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Quote from: child_harold on March 02, 2015, 01:00:52 AM

I have played with XMR and had a wallet on mymonero.
There was an option of a "3 mix" or something iirc. Does this equate to 3 ring sigs?

Yes, mymonero has a restricted range of mix factors for ease of use as the UI is intended largely for less-technical users. I expect as it matures it will have an "advanced" mode or some kind.

Using the native wallet you can use any factor you want, even >100.

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(Lamentably exchanges inc Polo only do a 0 mix? which I assume means no-anonymity?)

I'm told Polo is using mix 3 now? I haven't confirmed that myself though. BTW mix=0 isn't "no-anonymity" though, as stealth-addresses are always used. I would call it weak anonymity for sure.

With mymonero do I have to trust others to hold my private keys? Is there an easy to use wallet for beginners where I can control my own private keys?

mymonero does not have your spend key, it does have your view key. So you are trusting it with your privacy but not your coins.

There are some easy to use wallets that are not hosted at all. I recommend lightWallet torrent since downloading the full blockchain another way is somewhat painful.

https://xmrmonero.com/news/choose-your-wallet

If you want non-Windows you are somewhat limited to the command line (or mymonero) at this point.