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not precisely. ring size is fixed at 16 but the real anonymity set is larger because decoys compound across transactions,an observer can’t tell which ring members were already spent elsewhere. No tool gives you a clean number, network volume is the best proxy. FCMP+ will replace rings with a global set anyway, so the question becomes moot when it ships..

Libre_Software_Enjoyer: > But you only get 16 per TX. > On Zcash, everyone who has ever interacted with the pool, is in your anonymity set. Ring signatures are not perfect, but, they work. They are tried and true. I can’t think of any real world cases where analysis of a single input has gotten someone de-anonymised. And again when FCMP comes out this will be totally resolved. Can you show me any real world examples of where people are using Zcash in a high threat model scenario? Or any scenario, where Zcash is being used as digital cash and not just to make money?

not-wittingly: > Libre_Software_Enjoyer: > >> In the last 4 quarters (Q4 2025 - Q3 2026) there was an average of 1895 shielded transactions per day. > > Monero is like 30k per day. But you only get 16 per TX. On Zcash, everyone who has ever interacted with the pool, is in your anonymity set. not-wittingly: > Also when FCMP are implemented this will no longer be relevant, and Zcash won’t even have a theoretical edge. Then Monero will have the upper hand on the anonymity set. not-wittingly: > Are you telling me that if you were in a life or death situation, you would use Zcash for privacy and anonymity over Monero? Depends on the circumstances. If have a lot of time between transactions, then Monero. If I need to do a lot of transactions close in time, then Zcash, because I dont need to churn it.

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Libre_Software_Enjoyer: > In the last 4 quarters (Q4 2025 - Q3 2026) there was an average of 1895 shielded transactions per day. Monero is like 30k per day. On a technical level, the sender side privacy is better with Zcash. But that’s like saying Telegram secret chats are technically better than PGP so you should use that. There’s things outside of technicalities. Also when FCMP are implemented this will no longer be relevant, and Zcash won’t even have a theoretical edge. Are you telling me that if you were in a life or death situation, you would use Zcash for privacy and anonymity over Monero? If so, why don’t we see that in the real world with people in that exact situation?

Monero's FCMP++ and Carrot beta stressnet forks at block 3,102,800 on October 5. XMR holders have nothing to do, and mainnet has no date yet.

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Thank you very much! Is the first hop when broadcasting a transaction handled by the local `monerod` node? If a transaction is broadcast through Tor/I2P, is Dandelion++ not needed? Could analyzing the source node make it possible to link multiple transactions to the same source? When churning, should there be a random delay between transactions? What would be a reasonable interval? (Before FCMP++ is introduced) since 1-input transactions can be considered completely safe, does that mean KYC UTXOs can be spent directly in 1-input transactions without any churning? And for multi-input transactions, would simply sending each received UTXO separately to another address of mine complete all the churning? Because the UTXOs have already been isolated through 1-input transactions, would no further action be needed, just let the wallet automatically select UTXOs for multi-input transactions?

I’m a long-time Monero dev, and just happened to see this post. > **When spending XMR, do I need to manually select UTXOs／stealth addresses and manually set the change address?** Every output on the blockchain is unique and not connected to your address (assuming ECC/ed25519 is **not** broken). Every “change address” is also unique. You really don’t need to do anything, except for _maybe_ UTXO selection (typically referred to as “coin control”). After FCMP++ fork, coin control is also not needed. Every transaction contains a public-key for an ECDH operation. This operation allows **both** wallets (sender and receiver) to “find” the secret keys of the new UTXOs. As hinted at previously, there is no connection to any address that you give to others on the blockchain. The downside is that each wallet must perform cryptographic operations on _every transaction_ to determine if funds were received. > If a transaction requires multiple UTXOs, do I need to consolidate them into a single address first, or can I spend them directly and let the wallet automatically select funds from multiple addresses? You don’t need to do anything if multiple UTXOs need to be spent. The transaction will have 1 input for every UXTO, and each input will have a unique “ring signature” to obfuscate the real spend. Coin control _may_ be useful because of how ring signatures work. Every “spy” knows that _one_ of outputs listed in the ring was definitely spent, and transactions with multiple inputs leaks some information about associated outputs that never occurs with 1 input transactions. > **When receiving XMR from a KYC platform, should I perform churning (sending the funds to another address or another wallet), or can I spend them directly** There is something called the EAE attack. I’m not going to describe it, as the video probably does a better job. If a Youtube link is unacceptable, I’ll dig further to find a better resource. Like with the coin control mentioned above, EAE should be eliminated by FCMP++, as the information “leak” from the ring signature is no longer available. > **When an XMR wallet software is connected to my own self-hosted Monero node, are transactions broadcast by the wallet software or by the Monero node?** Every new transaction ultimately lands on a node, that broadcasts to the network over tor/i2p OR “clearnet” using Dandelion++. If the operator has configured `--tx-proxy` for their node, then the “first hop” is _only_ tor and/or i2p, otherwise the first hop corresponds to the Dandelion++ algorithm. The Monero community recently ran a simulation of Dandelion++, proving that the privacy claims of the white paper were seen in practice using real Monero nodes. > **When using Whonix + Feather Wallet, do I need to configure Stream Isolation? Which of the following approaches should I use?** You’ll probably want to use stream isolation.

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Overview This is the v1.1 release of the FCMP++ and Carrot beta stressnet software. This release includes a wallet scanning fix (#346) and minor cleanup. The FCMP++ and Carrot beta stressnet will h...