cryptochangements06/29/2019

Since I wont be able to make the meeting I'll be posting a quick update here and will comment afterwards

So as the month of June comes to an end so does my first funding period as a part time dev for masari. I've been working now for 3 weeks and have 1 week left so I'd like to start by recapping what I've done in that time.

Week 1:Fixed some libwallet_api bugs that affected the GUI, made a new release v0.3.1.0 for both the CLI and GUI

Week 2: I started by porting over cross compiling capability via depends from Monero, this allows us to build releases for any operating system from Linux, vastly simplifying the release process. I then setup continuous integration via travis-ci. This will help us to avoid build bugs in the future and could possibly used for a build pipeline. I also made modifications to the core RPC API so that gnock could roll out a webwallet update in which the in browser wallet connects directly to a remote node, rather than using a server backend as a middle man. The webwallet is now functional again, it's just a little slow with the new changes. I've made a new v0.3.1.1 CLI release including these changes

Week 3: I made some more changes to the RPC API to fix a mempool bug and try to improve the speed of the webwallet sync. I'm now waiting for @gnock to deploy.

A quick overview of github activity for the last month can be viewed here: https://github.com/masari-project/masari/pulse/monthly

GitHub

masari-project/masari

Masari: simple, scalable, and private cryptocurrency - masari-project/masari

Going forward I'll be addressing a spending bug affecting a very small subset of users related to a bug with uncle mining reward indices, assisting webwallet things as-needed, and I'll be looking to work on the webwallet based electron wallet

engr.tun06/29/2019

Good day everyone!

ph06/29/2019

Hello

engr.tun06/29/2019

:zucc:

Kafkathedog06/29/2019

afternoon :wave:

flyguyry_2.006/29/2019

@thaer <not asking for crypto> hi there please can you share admin access to discord with some mods like Jeff

thedawson1306/29/2019

Hey guys due to bad timing I won't be around much or at all at meeting but I will still do summary later if needed. My input for this meeting is we need to prioritize things and it might be an idea for everyone to give top 3 priorities and see where most people's heads are at. Mine are improve the Dev donation process multisig whatever; contact exchanges like stex and south and get their nodes fixed and obviously continue with wallet fixes. Have a good meeting guys :thumbsup:

ph06/29/2019

stex, south must have the highest priority imo

olehansen06/29/2019

agree

Kafkathedog06/29/2019

@thedawson13 pretty much my top 3 aswell

- Fix Exchange Issues

- Wallet Fixes

- coordination of media across - reddit/discord/twitter etc

thaer <not asking for crypto>06/29/2019

Part of the updates on my end are regarding accessibility:

1) Admin priviliges were on the Core role, I'll circumvent that and bring the admin rights for specific people

2) Medium access is being recovered

3) I'm reaching out to the Blockfolio team regarding some 2FA keys that need to be reset for access

cryptochangements06/29/2019

@ph idk about south but stex is affected by the spending bug I mentioned

@thaer <not asking for crypto> sweet

ph06/29/2019

Gotcha

olehansen06/29/2019

ok

JeuTheIdit06/29/2019

My top things:

1. Figure out what to with the remaining funds in the dev wallets (Masari, Monero, and BTC).

2. More marketing coordination and admin access.

3. Figure what what everyone wants to fund and pioritize.

thaer <not asking for crypto>06/29/2019

Also, @cryptochangements for your next funding round, we have about 0.22 BTC left in the donation address and I'll be topping up your crowdfunding with it when needed

JeuTheIdit06/29/2019

Welp there that :joy:

:thumbsup:

BazookaJeff06/29/2019

We need a spot where there are open tasks for the volunteers to get work done.

JeuTheIdit06/29/2019

That's a good idea.

BazookaJeff06/29/2019

I don't like the idea of an excel doc so something else besides that.

cryptochangements06/29/2019

Well if the community OKs it we could just use that fund instead of asking for individual donations for now

BazookaJeff06/29/2019

Easy to do a vote channel as well to get things like that figured out.

thaer <not asking for crypto>06/29/2019

people had questions on how much MSR is left, I haven't looked at it since then but there should be about 12k MSR remaining, and in total about ~100k MSR has been dispersed to community members

BazookaJeff06/29/2019

thumbs up and thumbs down like we've done in the past.

cryptochangements06/29/2019

@BazookaJeff what happened to taigo/trello?

JeuTheIdit06/29/2019

I am good with draining the dev account for future funding.

For now.

Kafkathedog06/29/2019

Can we multisig that wallet then that's one issue done and dusted

cryptochangements06/29/2019

I agree multisig would be good

notthisguy06/29/2019

Is there anyone on blocktree development?

cryptochangements06/29/2019

@Dug Punk has been very vocal about that

@notthisguy currently, no

BazookaJeff06/29/2019

@cryptochangements It's still up. we can pin it to the volunteer channel so it gets more exposure.

I don't mind sharing access to it with some trusted members.

JeuTheIdit06/29/2019

It seems the current idea is to get all the bugs fixed and everything smooth before going any further.

cryptochangements06/29/2019

@BazookaJeff ok cool

notthisguy06/29/2019

So when all wallet are fixed? Or no plan for that yet? How long implementing block tree can take approx?

cryptochangements06/29/2019

@notthisguy scroll up take a look at the dev recap I posted along with github. I've documented things I fixed and my priority lost for other bugs to fix

JeuTheIdit06/29/2019

Also: do we need more developers for blocktree? I can't imagine only cc and gnock can get it done?

Just thinking ahead.

If you think you can, great! But it is a huge project.

cryptochangements06/29/2019

More developers would be a dream come true

BazookaJeff06/29/2019

@cryptochangements we can get the word out on the official Twitter.

Also, on a stickied getting started post on reddit.

JeuTheIdit06/29/2019

Okay, so we probably should be thinking about ways to get more developers then while cc and gnock are fixing things.

BazookaJeff06/29/2019

topics for sticked post: ask for more devs, what to do when starting out with MSR, how to reach out to marketing people for podcasts, etc.

notthisguy06/29/2019

@cryptochangements I did, just wondering when blocktree dev could start, how long it could take and is doable with donations like now

cryptochangements06/29/2019

I'm not giving a timeframe on blocktree. It depends on too many variables we dont yet have figured out

@BazookaJeff cool, I think it would be good to first setup the taiga so that all open tasks are organized that a new dev could pick up

Dubz06/29/2019

1) SECOR – Attack Vector, Miner Payments

2) Wallet Issues – Mobile, Web, GUI (if not already addressed) – Exchanges are pointless without this

3) Direction – Define realistic goals, timelines, and development team

thaer <not asking for crypto>06/29/2019

I'll be working on Blocktree development when I have more free time, can't give an exact timeline. We didn't get as much feedback from the whitepaper as I'd have liked so what would likely happen is a first pass implementation that would be in an extended beta (testnet) as we try to break the protocol to find any potential flaws that need to be addressed

ph06/29/2019

RN I think that with your time constraints we should pivot in something else in the meantime

thaer <not asking for crypto>06/29/2019

To that point, my first address would be the wallet bug some exchanges are facing if cc doesn't get to it first

are you referring to anything else?

notthisguy06/29/2019

Thanks for answers I'll definitely ask again when bugs are fixed and things settled a bit as blocktree would be a game changer if its working, with upcomming alt season and it would actually get masari ahead of monero

ph06/29/2019

yea and also we can go forward with the other points of the roadmap

thaer <not asking for crypto>06/29/2019

it seems like Medium changed some things, I can't find a way to nuke/reset a password but as long as somebody like @BazookaJeff has access to the marketing@getmasari.org email they would be able to sign in

@ph I would consider SPT as well, it's isolated enough that it wouldn't be too much of a pain to put Blocktree on top of it (would be mostly db schema related)

engr.tun06/29/2019

In addition to efforts we are putting into fixing things and planning future developments.. I think we should also explore ways how can we grow as community. Growing is number can only guarantee that we get more devs, contributors, meme-creators, traders and hodlers. Hence marketing is my #3 priority after wallet and exchange fixes.

perma06/29/2019

My 2 cents are: 1 fix bugs 2 marketing 3 marketing

camthegeek06/29/2019

@thaer <not asking for crypto> where do you want feedback from regarding blocktree WP? I'll throw it out to a few people

perma06/29/2019

When price recovers we can fund development

Without price we can throw money for nothing

thaer <not asking for crypto>06/29/2019

@camthegeek anybody able to give technical feedback is welcome, and I'd be happy to discuss things with them

notthisguy06/29/2019

Is there anyone on marketing?

BazookaJeff06/29/2019

We have MSR engagement.

A group of guys that have diff backgrounds to get things done.

in conjunction with Tagia, we can get some marketing material out there.

ph06/29/2019

MSR engagement it's really a good idea imo

engr.tun06/29/2019

I think we need to make coordinated efforts to keep ANN and reddit active. ANN is the place people go to find new coins.

BazookaJeff06/29/2019

We can post updates there first and then post the links to reddit and Twitter.

That way, we get traffic to the ANN.

ph06/29/2019

I think bitcointalk is dead long ago, today people are on twitter/reddit mostly. But after all it's effortless put some updates on the ANN

just post the links

notthisguy06/29/2019

I can say that masari was under the radar for me for a long time, didn't hear much about it till it was like top 3 mining profitable for me

If I seen masari memes :smiley: or roadmap or community I would definitely be here earlier

ph06/29/2019

yeah I know. Sad but true

from the marketing point of view we have been overtaken by a lot of crapcoins

notthisguy06/29/2019

Exactly

Many dead already

ph06/29/2019

oh yea

notthisguy06/29/2019

Did you try maybe get some deals with pool owners like cryptoknight?

Or at least add some more info on masari there

ph06/29/2019

I don't think we're on good terms with Cryptoknight lol

:pepegrin:

a little marketing on other discord channels wouldn't hurt though

olehansen06/29/2019

i'm an long time hodler, early in. Thaer brought someting new to the table. Don't loose the momentum now: fix bugs and make it work 100% on all exchanges. Masari may be one of the best coins on the market and will be easy to promote :smiley:

notthisguy06/29/2019

Didn't know msr is on war path with cryptoknight

Kafkathedog06/29/2019

great, we are crashing the price nicely :pepegrin:

Anomander06/29/2019

Any talk of new features?

Kafkathedog06/29/2019

yeah loads

Anomander06/29/2019

@Kafkathedog do you have a link?

Kafkathedog06/29/2019

working wallets and everything

notthisguy06/29/2019

Think it would be good idea to explain in simple way what is blocktree (I had to ask on telegram, cause name got interesting for me... Its not said it solves scalability issues) its hard for newcomer understand what this is about.. And if I didn't ask I would probably be gone mining/trading other coin.. You seem to hide all the gems

girugamesh06/29/2019

There should be a synopsis somewhere

BazookaJeff06/29/2019

@notthisguy we can get an article on the Taiga.

thaer <not asking for crypto>06/29/2019

nothing's being hidden - to put it simply, think at every block of the blockchain, we create lets say 4 buckets/blocks instead to mine transactions in, in a way that they can be mined in parallel

BazookaJeff06/29/2019

We need a bounties channel.

funding avenue is great but it'd be nice to have both.

notthisguy06/29/2019

IMO technical talk should stay in tech documents, and for people visiting website, twitter etc it should be as easy as possible, couple words why its SOO good and important and then links to tech documents for that 5% of people who can actually understand tech documents

So it should be straight to the point, short, understandable for average crypto noob

Articles are nice but I think to make someone read it you need that person interested in masari already.. Tbh.. Who have time to read long article about another small market cap coin?

camthegeek06/29/2019

so explain all the things like you're 5. got it.

Kafkathedog06/29/2019

why not??

if you want interest you will have to get more people like me who are stupid..

notthisguy06/29/2019

For marketing I would say YES

@thaer <not asking for crypto> I understand.. But let's say yore new.. you somehow came across masari.. Mining or volume on exchange for example.. So you probably check cmc and masari website.. Twitter/telegram pinned message.. Roadmap and you build your first impression based on what you see there

IMO I shouldn't be digging for info, it should hit me

camthegeek06/29/2019

I'm ill-equipped for any conversation right now as I'm quite busy doing some home office rebuilding.

As far as what I'm doing for Masari currently: the new Masari website is in the process of being done and is nearing completion. Things are laid out in a bit more readable fashion, looks like an actual project that may go somewhere, and doesn't use too much technical lingo on the landing page. I expect to have this done by end of next week, assuming I don't get slammed on the day job. A PR will be opened and anyone can pick at it and review. The way the site is built leaves it open to easily be modified by anyone, translatable into any language and there's probably a few other features I'm looking over because I stare at it daily.

I'll leave this image preview here. This is not the front page but a page that describes what Masari is. The writing was done by community members @JeuTheIdit and @Ghost https://i.imgur.com/NEBzj0u.png (image preview removed, gotta click it sucka's!)

notthisguy06/29/2019

Things msr could be proud of

thaer <not asking for crypto>06/29/2019

I'm not here to do marketing. I've come to resolve with that term personally and what it's definition is, and I'm not going to stop anybody from doing that, but marketing just isn't my strength and you're best with somebody else doing that. I'm more than happy to help with content, but I'd rather work on code in my free time over marketing presentation/slides/videos/etc.

notthisguy06/29/2019

No, no that's not I wanted to say, or give you more responsibilities.. Just tried to explain my point of view

thaer <not asking for crypto>06/29/2019

I understand, and the point you made is valid

notthisguy06/29/2019

Thank you

Lodo06/29/2019

For the login to medium: you login to it with your "google" account details which is the marketing@getmasari.com & PW

cryptochangements06/29/2019

Do you guys know the password or does it have to be reset?

Lodo06/29/2019

Afaik that PW hasn't been changed in a long time

cryptochangements06/29/2019

Would you mind PMing it to me then?

flyguyry_2.006/29/2019

hi all there was a mention of an ICO yesterday any more thoughts on that

camthegeek06/29/2019

I think that was a joke.

flyguyry_2.006/29/2019

ok

is there anything we can do about the problem bots on TO any ideas

Kafkathedog06/29/2019

Bots are not the problem for the immediate future :Fffff:

flyguyry_2.006/29/2019

so what direction is the community taking while the devs sort out the final problems and look at multisig

i noticed jonnys new additions today and i am hoping the new animation is not about cigarettes and alcohol as oasis has already done that

camthegeek06/29/2019

masari brews and bro's have been around for a very long time lol

flyguyry_2.006/29/2019

ok lol

in future nobody is allowed to demote anybody with out consensus at its a community decision now

you lot need a channel to argue with yourself s then create one and hash any issues in private

it dose not look good to new guests

somebody dumped 18000 coins at 600 sats during the spat

thaer <not asking for crypto>06/29/2019

the situation with RL has been ongoing for a while now and I have done my best to keep the peace despite the animosity that he was bringing in. Yesterday it got to the point where it was unreasonable to keep him as mod without risking an abuse of power.

I'd also like to note that this was discussed heavily in private and semi-privately (in a mod channel), with what was seen in #general only being a segment of it

flyguyry_2.006/29/2019

i understand we may not see the full picture but its no longer your choice .we will vote if we are going to demote him..im sorry you can not through in the towel and still be in charge . its time for you to 100% deside what you want to do. me i am happy for you to come back and take the reigns and give us direction and instruction like you have not had before . there are a lot of people that love MSR and want it to have a bright future

we are here to support you @thaer <not asking for crypto>

girugamesh06/29/2019

As long as it doesn't affect the project itself, imo

thaer <not asking for crypto>06/29/2019

I didn't throw in any towels and I still have a say in how things are run, you might not agree with my demoting him but I can't trust emotional instability, you would be on the other side of the fence if he went on a rampage deleting channels

girugamesh06/29/2019

There will always be affairs and drama

Kafkathedog06/29/2019

we didn't promote him either tho so....

@flyguyry_2.0

flyguyry_2.006/29/2019

mate i have him ripping strips off me in the past i know what he is like

all i am trying to say is you can not have all the authority with out responsibility

Kafkathedog06/29/2019

well FWIW he doesn't want to be here anymore...

Johnny Gonzo06/29/2019

@notthisguy we are planning some graphics and animation to explain this. but we pushed it back to match the developments.

notthisguy06/29/2019

Would be great to have it

flyguyry_2.006/29/2019

we may need the video for new direction we just have to deside what that is 1st

if we cant have blocktree then what can we have for the road map ?

MODs' what do you want and VIP's what would you like to see

notthisguy06/29/2019

Thaer said something about SPT, so that's probably first in que after wallet fixes

camthegeek06/29/2019

SPT depends on BT, IIRC

ph06/29/2019

ledger,spt,i/o

flyguyry_2.006/29/2019

@thaer <not asking for crypto> @cryptochangements what is possible from above list for implementation

cryptochangements06/29/2019

SPT doesnt depend on BT

camthegeek06/29/2019

ty

cleared that up for me :wink:

Lodo06/29/2019

SPT would be a great addition to the network imo. Scaling is necessitated by use

cryptochangements06/29/2019

i/o PoW I think should be removed from the roadmap

Gnock is already working on ledger with webwallet, I told him I'd look into it for CLI/GUI after I deal with more urgent issues

flyguyry_2.006/29/2019

and blocktree until further progress is known . what can we give people

we all look at other coins what can we plagiarise from them

cryptochangements06/29/2019

I'd prefer to do something new rather than plagerize lol

I'll look into SPT but more urgent bugs need to be addressed first

flyguyry_2.006/29/2019

sound wonderful lets have the light bulb moment between us right now

thats cool we now have a plan thank you CC

so we now have the funding for CC for how long ? with the 0.22 btc

maybe jonny could work the animation regarding the launch implementation of SPT

what els would we need for SPT

cryptochangements06/29/2019

Dont get ahead of yourself. It will probably take a few weeks minimum before we even get there

flyguyry_2.006/29/2019

thats cool i dont mind the wait as long as we know where we want to go

its called progress

SatoriNakamoto06/29/2019

imo something important that laymen like myself can do is to generate content. This includes tweeting, retweeting, making pictures and videos, mentions in social media etc. Spreading awareness. It's a slow process but I think that if we start now, the technical stuff that the coders are working on might be ready by the time we have a bigger audience. Secondly we need more exchanges. @thedawson13 sorry bro i only got 2 :sweat_smile:

flyguyry_2.006/29/2019

is there anything we can do for bittrex to reconsider MSR

SatoriNakamoto06/29/2019

some newer members like @Ghost and @BMO-noire have generated some pretty sweet content and that's awesome to see, thank you guys

we can all work together and push it around the web

flyguyry_2.006/29/2019

please no more dicks !!!

SatoriNakamoto06/29/2019

yea, of course @xiaomogwai is the man. i always think of him when i see dicks

or read something like "blah blah more dicks !!!"

if anyone makes something msr related and doesn't have twitter or reddit, just ping me here and I'll post it on MSR_engagement

flyguyry_2.006/29/2019

a tweet channel would also be good so we can retweet it

SatoriNakamoto06/29/2019

https://twitter.com/MSR_Engagement

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and we have the official twitter https://twitter.com/masaricurrency which is more serious and doesn't post dick clouds

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flyguyry_2.006/29/2019

cool lol

SatoriNakamoto06/29/2019

i recommend you stick with the official one @flyguyry_2.0 bro :joy:

thedawson1306/29/2019

Flyguy thaer does have responsibility for example having his name and face linked with the project and writing technical papers about new ideas and coding them. So your authority without responsibility comment is a bit off.

The theme that is emerging is building a system where everyone can contribute their strengths without impediment. That being said it shouldn't be a free for all either

flyguyry_2.006/29/2019

if we have a big ball of string with people pulling in every direction we have nothing left in the middle in no time at all forward consensuses is required for continuity

you cant just sit on the side lind and say no all the time

thaer <not asking for crypto>06/29/2019

I think it's time to conclude this meeting, we're going quite off-topic at this point

please take it to another channel like #random or #general

cryptochangements06/29/2019

Agreed, though I'd like to finish by setting up a date/time for the next meeting

flyguyry_2.006/29/2019

thank you all for you time

cryptochangements06/29/2019

I think Saturday July 13 should be fine but I'd like to change the time to be a little earlier or a little later

thaer <not asking for crypto>06/29/2019

I like this being biweekly, we can modify it later if we feel like it's too much/little - lets say July 13?

:thumbsup:

sounds good, July 13 then

BazookaJeff06/29/2019

I would like it to be a little earlier.

cryptochangements06/29/2019

How about 15:00 UTC?

One hour earlier?

I realize that's probably pretty early for Thaer in BC though. What is that like 8 or 9 am?

thaer <not asking for crypto>06/29/2019

hopefully we don't go any earlier than that, it's at 8am for me

I can do 7am, but I might be a bit late depending on how I wake up

cryptochangements06/29/2019

Ok I'm good with 15h UTC, sorry T you're pretty much behind everybody else here :p

Kafkathedog06/29/2019

surely its bi-monthly.......runs and hides....:pepegrin:

camthegeek06/29/2019

Ends up being 11AM for me.. that's probably best as noon is often my busy hour

cryptochangements06/29/2019

Alright I guess we'll pencil in 15:00 UTC July 13 but we can change it if needed

thaer <not asking for crypto> pinned a message to this channel. See all the pins.06/29/2019

camthegeek06/29/2019

Let's also do a weekly reminder across all messaging/social mediums.

thaer <not asking for crypto>06/29/2019

sounds good to me

Dug Punk06/29/2019

Thanks @thaer <not asking for crypto> for being so active during the meeting:grinning:

Dubz06/29/2019

My thoughts. Thaer has been active on this for over 2.5 years. CC is kicking ass and taking names. Many developments have happened prior to this "need funding" mentality that seems to have developed over the past few months. This blockchain "Dev tax" is a horrible idea (not trying to offend anyone). Masari has had great accomplishments without funding. We all should be thankful for the devs that work on this project regardless if it fits in with your timeline of getting rich. Hearing this sense of entitlement from some community members disheartens me. Masari has always been known for its community and lately, well for lack of words, there seems to be a lot of bitching, arguing, etc... I've always loved this project for it's transparency, initiative, and it's community. People have lives outside of crypto and we have to give people space to live them.

Johnny Gonzo06/30/2019

@Dubz agree 1000%

flyguyry_2.0Yesterday at 2:59 AM

@thaer <not asking for crypto> @cryptochangements @gnock Main block explorer certs are expired, certs for web wallet are expired . what can be done regarding the certs .thanks sean

cryptochangementsYesterday at 11:27 AM

Wait for gnock or spin up a new instance

flyguyry_2.0Yesterday at 11:40 AM

do you think we should just do a new web wallet now ?

BigSlimYesterday at 3:29 PM