02:14:12 Heyyyy 02:14:20 I'm free 02:15:03 And i have a couple friends 02:15:45 I'm gonna ask my man jswagger what he thinks about it 07:33:35 bitmain x5 miner pics also available on imgur https://imgur.com/a/S03VsWf with video/comments on the r*ddit https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/16txlhq/bitmains_x5_has_been_cracked_open_here_is_whats/ 07:51:43 lol if these machines really did cost them +20k per piece 09:54:48 Hey Everyone, 09:54:49 Just bumping our animated explainer about the Tail emission again since I just published it on Youtube to make it easier to view. Please see the link below. Looking forward to further comments and feedback, thanks! 09:54:49 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjn9l3hG4ME 09:54:50 //VOSTO 10:03:33 the design/video/pictures are awesome. 10:03:33 The content also, but I need to listen it again with some more calm, to check if there is anything odd (given my knowledge obviously) 10:05:39 Thanks! Looking forward to hearing more feedback after you've rewatched it 👍️ 14:51:01 Calculated on retail price of these components 14:52:35 Well yeah 14:53:37 Still not going to be profitable, even if it's costing them a quarter of retail price 17:05:54 Is anyone here willing to share an opinion on zkSTARKs vs ring sigs? I'm explaining the tradeoffs to someone, and all I can come up with is proof size and complexity vs anonymity set size. Curious if anyone has a better take 18:00:17 Revuo Monero Issue 187: September 14 - 28, 2023. https://revuo-xmr.com/issue-187.html 18:28:27 Verification time idk 18:29:39 trusted setup is a nonstarter 18:39:01 It's a bit easy to get lost with all those STARKS, SNARKS and whatever. IMHO it would be easier to compare actual, running implementations instead of mere technologies that we even may get wrong. 18:40:57 The elefant in the room is probably Zcash which did away with the trusted setup. Still going nowhere, but you have to give them that. 18:41:32 Optional privacy is the big non-starter for me :) 18:44:08 Some info about some Ethereum second layers that also seem to use S(T|N)ARKS: https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/scaling/zk-rollups/ 18:47:48 in most, if not all, these zk rollup projects, the devs have "admin key" to freeze transactions 18:51:08 Ethereum people view this backdoor as a feature, or "training wheels" as they call it 18:54:25 Oh, yeah, for extra fun :) 18:54:33 I guess that's a feature of the underlying smart contracts, not of the anonymity technology per se? 18:55:53 Probably only one dev going rogue away from total disaster. Shut up and take my life savings. 18:56:03 i presume. haven't look at it too closely 18:57:32 I like the chain link guy 18:57:33 Who said only BTC, eth and link are decentralized 18:57:38 Me neither. Somehow I don't think it's worth my time .. 18:57:49 Then he says decentralization means transparency 18:58:09 All while his entire project is built on a 4/9 multisig 18:58:25 That's a bit transparent as a claim, har har 18:59:34 4/9, really? 19:00:13 Yeah 19:00:33 This week they also quietly went from 4/9 to 4/8 lol 19:00:37 https://cryptopotato.com/chainlink-addresses-controversial-multisig-wallet-signer-changes/ 19:00:48 I believe they are back to 4/9 now but still 19:01:51 This is the admin multisig that can change any chainlink price feed lol 19:02:20 When that gets compromised, damage could be insane 19:10:30 AFAICT sTarks are not trusted. sNarks are. But yeah, I've generally stayed away from those projects for similar reasons