10:32:18 <shresdee[m]> I agree as a new user
14:47:44 <M7in[m]> where can we find an FAQ link?
15:19:02 <moneromoooo> Try getmonero.org, if there's one, it'll be there.
17:02:54 <tonz0fphun[m]> Aloha
17:05:22 <Rucknium[m]> tonz0fphun: Hi. With machine learning, there have been two studies (that I am aware of) that try to use machine learning to probabalistically trace Monero transactions. There is the one by xmrack  that you saw and Borggren, N., Kim, H.-Y., Yao, L., & Koplik, G. (2020). "Simulated blockchains for machine learning traceability and transaction values in the Monero network."
17:05:22 <Rucknium[m]> https://moneroresearch.info/index.php?action=resource_RESOURCEVIEW_CORE&id=58
17:06:02 <Rucknium[m]> Both of these studies take a supervised learning/"classification" approach
17:06:59 <Rucknium[m]> For now, the classification approach is probably ground already explored unless you have a radically different idea about how to do it.
17:08:05 <Rucknium[m]> I haven't seen a study that uses machine learning with a unsupervised learning/"clustering" approach.
17:08:14 <tonz0fphun[m]> Hm, I'm gonna read the paper. But also I suspect that there's an unsupervised approach, however my bet would be with labelled/annotated data if there's a pattern, it will get picked up or detected
17:08:34 <tonz0fphun[m]> Do you have a dataset or a mockup?
17:09:28 <Rucknium[m]> For the paper by ACK-J, he has the data available, yes. That's data based on "artificial" transactions on the Monero testnet
17:09:56 <Rucknium[m]> I don't think the artificial data for Borggren et al. (2020) is available
17:11:11 <Rucknium[m]> We have the real Monero blockchain data easily available in a SQL database curated by neptune 
17:11:16 <tonz0fphun[m]> Yeah that's what I understood about ACK-J's PDF. I can try to reach out to the authors and see if they're willing to share any data. I'll go through the paper tonight and get back to you. 
17:11:47 <Rucknium[m]> If you would like funding, there is the MAGIC Monero Fund (monerofund.org) or the Community Crowdfunding System (ccs.getmonero.org)
17:12:44 <Rucknium[m]> Ok thank you :)
22:39:17 <xmrack[m]> tonz0fphun:  Feel free to PM me if you have questions while reading