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Spam attack to gain control of many outputs and undermine privacy
Would it be possible for an attacker to send many transactions to himself with the goal of gaining control of many outputs for the purposes of deanonymizing transactions of others (using low mixins with most outputs sometimes controlled by the…
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How does the Coin Selection work in Monero?
I'm interested in improving Coin Selection for Bitcoin, and I saw that the wallet implementation has significantly changed in Monero compared to Bitcoin. I was wondering whether the Coin Selection algorithm has also been changed.
When creating a…
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Node and mining in ARM device
I have an "almost always idle" ARM home server (not a rPi, more powerful) and I was thinking running a monero node in it, plus maybe have it mine if possible/profitable.
For the node part, is the monero code compatible with ARM devices? Has anyone…
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How do the Monero nodes find each other?
Given that there is no point of centralization, where a node can ask 'who are my peers?', how does discovery work?
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How do I generate a Ledger Monero wallet with the GUI (monero-wallet-gui)?
According to the release notes GUI v0.12.3.0 includes Ledger support. How do I generate a Ledger Monero wallet with the GUI (monero-wallet-gui)?
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Counterparty On Monero
Counterparty is a cryptocurrency that sits in a layer 'on top of' Bitcoin. Unlike colored coins, which map identities to units of Bitcoin, Counterparty tokens aren't attached to any units of Bitcoin at all. Instead, they exist only in the OP_RETURN,…
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What is known about the creation and history of the CryptoNote protocol?
What is known about the creation and history of the CryptoNote protocol?
Who created Monero and what events led to the Monero community takeover from the original developer?
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How do I generate a Ledger Monero wallet with the CLI (monero-wallet-cli)?
According to the release notes v0.12.2.0 includes Ledger support. How do I generate a Ledger Monero wallet with the CLI (monero-wallet-cli)?
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Does Aeon have a development roadmap?
Monero has a clearly defined development roadmap. Does Aeon have something similar?
Monero has made many improvements since Aeon was forked from it. Which Monero improvements will Aeon rebase against and how will Aeon remain unique?
What part of the…
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How do I move the blockchain (data.mdb) to a different directory during (or after) the initial sync without losing the progress?
I am currently performing the initial sync to the default directory, but my drive is nearly full. How do I move (and subsequently sync) the blockchain to another drive without losing the progress?
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My blockchain is stuck, how do I "unstuck" it?
During the last few weeks a common, reoccurring, question seems to be how to get one's blockchain "unstuck". This guide will, hopefully, provide some assistance in doing so.
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What happened at block 202612?
Why was this block hardcoded in the source-code?
What happened with the Monero blockchain in the block 202612?
user20
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How can I check the balance of a Monero paper wallet?
If I securely generate a paper wallet address and mnemonic seed, for example using www.moneroaddress.org, and I send a bunch of funds to this paper wallet, how can I check the balance to ensure everything arrived safely? For example, Bitcoin has a…
user4
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How many transactions per second can the Monero network handle?
How many transactions per second can the Monero network (theoretically) handle?
Did recent LMDB optimizations improve the speed that CPUs can confirm transactions?
Is the current limiting factor CPU confirmation time, bandwidth of Monero nodes or…
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Can I manually check consistency of Pedersen Commitments in RingCT?
Even though I fully trust the math behind RingCT and I know no moneroj can be created out of thin air, sometimes I'd like to see for myself the consistency of the Pedersen Commitment before/after any given transaction (ie. they sum up to the same…
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