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

[dEBRUYNE]

You decided not to listen to

Listen to what exactly?

[smooth]

You decided not to listen to

Listen to what exactly?

Listen to this activity miner/bot bumping up his score.

[akula999]

Need some assistance. Had a computer issue (PC Windows). I had 2 hard drives, the main 'C' drive which has the bitmonero blockchain downloaded and the 'D' drive which had the bitmoneroD and Simplewallet exe files.

My main C drive died on me, I replaced the drive last night, reinstalled windows, then created a folder - %appdata%/bitmonero , i downloaded the most recent blockchain from OP. However, I still can't connect via bitmonerod. I'm getting "Failed to connect to any seed peers, continuing without any seeds" error.

Any ideas or suggestions?

[numismatist]

Need some assistance. Had a computer issue (PC Windows). I had 2 hard drives, the main 'C' drive which has the bitmonero blockchain downloaded and the 'D' drive which had the bitmoneroD and Simplewallet exe files.

My main C drive died on me, I replaced the drive last night, reinstalled windows, then created a folder - %appdata%/bitmonero , i downloaded the most recent blockchain from OP. However, I still can't connect via bitmonerod. I'm getting "Failed to connect to any seed peers, continuing without any seeds" error.

Any ideas or suggestions?

There was some addseed commandline. Searching "monero seed" just failed blatantly on this forum. Source tells there are some hardcoded, so most probably you have network connectivity issues.

Code:

src/diff.txt:>     const std::vector<std::string> m_seed_nodes_list =
src/diff.txt:>     { "seeds.moneroseeds.se"
src/diff.txt:>     , "seeds.moneroseeds.ae.org"
src/diff.txt:>     , "seeds.moneroseeds.ch"
src/diff.txt:>     , "seeds.moneroseeds.li"

src/diff.txt:<     ADD_HARDCODED_SEED_NODE("62.210.78.186:18080");
src/diff.txt:<     ADD_HARDCODED_SEED_NODE("195.12.60.154:18080");
src/diff.txt:<     ADD_HARDCODED_SEED_NODE("54.241.246.125:18080");
src/diff.txt:<     ADD_HARDCODED_SEED_NODE("107.170.157.169:18080");
src/diff.txt:<     ADD_HARDCODED_SEED_NODE("54.207.112.216:18080");
src/diff.txt:<     ADD_HARDCODED_SEED_NODE("78.27.112.54:18080");
src/diff.txt:<     ADD_HARDCODED_SEED_NODE("209.222.30.57:18080");
src/diff.txt:<     ADD_HARDCODED_SEED_NODE("80.71.13.55:18080");
src/diff.txt:<     ADD_HARDCODED_SEED_NODE("107.178.112.126:18080");
src/diff.txt:<     ADD_HARDCODED_SEED_NODE("107.158.233.98:18080");
src/diff.txt:<     ADD_HARDCODED_SEED_NODE("64.22.111.2:18080");

My avatar icon is a staple of Toshiba stainless steel cased external hardrives, who come in plated like gold variant, too. Consider getting something similar for backup purposes.

[odysseas10]

http://www.wired.com/2015/05/nasdaq-bringing-bitcoin-closer-stock-market/?mbid=social_fb

This article discusses the need for some privacy in transactions. Monero immediately came to mind

[owlcatz]

Need some assistance. Had a computer issue (PC Windows). I had 2 hard drives, the main 'C' drive which has the bitmonero blockchain downloaded and the 'D' drive which had the bitmoneroD and Simplewallet exe files.

My main C drive died on me, I replaced the drive last night, reinstalled windows, then created a folder - %appdata%/bitmonero , i downloaded the most recent blockchain from OP. However, I still can't connect via bitmonerod. I'm getting "Failed to connect to any seed peers, continuing without any seeds" error.

Any ideas or suggestions?

Yes, see this:

https://forum.getmonero.org/5/support/251/can-t-synchronize-daemon-no-nodes-alive-in-the-network?page=&noscroll=1

I had the same problem. Googling around you can find more peers if those two don't work any more.

[wpalczynski]

The latest batch of 50 pure silver physical Moneroj 2015 is almost ready for shipment. The coins will look very similar with the previous ones. The main difference is the slogan. This time it's the fundamental qualities of Monero in Esperanto: Sekura. Privata. Nespurebla.

We have also created a short video about 2014 Moneroj



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6xuvoKc5VM

Looks nice.  how much are they?

[forevernoob]

Looks nice.  how much are they?

https://cryptonic.net/product/order/4/

[luigi1111]

I posted over at getmonero.com forum, but I will link to the thread here.

Re: Funding a physical Monero using a wallet derived from codes on the side of the coin - can it currently be done?:
https://forum.getmonero.org/4/academic-and-technical/221/creating-a-standard-for-physical-coins

A standard derivation from (14 or 7 + 7 base58 characters --> seed) is not defined as of yet; I have a few ideas/concerns on how it could be implemented.

Keep in mind it's basically a cold wallet where part of the secret is engraved on the coin - you'll need to have a passphrase (or at least a pin) too.

[QuantumQrack]

just tried the shapeshift. Mixin 0.

I sent a message to the developer(s) of shapeshift to start using mixin > = 3.  I really wish all exchanges that use XMR would do this.

[5w00p]

I posted over at getmonero.com forum, but I will link to the thread here.

Re: Funding a physical Monero using a wallet derived from codes on the side of the coin - can it currently be done?:
https://forum.getmonero.org/4/academic-and-technical/221/creating-a-standard-for-physical-coins

A standard derivation from (14 or 7 + 7 base58 characters --> seed) is not defined as of yet; I have a few ideas/concerns on how it could be implemented.

Keep in mind it's basically a cold wallet where part of the secret is engraved on the coin - you'll need to have a passphrase (or at least a pin) too.

Roger that.

It is an interesting concept and one that, once in place, will allow some Monero gift-giving and other possibilities.

[5w00p]

I just used Shapeshift to buy Monero with BTC and I can confirm that the mixin was 0. 

Just sent this message to Shapeshift help:

"Please update the Shapeshift system to provide a mixin of 3 or greater for Monero transactions. It is important for the sustainability of privacy in the Monero blockchain. It is not that I always require complete anonymity in my shapeshift transactions, but rather that mixins of 0 have cascading, more longer-term effects on the opacity of transactions in the Monero blockchain. Thank you for providing a well-designed and easy-to-use interface and system for these types of transactions. If you can implement higher (greater than 2 please) mixin levels for Monero, the community around XMR will better embrace Shapeshift."

[DaveyJones]

I just used Shapeshift to buy Monero with BTC and I can confirm that the mixin was 0. 

Just sent this message to Shapeshift help:

"Please update the Shapeshift system to provide a mixin of 3 or greater for Monero transactions. It is important for the sustainability of privacy in the Monero blockchain. It is not that I always require complete anonymity in my shapeshift transactions, but rather that mixins of 0 have cascading, more longer-term effects on the opacity of transactions in the Monero blockchain. Thank you for providing a well-designed and easy-to-use interface and system for these types of transactions. If you can implement higher (greater than 2 please) mixin levels for Monero, the community around XMR will better embrace Shapeshift."

Maybe also PM the Shapeshift Account that posted some pages ago

[5w00p]

Reply received from Shapeshift:

I did pass on this message to our development team. They said it is on there list of things that they will eventually get to but we have a larger list of new features we would like to add that have higher priority. We will add it eventually. Stay tuned on our social media outlets for new feature announcements!

[akula999]

Update!!

Well I lost it all. My hard died on me. I was able to sync with bitmonerod (thanks for the help by the way). However, my .keys files went down with the hard drive... 534 Monero's!! almost a year worth of mining down the drain.

Well, i still have 1.5 KH/s worth of mining power. Back to the drawing board....

Word of caution to all - BACKUP/SAVE your stuff! Don't be me!!!

[GingerAle]

Update!!

Well I lost it all. My hard died on me. I was able to sync with bitmonerod (thanks for the help by the way). However, my .keys files went down with the hard drive... 534 Monero's!! almost a year worth of mining down the drain.

Well, i still have 1.5 KH/s worth of mining power. Back to the drawing board....

Word of caution to all - BACKUP/SAVE your stuff! Don't be me!!!

wooof. so this was pre electrum-style seed, huh?

[explorer]

Update!!

Well I lost it all. My hard died on me. I was able to sync with bitmonerod (thanks for the help by the way). However, my .keys files went down with the hard drive... 534 Monero's!! almost a year worth of mining down the drain.

Well, i still have 1.5 KH/s worth of mining power. Back to the drawing board....

Word of caution to all - BACKUP/SAVE your stuff! Don't be me!!!

That sucks.  I lost btc that way.  Education Costs.  One way or another.  On the bright side, it is extremely unlikely to happen to you again!

[coinits]

Just tried the latest version of CCminer with a nvidia 980 GPU. I'm getting ~400H/s mining XMR on a pool.
Does this sound about right? Is there a spreadsheet or something online which breaks down hashing speeds?

What link did you use to get  this?

[pookielax31]

BTC SDC XMR & SPR...FTW

Edit: Sorry if this was to technical for some of you all 

[smooth]

Update!!

Well I lost it all. My hard died on me. I was able to sync with bitmonerod (thanks for the help by the way). However, my .keys files went down with the hard drive... 534 Monero's!! almost a year worth of mining down the drain.

Well, i still have 1.5 KH/s worth of mining power. Back to the drawing board....

Word of caution to all - BACKUP/SAVE your stuff! Don't be me!!!

Terrible news.

You might want to save the dead hard drive. If there is a "moon" event, taking a shot with an expensive data recovery service might be worth it.