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Privacy Best Practices Quiz

Test your Monero privacy knowledge.

Covers material from Privacy Best Practices.

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What's the first step in protecting your privacy?

Define your threat model Never disclose that you hold crypto Churn your coins several times first Buy a hardware wallet immediately

Why does network privacy (Tor/I2P) matter for Monero?

It speeds up how fast transactions propagate It is mandatory for broadcasting any transaction It lowers the fees you pay per transaction Your IP can deanonymize otherwise-private transactions

Which statement about churning is most accurate?

It is required before every spend It guarantees full anonymity for your funds It exposes your wallet's view key It has narrow, situational uses, not a cure-all

Which of these can leak metadata?

Running your own private node Reusing addresses or linking to a KYC identity Routing your wallet over Tor Generating a new subaddress for each payer

Why is an atomic swap the most private way to get Monero?

It settles faster than any exchange It mixes your coins with other traders along the way It always has the lowest fees No third party ever holds your coins or can log you

In an atomic swap, what protects you if your counterparty goes offline before the trade completes?

The maker's deposit is automatically transferred to you as compensation Nothing, the coins are lost once the counterparty disconnects After the timelock expires, a built-in refund returns your original coins A support team manually reverses the trade for you

Does running your own node hide your IP address from network peers?

No, but only because nodes never transmit IP information at all Yes, because the node encrypts your IP before broadcasting Yes, your own node fully conceals your network location by itself No, it removes trust in a third-party node but you still need Tor or I2P to hide your IP

Why is forwarding a received amount instantly and unchanged a privacy risk?

An observer seeing both ends can correlate them by timing and amount It permanently links the transaction to your KYC exchange records It exposes your view key to the recipient It reveals the exact amount on the public block explorer

How does I2P differ from Tor for Monero use?

I2P keeps traffic inside its network and suits node-to-node communication, while Tor is more common for everyday wallet use I2P hides on-chain amounts while Tor only hides recipients I2P reveals your IP to exit relays, but Tor never does I2P is required to send Monero, whereas Tor is optional

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Why is Monero's privacy stronger than using Bitcoin with a mixer?

Bitcoin mixers are illegal while Monero's are not Monero mixers are run by the core developers and are audited Monero's privacy is mandatory on every transaction, so there is no private subset to single out Monero transactions are cheaper, so more people use the mixer

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