Questions tagged [transaction-data]

Discussion of any data included in a Monero transaction

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How much larger are Monero transactions compared to the average Bitcoin transaction?

We know that because of the way Monero's privacy works, transactions are larger than a Bitcoin one, but how much larger on average are they compared to Bitcoin transactions? How will this affect the growth of the blockchain into the future?…
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Understanding the structure of a Monero transaction

So I am trying to understand how Monero works under the hood, and I was looking at the transaction below. (If you would like to see it in your own daemon, switch to testnet and just type print_tx…
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How much information is passed from the daemon to simplewallet when scanning for a wallet's transactions?

When simplewallet is connected to a local daemon, the data throughput is mostly irrelevant because communication is done completely locally. But I am curious about how much data/information is transferred between a remote node and simplewallet? For…
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Can I manually check consistency of Pedersen Commitments in RingCT?

Even though I fully trust the math behind RingCT and I know no moneroj can be created out of thin air, sometimes I'd like to see for myself the consistency of the Pedersen Commitment before/after any given transaction (ie. they sum up to the same…
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What does Monero's scaling roadmap look like

I know Monero is dynamically scalable, but everyone knows that simply increasing blocksize does not make a blockchain scale. Nodes will still need to download the entire blockchain to function. The more transactions happen, the faster this will…
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Creating and Splitting Transactions

I left a node mining the testnet for a few days and got a bunch of coinbase transactions (close to 1200). I tried doing sweep_all [my address] but that failed: Error: payment id has invalid format, expected 16 of 64 character hex string: [my…
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In ringct, how are the range proofs kept separate from the pedersen commitments in a transaction?

Are the range proofs and pedersen commitments part of a transaction? Or are they not kept in a transaction at all?
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Can Monero transactions contain scripts?

Does Monero contain a scripting system for transactions like Bitcoin does? If so, what OPs does it have and where is it defined? Is it the same script as in Bitcoin or different?
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How does Monero's transaction fees change according to price?

I understand that Monero uses high xmr/KB fees in order to prevent blockchain bloat, like what happened in the '2014 hack'. If I understand correctly though, Monero will decrease the transaction fees if the price in fiat goes up; as to pose the same…
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Is it possible to embed message for recipient in transaction?

I would like to embed human-readable short text message to outgoing transaction such that only the receiver can read it. May be reasonably short. Something similar like in wire transfer when sending money form one bank to another you can add "note"…
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Is it possible to create a lighter wallet than simplewallet without giving up a view key?

In the question How much information is passed from the daemon to simplewallet when scanning for a wallet's transactions?, it was clarified that simplewallet receives the entirety of every block from the connected daemon in order to maintain the…
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Size requirements for different "pieces" of a Monero transaction

What are the different pieces of a transaction that take up precious bytes on the blockchain (range proof, MLSAG, inputs, outputs, ECDH, keys, TX extra, other)? How much space do they take up (in bytes or kb)? Which items' sizes may change in…
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Can a new platform / cryptocurrency be built on top of Monero?

Can we build a new platform / cryptocurrency on top of Monero like Counterparty / Factom is built on top of Bitcoin?
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How do I merge wallet data from multiple wallets that control the same address?

Consider a scenario with the following facts: I have a Monero node at my home. It contains a wallet, but I generally don't use that wallet. I have a desktop computer where I have a wallet that I restored from the same seed as the wallet on my…
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What is the TX key?

What is the TX key? I know it is related to $r$ from the whitepaper, but I'm not sure which number it is. (I'm thinking it is either r, rA, or H(rA)).
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