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Exchanges that support integrated addresses

Do any exchanges support Monero integrated addresses? For those that do not yet support them, have they shared the reason why?
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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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What is the technical definition of "dust" that is allowed to be sent with a mixin of 0?

What is the technical definition of "dust" that is allowed to be sent with a mixin of 0? Is there any way I can avoid or reduce dust creation?
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What cryptographic assumptions is Monero based on?

Most crypto systems security are based on assumptions that certain problems are difficult, or some mathematical conjecture is true. The only counterexamples I can think of are the one time pad and shamirs secret sharing scheme (which coincidentally…
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Origination of Monero terms and phrases

I understand that some Monero terms originate from Esperanto. What is the Monero specific meaning and origination of the following non Esperanto words and phrases? Is it true? Soon Don't buy Monero Darkflarb Going full Pegasus Please add…
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Could I use a Raspberry Pi to mine Monero?

I have a Pi sitting around on my desk that I have never used. Could I use this to mine some Monero? I don’t pay for my electricity, so there is no cost for me.
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Daemon shuts down on startup ("MDB_BAD_TXN: Transaction must abort, has a child, or is invalid" error)

The daemon worked until a few days ago. Now when I start it up it shuts down with this message: 2017-11-27 21:25:56.989 3056 INFO logging contrib/epee/src/mlog.cpp:148 New log categories:…
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Are Confidential Transactions in Monero perfectly binding or hiding?

Bitcoin contributor Pieter Wuille recently commented on Reddit: Bulletproofs and the Pedersen commitments they operate on are perfectly hiding, but not perfectly binding. This roughly means that if they're adopted inside Bitcoin, and elliptic…
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Why does Monero use proof of work?

Why does Monero use proof of work instead of something that saves electricity like proof of stake? Have there been any serious to abandon PoW for PoS at some point similar to the plan of Ethereum developers such as Vitalik Buterin?
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How do I figure out what nodes I'm connected to and who is sending what to who?

When I type print_cn into the daemon, I see a lot of OUT and IN entries. Does OUT mean that I am sending information OUT to that peer, or is that peer sending information to me? Or is it a two-way connection? If I see an IN connection, is that…
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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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What is XMRdotTwo?

I heard something about XMRdotTwo (or maybe XMRdotTo?). Can someone explain to me what this is? I heard that you can use it to pay Bitcoin addresses with Monero.
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Will the RingCT fork make it harder for other CryptoNote coins to merge improvements made to Monero?

Monero has already made substantial changes to its codebase. Will the RingCT fork make it harder for other CryptoNote coins to merge improvements made to Monero? Does every major fork make it more difficult for downstream Monero forks (like Aeon) to…
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Are criticisms of Monero's blockchain bloat substantiated?

One of the more seemingly legitimate criticisms of Monero is that the blockchain is susceptible to bloat due to its ring signatures. Are these criticisms valid, or do other coins have similar problems?
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What are specific security threats to a Monero GUI?

As the release of the official Monero GUI approaches, I would like to ask the best ways to secure our systems against possible theft. Apart from keyloggers catching your mnemonic seed or password, I am currently unaware of any other attack vectors…
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