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What is the format of a block in the Monero Blockchain?
What is in the header? How is the header made? What information about the transactions is present? What is prunable? What part of the block is used for the PoW?
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How do I know I'm on the main blockchain?
The new version of the daemon has the "alt_chain_info" command. The output looks like:
5 alternate chains found:
1 blocks long, from height 1264997 (5502 deep), diff 1746032035727893:…
assylias
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Is there a way to see the total supply of coins?
I ask because if there is anonymous transactions how is one (without the Private Key) going to see an address?
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Blockchain properties: what are Height and Difficulty?
What are Height and Difficulty properties of Monero's blockchain?
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What exactly is a coin?
maybe this is a stupid question but hey, posting will hurt nobody so I'll give it a shot. :)
I'm wondering, what exactly a Monero is, speaking data wise. According to the Bitcoin Whitepaper, a Bitcoin is "a chain of digital signatures" and I think I…
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What are orphaned blocks?
I've heard the term "orphaned blocks" being tossed around here and on Reddit. Can someone please explain what orphaned blocks are and what happens to them?
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Why does blockchain sync keep getting stuck?
Using Windows 7 64 and GUI wallet. Have tried to sync the blockchain from scratch 4 times by deleting the data.md file. Each time the sync process gets stuck on a particular block once, always within a month or two of the current date.
On the most…
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Transactions without outputs
When crunching blockchain data, my script tripped up on transactions without any outputs (vouts). Is this Monero's equivalent of OP_RETURN script, or am I missing something?
After looking at some examples in a blockchain viewer, it appears that the…
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What is block propogation in Monero network?
I hear this certain term in Monero sometimes but what does it mean? Is it related to mining maybe?
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Monero blockchain size requirements
I am thinking of running a local node, and I was wondering how much space is needed.
I know that the current blockchain size is less than 50G.
I heard that implementing bulletproofs will significantly shrink the blockchain size.
How much space will…
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Where can I download the entire Monero blockchain in one shot?
Monero syncing via the daemon can take days/weeks. Where can I download the entire 50GB+ monero blockchain from a fast connection?
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What is the block header's minor_version for?
Minor version is one of the 5 fields in Monero block headers.
The answer here What is the format of a block in the Monero Blockchain? says
"uint8_t minor_version; // now used as a voting mechanism, rather than how this particular block is…
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Distribution of number of inputs and ouputs per transaction over time
How does the distribution of the number of inputs/outputs looks like currently ?
How did it evolved ?
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Monero withdrawal from Bitfinex to Binance sent 12+ hours ago
I sent XMR from Bitfinex to Binance +12 hours ago. Till now there is no deposit on Binance. I have checked the TXID: 839b6483537cafb3fa7663cc89d45162c06669a670a5c864fb477073d95b6359
I can not find any information about this TXID. Bitfinex says that…
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Download Monero Blockchain data and the official client
Is there a site where I can just download the entire monero blockchain instead of waiting for it to sync? And where do I get the official client?
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