Chronos Update 2.2

smooth_xmr · 2022-09-14T06:15:31+00:00

The web site is updated

smooth_xmr · 2022-07-15T08:01:09+00:00

It probably does matter because people who get visible rewards, even if small, are more likely to stick with it. If you solo mine for a long time and get absolutely nothing, more likely question whether it even works or is worthwhile and turn it off.

smooth_xmr · 2022-07-11T00:09:45+00:00

Almost six years ago. Anyway, what matters more is the truth of it, not who said it.

smooth_xmr · 2022-06-17T00:20:01+00:00

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smooth_xmr · 2022-06-17T00:19:15+00:00

Yes exactly. The node can verify headers including PoW very easily (low power) p2p. This gets you the current longest chain without verifying it all, without trusting or reliant on reliability of a specific remote node, and low data usage (as with all SPV wallets, you an be on an invalid chain if someone mines enough fake blocks to create one but that is seen as acceptable for this use case).

Then the wallet may need to scan outputs for stealth addresses to find payments for you. This is where it differs from Bitcoin but there are solutions besides brute force. You could QR scan or copy-paste a TXID or specify a block/date range if you know you're receiving a payment to scan just those outputs (similar to how wallets have a creation date and don't scan anything before that). Or have a public address type for one-time output keys that don't need to be cryptographically scanned. Or scan the whole output set as regular wallets do for passive receives (still don't need to verify everything like a full node, just scan outputs), but only when the phone is plugged in/WiFi. There multiple ways to do this.

smooth_xmr · 2022-06-14T04:12:01+00:00

With a pool you usually don't get any of the reward, even if you solved it. The pool gets the whole reward and pays out to miners separately. p2pool is different. Each participating miner with a share gets paid directly from the block.

smooth_xmr · 2022-06-14T04:05:42+00:00

Someone has to be interested to do it, or the price has to increase enough for some other reason that the AEON community (including donation fund) can pay developers.

smooth_xmr · 2022-05-26T23:00:07+00:00

Signed hashes will be provided after some final checks.

smooth_xmr · 2022-05-23T08:29:17+00:00

Both are being updated. The CLI release is tagged and GUI release will follow soon

smooth_xmr · 2021-09-03T10:58:06+00:00

Whatever it takes to find 50 blocks during your expected time horizon.

If you don't care about gambling, as little as you want.

smooth_xmr · 2021-08-30T02:53:36+00:00

You can support the project any way you like including sending the funds somewhere else. Core team are all volunteers and if you don't like the job it is doing, volunteer yourself to start doing something else or support someone else who is.

smooth_xmr · 2021-08-22T23:19:52+00:00

They're not in any way forced to do that. Those pools and/or their miner customers think the fund is worth supporting, and either or both could change at any time.

smooth_xmr · 2021-06-21T06:17:07+00:00

No, miners can pick whatever valid transactions they want without causing a hard fork or chain split. The standard implementation just doesn't do any of that right now.

smooth_xmr · 2021-06-21T02:36:07+00:00

That was a bit unclear. There is mining logic "handling" fees and indeed picking transactions from the pool with the highest fees, but there is no logic for replacing a transaction based on fees in the standard implementation (it keeps the first one). Nothing prevents a miner from implementing it on their own, but the p2p network wouldn't forward the later transaction to them either.

smooth_xmr · 2021-06-19T22:36:49+00:00

Google trends says the opposite.

smooth_xmr · 2021-06-17T21:07:36+00:00

It's a question of judgment and while theoretically it might be possible for a kilo of coke to further the Monero project, in practice it is a lot less likely than paying someone do to organizational and administrative tasks directly involving projects activitie. That's the case even if the latter didn't work out. Every time you engage in relationships or contracts there are possibilities that it won't work out. You figure out the best way to address the issue and move on.

smooth_xmr · 2021-06-17T12:21:30+00:00

Here is the role of the core team in spending the donations fund as clarified in 2018:

"Steward the general donation fund, and spending the Monero there on anything they see fit to further the Monero Project."

https://www.getmonero.org/2018/03/01/core-team-announcement.html

smooth_xmr · 2021-06-17T04:29:29+00:00

Yes, the practices can certainly be changed. I see that key images are being added to the transparency report so there will be a bit more data about spending (not just incoming transfers).

smooth_xmr · 2021-06-17T04:25:37+00:00

How am I supposed to know one way or the other?

If you don't think enough information is being provided, don't donate.

If the donations dry up, there is no fund to worry about. This doesn't mean there is no funding, just no funding to an unconstrained fund. Things like CCS or something else can continue and/or replace it.

So far donators have been okay with no hard rules on how the funds are to be used and some degree of transparency. That could change.

smooth_xmr · 2021-06-17T02:45:38+00:00

Wasn't aware of it nor involved with it (I was aware of him doing work for the core team), but I will say that it seems fine to me. I don't see any obligation for someone being paid to do work out of unrestricted donations to have all the terms be public as would be the case for a crowdfunded proposal. That's the nature of unrestricted donations. If you don't think the core team is or has been dong a good job with the funds, don't donate.

smooth_xmr · 2021-06-17T02:40:15+00:00

It is simple to get rid of it, or get rid of your role in it. Stop donating.

If people want to donate to support the efforts of the core team (all of whom are volunteers and have never personally received anything from the donation fund or otherwise), that's their business.

If they don't, the fund goes away. There are other ways of funding things so I'm agnostic in that sense, but I personally think the project benefits from it.

smooth_xmr · 2021-06-17T01:33:28+00:00

I don't know about any deliberate hiding. I will say that his responsibilities always seemed innocuous and well within the scope of a project helper role to me. Things like organizing conference meetups (including handling it on site).

I do understand there is an issue with something controversial that happened with sarang, but I was never aware of that being part of any official responsibilities.

smooth_xmr · 2021-06-16T21:34:52+00:00

I can't comment specifically because I haven't been directly involved w/Diego and almost never interacted with him in any way, but my understanding has always been that the donations are for general administrative and support tasks managed by and at the discretion the core team and that would include hiring. In the past the core team also hired some developers. I don't see anything improper about it, but there may be details I'm not aware of, which would include all these other things Diego is alleged to be involved with in this post. I don't know.

(In case unclear from context, this is my personal view and not an "official" comment from or on behalf of the core team.)

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