Questions tagged [monerod-commands]

questions about available commands for monerod (previously called bitmonerod)

63 questions
7
votes
1 answer

Saving the blockchain with monerod

Is there any difference in how the save and exit commands save the blockchain? Is there any benefit in using the save command before using exit to close bitmonerod? What is the danger is closing monerod without saving because my computer froze up,…
Logan
  • 808
  • 1
  • 8
  • 16
5
votes
1 answer

Purpose of rescan_spent command

What is the purpose of the rescan_spent command? Once I spend an output, why would I need to scan my spent outputs to search for it again?
Drink Vodka
  • 603
  • 4
  • 12
3
votes
1 answer

How to autosave blockchain?

I am running a Monero node on one of my Windows computers (bitmonero.exe) and it is fully synchronized with the network. Occasionally, I need to restart this computer without warning and do not get a chance to save the blockchain. Is there any way…
sgp
  • 8,806
  • 6
  • 42
  • 113
2
votes
1 answer

xmr-stak-cpu on Ubuntu 14.04 compilation issue

I'm trying to install xmr-stak-cpu on Ubuntu 14.04 following steps described in the installation TXT file: https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak-cpu/blob/master/LINUXCOMPILE.md But executing make install i'm getting following output: make install […
Index
  • 111
  • 1
  • 11
2
votes
1 answer

fast_exit mechanism

According to the Wolfram Warptangent, Point Release 1 notes, Monero has killed off the old fast_exit mechanism, which caused more issues than anything else What issues did the fast_exit mechanism create? What new issues, if any, were created by its…
2
votes
1 answer

Is there a transaction time lock mechanism in Monero?

In Bitcoin and many other cryptocurrencies, we can create and sign a transaction that will not be valid until after a certain period of time. This is often used to lock down money used in a protocol while allowing for the protocol to time out and…
Zarquan
  • 145
  • 4
1
vote
1 answer

Understanding get_block Blob data?

I am trying to understand what is contained in the blob portion of the rpc response to get_block. In the daemon rpc docs for block 912345 the blob response…
0
votes
1 answer

Location of merkleroot per block / block header

Is it possible to acquire the merkleroot per block with rpc command or core command? Why is the merkleroot not included in the block header in the cns003.txt? I see the transaction hashes are included in some rpc responses so must I calculate…