Atomic Units – Moneropedia
The Basics Atomic Units refer to a minuscule fraction of 1 XMR. One atomic unit is currently 1e-12 XMR (0.000000000001 XMR, or one piconero). It may be changed in the…
Tail Emission
The Basics Monero block rewards will never drop to zero. Block rewards will gradually drop until tail emission commences at the end of May 2022. At this point, rewards will…
Pedersen Commitment – Moneropedia
The Basics Pedersen commitments are cryptographic algorithms that allow a prover to commit to a certain value without revealing it or being able to change it. When you spend Monero,…
Transactions – Moneropedia
The Basics A cryptographically signed container that details the transfer of Monero to a recipient (or recipients). The parameters of a transaction contain one or more recipient addresses with corresponding…
Mnemonic Seed
The Basics A 13 or 25-word phrase used to back up a Monero account, available in several languages. This 25-word phrase (13 words in the case of MyMonero) has all…
Spend Key – Moneropedia
The Basics Each account has one of the two pairs of private and public cryptographic keys, with the private spend key used to spend any funds in the account. In-depth…
RandomX – Moneropedia
RandomX is a Proof Of Work algorithm developed by Monero contributors and adopted by Monero from release 0.15. This innovative POW is optimized for CPUs and based on the execution…
Pruning – Moneropedia
‘Pruning’ allows Monero node operators to save 2/3 of storage space while keeping the full transaction history. Pruning works by removing 7/8 of unnecessary ring signature data. The 1/8 remaining…
View Key – Moneropedia
The Basics Each account has one of two sets of private and public cryptographic keys, with the private view key required to view all transactions related to the account. Monero…
Moneropedia – Node
The Basics A device on the Internet running the Monero software, with a full copy of the Monero blockchain, actively assisting the Monero network. A node not running on your…