(XMR) Monero Coin Community

Monero (XMR) is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that is not based on Bitcoin's code. Monero aims to be a fungible and untraceable digital medium of exchange. It intrinsically has a higher degree of privacy than Bitcoin or any of its various forks. It was launched on April 18, 2014 (preannounced and no premine/ICO/etc.). The official core team members are (in no particular order) - Riccardo "fluffypony" Spagni, luigi1111, NoodleDoodle, smooth, tacotime, Franciso "ArticMine" Cabañas, othe Announcements Please visit News, announcements and editorials on the Monero Forum for the latest news. Features Untraceable payments Unlinkable transactions Blockchain analysis resistance Adaptive parameters Academic and Theory Monero's functionality is backed up by academic research and cryptographically proven schemes. Much of this research is done by the Monero Research Lab. Since Monero was initially based on the CryptoNote protocol, the CryptoNote whitepaper is also an invaluable reference for validating Monero's unlinkability and untraceability claims. The CryptoNote Whitepaper Initial Review of the CryptoNote Whitepaper MRL-0001: A Note on Chain Reactions in Traceability in CryptoNote 2.0 MRL-0002: Counterfeiting via Merkle Tree Exploits within Virtual Currencies Employing the CryptoNote Protocol MRL-0003: Monero is Not That Mysterious MRL-0004: Improving Obfuscation in the CryptoNote Protocol MRL-0005: Ring Signature Confidential Transactions Specifications PoW algorithm: CryptoNight [1] Max supply: Infinite (see note below) [2] Block reward: Smoothly varying [3] Block time: 60 seconds Difficulty: Retargets at every block [1] CPU + GPU mining (about 1:1 performance for now). Memory-bound by design using AES encryption and several SHA-3 candidates. [2] Initial number of atomic units is M = 264 - 1. However, once the block reward reaches 0.3 XMR (sometime in 2022) that is treated as the minimum subsidy, which means that Monero's total emission will forever increase by ~157783.68 XMR annually. [3] Uses a recurrence relation. Block reward = (M - A) * 2-20 * 10-12, where A = current circulation. Roughly 86% mined in 4 years (see graph). Official downloads and links Getting Started - Follow the guide to set up the software and start mining. Official forum Source and binaries Also see below for optional GUI. Latest release: 0.9.1.0 Hydrogen Helix Source code Windows, 64-bit (downloads.getmonero.org/win64) - SHA: 303840d7fb997b2f1efc280fd19ba84003ecff85 OS X, 64-bit (downloads.getmonero.org/mac) - SHA: d6c776878fd3d47f149fc9be4e76cf2d03d5a725 Linux, 64-bit (downloads.getmonero.org/linux) - SHA: 4149de91c10b56ff091070acca80d233fbd5a797 FreeBSD, 64-bit (downloads.getmonero.org/freebsd) - SHA: 9fd0005b697e146a26a0bf9e3cd0c89b978f7fbd