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11:19:22 <alMalsamo> So ring signatures were replaced with RingCT which is similar but somehow different?  Does Monero still use RingCT after implementing Bulletproofs and now Bulletproofs+ or do RingCT and Bulletproofs+ coexist?
11:19:46 <alMalsamo> Also Bulletproofs are not in original CryptoNote protocol, but ring signatures are?
11:26:17 <Inge> alMalsamo: Ring signatures and ringCT are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT things that don't have anything to do with each other :)
11:26:34 <Inge> The first obfuscates which key/output is the real output spent in the tx
11:26:58 <Inge> the latter - RingCT = Ring Confidential Transactions, hides the amounts
11:27:25 <Inge> Bulletproofs are the sucessor of RinCT. Neither were a part of the original protocol AFAIK
11:38:01 <alMalsamo> Inge: Hmm okay strange moneropedia says RingCT are an improved version of ring signatures so I thought RingCT is an update/replacement to ring signatures
11:38:03 <moneromooo> RingCT is/uses a type of ring sigs. RingCT is currently used, was not when monero started.
11:38:46 <alMalsamo> What did Monero use to hide transaction amounts before RingCT?
11:38:48 <moneromooo> BPs are also currently used and were not when monero started.
11:39:08 <moneromooo> Splitting by denominations.
11:39:10 <Inge> moneromooo: didn't bulletproofs make RingCT obsolete?
11:39:30 <alMalsamo> So if Bulletproofs are successor of RingCT why does Monero still use RingCT?
11:39:33 <moneromooo> They did not. You might be confusing with the original rnage proofs ?
11:39:58 <Inge> Good thing you are here to correct my mistakes :D
11:40:02 <moneromooo> Monero uses both. They do different things.
11:42:20 <alMalsamo> moneromooo: Is there more info I can read about "splitting by denominations" and how they work before ring signatures replaced them?
11:42:46 <alMalsamo> or am I confused and ring signatures were in Monero from day 1
11:43:12 <moneromooo> You are confused.
11:43:40 <moneromooo> Check monero.stackexchange.com if you can (they started blocking tor recently), thre's a lot of old info there.
12:00:05 <ErCiccione> or getmonero.org 🙂
12:24:33 <alMalsamo> moneromooo: Yeah I can't access via Tor :(  maybe I should finally install Lokinet
12:26:17 <merope> Use i2p if tor isn't working
12:26:38 <merope> purokishi.i2p seems to be a good outproxy
12:44:10 <blacked> hellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllo
13:51:40 <pieterse> when i start the monero-wallet-gui, it asks me "would you like to register monero desktop gui entry?" Wtf is that?
13:52:48 <pieterse> ah, it's a desktop shortcut.
13:56:59 <pingpongball> pieterse what you use ? linux/windows/macs
13:57:35 <pingpongball> use #linux or GNU/LINUX , + emacs
13:57:36 <pingpongball> :)
13:57:37 <pieterse> linux. i was confused about the combination of "register" and "entry", a shortcut on the desktop i can understand. :)
13:58:00 <pingpongball> :)
13:58:36 <pieterse> do you know how to specify the "datadir" on the command line when starting the gui? or should i preferably run the monerod standalone?
14:06:10 <merope> In the gui, in the node options/parameters, you add --data-dir followed by the path you want
14:06:58 <merope> Or you can create a .bitmonero.conf file and put that in one of the default locations, so that you can easily see and edit any parameters you want
14:07:28 <merope> https://monerodocs.org/interacting/monero-config-file/
14:09:55 <pieterse> thank you very much!