hi

Are there any resources containing the actual math used in Monero?

The most optimal resource would be a Python script showing how various cryptographic primitives work.

If there is anyone who really knows the math, please let me know. I am looking at the src on github, but all the c/c++ code heavily obfuscates what is going on.

<r​ucknium:monero.social> Guest56: This may be enough: web.getmonero.org/library/Zero-to-Monero-2-0-0.pdf

m-relay that looks like a good start!

I read there was a critical bug which also was present in CryptoNote and various other CT based coins, allowing double spending. IIRC the exploit relied on changing the preimage of a transaction in a certain way that would allow up to 8 double spends, again this is fixed by now, but I wondered why it would allow 8 double spends, not more or less.

The bug maybe has the name: "invariant failure" or "burn bug"

<r​ucknium:monero.social> Burn bug is different from double spending AFAIK. Here's the patched double spend vulnerability: getmonero.org/2017/05/17/disclosure…in-cryptonote-based-currencies.html

Thanks.

Who is the author of getmonero.org?

Probably maintained by the developer of Monero?

I assume: Nicolas van Saberhagen

<r​ucknium:monero.social> getmonero.org is maintained by the Monero Core Team. It's the most official website

<r​ucknium:monero.social> No, not maintained by him

<r​ucknium:monero.social> For more questions like this, you can ask in #monero

m-relay thanks again

Nicolas van Saberhagen is (one of) the presumed author of cryptonote, from which monero forked. He was never involved in monero AFAIK.

I think he was involved in bytecoin, the first currency that got created from cryptonote.

moneromooo: any opinion on who should be the next website maintainer

there are a few proposals up

Not Nicolas van Saberhagen.

(:

Not me.

Diego?

That's about the size of it.

Is that... rehrar ?

yes. The other candidate is monerobull

I have no particular opinion on these two.

and rottenwheel if we count the trolls

ok

moneromooo thanks, AFAIK the Github of CryptoNote was forked from Bytecoin which then moved to another Github github.com/bcndev/bytecoin

thank you

Not rottenwheel. Too hard to guess the likelihood of malice.

<r​ottenwheel:kernal.eu> geonic calling someone troll. Another one that needs a mirror!

IDK if CryptoNote is maintained anymore and if bytecoin is useful.

AFAIK bytecoin is not useful, it was a scam. Cryptonote evolved a "easily fork your own bytecoin clone" tool, which made it sonewhat popular.

your own cryponote clone, I mean.

CN did get a fair amount of updates after monero forked from it.

Hm, so CryptoNote should also allow me to fork my own coin, right?

In any case, I believe monero to be *far* more advanced that cryptonote now, so I don't think CN is useful unless you wnat to tinker/learn.

Yes.

Only to learn.

Then CN is the best one to use, it's simpler, only basic ring sigs.

Obviously Monero is way advanced with all the resouces 10 years later lol.

I'll fork CN and look at the code.

Are there resources on how to build CN and test things like signing a transaction?

<j​effro256:monero.social> *taps room banner*

I know, I know, it was worth a try though.

How do stealth keys technically work?

<j​effro256:monero.social> Good question for #monero room

... Is this not for devs?

Can someone define what is suitable for devs?

I am asking about Ed25519 scheme here, not the fundamentals...

<j​effro256:monero.social> this room is for development, not general information

<s​tarlingfarchecker:monero.social> element noob here. How does one join the #monero room.

I don't know if this works but can you click on " #monero "?

<r​ucknium:monero.social> starlingfarchecker: Search for monero in the monero.social matrix server or click this: #monero:monero.social

<s​tarlingfarchecker:monero.social> Thank you 😊