diff --git a/knowledge-base/moneropedia/ringCT.md b/knowledge-base/moneropedia/ringCT.md index 7aaaab4c5e73307f59b828119bfeab12090c8856..b22ac8bb6e633015c74e221ebbbcd982c2e7032e 100644 --- a/knowledge-base/moneropedia/ringCT.md +++ b/knowledge-base/moneropedia/ringCT.md @@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ summary: "a way to hide the amount sent in a Monero transaction" --- ### The Basics -RingCT, short for ring confidential transactions, is a way to hide the amount sent in a Monero transaction. This feature is currently in the testnet phase and is a high development priority. -RingCT introduces an improved version of @ring-signatures called A Multi-layered Linkable Spontaneous Anonymous Group signature, which allows for hidden amounts, origins and destinations of transactions with reasonable efficiency and verifiable, trustless coin generation. +RingCT, short for ring confidential transactions, is the way how Monero hide the amount sent in a transaction, introducing an improved version of @ring-signatures called A Multi-layered Linkable Spontaneous Anonymous Group signature. RingCT allows for hidden amounts, origins and destinations of transactions with reasonable efficiency and verifiable, trustless coin generation. For more information, please read the creator Shen Noether's paper [here](https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1098). {{ page.summary | capitalize }}.