jwinterm yes, I even wrote some bitcoin multisig hardware wallet code.

IMO seems reasonable to implement Tryptich, and let Arturus marinade a while with further research and review from the wider community and/or funded audits

I don't see using Arcturus then unless there are no more crypto breakthroughs for like 5+ years

maybe that's okay, I just feel like something is missing since I guess I don't fully understand the scope of what arctutus would look like

Arcturus has the best name so I would go with it

Think the transaction increases are organic, or spam attack?

If spam, the attacker later publishes a list of transactions with proof, and then uses the data to reduce effective ring size

<sarang "Think the transaction increases "> if it is an attack the attacker is playing the long game making it look like organic log growth. fairly certain its organic

im noticing normal people waking up to privacy shit. several of them have come to me asking for basic tips about vpns and general password management

Why are you here? For the tech? Then you should be off at Zcash instead of trying to con newbies into a coin that doesn't work.

For the money? If you put your money in BTC or ETH you would have been better off.

For the magical crypto friends? Monero leadership laughs from loosers like that. Find yourself more healthy realationships that don't steal your money.

on bisq i noticed its difficult to purchase small amounts of monero now. looks like the small amounts get purchased up quickly.

sarang: When do you intend to make a pull request for the Bulletproofs+ blog post btw?

dEBRUYNE: Already a blog post? Wouldn't be better to wait for the audit first?

unless the point of the blog post is to draw attention to the code :)

BP+ audit proposal ^^

Cool. Where they contacted by somebody or it's their own initiative?

I believe they originally were going to do the BP+ code but agreed to do the audit after sarang wrote the code

there has been recent communication

*agreed to have sarang write the code and they would do the audit

got it

Note that I have not been in contact with those researchers for any formal audit planning

However, the scope of the audit seems quite extensive as it appears on their proposal

What Bulletproofs+ logo should we choose?

I think I like this one best ibb.co/SxDB67H

Alternative i.ibb.co/TYRQyp8/bulletproofsplus-v3.jpg

feedback from my brothers: anhdres's is a better design, but the other option is better for building Monero's brand

I like the vest one

whoever's that is

but I am notorious for having bad taste

for what's worth, I assumed its use case would be most times alongside Monero's logo. Kind of like all those little EU and compliance logos you see on every hardware box haha

USB, HDMI, etc

and following the overall aspect ratio of CLSAG's logo

ErCiccione[m]: If we think the audit has a reasonable chance of successful completion, I don't deem it inappropriate to already put the blog out

It would also allow potential donors to inform themselves better

anhdres: I see your point, if they are together then I think I agree

"Monero, now with bulletproofs+"

I will hold off on a blag PR until/unless there's agreement on its suitability, a graphic, etc.

the vest is fancy, I like it

the bullets logo looks great, but its not as compressible

the vest logo can do a lot with very few pixels, which I like

Note: updated the blag post draft to acknowledge MAGIC (the nonprofit organization who coordinated the fundraising) and donors; same link

Ought the blag post include a link to the CCS proposal for the audit? AFAIK no particular decisions have been made about that (certainly not by me, since it is not my call)

I'd not include it personally, as it is a separate decision that has to be made

We have to review the proposal first and the community may be interested in pursuing a second audit next to this one

Fair enough

Anyway, post is ready if/when folks think it should be posted

If anyone is opposed, please make your voice be heard

Others are free to PR that gist if they choose

I don't really care

As long as it isn't changed