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CryptoNote is an application layer protocol that powers several decentralized privacy oriented digital currencies including Monero

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Does Monero offer an equivalent of Check Lock Time Verify transactions?

Does Monero offer an equivalent of Check Lock Time Verify (CLTV) transactions? If not are there any major CryptoNote or RingCT specific obstacles that would prevent such a feature from being added in the future? CLTV transactions would have many…
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What is known about Nicolas van Saberhagen?

What if anything is conclusively known about Nicolas van Saberhagen? Are there any educated guesses about who this person or group may be (similar to how there are guesses about the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto) based on available clues? For example…
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Which entities are related to Bytecoin and Minergate?

After reading the answer to this question I would like to learn which entities are connected to Bytecoin and or Minergate. Although Bytecoin development has ground to a halt according to GitHub activity, affiliated entities (mostly CryptoNote…
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What is known about the creation and history of the CryptoNote protocol?

What is known about the creation and history of the CryptoNote protocol? Who created Monero and what events led to the Monero community takeover from the original developer?
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Is Dash based on CryptoNote or CoinJoin?

Is Dash based on CryptoNote or CoinJoin? Is there more than one coin with that name? If there are multiple coins, which one used the name first? What is the history between the name usage?
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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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What is the origin of Monero and its relationship to Bytecoin?

I've read many things about the origin of Monero and its relation to Bytecoin and other cryptonote coins. What are the details of Monero's origin? Edited to add: this question / answer is not a duplicate. This is an attempt to narrow down the scope…
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Are there more cryptocurrencies based on the cryptonote protocol? If so what are the main differences?

I read a bit about the history of Monero and how it forked away from bytecoin/bitmonero in 2014. I also remember that there was another currency using the cryptonote protocol called "Boolberry" at that time. Right now cryptonote appears to be a…
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Can Monero stand as a distinct cryptocurrency, or will its features be brought to Bitcoin via sidechains?

Is Monero intended to be a competitor to Bitcoin, or is the intent to develop technology that will improve Bitcoin? Is there any reason why Monero's features wouldn't just be brought to Bitcoin through sidechains? What about Monero's features being…
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Can someone walk me through a simple example to explain how RingCT works?

Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/5irg81/questions_regarding_the_cryptography_behind_ringct/ I just read the RingCT paper, and there are a couple things that could use some clearing up for me. What is the m (message?) value that is…
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CryptoNote features in other cryptocurrencies

How many CryptoNote based currencies exist today? Have ring signatures appeared in any cryptocurrencies that are not based on CryptoNote? How many CryptoNote coins are not using a CryptoNight based PoW?
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How do key images really work?

I have the following questions regarding the equation I=xHp(P): What is the hash function Hp? How can we know that Hp(P) is a point on the Ed25519 curve? Or is it not? Is the value I published with the transaction? How can an external person verify…
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Can any CryptoNote coins be merge mined?

Do any CryptoNote coins support merged mining? If so which coins can be merged mined about how would merge mining affect my hashrate?
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Looking for a paper describing Monero

I want to learn about Monero in good detail. Unfortunately I am not able to find any good and complete resource which described how this cryptocurrency works. Most of the papers I found are analyzing the anonymity of Monero. On the homepage of…
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