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What are the system requirements for an Aeon full node?
Recently I was trying to install an Aeon node on a VPS, but people said it hasn't yet implemented LMDB, so it needs a great deal of RAM to properly work, so my 2GB RAM VPS wouldn't be enough. How much ...
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Is it possible to have a full Monero node, a Monero testnet node, and an Aeon node all on the same VPS?
I recently came across a great VPS deal (2 cores, 2GB RAM, 100GB SSD) and was wondering if its possible to install all three nodes on the same server? I don't know a lot about networking though. Will ...
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Has RingCT been reviewed by the other Monero Research Lab members?
Shen Noether has created RingCT and I trust that he has done so in a safe and correct manner, but it never hurts to have more eyes on the crypto. RingCT is currently in testnet and being rigorously ...
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How will the development and experimental nature of Aeon improve the Monero protocol in the future? [duplicate]
It is well known Aeon is like the baby brother of Monero and will be used as a playground for experimentation, but what kind of things will be played around with?
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What will the Monero Research Lab be working on in the future, after RingCT has released?
Will they be looking more into quantum proofing the Monero protocol or Cuckoo Cycle testing etc?
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Where to find a computation example of the monero traceable ring signature mechanism in a small finite field?
In the following coindesk article, The math behind bitcoin, you can find a beautiful example of the ECDSA keypair generation, signature and signature verification algorithms in use in bitcoin. They ...
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What privacy issues did Monero have and still has?
Has there been any scientific research regarding the promised privacy and security of Monero?
Have there been attacks on the Monero network in the past? If so, what has been done to combat those?
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What kind of pruning techniques does AEON use?
AEON has a pruning branch. What kind of pruning is it? Is it just like Bitcoin pruning, or is there more to it?
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What is the AEON currency?
Aeon seems to be related to Monero, and is a cryptonote currency.
What exactly is Aeon?
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How will the world learn of Monero? [closed]
I do my part in sharing the Monero technology with those I know, of whom I think may be interested.
However, when I was introduced to Monero a few months ago, I found quite a bit of misinformation ...
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Formal Verification of Monero code
This answer mentions a plan to eventually formally verify Monero code. Which approach will be used for that verification process? The cited wikipedia page mentions model checking, deductive ...
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What is the difference between CryptoNote and CryptoNight?
I saw some mining software labelled as CryptoNight miners and they have XMR (Monero) in their list. Many other CryptoNote mining software also has XMR in their list. What is the case? And while adding ...
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Is it possible to trace an output in the Monero blockchain?
In MRL-0004, it's said:
Bob wishes to send 0.75 XMR to Alice, and will pay 0.01 XMR in fees. The Monero
that Alice receives, 0.75 XMR, will be delivered as two new unspent transaction
outputs ...
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Should I worry about dust in my wallet?
MRL-0004 talks about how if I get sent a weird amount of XMR like 103.32111111, I'll have a weird output of .00111111 in my wallet, and assuming there will be no other outputs of the same amount in ...
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Aeon minimum mixin
Aeon does not have a mandatory minimum mixin like Monero does. Despite the feature being relatively easy to add, there is no mention of doing so in the current development roadmap.
What advantages ...
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How did Monero Research Lab members learn about Monero?
Did the original Monero core team reach out to cryptographers in order to seek review of the original CryptoNote whitepaper? Or did the mathematicians hear about CryptoNote from some other means and ...
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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 ...
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Research on difficulty algorithm
A new difficulty algorithm is said to be researched in https://getmonero.org/design-goals/, with a new MRL paper underway.
I see nothing new on https://github.com/monero-project/research-lab/ about ...
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Does Mimblewimble have any relevance to new pruning ideas for Monero?
This Mimblewimble paper was introduced last month by Tom Elvis Jedusor.
It appears that the system will not work with Bitcoin (on chain)
The first thing we need to do is remove Bitcoin Script. ...
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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
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Is there any exchange that offers a Monero/Aeon trading pair?
Aeon is the cleanest fork of Monero and shares a developer and some community members. Are there any exchanges where Monero can be traded for Aeon directly without the need to use Bitcoin as an ...
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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 ...
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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?
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CryptoNight-Lite PoW modifications in Aeon
What PoW modifications are contained in CryptoNight-Lite as implemented by Aeon? How much faster is blockchain synchronization because of these modifications compared to standard CryptoNight?
What ...
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Hashrate correlation by time of day
Looking at historical Monero hash rate data it appears as if the hashrate is often the highest near 0:00 GMT and lowest near 12:00 GMT
What credible explanations are there for this pattern? What ...
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Does the CONOP definition exclude pruning branches from its node definition?
Paul Sztorc in his post Measuring Decentralization defined CONOP as
For this section, the cost of the option to create a full node will be referred to as the “cost of node-option” or “CONOP”.
The ...
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How does ringct interact with multisig?
When the ringct branch is finished, will it make m-of-n multisig easier or harder to implement?
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