Questions tagged [blockchain]
A distributed ledger of all transactions both past and present, without revealing who the funds came from or went to.
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Transactions in Monero
I need to understand and know how transactions work in Monero. Whether the transactions are similar or completely different from other blockchains. Also, an example javascript implementation would be ...
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How to prune the blockchain for GUI wallet? [duplicate]
Towards recovering a wallet with less than ten transactions, looking to run the --prune-blockchain flag within the GUI.
I'm selecting options as:
Simple mode Easy access to sending, receiving and ...
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How to free up space from the GUI wallet scanning the blockchain?
I seem to have run into a full hard drive while scanning the blockchain:
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ cat monero.gui/monero-wallet-cli.log
2023-05-20 10:53:31.795 7f288f9c89c0 INFO ...
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How To Restart New Blockchain Sync?
For some reason today, the Monero wallet stopped connecting to the daemon. The best reason for the error I could find is this: Attempt to get block from height 1396361 failed -- block not in db
So I ...
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Does each GUI wallet need to iterate the blockchain for transactions?
In context of:
How to complete synchronization through a remote node?
How to install the monero wallet GUI?
When the wallet GUI completes so that zero blocks remain, how much overlap is there with ...
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How to configure the daemon to use a remote node?
Two questions on using a remote node as below:
nicholas@mordor:~/monero4$
nicholas@mordor:~/monero4$ monero-wallet-cli --daemon-address node.moneroworld.com:18089
This is the command line monero ...
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How to determine the synchronization status of the daemon for wallet balance? [duplicate]
I'm most certainly not looking to "run a full node" nor to download the blockchain. While the daemon looks to be running correctly:
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ monerod --db-sync-...
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daemon error: Exception in main! Failed to initialize p2p server
following up with starting a recovered wallet:
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ monerod --prune-blockchain
2023-05-20 11:00:30.349 I Monero 'Oxygen Orion' (v0.17.2.0-unknown)
2023-05-20 11:00:30....
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Monero blockchain explorer compilation not working ubuntu 16.04
Hi I am working on monero blockchain explorer, Trying to work with this git repo. I have tried too many times but unfortunately couldn't get success yet. Right now I am facing this error.
CMake ...
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What is the current monero blockchain size in GB?
How can I quickly check what is the current size of the monero blockchain in GB?
I want to download the Monero blockchain. But I'm not sure if I have enough free space on my disk. Before I download ...
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Can I download the blockchain, with a regular harddrive?
Can I download the blockchain, with a regular harddrive? I don't have an SSD one. Is there away for me to download the block chain faster? Right now my Monerod says (69%, 846310 left). The net hash is ...
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How can I run monero node in LAN?
Sorry to bother. I'm new to Monero. Recently I followed this article (https://github.com/moneroexamples/private-testnet#step-2-start-first-node) to set up a private chain consist of three nodes. But ...
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Where can I download the pruned Monero blockchain that is 25+ GB instead of the full blockchain
I'm looking to download the full pruned blockchain for Monero instead of syncing it and then pruning it. Where can I find this pruned monero blockchain file?
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Can someone explain me what is monero-blockchain-usage?
How can I access the monero-blockchain-usage and what is the use of it ? could someone explain after input our db what should I do ?
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Blockchain is (fully?) synchronized, but lmdb size is 1 Gb
I'm just starting with Monero.
I'm using pre-installed Monero (XMR) Wallet on Whonix.
My settings are:
Advanced mode
Portable mode enabled
Local node, with location of blockchain set to a separate ...
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Graft blockchain
I want to make a node to mine on p2pool, but i don't want to download 100GB of the blockchain.
Is it possible to skip downloading the beginning of the blockchain, like how git can graft when setting ...
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Is the duration of pruning roughly proportional to the size of the data.mdb file?
I have the blockchain already downloaded. I stopped monerod and restarted it with a configuration file with prune-blockchain=true in it. I started monerod again and the last bit of output was:
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Blockchain size on hard drive?
What is the current blockchain size in gigabytes and is there a service that regularly reports this statistic?
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Moneros stuck in blockchain with 2400 confirmations [duplicate]
I have instructed an amount with Monero.
I used the original Monero GUI wallet.
Unfortunately, I had not updated it in time and then I guess my Moneros got stuck in the blockchain.
Meanwhile I tried ...
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monerod fails to launch after a computer crash --MDB_BAD_TXN: Transaction must abort, has a child, or is invalid -- Failed to initialize core [duplicate]
I was synchronizing the blockchain when my laptop shut off due to problems with the power supply. After turning it on again monerod fails to launch properly. Attaching the logs from bitmonero.log
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Converting Pruned Monero blockchain TO the full blockchain [duplicate]
Is there a way to convert a pruned Monero blockchain data file TO the full blockchain? I do not want to start from scratch.
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Error: Couldn't connect to daemon: 127.0.0.1:18081 every single time
I'm running Windows 10 so I can't use any Linux commands which everything I've looked up has when faced with this issue. I've uninstalled and reinstalled it a few times, I've turned off my antivirus ...
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Why does Monero refresh even if I use remote node?
I haven't used my wallet for a couple of months. Today I opened my wallet and it started refreshing, even if I use remote node. It refreshes about 150k blocks and it has already taken about 2 hours ...
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What is a fakechain?
The output of monerod --help and monero-blockchain-import --help show a --keep-fakechain option:
--keep-fakechain Don't delete any existing database when
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Last 3 months of block in the blockchain are taking forever to load
I am downloading the blockchain. It's currently at 20-40 blocks loaded per minute, while I've been able to load the first 128GB in 2h, which represents 96% of the chain. There only remains 80k blocks, ...
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Fastest and easiest way of downloading a few thousand (cca. 200k) consecutive blocks
For a project, I need to download and analyze a few thousand (say around 200k) consecutive blocks with all the corresponding transactions data. I'm most interested in recent blocks. What would be the ...
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Has anyone tried storing the Monero blockchain on remote network storage?
I'm wondering about different ways that the blockchain could be stored to make it cheaper for people. Just wondering if anyone has tried running a node with the blockchain data stored remotely (e.g. ...
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How to synchronize the GUI wallet using the blockchain bootstrap
I'm having trouble trying to sync the GUI wallet with the blockchain. I'm trying to use an old 2008 Macbook which I had lying around, with OS X El Capitan (HDD, 8gb RAM, 200gb free storage). I've ...
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Best method of speeding up Monero downloading / syncing of the xmr blockchain?
My node is 8000 blocks behind, and its taking quite a while to sync. Is there a faster way to sync / download the Monero blockchain?
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Missing files when moving the bitmonero folder
I decided to move the bitmonero folder to a 256GB penstick as my hard drive was nearly full. However when I copied the folder to the new location I noticed that 2 files seem to have disappeared, ...
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Syncing Monero blockchain and get error not sure that the problem is. Error posted below
I got this error all of a sudden, this is also my third time trying to sync the blockchain from scratch.
2017-07-01 02:37:30.764 [P2P7] INFO global src/cryptonote_protocol/...
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How to connect more to the community?
We are honored to share with you our conceptual artwork of $XMR It's aspect ratio is 16:9 so you can use it as wallpaper for your smartphones. Using it is not prohibited by law and we would be happy ...
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Torsocks server failure when running monerod with Tor on Tails
I'm trying to run the Monero daemon (monerod) v. 0.12.2.0 with Tor on Tails 3.7.1.
I'm doing exactly what is written here: Medium - Sheep’s Noob guide to Monero GUI in Tails 3.2. Basically:
Download ...
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How can I create a million blocks in regtest or testnet?
Can anyone please tell me how to create a million blocks in regtest or testnet mode? Is there a way other than to start mining with the smallest difficulty?
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I sent some monero to a "standard XMR" address while my wallet uses base58 format, was it lost?
The sender was having some troubles to withdraw using the base58 format, which starts with a 8. So I used this website thinking the worst that could happen is me having to manually sweep the address ...
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What's the main difference between Atomic Swap and Bisq?
I do not know if this can be a monero-related question. I have the following one:
what's the main difference (or the differences) between Atomic Swap and Bisq? Bisq seems a P2P market that connects ...
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How much larger are Monero transactions compared to the average Bitcoin transaction?
We know that because of the way Monero's privacy works, transactions are larger than a Bitcoin one, but how much larger on average are they compared to Bitcoin transactions? How will this affect the ...
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Why is monerod so slow on a rotating drive?
My laptop has a 500GB SSD and I couldn't spare two fifths of it for the blockchain so I plugged in a portable 2.5" HDD, altered the command appropriately and it said:
The blockchain is on a ...
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What is the 3rd and 4th value in the hardforks.cpp?
I know what the first two values are. Version and then block height.
But then there is a third value with nothing then the fourth value which contains a very long number, I do not know what it means.
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Time Required for Initial Blockchain Sync
I am a beginner interested in trading and mining the Monero Cryptocurrency. I am using an Arch based Linux distribution and I have downloaded the monero-gui package from the Arch package repository to ...
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Why am I unreachable?
I'm certain the forwarded port of 18081, 18089, 18080 are forwarded to the machine and i've completely disabled windows firewall. Is this my ISP blocking this port?
C:\Users\monero-gui-v0.17.2.1>...
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RE:Monero GUI - "Start Mining" greyed out
Excuse the noobness.
I have installed Monero GUI Wallet on a persistent TAILS OS USB bootable drive.
I have downloaded the Monero Blockchain and fully synhronized the Wallet and Daemon. All working ...
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Pass data from sender to receiver in a transaction
I want to pass data from sender to receiver in a transaction.
I need to make a URI with a description field, but one that the receiver can't read.
I've tried to create an old style payment ID (32 ...
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Where can one download the entire Oxen (Monero Fork) blockchain without syncing from scratch?
I don't want to sync my oxen network node by waiting for it to connect to peers. Is there a way to just download the entire blockchain directly from a single file?
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How to back up only new blocks on blockchain using rsync
Using rsync in the normal way copies the entire blockchain to backup every time new blocks are added. To get around this, I used the --append flag, however even though the size of the backup is the ...
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Does monerod generates new block template on a repeat call of get_block_template?
I want to know if it's safe to assume that multiple calls of get_block_template rpc method will give me the same block template until the blockchain is updated. By updating, I mean the appearance of a ...
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Would It Be Technically Possible To Delete Old Blocks From A Blockchain?
From what I understand, a cryptocurrency mine needs to store a copy of the entire blockchain in order to be able verify transactions, which is why most wallet owners are not miners. The more ...
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How to keep Monero daemon from crashing during initial sync?
I found that my Monero GUI wallet keeps crashing during the initial blockchain synchronization, and when I start off from where it crashed, data.mdb in C:\ProgramData\bitmonero\lmdb has been corrupted ...
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Are the target key, k_image tx pub unique?
Are the target key, k_image tx pub unique and no repetitions in all blockchain?
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Can I store the Monero local blockchain on a Ledger Nano S?
So all I know about Ledger or Trezor is that you can make wallets from any cryptocurrency.
I want to import my local blockchain once and forever, instead of getting an external SSD disk (for fast ...
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