Quote from: jwinterm on February 22, 2018, 11:56:33 PM

Quote from: Anon136 on February 22, 2018, 11:05:37 PM

Quote from: vdo on February 22, 2018, 10:50:36 PM

THis could be huge if proven:
https://github.com/fireice-uk/cryptonote-speedup-demo

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* Even faster x5 - x10 EC crypto based on new features in Broadwell+ and Ryzen CPUs
* 1 + Bulletproofs + 5 to enable truly anonymous ring signatures (sizes 100+), instead of plausible deniability (size 5)
* Cryptonote blockchain compression, down into below 1 GB sizes for Monero
* Combination of 1 and 3 and a specially tuned server to create Electrum-like wallets.
* Proper mathematical solution to Attack III described in here.
* Tracking of Monero using Attack III (their fix is fairly sub-par especially if some assumptions can be made about the wallet) and graph analysis.

And also solve the moneroV issue in one shot...
Let's see what the rest of the core team says.

This looks really interesting. Thanks for the share.

It should be noted that the idea with ring size 5 is not plausible deniability on any particular transaction but that when coupled with confidential transactions and stealth addresses the cumulative result is an entire network that is entirely private. Of course more is always better.

fireice-uk is not, how shall we say, very well regarded amongst many of the developers, afaik. I'd be surprised if anything came of this claim.

My thoughts exactly. He's something of a shit-stirrer, to say the least.

Edit: He's clearly a very competent developer though he's in for himself, not for the greater good. In and of itself, here's nothing wrong with that, but what annoys me is that he uses an open-sourced community (Monero) to enrich himself through his mining software without giving anything back.