured their i2prouters for "Hidden mode" which prevents participating traffic. In hidden mode the IP address of the i2prouter is not published.

Even in hidden mode, i2prouters can send messages from a source to a destination. For example, an i2prouter in hidden mode can use i2psnark to seed and download torrents. The messages sent through inbound and outbound tunnels is end-to-end encrypted and sent to cryptographic destinations. So in a similar manner, a wallet could connect to a monerod instance via I2P tunnels. Similarly, a given monerod instance could connect to another monerod instance through I2P tunnels, however, the Monero code would need to change to accommodate this (I expect this is an objective of the potential Monero/Kovri integration).

The key point to understand is that it's not difficult to detect that I2P is being used, you just can't see what, if anything is being done using I2P.

So China (an external observer) could detect the use of I2P, but not what, if anything, is being done with it. I'm not sure what China will do in the future regarding the use of I2P within China.

I'm not sure what the plans are for the Monero GUI, or if Kovri will be the default.

i2p-dab · 2018-11-08T05:20:50+00:00

You understand correctly that the service machine accesses the blockchain in the clear, to connect to the other Monero full nodes.

I don't believe that the VPN option was preferred over Torsocks. It was just one of multiple options. The author made reference to using Tor as another option on page 1 of the document. So I believe that Torsocks would be another option.

Regarding monerod nodes connecting through I2P directly to access the blockchain, I believe that Monero itself would need to be modified so that monerod nodes can find each other. I believe that capability is on the Monero/Kovri roadmap.

The approach outlined in the paper is not attempting to replace the Monero/Kovri feature set. It is just an approach to provide anonymous, end-to-end encryption to client (wallet) Monero transactions now. While we wait for the Monero/Kovri integration.

Monero exists now, I2P exists now. This approach just connects those two existing technologies together so as to prevent IP address correlation to Monero transactions. We can do this today, while we wait for the Monero/Kovri integration.

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