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25 XMR prize for the best ELI5

Since I asked for this thread, I thought it would be good to start it off with a contest. So whoever can describe Monero in the easiest, most understandable way gets 25 XMR for their work. Use metaphor, image, good ol' plain English--hell, you can even rhyme--just make sure your dumb cousin on your dad's side can get the gist.

--Contest starts today and ends Friday 10/24.

--I'm fronting the XMR, so I'll make the call--but I will take all comments into consideration.

--Also, if you're more visual, there will be a meme/art contest starting 10/25.

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Nekomata edited 8 years ago Replies: 1 | Weight: -889 | Link [ + ]

Monero is the rebirth of our inherent human freedom in cryptocurrency form, the CryptoNote core is a powerful mathematically proven algorithm that allows a decentralized and anonymous network to be enjoyed as currency and store of value for all + without the fear of surveillance or unwanted seizures. From its humble beginnings as a Bitmonero, Monero still in the realm of CPU-mining and the ASIC-resistance will prove to be a balancing force that is lacking in other cryptocurrencies right now.

Since this is an Art thread I also made a Haiku:

a transaction is made

unlinkable, untraceable

to only where matter

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Quanttek edited 8 years ago Replies: 1 | Weight: -889 | Link [ + ]

Here's the original
Not sure whether you wrote it too (account deleted itself), so I make no false accusations. Would be nice, if you clarify it

@OP: You should watch out for replies stolen from our 500 subscriber giveaway thread

Again: I'm not accusing you of stealing it. Actually you could very well be the author, because your 'new' account was only active after this

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Nekomata edited 8 years ago Replies: 1 | Weight: -889 | Link [ + ]

LOL yeah I wrote it but i didn't won that time so I copied here and made better, its me you can see the address there is the same as the one in my profile, just google the address and you'll find other posts related to me.

I deleted that reddit account because I was being harassed by BCN trolls at the time.

"nice one" Quanttek.

btw Monero's twitter last missive is outdated, who is on charge of it?

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Quanttek edited 8 years ago Replies: 1 | Weight: -890 | Link [ + ]

LOL

> Not sure whether you wrote it too

> Actually you could very well be the author, because your 'new' account was only active after this

Did you even read this? I intentionally and clearly stated that it's really likely, that's that your old accoutn, but that I can't be sure about it. You don't have to attack me "ad hominem" then.

> btw Monero's twitter last missive is outdated, who is on charge of it?

Srsly? Wow, that's the worst kind of attack. A, to the discussion, completely unrelated thing, disguised as innocent question, but where you exactly know, this is soemthing the victim is responsible for. In every normal moderated forum, you would've been banned for this. I very well know, this "pinned tweet" is often outdated, because no ne looks on the profile and I also don't notice it that often because I sue a Twitter client

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Nekomata edited 8 years ago Replies: 1 | Weight: -889 | Link [ + ]

LOL, you keep saying I stole my own comment, it was not even that good I spent less than 5 min to write it.

> LOL > Not sure whether you wrote it too

I wrote it, you are attacking again my honor saying I 'stole it', but hey, not saying I 'stole it', serious? I'm not retarded, what is your problem, I dare you find if I copied it from somewhere, its over for you, you lost any kind of argument against me now.

> In every normal moderated forum, you would've been banned for this

Thats why you are not a mod, and most certainly will never be now.

Don't try to make you the victim now, if you had spent 5 seconds checking the address on the comment you would know it was from my deleted account, but you preferred to cast doubts over my character, In any normal civilization this is defamation.

I see that you edited your original comment to make it sound less provocative so I wont take it personal and end this here.

@sylviaplathlikestobake sorry for derailing your thread.

I would now like to contribute 5 XMR to the prize and I'm taking myself out of this competition.

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Quanttek edited 8 years ago Replies: 1 | Weight: -889 | Link [ + ]

> I wrote it, you are attacking again my honor saying I 'stole it', but hey, not saying I 'stole it', serious? I'm not retarded, what is your problem, I dare you find if I copied it from somewhere, its over for you, you lost any kind of argument against me now.

I only stated that this was not the first time for this comment to appear. NOWHERE I stated, that you stole the comment lol.
> > Actually you could very well be the author, because your 'new' account was only active after this

This line seems relevant again.

> Thats why you are not a mod, and most certainly will never be now.

If I would want, I could now ban you on Reddit, but I won't do it, because I'm not an asshat. You made this comment here and it's up to the core team. Also this was just an observation. In strongly moderated forums like cryptocrypt this would be a bannable offense, hey, even AM got banned.

> Don't try to make you the victim now, if you had spent 5 seconds checking the address on the comment you would know it was from my deleted account

I'm deeply sorry that I didn't checked your address, but that doesn't mean you have to insult me so extremely. I NEVER stated you stole it. I just showed that this comment existed already. I really don't understand your sudden aggression against me really - I have nothing against you and just wanted to point out, that the nice summary already existed

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Nekomata edited 8 years ago Replies: 1 | Weight: -888 | Link [ + ]

Yeah and it would look really bad for you banning one of the few users that contribute to that reddit, I already said that you edited your provocative comments and I have taken no offense. I'm already out the competition so you win, congratulations.

peace

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Quanttek edited 8 years ago Replies: 1 | Weight: -888 | Link [ + ]

> I already said that you edited your provocative comments and I have taken no offense

Nope, haven't edited anything. That's a really poor move to end a discussion

EDIT: test edit

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Nekomata edited 8 years ago Replies: 1 | Weight: -888 | Link [ + ]

same for you, I have not saved your original so I can't prove.

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Quanttek edited 8 years ago Replies: 1 | Weight: -888 | Link [ + ]

> same for you

Nope, you are accusing me to manipulating the post, not the other way around. Hence you can't even say, what it was before I supposedly edited it

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Nekomata edited 8 years ago Replies: 1 | Weight: -889 | Link [ + ]

How did this clown get to be Monero community manager? I'm sure wasn't the only that read you original comment, even if I was you can't lie to yourself.

I gave you chance because I thought you had some integrity but you back-stabbed me the moment I turned back, so now let me really terminate this discussion with a sayonara.

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Quanttek edited 8 years ago Weight: -887 | Link [ + ]

> I'm sure wasn't the only that read you original comment

Then say to me atleast what was written there. I can promise I haven't changed anything in my reply. In your anger, you just imagine a more harsh replay to justify your ad hominem attacks.

Also > same for you, I have not saved your original so I can't prove.

isn't really a way of > I gave [giving] you chance because I thought you had some integrity

but just another way to diminish the fact you made up the manipulation by me

I will not further respond to this silly discussion after you have called me names. Sorry @sylviaplathlikestobake for writing so many off-topic nonsense in your thread

Jojatekok edited 8 years ago Weight: -886 | Link [ + ]

Monero is a digital currency which provides mathematically proven advantage of anonimity, and ease of use at once. Unlike other forms of electronic cash (like bank accounts), there are no third parties required to manage your money, but you have the opportunity of becoming your own bank using a stylish application. Worldwide money transfer has never been easier, faster, safer, and more comfortable than that!

NewLiberty edited 8 years ago Weight: -882 | Link [ + ]

Monero is global private money, which no force but your own will, can ever take from you.

Q edited 8 years ago Weight: -881 | Link [ + ]

As you might have heard by now, bitcoin is a new sort of money. You can use it to buy about anything these days. But bitcoin has a problem. To explain this, imagine bitcoin as a train. The rails on which the train is riding, is called the Blockchain in bitcoinland. When you pay someone, everyone can see the rails on which your bitcoin is going from you to someone else. This is not good, because criminals, advertisers and even the tax office, can see these rails too.

They do not know the name of the train or who's train it is, but by looking at the stations where the train is going, they can still get a lot of data about your financial behaviors, because you are the guy waiting in the train station. And that is bad, because money is like free speech. It must be possible for people to pay anonymously, for example if they want to donate to wikileaks, or want to rent kinky videos.

Now imagine Monero, as a subway train. The bad guys can only see from a helicopter, and so they cannot see which train is running underneath. They can see trains going in and out the stations, but they have no clue where the train left, or even if the train maybe joined and split with other trains while underground. So there is no way to see if you bought a kinky video or if the train is en route to Switzerland. Buy hey who needs Switzerland if you have Monero...