FCMP++ Explained: How Monero's Full-Chain Membership Proofs Work
FCMP++ explained: how Full-Chain Membership Proofs replace Monero's rings, what Carrot adds, why Seraphis and Jamtis were shelved, and where it stands now.
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Ring signatures, stealth addresses, RingCT, FCMP++ and Seraphis — the cryptography, in plain language.
Monero Decoy Selection Explained: Gamma Picks, Bugs and OSPEAD
Monero decoy selection explained: how wallets pick the 15 decoys in each ring, the bugs and spam that weakened it, OSPEAD research, and why FCMP++ fixes it.
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Dandelion++ Explained: How Monero Hides Your IP When You Send
Dandelion++ explained for Monero users: how stem and fluff relaying hides a transaction's origin IP, its limits against spy nodes, and when to add Tor or I2P.
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RingCT and Bulletproofs+ Explained: How Monero Hides Amounts
RingCT and Bulletproofs+ explained: how Monero hides amounts with Pedersen commitments and range proofs while nodes still verify no XMR is created.
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Monero Stealth Addresses, Subaddresses and View Tags Explained
How Monero stealth addresses hide the receiver, why subaddresses beat integrated addresses, and how view tags made wallet sync 30-40% faster. Plain English.
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Monero Ring Signatures Explained: How XMR Hides the Sender
Monero ring signatures explained in plain English: how rings of 16, key images and CLSAG hide who sent a transaction, plus the real limits of the ring model.
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