None of us are full time, there's nowhere close to enough funding for that to happen just yet:)

In terms of slated release, we still have to first figure out how we're going to do coinbase-less sidechains, two-way pegging, and functionality advertising, before we can even begin to go down the rest of the roadmap. If I had to guess I'd hazard that something like MoneroID is at least a year away, maybe two, and something like MoneroTrade will be a year after that. There's a lot of commonality between those sidechains daughter-chains, so I would imagine that once we have the whitepapers out with formal cryptographic proofs for all the functionality required (and have done one or two implementations) the rest will be much faster. So the research side of the roadmap is probably 3-4 years worth, including implementation.

Of course, we could do it much faster, but all we'd be pushing out the gate is something half-baked, exploitable, and dangerous. And this isn't us being perfectionists, we simply can't afford to gamble with amateur cryptography and ill-conceived architecture because we're playing with people's money and their livelihood. But trust me, when we get there we're going to have some pretty amazing stuff:)


The bulk of the content outstanding on the website (eg. the About Monero page, user guides, dev guides, and so on) is open to being tackled. If you'd like to contribute then you can fork the repository: https://github.com/monero-project/monero-site and submit changes via Pull Request. It's worth reading the Pages, Formats, and Rules section of the README for the project, and it's definitely a good idea to look through some of the existing static pages to get a feel for how things are done.

Edit: forgot to add that there is one critical outstanding item right now: https://github.com/monero-project/monero-site/issues/5

Hi guys. I need a logo for Crypto Kingdom the game, and it should also symbolize CKG, the gold asset central in the game. ~0.5 BTC bounty is possible, or more if it's slick and professional.

Monero guys, help me. I cannot even define what constitutes a "logo" really.  

OK I got the forums taken care of...didnt know I had to wait for an email confirmation. But the rest I still dont know...

I was quick to react and downloaded the simplewallet, but I also want to run a node. I guess I can just use mymonero.com and not worry about it. I have created an acct there just now. Where do I download the GUI and is it worth trying to mine from your laptop?

AFAIK, higher mixins are available now! I've never tried anything over 3, but I remember seeing someone say they used like 99 or something crazy. Your fees will be outta this world though.

This minimum is being set in the future, thats all.

Also, Jailee, if you're truly new to this, "OP" means original post, which you can get to by clicking on the "1" on the far left of the post page list. When I first started in bitcointalk, I had no idea that this is how forums were utilized. The OP sort of becomes the repository for the rest of the thread.

Thank you Gingerale,
 I am pretty new to this in as far as doing anything with anything with cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin. I was there when bitcoin made its debute and missed out because I was ignorant to the whole scene. Since 2013 though I have been active in the community as far as buying and spending and market analysis and such. As far as profit and investment though, this is my first venture. I am trying to make smart decisions and I believe Monero is one of those smart decisions. Thank you for all your help.
 If I run bitmonered.exe am I running a node when it syncs? I want to help support this community any way I can and that, for now, seems the best support I can offer.

No, your math is probably right, and 250 H/s is probably high for a laptop. Maybe a better word than mining (which suggest perhaps a steady stream of useful minerals) to describe the process is prospecting or wildcatting.

Yes that is right, and if you type start_mining in the wallet you will be solo mining as well (mostly supports the network but you might get lucky and win a block). Usually the best number of threads to use is the L3 cache size of your CPU divided by 2 MB.