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How does sending transactions to myself reduce privacy?
And what is the best way to eliminate this reduction in privacy? For example, if I send txs through another wallet, does that fix the problem?
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Will future GUI and CLI releases remain separate?
The GUI beta includes the Monero daemon and other components used in Wolfram Warptangent.
In the future, will the GUI and CLI point releases remain separate or will they be packaged together?
What ...
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How do I confirm that my address is attached to my wallet?
I have created my wallet and have monero running in background, though I am not entirely sure how to tell. I just know that I try to run ./monerod I receive an error message stating that "Address ...
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How can I use a private node on Wolfram Warptangent?
I'm using the instructions found on https://www.moneroclub.com/node with no luck. Are these commands still used in monero-wallet-cli?
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How to get an external wallet to work on monero-wallet-cli?
I generated a wallet using https://moneroaddress.org/, and want to get that wallet to work using monero-wallet-cli (or anything else that I can actually spend monero on). What's the best way to do ...
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I am running blockchain 0.9.4. Why is it not syncing?
I know that you can send coins from 0.9.4 to 0.10.0. If I am still running 0.9.4 will it sync with 0.10.0 blocks?
I am trying to sync my 0.9.4 chain and it does not seem to be syncing any new blocks....
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How to fix "Exception in main! locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale name not valid" when starting monerod?
If you have upgraded to 17.1.0 of the monero wallet software and run into the error
Exception in main! locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale name not valid
... when starting monerod
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Can I identify the true input of a transaction as the spender on an explorer?
What information would I need to discern my true input to the transaction from the mixins? Can this be easily done?
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What takes the most computing time in a monero wallet?
What functions take up most of the time for a new or restored simplewallet?
Is it the scanning for its own inputs?
What code line does the most heavy lifting in the simplewallet codebase?
Lets say ...
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How can I build a specific branch of Monero?
I would like to build a specific branch of Monero, and I would like help setting it up to build on Debian. Can someone help me please?
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How can I change the wallet password?
I'm curious if there is a way to change the official CLI or GUI wallet password.
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How can I delete my wallet?
So I didn't have enough space on my current HDD for my wallet, the "install" stopped about halfway through because of this
I decided to delete the files it had created but I can't find them. I've ...
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How many confirmations to be sure a transaction does not end up in an orphaned block?
After how many confirmations can I be sure that my transaction is not in a losing chain that ends up orphaned?
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Can monero-wallet-cli tell me the one-time public keys (outputs) that belong(ed) to it?
When viewing the data on a block explorer, how can I be sure which outputs are mine? Due to Monero using stealth addresses, the block explorers show all the one-time public keys (which are the ...
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monero wallet and RingCT
When will the monero wallet and ringct be completed for monero users and will the wallet be compatible with other cryptocurrencies like BTC ETH etc?
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Is it possible to set up a short cut to launch monerod with a flag and cli-wallet at all at once?
Eack time I use monero I need to start monerod with a flag (I use a different port) and it is a bit tedious sometimes.
Is it possible to set up a short cut to launch monerod with a flag and cli-...
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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 generate a Trezor Monero wallet with the CLI (monero-wallet-cli)?
According to the release notes v0.14.1.0 includes Trezor support. How do I generate a Trezor Monero wallet with the CLI (monero-wallet-cli)?
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How do I, on Mac OS X, generate a Ledger Monero wallet with the CLI and subsequently use it in the GUI?
According to the release notes v0.12.x.0 includes Ledger support. How do I, on Mac OS X, generate a Ledger Monero wallet with the CLI and subsequently use it in the GUI?
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How do I sell Monero for USD if I start from the Monero in my wallet?
Let's say I have my Monero wallet and there are some coins in it. How would I go about getting USD for those coins? I read about exchanges where one can buy and sell Monero on this thread -- What ...
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Monero Helium Hydra - Segmentation Fault
I am running a clean install of Monero client for Linux 64bit, binaries as available on 13-oct-2017, v0.11.0.0
I have deleted previous client, and ~/.bitmonero. I am importing an older wallet file ...
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restore deterministic wallet from specific date (YYYY-MM-DD) - Error: specified date is in the future
I am test restoring a Monero wallet.
./monero-wallet-cli --restore-deterministic-wallet
At this point:
Restore from specific blockchain height (optional, default 0),
or alternatively from specific ...
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Can someone spend my xmr if they steal my Wallet folder?
Assume they don't know anything about my password and seeds.If a hacker opens my windows account and copy the monero wallet folder,can they steal my monero coins?
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What's the explanation for certain high fee transactions/blocks?
From my understanding transaction fees are calculated automatically based on the transaction size in bytes, the current average block size, etc. I've noticed recently that transactions have been ...
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Is a cold paper wallet more secure than a cold wallet generated with the CLI or GUI?
There are several posts explaining different approaches to generating an offline wallet. The consensus seems to be that a cold paper wallet is the most secure, but can someone explain why?
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Exploring Testnet's Blockchain
I have synced my testnet node. I can send and receive transactions, but I would like to see how they look like for someone viewing the blockchain (specially the ringCT ones). So far, though, I couldn'...
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Is there a `--language` flag for cli wallet?
There's a --password flag and --generate-new-wallet flag, which make programmatic generation of a wallet very easy, except for this missing piece. Ideally a command like this would generate a wallet ...
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Warptangent and simple wallet
If I'm not running a node and all I want to do is open simple wallet to check my balance, do I need to download the latest version of Monero?
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failed to deserialize extra field
I've started simplewallet together with bitmonerod and looking into simplewallet.log file I can see something like this:
2016-Sep-08 12:01:29.853608 [RPC0]Transaction extra has unsupported format: &...
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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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Is Monero affected by the year 2038 / 2106 problem?
Unix timestamps usually are stored as a 32 bit integer, either signed or unsigned which will overflow either in 2038 or 2106. How are timestamps currently stored in Monero's codebase and blocks?
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How do `rpc-bind-ip` and `restricted-rpc` and `rpc-login` interact?
Let's say that I were to pass --rpc-bind-ip 0.0.0.0 to monerod, and also --restricted-rpc (along with the external bind confirmation), what would the outcome be? What does the second command do when ...
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How do I restore / recreate my Trezor Monero wallet?
I have lost my Trezor device and/or cannot access the system with my Trezor Monero wallet files. How do I restore / recreate my Trezor Monero wallet?
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Is there a way to use CLI wallet non-interactively?
I want to run a script using the cli wallet. I know can use the --password and --command arguments to the cli, but sometimes the wallet will still prompt for input (passwords/confirmation etc.). Is ...
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Should I use sub-addresses more?
With regards to privacy, security and performance, is it best practice to use a different sub-address for each different type of activity?
For example, to use one sub-address for exchange use, one ...
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An academic "hello world" on Monero
I'm a graduate student looking to improve my skills in real-world applications of cryptography and online anonymity. Reviewing all of the new blockchain and alt-coin variants, I believe that Monero is ...
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Which password limitations do exist?
I refer with my question primary to length, based on bytes because a sign in UTF-8 can have 1-4 bytes.
Furthermore some special signs like control-signs might not be allowed.
This question is related ...
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Best practices to keep Monero wallet secure
I'm using a read-only wallet on a computer connected to the Internet, a dedicated local server for the Monero node and I keep on a USB key the full wallet as cold storage to use it only in case. Also, ...
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JSON RPC with digest auth
Is there anyone using Monero JSON RPC authentication?
I can only use curl with username:password to request the daemon RPC. But I cannot do the request with nodejs.
Anyone tried with nodejs ...
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how come my Monero wallet's unlocked balance is zero?
The wallet is used for send out XMR to our customers, it had been working well for quite some time, all of a sudden, its unlocked-balance became zero, also with its num_unspent_outputs, but its ...
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Can monero-wallet-cli be run as a light wallet?
I've set up a Monero node on my server machine ("barrow.home", 10.8.0.1 on my VPN), which is not entrusted with any private keys.
/opt/monero/monero-v0.11.0.0/monerod --non-interactive \
--config-...
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What does the "default" priority (priority = 0) do in monero-wallet-cli?
Here's a paste selection from the set command in monero-wallet-cli.
priority [0|1|2|3|4] - default/unimportant/normal/elevated/priority fee
With priority set to 0, what does that actually mean in ...
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My wallet won't connect to the daemon, re downloading doesn't help either. Can't reach my funds!
The monerod crashes when I click it and the gui version tells me there is no connection daemon
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Missing Monero Funds
I made a transaction on ShapeShift. The transaction was successful but I never received my funds in my wallet. I’ve already talked with ShapeShift customer and they said the best thing to do is to ask ...
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What is the end number used for in start_mining command?
I am ready to begin mining through wallet-cli. However, I am seeing different commands. For example, I have seen "start_mining 4", start_mining 2", etc...
Can I just use the command start_mining?
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Starting out with Monero on macOS
Just looked at Monero, going to mine on an i7 machine, running OSX.
I got the command line tools from the official monero website, I started up the daemon and it's nearly synced, I've got the wallet ...
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Why does my RPC call return "Connection refused"?
I have a view-only wallet opened, and from another terminal, I try to run the getbalance example from the Wallet RPC documentation. However, I get a Connection refused error:
mac:~ user$ curl -X POST ...
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Is it planned to implement Hashed Timelocked Contracts (HTLC) through the monero multisig wallet?
In other words, will be there equivalent of the command 'locked_transfer' for sending funds to multisig wallet?
So a sender can return the funds by using just his signature (ONLY through the 'number ...
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Monero wallet doesn't connect to local daemon
I have a Monero daemon running on a Raspberry Pi connected to my LAN and it worked fine for sometimes, but lately, I'm unable to connect wallet from another PC to it.
When the issue has happened for ...
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Why does my Monero wallet refresh so slowly?
Refreshing a wallet generated from MyMonero private keys, it is refreshing at a rate that will take hours to complete. I use CTRL-c to stop the refresh and it helps by then moving to a higher block ...
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