Questions tagged [security]
Security issues with the design or implementation of Monero and related crypto-currencies.
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About proton pass safety - yes or no? [duplicate]
Is it considered safe to store crypto seed phrases inside one's Proton Pass password manager, either in the desktop app or in a browser?
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Is VoltaCX P2P secure?
A new P2P XMR exchange (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5559933.0), providing anonymous wallets and don't require KYC. There ins't much acitivity yet but I wanted to ask:
has anyone uses this ...
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Accidently pasted CLI wallet password in another field
I use the Monero CLI wallet but I made a bit of a mistake. I had the password copied from my password manager and was going to type it in to make the transfer as normal. The problem was that I pasted ...
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Keep getting W Invalid DNSEC TXT record signature error in CLI
So basically, everytime i sync in monderoD cli i get this as the first message after synchronization completes:
2023-08-28 ?? W Invalid DNSSEC TXT record signature for checkpoints.moneropulse.se: ...
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If enough sub-addresses under a single seed are known, can that seed be reverse-engineered?
I'm gonna be accepting XMR as payment for my business. Customers purchase a single item for each transaction, so for convenience on my end I'm planning to have each product paid for through one unique ...
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Simulating a double spend transaction on Monero (Creating an intentionally invalid tx)
I want to create an end-to-end test in order to validate that an application doesn't let you spend before an incoming transaction confirms. I'm trying to broadcast an invalid tx to the Monero network ...
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Does mining in a pool help the network?
So basically, if you solo mine you create decentralization, but your chance to get reward is almost nonexistent.
When you mine with a pool, you don't validate anything. You just hash blocks produced ...
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Let`s say that i sent monero from kucoin to my monero wallet. Is this transaction anonymous?
The kucoin account is registered to my official e-mail addres. Do i need to use monero mixer? Which monero mixers accept small amounts of this coin (eg $10). What are the anonymous ways to transfer ...
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Quantum-safe stealth addressing
Many of you will know that the stealth addressing system used in Monero is vulnerable to quantum attacks, due to it being based on quantum-weak cryptography. Although not all payments would be ...
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Corrupted HDD. Restored it with TestDisk. Cant open restored keys in GUI?
Last week my HDD corrupted. I was able to restore it and save most files with TestDisk. However all files are named such as "F26689223" instead of their original file-names. With a keyword-...
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Potentional Monero future vulnerabilities
What happens if Monero has vulnerabilities in the future? Would it be possible that it could expose old transactions information such as addresses and amounts? How likely would this be? I am running ...
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Can a change output be sent to the same destination without them knowing it come from a transaction they received in the past?
If I send them the change output of a transaction they received from me, wouldn't they assume that it was that, a change output, and have good heuristic that tells them how much money the original ...
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How do you store seed phrases for multiple wallets?
Let's say you have not just a hardware wallet but multiple software wallets. How do you store your seed phrases? Steel plates are a good solution but often a headache to stamp and store.
Has anyone ...
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What are the risks of using a remote node through the Tor and a node hidden service?
How insecure is the use of remote nodes, but through the Tor and tor hidden services(remote node with .onion domain)?
What are the possible attacks?
How much damage can it do?
Hope for your answer!
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Was my XMR lost or stolen? [duplicate]
I installed GUI wallet on windows 10 about 18 months ago and daemon wouldn’t start on its own.
After restarting it manually every time, it synchronized and wallet was working somehow OK. I
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