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Monero was created on 18 April 2014 on privacy techniques, written in C++ language and based on the CryptoNote protocol designed by Nicolas van Saberhagen.
The ticker of Monero is XMR, it utilize on proof-of-work (POW) algorithm. Monero's it's Hash function is RandomX, with 1.26 XMR Block reward and 2 minutes block time.
Monero was designed in a way that it was easy to mine, this resulted hackers to create unwitting mining in people's computer, resulting in a new Cryptojacking issue.
Monero is still active ans is among the top 15 cryptocurrencies in coin market. More than 17 million Monero are circulating in the coin market.