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<title>Monero Helium Hydra GUI Wallet</title>
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<h1>Monero Helium Hydra GUI Wallet</h1>
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<p>Copyright (c) 2014-2017, The Monero Project<br>
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Date: September 19, 2017</p>
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<h2>Preface</h2>
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<p>This ReadMe does not aim to be a complete introduction to Monero. If you are new to Monero or even to
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cryptocurrencies in general you find a good introduction on reddit at
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<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/5zgail/rmonero_newcomers_please_read_everything_you_need/">Newcomers Please Read. Everything You Need To Know</a>.
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You also find a lot of good tutorials on <a href="https://www.monero.how/">Monero.How</a>.
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</p>
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<p>Please note that Monero and its software are constantly evolving and progressing; it probably won't take
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long for some of the information here to become outdated.
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</p>
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<h2>Content of the Package</h2>
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<p>You just installed the <i>Monero GUI wallet</i> for Windows, release Helium Hydra, more exact version 0.11.1.0.
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The wallet enables you to send and receive Moneroj in a secure and very private way.
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</p>
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<p>Also included is the <i>Monero daemon</i>, so you have everything now to run a so-called <i>full node</i>
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and become part of the network of nodes that manages the Monero blockchain; you don't need to install additional
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packages in order to start.</p>
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<p>For checking whether there are already newer versions of this package you can go to the
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<a href="https://getmonero.org/downloads/">Downloads</a> page on <a href="https://getmonero.org/home">getmonero.org</a>,
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the official Monero site.</p>
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<h2>Upgrading</h2>
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<p>If you have already a release of the GUI wallet software on your computer that was installed with the help
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of this installer (in an earlier version), upgrading is easy: Just run the new installer; there is no need to
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uninstall the old Monero release first.</p>
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<p>But if you run a release of the GUI wallet software that you downloaded as a .zip file and unzipped into a
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folder, if you "installed it manually" so to say, don't try to upgrade by pointing the installer to that folder,
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because this might lead to problems e.g. if you try to uninstall everything later.</p>
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<p>It's better to let the installer put the software into another folder and then delete the old folder, either
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outright or after moving away any additional files that you may have stored there. (If you did not change
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default locations for wallets and the blockchain, you don't have to worry about them, they won't be in that
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particular folder, but elsewhere "in safety".)</p>
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<h2>Access to the Blockchain</h2>
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<p>Any Monero wallet needs access to the <i>blockchain</i>, the ongoing ledger of all Monero transactions. For the
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GUI wallet there are two principal ways to get that access: You can let Monero sync with the network
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i.e. let it download the blockchain and store it locally on your computer, or you can configure your wallet to
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access a remote <i>open node</i> to get indirect access to the blockchain.</p>
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<p>Working with your own copy of the blockchain is <b>preferred</b>: It strengthens the Monero network, and it
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provides the most security and privacy possible for you.</p>
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<p>However if your Internet access makes it difficult to run a full node, or if you have simply no room to store
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the blockchain locally (over 30 GB in fall 2017, and of course growing), you can compromise and try to connect
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to a remote node. One way of finding such a node is checking
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<a href="https://moneroworld.com/pages/nodes.html">this page</a>.
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</p>
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<h2>Initial Blockchain Download</h2>
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<p>Please do read the following <b>before</b> jumping right in and starting the GUI wallet:</p>
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<p>If you decide to work with your own copy of the blockchain, which you should whenever possible, you have to
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download it first; it's not part of the installed package.
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Beside the GUI wallet there is second program, the so-called <i>Monero daemon</i>, which will carry out that download.
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You find it in the <i>Utilities</i> sub-folder of the program group.</p>
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<p>Depending on your Internet access and the speed of your computer this can take
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<b>several hours</b>, in some cases <b>more than a day</b>. Furthermore there are unfortunate cases where the
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download gets stuck somehow or doesn't work at all, e.g. because a firewall prevents access to other nodes of the
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Monero network.</p>
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<p>The GUI wallet can start the daemon for you, but that way you will not see much during initial blockchain
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download, especially you probably won't see any error messages in case something goes wrong. By starting the
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daemon yourself "by hand" using the <i>Monero Daemon</i> icon in the <i>Utilities</i> sub-folder of the
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Monero program group you will see it running and displaying messages in a separate window.</p>
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<p>If all goes well the daemon will finally display a message like this:
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<i>You are now synchronized with the network.</i></p>
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<p><b>Then</b> you are ready for sure to start your Monero adventures by starting the GUI wallet.</p>
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<h2>Allowing Other Nodes to Connect to Your Node</h2>
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<p>When the Monero daemon downloads the blockchain it does so by connecting to other nodes of the network.</p>
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<p>If you allow incoming TCP/IP connections to port 18080 on your computer and let your daemon run for extended
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periods of time you can "return the favor" and help others in turn to get access to Monero. However, depending on
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your Internet connection, firewall, modem, router, ISP etc. this might not be possible, and opening a port in such
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a way usually requires some technical knowledge.</p>
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<p>If you want to try you may start e.g. with
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<a href="https://monero.stackexchange.com/questions/2479/how-do-i-enable-incoming-connections-eli5">this Monero Stack Exchange</a>
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question.</p>
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<h2>Troubleshooting</h2>
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<p>The Monero software and especially the GUI wallet are "work in progress", and sometimes things go wrong.</p>
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<p>Please note that despite any technical problems that you may encounter your moneroj are almost always safe: You may
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not be able to move them or you even may not see how many you currently have, but you most probably won't loose any.
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But do remember that the seed needed to re-create the wallet <b>is</b> critical, however: <b>Never loose your
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seed!</b></p>
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<p>In the <i>Utilities</i> sub-folder there are several more icons that may help you to solve problems.
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These are the icons with a <i>x</i> in front and the name <i>(in parenthesis)</i> to make them visually stand
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apart from the "normal" ones because you will probably only need them in case of trouble, but not during normal
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usage of Monero.</p>
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<p>Here an overview and short info what each icon does:</p>
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<table cellpadding="3" border="1">
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<tr>
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<td><i>x (Try GUI Wallet Low Graphics Mode)</i></td>
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<td>Run the GUI wallet in a mode that allows for low-graphics
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environments, e.g. systems with very simple non-hardware-accelerated or emulated / virtualized video cards;
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also try if the display is simply slow or lags
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</td>
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</tr>
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<td><i>x (Try Daemon, Exit Confirm)</i></td>
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<td>
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Run the Monero daemon in a window that does not automatically close if
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the daemon should exit because of a fatal error; useful in cases where the normal daemon icon
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just leads to a window that closes right away
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</td>
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</tr>
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<td><i>x (Try Kill Daemon)</i></td>
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<td>
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Kill any running daemon (technically, any process called <i>monerod.exe</i>), whether
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with or without any visible window, for starting "with a clean slate"; easier than
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killing such tasks with the help of the Windows Task Manager
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</td>
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</tr>
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<td><i>x (Check GUI Wallet Log)</i></td>
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<td>Open the log with status and error messages of the GUI wallet program in Notepad;
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experienced people have a chance to diagnose technical problems with the wallet,
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usually by looking at the last few lines of this log</td>
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</tr>
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<td><i>x (Check Daemon Log)</i></td>
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<td>
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Open the log with status and error messages of the daemon in Notepad; again, the last few
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lines of this (possible very long) log are usually the most important for troubleshooting
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</td>
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</tr>
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<td><i>x (Check Default Wallet Folder)</i></td>
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Open the standard wallet folder in Windows Explorer; useful e.g. if you want to backup
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your wallets
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</td>
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<td><i>x (Check Blockchain Folder)</i></td>
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Open the folder containing the blockchain in Windows Explorer
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</td>
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</table>
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</body>
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