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One of the two pairs of private and public cryptographic keys that each account has, with the private spend key used to spend any funds in the account.

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Monero private key collision

Assuming a properly working RNG what are the chances of creating a Monero private key that is identical to one created by someone else (it corresponds and controls funds sent to the same XMR address)? How does the above answer compare to the same…
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How does one prove ownership of a Monero address?

Just like how a user can prove they are the owner of a Bitcoin public key by signing a message, how can a Monero user prove they are the owner of a Monero public key?
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Is there the equivalent of a BIP38 encrypted private key for Monero private keys?

I would like to create plain text private keys for Monero that can be encrypted/decrypted using a process similar to BIP38. (https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0038.mediawiki) Is such a thing possible with Monero today, or would it need…
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Number of private keys that have been used on the Monero network

Rich lists are impossible to produce with Monero. Is it still possible to determine the total number private keys have ever been used to control available outputs on the network? Obviously the number cold storage wallets that were created offline…
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Harmonizing Monero with HD Wallet BIP 39 Technology?

Monero currently uses Electrum Word List for recovery purposes. This causes conflicts with wallet developers that want to support both Bitcoin-based BIP 39 technology that has a separate Word Lists. End users will want to use only one set wallet…
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sc_reduce32 ... is it really supposed to be that complicated?

sc_reduce32 in crypto-ops.c looks super involved, but according to MRL-0003.pdf, its just: 4.1.11 sc_reduce Takes a 64-byte integer and outputs the lowest 32 bytes modulo the prime q . This is not a CryptoNote-specific function, but comes from…
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How can we be sure that monero wallet addresses are unique?

This question is probably not necessarily limited to monero wallets, but I have been playing around with the Monero Offline Wallet Generator and wanted to know how anyone could ever be sure that a wallet address is unique? Specifically, say I create…
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If you create a Bitcoin wallet with Trezor first, could you use the private key to create a Monero wallet using NoodleDoodle's firmware?

I just received my Trezor and I wanted to go ahead and send some Bitcoin's to it while I figure out how to work the Monero Trezor firmware by NoodleDoodle. Is it possible to import the private keys I create with the main Trezor firmware now with the…
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Where does Curve25519's limit occur?

While informing myself on the inner-working of Monero, I stumbled on Curve25519. The CryptoNote White Paper states: l: a prime order of the base point; l = 2^252 + 27742317777372353535851937790883648493; [...] private ec-key is a standard…
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Harmonizing Monero with HD Wallet BIP32 Technology?

Bitcoin and many of its altcoin forks have defined the following two variables that specify the first four characters of BIP32 extended private and public keys that are frequently base58check encoded: EXT_SECRET_KEY (0x04)(0x88)(0xAD)(0xE4) - which…
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How Ed25519 curve relates to Borromean Ring Signature scheme?

Is it correct to say that Monero private keys are generated using Ed25519 curve and then Borromean Ring Signature scheme is used to sign transactions? In other words, is Ed25519 curve "compatible" with Borromean Ring Signature scheme?
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Proof of payment method comparison

How does the method of proofing a Monero payment following this pull request differ from the former process? Is revealing key derivation easier or more difficult than revealing the tx secret key? What are the privacy and security benefits of…
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Can someone show an actual example of a Monero transaction that uses two distinct private keys?

Could someone show me an actual example of a single transaction formed from two private keys. Say I have 5 XMR in one private key, and 10 XMR in another, so there are two unique private keys. How do I sign a transaction for 15 XMR so that it sends…
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How do I get the TX Key from the GUI Wallet?

I'm trying to verify a payment but I'm not sure how to get the TX Key from my history on Monero Wallet GUI.
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Non-Deterministic Wallets

Is it possible in Monero to have non-deterministic wallets (setting aside ergonomic issues such as ease of setting up the wallet)? I.e., if I use two random numbers as private spend and view keys, will they constitute a useable but different wallet…
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