The Monero wallet is used to store your Monero in the most secure way and this is what you will be using to check your Monero balance and also send/receive Monero. A Monero Daemon will communicate with the network in order to notify you of new transactions. It’s important to remember that if you are..
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How to use Monero using Tails – Installing Monero on Tails
First of all, it’s recommended that you install the Monero CLI on Tails or the Monero GUI on a new dedicated system for Monero and other cryptos, rather than on a device that will be used for other purposes. What is Tails? Tails is a live operating system that allows you to use the..
How to use Monero using Linux – Installing and setting up a full Monero node on Linux
Introduction Setting up a full node from source is not as hard as it seems if you have the necessary knowledge of the Linux command line. It’s also worth mentioning again that running a full node is not anonymous, and it’s not even supposed to be. You are part of a network, and you have..
How to configure OpenAlias to share your Monero address easier
The Monero project created an easy way to share your Monero public address and OpenAlias allows as easier/shorter address. If you want to create your OpenAlias address, you must own or control your own domain name. How to configure your DNS for OpenAlias If your email address is [email protected] OpenAlias will automatically replace the..
Mining Monero on Windows or Linux – Checking your mining earnings
Monero mining is based on the CryptoNight proof-of-work algorithm. This was specially created to mine Monero using consumer CPU and GPU hardware. This can be seen as one of the most important advantages that Monero has over Bitcoin. In terms of mining decentralization, anyone who has a PC can start mining Monero straight away and..
Creating/restoring a Monero wallet using a Linux LiveCD or pendrive
If you are using an ordinary Linux installation, all you have to do is create a command line wallet or a GUI wallet. On the other hand, if you are booting to a Linux LiveCD or USB pendrive, and files that you download will be stored in your computer’s RAM. In other words, unless you..
Verifying your Monero funds with a private key
It’s best to keep some of your funds in long-term offline cold storage especially if you want to be able to prevent your Monero from being stolen if your computer gets hacked. This way, your funds would be stored in a wallet that you don’t keep stored on your everyday computer. You would instead reboot..
Proving you made a payment & verifying the proof that someone made a payment
Sometimes, you have to provide details about a payment that you have sent. Proving that you have made a payment For this, you must have access to the same wallet from which you previously made the payment. Due to the level of privacy that Monero allows for, people will not see a public record..
Sending and receiving Monero – required command lines
After you set up a command line Monero wallet, you have to run the Monero-wallet-cli program. How to check your balance [wallet 47CL7F]: balance Balance: 0.300000000000, unlocked balance: 0.300000000000 The balance command will show you your Monero balance, and you can see that in the example above, the wallet contains 0.3 Monero. If you just..
How to use the Monero GUI Wallet
Here you will find all that you need to know about how to download and use the Monero GUI wallet. The download will include the GUI wallet application and the Monero daemon. The GUI wallet is used to store your Monero in a secure way, and this is what you will be using in order..