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What does Shares/Diff number represent on pools found blocks
When the pool I am mining finds a block what does the "Shares/Diff" number represent?
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mnemonic seed order
Suppose I have a 13 word mnemonic seed from Mymonero.com and 13 grandchildren that I would like to eventually inherit my account.
My grandchildren would be given their seed word in advance but not know the order in which the seeds should be used.…
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Can miners choose to accept lower fees?
Currently, transactions cost at least 0.002 XMR per kB.
If a miner includes a transaction with a lower fee, will his block be rejected by the network?
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How does someone become a contributor to Monero code?
I'm not a C++ developer, although I have been trying to learn slowly. Are there any prerequisites or requirements to contribute to the Monero code? Also what resources are good to read before trying to contribute to the code?
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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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Comparison of Curve25519 with secp256k1?
How does the security of Curve25519 compare with secp256k1? Is it known why the creators of CryptoNote may have chosen one curve over the other?
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Why does Monero prevent transactions from being spent without 10 confirmations?
When I receive monero they are unavailable to be spent for 10 blocks because of the CRYPTONOTE_DEFAULT_TX_SPENDABLE_AGE (Required confirmations before newly received Monero can be spent).
Why is this the case?
With other cryptocurrencies the…
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How long do I have to wait for monero-wallet-cli to be synchronized again?
So from time to time I use my monero-wallet-cli together with the monerod.
I start up monerod and wait until its up to date.
Then I start up the monero-wallet-cli but its empty.
Now I have to use the refresh command and wait about 10-20min for all…
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What does the "X" mean in the XMR ticker symbol?
Why was an "X" chosen to be used in the XMR ticker symbol?
"M" and "R" are both contained in the work Monero. What is the meaning of the "X" in the Monero ticker symbol?
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My antivirus (AV) software blocks / quarantines the Monero GUI wallet, is there a work around I can utilize?
I downloaded the Monero GUI wallet. However, my antivirus (AV) software blocks / quarantines the Monero GUI wallet. Is there a work around I can utilize?
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Colored Coins on Monero
As a followup to this question, I'm curious as to whether an OMNI/Mastercoin-like colored coin protocol could be used on top of Monero, in a private manner. Colored coins are fundamentally different from a Counterparty-style system, (which sits on…
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What is the Monerodo Operating System?
What is the Monerodo Operating System (Monerodo OS)? What is its relationship to Monero, and how safe is it?
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How can I be notified of important updates/news to the Monero software?
Monero forks twice a year at roughly predictable times. However, it is easy to forget about it, and you end up forked off if you don't update your software in time. How can I be notified of these forks and other important announcements such as any…
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Why was 0MQ selected to replace the current RPC system?
What are the benefits particularly?
I've heard it's more efficient, is that in terms of bandwidth? I've also heard it will allow for block and I believe transaction notification, which currently must be done by polling.
Are these the only two…
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How to use the sweep_all command with options like ring_size or priority
could you please tell me how to use this exactly? For example I want to sweep_all a wallet with low (in the GUI that would be x.25 I guess) to another address with default parameter
How do I do that inside the…
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