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Ring Confidential Transactions

The research note Monero used to hide amounts, not just the signer. It extends ring signatures so a spender can prove a balance inside a ring without publishing the values.

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Authors: Shen Noether
Date: 2016
Publisher: Shen Noether
Version: Source cited by the 2016 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0004
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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The research note Monero used to hide amounts, not just the signer. It extends ring signatures so a spender can prove a balance inside a ring without publishing the values.

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Official source — IACR ePrint 2015/1098
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Canonical readingMonero study
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Noether, S. (2016). Ring Confidential Transactions. Shen Noether. https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1098.pdf

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@techreport{ringconfidentialtransactions2016,
  title = {Ring Confidential Transactions},
  author = {Shen Noether},
  year = {2016},
  institution = {Shen Noether},
  url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1098.pdf},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/ring-confidential-transactions}
}

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TI  - Ring Confidential Transactions
AU  - Shen Noether
PY  - 2016
PB  - Shen Noether
UR  - https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1098.pdf
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
ER  -

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Source status: Official source
Use status: Metadata and commentary only. The reading is the study page.
Rights: Official external source only
Training and retrieval: Not permitted from this site. There is no rights-cleared full text to retrieve or to train on.

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