diff --git a/docs/technical-specs.md b/docs/technical-specs.md index 49f469f..3d62e67 100644 --- a/docs/technical-specs.md +++ b/docs/technical-specs.md @@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ title: Monero Technical Specification | Monero Documentation * v1 since block height 1546000 (forked on 2018-04-06) * v2 since block height 1685555 (forked on 2018-10-18) * v3 since block height 1788000 (forked on 2019-03-09); "CryptonightR" - * would change every ~6 months to discourage ASIC-s development * RandomX * v0 since block height 1978433 (forked on 2019-11-30) @@ -37,20 +36,20 @@ title: Monero Technical Specification | Monero Documentation ## Block reward * smoothly decreasing and subject to penalties for blocks greater then median size of the last 100 blocks (M100) -* ~3.1 XMR as of Feb 2019; for the current reward check the coinbase transaction of the [latest block](https://xmrchain.net/) +* ~1.6 XMR as of June 2020; for the current reward check the coinbase transaction of the [latest block](https://xmrchain.net/) ## Block size * dynamic * maximum of two times the median size of the last 100 blocks (2 * M100) -* ~20KB as of Feb 2019; check [the latest block size](https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/monero-size.html#3m) +* ~50KB as of June 2020; check [the latest block size](https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/monero-size.html#3m) ## Emission curve ### Main emission * first, the main emission is about to produce ~18.132 million coins by the end of May 2022 -* as of Feb 2019 the emission is about 15 XMR per 10 minutes +* as of June 2020 the emission is about 8 XMR per 10 minutes * see [charts and details](https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/512kwh/useful_for_learning_about_monero_coin_emission/) ### Tail emission @@ -62,12 +61,12 @@ title: Monero Technical Specification | Monero Documentation ## Max supply * ~18.132 million XMR + 0.6 XMR per 2 minutes -* technically infinite but practicaly deflationary if accounted for lost coins +* technically infinite but practically deflationary if accounted for lost coins ## Divisibility * Monero is divisible up to 12 digits -* The smallest unit is called piconero and equals 1e-12 XMR, or 0.000000000001 XMR +* The smallest unit is called piconero and equals 1e-12 XMR, or 0.000000000001 XMR ## Sender privacy @@ -87,5 +86,14 @@ title: Monero Technical Specification | Monero Documentation ## IP address privacy -* there is an ongoing effort to integrate Tor into Monero wallet for transaction sending -* assurance: none at the moment - please use TOR or I2P +For the full node (`monerod`): + +* dandelion++ + * assurance: won't protect against ISP/VPN provider, won't protect against the very first remote node in Dandellion++ protocol +* optional transaction relay over Tor/I2P (block relay is being done on clearnet) + +For the wallet (`monero-wallet-gui` or `monero-wallet-cli`): + +* typically wallet runs on the same machine as full node so there is no risk +* if wallet connects to remote full node, there is no IP protection by default + * user must manually wrap wallet with Tor