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    "title": "LocalMonero Knowledge",
    "home_page_url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge",
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    "description": "What makes Monero special? Learn by reading the articles and guides on our Knowledge page.",
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        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-circular-economies",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-circular-economies",
            "title": "How Monero uniquely enables circular economies",
            "summary": "Today, we consider how Monero's ability to act as digital cash is uniquely enabling development of circular economies.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/economy.png",
            "date_modified": "2022-05-07T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/ring-signatures-vs-coinjoin",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/ring-signatures-vs-coinjoin",
            "title": "Monero’s ring signatures vs CoinJoin like in Wasabi",
            "summary": "CoinJoin is the core of BTC privacy, and the issues inherent in it are some of those solved by Monero’s ring signatures.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/coinjoin.png",
            "date_modified": "2022-03-22T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/hold-your-keys",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/hold-your-keys",
            "title": "Why (and how!) you should hold your own keys",
            "summary": "\"Not your keys, not your coins\" - a ubiquitous phrase, yet the majority of crypto users still don't hold their own keys.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/keys.png",
            "date_modified": "2022-03-11T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/contributing-to-monero",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/contributing-to-monero",
            "title": "Contributing back to Monero",
            "summary": "The success of Monero depends on the community contributions - today we’ll explore some ways us non-devs can give back.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/contributing.png",
            "date_modified": "2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/remote-nodes-privacy",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/remote-nodes-privacy",
            "title": "How remote nodes impact Monero’s privacy",
            "summary": "Today, we take a look at how Monero provides on-chain privacy even when using a remote node, as well as the caveats.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/nodes.png",
            "date_modified": "2022-02-16T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/network-upgrades",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/network-upgrades",
            "title": "How Monero uses hard-forks to upgrade the network",
            "summary": "The role of XMR hard-forks is often misunderstood - today, we’ll walk through what they are and why they're important.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/upgrades.png",
            "date_modified": "2022-02-10T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/view-tags-reduce-monero-sync-time",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/view-tags-reduce-monero-sync-time",
            "title": "View tags: How one byte will reduce Monero wallet sync times by 40%+",
            "summary": "One of the most common complaints about Monero is wallet sync times - today we talk about a brilliant way the devs have found to reduce it.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/viewTags.png",
            "date_modified": "2022-02-03T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/p2pool-decentralizing-monero-mining",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/p2pool-decentralizing-monero-mining",
            "title": "P2Pool and Its Role in Decentralizing Monero Mining",
            "summary": "Pool mining is the most common way to mine Monero today, but thankfully the emergence of p2pool mining is rapidly changing that.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/p2pool.png",
            "date_modified": "2022-01-27T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/seraphis-for-monero",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/seraphis-for-monero",
            "title": "Seraphis: What It Will Do for Monero",
            "summary": "Today we talk about Seraphis, an upcoming set of transaction protocol structures and abstractions for the Monero ecosystem.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/seraphis.png",
            "date_modified": "2022-01-13T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/most-private-way-to-buy-monero",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/most-private-way-to-buy-monero",
            "title": "Is Converting Bitcoin to Monero Just as Private as Buying Monero Directly?",
            "summary": "Many consider purchasing XMR with BTC to be a full cleanse, and that the user retains all privacy, despite coming from a transparent chain. But is that so?",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/btc.png",
            "date_modified": "2021-03-10T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-trustless-setup",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-trustless-setup",
            "title": "Why Monero Uses a Trustless Setup Unlike Zcash",
            "summary": "The concept of trust is one of the most discussed in the cryptocurrency space. After all, the entire point of a blockchain is to eliminate trust in third parties.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/trust.png",
            "date_modified": "2021-02-13T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-better-store-of-value",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-better-store-of-value",
            "title": "Why Monero Is a Better Store of Value Than Bitcoin",
            "summary": "XMR is the better medium of exchange, but BTC is the better store of value? We disagree. BTC’s transparency does more to detract from its properties as a store of value than people realize.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/sov.png",
            "date_modified": "2021-02-03T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/network-effect",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/network-effect",
            "title": "How Monero Can Overcome Bitcoin's Network Effects",
            "summary": "While it is undisputed that Bitcoin is by far the largest crypto, we ask if it can rely solely on its existing network effects to stay relevant.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/networkEffect.png",
            "date_modified": "2020-12-16T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/critical-thinking",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/critical-thinking",
            "title": "Why Monero Has the Most Critical Thinking Community",
            "summary": "Сrypto enthusiasts are encouraged to think critically and evaluate projects based off of their real world value, but are projects themselves supposed to be self critical and self aware?",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/critical.png",
            "date_modified": "2020-12-05T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-scams",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-scams",
            "title": "Scams to Look Out for When Using Monero",
            "summary": "For as long as there has been money, there have been scams to get people to part with it - let's take the time to look at some of the most pervasive scams in the space.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/scams.png",
            "date_modified": "2020-11-25T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-atomic-swaps",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-atomic-swaps",
            "title": "How Atomic Swaps Will Work in Monero",
            "summary": "Few things are as coveted in the crypto space as atomic swaps. Recently, the researchers have finalized a way by which XMR would be able to do atomic swaps with BTC.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/atomic.png",
            "date_modified": "2020-11-18T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-networking",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-networking",
            "title": "What Every Monero User Needs to Know When It Comes to Networking",
            "summary": "Let's take the time to get familiar with how Monero users interact with each other on the network, and what this means for their privacy.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/networking.png",
            "date_modified": "2020-11-11T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-ringct",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-ringct",
            "title": "How RingCT Hides Monero Transaction Amounts",
            "summary": "RingCT has been hiding Monero amounts since 2017, and our collective privacy is all the stronger for it. But how is that achieved?",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/ringct.png",
            "date_modified": "2020-10-28T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-stealth-addresses",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-stealth-addresses",
            "title": "How Monero Stealth Addresses Protect Your Identity",
            "summary": "On a transparent blockchain, the addresses where one sends their transactions to are visible to all. Monero solves this problem by implementing stealth addresses.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/stealth.png",
            "date_modified": "2020-10-21T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-subaddresses",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-subaddresses",
            "title": "How Monero Subaddresses Prevent Identity Linking",
            "summary": "Monero has always found innovative ways to solve difficult privacy problems. Nowhere is this exemplified more than in the case of Monero's subaddress technology.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/subaddresses.png",
            "date_modified": "2020-10-13T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-outputs",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-outputs",
            "title": "Monero Outputs Explained",
            "summary": "Many crypto savvy users have probably heard the term \"outputs\" before, but not everyone understands what they mean and how they work.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/outputs.png",
            "date_modified": "2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-best-practices",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-best-practices",
            "title": "Monero Best Practices for Beginners",
            "summary": "Let's have a look at steps and precautions that must be taken to preserve privacy, evade scams, and ensure the proper delivery of transactions while using Monero.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/practices.png",
            "date_modified": "2020-09-18T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/ring-signatures",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/ring-signatures",
            "title": "How Ring Signatures Obscure Monero's Outputs",
            "summary": "Ring signatures are the weakest link in the privacy scheme; the word weak here meaning the most susceptible to heuristic attacks. Let’s explore them, shall we?",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/rings.png",
            "date_modified": "2020-09-08T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/dynamic-block-size",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/dynamic-block-size",
            "title": "How Monero Solved the Block Size Problem That Plagues Bitcoin",
            "summary": "Whenever individuals discuss the problems with blockchain, one of the first words to pop up will be 'scaling'. Monero sets itself apart in solving that issue.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/blocks.png",
            "date_modified": "2020-08-28T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/what-is-clsag",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/what-is-clsag",
            "title": "How CLSAG Will Improve Monero's Efficiency",
            "summary": "Let's have a look at one of the more recent Monero protocol innovations: the replacement of the linkable ring signature scheme, MLSAG, with a drop-in replacement CLSAG.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/clsag.png",
            "date_modified": "2020-08-05T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-tail-emission",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-tail-emission",
            "title": "Why Monero Has A Tail Emission",
            "summary": "Monero’s privacy technology is not the only difference that sets it apart from BTC and it's derivatives. In this article we'll look at another - the tail emission.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/emission.png",
            "date_modified": "2020-07-30T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-history",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-history",
            "title": "A Brief History of Monero",
            "summary": "Bitcoin seemed to stand alone in having a whitepaper that was dropped out of nowhere and having their founder disappear. Until Monero.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/history.png",
            "date_modified": "2020-07-22T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/wired-article-debunked",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/wired-article-debunked",
            "title": "Wired Magazine is Wrong About Monero, Here's Why",
            "summary": "In both the privacy and cryptocurrency spheres, misinformation often runs rampant. Here we address the Wired article that is often cited and circulated by Monero skeptics.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/wired.png",
            "date_modified": "2020-06-24T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-myths-debunked",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-myths-debunked",
            "title": "Top 15 Monero Myths and Concerns Debunked",
            "summary": "A lot of common criticisms levied toward Monero that are either outdated, or incorrect, while others are presenting a very narrow view of the problem in question. In this article we hope to set the record straight on these criticisms.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/myths.png",
            "date_modified": "2020-05-26T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-dandelion",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-dandelion",
            "title": "How Dandelion++ Keeps Monero's Transaction Origins Private",
            "summary": "Monero takes precautions to obfuscate on-chain data, however there are some attacks that can be done the moment a transaction occurs that cannot be performed any time later.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/dandelion.png",
            "date_modified": "2020-04-28T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/why-monero-is-open-source-and-decentralized",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/why-monero-is-open-source-and-decentralized",
            "title": "Why Monero Is Open Source And Decentralized",
            "summary": "Find out why being open source and decentralized gives Monero a huge advantage over competing cryptocurrencies.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/foss.png",
            "date_modified": "2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-mining-randomx",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-mining-randomx",
            "title": "Monero Mining: What Makes RandomX so Special",
            "summary": "On November 30th, 2019, Monero had its semiannual hard fork, with the most anticipated change being a switch from the old PoW algorithm, cryptonight, to the completely new, internally developed one, RandomX. The Monero community believes RandomX is a big step toward egalitarian mining, but let’s dig deeper to see if that’s the case.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/mining.png",
            "date_modified": "2020-02-20T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/why-monero-is-better",
            "url": "https://localmonero.co/knowledge/why-monero-is-better",
            "title": "Why Monero is Better than Dash, Zcash, Zcoin (Even with Lelantus), Grin and Bitcoin Mixers Like Wasabi (Updated May 2020)",
            "summary": "Why is Monero the best privacy coin? Not all privacy-centric coins can deliver 100% privacy, untraceability, security and fungibility. Find out how Monero solves all those problems compared to other \"privacy\" coins.",
            "image": "https://localmonero.co/static/img/localmonero/knowledge/why-monero.png",
            "date_modified": "2020-02-01T00:00:00.000Z",
            "author": {
                "name": "LocalMonero",
                "url": "https://localmonero.co/revuo"
            }
        }
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