MONERO
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Moneropedia

Comprehensive glossary of Monero and blockchain terms.


S

Sidechain

A blockchain that is merge mined with a primary blockchain

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Signature

A cryptographic method for proving ownership of a piece of information, as well as proving that the information has not been modified after being signed

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Smart Mining

A process of having a throttled miner mine when it otherwise does not cause drawbacks

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Spend Key

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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Stealth Address

Automatic one-time addresses for every transaction

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T

Tail Emission

The block reward at the end of the emission curve

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Transaction

A cryptographically signed container that details the transfer of Monero to a recipient (or recipients)

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U

Unlock Time

A special transaction where the recipient(s) can only spend the funds after a future date, as set by the sender

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V

View Key

One of two sets of private and public cryptographic keys that each account has, with the private view key required to view all transactions related to the account

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W

Wallet

A wallet stores the information necessary to send and receive Monero

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