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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Where is the blockchain saved, in windows?
I'm kind of mystified. Bitmonerod says it's up to date. I don't see anything in my monero folder that looks like a blockchain. I also searched, using the windows file explorer, for all files bigger ...
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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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What is the fastest way to synchronize the daemon?
Running the daemon without any modifications can take a long time to synchronize. Are there any faster options for synchronizing the daemon with the network?
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What are Fluffy Blocks?
I heard the term thrown around here and on Reddit, but I haven't found its definition anywhere. Could someone please clarify?
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What is the format of a block in the Monero Blockchain?
What is in the header? How is the header made? What information about the transactions is present? What is prunable? What part of the block is used for the PoW?
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My blockchain is stuck, how do I "unstuck" it?
During the last few weeks a common, reoccurring, question seems to be how to get one's blockchain "unstuck". This guide will, hopefully, provide some assistance in doing so.
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Looking for an easy explanation about kovri
I still don't get what kovri actually is.
Can anyone provide an easy explanation?
I looked at YouTube for videos, but couldn't find any. Also other links didn't help.
Does anyone know a picture ...
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What happened at block 202612?
Why was this block hardcoded in the source-code?
What happened with the Monero blockchain in the block 202612?
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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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How can one query the blockchain's database?
I realize that LMDB is very different from your typical SQL database, but is there a query language, or scripting language interface, that can be used to query the blockchain's database?
I am aware ...
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How much larger would a mixin=4 Monero transaction be compared to a Bitcoin transaction?
I've heard estimates ranging from 5-10 times bigger, but is it possible to come up with a more precise answer? By how much will this figure change after RingCT is implemented? What other factors might ...
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Can Monero stand as a distinct cryptocurrency, or will its features be brought to Bitcoin via sidechains?
Is Monero intended to be a competitor to Bitcoin, or is the intent to develop technology that will improve Bitcoin? Is there any reason why Monero's features wouldn't just be brought to Bitcoin ...
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How do I save the Monero blockchain to another hard drive?
I have a small SSD as my windows 7 C: drive. How can I transfer and save the Monero blockchain to another hard drive on my computer in order to save space?
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What does Monero's scaling roadmap look like
I know Monero is dynamically scalable, but everyone knows that simply increasing blocksize does not make a blockchain scale.
Nodes will still need to download the entire blockchain to function. The ...
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Is it viable to attack Monero by artificially bloating blocks and make it harder to run a full node due to the increased blockchain burden?
A lot of small block proponents defend their stance by reasoning that an artificial cap is necessary to prevent spamming, and thus bloating the blockchain. How effective is Monero's mechanisms at ...
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How do I move the Monero blockchain files safely?
I am using the latest version of the monero GUI on Windows.
The problem is that I do not have enough space on my main drive to download the full blockchain for synchronisation of my wallet.
I want to ...
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Transaction stuck as "pending" in monero-wallet-cli
A transaction I made a few hours ago is stuck as "pending", after sending via monero-wallet-cli. The transaction has not been picked up in a block yet.
I found this comment on Reddit by /u/...
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Are criticisms of Monero's blockchain bloat substantiated? [closed]
One of the more seemingly legitimate criticisms of Monero is that the blockchain is susceptible to bloat due to its ring signatures. Are these criticisms valid, or do other coins have similar ...
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How do I prove that a payment has been sent to a particular address?
If I pay someone, and they then claim that the payment has not been received, how can I prove that the payment was in fact sent?
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What kind of pruning techniques does AEON use?
AEON has a pruning branch. What kind of pruning is it? Is it just like Bitcoin pruning, or is there more to it?
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Blockchain properties: what are Height and Difficulty?
What are Height and Difficulty properties of Monero's blockchain?
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Why does the option "--verify 0" for monero-blockchain-import not work?
When I use the command ./monero-blockchain-import --verify 0 --input-file ./blockchain.raw it says "Failed to parse arguments: unrecognised option '--verify'".
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Is the Monero blockchain database portable between 32 and 64 bit architectures, and little/big endian architectures?
Monero uses LMDB for its database. Various data is saved in this database, including integers, such as the difficulty for a given block. LMDB is type agnostic, so does not any particular processing on ...
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Is there a way to make a public transaction?
Let says I want to send 1 XMR to Alice, and I want to prove to EVERYONE that I sent that 1 XMR to Alice without giving them a view-key or anything. Is this possible, and where could someone view the ...
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Is there a way to see the total supply of coins?
I ask because if there is anonymous transactions how is one (without the Private Key) going to see an address?
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Is there any message in Monero's genesis block like there is in Bitcoin's?
As the title says, what data was used to seed Monero's genesis block?
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How do I know I'm on the main blockchain?
The new version of the daemon has the "alt_chain_info" command. The output looks like:
5 alternate chains found:
1 blocks long, from height 1264997 (5502 deep), diff 1746032035727893: ...
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What are orphaned blocks?
I've heard the term "orphaned blocks" being tossed around here and on Reddit. Can someone please explain what orphaned blocks are and what happens to them?
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Where is the Monero blockchain stored on Linux build?
I'm a Linux newbie and I don't know where monerod is storing the blockchain.
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How can I spend coins if other people can't see my balance?
So I have 5 monero, but if nobody else can see my balance, how can I prove that these coins are in my posession, and that they have not been spent yet.
I just fail to see how Monero can ensure that ...
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Are the LMDB files cross-platform compatible?
I would like to know if the LMDB files are cross-platform compatible, more specifically between macOS and Linux. I am trying to import a raw blockchain (that I exported yesterday on macOS) onto a ...
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Monero Height at a standstill
My Height seems to be stuck here 335459/335459 (100.0%) on mainnet
But when I check the current height online it's 1289240
Could someone help me?
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What exactly is a coin?
maybe this is a stupid question but hey, posting will hurt nobody so I'll give it a shot. :)
I'm wondering, what exactly a Monero is, speaking data wise. According to the Bitcoin Whitepaper, a ...
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How is the block hash encoded?
How to compute block difficulty from a hash of that block?
In Bitcoin, I can see that block hash starts with a lot of zeros, but in Monero I don't understand how uniqueness of new block in represented ...
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Do checkpoints make initial blockchain sync faster?
Do the checkpoint hashes in checkpoints.cpp make the syncing go faster? Why or why not?
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Miner publishes a block to the network with a lag
I just noticed that a pool has "retained" a new block for quite a long time. See snapshot below where the block was found 3 minutes ago but still not pushed to the network (my own node was not seeing ...
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Is there a tool that tells me if my transfer has been used by others in a ring signature?
Is there a tool that, given a tx hash and/or a specific output, can search through the blockchain to see if it's been used as input in other transfers? This would preferably not be a web service but ...
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Can I set up the GUI or daemon to use a non-standard blockchain location in Windows?
In Windows, it's comfortable to double-click the link/icon to a program (as opposed to using the command line). The problem is that the default links/icons for the GUI or daemon (monerod) don't let ...
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Why are empty blocks not all the same size?
Why are empty blocks not all the same size?
On Monero Blocks I see a different size for blocks with zero transactions.
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How many total days are on the ledger?
Is there a tool or a source that tells how many total days are currently on the ledger? I know that monerod tells how many days behind you are on the ledger, but is there an easy way to look up the ...
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What are precomputed blocks?
When monerod is initializing, it says Loading precomputed blocks: 1200001.
What are precomputed blocks? Where are they loaded from?
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Longest orphaned chain
In the history of Monero, what was the longest chain of orphaned blocks?
Can I easily find the answer by inspecting the blockchain?
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With the Monero Wallet GUI is it suppose to start synchronizing every time you open it even after it completed synchronizing the 1st time i opened it?
Even though my question(according to stackexchange) appears subjective and is likely to be closed, Im still asking it because its driving me crazy and i just want someone to help me PLEASE.
When I ...
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Why does blockchain sync keep getting stuck? [closed]
Using Windows 7 64 and GUI wallet. Have tried to sync the blockchain from scratch 4 times by deleting the data.md file. Each time the sync process gets stuck on a particular block once, always within ...
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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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Should we synchronize blockchain from scratch after every scheduled hard fork?
Should we synchronize blockchain from scratch after every scheduled hardfork or just update the binaries and synchronizing blockchain from where it was synced with pre hardfork binaries?
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Its 2017-09 the monero blockchain is 21 GB, what proposed ways are there to reduce this size?
The monero blockchain is 21GB as of 2017-09 on version .11
What ways are there to reduce this block size down the line? Wasn't RingCT suppose to make things smaller moving forward?
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Message "Ours and foreign blockchain have only genesis block in common... o.O"
When I'm syncing the blockchain for the fist time, I have this error message 8 times
2016-Sep-26 19:58:50.608535 [P2P3]ERROR /tmp/monero/src/monero-0.10.0/src/cryptonote_core/blockchain.cpp:1835 Ours ...
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Possible lengths of Monero addresses?
I'm doing crude client-side verification of a form that includes an input for a Monero wallet. What are the possible lengths of an address? Are 106 and 95 the only possible lengths?
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Does using a remote node provide risks to anonymity?
If I were to use a remote node for monero GUI (latest version), would I risk privacy issues? If so, what can be done to minimize these issues? Thanks in advance.
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