Ethereum Send in your questions for Istanbul and 1.x presenters! (Core Dev meeting in Berlin, April 17 - 18)

Send in your questions for Istanbul and 1.x presenters! (Core Dev meeting in Berlin, April 17 - 18)
Towards a better /r/ethereum...
Change as a mod
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Send in your questions for Istanbul and 1.x presenters! (Core Dev meeting in Berlin, April 17 - 18)

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 01:19 PM PDT

Boris Mann, María Paula (u/mariapaulafn), and myself (u/trent_vanepps) are organising the next in-person Core Devs meeting - in Berlin next week from April 17-18.

Tentative Presentation Schedule

Background Discussion about meeting topics on ETHMagicians

Istanbul Ethereum wiki: https://en.ethereum.wiki/edit/roadmap/istanbul

The presentations in the Main Room will be livestreamed, other talks will likely not be. We are soliciting community questions before the event, broadly focused on the coming Istanbul network upgrade this fall and the ETH 1.x working groups. Presentations may include:

EVM Evolution - EIP 615 (Discussion here)eWASM roadmap / updates

EIP 1559: Fee market change for ETH 1.0 chain (Discussion here)

EIP 152: the Blake2 precompile (EIP here)

Red Queen Sync

Current State Fees / Stateless clients proposals (Medium posts from Alexey)

HF scheduling

State Testing with Whiteblock

HF Security Review process

ProgPow

Block Reward Funding

EIP 233: EIP Process Improvements (Discussion here) (EIP)

EIP 1829: Transaction data cost (EIP Draft here)

EIP 1712 - Invariants, Immutability (EIP Draft here)

EIP process under OASIS (About OASIS)Client implementation scheduling and concerns

Eth1.x Final Boss - GasToken - and how we can kill it (Project Site here)

Finalisation of ETH 1.0 with ETH 2.0 (Discussion here)

ETH V64 enhancements (Discussion here)

Comment below with any specific questions for these topics and we'll pass them along to the event presenters for consideration.

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Towards a better /r/ethereum...

Posted: 15 Apr 2019 01:05 PM PDT

Purpose

The primary purpose of this document is to provide transparency into the role of /r/ethereum moderators and define what is expected of those moderators. As a side effect, this document provides guidance when evaluating the addition of a new moderator or the re-evaluation of an existing moderator.

This document also covers the role of /r/ethereum as a public forum, as well as the roles, responsibilities, and expectations of /r/ethereum participants.

Perception & Expectations of Moderators

Regardless of how moderators view themselves, many people who visit or contribute to /r/ethereum view being a moderator as a privilege, not a right, burden, nor chore. Many see the moderators as being in a trusted position which lends credibility to their statements and gives them influence. Thus, many expect moderators to reflect and represent this community, the larger Ethereum ecosystem, and the values of Ethereum. Furthermore, many expect the moderators to be dedicated to Ethereum, and to keep Ethereum's long-term growth and goals top-of-mind.

Moderators should be mindful that their public words have the ability and power to shape, control, and influence the discussions. Their statements have the potential to be extremely valuable and impactful.

For these reasons, moderators should be mindful about how their commentary could be perceived by the diverse set of people who make up the Ethereum community. While moderating, participating in discussions on /r/ethereum, and even while participating in external discussion (e.g. on Twitter, on other forums, at conferences, etc.), they should aim to be transparent, communicate clearly, be explicit about their intentions, provide necessary context, and act in good faith.

While some existing moderators or potential moderators may see this as unnecessarily limiting or burdensome, they should understand that many in the community strongly desire and encourage moderators to be active in discussions, to engage with the community, to share their viewpoints, to participate in open debate, to promote and help shape the goals and culture of the subreddit, and, most of all, to lead by example. Being mindful does not mean one must censor themselves or avoid disagreements. It simply means that one should ensure the tone and content of their commentary is ultimately constructive, not destructive.

If, after reading the above, a moderator cannot agree to be responsible and mindful in both their /r/ethereum participation and external discussion, they should be willing to excuse themselves from that role.

Expectations of Participants

In turn, participants on /r/ethereum and people around the Ethereum ecosystem should be mindful that no one is perfect, not even /r/ethereum moderators 😉. Living up to the aforementioned expectations is no small undertaking. While moderators try to do their best to meet the defined expectations, contributors are asked to practice patience and civility if and when they feel a moderator is not upholding their duties to the best of their ability.

As a first approach, people are encouraged to assume good-faith and respectfully open a dialog with the moderator, preferably in a public reply to the post or comment that is particularly concerning. A good way to start this dialog is by asking for clarification to ensure the participant clearly understands what the moderator meant. This ensures both parties are on the same page and provides an opportunity for clarification.

If the dialog is not fruitful and a person still strongly believes a moderator is not upholding their duties. Please avoid personal insults, brigading, ad hominems, inciting a mob-like mentality, overly emotional commentary, or sharing private conversations or information without the other party's consent. By being objective and setting a tone that encourages open-minded discussion, the conversation can be productive rather than polarizing, and, thus, is more likely to lead to a positive result for the community as a whole. If there is clear identification of a breach of mod roles and responsibilities, we would invite a message to the mod group to evaluate the situation and moderator in question. If there is no response on the matter from the moderators within 10 days, than a post on the topic would be appropriate.

The action that is taken after this discussion, if any, is reliant on the amount and type of input from the community and fellow moderators and handled on a case-by-case basis. This ensures each case is approached in proper context and not prior to the presently-unknown future circumstances. Ideally, if there is a large calling for a moderator to be removed, the moderator in question will voluntarily step down. Doing so should not be interpreted as the moderator agreeing with or admitting fault to the claims presented, but simply that the moderator is willing to sacrifice their position in order to avoid further conflict and distraction.

Additional details can be found in the "Evaluating a Moderator" section below. Lastly, please limit discussions to a single thread so the commentary can be more easily followed.

Role of /r/ethereum in the ecosystem

This subreddit is a trusted source of information, news, announcements, and discussions regarding (almost) everything Ethereum. It is often the go-to place for the latest information and a place newcomers arrive at looking for information and help as they get started. Posts and discussions and answers to questions often show up at the top of search results. It is also currently the most widely-used forum dedicated to longer-form discussion regarding Ethereum, though some argue it is not necessarily "the best" forum.

Some people who were previously active participants on /r/ethereum that are no longer active participants have cited lower quality content, lower quality discussions, unproductive arguments, trollish behavior, or personal attacks as the reason for becoming inactive. Regardless of the truthfulness of those reasons, they are the feelings and perceptions of some of those who left and should not be invalidated.

Furthermore, many people cite the inclusiveness and welcoming nature of the community as their reason for focusing their time and efforts on Ethereum. Some note how turned off by the maximalism they experienced in other online communities, and didn't dive deeply into the blockchain space until they found Ethereum.

For the above reasons it is vital that this community is preserved in order to onboard the next generation of Ethereum builders and contributors and keep the existing builders and contributors. This subreddit and the larger community should encourage newcomers and existing members alike to participate.

This does not mean that everyone should always be in agreement. Diversity of ideas is more valuable than agreement. As Ethereum grows, the attitudes, goals, and views of community members become more diverse. This is a positive, even with the accompanying growing pains. Debate, competition, and disagreements are necessary to push things forward and evolve. It is incredibly valuable, so long as the disagreements do not devolve and have a negative effect on the ecosystem.

/r/ethereum aims to be a place...

...for the open and good-faith discussion about the Ethereum blockchain, decentralized applications, governance, and related technologies.
...that is not in perfect agreement all the time.
...that values transparency, respect, decentralization, inclusivity, diversity.
...made up of unique people with different backgrounds and worldviews.
...filled with healthy, critical thinking.
...to help advance the goals of Ethereum.
...that consistently practices respect and empathy.
...that is inclusive and encouraging of all types of people with all types of experiences.
...that is welcoming, helpful, and patient with newcomers.
...that aids in increasing the adoption of Ethereum.
...to engage in civil discourse, controversial debates, and open discussions about problems.
...void of hate, vitriol, insults, slurs, threats of violence, witch hunts. ...that encourages healthy debate and critical discussions surrounding Ethereum.

Each day, we should strive to create and grow a welcoming, collaborative, productive environment that contributes and grows Ethereum as a whole—one that helps progress Ethereum as a technology, as a set of loosely-shared values, a better version of the web, and as a community.

Roles & Responsibilities of Moderators

First and foremost, the role of the moderators is to serve the Ethereum community. They should act in good faith and with Ethereum's best interest at heart as they make decisions and participate in discussions.

Ideally, a moderator's decisions should be objective: remove posts that clearly violate the subreddit's listed rules and approve posts that do not violate the subreddits listed rules. Realistically, posts and rules require some amount of subjectivity.

Moderators should be thoughtful regarding the subjective decisions they make and strive for fairness, honesty, and transparency with themselves, their fellow moderators, and with the entire community.

When removing a post or comment that is not obviously spam or a scam, the moderator should leave a note citing the rule that was violated. When removing posts, especially those with discussion, moderators should additionally 'distinguish & sticky' their comment. In most cases, a reply of, "We have removed your post for violating rule #2: Price discussion. Please keep price discussion to subreddits such as /r/ethtrader." is sufficient. For removals that may be controversial, more insight should be provided.

On a day-to-day basis, a moderators tasks include...

Approving posts that were incorrectly removed by the automoderator.
Removing posts that break the subreddit's stated rules.
Bringing any posts that require subjective decision-making or fall into a "gray area" in the rules to the attention of the moderation team for discussion.
Participating in discussions, especially those regarding moderation (both public posts on /r/ethereum or discussions in the internal moderator chat).
When necessary, starting and leading discussions regarding updating or adjusting the subreddit rules.
When necessary, attempting to improve the efficiency and success-rate of the automoderator. The automoderator is a very fickle beast.

Moderators should...

...ensure discussions stay on-topic, civil, and productive.
...lead by example.
...be an active participant in the subreddit by promoting civil discourse, asking thoughtful questions, and encouraging people and projects.
...be calm and polite, even when other participants are not.
...offer helpful rule explanations, tips, and links to new or confused users.
...keep a unified front when addressing users officially.
...be open to the viewpoints of other moderators and participants and try to reach consensus on difficult items.

Moderators should not...

...moderate posts based on personal ideologies.
...distinguish comments or submissions when not speaking officially on behalf of /r/ethereum.
...act unilaterally when making major revisions to rules, sidebars, or stylesheets.
...take moderation positions in communities where their profession, employment, or biases could pose a direct conflict of interest to the neutral and user driven nature of reddit.
...encourage or "feed" trolls.
...ban users when they have not broken any rules.

Moderators should never...

Moderators should never moderate posts in which the moderator has a clear conflict of interest. This includes, but is not limited to, posts regarding: the moderator in question, the moderator's own company/product/project, or companies/products/projects in which the moderator is heavily emotionally or financially invested in.

Moderators should take extra care when...

Moderators should take extra care when moderating posts in which the moderator has a potential conflict of interest, and consider bringing the post to the attention of fellow moderators rather than moderating it themselves. This includes, but is not limited to, posts regarding a potential or perceived conflict of interest, posts by a contributor the moderator has had negative interactions with in the past, posts regarding a competitor to the moderator's company/product/project.

Moderators are not expected to….

While moderators should endeavour to comply with the above roles and responsibilities, there are some items that are not expected of moderators.

Moderators do not need to be working full-time for Ethereum or Ethereum-related projects. Moderators are encouraged to have a life outside of /r/ethereum.
Moderators are not expected to disclose their financial investments or general financial state with anyone. Furthermore, moderators can invest in the assets they choose and even support non-Ethereum projects, provided the moderator does not act nor moderate against Ethereum or it's long-term interests.
Moderators do not need to hold viewpoints that are widely accepted by the community. Moderators may themselves promote civil debate on controversial items or hold contradictory ideas, so long as those are expressed within the rules of the /r/ethereum subreddit and are not clearly against Ethereum's long-term interests.
Moderators are not expected to produce a certain number of posts or comments. Moderators should be performing their duties and engaging with the community with at least a weekly cadence.

Evaluating a Mod

In response to the feedback received from members of the community and the reasons outlined in the "Perception & Expectations of Moderators" section above, the following items attempt to provide some guidelines for evaluating a moderator or calling for the removal of a moderator.

Each case will be unique and this is not a comprehensive list. For example, a moderator may provide value in other ways not included in this list and that value should not be discredited or ignored when evaluating.

Do they support the Ethereum community?
Do they act in good faith and with Ethereum's best interests at heart?
Do they aim to ensure discussions stay on-topic, civil, productive?
Do they lead by example? (Some examples could include: promoting civil discourse, engaging in discussion, asking thoughtful questions, encouraging people and projects.)
Have they ever moderated a post in which there is a potential or perceived conflict of interest without first consulting other mods?
Have they ever moderated something based on personal ideologies?
Do they approve posts incorrectly removed by the automoderator?
Do they remove posts that break the subreddit rules?
Do they participate in discussions with other mods or the community? How often do they perform the aforementioned moderator duties? Daily? Weekly? Not for some time?
Have they ever started a discussion on the subreddit rules? Should they have?
Have they ever attempted to tame the wild beast that is the automoderator? Do they have the skills to do that? Should they have?
Are they transparent about their reasons for removing a post when asked?
Have they ever moderated posts in which they have a clear conflict of interest? Is their primary focus on Ethereum, or something else? (Day job, traditional world, banks, other blockchains, etc.) Does this have a real effect on their role in Ethereum's ecosystem or their responsibilities as a moderator of /r/ethereum?

Roles & Responsibilities of Participants

Each person who contributes to /r/ethereum should aim to add value to the discussion and to the larger Ethereum community, in good faith, and as described above under "Role of /r/ethereum in the ecosystem".

Each person is responsible for what /r/ethereum is today and what it becomes tomorrow. Some tangible "do's" and "do not's" for participants are outlined below. However, the scope of these is quite limited compared to what is described in the "Role of /r/ethereum in the ecosystem" section above. Therefore, it is the responsibility of each participant to take their own life experiences, perceptions, skills, knowledge, opinions, and understanding to add value to /r/ethereum to the best of their ability.

Making the Best of /r/ethereum

Aim for positivity. Discuss in good-faith and assume others are discussing in good-faith as well. Be welcoming, inclusive, and encouraging. Practice patience, respect, and empathy. Engage in healthy debate, civil discourse, and critical discussions. Focus on the post, not the poster, during disagreements.

Upvote and downvote things. This built-in moderation tool is exceptionally powerful. Keep in mind, upvotes/downvotes are not for voicing agreement/disagreement. When a post or comment contributes or adds value, even if one personally disagrees, it should be upvoted. When a post or comment does not contribute, nor add value, or the post or comment is off-topic, downvote it.

Use the report button. Posts or comments that violate the subreddit rules can, and should, be reported. This brings it to the moderator's attention more quickly. When reporting, please provide as much detail as possible to help moderators more quickly evaluate each item in the moderation queue. Lastly, please don't report posts or comments out of disagreement, only about things that actually break the rules.

Stay on topic. Discussions about other cryptocurrencies and related technologies are welcome, but if the topic is already being extensively covered by other threads, it is kindly recommended to post it to a more specific subreddit. There is an extensive (but not comprehensive) list of Ethereum-related Subreddits on the "All Ethereum" Multireddit.

Follow the Subreddit Rules

No inappropriate behavior. This includes, but is not limited to: personal insults, threats of violence, slurs of any kind, posting people's private information.

Avoid speculation, price, market, and mining discussions. Discussion related to the price of ether, buying, trading, market speculation, or any other price/market talk should be posted on /r/ethtrader, a third-party Subreddit not moderated by us. In addition, keep mining discussion to subreddits such as /r/EtherMining.

No spamming, scamming, drive-by posting, duplicate posts, misleading titles, or blogspam.

Don't spam a single blog, project, company, or ICO. Posts should come from a variety of sources, cover different topics, and the poster should engage in discussions on their posts.
Don't attempt to scam people, link to phishing websites, or promote malicious applications.
Don't be that person who runs into the community, dumps a link to something, and then disappears immediately.
Check https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/new/ to avoid posting something that is already being discussed. Instead, add to the ongoing conversation.
Avoid titles that do not accurately reflect the content of the post or are written to stimulate clicks.
Avoid linking to sites that lightly rewrite content in order to drive traffic to their site and generate ad revenue.

No using multiple accounts. No posting from brand new accounts. Creating multiple accounts to get around rules is not allowed and will likely result in a permanent ban. Additionally, posts should be made from accounts at least 10 days old with a minimum of 20 comment karma. This is to keep trolls and spam-bots to a minimum. Exceptions may be made on a discretionary basis and one can message the mods if one feels their post adds value but they don't have the necessary account age/karma.

Conclusion

We invite feedback from the community on the above guideline and encourage discussion on the topics herein. r/ethereum is a place for discussing Ethereum as a technology and a movement. Our focus is on maintaining the discourse in a productive and respectful direction.

All the best,

r/ethereum mods

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Change as a mod

Posted: 15 Apr 2019 06:05 PM PDT

I removed myself as a mod.

However, I am not going anywhere as I love Ethereum and love the relationships I've made in this amazing community. I will continue to support, fund and build projects in Ethereum and participate in conversations about the technology.

I believe that Ethereum will sit at the centre of the future of Web3, but I like to be open-minded and support other experiments in the evolution of this technology. What has always made the Ethereum community so great is our open-mindedness to experimentation and trying new approaches.

As the community has evolved over these years, it is clear that some prefer that mods be working 100% on just Ethereum-related projects. I respect this view even if I observe that so many members of our community are experimenting with different technologies simultaneously and I believe that is a healthy approach considering how early we are in the arc of Web3. I believe the line between "working on Ethereum" and working on other things will blur as we move forward and I believe that my position is representative of a growing cohort of our community members. I'd like to thank the other mods and everyone who has offered support on this and encouraged me to stay as a mod.

However, in the interest of focusing the conversation around the technology, let's have some other community members take a turn at moding so that this isn't a debate topic. I would invite people to nominate others to the mod group. I have been particularly impressed by the DigixDAO team the last few days here in Singapore and their work in bringing the community together. We should also have appropriate geographical representation and different parts of the world involved so that mods are available 24/7.

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DAIhard: the unkillable crypto/fiat gateway. Any country, any fiat. Proudly announcing the open beta on mainnet.

Posted: 15 Apr 2019 04:24 AM PDT

EDIT: A critical bug has been revealed to us, so we've disabled the interface while we re-organize.

For the Solidity devs, the bug has to do with the open function, which can be called by anyone to become the initiator and recall the funds as if they created the trade.

The interface is disabled on mainnet, but still works on Kovan for anyone who wants to poke around.

It seems that only one user, aside from our seed trades, was vulnerable. u/adamaid_321, who found and exploited the flaw, has said he will return the funds to their original owners in a few hours.

(u/adamaid_321 was professional to work with, and kind, given the situation.)

Tomorrow we'll write a post-mortem, which is ironic for something that was supposed to be unkillable. Hoo boy.

ORIGINAL POST:

DAIhard: the unkillable crypto/fiat gateway. Any country, any fiat. Proudly announcing the open beta on mainnet.

Here is a legitimate concern most of us are familiar with:

To enter or exit the crypto economy, we rely on exchanges, which track their users, impose limits, and are coupled to their jurisdiction. And for all we know, any day now governments could start shutting down the exchanges altogether. In light of this, can we honestly say that crypto is anonymous, limtiless, borderless, immune to regulation, and unstoppable?

To really address this concern, we need a completely decentralized fiat-to-crypto on-ramp platform: something that extends the benefits of crypto to the very act of moving between the fiat and crypto economies. But the design of such a platform is far from obvious. (Bisq comes close, but contains some crucial centralized compoments.)

We believe we've found the solution. We are proud to present DAIHard, currently in open beta on mainnet (and Kovan).

If you want to jump right in, we reccomend first watching Using DAIHard to buy and sell DAI (12 min), then diving in and giving it a shot with a small amount of DAI. (Feel free to try it on Kovan if mainnet is too scary at first.)

Okay, but What Is It?

DAIHard extends many of the promises of crypto (borderless, anonymous, limitless, unstoppable) into the exchange mechanism itself, allowing anyone anywhere to bypass centralized exchanges and the control they impose.

More concretely, DAIHard is a platform, run on smart contracts, for forming one-off crypto/fiat exchanges with other users, in which:

The method of fiat transfer is open-ended, but agreed upon up-front (for example: bank transfer, cash handoff, transfer of online credit, or really anything the offer creator thinks up).
You and the counterparty can communicate via end-to-end encrypted chat to coordinate the fiat transfer (i.e. communicate bank account number, or describe a cash drop location).
In the last phase, the Seller can choose to burn the DAI instead of releasing it to the Buyer (but he can't get it back). This credible threat is what makes the platform reliable in the absence of centralized control or moderation. For more on this see the DAIHard Game Theory medium article (10 min read).

Using DAIHard to buy and sell DAI (12 min) shows this process in action.

Drawbacks

You Need DAI (and ETH, for gas) to Use The Tool (At Least For Now).

This is the biggest drawback of the platform in its current state: if you want to buy DAI, you need 1/3 of the purchase amount to put into the contract as a burnable deposit. Put another way, if you only have 10 DAI now, you can only open a buy offer for 30 DAI, and must wait for it to complete before using the newly bought DAI to open up a bigger offer.

(The 1/3 ratio will be customizeable in a future version, but even if it's set to 0 (which comes with its own problems), the Buyer still needs ETH to pay gas.)

Most tragically of course, this means that if you don't already have some crypto, you can't use this tool to get crypto. This comes from the fact that both parties must have "skin in the game" for the game theory to work, and a smart contract can't hold fiat--only crypto.

We have solid ideas on how to address this drawback in the not-too-distant future, but for now it's time to launch this thing. We'll write more about these ideas soon.

Dangerous and Scary To Use

In rare cases, a user may have to burn DAI. In all cases, the user must risk the credible threat of burning DAI. DAIHard Game Theory explains why this is necessary.

A cautious, rational user can gather information (probably via our subreddit!) about how people have used the tool, successfully and unsuccessfully. They can then create a buy or sell offer with wisely chosen settings based on what has worked for others. Other cautious, rational users can find this offer and commit to the trade if they dare. We expect the vast majority of committed trades should involve rational, cautious users, and should therefore resolve happily.

But each trade must contain a credible risk of burning DAI, and inevitably there will be sloppy trades that result in burns. It will be interesting to see how long it takes for the first burn to occur.

Unlike the previous issue, this drawback will stick around: credible risk is absolutely necessary for the platform to function without centralized control.

Strengths

Unkillable

The core of the whole system is the Factory contract. It has no owner, as well as no suicide or pause code. Barring some unknown bug, it cannot be stopped, and will happily open new offers for anyone who has the DAI and can pay the gas cost in ETH, and will also list all created trades for anyone with access to Ethereum. This will remain so for as long as Ethereum remains functional.

The HTML/JS front-end is currently hosted on Github pages, which is centralized--but even if Github takes down the page and deletes the code, it's a minor step to get the page hosted on IPFS (which is on our near-term roadmap in any case).

Like Toastycoin, this thing was immortal the moment it was deployed (even more immortal than RadarRelay, for example, which does rely on an ownership role). Both DAIHard and Toastycoin (and probably whatever we build next) will last for as long as a single Ethereum node continues mining, and it will remain easy to use as long as someone can find the HTML/JS front-end and the Metamask plugin.

No Sign Up, No Limits: All you Need is Love Metamask

It's smart contracts all the way down, so DAIHard never asks any nosy questions--if you have Metamask installed and set up, with some ETH and DAI, you can immediately open or commit to a trade.

(In fact, we're so inclusive, even machines are allowed--no CAPTCHA here!)

You're limited only by the collateral you put up, so if you have 10,000 DAI you could open up a buy offer for 30,000 DAI (or a sell offer for 10,000 DAI) right now.

We do reccommend trying the tool out first with a small amount of DAI... But we're not your mom! Do what you want!

Borderless

It simply doesn't matter where you are, because DAIHard doesn't need to interface with any particular jurisdiction or payment system to work. DIAHard works by incentivizing people (or robots?) to navigate the particular real-world hurdles of bank transfers, cash drops, or other fiat transfer methods. These incentives work whether you're in America, Zimbabwe, or the Atlantic; and they would work whether the "fiat" is USD, seashells, or Rai Stones.

Any Fiat Type, and Highly Customizeable

Here are some examples of the types of trades you could open on DAIHard.

Sell 200 DAI for $220 USD, granted they bring the cash to you by tomorrow afternoon in Central Park, NYC.
Buy 20 DAI with a $30 gift card for Amazon AWS that you were never going to use.
Sell 20 DAI in exchange for a $20 Steam game.
While in Vietnam, sell 200 DAI to someone for €180 anytime in the next two weeks, provided they deposit it into your German bank account.
Buy 30 DAI for 8,000 ZWD, delivered anonymously by cash drop, sometime within the next month.
Buy 500 DAI for $550 via PayPal, but wait 3 weeks for before the DAI is released, (so the paypal transaction can't be reversed).

As the DAIHard community grows, users will doubtless find much more creative ways to use the system, and we will discover together which types of trades are reliable and which are more risky. Because users can set their own margins and phase timeout settings, we expect even the riskiest trades remain available on the marketplace, with higher margins or longer phase periods.

In a future version, we will open up more options to the user creating the offer--for example, allow modifying the default 1/3 buyer's deposit to some other ratio.

Extensible by Third Parties

Do you have some nifty idea for how to display and organize user reputation? Or maybe some idea for how trades could be chained togeher? Maybe you'd like to design a notification system for DAIHard? Maybe you just want a different color scheme!

Well, you won't need our permission to do any of this. Any tool that watches the same Factory contract will share the pool of trades, regardless of which tool actually creates the trade.

This Is a Big Fucking Deal

DAIHard is a turning point in crypto and a breakthrough in decentralized markets, and is an irreversible augmentation of the Ethereum platform.

What we now have is a gateway to crypto completely devoid of centralized components--rendering entry and exit unkillable, flexible, borderless, and private. Centralized exchanges, and the control they impose, can now be bypassed by anyone with ETH and DAI.

Tips on Usage

You can find the tool via https://daihard.exchange and https://daihard.io, but both will redirect to the more secure https://burnable-tech.github.io/DAIHard.
Don't forget about the chat tool! We forgot to cover it in the video >.>
Try it on Kovan, or on mainnet with a small amount of DAI, first.
If you're creating on offer, be extremely clear in describing your accepted payment methods (if you're using a bank, include the routing/ABA/IBAN/etc number).
If you're considering committing to an offer, make sure you completely understand the offer's payment methods, and be wary of short payment windows.
After opening or committing to a trade, use etherscan's address watch tool to get notified of any action (including messages) via email.

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Mintable is LIVE! After a LONG few months of improvements - you can now make and sell your own NFTs within 30 seconds!

Posted: 15 Apr 2019 12:09 PM PDT

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New Incredibly Stunning Ethereal RPG game, NEON DISTRICT — most valuable item auction before Season starts this coming May

Posted: 15 Apr 2019 11:40 AM PDT

Upcoming cyberpunk RPG Neon District closes out on a successful founder sale. The Season Zero Baus auction is now the only one remaining asset before the opening launch that's expected in May.

This exclusive ND game item is about to join the ranks of other notable valuable high-ticket tokenized items sold from the likes of CryptoKitties (CK), God Unchained (GU), and CryptoSpaceCommander (CSC) as it has reached the triple digits, currently with the highest bidder at 100ETH, and today is the final day with the few remaining hours ticking down for the auction.

Here is a first look at the combat gameplay of Neon District featuring a sneak peek of Baus in action.

https://twitter.com/neondistrictRPG/status/1098605759653392389

A link to the auction taking place on OpenSea:

https://opensea.io/assets/0x1276dce965ada590e42d62b3953ddc1ddceb0392/1

Some of the things involve with having Baus:

—Exclusive gameplay and perks

—Collaborating directly with the Neon District team to help make design decisions

Some of the components you'll help determine:

—Power, mechanics, and gameplay

—Color Scheme

—Background Music

—Custom Avatar/Logo

—The Baus' attributes

—Background Setting (potential logo)

Owning the Season 0 Boss potentially confers the following advantages:

—You can customize his dialogue (Season 0)

—You get a report of who he has defeated (Season 0)

—You can use him as a character in a limited number of missions a day (Season 1)

—You can Upgrade him (Season 1+)

—You can use him in Co-op Missions and PVP (Season 2+)

—You can sell him

Who knows what other possibilities can be imagine up and implemented into actual gameplay.

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Can we please get a new sticky FAQ thread?

Posted: 15 Apr 2019 08:25 AM PDT

Since Afri seems to have torched the old sticky thread in his departure without providing for a successor, could one of the mods please address this issue and put up a new FAQ thread?

This is a critical time for Ethereum, with the early stages of PoS raising the same questions over and over again. There will undoubtedly be an influx of people to this subreddit asking things, and it will be necessary to have an updated FAQ thread with semi-official statements on roadmap, answers to common questions about staking and the transitional period, and approved URLs to wallets and dapp websites to manage the continued influx of new, non-technical people who would just like to know how to USE Ethereum.

I'm sure the mods currently hate a portion of the community for attacking their own and a portion of the community is upset with the mods due to Polkadot Conspiracy Theory of the Week #18, but could the moderators please do their jobs? This subreddit belongs to everyone.

Thanks.

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Twitter Thread: "Vitalik and Gavin address the sometimes heated social media discourse around how Polkadot and Ethereum can co-exist and work together."

Posted: 15 Apr 2019 06:15 AM PDT

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So, I use Ethereum Wallet.. I guess I'm not supposed to.

Posted: 14 Apr 2019 09:23 PM PDT

So. I know I'm about to get my ass handed to me here. But since I've been trying to make this work for 3 hours I may as well take my punches from you guys.

I use Ethereum Wallet; that's where I have my ETH - I don't really like web wallets and the like. And it's been clunky for years, but now it's completely non-operational...
I run it on Windows. (Please save your breath and mine with the 'Install Linux, Problem Solved' answers. Though I know they'll come anyways.)

So, Ethereum Wallet wants to update geth to 1.8.23. Problem is, the archive it downloads tells me that the MD5 is wrong. "Update geth manually". - Well, I can't really get it to accept a manual update. I looked into the files and it looks like the .json file still lists the MD5 from 1.8.21 for Windows x64. (All the other versions are correct.)

I restored my configuration before I tried to update and now it's running with geth 1.8.15, but not connecting to anyone.

geth is running as a process, but still, no matter what; light mode, full mode, whatever - it won't sync; right now it's in "Remote" mode, and has been "Waiting for blocks..." for an hour.

Yes, all ports are open; I've used Ethereum Wallet for years; it was just this update situation where it now has stopped working.

A new fresh install on another computer still gives the geth update error, and won't sync. So it seems its working "as designed".

I read another post here where someone said that Ethereum Wallet "not working well" is a "good thing" because of some decentralization/open source reason. Is this ... actually intended behavior or something? Is my eth trapped in there now? (I know you can't really export keys from the Ethereum Wallet; I do have my passwords and backups of course but I don't think they can go into anything else.)

What am I supposed to be using these days? (Obviously not Ethereum Wallet or Mist.) If so, how am I supposed to get my ETH out of this mess?

Time for y'all to be brutal, so do your worst. It after all is the reddit crypto sub way.

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The Ethereal Virtual Hackathon Starts Today! $40k in prizes, Here's how to participate!

Posted: 15 Apr 2019 07:00 AM PDT

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Dharma Markets Report #6: Trading Strategies in #DeFi

Posted: 15 Apr 2019 11:40 AM PDT

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bZx Releases Fulcrum Developer Documentation

Posted: 15 Apr 2019 07:14 AM PDT

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Important Unofficial Ethereum Governance Survey. Please participate and answer honestly!

Posted: 15 Apr 2019 02:33 PM PDT

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More Reliable WebSocket & Filter Support with Nodesmith

Posted: 15 Apr 2019 09:27 AM PDT

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Data from the TIOTA jaguar flows through Streamr Technology stack

Posted: 15 Apr 2019 12:04 PM PDT

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#LookingForWork junior web developer, mid level blockchain engineer, holistic architect, cheerleader, vlogger, tea boy. Remote from Melbourne Australia

Posted: 15 Apr 2019 05:23 PM PDT

If anyone knows of a role that might suit me, which would still allow me to work on peepeth (outside of work) and ideally have a day or two remote (reduce the amount of time my child is in after school care), please let me know.

https://github.com/abcoathup

https://peepeth.com/abcoathup

https://linkedin.com/in/abcoathup

Block Horses: https://github.com/blockhorses/BlockHorses

BUIDL vlog: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0hAWk9ZzL3TOcpnVXimm_uzfXvGX5-7F

Week in Ethereum: Expo/React Native + web3js boilerplate (https://github.com/abcoathup/expo-web3) in https://weekinethereumnews.com/april-5-2019/

NFT art made physical (https://link.medium.com/s66Vyil8UV) in https://weekinethereumnews.com/february-8-2019/

batching together all user transactions (https://link.medium.com/N50Fhxn8UV) in https://weekinethereumnews.com/february-2-2019

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Learn PegaSys' Pantheon and privacy work together in their webinar (Apr 30)

Posted: 15 Apr 2019 09:32 AM PDT

This webinar will deliver:

A high-level overview of Pantheon's latest release and its long-term Privacy roadmap
A deep dive into the design and rationale behind Privacy / Privacy Groups
A brief demo on the privacy feature and how you can set it up at your enterprise

Audience: Enterprise Developers, Technology Solutions Providers, IT Consultants, Enterprise Architects, Blockchain Enthusiasts

https://i.redd.it/jrc5o1tlggs21.png

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Stryve, ZEXE, and More: Meet the ENS Winners at the EDCON Hackathon

Posted: 15 Apr 2019 02:13 AM PDT