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- | == Mimblewimble == | + | ==== Mimblewimble ==== |
On Mon Aug 01 2016 a user named majorplayer logged into the # | On Mon Aug 01 2016 a user named majorplayer logged into the # | ||
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knows technology says this channel would have interest | knows technology says this channel would have interest | ||
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<nsh> gotta be some way this is sneaky, otherwise it's too good to be true... | <nsh> gotta be some way this is sneaky, otherwise it's too good to be true... | ||
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On Oct 10 2016, Andrew Poelstra published a follow-up paper2 about Mimblewimble, | On Oct 10 2016, Andrew Poelstra published a follow-up paper2 about Mimblewimble, | ||
- | == Grin == | + | ==== Grin ==== |
- | On Oct 20 2016, a pseudonymous developer using the name [[Ignotus Peverell]], announced in the bitcoin wizards IRC channel that he began work on a minimal implementation of the protocol, which he named Grin. | + | On Oct 20 2016, a pseudonymous developer using the name Ignotus Peverell, announced in the bitcoin wizards IRC channel that he began work on a minimal implementation of the protocol, which he named Grin. |
Ignotus Peverell is the wizard who was gifted the Cloak of Invisibility by Death. | Ignotus Peverell is the wizard who was gifted the Cloak of Invisibility by Death. | ||
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Igno was joined on GitHub by other developers who took interest in the project, several of them bearing pseudonyms of other Harry Potter characters. | Igno was joined on GitHub by other developers who took interest in the project, several of them bearing pseudonyms of other Harry Potter characters. | ||
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While Mimblewimble serves as the foundation to a blockchain, it constitutes a relatively small part of a complete cryptocurrency, | While Mimblewimble serves as the foundation to a blockchain, it constitutes a relatively small part of a complete cryptocurrency, | ||
- | == Launch == | + | ==== Launch |
Grin's genesis block was mined on January 15th, 2019. It was, and still is, young and experimental. It currently goes through rapid changes, as its first 2 years include agreed-upon hardforks in 6-months intervals. | Grin's genesis block was mined on January 15th, 2019. It was, and still is, young and experimental. It currently goes through rapid changes, as its first 2 years include agreed-upon hardforks in 6-months intervals. | ||