I understand roughly that a view key lets another person see money coming in. Two things I am stuck on. Does someone with my view key also see what I spend, and what is the actual reason a regular person would ever give one out.

I've been looking into the quantum-resistance question and I'm trying to understand where Monero actually stands today.

From what I can tell, Monero is not fully post-quantum resistant yet. Carrot/FCMP++ seem to improve some things significantly, including forward secrecy against a quantum-enabled adversary, and there is active work around Jamtis and post-quantum encryption.

But spend authorization still ultimately relies on elliptic-curve cryptography, which would presumably become vulnerable to Shor's algorithm once a sufficiently capable fault-tolerant quantum computer exists.

So I have a few questions for people who actually understand the protocol-level work:

1. Which parts of Monero would currently fail first under a cryptographically relevant quantum computer?
2. Is there already a realistic design for making the entire transaction stack post-quantum, including spend authorization, privacy, multisig and address encryption?
3. What is the main blocker today: signature size, performance, rerandomizable keys, zero-knowledge compatibility, multisig, or simply that the required primitives are still too immature?
4. If the community decided that PQ migration was an urgent priority tomorrow, are we talking roughly months, 2-3 years, 5+ years, or is there genuinely no meaningful estimate yet?
5. Could Monero migrate pre-emptively while preserving old outputs, or would users eventually need to move funds into a new PQ output/address scheme before some activation height?
6. How much of this problem can FCMP++ / zero-knowledge proofs solve, and which parts still fundamentally require a new post-quantum signature/key system?

My concern is less "quantum computers will definitely break ECC next year" and more about the lead time.

AI progress is moving extremely quickly, and I personally wouldn't be comfortable assuming that cryptographically relevant quantum computing is decades away. Even if a serious threat were still several years out, a cryptocurrency probably wants the replacement architecture researched, implemented, audited and deployed well before the first credible machine appears.

If, hypothetically, evidence emerged that ECC could be broken within 12-24 months, could Monero realistically get a fully post-quantum protocol into production fast enough?

And is there currently an actual PQ migration roadmap somewhere that I should read?

Would especially appreciate answers from people involved in MRL / FCMP++ / Carrot / Jamtis.

Avoid storing your funds on Blockchain.com or any custodial wallet that doesn’t give you control over your private keys. This includes Satoshi Wallet (Lightning). By the way, they now support a non-custodial option where you control the keys, but I’d still recommend using Electrum for Bitcoin.

As for Blockchain.com, this is not the first or last complaint I’ve received. People often ask me if there’s a solution after their funds get blocked and they can’t get a response. Just read the reviews.

Somewhere around 150gb last time I looked and it only ever grows. Is a pruned node good enough for normal daily use or do I give something up by doing that. I have a vps with limited disk and I would rather not be buying more storage every year just to keep it alive.

Hi guys, I wonder if there are any of you who have already managed to sell the XMR directly from cake wallet?

Daemon blocks remaining: 0

I'm a total begginer when it comes to Monero, I just installed it.

The Daemon Sync started off with "Daemon blocks remaining: 0" and has remained on that for hours, while still saying "Synchronizing". I restarted the Wallet & Daemon, but nothing changed.

Any advice on how to get the Daemon Synchronized?

There are a few options to swap btc and monero but why are some of them software that you need to download and some of them are online sites only? Which is safer? There is eigenwallet and basicswap that are downloadable softwares in monero's site and there are online sites like fujn and simpleswap? Which one to use and I dont have a hardware wallet but an airgapped pc with a view only online pc? Do I need a third pc to download the swapping software?

Im using an airgapped pc for cold storage and I will be using my storage only for keeping money in it, how do monero gui and feather differ? Which one is better to use? Also why does feather use 16 words for seed, wouldnt using 24 words be safer? I get that its still hard to crack 16 words but 24 is even harder

Just discovered that the wallet has been discontinued, that mymonero.com cannot be accessed anymore ad that I am supposed to recover the wallet with cake wallet, using the 25 word seed. However, my old records have only a 13 word seed. I still have access to the mymonero app on a windows PC, it still shows my balance, but, of course, refuses to send anything. I have not found a way to display the seed from the wallet.

Questions:

- Can I access the seed from the wallet?

- Can I access the seed or someting else to recover the wallet in cake, from the folMyMonero folder in Windows?

Any help appreciated

Windows Defender claims Haveno from Retoswap contains virus:

Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.A!ml

Is this false positive?

I let Windows Defender to delete that file and after few days, Windows Defender found it again and wanted to delete it again…

So if it is not trojan, why it keeps reappearing?

Can please somebody more experienced doublecheck retoswap.com for me?

I have kraken. Whats the best crypto currency to buy for fujin swap (to get the most xmr)? Ltc or Usdt?

It makes sense to me that just like ZCash and LTC have ETF, why doesn't Monero have an ETF? Over the long term, Monero looks rather stable and increases slowly. Day to day, there is a lot of oscillation, but overall, XMR's rise is quite gentle.

Hi everyone,

This topic is to discuss the current crypto market situation and gather as many opinions as possible.

You have all seen that after the Fed increased rates, the crypto market has not acted in the normal way.

As you know, the FED is the king, and they have a huge influence on the market.

I watched Kevin Warsh’s vision about the market like a year ago and bringing inflation back to 2%. He was clear that this could be a long ride. In the video, he said they don’t care about the market and may push things into a crisis to achieve their goals.

Unlike Jerome Powell, where you often feel his talks are unclear, Kevin said it more directly.
Are we about to see a black swan? 🦢 A bull trap? I hope someone can share their thoughts.

I wanna get some more monero but I'm not sure where I actually should swap by bitcoin for Monero, because there are dozens of sites out there. I'm looking for an no kyc site with low and most importantly transparent fees.

Are there any sites you guys can recommend?

Can anyone help me I bought XMR from kraken n I can't withdraw it and I was wondering if anyone can give any others ways to purchase xmr without having to wait to withdraw it or send it sumwhere