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How to create a view-only wallet for the GUI?

Say I have a cold storage wallet, is there any way I can make a view only wallet with GUI?
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Cold transaction signing with GUI

Is it possible to safely complete a cold transaction signing process with the official GUI instead of the CLI process described here?
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How to check balance of Cold Storage Monero Wallet, easily, when privacy of balance is not an issue?

I am aware similar questions have been asked - but I could not find the exact answer I seek. In the situation of: The user has a cold storage wallet, made on an airgapped computer, and has written ...
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Importing a paper wallet to GUI

I have a paper wallet that I made from moneroaddress and wanted to import it to the GUI. Can I import it by starting up the GUI and clicking, "restore wallet from 25 word mnemonic seed," and entering ...
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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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Is it possible to fake the date of arrival of funds?

Let's say I claim I've had X Monero for 1 year in my account and truth is I just received that amount X to my account yesterday. If I'm giving away all (private) keys to that person, he could see the ...
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Check the Balance of Cold Storage Address - Block Explorer

I’ve realized, if you want to check the balance of a cold storage address, you can setup a view only wallet in the Monero GUI client. How does this compare with using Onion Monero Blockchain ...
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GUI Wallet balance = 0 although wallet is synchronised and Daemon is synchronized (2240487) using Remote node

Please help! I didn't check my Monero account for a while and now I am unable to login to my GUI wallet anymore. After researching the issue, I decided to delete everything related to Monero on my ...
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How can I set up cold storage and sign transactions offline? [duplicate]

Need 10 upvotes to post the response with links etc...
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Monero GUI Ledger not fully syncing

I have been struggling to get my monero wallet to fully sync with my ledger. I have tried feather wallet and it simply does not sync. The official monero GUI wallet syncs to about 95%, but then seems ...
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How does a view only wallet work and what is stored?

In relation to blockchain scanning and disk usage, as well as disk space, how does a view only wallet work? Specifically: 1.) does the blockchain need to be scanned? 2.) how much free space is ...
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How long does it take for the coins to go from cold storage into a hot wallet?

I have some monero in a Cold Wallet (paper wallet), I downloaded the Wallet GUI. The wallet is now fully synched... And filled in the 25 word seed, and the block-height (one day before I sent the ...
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