What Is 'a Monero'? Outputs Explained
There's no 'coin' file — what you own is a set of unspent transaction outputs. The mental model that makes the rest of Monero click.
#how-it-works
17 lessons with this tag.
Node Pruning Explained
How blockchain pruning works, what it keeps and drops, when to prune, and how to run a pruned node that still fully validates.
Checking Network Stats: Fees & Supply
Read the Monero network live — current transaction fees, block reward, difficulty and the total circulating supply — straight from your node or a block explorer.
What Is Monero Mining?
How Monero's RandomX algorithm lets ordinary CPUs secure the network and earn rewards.
Watch-Only Wallets & Auditing
Using view keys and watch-only wallets to audit funds without exposing spend ability.
Churning: Myths & Reality
What churning is, when it helps, when it doesn't, and the misconceptions to drop.
Payment Proofs
How to prove you sent (or received) a specific payment without exposing your whole wallet.
Checking Your Transactions
Monero has no public explorer for your funds — how to verify payments using your wallet, tx keys and view keys.
The Life of a Transaction
Follow a Monero transaction from your wallet to confirmation, tying all the pieces together.
Fees & Dynamic Block Size
How Monero keeps fees low with an adaptive block size, and how transaction priority works.
Confirmations & the 10-Block Lock
Why received Monero is locked for 10 blocks, and what confirmations mean for your funds.
Dandelion++ & Network Privacy
How Monero obscures which node a transaction came from, and why network-level privacy matters.
RingCT: Hidden Amounts
How Confidential Transactions hide the amount while still proving no money was created from nothing.
Ring Signatures
How mixing your spend with decoys hides which output is really being spent — protecting the sender.
Stealth Addresses
How one-time addresses hide the receiver so your address never appears on the blockchain.
Public & Private Keys in Monero
Monero's unusual two-key design: spend keys and view keys, and what each one can do.
What Is a Blockchain?
How a blockchain works as a shared, tamper-resistant ledger that no single party controls.