the difference is that view keys in monero right now can only reveal *incoming transactions.
for example I have a watch wallet for my cold storage, but if I ever send anything OUT of it my balance will not be accurate.
The upcoming hard fork will establish true view keys, the new address format apparently makes it fairly easy to implement.
it's pretty controversial apparently.
Hanshan
npub1lx…6svxa
2026-05-27 18:24:51 CEST
in reply to nevent1q…egh3
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