Most sources claim it was in August '16 that Tom Elvis Jedusor posted the original MimbleWimble paper in bitcoin-wizards IRC channel, while a few claim it was July. Anyway, I’ve searched both months in the logs here and found nothing.
I would be grateful for any light shed on the matter.
See the #bitcoin-wizards chat by <majorplayer> on Aug 2, 2016 at https://irclog.whitequark.org/bitcoin-wizards/2016-08-02
Thank you, however I honestly can’t spot it in this chat log. I see mentions of the paper but not the posting itself.
Edit: Asked in the bitcoin-wizards itself and received and answer. It was on the 1st of august at 21:35, have a look here.
How come the name is majorplayer?
Because that was the nickname he chose?
I just realized he called himself Tom Elvis Jedusor only in the paper itself, not the chat channel. Didn’t know that.
Right near the top it says
04:35 hi, i have an idea for improving privacy in bitcoin. my friend who knows technology says this channel would have interest http://5pdcbgndmprm4wud.onion/mimblewimble.txt
Of course that depends on what timezone you use to record IRC…