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Generating wallet from private key

I see that there is a flag --generate-from-keys for monero-wallet-cli that requires an argument, so I tried the hexadecimal seed, which was the same as the private key I generated here https://xmr.llcoins.net/addresstests.html. (Maybe the argument…
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What are the pros and cons of relaunching Monero?

Monero has evolved considerably over the years, and some of the "legacy" and historical facets prove to be sub-optimal (payment IDs, emission curve, mixin 0 transactions on the blockchain, hardcoded blocks due to attacks, etc). Considering that…
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How to start Wolf's AMD miner on boot with Ubuntu?

How can I set Wolf's AMD miner (version 0.4) to start on boot with Ubuntu 16.04? I already have the miner configured to run properly on command in my Downloads folder.
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What is the difference between "trustless" and "trusted" system?

I have read that Zcash is a "trusted" system and that Monero is "trustless". As they are both open source projects, what is the difference. What makes Monero "trustless"?
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converting view-only wallet to spend wallet

I created an offline paper wallet, then use the view key to create a view-only wallet with "monero-wallet-cli --generate-from-view-key" command. My test send from an exchange to this wallet works, and show up the balance. What do I need to do to…
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How to Properly Generate a Monero Brain Wallet?

I remember reading somewhere, I think it was fluffypony mentioning one could use for example words from a letter to a loved one seed for a Monero wallet. But from playing with https://xmr.llcoins.net/addresstests.html I realized that it is not…
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Is it normal for the disk activity to be so high while running monerod?

Mine runs at 99% most of the time.
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How can I have Monero historic price (USD) to download?

I´m having problems finding Monero historic prices in USD for my University project. Could someone advise me where to find this data?
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Mining on Mecer Xtreme S01 PC-On-Stick?

The Mecer Xtreme S01 PC-On-Stick comes with an Intel Bay Trail Quad Core Z3735F CPU. Is it possible to mine Monero on this device?
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What is the Bikercoin currency?

Bikercoin is a new currency (released on June 7th 2016) based on the CryptoNote protocol. What are the major differences between Bikercoin and Monero? What source code are they forking from?
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Is Monero more or less complicated than Bitcoin to integrate into exchanges?

When an exchange wants to add Monero to their list of coins, it has a brand new code to work with considering most coins are forks from Bitcoin. Is integration of Monero on exchanges or with things like merchant services more complicated than…
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Is there a public remote testnet node?

Similar to this public remote mainnet node? https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/4jloss/nodemonerohashcom_public_remote_node_for_your/
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Wallet created with 0.9.4 fails to load with 0.10.0

I get this error when trying to open a wallet with 0.10.0 that I created with 0.9.4: > ./monero/monero-wallet-cli --wallet-file wallet-2016-06-14 Creating the logger system Monero 'Wolfram Warptangent' (v0.10.0.0-release) Logging at log level 0 to…
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How do I set the user agent in simplewallet?

For using simplewallet in RPC mode. Also, are there any limitations in terms of length or characters that are not allowed?
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Non-Deterministic Wallets

Is it possible in Monero to have non-deterministic wallets (setting aside ergonomic issues such as ease of setting up the wallet)? I.e., if I use two random numbers as private spend and view keys, will they constitute a useable but different wallet…
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