Running Grin... ツ 🕔
Grin MimbleWimble News #43
HAPPY Birthday GRIN ツ
While it has been in development since late 2016, Grin saw its first block on January 15th 2019, and the blockchain is successfully Running..
Grin had many challenges, many times it is declared ‘‘DEAD’’. It's important to clarify whether you're asking if Grin as a whole "failed" or if its use of the MimbleWimble protocol specifically proved unsuccessful. For any cryptocurrency to succeed, it needs to be adopted by a significant number of users. GRIN has not yet seen widespread adoption.
While GRIN face challenges, it continues to have dedicated community and active development. Whether it ultimately succeeds remains to be seen, and depends on the ability to overcome technical hurdles, build a strong user base, and find real-world use cases…
Dev
‘‘This is not a major release announcement, just a note that the grin core gui is now set up for released builds, with the very first tagged version available here:’’
https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin-gui/releases
Screenshots Grin GUI wallet +NODE
Grin core developer Yeastplume remarked that
‘‘This is the first time I’m spreading this into the wild, so there’s a better than average chance you’ll run into issues trying to use it. But I’d appreciate if as many people could try it as possible, and * open up issues in the project for everything and anything you come across.
A few notes:
Windows is a first-order citizen in this project, so there’s a (very minimal) MSI installation provided. Note it’s not signed so you’ll need to fiddle scary-looking permissions to use it (checksum provided, obviously)
Mac and Linux (ubuntu-latest) builds completely untested by me, but will get there over the coming days.
You should be able to create main or testnet wallets from the gui, as well as link existing ones (though you may run into problems existing linking wallets, please report)
There is a lot of experimental contract-workfow transaction building work in this wallet, as well as other functionality build on top of it (such as early payment proofs). You can switch to contract workflow in the main settings menu. Note that contracts remains highly experimental, and not yet recommended for use on mainnet. So, to be clear, DO NOT USE CONTRACT WORKFLOWS ON MAINNET. You have been warned.
And while we’re here, though I won’t scream this in caps I highly recommend you stick to testnet with the gui wallet for now, even using legacy workflows.
That all being said, I’d appreciate if as many people could give it a try as possible! Remember this is not a tested release, and the purpose of getting this out there is to start soliciting feedback and * finding/fixing issues. ‘‘
*https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin-gui/issues
BOUNTY
Grin Bulletin Board: Discussing three options and select one for bounty:
Design and code previously-introduced idea for Grin Bulletin Board or create your own.
Audit the Atomic Swap repo for functionality and completeness:
https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin-wallet/pull/618
If interested, reach out on the forum (https://forum.grin.mw), introduce yourself and begin discussion today!
1 BTC bounty for MacOS M1 Ultra miner:
Bounty - 1 BTC + 100 Grin ツ for a MacOS M1 C32 Open Source Miner with ≥0.5 Gps, offered by Cuckoo Cycle author by Grin Core developer Dr. J.Tromp.
Offline Wallet Grant. 30,000 grin will be given to anyone who can develop an offline wallet feature that can be integrated into Android/iPhone mobile devices.
10k ツ bounty for a Wordpress plugin to be used Grin payment on Wordpress Woocommerce platform.
‘‘You can join and contact via forum for the bounties.’’
PR
[Contracts] Slatepack v5 Deserialization fix merged. @yeastplume
build: update grin libs @ardocrat
OPEN ISSUES
GUI Wallet has 14 issues .
Grin ツ is an opensource project, everybody is free to join and contribute. Thanks to all contributors.
Governance
The next bi-weekly development meeting is scheduled for Tue jan 16 @ 18:30 UTC.
grincoin#general on Keybase. You can add topics to the agenda & review past meeting notes
Just GRIN ツ
