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Is there some way to prove how long my Monero have been in my wallet?
I am using simplewallet. Is there some way to prove how long these funds have been in my account?
Question adapted from here.
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What privacy issues did Monero have and still has?
Has there been any scientific research regarding the promised privacy and security of Monero?
Have there been attacks on the Monero network in the past? If so, what has been done to combat those?
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How much information is passed from the daemon to simplewallet when scanning for a wallet's transactions?
When simplewallet is connected to a local daemon, the data throughput is mostly irrelevant because communication is done completely locally. But I am curious about how much data/information is ...
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How to change password on a wallet created with simplewallet?
I have created a wallet using simplewallet, but I am not satisfied with the password.
How do I go about changing the password on the wallet?
(I am running monero.linux.x64.v0-9-4-0)
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Simplewallet shows zero balance after recovering XMR paper wallet (using Mac)
I have made two paper wallets and can recover neither.
I use the Monero Test app to check balance once I have sent the Monero to the paper wallet (made with offline generator).
Then I launch ...
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Recovery from seed not working on monero.mac.x64.v0-9-4-0
Whenever I proceed according to these instructions: https://getmonero.org/knowledge-base/user-guides/restore_account
And type: simplewallet –restore-deterministic-wallet
It just returns:
-bash: ...
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What software is included in the Monero Core?
What software is included in the Monero Core?
https://getmonero.org/downloads/
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What will happen to my wallet during next hard fork?
I read the following announcement on a mining pool website:
HardFork V3: 23 days from now
What will happen (if anything) to my actual wallet during this hardfork update?
Will it change address? ...
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Why does rescanning the blockchain fail with "Abort trap: 6"?
After importing a wallet in simplewallet, issuing the rescan_bc command consistently results in the following "Abort trap: 6" error on my computer:
[wallet 4*****]: rescan_bc
Starting refresh...
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How do I import a large number of private keys into a wallet?
I have a list of my private keys I generated, and I want to import all of them into SimpleWallet.
I have the Spend key, view key, address, and mnemonic from MoneroAddress' generations. I can format ...
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How do I connect monero-wallet-cli to a remote node?
In the post What privacy or security trade offs are associated with not running your own full node? the privacy ramifications of connecting monero-wallet-cli to a remote node are discussed. However, I ...
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Is there a risk that cold storage wallets containing non RingCT outputs will be unspendable in the future?
If I fund a wallet today and don't touch it for 5 years, is there a risk that I won't be able to spend my funds? Is it advisable to move funds around to a new wallet with each hard fork?
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basic_string::resize crash [duplicate]
My simplewallet (W-XP) also crashes when loading a pre-existing wallet. This happens whether running against my local node or remote node. Deleting the wallet's cache enables it to load, but in watch-...
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Wallet initialization failed: basic_string::resize
I just transferred a demo wallet from MyMonero.com to simplewallet, refreshed the wallet using the node.monerohash.com public node and saved it. Afterwards, when trying to set auto-refresh to 1 it ...
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unable to see wallet balance using simplewallet restore
So I have been trying to restore my wallet using the seed and simplewallet, it asks for a wallet name, then a password and finally my seed, it says my wallet has been opened.
Then I set refresh and ...
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Problems with creating name and regularly accessing view-only wallet for cold storage
Thanks for taking the time to help me out. I've created a couple view-only wallets using https://getmonero.org/knowledge-base/user-guides/view_only , and have been coming across some problems:
1) ...
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How will the world learn of Monero? [closed]
I do my part in sharing the Monero technology with those I know, of whom I think may be interested.
However, when I was introduced to Monero a few months ago, I found quite a bit of misinformation ...
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Moneroaddress.org balance verification, wallet restoration, and usage precautions
I have used the moneroaddress.org website to generate a wallet, sent some funds using shapeshift.io
I kept my spend and view key, my wallet address and mnemonic.
All this was done offline except for ...
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If I send money with Simplewallet, it'll show that I've both sent and received funds. Why?
Whenever I send funds with XMR and use the refresh command to check my balance, Simplewallet will show a number of transactions, some adding money to my account and some withdrawing money from my ...
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Formal Verification of Monero code
This answer mentions a plan to eventually formally verify Monero code. Which approach will be used for that verification process? The cited wikipedia page mentions model checking, deductive ...
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Simplewallet: How do I get the tx_id needed for check_tx_key and get_tx_key?
I tried to use the transaction hash, but that seems to be something different than tx_id. For example with this:
get_tx_key <my-transaction-hash>
I got an error "no tx key found for this txid"....
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Simplewallet: Can I print the current values of the options that can be set by the "set" command?
I did not see something like a "get" command, and for example "set auto-refresh" without an argument does not show the current status of auto-refresh.
Am I overlooking something?
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Can I restore my account using just the keys file?
Can I restore my account without seed and wallet file, using just the keys file? and do I need to know the password if you can restore from key file?
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Is there any way to force someone to rescan their wallet?
I'm asking in the context of Poloniex having to rescan their wallet conveniently at the time of Monero's all time high in volume, reference:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/4z5sbo/...
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Is it possible to trace an output in the Monero blockchain?
In MRL-0004, it's said:
Bob wishes to send 0.75 XMR to Alice, and will pay 0.01 XMR in fees. The Monero
that Alice receives, 0.75 XMR, will be delivered as two new unspent transaction
outputs ...
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How long do I have to wait for monero-wallet-cli to be synchronized again?
So from time to time I use my monero-wallet-cli together with the monerod.
I start up monerod and wait until its up to date.
Then I start up the monero-wallet-cli but its empty.
Now I have to use ...
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Should I worry about dust in my wallet?
MRL-0004 talks about how if I get sent a weird amount of XMR like 103.32111111, I'll have a weird output of .00111111 in my wallet, and assuming there will be no other outputs of the same amount in ...
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Wallet RPC API wallet creation
I decided to build a python GUI wrapper around monerod and monero-wallet-rpc. Following https://getmonero.org/knowledge-base/developer-guides/wallet-rpc and https://moneroexamples.github.io/python-...
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Aeon minimum mixin
Aeon does not have a mandatory minimum mixin like Monero does. Despite the feature being relatively easy to add, there is no mention of doing so in the current development roadmap.
What advantages ...
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Why do incoming transfers appear in my wallet later than in block explorer?
ok, so I'm running the standard monero client ( simplewallet ).
Twice now I have received incoming transfers from shapeshift.io. The shapeshift interface notified me at the moment the xmr transfer ...
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What technique(s) should be used to secure funds in my wallet(s)?
So I know that there might not be a straight forward answer besides having a cold and hot wallet available that you can access with your own daemon and simplewallet. But I feel like there might be ...
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Is it possible to have simplewallet start scanning from a certain block instead of the beginning of the blockchain when refreshing a new wallet?
Say I generate a new wallet, and I know for sure that I don't have any transactions appearing prior to block 'X'.
Is it possible to instruct simplewallet to start the scan at a certain block? I'd ...
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How did Monero Research Lab members learn about Monero?
Did the original Monero core team reach out to cryptographers in order to seek review of the original CryptoNote whitepaper? Or did the mathematicians hear about CryptoNote from some other means and ...
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Simplewallet password confirmation during wallet creation
I like to use very strong passwords, but occasionally make a typo when entering them. Is there a setting I can use so that simplewallet will force me to enter my desired password twice (and ensure ...
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Are there any Monero specific programming language "libraries" available?
I understand that simplewallet has a raw JSON RPC interface available, but are there any specific "helper" libraries available for a relatively modern programming language(PHP, Python, Java, ...
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How can i sweep out a whole wallet to another address?
Since currently it's not possible to manage multiple addresses easily with one simplewallet instance, I would like to fire them up on the go.
I am on windows with the binaries bitmonerod and ...
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How do you import a wallet from the private keys into simplewallet? [duplicate]
Is there a way you can import a wallet into simplewallet from the private spend key and private view key? I know you can import the view key to create a view wallet, but I can't see how to import the ...
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What programming language(s) are used in building Bitmonerod, Simplewallet, Kovri, and the Monero GUI?
What programming languages are being used to build Bitmonerod, Simplewallet, Kovri and the Monero GUI? Are multiple languages used within the same application? What is the level of programming ...
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Research on difficulty algorithm
A new difficulty algorithm is said to be researched in https://getmonero.org/design-goals/, with a new MRL paper underway.
I see nothing new on https://github.com/monero-project/research-lab/ about ...
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Why do I need to refresh my wallet?
If I run a full node on the same computer as simplewallet why do I need to "refresh" my wallet to see new incoming and outgoing transactions?
Will the new official GUI now in development eliminate ...
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What does "transaction failed" mean in simplewallet?
When I opened my account in simplewallet, it said that my transaction failed even though I saw them in a transaction pool on a block explorer. What does the message mean in simplewallet?
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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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private spend key versus mnemonic seed
What is the difference between a private spend key and mnemonic seed?
Can both be used to sign a transaction? Are there any things that I can derive from one but not the other?
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Hashrate correlation by time of day
Looking at historical Monero hash rate data it appears as if the hashrate is often the highest near 0:00 GMT and lowest near 12:00 GMT
What credible explanations are there for this pattern? What ...
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Can simplewallet auto refresh?
Sometimes after I send a transaction, I like to use the "refresh" command so that I can see how many blocks (confirmations) have occurred for my transaction.
Similarly, when I am expecting to receive ...
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Mymonero and simplewallet mnemonic seed compatibility
Mymonero and simplewallet use different numbers of seed words.
Are they compatible?
Can seed words created by Mymonero be used to recover a wallet with simplewallet?
Can seed words created by ...
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How does ringct interact with multisig?
When the ringct branch is finished, will it make m-of-n multisig easier or harder to implement?
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