Monero Announcement - Reading Assignment

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#162
  1. When was the thread published, and how many times has it been read?

25-04-2014

  1. How many ‘core team’ members are there?

5plus

  1. What are the stated benefits over ZeroCoin and ZKP-based approaches?

Larger anonymity set.

  1. What are the stated benefits over CoinJoin-based approaches?

Any amount can be sent instantly without waiting for others to transfer the same amount, Outputs are mixed instead of txs.

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#163

1. When was the thread published, and how many times has it been read?
Published April 25th, 2014, and has been read 4.6 million times
2. How many ‘core team’ members are there?
7
3. What are the stated benefits over ZeroCoin and ZKP-based approaches?
At the time of writing, the ZKP crypto hadn’t been battle tested, and the ZK system could be a single point of failure for the network if it is compromised.
4. What are the stated benefits over CoinJoin-based approaches?
Central nodes provide the coinjoin function, and they could be suponea’ed or comprimised. Additionally Monero’s approach does not require waiting for other transactions to mix with, since they mix outputs and not transactions.

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#164

  1. When was the thread published, and how many times has it been read? Thread was published
    April 25, 2014 and it has been read 4,646,923 times.

  2. How many ‘core team’ members are there? 6 core members, maybe 7.

  3. What are the stated benefits over ZeroCoin and ZKP-based approaches? ZeroCoin uses a one-
    time private key that needs to be destroyed.

  4. What are the stated benefits over CoinJoin-based approaches? CoinJoin mixes transaction
    with the different senders to protect the privacy, whereas Monero mixes outputs with arbitrary
    amounts to protect privacy.

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#165

  1. When was the thread published, and how many times has it been read?
    April 25, 2014, 12:38:50 AM
    (Read 4647565 times)

  2. How many ‘core team’ members are there?
    7 Riccardo “fluffypony” Spagni, luigi1111, NoodleDoodle, smooth, tacotime, Franciso “ArticMine” Cabañas, othe

  3. What are the stated benefits over ZeroCoin and ZKP-based approaches?
    Ring signatures are much simpler and have had more established use. With ZKP the RSA private key myust be destroyed by the generating party, this involves trusting a third party.

  4. What are the stated benefits over CoinJoin-based approaches?
    NO need to trust operators of the mixing services.

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#166
  1. When was the thread published, and how many times has it been read?
    April 25th 2014, read 4647615 times
  2. How many ‘core team’ members are there?
    seven
  3. What are the stated benefits over ZeroCoin and ZKP-based approaches?
    Ring signatures are much simpler and more mature, with many peer-reviewed papers published over more than a decade. ZKP (Zero-knowledge-proofs) include the RSA private key used to initiate the accumulator, which must be trusted to be destroyed by the generating party
  4. What are the stated benefits over CoinJoin-based approaches?
    XMR uses new cryptography to provide decentralized and trustless mixing of superior quality
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#167

1. When was the thread published, and how many times has it been read? 25 April 2014. Read 4647890 times,

2. How many ‘core team’ members are there? 7

3. What are the stated benefits over ZeroCoin and ZKP-based approaches? Ring signatures are simpler and have been around longer, so tested and hacked. ZKP requires the RSA to be destroyed by the generator.

4. What are the stated benefits over CoinJoin-based approaches? More secure and covenient as they mix outputs not transaction. And the mixing is not done by a trusted third party.

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#168
  1. When was the thread published, and how many times has it been read?
    4648077 times read on the 15th of may 2021. It was published on the 25th of april 2014
  2. How many ‘core team’ members are there?
    306 developpers on the 15th of may 2021.
  3. What are the stated benefits over ZeroCoin and ZKP-based approaches?
    Ring signatures are much simpler and more mature. There is no party to trust.
  4. What are the stated benefits over CoinJoin-based approaches?
    Mixing services need to be trusted. It mixes outputs and not transactions which increases the privacyset.
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#169
  1. As of April 25, 2014, the thread had been read 4609538 times.
  2. There are 7 core members on the team.
  3. Some of the stated benefits are ring signatures and one-time keys.
  4. The stated benefit over Coin-Join, is that Monero is fully decentralized that does not require trust. Ring signatures add a necessary benefit of mixed outputs to coordinate with other sender’s.
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#170
  1. When was the thread published, and how many times has it been read?
    The thread was published on April 25 2014 and has been read 4648086 times.
  2. How many ‘core team’ members are there?
    Seven core members. The official core team members are (in no particular order) - Riccardo “fluffypony” Spagni, luigi1111, NoodleDoodle, smooth, tacotime, Franciso “ArticMine” Cabañas
    3.What are the stated benefits over ZeroCoin and ZKP-based approaches?
    The ZK environment allows an anonymity set that includes everyone in the network because the validity of an output can be proven without knowing the corresponding public key until it is spent.
  3. What are the stated benefits over CoinJoin-based approaches?
    The use of new cryptography to provide decentralized and trustless mixing of superior quality.XMR’s ring signatures are also far more secure and convenient than CoinJoin because they mix outputs not transactions. This means a transaction doesn’t involve waiting around for other senders to mix with.
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#171
  1. When was the thread published, and how many times has it been read?
    Published April 25, 2014. Read 4.648.547 times.
  2. How many ‘core team’ members are there?
    7
  3. What are the stated benefits over ZeroCoin and ZKP-based approaches?
    -ZKP-based approaches haven’t been tested as much as ring signatures
    -No need to trust the RSA private key destruction
    -If the ZKP system is compromised, attackes can spend non-existing coins. This isn’t possible in monero.
  4. What are the stated benefits over CoinJoin-based approaches?
    -No need to trust mixing service operators.
    -No need to have other users at the same time to perform the mixing.
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#172

1.- April 25, 2014 at 12:38 a.m. Read 4.648,621 times.

2.- seven

3.- Ring signatures are more mature.

4.- It is trustless and it now mixes UTXO’s, not transactions.

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#173
  1. April 25, 2014, 12:38:50 AM, 4648683
  2. seven
  3. simpler, more mature, peer reviewed
  4. fewer vulnerabilities, no centralization
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#174

When was the thread published, and how many times has it been read?

April 25th, 2014. Read 4648748 times.

How many ‘core team’ members are there?

Seven

What are the stated benefits over ZeroCoin and ZKP-based approaches?

Monero Ring signatures are much simpler and more mature, with many peer-reviewed papers published over more than a decade.

What are the stated benefits over CoinJoin-based approaches?

Cryptonote is similar in one way to CoinJoin mixing, the quality make the difference and its related with a change in its protocol, which it allows a self independent mixing. It mix the outputs instead of the TXs, this is how ring signatures protect sender and receiver and by the other hand, one-time keys make TXs unlinkable. This 2 factor brings an amazing control of its founds and anonymity to the user.

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#175
  1. When was the thread published, and how many times has it been read?
    Published on April 25, 2014. It’s been viewed 4.6 million times.
  2. How many ‘core team’ members are there?
    There are 7.
  3. What are the stated benefits over ZeroCoin and ZKP-based approaches?
    Ring signatures are a well studied technology, while ZKP is a new technology so exploits may emerge down the road. You must trust the generator to destroy the RSA private key. And ZKP obscures the entire economy. So if for example someone was generating new coins, the rest of the network would have no idea.
  4. What are the stated benefits over CoinJoin-based approaches?
    Monero deviates from the Bitcoin protocol and allows superior cryptography, decentralized and trustless mixing. With CoinJoin there is still a 1-to-1 mapping, and there’s always a risk of someone keeping logs. With Dash for example, there’s a risk of nodes logging mapping data. And Monero mixes UTXOs, not actual outputs, so you don’t have to wait for a UTXO to be spent to mix it with the UTXO that you’re spending.
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#176

  1. When was the thread published, and how many times has it been read?
    April 2015, read 4.6million times

  2. How many ‘core team’ members are there?
    7

  3. What are the stated benefits over ZeroCoin and ZKP-based approaches?
    ZKP newer technology, may have unforseeable vulnerabilities in future
    Ring signatures are simpler and more mature
    ZKP private keys are meant to be destroyed by a trusted entity

  4. What are the stated benefits over CoinJoin-based approaches?
    Mixes the outputs instead of transactions
    Doesn’t depend on other senders to have the same quantity of coin to send

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#177
  1. The thread was published on April 25th 2014, and has been read 4648863 times.
  2. There are 7 ‘core team’ members.
  3. The stated benefits over ZeroCoin and ZKP-based approaches are the use of Ring signatures which are much simpler and more mature, with many peer-reviewed papers published over more than a decade. In addition to the privacy provided by one-time keys.
  4. The stated benefits over CoinJoin-based approaches are that Monero uses new cryptography to provide decentralized and trustless mixing of superior quality. Monero’s ring signatures are also far more secure and convenient than CoinJoin because they mix outputs not transactions. This means a transaction doesn’t involve waiting around for other senders to mix with. Nor is a user restricted to mixing only if others are sending the same amount. Arbitrary amounts can be sent at any time without anyone else’s participation. This feature makes a timing analysis of the blockchain useless.
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#178
  1. Published on April 25, 2014, at 12:38:50 AM. Read 4648929 times.
  2. There are 7 ‘core team’ members.
  3. The largest risk with ZKP is that the cryptography it uses is really recent and hasn’t been tested. It could become unsecure. Another problem with ZKP is the RSA privkey used to initiate the accumulator, which has to be destroyed by generated party. CryptoNote fixes both of these problems using one-time keys and ring signatures.
  4. It is similar to CoinJoin mixing, but it deviates from the original version by using newer cryptography in order to provide more decentralized and trustless mixing.
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#179

Published April 25 2014, read 4649313 times

There are nine core team members.

ZKP hasn’t be subjected to years of chain analysis and exploitation could be in the future. Also, it might be difficult to see if the system has been compromised since false proofs are used as a means of anonymity.

Unlike Coinjoin, there is no need to trust an operator which might be open to inspection or fraud. Secondly, XMR mixes out put rather than the transaction. There is no need to wait until Coinjoin users to send the same amount.

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#180

  1. 25th April 201, its been read 4649378 times

  2. The official core team members are (in no particular order) - Riccardo “fluffypony” Spagni, luigi1111, NoodleDoodle, smooth, tacotime, Franciso “ArticMine” Cabañas, othe

  3. ring signatures and one time keys

  4. more time effective
    less vulnerable to attack
    more anonymous and decentralised

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#181

  1. April, 25,2014 12:38:50 Read 4649407 times)

  2. 7 Core Team Members; Riccardo “fluffypony” Spagni, luigi1111, NoodleDoodle, smooth, tacotime, Franciso “ArticMine” Cabañas, othe

  3. Ring signatures and one time keys

  4. mixing of outputs not transactions. transactions don’t involve waiting around for other senders to mix with. Nor is a user restricted to mixing only if others are sending the same amount. Arbitrary amounts can be sent at any time without anyone else’s participation. This feature makes a timing analysis of the blockchain useless

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