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How many different developers have made contributions to Monero source code?
How many different developers have made commits to Monero source code?
How does this level of developer contribution compare to other cryptocurrencies of a similar marketcap?
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If I saved my view key and spend key can I recover my wallet if my mnemonic seed is lost?
I accidentally deleted by my wallet file and mnemonic seed. Can I recover my wallet with my view key and spend key? If yes, then how do I do so?
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Which type of hardware is the most efficient for mining Monero?
I'm not looking for any specific product recommendation, but I'm just curious in terms of type of hardware which has been proven as the most efficient in terms of mining Monero.
Is it GPU, CPU, ASIC, or is there anything else?
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What is an integrated address?
Some exchanges use integrated addresses, but what are they, and what are they useful for? Should they be used over regular addresses?
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Monero or Bitmonero?
If Monero is official name of this project, why is the name bitmonero still commonly used?
Even the daemon is named bitmonerod. Are both names Monero or Bitmonero considered correct?
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How was the Monero emission curve chosen?
The Monero block reward = (M - A) * 2-20 * 10-12, where A = current circulation.
Approximately 86% of pre-tail Monero will be mined within 4 years of its launch. What was the stated rational of the original developer(s) for selecting this…
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For newcomers to the Monero community, what can we do to help the project?
There are a lot of newcomers into the Monero community and I am sure many are interested in helping out where they can.
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What is RingCT and how does it compare to Confidential Transactions?
What is RingCT and how does the addition of Ring Signatures enhance the privacy properties of RingCT compared to Confidential Transactions as designed by Greg Maxwell?
https://people.xiph.org/~greg/confidential_values.txt
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Why are rich lists impossible to create for Monero?
What technical challenges prevent the creation of Monero rich lists?
Without a rich list or transparent blockchain how can a business or charity publish proof of XMR reserves?
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ELI5: How does RingCT work?
Can someone explain simply how RingCT can make sure that a user has the specified amounts without seeing it? My mind starts to pause as soon as i see formulas on a whitepaper.
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I am missing (not seeing) a transaction to (in) the GUI (zero balance)
I withdrew from Kraken / Poloniex / Bitfinex / Poloniex / any other exchange or service (e.g. Shapeshift) and I am not seeing the transaction in the GUI. How do I resolve this issue?
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How do I use cold transaction signing?
Cold transaction signing was recently merged into master. How would one go about using it?
For those who don't know, this feature allows you to:
Create and export an unsigned transaction on an online machine, with a watch-only wallet.
Sign and…
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Understanding the structure of a Monero transaction
So I am trying to understand how Monero works under the hood, and I was looking at the transaction below. (If you would like to see it in your own daemon, switch to testnet and just type print_tx…
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Does Monero offer an equivalent of Check Lock Time Verify transactions?
Does Monero offer an equivalent of Check Lock Time Verify (CLTV) transactions? If not are there any major CryptoNote or RingCT specific obstacles that would prevent such a feature from being added in the future?
CLTV transactions would have many…
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Approximate cost of developing Cryptonight ASICs
I have already seen reasons why Cryptonight is more resistant to ASICs as compared to SHA256 for example:
Cryptonight takes advantage of the AES-NI instruction set available on most modern machines
Cryptonight limits parallelizing hashes due to…
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