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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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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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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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Setup remote-connectable node?
I'd like to setup a full remote node for personal usage (meaning I want it to act as a full node to help decentralize the network, but I don't want it to be open to everyone for use with the GUI / CLI ...
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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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Will command line daemon/wallet still be available after the release of the official GUI?
Will the Monero command line daemon/wallet programs still be available after the release of the official GUI?
Will Monerod will be blended in similarly to how bitcoin core node/wallet is?
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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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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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Monero Applications Development
I'm a software engineer (Mobile/Native) with interest in cryptocurrency.
I would be interested in taking pet projects for monero, but, i've read recently that the jaxx guys halted the monero's ...
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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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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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What happens to XMR sent to an unexisting address? Is it sent back?
What happens to XMR sent to an unexisting address? Is it sent back? Is it lost forever, but if yes where does it go? It still has to show up somewhere in the blockchain...
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Monero log error messages ("transaction extra has unsupported format")
I'm using the Linux Monero command line client v0.11.1.0 compiled at home from github with no errors at all and I can find in the wallet log file many error messages like this:
WARN wallet.wallet2 ...
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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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If I compile monerod from source, do I also have to compile the GUI to use the GUI?
I monerod running on headless node in my home. Let's say I want to use the GUI wallet as a light wallet on a different computer in my home, and I'll just use the node's daemon/blockchain. Is the ...
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Does the GUI work on Linux?
I am running Debian and the latest stable version of libstdc++6 (provided by Debian) does not include the versions necessary to run the GUI.
CXXABI_1.3.9 and GLIBCXX_3.4.21
I spoke to a friend ...
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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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XMR Blockchain NOT syncing beyond a particular Block 1400001
On my windows 10 it took many days and bandwidth (150 GB) to download XMR blockchain which stands at 29 GB.
When I login to lite portal mymonero.com and I can see my balance as 0.835. But in Monero ...
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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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Is there a way to force sync on Monero GUI?
I'm using the Monero GUI to download the Monero blockchain; but most of the time, after I open the GUI and start daemon, the "network status" at the lower left bit shows only the "connected" text. ...
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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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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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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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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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XMR sent from Kraken not visible in wallet
I'm new to Monero, so please use the most basic explanations. Thanks!
I've sent XMR from Kraken exchange to my Gui wallet a while ago, using an integrated adress. Only I didn't notice that my wallet ...
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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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How to know when I would get any profit by Monero mining program?
I am an absolutely newb to Monero and Blockchain.
I download the Monero GUI program from https://getmonero.org/downloads/ and run on my windows system.
After sync all block to my local, I started to ...
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Why does it take about 5 minutes for a transaction to register on the network?
I've noticed that a transaction will not register in a receiver's wallet for about 5 minutes after being sent. In Bitcoin, it is registered immediately and then you wait for confirmations. My question ...
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Started monerod on the command line in ubuntu, how to connect to it via the gui?
I started the monerod in the command line so I can see the daemon output, but how do I connect to this daemon using the gui? Or should I just start the daemon in the gui instead?
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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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How do I start the monerod daemon as a remote node with a username and password requirement to connect to it?
I'd like to restrict my remote node so that only certain people can connect to it when they'd like to sync their wallet. How can I set up a username and password with my monerod daemon, so that people ...
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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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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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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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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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Can the GUI daemon and the CLI daemon share the same data-dir at the same time?
Can the GUI daemon and the CLI daemon share the same data-dir at the same time? Both running simultaneously?
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Where can I find the p2pstate.bin file so I can delete it?
...as is strongly suggested in this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/4z3ced/guide_to_using_monero_with_tor_correctly/
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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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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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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 ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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 wallet stuck synchronising and I don't understand the "unstuck" guide: please clarify
As stated my wallet on windows is stuck with 39179 blocks remaining. I am trying to follow this guide My blockchain is stuck, how do I "unstuck" it?
but the steps are not clear to me.
I ...
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monerod.exe socket error connect 0
When I first downloaded the wallet everything was working fine, and then my computer crashed while it was running one day and it stopped working ever since, now whenever I run monerod.exe it says "...
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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 ...
