global: date: '%Y/%m/%d' monero: Monero getting_started: Getting Started copyright: Copyright monero_project: The Monero Project sitename: getmonero.org, The Monero Project wiki: Moneropedia tags: Articles By Tag wikimeta: on Moneropedia, the open encyclopedia of Monero knowledge tagsmeta: All Monero blog articles that are tagged titlemeta: on the home of Monero, a digital currency that is secure, private, and untraceable terms: Terms privacy: Privacy copyright: Copyright edit: Edit This Page menu: forum: Forum blog: Blog knowledge_base: Knowledge Base community: Community bitcointalk: Bitcointalk Thread reddit: Reddit allblog: All Blog Posts devdiaries: Dev Diaries missives: Monero Missives uncategorised: Uncategorized choose: How to Choose a Monero Client running: How to Run a Monero Node donations: Donating and Sponsorships contribute: Contributing to Monero downloads: All Monero Downloads merchants: Merchants and Services Directory accepting: Accepting Monero Payments about: About Monero people: The People Behind Monero userguides: User Guides developerguides: Developer Guides goals: Design & Development Goals openalias: The OpenAlias Project lab: Monero Research Lab alternative: Alternative Clients projects: External Projects stackexchange: StackExchange Q&A slack: Slack Chat telegram: Telegram Chat irc: IRC on Freenode irc-general: "#monero (General)" irc-development: "#monero-dev (Development)" irc-trading: "#monero-otc (OTC Trading)" irc-markets: "#monero-markets (Markets)" irc-mining: "#monero-pools (Mining)" index: page_title: "Monero - secure, private, untraceable" what_is_1: What is what_is_2: " ?" what_is_orange_block: "Monero is a secure, private, untraceable currency. It is open-source and freely available to all." what_is_text_block_1: "With Monero, you are your own bank. Only you control and are responsible for your funds, and your accounts and transactions are kept private from prying eyes." what_is_text_block_2: "Want to find out more? An overview of Monero's main features are below. If you'd like to try Monero for yourself the" what_is_text_block_3: "Getting Started" what_is_text_block_4: "section is an excellent launching point." news: News the_latest: The Latest private: Private secure: Secure untraceable: Untraceable private_text: "Monero uses a cryptographically sound system that allows you to send and receive funds without your @transactions being publicly visible on the @blockchain (the distributed ledger of transactions). This ensures that your purchases, receipts, and other transfers remain private by default." untraceable_text: "By taking advantage of @ring-signatures, a special property of certain types of cryptography, Monero enables untraceable transactions. This means it's ambiguous which funds have been spent, and thus extremely unlikely that a transaction could be linked to particular user." secure_text: "Using the power of a distributed peer-to-peer @consensus network, every transaction is cryptographically secured. Individual @accounts have a 25 word @mnemonic-seed displayed when created, which can be written down to back up the @account. Account files are encrypted with a passphrase to ensure they are worthless if stolen." how_do_i_1: "How do I " how_do_i_2: " ?" get_started: get started get_started_1: "The fastest way to start using Monero is with a web @account manager such as " mymonero: "MyMonero" get_started_2: "." get_started_3: "Alternatively, if you would like to run a [full Monero node](/getting-started/running) you can download the client and a kick-starter @blockchain (to bring your local client up to speed) using the download link on the right." where_can_i: Where can I download_1: download download_2: " ?" different_os: "Need it for a different operating system?" all_downloads: View all available downloads here c_download: Download monero_for: Monero for latest_blockchain: Latest @Blockchain blog: title_1: All title_2: Blog title_3: Posts tagged: Tagged under author: Posted by forum: Click here to join the discussion for this entry on the Monero Forum tags: all: Articles by Tag notags: There are no posts for this tag.