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No premine, no instamine, no token
- Monero had no premine or instamine
- Monero did not sell any token
- Monero had no presale of any kind
Proof of Work
- CryptoNight
- may change in the future
Difficulty retarget
- every block
- based on the last 720 blocks, excluding 20% of the timestamp outliers
Block time
- 2 minutes
- may change in the future as long as emission curve is preserved
Block reward
- smoothly decreasing and subject to penalties for blocks greater than median size of the last 100 blocks (M100)
- see the latest block coinbase transaction amount for current reward
Block size
- dynamic, maximum of 2 * M100
Emission curve
- first, main curve: ~18.132 million coins by the end of May 2022
- then, tail curve: 0.6 XMR per 2-minute block, kicks in once main emission is done, translates to <1% inflation decreasing over time
- see charts and details
Max supply
- infinite
Sender privacy
- Ring signatures
Recipient privacy
- Stealth addresses
Amount obfuscation
- Ring confidential transactions
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