Quote from: flashbit on July 20, 2014, 07:38:09 PM

Quote from: synechist on July 20, 2014, 07:32:15 PM

Quote from: leigh2k14 on July 20, 2014, 05:58:34 PM

Let me ask a few last questions: we have a multinode anon feature like as DRk? and we have a trustless mixer mixer on top? all fully working?

You have to excuse the confusion as Dan posted the following on the 15th of this month:

The current REV2 test-release will be updated, additional data collected and then the final rev2 will be released

Dan

I'm still confused?

Is it that fully operational multinodes with the 550 XC doesn't come till REV3? As I thought that we were getting the same set up as DRK in REV2 that was due out on the 7/7/14?

*edit: my autocorrect changed multinode to multimode. Multinode multipath means sending fragments to several nodes and not just one.

This compounds anonymity.

XC is not like DRK. DRK is semi-centralised, meaning that a small number of masternodes exist relative to the number of normal DRK wallets.

Every single XC app is an XC node. It's completely decentralised. This is an improvement on the masternode (generic term: supernode) for two reasons:
- you don't create supernodes, which are big attractive targets for hackers

- you don't doubly incentivise hackers by requiring a large amount of coins be kept at a supernode.

The 550XC requirement was for the "dynamic trust" concept for XC nodes. Since nodes are now trustless, we're still working out what the minimum balance will be. For now, you don't need 550XC.

Lastly, Rev 2 is multinode multipath trustless mixing. We released that on 7/7/14. The "final Rev 2" isn't any new features, its just the same features improved refined, and well-tested.

When we release the final Rev 2 it just means we've started building Rev 3. It doesn't mean we've put any new paradigms into it.

And yes, expect a new privacy feature for Rev 3.

Will EM be built into Final Rev 2 Arlyn?

EM is a Rev 2.5 release, so don't expect it to be implemented in the final Rev 2.

However it's possible it'll be in the final Rev 2 release as a testnet-only or generally "alpha" feature.

But this would be a bonus, if it happens. For now we just want to get trustless multinode multipath done and dusted. Once that's done we'll move onto getting secure private messaging looking awesome.