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What is the concept of Refund Transactions from the MRL?

I am searching for more information on the concept of refund transactions. I found that the MRL is working on a paper on the topic (source). Would this be something that will be used in channel ...
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How to compute ringct multisignature key images? (Disambiguation of MRL005)

I'm looking at the multisignature scheme provided by MRL005 Section 4.4, and some things are unclear to me. I've attached a picture below of the expression for which I'm seeking some clarification. ...
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What is the size of the set of spent key images in Monero?

For research purposes, I want to know the following: What is the exact size of the set of already spent key images and how it can be checked? Do we need to download the Monero blockchain to get the ...
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An academic "hello world" on Monero

I'm a graduate student looking to improve my skills in real-world applications of cryptography and online anonymity. Reviewing all of the new blockchain and alt-coin variants, I believe that Monero is ...
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How to know when I get paid from mining Monero

I just started to mining Monero, using Claymore v3.8. Via CPU. With my very weak knowledge of mining, I just want to see a "payment" so can be sure that I am not mining for nothing. I am using ...
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Daemon thinks it's connected but keeps saying "there were 0 blocks in the last 90 minutes..."

Alright, so I had been using the monero gui wallet for a couple weeks by running my own local node and everything was fine. Then one time when I opened the wallet for some reason it wouldn't connect ...
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How Monero transactions related with mixins

Can anyone explain me is there a relationship between transaction outputs with the number of mixins using in the transaction? I meant If someone sends 12XMR to someone else with 5-mixins how many ...
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Does Aeon have a web wallet?

Does Aeon have a web wallet, similar to MyMonero?
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Explore Monero Blockchain in Ubuntu

Can someone tell me step by step approach to explore Monero Blockchain in Ubuntu? From the beginning. Is there any way explore it with the terminal to see inside each block? Like what is the index of ...
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I tried to use aeon . But my first transaction to wallet is in the blockchain but not in my balance

How to solve when my balance remains at zero after a transaction present in the block chain? The options available are : address Show current wallet public address balance ...
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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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How does Ring Confidential Transactions work?

Can someone explain to me how RingCT works and how the recipient gets the actual amount from the encrypted amount in a RingCT transaction?
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Are Cryptonight lite and Cryptonight lite v1 the same?

Are Cryptonight lite and Cryptonight lite v1 the same?
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Get Transactions from payment ID

I know how to generate payment id and how payment id works. But how can i get all transactions for a payment id from monero wallet CLI. Is there a way to do that? And command for that will be greatly ...
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Do I need to redownload the Aeon blockchain for the rebased software?

I have a legacy v0.9.14.0 aeond running, fully synchronized. When I install the rebased software, will I need to redownload the Aeon blockchain from scratch, or can I convert the existing blockchain ...
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Verifying an AEON transaction sent to cold storage

How can I verify the receipt of AEON sent to cold storage? Does AEON have a view key tool similar to this XMR check transaction tool or this Signed Outputs Public Keys Checker described in this ...
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How the sender recover the transactions that he spent?

In order to compute the balance of his own wallet, (I assume that) a client needs to retrieve: 1- The transaction that he is the receiver.(By scanning the whole block-chain and compare with his own ...
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What’s the difference between sharding and pruning?

In the context of blockchain size manageability, I have seen both the terms sharding and pruning mentioned. Sharding mostly for Monero, and pruning mostly for Aeon. What is the exact difference ...
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How to solo-mine Aeon?

Suppose one has the Aeon software built and installed, how does one then initiate solo-mining Aeon using the CPU?
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Will Monero suffer the transaction fee problem like Bitcoin?

Currently, BTC has a problem with small transfers, i.e sending £1 will cost £4 which is just ridiculous. Will XMR ever have the same problem? I know LTC have sloved this issue and Bitcoin cash has ...
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Tail emission in Aeon

Tail emission in Monero is implemented in cryptonote_basic_impl.cpp, but I don't see it in Aeon's counterpart. Will it be added to Aeon in the future?
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Help-Sent Monero From Changelly and did not received funds

I am a total Tech NOOB. I set up the Monero GUI wallet yesterday and moved BTC to Changelly to convert to XMR. Changelly shows the transaction record but something went wrong did not get the funds in ...
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AEON Blockchain sync problem

Well it's no monero question but I think it might still belong into this section. I try to sync with the blockchain for the first time using the aeond.exe from release AEON-0.9.13.0-WIN64. It starts ...
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How to install CryptoNote-Lite pool mining software on macOS?

I want to pool mine Aeon with a CPU on macOS. How do install a CryptoNote-Lite miner? Preferably using open-source where I can compile myself (procedure needed).
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Does the --hide-my-port option reduce traffic?

While trying to maintain a local full Monero or Aeon node with limited bandwith available, does the --hide-my-port option reduce traffic (even if no port forwarding is enabled at the router)?
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What is StringCT?

I saw some recent comments about RuffCT/StringCT, which is a supposed improvement to RingCT. What is RuffCT/StringCT, and how is it different than RingCT? What improvements (if any) will this bring to ...
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Why is AEON wallet not working on Bittrex?

Withdrawals and deposits for AEON are disabled on Bittrex, while trading works. Is there actual maintenance going on? Are developers in contact with Bittrex? When do you expect this problem to be ...
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installing Aeon on Ubuntu

I'm trying to install Aeon on ubuntu following this post. everything is fine until I try to use the "make" command. Then I keep getting an error for which I have no idea how to fix it: mkdir -p ...
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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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Mining aeon but the balance is still zero

I want to solo-mine Aeon, so I downloaded AEON-0.9.12.0-WIN64.ZIP from https://github.com/aeonix/aeon/releases, registered my wallet using the simplewallet, and synced the blockchain in the Aeon ...
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Trouble compiling aeon node on ubuntu 16.10

I have a question, following the instructions on here: How do I install Aeon on Ubuntu? I cannot get the node to compile on ubuntu 16.10. Here is what shows in the terminal: make mkdir -p build/...
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How can I put my Aeon in Cold Storage?

Has a tutorial been made for putting Aeon in cold storage?
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RingCT code usage in other projects

Aside from AEON are there any other coins that have made efforts to integrate RingCT? Are there any reports of RingCT interest for privacy use cases other than currency (smart contracts, etc) outside ...
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aeond connection problems

When starting the current version of aeond (aeon v0.9.12.0) I get tbe following message: Starting... aeon v0.9.12.0() Module folder: ./aeond Initializing p2p server... Binding on 0.0.0.0:11180 ERROR /...
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I need a manual how to mine aeon with daemon

Where can I find a manual or a guide that explains how to mine aeon with the daemon? What alternatives are there to mine aeon?
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Missing Monero Funds

I made a transaction on ShapeShift. The transaction was successful but I never received my funds in my wallet. I’ve already talked with ShapeShift customer and they said the best thing to do is to ask ...
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ELI5 how to install AEON on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

After the downloading the tar.gz file from GitHub to my default downloads folder what do I do next? The readme below seems to provide general instructions for compiling from master but is not specific ...
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SHA256 hashes for newest AEON release

Where can I find the SHA256 hashes for AEON v.0.9.11? Preferably I would like to see the hashes GPG signed by an AEON developer and is the norm for Monero releases
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Does AEON offer a sweep transaction feature?

I found these sweep transaction instructions for Monero but cannot find anything similar for AEON. Does a similar feature exist? If not what is the AEON strategy for dealing with lots of dust ...
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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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Is Monero the only CryptoNote based coin with a public testnet?

To the best of my knowledge Monero only has two forks, AEON and BipCoin AEON was forked from Monero prior to the introduction of its testnet function although its lead developer plans to change that ...
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Monero Applications Development

I'm a software engineer (Mobile/Native) with interest in cryptocurrency. I would be interested in taking pet projects for monero, but, i've read recently that the jaxx guys halted the monero's ...
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Where can I find the AEON pruning branch?

Very recently smooth_xmr said: You might try the experimental pruning branch, which has been updated to 0.9.7.1 (I don't have the link for the instructions, maybe someone else knows it?) The ...
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MRL RingCT research in the Ledger Journal

I understand that Ledger: is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes full-length original research articles on the subjects of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, as well as any ...
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Can you send Monero from an exchange to an exchange directly?

Can we send Monero from an exchange to an exchange directly? Lets say from Bittrex to Poloniex, or do we need an actual wallet and send from an exchange to a wallet first and then from wallet to a new ...
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How do I install Aeon on Ubuntu?

I have a virtual machine with Ubuntu MATE installed. How do I install an Aeon node on this?
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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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Monero Research Lab - Talent Acquisition. Whom would/do they want?

The MRL, to my knowledge, is made up of four anonymous/pseudonymous academics, who primarily specialize in mathematics (mathematical sciences and algebraic geometry). Are there other specialties that ...
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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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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?