"Our payments are run through BTCPay, however when an invoice is generated it creates a new address for every coin we accept. Unfortunately sometimes if someone doesn't pay in a long time with a certain currency we pass the gap limit. Most coins have solutions through electrum, but Monero being a bit of a different beast needed something else. Glad its working though. :)"

hello

how to start new blockchain when ringsize even for ver1 is at least 3

i have allways "No outputs found, or daemon is not ready"

on transfer this message

what 10-50 first blocks of monero has?

transfers,mining what?

newyearday: you can start your own testnet. in the beginning the miners just validate themselfes, there are not actual transations

what is the difference with mining real blockchain and not testnet

no difference at all, afaik

testnet function is already integrated. for the real blockchain you would have to change the code so it doesn't interfere with the already esteblished blockchain

what to change unlock window ?

mining is working but transfer dont work because there no outputs

i cant understand how the first transfer of monero worked

because even on version 1 ringsize is at least 3

maby there is a bootstrap mechanism in place that reduces ringzise at first

only moneromooo can answer this

what first block of monero has?mining?

where transfers begin

i don't understand the question

blocks can be created from mining or from transfers

right?

only mining creates blocks, even empty ones if there are not transfers

ok right just how transfers begin

no idea. in the testnet it does complain about the ringsize but then does the actual transfer anyway

I told you yesterday: you need to wait till enough coinbase outputs are unlocked to use in your first ring.

but i dont want to wait :( i want to be rich now!!!

to anybody who isn't paranoid already twitter.com/gregpmiller/status/1227204223214985216

"trusted a single company "

is enough

does anyone know how to tell monerod to put the blockchain on a drive that isnt my ssd that is almost full?

or where the config file is located so I can specify a custom one?

how do you launch the daemon Adriel? you can use the --data-dir argument to put it somewhere else

for example monerod --data-dir /mnt/myharddrive/monerod

thank you

that will at least let me get it synced

maybe it hasnt made the config file yet

but it did download 2% of the blockchain somewhere...

i don't think it creates a config by default, but you can make one and then use --config-file /etc/monerod.conf

it doesn't create a config file

that worked btw

I may just write a batch file to launch it

:)

my linux box was way easier

I just made my .bitmonero dir somewhere else and ln -s to my home dir :)

yeah that's what I usually do, just symlink to where I want it

its just that my gaming pc is the best option for leaving the mining running and it is on windows :)

I don't want to slow down my workstation all the time :)

FWIW, syncing on a SSD is *much* faster than on a HDD. You may want to consider moving some stuff from SSD to HDD to make space, then sync on SSD, then swap back.

you could leave the daemon and wallet on your workstation, and then install a pool miner on your gaming computer too

yea I plan to use the wallet in linux

The website says I can use a public pool rather than syncing, and it says I can bootstrap the pool?

but it gives no indication how

wow 55GB?

yea there is no way I can clear that much space on my 120G ssd heh

hyc: that article certainly does not make it less probable that the NSA has attempted to compromise cryptography in the more recent past.

It's either ~85 GB (full) or ~25 GB (pruned).

well it is 55GB to download from the website and import

must be compressed

:)

I should probably sync it once and copy the db to the other workstations via gigabit :)

how do I tell it to use the public copy rather than download it?

Do you mean "how do I tell my wallet to use a possibly malicious stranger's node rather than my one that I checked" ?

heh

well can I download it pruned?

if its a stupid idea btw it perhaps shouldnt be listed as a feature?

on the website

:P

If you start monerod with --prune-blockchain, it'll download it all, but save it pruned as it goes.

is unpruned faster if I have the diskspace?

Lots of people don't care about being scammed. They figure it only happens to others.

It won't be faster, just save space.

oh well

I guess I will just wait another hr or 2

heh

I just wanted to get my wallet created before syncing the blockchain

Your "listed as a feature" comment makes me think yu might be talking about the bootstrap file rather than using a stranger's nde ?

Oh you can do that without getting the chain first.

yes that

well I have an unscynced wallet

but that is unusable till it is synced right?

Less usable. But not unusable.

no

not downloading the file

the thing that claims I can use the wallet immediately

I have no idea how to do that

There is bootstrap mode, which is better than just using a stranger's node. You're only vulnerable till synced.

so its a command switch?

--help will show the option, probably --boostrap or similar.

on monerod or cli?

monerod.

Basically monerod proxies to another node (so you're vulnerable there) but syncs in the background. After done syncing, it switches back to its own (not vulnerable anymore).

--bootstrap-daemon-address auto

?

Yes.

How bad is it to use a stranger's node anyway? I asked about this before and the response I got was that it's safe but has implementation issues making it unsafe

It depends on the stranger

I think that worked, the wallet seems to be active now :)

any mining pool recommendations? :)

for xmrig

If you use sufficient strangers, I mean

As in, an Electrum-style SPV node that scans for payments

You can use just one stranger with monero. Using more is theoretically possible, but I don't feel like spending time on these things when you could just use your own node.

Not everyone has 60 gb of space though

The stranger can DoS you obviously. They can also send you fake blocks which appear to send you money (if they know one of your addresses).

or 25, if you're pruning

yeah but if we have multiple strangers

< moneromooo> You can use just one stranger with monero.

If you have a list of a few hundred

But I could at least use one of my established nodes right?

uhh how am I to parse that

"You can use at most one stranger"

or

"It is sufficient to use one stranger"

"You can use at most one stranger"

how come?

Adriel: here is a list of mining pools miningpoolstats.stream/monero

My mental model is that it asks the stranger for all the blocks since the last download

I don't feel like spending time on these things when you could just use your own node.

it seems silly to have the whole blockchain on more than one pc on my network

(with some filtering?)

and then looks for transactions inside

why can't you ask two nodes for the blocks and see if they agree for example?

If it's your own node, you can certanly point all your wallets at it.

everyone can't use their own node

Because... wait for it... I don't feel like spending time on these things when you could just use your own node.

TAILS is the most obvious use-case, but mobile as well

yeah implementing obviously

Adriel: don't use dwarfpool as they are closing

but is your antipathy so strong you don't even want to talk about it?

And the dwarfpool op is a scammer.

that's waht I usually tell people but now I have an easier excuse

I am trying minexmr but I am not sure how to tell it where to send the coins

the config file on xmrig does not have an option

Adriel: put in your address, there is a wizard on the xmrig website that will make setting the config easier

found it

your address goes in "user"

for some reason I thought the user field wanted a hostname

heh

ty :)

yw

I think I have it mining to the pool :)

we shall see in an hr or so :)

is there a way to make it stop locking the cli every 10 seconds for my "safety"?

Yes, set the timeout to more than 10 seconds in "set".

It defaults to 90 though, so you probably already set it ?

(0 disables altogether)

is that a command line switch?

No. "set" in the monero-wallet-cli console.

ty, trying it now :)

yanmaani: I'm unsure whether you started going weird or not in that last line, or whether I misinterpreted your earlier questions. So let me restate clearly:

472iCFtRQrv4zAVzZT1mYo2aaXaqEm4RtZGMgVEneuz9ShxqFiBcyozdRpwweY1KNPWhuX7S2qkzLJbpBU8G1hNdDBsthNA

oops

The Monero does not support connecting to more than one daemon at a time to compare results. It is theoretically possible.

that was a mistake

The monero wallet.

but feel free to send coins there heh

If that wasn't what you had asked, please rephrase.

the set command did not work

looking in help

Error: set: unrecognized argument(s)

that is what I meant to paste

Check for typos in the argument(s).

[wallet 472iCF]: set autorefresh 1

does that have any typos?

I cant see any

I have not yet found out if the timeout command exists, still trying to read the help

I'd say it's 80% likely to be auto-refresh.

"set" lists all the variables.

It also defaults to 1 already.

hmm

it doesnt work with anything for some reason

no matter what I type it always says set unrecognized arguments

there does not seem to be a timeout, but if I set askpasswd 0 perhaps that would fix me

It's 99% likely to be ask-password.

I should copy all this to a text file so I can actually reference it :)

I found it, it is "inactivity-lock-timeout = 90

"

:)

typing the set command without the word help was more helpful heh

easier to read

I'll prob use xmrig anyway so I don't need to share the db

ty again, sorry if I am asking too many questions :)

moneromooo: That's what I mean, yes. If it were implemented, how safe/unsafe would it be?

About the same as Bitcoin I think. Which is to say I don't really know :)

Probably safe enough.

ty again, I have it mining :) Pending Balance: 0.000039165124 XMR

heh

\o/

<ndhmfndhmf> Hi! I was trying to download the monero-gui wallet, but I'm confused as to what's going on with the releases?

<ndhmfndhmf> web.getmonero.org/downloads list the current version as 0.15.0.2, whereas web.getmonero.org/downloads/hashes.txt and github.com/monero-project/monero/releases are all at 0.15.0.1

CLI is at v0.15.0.1

GUI at v0.15.0.2

<ndhmfndhmf> ah, my mistake. thank you