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

[DrTrouble]

I am probably a bit dated and definitely behind the ball, but I am wondering if anyone can help me out...I installed the Monero GUI client wallet about a month ago.  I have mined to it some, to the point of about 16 XMR.  These never showed up in my wallet.  I tried a couple things and then kind of gave up.  Here it is a month later and I am still trying to get this thing going.  I did a backup of the wallet (contains .bin, address.txt, .keys file).  I am trying to figure out how I can get these to be restored within the wallet.  I would really prefer a GUI wallet for simplicities sake but I am not above going commando...err, command-line, to get these XMRs back....can anyone assist with this issue?

[smooth]

I am probably a bit dated and definitely behind the ball, but I am wondering if anyone can help me out...I installed the Monero GUI client wallet about a month ago.  I have mined to it some, to the point of about 16 XMR.  These never showed up in my wallet.  I tried a couple things and then kind of gave up.  Here it is a month later and I am still trying to get this thing going.  I did a backup of the wallet (contains .bin, address.txt, .keys file).  I am trying to figure out how I can get these to be restored within the wallet.  I would really prefer a GUI wallet for simplicities sake but I am not above going commando...err, command-line, to get these XMRs back....can anyone assist with this issue?

Probably best to start out on the GUI thread. There is probably a way to recover a wallet with the GUI using the keys file, but I'm not an expert on the GUI.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=683365.0

[DrTrouble]

Awesome, duh.  Thanks Smooth!

[aminorex]

Thanks Smooth!

Indeed, thanks, Smooth.  You're doing yeoman's work in supporting XMR users in the forums, and responding correctively to misinformative/disinformative posts.

[krawallmining]

Curious about the next missive after attack.

Indeed, smooth is doing a great job here.

[shabbat]

why I have not synchronized when I apply this one file?

Blockchain (faster sync)
All updated live and always current.

http://monero.cc/downloads/blockchain/win/blockchain.bin  Windows 64-bit blockchain (place it in% AppData% / bitmonero)

writes here this error

Damon downloaded the upgrade to 0.8.8.3 (fixes 202612 attack) http://monero.cc/downloads/monero.win.x64.latest.zip

why ?

2014-Sep-13 12:47:15.511547 Storing blockchain...
2014-Sep-13 12:47:27.570369 Blockchain stored OK.
2014-Sep-13 12:47:31.205175 Got control signal 2. Exiting without saving...
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.744094 bitmonero v0.8.8.3(0.1-g3c2b742)
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.775294 Module folder: D:\xmr\monero.win.x64.latest\bitmonerod.exe
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.775294 Initializing p2p server...
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.790894 Binding on 0.0.0.0:18080
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.790894 Net service binded on 0.0.0.0:18080
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.790894 Attempting to add IGD port mapping.
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.868894 UPnP device was found but not recoginzed as IGD.
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.868894 P2p server initialized OK
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.868894 Initializing cryptonote protocol...
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.868894 Cryptonote protocol initialized OK
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.868894 Initializing core rpc server...
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.884494 Binding on 127.0.0.1:18081
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.884494 Core rpc server initialized OK on port: 18081
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.900094 Initializing core...
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.900094 Loading blockchain...
2014-Sep-13 12:58:14.191906 ERROR C:\temp\monero\new\bitmonero-master\src\common/boost_serialization_helper.h:108 Exception at [unserialize_obj_from_file], what=input stream error
2014-Sep-13 12:58:14.597506 Can't load blockchain storage from file, generating genesis block.
2014-Sep-13 12:58:15.034307 ERROR ..\..\src\cryptonote_core\blockchain_storage.cpp:119 Failed to add genesis block to blockchain
2014-Sep-13 12:58:15.049907 ERROR ..\..\src\cryptonote_core\cryptonote_core.cpp:127 Failed to initialize blockchain storage
2014-Sep-13 12:58:15.205907 ERROR ..\..\src\daemon\daemon.cpp:190 Failed to initialize core
2014-Sep-13 12:58:15.502308 Mining has been stopped, 0 finished


specifically put a new operating system windows 7 64x

disabled firewall.

not synchronized.

why ?


Help please. Three days trying to do does not work.

May file blochkchayn.bin first topic threads wrong ?

[smooth]

I think your blockchain download is incomplete or corrupt.

Try downloading it again or use my torrent bundle: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=583449.msg8722972#msg8722972

why I have not synchronized when I apply this one file?

Blockchain (faster sync)
All updated live and always current.

http://monero.cc/downloads/blockchain/win/blockchain.bin  Windows 64-bit blockchain (place it in% AppData% / bitmonero)

writes here this error

Damon downloaded the upgrade to 0.8.8.3 (fixes 202612 attack) http://monero.cc/downloads/monero.win.x64.latest.zip

why ?

2014-Sep-13 12:47:15.511547 Storing blockchain...
2014-Sep-13 12:47:27.570369 Blockchain stored OK.
2014-Sep-13 12:47:31.205175 Got control signal 2. Exiting without saving...
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.744094 bitmonero v0.8.8.3(0.1-g3c2b742)
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.775294 Module folder: D:\xmr\monero.win.x64.latest\bitmonerod.exe
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.775294 Initializing p2p server...
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.790894 Binding on 0.0.0.0:18080
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.790894 Net service binded on 0.0.0.0:18080
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.790894 Attempting to add IGD port mapping.
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.868894 UPnP device was found but not recoginzed as IGD.
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.868894 P2p server initialized OK
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.868894 Initializing cryptonote protocol...
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.868894 Cryptonote protocol initialized OK
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.868894 Initializing core rpc server...
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.884494 Binding on 127.0.0.1:18081
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.884494 Core rpc server initialized OK on port: 18081
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.900094 Initializing core...
2014-Sep-13 12:56:13.900094 Loading blockchain...
2014-Sep-13 12:58:14.191906 ERROR C:\temp\monero\new\bitmonero-master\src\common/boost_serialization_helper.h:108 Exception at [unserialize_obj_from_file], what=input stream error
2014-Sep-13 12:58:14.597506 Can't load blockchain storage from file, generating genesis block.
2014-Sep-13 12:58:15.034307 ERROR ..\..\src\cryptonote_core\blockchain_storage.cpp:119 Failed to add genesis block to blockchain
2014-Sep-13 12:58:15.049907 ERROR ..\..\src\cryptonote_core\cryptonote_core.cpp:127 Failed to initialize blockchain storage
2014-Sep-13 12:58:15.205907 ERROR ..\..\src\daemon\daemon.cpp:190 Failed to initialize core
2014-Sep-13 12:58:15.502308 Mining has been stopped, 0 finished


specifically put a new operating system windows 7 64x

disabled firewall.

not synchronized.

why ?


Help please. Three days trying to do does not work.

May file blochkchayn.bin first topic threads wrong ?

[Dogeshop_eu]

Diff rise price stable

[IMJim]

Wallet and mining this coin looks to be a real pain!  Why is it made to be so difficult to setup?  Seems like only people that are computer savvy can mess with this. 

[shojayxt]

Wallet and mining this coin looks to be a real pain!  Why is it made to be so difficult to setup?  Seems like only people that are computer savvy can mess with this.  

Not really.  There are miners available to download and pools available to mine at like most coins.  There are also some GUI implementations of the wallet.  IT's just different than the usual coin that is based off of the Bitcoin protocol.  I actually like the command line interface but I go back to the days of DOS and have been using Linux for years.  

You can find links to all the binaries and a list of pools in the ANN https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=583449.msg6382239#msg6382239

I couldn't find a recent tutorial and the official website information would likely cause more confusion than anything.  Maybe the XMR guys are listening and will get an easy to understand tutorial put together if it doesn't already exist.

Other than that, the instructions on the mining pools are pretty straightforward and they have links to the miner downloads as well.

If you have a specific question you should ask it.  I'm sure someone would be able to answer it for you.

[RentaMouse]

Wallet and mining this coin looks to be a real pain!  Why is it made to be so difficult to setup?  Seems like only people that are computer savvy can mess with this. 

I did a user guide for the Windows Monero .Net Client a while ago which explains it in pretty simple terms, have started on a similar guide to Monero in general but need to motivate myself to finish it

[IMJim]

Yeah thanks guys, wasn't really commenting so much for myself as I am pretty savvy on a pc and I too remember and "kinda" miss the old DOS days:-)  Just seemed to me that may would have troubles and I myself questioned whether the effort would be worth it to be honest, but I will give her a go I suppose.

I did find the user guide and step by step so I should be able to get it going without much issue.

Thanks to you both for your replies!

[IMJim]

Ok, stopped right out of the gate!  Downloaded wallet from "http://monero.cc/downloads/monero.win.x64.latest.zip" and it is infected and not with false positives we are used to seeing.

VirusTotal shows the following infections in this wallet..........

1.  Hacktool.Win64.Agent.ALn
2.  not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win64.Agent.x
3.  Trj/Chgt.F

Funny it said the file was previously scanned and was completely clean, I told it to rescan and this is what it came up with.  Not risking this one being fake.

[IMJim]

Holy crap......just scanned the CPU miner and it is LOADED as well.  I am sure many are false positives but this was found to have over 21 viruses, numerous Trojans.

With all the crap out there these days, this is enough to scare me off this coin.  I am used to seeing some false positives here and there due to miners but this is too steep for my risk levels.

[uvt9]

coin miners often get false positives, in this case the bitmonerod.exe also a miner. Bitcoin and it's Minerd mining client also get false positives.

[kazz05]

What is happening with this coin right now? I'm never seen the price this low. I want to invest but why are people selling?

[AlexGR]

What is happening with this coin right now? I'm never seen the price this low. I want to invest but why are people selling?

If you want to invest, wouldn't you prefer a low price for entry?

[uvt9]

What is happening with this coin right now? I'm never seen the price this low. I want to invest but why are people selling?

actually current price is still way higher than all previous bottoms, check all-time chart on Poloniex.

About why people selling, i dunno because i can't give advice on short term pricing Honestly, i'm surprised that price still keep stablely after recent attack. I was expecting a big crash after the attack but it didn't happen.

[isippiss]

Does this coin have anymore room for growth? Looking for something that's ready to pop, but not overly risky. If that's possible.

[circa1O]

Wallet and mining this coin looks to be a real pain!  Why is it made to be so difficult to setup?  Seems like only people that are computer savvy can mess with this. 

im not a computer savvy but i dont have any issue in mining monero from v8.8.0 to v8.8.3 no hassle for my wallet and mining...