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Is there any way of changing the password of an existing wallet?
Let's assume that my wallet's password was compromised. Is there any way of changing the password or do i have to create a new wallet and transfer all the funds there?
Parsifal
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Blockchain size on hard drive?
What is the current blockchain size in gigabytes and is there a service that regularly reports this statistic?
Adriaan Joubert
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Security concerns with OpenAlias
As I understand it if someone is able to hack my DNS server and edit my TXT DNS record on a FQDN (fully qualified domain name) they could alter the Monero address that the associated with my OpenAlias and redirect future payments to an address…
Julio
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What will the Monero Research Lab be working on in the future, after RingCT has released?
Will they be looking more into quantum proofing the Monero protocol or Cuckoo Cycle testing etc?
thavu
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Creating a Monero wallet with D20 dice
I have 20 sided dice which I would like to use to create a secure Monero paper wallet.
What procedure can I use to use the dice to create a valid mnemonic
seed?
Is there any advantage of creating a 25 word seed instead of a 13
word seed?
Big A
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What is to stop mymonero.com from taking everyone's money?
I'm concerned about storing my funds on this website. How can I know they are safe?
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Could Monero help me to implement a safe election for a small group of students?
The problem
I am in charge of implementing a secure, secret election for a small group of students on my school. I have a list linking valid student IDs to emails, and I want each one of them to vote in a candidate that will ultimately be elected.…
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What do Monero addresses have in common?
Monero addresses are very long and are supposed to be random, but I have noticed that all of them start with the number 4. Are there any other similarities shared by all Monero addresses?
sgp
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Performance comparison of Wolf's open source compared with Claymore's closed source miner
I have an AMD R9 390 graphics card. What is the expected hash rate difference between:
Wolf's open source GPU miner
https://github.com/wolf9466/wolf-xmr-miner/releases
Claymore's closed source…
Imagin Ation
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How do I utilize blockchain pruning in the GUI (monero-wallet-gui)?
According to the release notes GUI v0.14.1.0 includes blockchain pruning. How do I utilize this feature with the GUI (monero-wallet-gui)?
dEBRUYNE
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Do I need to sync the entire blockchain before I can send a transaction?
I have a cold storage wallet that I have only used to receive payments.
After recovering my wallet with my mnemonic seed, do I need to synchronize the entire blockchain before I can send a transaction?
If I know the block-height when I received my…
tryinghard
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How did Monero Research Lab members learn about Monero?
Did the original Monero core team reach out to cryptographers in order to seek review of the original CryptoNote whitepaper? Or did the mathematicians hear about CryptoNote from some other means and become interested in Monero as a result?
opensourceprivacy
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What is the reason for using the smoothly decreasing block reward?
What is the reason for using the smoothly decreasing block reward instead of a periodic "halving" like Bitcoin?
What impact does a smoothly decreasing reward have other than avoiding sudden dramatic changes to the Monero earned by miners?
opensourceprivacy
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Mining Monero with Pencil and Paper
People have successfully performed SHA-256 hashing with pencil and paper
If I wanted to perform the CryptoNight PoW by hand how would I do so?
Are there any PoW instructions that a human with a pencil, paper and enough patience could follow? What…
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Are there any Monero specific programming language "libraries" available?
I understand that simplewallet has a raw JSON RPC interface available, but are there any specific "helper" libraries available for a relatively modern programming language(PHP, Python, Java, JavaScript, Ruby)?
choffman
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