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How does one go about setting up a mining pool?
There are already a number of mining pools out for Monero, are there instructions or software that people can use to set up their own mining pool?
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Is Monero amenable to ASIC mining?
Is Monero ASIC resistant? If not, are there already people out there running on ASICs?
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Running a full node without revealing my home IP address
How can I safely run a full node without revealing my home IP address?
Please compare the privacy and security of the following methods for running a Monero node both from home and by using a cloud based VPS:
Tor
I2P
VPN
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How can someone verify that the source downloaded from github is genuine?
When someone downloads the Monero source tree from github, there is a possible risk that this is not what the developers created. This could be MITM attacks, whether between developers and github or between github and the downloader. It could be…
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How to change location of the Blockchain with monero GUI?
How can I set the daemon included with the GUI to sync the blockchain from a directory on a flash drive, rather than the default directory ?
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Can I fake a balance by giving the view key to an auditor but omitting some transactions and key images?
The viewkey can be used to see the outputs sent to my address, but not the outputs I generate when sending monero. If I need to know the balance I also need the private spendkey. It is suggested that if I were to give the viewkey and a big list of…
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Why are Monero addresses so long?
A raw Monero address is 95 characters long compared to 26-34 characters for a Bitcoin address.
Monero integrated address are even longer at 106 characters.
What is the cryptographic reason that causes Monero addresses to be so much longer than…
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How will the temporal output alignment of ring partners (mixins) be addressed?
The Issue: If you only own outputs in a short span of blocks and you spend them, the mixin partners (the fake outputs / ring partners) will be different for each of the outputs and have a blockchain temporal pattern that suggests which inputs are…
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What is known about Nicolas van Saberhagen?
What if anything is conclusively known about Nicolas van Saberhagen?
Are there any educated guesses about who this person or group may be (similar to how there are guesses about the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto) based on available clues? For example…
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Where can I find a description of the CryptoNight hash algorithm?
Where can I find a description of the CryptoNight hash algorithm?
Both a thorough and ELI5 description of the hash algorithm would be appreciated
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How do I use my MyMonero wallet via the Monero Core GUI?
I have been using a MyMonero wallet for quite a while. Can I start using that wallet from within the Monero Core GUI? How do I do that?
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Which entities are related to Bytecoin and Minergate?
After reading the answer to this question I would like to learn which entities are connected to Bytecoin and or Minergate. Although Bytecoin development has ground to a halt according to GitHub activity, affiliated entities (mostly CryptoNote…
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What is the difference between i2pd and Kovri?
I was looking through the contributors of Kovri, and saw that an account named Orignal had contributed a lot in the early days.
Looking at his current projects, it appears that he is now working on something called i2pd, which bares striking…
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Can simplewallet auto refresh?
Sometimes after I send a transaction, I like to use the "refresh" command so that I can see how many blocks (confirmations) have occurred for my transaction.
Similarly, when I am expecting to receive a transaction it would be nice if simplewallet…
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How do I gracefully stop the monerod daemon process?
I started monerod as a background daemon with the --detach flag.
Suppose I want to restart my computer, how do I gracefully stop the process?
Can I just kill it?
Thanks in advance.
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