Hey Y’all, Another weekly dev update to keep everyone up to speed:Loki Base Layer Pull request submitted for Time Locked transactions to now be locked per output instead of the whole of the transaction: https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/104). Testing still needs to be done. Enable storage of the Service Node list in the database, this will reduce time spent scanning …
Hey Y’all, Big week, big update! Loki Baselayer We have released new Loki Daemons for all operating systems in anticipation for activation of the altered emissions curve. The new clients will fork at height 64324, approximately 31st of July UTC. https://github.com/loki-project/loki/commit/dcd5ff7284a5dee724a1d695eddb9cd7c83e6274 You can read more about why this change is occuring here: https://medium.com/@LokiNetwork/changing-the-loki-emission-curve-d9e3f267fa1c Service Nodes Deregisters has …
This article is intended as a basic overview as to the reasoning behind changing Loki’s emission curve. To this purpose we have largely simplified the factors and influences at play; for a more in depth understanding, please refer to our paper Loki Cryptoeconomics: Alterations to the Staking Requirements and the Emission Curve. DISCLAIMER This article …
We’re very pleased to present this proposal to the community after many weeks of patience. We have reviewed the Loki cryptoeconomics extensively with assistance from Dr Brenden Markey Towler of the University of Queensland, working with the RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub. Today we present two documents. The first is our economics paper: Proposal: Alterations to the …
Weekly dev update for Y’all, a little late this week since we were busy writing papers Service Nodes Split up service node pubkey from service node address https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/95/commits/660ccd0dbc94e738e7271cc244bb3c44a500379d Service Node Deregister has progressed to the 3rd iteration which includes tightening down the registration protocol, fixing up loose-ends, integrating various endpoints together and approaching production level. https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/89 LLARP …
Hey Y’all, New week, new update! Service Nodes Set a threshold of required votes for deregister TX’s to be created to handle spamming of deregister TX’s using different vote combinations for the same service node. https://github.com/Doy-lee/loki/commit/cb4970681039b4af05b8080a24308458d571f4f3 Service node lists are being integrated into the deregister system. https://github.com/Doy-lee/loki/commit/3927d4877cc6083092aa1a25944a62a6e4427a33 There’s a new sheriff in town, Quorum Cop enforces pre-determined node behaviour …
Put simply, Sybil attacks are where one person or entity creates multiple fake identities, usually to either subvert some part of a reputation system, or to effectively create large scale denial-of-service attacks. [1] Sybil attacks present problems to systems that maintain a low barrier of identification. With Loki’s focus on privacy and its P2P nature, methods are …
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Hey Y’all, Got a Winter weekly update for you. Service Nodes Deterministic selection of Service nodes from a sorted list has passed 2 code reviews and is merged https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/90 Service node deregistration transactions have passed the first stage of code review, fixes are being made for an immediate merge https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/89 LLARP / Lokinet If you’re lucky and …