User Tools

Site Tools


grin

Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Next revision
Previous revision
grin [2025/06/10 22:37] – created transatoshigrin [2025/06/17 15:22] (current) – [Grin] transatoshi
Line 1: Line 1:
 ====== Grinツ ====== ====== Grinツ ======
  
-== Mimblewimble ==+==== Mimblewimble ==== 
 On Mon Aug 01 2016 a user named majorplayer logged into the #bitcoin-wizards IRC channel, dropped a text file hosted on a Tor server and then disappeared. The document1 was titled MIMBLEWIMBLE and authored under the pseudonym Tom Elvis Jedusor. It described a protocol which is both private and extremely lightweight. On Mon Aug 01 2016 a user named majorplayer logged into the #bitcoin-wizards IRC channel, dropped a text file hosted on a Tor server and then disappeared. The document1 was titled MIMBLEWIMBLE and authored under the pseudonym Tom Elvis Jedusor. It described a protocol which is both private and extremely lightweight.
  
Line 7: Line 8:
  
 -!- majorplayer [...] has joined #bitcoin-wizards -!- majorplayer [...] has joined #bitcoin-wizards
 +
 <majorplayer> hi, i have an idea for improving privacy in bitcoin. my friend who <majorplayer> hi, i have an idea for improving privacy in bitcoin. my friend who
 knows technology says this channel would have interest knows technology says this channel would have interest
Line 19: Line 21:
  
 <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...
 +
 <andytoshi> hah, yeah, i know the feeling <andytoshi> hah, yeah, i know the feeling
  
 On Oct 10 2016, Andrew Poelstra published a follow-up paper2 about Mimblewimble, which introduced several refinements to the original proposal and describes further its technical details. On Oct 10 2016, Andrew Poelstra published a follow-up paper2 about Mimblewimble, which introduced several refinements to the original proposal and describes further its technical details.
  
-== 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.
Line 30: Line 33:
  
 -!- igno_peverell [~user@104.238.169.137] has joined #bitcoin-wizards -!- igno_peverell [~user@104.238.169.137] has joined #bitcoin-wizards
 +
 <igno_peverell> I have a minimal implementation of MimbleWimble available. It's very far from complete but has the basics, included the summing of Pedersen commitments: <igno_peverell> I have a minimal implementation of MimbleWimble available. It's very far from complete but has the basics, included the summing of Pedersen commitments:
 +
 <igno_peverell> https://github.com/ignopeverell/grin <igno_peverell> https://github.com/ignopeverell/grin
 +
 <igno_peverell> Any feedback or review is greatly appreciated. Thanks! <igno_peverell> Any feedback or review is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
 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.
Line 37: Line 43:
 While Mimblewimble serves as the foundation to a blockchain, it constitutes a relatively small part of a complete cryptocurrency, and many choices were yet to be made. Thus, began the journey to create a full implementation. A community of contributors and users slowly started to form around grin. While Mimblewimble serves as the foundation to a blockchain, it constitutes a relatively small part of a complete cryptocurrency, and many choices were yet to be made. Thus, began the journey to create a full implementation. A community of contributors and users slowly started to form around grin.
  
-== 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.
  
grin.1749595028.txt.gz · Last modified: by transatoshi