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Why won't monerod.exe connect to daemon?

I have tried the following to get monerod.exe to work: placed all monero related folders in the exception section of my antivirus (AV originally quarantined and blocked several files) removed monerod....
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Unrecognized TXN format, incorrect balance v0.13.0.4

this is the same error received in v0.13.0.3 GUI txn extra has unsupported format all transactions are pre fork by weeks, and is leading to an incorrect balance showing in my wallet. Re synced the ...
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Slow blockchain sync

I'm trying to figure out why my Monero node is syncing so slowly. I have experience syncing other PoW nodes before (like BTC, for example), but it was never this slow (I've spent over 2-3 weeks at ...
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Please Help! -- GUI wallet Daemon failed to start and can't find log or monerod

I'm running the GUI wallet v0.15.0.2 with a Ledger Nano S (the Ledger is updated as of yesterday) on a mac. When I open the wallet I keep getting this message "Daemon failed to start. Please check ...
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Let`s say that i sent monero from kucoin to my monero wallet. Is this transaction anonymous?

The kucoin account is registered to my official e-mail addres. Do i need to use monero mixer? Which monero mixers accept small amounts of this coin (eg $10). What are the anonymous ways to transfer ...
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Coudn't connect to daemon

Wallet do not synchronizing because he couldn't connect to daemon. Win 10. Restore height is 2150000. I tried: Reinstall GUI (I had used latest version (17.4) before, but anyway) Start monerod Resync ...
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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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Running a Monero node from a home PC with Broadband unlimited download over TOR. Doable?

I want to run a Monero node from home. My PC details: Processor Intel (R) Pentium (R) CPU N3700 @1.60GHz 1.60GHz RAM - 4 GB 64 bit operating system x64 based processor Total space 465 GB, Out ...
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Setting the Monero blockchain location on macOS with monerod

I downloaded the macOS Monero GUI wallet and did a full node sync to an external SSD. I then started looking into the Monero CLI wallet and thought it would be useful for scripting some tasks. Now I ...
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monerod.exe Inbound malicious attacks

I just installed Monero GUI Wallet for the first time and during the sync, I am getting a LOT of inbound malicious attacks. Malwarebytes is blocking them but why am I getting them? How is it that ...
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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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Couldn't allocate RandomX cache

Using a new install of GUI version 0.18.1.2 - Fluorine Fermi - I've downloaded the blockchain onto an old MacBook Pro (macOS High Sierra 10.13) with a 500GB SSD and 8GB of RAM (the maximum I can ...
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Advantages of using monerod over Tor

According to the README, it seems like only the transactions sent from local RPC to the daemon get propagated through Tor. I am unable to understand why this choice was made/what its advantages may be....
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How do I move the blockchain (data.mdb) to a different directory during (or after) the initial sync without losing the progress?

I am currently performing the initial sync to the default directory, but my drive is nearly full. How do I move (and subsequently sync) the blockchain to another drive without losing the progress?
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How to get 18.1 to get working on Monero GUI

Im having a hard time getting the new 18.1 hardfork release to work on Monero gui. Please any help would be awesome. I logged in and it said download new version. i accepted but cannot seem to figure ...
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Why is mining hashrate by monero-gui-v0.17.3.1 significantly slower than xmrig-6.16.2-focal-x64?

I have been experimenting with solo mining Monero using two approaches on the same machine: monero-gui-v0.17.3.1 and xmrig-6.16.2-focal-x64. The monero-gui reported a hash rate of ~6KH/s while xmrig ...
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Monero Wallet and Monerod Network Connection Issue on Tails

I am running Tails on a Live USB and am attempting to run a local node with the blockchain being stored onto an SSD. I have updated IP tables: sudo iptables -I OUTPUT 2 -p tcp -d 127.0.0.1 -m tcp --...
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Sent XMR To My Desktop GUI Wallet From BEFORE being fully synced - Daemon is Synced but XMR is Still Not in Wallet? Any Help Would Be Great [duplicate]

I made a stupid mistake... Sent XMR To My Desktop GUI Wallet From Kucoin BEFORE being fully synced. Kucoin says "sent successful" to my Wallet ID - I didn't realize I had not yet synced. It ...
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How do I upgrade my software to the newest version?

I've been running one of the following: CLI / GUI v0.14.X.X CLI / GUI v0.15.X.X How do I update these to the newest version?
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It it "normal" that monerod and monero-wallet-gui are very unstable over torsocks?

I configured a private remote node using the official docs (compiled from source at release-v0.17 on Debian buster). When I run monerod --config-file /home/monero-admin/.monero/monerod.conf, the node ...
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When turning on computer do I have to open my Monerod folder from my files for my GUI wallet to be able to sync or can I just open the GUI wallet?

I have win10, downloaded the GUI and the blockchain into my laptop. Finally got a full node running, even able to mine from the GUI now if I want to! Point is, everything is finally working and ...
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How might one stop pruning when started in monerod?

How do I gracefully stop blockchain pruning done by monerod? I have started monerod to update the blockchain and when it finished syncing it I decided to try to save some disk space as the database ...
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Updating Monero GUI after a few years (!) [duplicate]

I bought a little XMR years ago back when the most up-to-date GUI was v0.11.1.0 (running a local node on MacOS). I hadn't touched my XMR balance since and just finally decided to try to update to the ...
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How to install/use MoneroPHP on my site?

I have the site xmrto.cash and just want to accept and send XMR. I was told MoneroPHP is a good way to do this but am having trouble just understanding how to install and use it. What is the first ...
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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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Run monero only in local network

I want to run some tests on monero, but I only want monerod to communicate to peers on my local network. I don't want it download the official blockchain. I want my wallet, which I will run from my ...
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Monero blockchain usage after importing .raw file

I am wondering how to use blockchain after conversion of the .raw file through blockchain-import. I already have a data.mdb file, but it seems like the new .raw file is bigger now, so I have to sync ...
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Does the latest Monero release (Nov 2019) contain I2P and Tor only in CLI or in the GUI too?

Win 10 user, PC, trying to setup Daemon on a local hard drive. Before I do, I want to know about the privacy options regarding IP addresses when using a node. Does the latest Monero release, to run ...
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How synchronization with a remote node works?

I'm using a remote node, but it says disconnected so I clicked start Deamon and I'm waiting so much time for it to synchronize and it's filling my disk space ? I was thinking it do not fill disk ...
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Do I need to wait for the entire blockchain to download before daemon will connect to wallet?

After having been away from Monero from some time I have uninstalled (hopefully) the old version, deleted the files, and have installed the new gui ( 0.14.0.0 Boron Butterfly). I am restoring from my ...
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"Segmentation Error" in monerod on TAILS in previously synced 0.14.0 GUI. Am I screwed and need to start over? [duplicate]

The wallet was synced and everything was fine about 2 days ago
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I forgot to upgrade (from CLI or GUI v0.13 to CLI or GUI v0.14) and, as a result, accidentally synced to the wrong (alternative) chain

I forgot to upgrade (from CLI or GUI v0.13 to CLI or GUI v0.14) and, as a result, accidentally synced to the wrong (alternative) chain. How do I resolve this issue?
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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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Monero wallet issue with multiple accounts [duplicate]

I have a monero wallet with more than 10 accounts. When I transfer coins from one account to another, unlocked balance does not refreshed for more than a hour. After that, I entered rescan_bc and it ...
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Monero GUI is unable to start monerod on Ubuntu 18.04

I just installed the Monero GUI 0.13.0.4 Beryllium Bullet on Ubuntu 18.04, and I also installed the libhidapi-libusb library. When I start the Monero GUI, it fails to start the daemon. The logs ...
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Suspicious connections - Having issues with the GUI under Debian by connection to a public remote node - PC hangs

Having a Windows client with local node - works perfect. When trying to connect with the Debian client to a remote node (eu.node.moneroworld.com at port 18089) the pc hangs immediately and cinnamon ...
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Monerod and wallet fully synced, not recognizing transactions made before the fork as valid

Both wallet and CLI are showing the incorrect balance after many full blockchain rescans, trying with the CLI, same result, rescan from genesis block and arbitrary block numbers, same result. Full ...
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GUI / monerod v0.13.0.3 does not start on Linux because of "./monero-wallet-gui: error while loading shared libraries: libhidapi-libusb.so.0"

GUI / monerod v0.13.0.3 does not start on Linux because of "./monero-wallet-gui: error while loading shared libraries: libhidapi-libusb.so.0". How do I resolve this particular issue?
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What is the importance of 'save' command in monerod?

I am trying to sync the wallet using monerod (and was also playing with the commands) when i came to notice a "save" option when i type 'help'. what is the use of it or is there any use of it because ...
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Mining on testnet

I'm trying to obtain some coins in testnet, so I started monerod, waited until it sync and started mining. I've got such messages: 2018-04-11 14:31:43.803 [RPC0] WARN miner src/...
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What is the monero stagenet?

Realised there was no SE question for what the 'stagenet' is when setting up a monero wallet via the gui or CLI. From my understanding the stagenet is a sandbox environment similar to testnet but is ...
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Monero GUI - See the mining in progress

I am not interested in joining a pool nor buying fancy hardware. I just want to mine on my macbook in the background, and play my luck. I've installed the official Monero GUI app, and it's mining ...
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What is the 'bootstrap node' when creating a monero wallet via the GUI?

Been awhile since I generated a wallet with the monero GUI and noticed this new section called 'bootstrap node' in the daemon settings section when creating a new wallet - what exactly is this? ...
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How to get miners transaction size?

When we try to send monero to someone using transfer [integrated address] 0.0016 how can we calculate the size where the priority is normal and ring size is default(may be 7) So I need an ...
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Monero GUI wallet stuck/increasing while syncing blockchain

Monero GUI wallet stuck/increasing while syncing blockchain I downloaded the Monero GUI wallet and have been attempting to sync the blockchain for a couple of days now. I left it overnight with about ...
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Restored wallet in Qubes Monero client showing "not connected to daemon" despite being connected to daemon

I'm using it on Qubes, which I've never had the slightest problem with until Lithium Luna. I ended up reinstalling everything from scratch for a different reason (and by 'everything' I mean everything,...
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Monero Gui didn't create .keys file for wallet, it crashed, wasn't able to restore wallet, is it lost?

My Monero Gui was freezing every 10 seconds when I clicked on it so I just killed the process, after trying to reopen multiple times I killed the monerod daemon process as well When opening again the ...
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Start Daemon Not Working in my GUI?

When I start the daemon from the GUI, it almost immediately turns itself off and I get the following in the log. Can someone translate this into layman's terms? Thanks: 2017-Jan-03 19:25:27.197263 ...
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blockheight unconfirmed

I'm using the new GUI and made a deposit on it from an exchange. 32 hours ago it was approved from the exchange. Since then i'm waiting to see the amount on my wallet. I can see it in the history, but ...
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Get Transactions from payment ID

I know how to generate payment id and how payment id works. But how can i get all transactions for a payment id from monero wallet CLI. Is there a way to do that? And command for that will be greatly ...