Monero is more than just a technology. It’s also what the technology stands for. Monero was launched in April 2014. It was a fair, pre-announced launch of the CryptoNote reference code. There was no premine or instamine, and no portion of the block reward goes to development. See the original Bitcointalk thread here. The founder, thankful_for_today, proposed some controversial changes that the community disagreed with. A fallout ensued, and the Monero Core Team forked the project with the community following this new Core Team. This Core Team has provided oversight since.
Monero has made several large improvements since launch. The blockchain was migrated to a different database structure to provide greater efficiency and flexibility, minimum ring signature sizes were set so that all transactions were private by mandate, and RingCT was implemented to hide the transaction amounts. Nearly all improvements have provided improvements to security or privacy, or they have facilitated use. Monero continues to develop with goals of privacy and security first, ease of use and efficiency second.
Industry
Privacy
Archetype
Currency
Exchange Dependancy
0.68
Buy/Sell Pressure
3.49
Listing Profiles
7/7
Team
Consensus
(RxPoW)
RandomX
Proof-of-Work
Nodes
N/A
Throughput
~ 1,700 tps **
Block Time
~120 sec
Block Size
~undefined
Hashing Algo
CryptoNight
Governance Model
Semi-Decentralized
Social Audience
521,391
Social Platforms
12
Social Concentration
2.57
Blog Frequency
8.5 Days
Network Addresses
N/A
Positive