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Zero to Monero: a technical review of the Monero protocol

Zero to Monero is a book-length explanation of how Monero's transactions, ring signatures, and confidential amounts fit together. It is not the CryptoNote paper and not a substitute for the source code.

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Authors: Kurt M. Alonso and Koe
Date: 2020
Publisher: Kurt M. Alonso and Koe
Version: Source cited by the 2020 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0673
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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Official source — Zero to Monero PDF
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What changed

A reading of the project's public design document. Not a copy, not a benchmark, and not an offer.

Relationships

Canonical readingZero to Monero study
Related paperCryptoNote
Related paperMonero
Related paperBulletproofs

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Author–date

Alonso, K. M., & Koe (2020). Zero to Monero: a technical review of the Monero protocol. Kurt M. Alonso and Koe. https://www.getmonero.org/library/Zero-to-Monero-2-0-0.pdf

BibTeX

@techreport{zerotomonero2020,
  title = {Zero to Monero: a technical review of the Monero protocol},
  author = {Kurt M. Alonso and Koe},
  year = {2020},
  institution = {Kurt M. Alonso and Koe},
  url = {https://www.getmonero.org/library/Zero-to-Monero-2-0-0.pdf},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/zero-to-monero}
}

RIS

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TI  - Zero to Monero: a technical review of the Monero protocol
AU  - Kurt M. Alonso
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PY  - 2020
PB  - Kurt M. Alonso and Koe
UR  - https://www.getmonero.org/library/Zero-to-Monero-2-0-0.pdf
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
ER  -

CSL-JSON

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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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