Severus Sneep
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It looks like lockfile implementation did still suffer from a race condition. Only when creating the file with O_EXCL, file creation fails if the file does already exist. One could use O_EXCL, but Windows might use another flag to achieve the same. Moreover, O_EXCL doesn't work as expected if the files are accessed over NFS. In contrast, mkdir() is atomic in every of the mentioned cases. Aside from using a lockdirectory, this patch also backups the current wallet.dat contents to wallet.bck in case writing a possibly hefty amount of JSON to the new wallet.dat fails. It is hoped that at least one of the .bck and .dat files has usable contents in case failure.
Grin
Grin is an in-progress implementation of the MimbleWimble protocol. Many characteristics are still undefined but the following constitutes a first set of choices:
- Clean and minimal implementation, aiming to stay as such.
- Follows the MimbleWimble protocol, which provides great anonymity and scaling characteristics.
- Cuckoo Cycle proof of work.
- Relatively fast block time (a minute).
- Fixed block reward over time with a decreasing dilution.
- Transaction fees are based on the number of Outputs created/destroyed and total transaction size.
- Smooth curve for difficulty adjustments.
To learn more, read our introduction to MimbleWimble and Grin.
Status
Grin is still an infant, much is left to be done and contributions are welcome (see below). Check our mailing list archives for the latest status.
Contributing
To get involved, read our contributing docs.
Find us:
- Chat: Gitter.
- Mailing list: join the ~MimbleWimble team and subscribe on Launchpad.
Getting Started
To learn more about the technology, read our introduction.
To build and try out Grin, see the build docs.
Philosophy
Grin likes itself small and easy on the eyes. It wants to be inclusive and welcoming for all walks of life, without judgement. Grin is terribly ambitious, but not at the detriment of others, rather to further us all. It may have strong opinions to stay in line with its objectives, which doesn't mean disrepect of others' ideas.
We believe in pull requests, data and scientific research. We do not believe in unfounded beliefs.
Credits
Tom Elvis Jedusor for the first formulation of MimbleWimble.
Andrew Poelstra for his related work and improvements.
John Tromp for the Cuckoo Cycle proof of work.
J.K. Rowling for making it despite extraordinary adversity.
License
Apache License v2.0.