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How private is this transaction sequence?

I buy BTC on Coinbase, let's assume that my BTC wallet address is publicly tied to my real identity. I use ShapeShift to convert the BTC to XMR. I receive the XMR in a wallet I've never used before on MyMonero I send the XMR to someone else using…
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ring size three transactions in txpool after v6 fork

There have been 3 transactions sitting in the txpool since the beginning of the v6 fork activation about 97 hours ago. Each of these 3 transactions (examples 1, 2, and 3) has a ring size of 3 which is now invalid after the v6 fork. According to this…
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How will Lightning effect the privacy properties of Monero?

There's a lot of talk about using lightning to scale Bitcoin by allowing payment channels, But Bitcoin has a lot of properties that don't easily translate to Monero. The primary concern for me seems to be that opening a payment channel itself would…
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With the Monero Wallet GUI is it suppose to start synchronizing every time you open it even after it completed synchronizing the 1st time i opened it?

Even though my question(according to stackexchange) appears subjective and is likely to be closed, Im still asking it because its driving me crazy and i just want someone to help me PLEASE. When I first downloaded Monero for windows(windows 10) and…
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How exactly is a pool mining reward distributed

How is the reward distributed to the pool distributors when a new block has been found? Two examples: If my pc is connected to a pool 18 hours a day and I disconnect during night, will I still get a reward since I provided accepted results to the…
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Is there a way to compile an AMD based miner for use on a mac?

I have an iMac with a R9 M395 2048 MB for its GPU. I know mac normally has nvidia GPUs nowadays but somehow this one had a mac AMD gpu. Is there someway I can compile a linux or windows based AMD GPU miner to run on my mac?
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Is CryptoNight the hash function which plays the role of the "random oracle"?

Is CryptoNight the hash function which plays the role of the "random oracle" in the random oracle model under which certain properties of CryptoNote are mathematically proven in the original paper? Or am I confusing concepts? If I'm confusing…
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How can I contribute to Monero as a software developer

I work as a software developer for my day job. I recently gained a lot of interest in the Monero project and I'd like to contribute. How can I start?
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Preventing DDoS attacks against a Monero service while protecting user privacy

How can I best protect a Monero service (clearnet) from DDoS attacks while at the same time protecting the privacy of users? The Monero service will require that I provide users with the IP address of my full node, so they are able to connect to…
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Will the viewkey ever be able to view both incoming and outgoing transactions in a wallet?

I am aware that the current viewkey setup allows us to check for funds sent to our wallets. However, in the example case of cold storage, it would be very nice to be able to check if funds are still there as well, giving us a sort of "live" view of…
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What changes are planned for the September 2017 hard fork?

I am having trouble finding information about which of the following will be included in the September 2017 hard fork: Fluffy blocks Minimum / uniform ringsize ZMQ (Zero MQ) ? Is there a reliable resource where I can view which major…
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What are the chances of discovering a block solo mining with my current hashrate?

Just for the fun of it I setup the Gingeropolus pool software on my VPS. I have 5 GTX 1050ti, 2 RX470,1 R9 390x, 1 R9 270, and 3 HD7950s. This is roughly bring me 4kh/s hashing power. What are my chances of discovering a block at this hashrate and…
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Raspberry pi 3 set and forget

I want to setup a raspberry pi 3, then forget about it. Which software can I use that had an auto update feature or setting up a cron job to update the software? The reasoning is in case there is a vulnerability that needs to be patched a few…
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How do I manually decode outputs?

I'm currently coding a small Monero tool just to better understand how it all works. I already implemented address-generation from scratch (thanks to luigis address test page) and the next step is to scan the whole Blockchain for transactions that…
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Why were Monero Disposable addresses dropped?

Do disposable addresses have any use cases that cannot be handled by sub addresses? If so, exactly why was development of of disposable addresses dropped? How could their use have a negative impact on-chain transaction linkability?
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