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How can I permanently ban a peer?
I have to repeatedly ban the same peer because it eventually (too soon) gets unbanned and then my daemon output spams me with "peer claims higher version that we think." This issue persists with this one peer, so I'd like to ban them permanently.
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How do I get the account_index parameter for the wallet RPC?
I am using the Monero wallet RPC method get_balance to get my wallet balance.
One of the inputs is account_index, which is described as:
account_index - unsigned int; Return balance for this account.
What is account_index and how do I get it?
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What's the purpose of Kovri?
Obviously the literal purpose of Kovri is to hide the IP address associated with Monero network activity, but what does this achieve in the sense of improving the anonymity of transactions?
I could see the anonymity benefit of decoupling one's IP…
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Setup remote node on i2p?
As I understand, the next Monero release will include an option to connect to the network over i2p.
If I have a remote node right now running with ./monerod --rpc-bind-ip --restricted-rpc --confirm-external-bind, what do I need to do…
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maximum number of transactions in memory pool
Is there a maximum number of transactions that can sit in the Monero memory pool at the same time?
If there is, what happens to transactions that would cause the memory pool to exceed that level of capacity?
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Question about mining to a remote online wallet
I am running a full node on my Mac and I want to start mining some XMR.
What is the right way to mine directly to my MyMonero wallet?
Is it start_mining my address ?
Will it auto send the XMR to my wallet? Or do I manually have to send the XMR to my…
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Can I copy my pruned blockchain .bitmonero folder to another computer and start syncing?
After pruning the monero blockchain, can I copy this pruned blockchain from the .bitmonero folder to another computer and just start syncing from there? What are some disadvantages of pruning the blockchain or where one might want the entire 71GB…
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What is the impact of having perfectly hidden but only computationally bound commitments?
Monero uses Pedersen commitments to make transaction amounts private (hidden), but what, if any, are the problems of perfectly hidden and computationally binding commitments?
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Can a Monero account get blocked?
Can a Monero account / address get blocked?
Are there any actions that might limit the access to the account?
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How does Monero use DNS to discover seed nodes?
As far as I'm concerned, there is a hardcoded list of four hostnames
m_seed_nodes_list = {"seeds.moneroseeds.se", "seeds.moneroseeds.ae.org", "seeds.moneroseeds.ch", "seeds.moneroseeds.li"};.
Then the system resolves the hostnames to IP addresses…
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What is the difference between Monero (XMR) and Grin (GRIN)?
I would like to have a comparison between the privacy and scalability features of Monero vs Grin. I have heard some people say that these are privacy-oriented coins, and I would like to learn more. What are the meaningful privacy and scaling…
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What's the difference between the CryptoNightR and RandomX algorithms?
My understanding is that CryptoNightR randomly creates different calculations for each block, and that RandomX does the same, but using a system where any bytecode can be translated into a calculation. What makes RandomX a more long-term solution…
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Understanding the structure of Monero's LMDB and how explore its contents using mdb_stat
I am interested in understanding the structure of Monero's database LMDB and using mdb_stat to extract relevant information from it. I am assuming querying it directly (i.e. via mdb_stat) for information should be a lot faster and easier than doing…
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How is CryptoNight variant 4 increasing the CPU to ASIC performance ratio?
At block 1788000, Monero will switch PoW from CryptoNight variant 2 to variant 4. This change has two main goals:
break any current CNv2 ASIC
make hypothetical CNv4 ASICs perform less well compared to CPUs, making designing such ASICs less…
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How to check a detached daemon without a wallet?
I have set a Monero node as a service on a virtual machine with --detach option to run it in the background. I can check the service status through Linux command or connect to the node with a wallet.
But, how can I check the detached daemon status…
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