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SIGAINT and Monero Tor node

What is SIGAINT and why are they running a Monero node on Tor? Has SIGAINT made a statement explaining their rationale?
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List of common Monero terms and definitions

Monero utilizes many of the same concepts as Bitcoin but has a code-base that looks vastly different. CryptoNote and Monero introduces a lot of new terms that may not be familiar to all Bitcoin users Is there a comprehensive list of most common…
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Is there a minimum and maximum mixin size?

Assuming at least some users do not care about privacy, why is there a need for a minimum mixin size? Is there a maximum mixin size? If my goal is to maximize privacy are there any reasons why I would not want to choose the maximum mixin allowable…
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Why is it faster to synchronize from the network than to import from a raw data file?

I've read some places that its faster to synchronize from the network than to download and then import a raw blockchain file. Why is it faster to synchronize from the network?
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How can monero remain private in a soon to be virtual reality world?

2016 is said to be the year of virtual and augmented reality as these technologies come to market. As these technologies are stuffed with a lot of sensors, how do you see a way for us to make payments to, for example, Pokemon Go (trading fluffymon)…
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What is PayBee and how is it related to Monero?

What is PayBee and how is it related to Monero? Is it being worked on is a private repository? I cannot see much recent activity in GitHub other than forking code from BitPay.
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Monero origins - optimized / crippled miner

I understand that soon after monero was created, some users discovered that it's possible to optimize the miner for multiple orders of magnitude. This led to realization that it was probably the original mining software, inherited from bytecoin,…
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Monero OpenAlias vs Boolberry blockchain aliasing system

How does Monero OpenAlias compare with the Boolberry blockchain aliasing system? Is the main difference that a domain name is needed for Monero and mining an available alias is required for Boolberry? What are the other primary differences?
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Is there a way to search the blockchain by mixin?

Is there a tool that I can use to search the blockchain for transactions sorted by number of mixins? For example if I wanted to find all transactions with exactly 10 mixins how would I do it?
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Is there any message in Monero's genesis block like there is in Bitcoin's?

As the title says, what data was used to seed Monero's genesis block?
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Does Monero use replace-by-fee?

Replace by fee is a proposed mechanism for bitcoin (that has not been adopted) by which 0 confirmation transactions can be "undone" by submitting a transaction with a higher fee. Technically, this isn't part of the consensus protocol, since 0…
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Why does the option "--verify 0" for monero-blockchain-import not work?

When I use the command ./monero-blockchain-import --verify 0 --input-file ./blockchain.raw it says "Failed to parse arguments: unrecognised option '--verify'".
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What is the relevance of the restore height?

Still learning this stuff. But when restoring a wallet from seed, it gives an option for restore height (date). Do/should I set this to just before my first transaction? Or more on point if I set it to a month ago, will it still show correct…
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Looking for a paper describing Monero

I want to learn about Monero in good detail. Unfortunately I am not able to find any good and complete resource which described how this cryptocurrency works. Most of the papers I found are analyzing the anonymity of Monero. On the homepage of…
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What level of cryptographic review has the current Monero protocol received?

What are the backgrounds of the members of the Monero Research Lab? What amount of known peer review have their publications received? Independent of Monero itself, how much Cryptographic review has their been of EdDSA for signatures, and…
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