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What exactly has been changed in PoW algorithms in the v7 fork?

I have read the official announcement about the current PoW change and also seen the discussion on GitHub but this is very long and very technical. Could someone summarise what exactly has been changed in comparison to the original CryptoNight…
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Why does Monero use a 256 bit seed?

Apparently, ECC 256 bit keys have a bit strength of 128 bits. See https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/26791/how-many-bits-of-entropy-does-an-elliptic-curve-key-of-length-n-provide And apparently, no one needs more than 128 bits of entropy…
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Transaction structure: Question about ecdhInfo

This question by kenshi84 shows how the pseudoOuts and outPk fields can be validated by anyone (without knowing any of the private keys involved), by checking that sumIn === sumOut: > var H =…
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Is there a minimum effective mixin?

I understand that as of the last hard fork, the minimum mixin has been changed from 0 to 2. However, is this an effective baseline? Or is there a higher selection that users can or should choose that would ideally guarantee a private transaction?
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ELI5 why Monero blacklists are impossible

If an exchange is given a court order generated by an uneducated prosecutor to blacklist deposits from a Monero certain address, what is the simplest way to inform the prosecutor of the impossibility of that request?
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How to achieve uniform hash rate

I am trying to learn about mining and am using xmr-stak-cpu on Ubuntu 17.10 to mine with an AMD a10 6800k processor. I haven't seen a single time my miner reporting 100H/s but the stats of my miner on the pool say I have been at that rate for some…
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Largest ring size ever used in a Monero transacation

What is the largest ring size ever used in a Monero transaction? What was the size of that transaction in kB? Please share the transaction ID if available
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Can a remote node know my wallet address?

When I connect my wallet to a remote node, does it know my wallet address? What information about a connecting wallet is revealed to the remote node?
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How do I check if monerod is up to date

Is there a way to tell if a node I am running is "current" along with the rest of the network? For example, if I am checking transactions against my node, how do I first ensure that my node's copy of the blockchain is the most current and up to…
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How to Generate a Blob for PoW Hashing

The Cryptonight PoW hash function (cns008) expects an input (a blob on which to mine a new block). I know that a mining blob can easily be obtained via the monerod daemon's JSON-RPC interface by calling getblocktemplate. However, for a mining pool…
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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 Monero GUI for wallet. Pool:…
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How is Emmy Noether related to Monero?

I was wondering the reason the researchers from the monero lab chose to recognize her out of all mathematicians. (Im guessin it has something to do with her ring theories)
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Is Monero in I2P secure now, and how do I do it?

First I'd like to say I love this project and I wanna support it and use it as best I can, but I'm a little bad with computers, and with English, so please excuse me. I am interested to set a Monero full node through the I2P network, like I saw some…
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How do I, as a sender, verify that my transaction actually arrived?

I sent some XMR to a service / exchange / friend. How do I verify that my transaction actually arrived?
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How to sign a message with my public monero address and verify it using the cli / gui / javascript app?

Using the gui and cli, how can one sign a message with the monero private key? And then how do you verify it with the gui / cli / online js application?
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