Re: [Mimblewimble] Less technical intro: Grin for bitcoiners

2017-10-17 Thread Alberto Garcia
Oh, didn't know. Thank you very much John. On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 4:05 PM, John Tromp wrote: > On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Alberto Garcia > wrote: > > That means that to account and prove ownership > > of your money you should keep a set of private keys. Am I correct? If I > am, > > is th

Re: [Mimblewimble] Less technical intro: Grin for bitcoiners

2017-10-17 Thread John Tromp
On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Alberto Garcia wrote: > That means that to account and prove ownership > of your money you should keep a set of private keys. Am I correct? If I am, > is there a way to simplify the user the "trouble" of having so many keys? Yes, your wallet will normally store yo

Re: [Mimblewimble] Less technical intro: Grin for bitcoiners

2017-10-17 Thread Alberto Garcia
Hi, great explanation! I read the "bitcoiner" part too and I got a couple of questions: - First one is that as you state there are no addresses and for every input (transaction) you receive you should keep the associated private key(3*H in the example X = 113*G + 3*H). That means that to account

[Mimblewimble] Less technical intro: Grin for bitcoiners

2017-10-16 Thread Ignotus Peverell
Hi, I wrote a simpler and shorter guide for people who'd like to get a grasp of Grin and MimbleWimble without too many technical details. The "for bitcoiner" part just means that some basic knowledge of bitcoin is assumed. https://github.com/ignopeverell/grin/blob/master/doc/grin4bitcoiners.md