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Monero (XMR), the undisputed leader in transaction privacy, has now turned 12. Since its launch in 2014, Monero has established itself as the digital gold standard for privacy. We're celebrating our 12th birthday today! A happy Moneroversary to all, to many more years of Monero being at the forefront of privacy, keeping your transactions and holdings private and secure! Monero's long journey Bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency, operates on a transparent public ledger, meaning that every transaction can be traced. Contrary to a popular misconception, it is not anonymous. Monero was specifically designed to address this problem by concealing the sender, receiver, and amount of every transaction by using advanced Ring Confidential Transactions) and stealth addresses. One XMR cannot be tainted by its transaction history. Furthermore, Monero is highly decentralized with a global community of researchers.

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