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Monero fork with a modified PoW, Mobile-friendly PoW, low memory footprint and optional pruning branch

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Does Aeon have a development roadmap?

Monero has a clearly defined development roadmap. Does Aeon have something similar? Monero has made many improvements since Aeon was forked from it. Which Monero improvements will Aeon rebase against and how will Aeon remain unique? What part of the…
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What is the AEON currency?

Aeon seems to be related to Monero, and is a cryptonote currency. What exactly is Aeon?
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What is the difference between CryptoNote and CryptoNight?

I saw some mining software labelled as CryptoNight miners and they have XMR (Monero) in their list. Many other CryptoNote mining software also has XMR in their list. What is the case? And while adding some tags below I saw CryptoNight-Lite. What are…
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Does Mimblewimble have any relevance to new pruning ideas for Monero?

This Mimblewimble paper was introduced last month by Tom Elvis Jedusor. It appears that the system will not work with Bitcoin (on chain) The first thing we need to do is remove Bitcoin Script. This is sad, but it is too powerful so it is…
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Is there any exchange that offers a Monero/Aeon trading pair?

Aeon is the cleanest fork of Monero and shares a developer and some community members. Are there any exchanges where Monero can be traded for Aeon directly without the need to use Bitcoin as an intermediary currency for the exchange?
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Origination of Monero terms and phrases

I understand that some Monero terms originate from Esperanto. What is the Monero specific meaning and origination of the following non Esperanto words and phrases? Is it true? Soon Don't buy Monero Darkflarb Going full Pegasus Please add…
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Will the RingCT fork make it harder for other CryptoNote coins to merge improvements made to Monero?

Monero has already made substantial changes to its codebase. Will the RingCT fork make it harder for other CryptoNote coins to merge improvements made to Monero? Does every major fork make it more difficult for downstream Monero forks (like Aeon) to…
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CryptoNight-Lite PoW modifications in Aeon

What PoW modifications are contained in CryptoNight-Lite as implemented by Aeon? How much faster is blockchain synchronization because of these modifications compared to standard CryptoNight? What security concerns if any do these modifications…
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How to solo-mine Aeon?

Suppose one has the Aeon software built and installed, how does one then initiate solo-mining Aeon using the CPU?
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Does the CONOP definition exclude pruning branches from its node definition?

Paul Sztorc in his post Measuring Decentralization defined CONOP as For this section, the cost of the option to create a full node will be referred to as the “cost of node-option” or “CONOP”. The implication is that the more full nodes that are…
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What kind of pruning techniques does AEON use?

AEON has a pruning branch. What kind of pruning is it? Is it just like Bitcoin pruning, or is there more to it?
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Aeon minimum mixin

Aeon does not have a mandatory minimum mixin like Monero does. Despite the feature being relatively easy to add, there is no mention of doing so in the current development roadmap. What advantages are there to not enforcing a mandatory mixin for all…
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How can I put my Aeon in Cold Storage?

Has a tutorial been made for putting Aeon in cold storage?
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Tail emission in Aeon

Tail emission in Monero is implemented in cryptonote_basic_impl.cpp, but I don't see it in Aeon's counterpart. Will it be added to Aeon in the future?
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Is Monero the only CryptoNote based coin with a public testnet?

To the best of my knowledge Monero only has two forks, AEON and BipCoin AEON was forked from Monero prior to the introduction of its testnet function although its lead developer plans to change that as part of the AEON roadmap There is not a…
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