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What is OpenAlias and what is its relation to Monero?
What is OpenAlias and what is its relation to Monero and its core development team?
How does OpenAlias compare with other aliasing systems?
Which other open source projects have implemented the OpenAlias system?
Is there a way to use OpenAlias with…
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Monero inception - how did bitmonero become monero?
I understand that bitmonero was one of the first CryptoNote coins, and at its inception had a different developer team, mainly thankful_for_today.
Then, "the community took over" because of some disagreement and it became monero. But what does this…
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Why is Monero address reuse not discouraged?
Many Bitcoin users have been taught never to reuse addresses. Why is address reuse less important for Monero?
Strictly from a privacy perspective what are the advantages and disadvantages of creating a new Monero address for each payment request?
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How is the Monero network hashrate calculated and how is it different than bitcoin?
I've read somewhere that the Monero network hashrate is only an estimation based on the current network difficulty. Is this different than the conventional (bitcoin-like) network hashrate measurements, and if so, why?
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How secure is CryptoNight?
Has any research been done on CryptoNight? How secure is it, in terms of having a flaw that would allow PoWs to be produced free or cheaply, independent of difficulty?
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Are there any technical reasons why Monero Classic could not exist?
Assuming there were some people who did not like the Monero change from one to two minute blocks.
Are there any technical reasons they could have not just continued to mine on the old chain (with 1 minute blocks), call it Monero classic (XMC) and…
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How can I use monero-blockchain-blackball to improve my privacy?
Monero version 0.12.0.0 shipped with a new executable file called monero-blockchain-blackball. What is the purpose of this new program, and how can it be used properly?
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Is there an online block explorer that supports view keys?
Is there a block explorer that allows you to upload a view key and view the transactions associated with it? If the view key is public (such as a donation address's view key), there is no security risk involved with uploading it to that service. You…
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Why limit the CRC by a modulo of 24 rather than 1626?
When looking through Monero's source code I was intrigued by the choice of the Mnemonic's 25th word which is defined as follow:
words += (' ' + words_store[create_checksum_index(words_store, language->get_unique_prefix_length())]);
Which…
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How do I build Monero for Windows from source?
Are there detailed build instructions for building Monero for Windows?
Does the version of Windows we are building for (7,8, 10) (x86 vs x64) require different dependencies?
edit: Can we compile Windows binaries in Linux? Or must we compile Monero…
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Are atomic swaps possible between Monero and other altcoins or Bitcoin?
Are atomic swaps possible between Monero and Bitcoin / altcoins? What features are needed to make this work?
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How does one compare Monero's hashrate with the hash generating power of the world's supercomputers?
Now I know that it is not a genuine 1:1 comparison but this was often a comparison used for fun to try and comprehend just how much computing power the Bitcoin network was comparatively generating.
If the worlds top 100 supercomputers were suddenly…
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How do I move the Monero blockchain files safely?
I am using the latest version of the monero GUI on Windows.
The problem is that I do not have enough space on my main drive to download the full blockchain for synchronisation of my wallet.
I want to move the blockchain files from the lmdb folder on…
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What are "white" and "gray" in the peer list?
When I use the "print_pl" command in simplewallet to see the peer list, the first attribute of each line is either "white" or "gray". What is the meaning of it?
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Will integrated addresses ultimately replace payment IDs?
Is there a plan to remove the option to generate a payment ID not using the form of an integrated address?
If not, what are the advantages of allowing a payment ID separate from the receiving address?
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