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Monero
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Copyright (c) 2014, The Monero Project
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Development Resources
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Web: monero.cc
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Mail: dev@monero.cc
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Github: https://github.com/monero-project/bitmonero
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IRC: #monero-dev on Freenode
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Introduction
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Monero is a private, secure, untraceable currency. You are your bank, you control your
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funds, and nobody can trace your transfers.
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Privacy: Monero uses a cryptographically sound system to allow you to send and receive
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funds without your transactions being easily revealed on the blockchain (the ledger of
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transactions that everyone has). This ensures that your purchases, receipts, and all
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transfers remain absolutely private by default.
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Security: Using the power of a distributed peer-to-peer consensus network, every
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transaction on the network is cryptographically secured. Individual wallets have a 24 word
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mnemonic that is only displayed once, and can be written down to backup the wallet. Wallet
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files are encrypted with a passphrase to ensure they are useless if stolen.
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Untraceability: By taking advantage of ring signatures, a special property of certain
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types of cryptography, Monero is able to ensure that transactions are not only
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untraceable, but have an optional measure of ambiguity that ensures that transactions
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cannot easily be tied back to an individual user or computer.
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About this Project
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This is the core implementation of Monero. It is open source and completely free to use
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without restrictions, except for those specified in the license agreement below. There are
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no restrictions on anyone creating an alternative implementation of Monero that uses the
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protocol and network in a compatible manner.
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As with many development projects, the repository on Github is considered to be the
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"staging" area for the latest changes. Before changes are merged into that master repo,
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they are tested by individual developers, as well as contributors who focus on thorough
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testing and code reviews. That having been said, the repository should be carefully
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considered before using it in a production environment, unless there is a patch in the
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repository for a particular show-stopping issue you are experiencing. It is generally
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a better idea to use a tagged release for stability.
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Anyone is able to contribute to Monero. If you have a fix or code change, feel free to
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submit is as a pull request. In cases where the change is relatively small or does not
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affect other parts of the codebase it may be merged in immediately by any one of the
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collaborators. On the other hand, if the change is particularly large or complex, it
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is expected that it will be discussed at length either well in advance of the pull
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request being submitted, or even directly on the pull request.
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License
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Copyright (c) 2014, The Monero Project
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All rights reserved.
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Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are
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permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
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1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of
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conditions and the following disclaimer.
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2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of
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conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
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provided with the distribution.
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3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors may be used
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to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior
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written permission.
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THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY
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EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
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EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
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SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR
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TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
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SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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Parts of the project are originally copyright (c) 2012-2013 The Cryptonote developers
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Compiling Monero
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On Unix and Linux:
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Dependencies: GCC 4.7.3 or later, CMake 2.8.6 or later, and Boost 1.53 or later (except
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1.54, more details here: http://goo.gl/RrCFmA).
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- To build, change to the root of the source code directory, and run 'make'.
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- The resulting executables can be found in build/release/src.
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Advanced options:
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- Parallel build: run 'make -j<number of threads>' instead of 'make'.
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- Debug build: run 'make build-debug'.
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- Test suite: run 'make test-release' to run tests in addition to building. Running
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'make test-debug' will do the same to the debug version.
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- Building with Clang: it may be possible to use Clang instead of GCC, but this may not
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work everywhere. To build, run 'export CC=clang CXX=clang++' before running 'make'.
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On OS X:
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The project can be built from scratch by following instructions for Unix and Linux above.
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Alternatively, it can be built in an easier and more automated fashion using Homebrew:
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- Ensure Homebrew is installed, it can be found at http://brew.sh
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- Add the repository: brew tap sammy007/cryptonight
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- Build wallet: brew install --HEAD bitmonero
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On Windows:
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Dependencies: MSVC 2013 or later, CMake 2.8.6 or later, and Boost 1.53 or later.
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- To build, change to the root of the source code directory, and run these commands:
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mkdir build
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cd build
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cmake -G "Visual Studio 12 Win64" -DBOOST_ROOT="c:\folder\to\boost_1_55_0"
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-DBOOST_LIBRARYDIR="c:\folder\to\boost_1_55_0\lib64-msvc-12.0"
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msbuild Project.sln /p:Configuration=Release
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- If you don't have your path environment variable configured with the VS paths, you may
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may want to run 'C:\program files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat'
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(or equivalent) to temporarily set the environment variables.
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Building Documentation
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Monero developer documentation uses Doxygen, and is currently a work-in-progress.
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Dependencies: Doxygen 1.8.0 or later, Graphviz 2.28 or later (optional)
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- To build, change to the root of the source code directory, and run 'doxygen Doxyfile'
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- If you have installed Graphviz, you can also generate in-doc diagrams by instead running
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'HAVE_DOT=YES doxygen Doxyfile'
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- The output will be built in doc/html/ |