[XMR] Monero - A secure, private, untraceable cryptocurrency

[visdude]

I'm having issues with 0.10.2.1 that I never got with 0.10.1.0. Firstly, though it runs and syncs as expected, why am I getting a "FATAL" warning of some sort each time I start this latest version of the daemon (2nd line)?

There's no error here. Just because the string "FATAL" is somewhere doesn't mean something broke. It depends on the context the word is used in.

Secondly, it doesn't like it when I introduce the arg, "--rpc-bind-ip 0.0.0.0 --restricted-rpc" and craps out as soon as it starts to initialize the p2p server. Right about here:

That does not include the error, but it's likely the bit you omitted also tells you to use either --disable-rpc-login or other arguments. Try doing one of those (--disable-rpc-login will behave as previous monero versions).

Noted. It's disconcerting to see "WARNING" AND "FATAL" nevertheless.

I'm now very confused. So it's "--disable-rpc-login --rpc-bind-ip 0.0.0.0 --restricted-rpc" then? BTW, I don't have CLI savvy like you folks. In fact, it horrifies me. I'm only copying and pasting the arg  mentioned from the suggestions on previous pages of this thread for purposes of being able to remotely access/connect to my node with GUI wallet (in conjunction with router port forwarding).

Edit:

By "craps out", I meant the CLI window closes at that particular point. Therefore, no displayed error.

It's telling you "WARNING" and "FATAL" are active log categories, which I would assume should be a comfort.

For your second thing, I'd run the commands from a terminal, which shouldn't close if an error happens (if you were running it in a script, you can just launch the script from the terminal instead).

No dice running it from a terminal but at least, it's showing the ERROR. What does it mean? The same arg runs fine in 0.10.1.0 (even as a shortcut target). Shouldn't commands consistently be valid across all versions?

To reiterate, the extent of my CLI proficiency is copying and pasting command lines that's given to me. I'm not a coder; just a regular Joe User trying to make sense of these technicalities, hoping to comprehend enough to be able to get by and participate in Monero's success. So please consider this when offering an explanation. Thanks.

Code:

C:\monero>monerod --rpc-bind-ip 0.0.0.0 --restricted-rpc
2017-03-03 23:30:23.096 7412    INFO    global  contrib/epee/src/mlog.cpp:145
New log categories: *:WARNING,net:FATAL,net.p2p:FATAL,global:INFO,verify:FATAL,s
tacktrace:INFO
2017-03-03 23:30:23.097 7412    INFO    global  src/daemon/main.cpp:282 Monero '
Wolfram Warptangent' (v0.10.2.1-release)
2017-03-03 23:30:23.097 7412    INFO    global  src/daemon/protocol.h:55
Initializing cryptonote protocol...
2017-03-03 23:30:23.097 7412    INFO    global  src/daemon/protocol.h:60
Cryptonote protocol initialized OK
2017-03-03 23:30:23.097 7412    INFO    global  src/daemon/p2p.h:63     Initiali
zing p2p server...
2017-03-03 23:30:30.921 7412    INFO    global  src/daemon/p2p.h:68     P2p serv
er initialized OK
2017-03-03 23:30:30.921 7412    INFO    global  src/daemon/rpc.h:58     Initiali
zing core rpc server...
2017-03-03 23:30:30.923 7412    ERROR   default src/rpc/rpc_args.cpp:76 --rpc-bi
nd-ip permits inbound unencrypted external connections. Consider SSH tunnel or S
SL proxy instead. Override with --confirm-external-bind
2017-03-03 23:30:30.923 7412    INFO    global  src/daemon/p2p.h:90     Deinitia
lizing p2p...
2017-03-03 23:30:30.927 7412    INFO    global  src/daemon/core.h:89    Deinitia
lizing core...
2017-03-03 23:30:30.928 7412    ERROR   daemon  src/daemon/core.h:94    Failed t
o deinitialize core...
2017-03-03 23:30:30.928 7412    INFO    global  src/daemon/protocol.h:77
Stopping cryptonote protocol...
2017-03-03 23:30:30.928 7412    INFO    global  src/daemon/protocol.h:81
Cryptonote protocol stopped successfully
Daemon stopped successfully
2017-03-03 23:30:30.929 7412    ERROR   daemon  src/daemon/main.cpp:290 Exceptio
n in main! Failed to initialize core rpc server.

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[MoneroMooo]

I understand you're not used to command line, but this is just text to read.
The error message tells you what to do. While some error messages can be cryptic, this one plainly tells you "Override with --confirm-external-bind".
In command line terms, it means adding "--confirm-external-bind" to whatever command line you're using at the moment. Don't forget a space before adding, so it reads, eg: monerod --confirm-external-bind rather than monerod--confirm-external-bind.

[visdude]

I understand you're not used to command line, but this is just text to read.
The error message tells you what to do. While some error messages can be cryptic, this one plainly tells you "Override with --confirm-external-bind".
In command line terms, it means adding "--confirm-external-bind" to whatever command line you're using at the moment. Don't forget a space before adding, so it reads, eg: monerod --confirm-external-bind rather than monerod--confirm-external-bind.

That did it! Thanks for the clear instruction.

[GingerAle]

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Everyone gets full resources (24 cores, ~80 GB ram). You don't get your own IP, just a port. Don't be a dick - if your running over 1% load for over an hour, I'll get mad and kill your VM.  This isn't for services, its for compiling.

Email me at gingeropolous@tutanota.com

[dEBRUYNE]

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/5xpl6q/kasisto_get_paid_in_xmr_testnet_demo/


"fluffypony's March Conference Circuit (Mostly Europe)"

https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/5x3bqz/fluffyponys_march_conference_circuit_mostly_europe/


"New release for XMR-Stak-CPU and XMR-Stak-AMD miners"

https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/5xdyll/new_release_for_xmrstakcpu_and_xmrstakamd_miners/


Monero presentation in Graz, Austria on March 27th

https://www.meetup.com/nl-NL/BlockchainHub-Graz/events/238204566/?eventId=238204566


"6 Trends From CoinDesk's New 2017 State of Blockchain Out Today" - Monero Mentioned

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Thanks

[sk0.0t3r]

I was a miner since launch, back on 9/15/2014 I stopped, made a backup of my wallet on an external HDD. Fast forward to a few days ago I heard that XMR was doing really well so I decided to see if I could find my old wallet. After a few hours of digging I found it, and somehow remembered the password. When I loaded it up for the first time it showed my balance of just over 1k. When it finished syncing the balance turned to 0.00. Here is a small snippet of some of the transactions. It all appears to be on 1/17/2016 in small amounts here and there.

916613 out 2016-01-17 50.000000000000

ad0e6896c890fb762094cfbaaf114e4866e84a661cb60abd2099f8ef9eb8fb85 0000000000000000 0.192125213852 916634 out 2016-01-17 25.000000000000

d4af3f0fefe41318994f5d0a309e46e65bbefa8c6bc3e78515db24a7a18e8240 0000000000000000 0.110000000000 916663 out 2016-01-17 12.000000000000

8cb386ad9ffdca7bcbe8e60530ff22ce1ab1c97f25e447a4d0fd5c3e12670329 0000000000000000 0.060936140270 916705 out 2016-01-17 5.799000000000

2434173c355fa164786cd28673e5667a449b75a29c51f931cfb4148a16361503 0000000000000000 0.051637548785 916710 out 2016-01-17 2.230000000000

97f0ecd35fcff3b861e70d1058d55021387a651de85d5abbe6dc2ffdb51c4811 0000000000000000 0.030000000000 916711 out 2016-01-17 0.800000000000

43604da1dd6fee40ee3cd40f0902d7dccd5dbdb347790c74d848af20656d693b 0000000000000000 0.010568270376 916711 out 2016-01-17 0.800000000000

7216c621ec1e7ab0e962315a03fed42094b4f6b1a4fbbf07f665202580005b24 0000000000000000 0.192009073513 916712 out 2016-01-17 0.030000000000

f6244358b42f816ab3b500925aec00a2b30f605355329d7e44345340cd3e16f5 0000000000000000 0.013331222573 916712 out 2016-01-17 0.800000000000

fc49ea0e970ca38e4280add7f24af0cd44a74e9591685862ee56fccdce0da3b7 0000000000000000 0.013956718878 916712 out 2016-01-17 0.800000000000

16c48d879bf63d4473c12a9a3ff8a4effa572637217a1fa729a0df13a9a77196 0000000000000000 0.207935603494 916713 out 2016-01-17 0.800000000000

d46cb15492a66c0dd2a71be01000dc2f9e72c0f0d168da990b86f063f48a0397 0000000000000000 0.104801366149 916727 out 2016-01-17 0.280000000000

69eb7aa2727657c0eb413baa9f22f6cf8a126dba0413813642d9bd1d5bb66fcc 0000000000000000 0.010000000000

Is there any hope into figuring out what happened to my coins? Is this date significant in the Monero development? I only had the wallet on one computer, and backing up to an external HDD. I was the only one with access to this drive and computer. Thank you for any / all of your help.

[Hueristic]

I was a miner since launch, back on 9/15/2014 I stopped, made a backup of my wallet on an external HDD. Fast forward to a few days ago I heard that XMR was doing really well so I decided to see if I could find my old wallet. After a few hours of digging I found it, and somehow remembered the password. When I loaded it up for the first time it showed my balance of just over 1k. When it finished syncing the balance turned to 0.00. Here is a small snippet of some of the transactions. It all appears to be on 1/17/2016 in small amounts here and there.

916613 out 2016-01-17 50.000000000000

ad0e6896c890fb762094cfbaaf114e4866e84a661cb60abd2099f8ef9eb8fb85 0000000000000000 0.192125213852 916634 out 2016-01-17 25.000000000000

d4af3f0fefe41318994f5d0a309e46e65bbefa8c6bc3e78515db24a7a18e8240 0000000000000000 0.110000000000 916663 out 2016-01-17 12.000000000000

8cb386ad9ffdca7bcbe8e60530ff22ce1ab1c97f25e447a4d0fd5c3e12670329 0000000000000000 0.060936140270 916705 out 2016-01-17 5.799000000000

2434173c355fa164786cd28673e5667a449b75a29c51f931cfb4148a16361503 0000000000000000 0.051637548785 916710 out 2016-01-17 2.230000000000

97f0ecd35fcff3b861e70d1058d55021387a651de85d5abbe6dc2ffdb51c4811 0000000000000000 0.030000000000 916711 out 2016-01-17 0.800000000000

43604da1dd6fee40ee3cd40f0902d7dccd5dbdb347790c74d848af20656d693b 0000000000000000 0.010568270376 916711 out 2016-01-17 0.800000000000

7216c621ec1e7ab0e962315a03fed42094b4f6b1a4fbbf07f665202580005b24 0000000000000000 0.192009073513 916712 out 2016-01-17 0.030000000000

f6244358b42f816ab3b500925aec00a2b30f605355329d7e44345340cd3e16f5 0000000000000000 0.013331222573 916712 out 2016-01-17 0.800000000000

fc49ea0e970ca38e4280add7f24af0cd44a74e9591685862ee56fccdce0da3b7 0000000000000000 0.013956718878 916712 out 2016-01-17 0.800000000000

16c48d879bf63d4473c12a9a3ff8a4effa572637217a1fa729a0df13a9a77196 0000000000000000 0.207935603494 916713 out 2016-01-17 0.800000000000

d46cb15492a66c0dd2a71be01000dc2f9e72c0f0d168da990b86f063f48a0397 0000000000000000 0.104801366149 916727 out 2016-01-17 0.280000000000

69eb7aa2727657c0eb413baa9f22f6cf8a126dba0413813642d9bd1d5bb66fcc 0000000000000000 0.010000000000

Is there any hope into figuring out what happened to my coins? Is this date significant in the Monero development? I only had the wallet on one computer, and backing up to an external HDD. I was the only one with access to this drive and computer. Thank you for any / all of your help.

This is rather hard to believe, it looks like a fud move to me. What kind of proof do you have?

[sk0.0t3r]

No "real"proof except for the funds would have would not be sent out in little amounts stretched over a long period of time. If i was to move my funds it would be all at once. I was greeted with a you must update you wallet files, so I wanted to make sure I didn't screw anything up. I guess I could fire up an old wallet show you screenshots of the screen with the funds there but at soon as it hits that day the balance drops to 0.

Again, just looking for some advice on what appears to have happened. I still have the original wallet files and keys. I made backups before I started the update process. Have also only used the command line wallet.

So I assume the coins are gone, but I was wondering it there was any significance to that date (1/17/2016).

Thank you again.

Also my main name on here was sk00t3r, I'm fairly confident that it was hacked, these is not my first two posts. I have tried everything to recover my original account.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=316944

You can clearly tell someone hijacked my btctalk account look at the grammar at my early posts, the last post by me was October 16,2014. Then look at what it has turned into in later posts starting with the very next post February 3rd 2016. Something happened in those 3 months and I can promise you it was not me making any post after my final post on October 16, 2014.

Thank you all again.

[chilly2k]

No "real"proof except for the funds would have would not be sent out in little amounts stretched over a long period of time. If i was to move my funds it would be all at once. I was greeted with a you must update you wallet files, so I wanted to make sure I didn't screw anything up. I guess I could fire up an old wallet show you screenshots of the screen with the funds there but at soon as it hits that day the balance drops to 0.

Again, just looking for some advice on what appears to have happened. I still have the original wallet files and keys. I made backups before I started the update process. Have also only used the command line wallet.

So I assume the coins are gone, but I was wondering it there was any significance to that date (1/17/2016).

Thank you again.

Also my main name on here was sk00t3r, I'm fairly confident that it was hacked, these is not my first two posts. I have tried everything to recover my original account.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=316944

You can clearly tell someone hijacked my btctalk account look at the grammar at my early posts, the last post by me was October 16,2014. Then look at what it has turned into in later posts starting with the very next post February 3rd 2016. Something happened in those 3 months and I can promise you it was not me making any post after my final post on October 16, 2014.

Thank you all again.

   I would guess someone got into your computer (virus).  Coins gone 1/17/16.   BTCtalk account updated 2/3/16   about 2 weeks apart.  and that date 1/17/16 doesn't mean anything special to me.  The heatbleed bug was back in 2014 unless maybe you didn't put on the update.  Sounds more like a keystroke logging virus.     

[sparks2013]

I know this has probably been asked 100 times, but my searching through the web and bct didn't provide me any additional insights.  Has anyone tried the new P2 series AWS instances?  What type of hash rates could one expect?

[saddambitcoin]

No "real"proof except for the funds would have would not be sent out in little amounts stretched over a long period of time. If i was to move my funds it would be all at once. I was greeted with a you must update you wallet files, so I wanted to make sure I didn't screw anything up. I guess I could fire up an old wallet show you screenshots of the screen with the funds there but at soon as it hits that day the balance drops to 0.

Again, just looking for some advice on what appears to have happened. I still have the original wallet files and keys. I made backups before I started the update process. Have also only used the command line wallet.

So I assume the coins are gone, but I was wondering it there was any significance to that date (1/17/2016).

Thank you again.

Also my main name on here was sk00t3r, I'm fairly confident that it was hacked, these is not my first two posts. I have tried everything to recover my original account.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=316944

You can clearly tell someone hijacked my btctalk account look at the grammar at my early posts, the last post by me was October 16,2014. Then look at what it has turned into in later posts starting with the very next post February 3rd 2016. Something happened in those 3 months and I can promise you it was not me making any post after my final post on October 16, 2014.

Thank you all again.

Most likely the reason the hacker sent out in so many transactions is that you had lots of dust outputs from mining early on. This caused it to be difficult to find mixable outputs and there would be insane fees as well. Looking at some of those transactions you can see that there are large fees for some of the small amounts.

It's not going to help you get your coins back unfortunately, but you maybe could take a look at the main Monero thread in announcements around that date (1/17/2016). See if there's anyone asking for help trying to send funds.

[Hueristic]

No "real"proof except for the funds would have would not be sent out in little amounts stretched over a long period of time. If i was to move my funds it would be all at once. I was greeted with a you must update you wallet files, so I wanted to make sure I didn't screw anything up. I guess I could fire up an old wallet show you screenshots of the screen with the funds there but at soon as it hits that day the balance drops to 0.

Again, just looking for some advice on what appears to have happened. I still have the original wallet files and keys. I made backups before I started the update process. Have also only used the command line wallet.

So I assume the coins are gone, but I was wondering it there was any significance to that date (1/17/2016).

Thank you again.

Also my main name on here was sk00t3r, I'm fairly confident that it was hacked, these is not my first two posts. I have tried everything to recover my original account.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=316944

You can clearly tell someone hijacked my btctalk account look at the grammar at my early posts, the last post by me was October 16,2014. Then look at what it has turned into in later posts starting with the very next post February 3rd 2016. Something happened in those 3 months and I can promise you it was not me making any post after my final post on October 16, 2014.

Thank you all again.

Definitely was transferred between October 16, 2014, 12:28:05 PM and  February 03, 2016, 07:39:16 AM, and it looks like it's been bought and sold a few times since. If you look at the topics created you can clearly see it was used to try to buy accounts as well. and the first post was to try to screw a sig campaign.

I want to join in your signature campaign,

* Pay Per Post:
*Name: sk00t3r
*Post count: 76
*Rank: Member
*Bitcoin Address:18tSFGZ8WEpLuAdX1xQV5gopownymSQ4iZ

So here is a BTC address associated with the person that either stole your account or bought it. there are tons more that they used for sig campains so maybe get a btc analysis done on all those addresses and see where it leads and if it all goes to a exchange and was combined with a deposit from your xmr wallet then you may have the guy. I'm not sure if exchanges will help you but polo may because they have to follow US regulations.

Now when you backed up on the external drive did you delete the wallet from your main drive or did it sit on your main drive for 2 years? If that was the case then well thats just real bad practice, there is a reason for cold storage and you took all the security precautions out of that by leaving the wallet accessible. What is interesting is that you had to remember the password, what was it? I'm just wondering because I wonder how long it would have taken to crack that wallets password. BTW if your using that password anywhere else you better change it fast, but i'm sure thats too late now. It's been out there for a year anyway.



BTW the reason I didn't believe you is because I had misread your "backup" as being moved to an external storage which is usually the SOP. And if it had disappeared 2 years after being put in cold storage without ever being accessed I couldn't see how that could have happened.


Here's more just from that a quick search.

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User name: sk00t3r
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118     Economy / Services / Re: LuckyBtcCasino sig campaign. 4 "MEMBER" rank spaces left.    on: February 03, 2016, 07:39:16 AM
I want to join in your signature campaign,

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*Rank: Member
*Bitcoin Address:18tSFGZ8WEpLuAdX1xQV5gopownymSQ4iZ


sk00t3r.

[Hueristic]

Also there is a thread around here where you can add the account as being stolen and get it's trust rating crushed.

[owlcatz]

Also there is a thread around here where you can add the account as being stolen and get it's trust rating crushed.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1702409.msg18150339#msg18150339

[Hueristic]

Also there is a thread around here where you can add the account as being stolen and get it's trust rating crushed.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1702409.msg18150339#msg18150339

Nice, here's a possible Polo account connection.

https://www.walletexplorer.com/txid/352ff14e0c100b00f15bf0f4591f0c06a1ce6cdca98c6f13176549d75f5f533b

[r3t00ks]

Thank you for all your help guys, I am now working with Poloniex. It seems both my accounts were banned from this forum this will be my new username. Thank you again, I am a crypto noob.

To answer your question above, the XMR was mined on a computer for a few weeks. The backup files were then pushed to an external HDD. The computer that was used to mine the XMR was wiped (diskpart cleaned, initialized, repartitioned, then full format) and reimaged to a family member. I have not used the external HDD in some time as its been sitting in my office. The password that was used is pretty secure 12 characters long, used uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and special characters. I am a Systems Engineer (I know titles don't mean anything), but I thought I took all precautions but apparently sometime after I stopped mining on 9/15/2014 and 1/17/2016 someone got access to my wallet files and the password, or more likely before I stopped mining it just took that long to hack? I'm just not sure.

Again I am very thankful for all the help you have provided me with guys/gals. Thanks again.

[Hueristic]

Thank you for all your help guys, I am now working with Poloniex. It seems both my accounts were banned from this forum this will be my new username. Thank you again, I am a crypto noob.

To answer your question above, the XMR was mined on a computer for a few weeks. The backup files were then pushed to an external HDD. The computer that was used to mine the XMR was wiped (diskpart cleaned, initialized, repartitioned, then full format) and reimaged to a family member. I have not used the external HDD in some time as its been sitting in my office. The password that was used is pretty secure 12 characters long, used uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and special characters. I am a Systems Engineer (I know titles don't mean anything), but I thought I took all precautions but apparently sometime after I stopped mining on 9/15/2014 and 1/17/2016 someone got access to my wallet files and the password, or more likely before I stopped mining it just took that long to hack? I'm just not sure.

Again I am very thankful for all the help you have provided me with guys/gals. Thanks again.

Good luck and let us know what the outcome is, or pm me if you don't mind. I'm pretty interested in this now.

[r3t00ks]

Thank you for all your help guys, I am now working with Poloniex. It seems both my accounts were banned from this forum this will be my new username. Thank you again, I am a crypto noob.

To answer your question above, the XMR was mined on a computer for a few weeks. The backup files were then pushed to an external HDD. The computer that was used to mine the XMR was wiped (diskpart cleaned, initialized, repartitioned, then full format) and reimaged to a family member. I have not used the external HDD in some time as its been sitting in my office. The password that was used is pretty secure 12 characters long, used uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and special characters. I am a Systems Engineer (I know titles don't mean anything), but I thought I took all precautions but apparently sometime after I stopped mining on 9/15/2014 and 1/17/2016 someone got access to my wallet files and the password, or more likely before I stopped mining it just took that long to hack? I'm just not sure.

Again I am very thankful for all the help you have provided me with guys/gals. Thanks again.

Good luck and let us know what the outcome is, or pm me if you don't mind. I'm pretty interested in this now.

Thank you, I will make sure to PM you.