Monero
Private Digital Currency
-Monero is a secure, private and untraceable cryptocurrency. It is open-source and accessible to all. With Monero, you are your own bank. Only +
Monero is a secure, private, and untraceable cryptocurrency. It is open-source and accessible to all. With Monero, you are your own bank. Only you control and are responsible for your funds. Your accounts and transactions are kept private from prying eyes.
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-Monero cannot be hacked to steal your funds, due to its decentralized nature. Only you are responsible for securing your Monero.
+Monero is a decentralized cryptocurrency, meaning it is extremely difficult to hack and steal your funds. Transactions are confirmed by distributed consensus, and then immutably recorded on the blockchain. Third-parties do not need to be trusted to keep your Monero safe.
Monero is private.
-Security of the blockchain normally increases at the cost of privacy. Monero is based on the Cryptonote application layer protocol, which allows for the security benefits of blockchain technology without any of the privacy trade-offs
+Monero uses ring signatures and ring confidential transactions to obfuscate the amounts, origins, and destinations of all transactions. Monero gains all the benefits of a decentralized cryptocurrency, without any of the standard privacy concessions.
Monero is untraceable.
-Sending and receiving addresses as well as transacted amounts are obfuscated. Transactions cannot be linked to a particular user or real-world identity.
+Sending and receiving addresses as well as transacted amounts are obfuscated because Monero is private by default. Transactions on the Monero blockchain cannot be linked to a particular user or real-world identity.
Monero is fungible.
-Privacy is always-on. Therefore Monero is fungible, meaning Monero will never be blacklisted by exchanges or vendors due to its association in previous transactions.
+Monero is fungible because it is private by default. In its current state, it is extremely unlikely that Monero will ever be blacklisted by exchanges or vendors due to its association in previous transactions.