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Questions about the details and implementation of various algorithms involved in Monero.
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characteristic of a system, model or function that describes its capability to cope and perform under an increased or expanding workload
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LMDB is an extraordinarily fast, memory-efficient database used by Monero. Its author Howard Chu is now a contributing member of the Monero development team.
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Discussion of the size of the Monero blockchain present and future plus the implications thereof.
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Elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) is an approach to public-key cryptography that allowed smaller keys compared to non-ECC cryptography to provide equivalent levels of security.
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A special transaction where the recipient can only spend the funds after a future date, as set by the sender.
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Questions about Monero wallets that do use a full node and therefore must connect to and rely on a full node provided by someone else and/or located at another location
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Process of translating source code from a high-level programming language to a lower level language. For Monero this usually means taking source code from Github and converting it into a program that …
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Monero uses dynamic block size limit that is automatically adjusted based on usage data from historical blocks within the lookback window.
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Ability to avoid storing unnecessary data about prior transactions. For example one could use pruning to disable storing older transaction signatures on disk once they are verified. Archive nodes coul…
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Protocol discussion regarding Cryptonote or the new Monero protocol after its change to RingCT
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System originally designed for Bitcoin by Blockstream developers to hide the amount of transactions from everyone besides the transaction participants. Confidential Transactions combined with Ring Sig…
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Hardware wallet designed for offline cold storage, transaction signing, private key and password management
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Questions about the tx_extra_field and its possible use cases
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Reference to any attack, real or hypothetical of the Monero network, services or users
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questions about hardware wallets either offering or developing support for Monero
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Those who perform work (defined the the CryptoNight PoW algorithm) to secure the Monero network and confirm transaction in exchange for a coinbase reward and transaction fees
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Questions about encryption as used by Monero, related services and their users.
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The process of comparing the hash value of downloaded Monero related software to a previously calculated value (often GPG signed by a developer) in order to verify that it is authentic and has not bee…
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Questions about sweeping transaction outputs including `sweep_all` and `sweep_single`.
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Questions about members and activities of the Monero community (users, merchants, unofficial marketers, etc) that act independently of the Monero core-development-team
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