Monero privacy guides

Every guide on the site, newest first: the protocol, the network, the wallet and the rules. Each one names the source of its figures and the date they were checked against it.

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How Monero privacy works

Monero privacy rests on three mechanisms: ring signatures hide the output spent, one-time addresses the recipient and RingCT the amount. How each one works.

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FCMP++: full-chain membership proofs

FCMP++ replaces Monero's 16-member rings with a proof over every output on the chain. How the proof works, what Carrot adds, and what Monero privacy gains.

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Monero vs Zcash: two privacy models compared

Monero privacy is on for every transaction, in 16-member rings; Zcash hides only shielded transactions, but among every note in the pool. How the two compare.

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Dandelion++: where a transaction began

Rings hide the sender on the chain, not the node that first broadcast the payment. How Dandelion++ adds Monero privacy on the network: stem, fluff and embargo.

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Running a Monero node over Tor or I2P

Monero privacy on the chain does not hide the IP address that sent a transaction. How to run monerod over Tor or I2P, and the leaks its documentation lists.

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What a Monero view key reveals

A Monero view key shows every payment a wallet receives, not reliably what it spends. The proofs that disclose less, and what Carrot changes for Monero privacy.

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Securing a Monero wallet

Monero privacy is only as good as the wallet holding the keys: the 25-word seed and Polyseed, checking a download against signed hashes, and hardware wallets.

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Privacy coins: EU and UK rules

What the EU's AMLR and MiCA and the UK's cryptoasset rules say about privacy coins, whom they bind and from when, and where Monero privacy tools fit.