diff --git a/downloads/index.md b/downloads/index.md index ad59ec58..d8a119d4 100644 --- a/downloads/index.md +++ b/downloads/index.md @@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ attribution: "" --- -# simplewallet +# monero-wallet-cli -`simplewallet` is the wallet software that ships with the Monero tree. It is a console program, +`monero-wallet-cli` is the wallet software that ships with the Monero tree. It is a console program, and manages an account. While a bitcoin wallet manages both an account and the blockchain, -Monero separates these: `bitmonerod` handles the blockchain, and `simplewallet` handles the account. +Monero separates these: `monerod` handles the blockchain, and `monero-wallet-cli` handles the account. -This guide will show how to perform various operations from the `simplewallet` UI. The guide assumes you are using the most recent version of the Monero Core software *(currently 0.9.0.0 Hydrogen Helix)*, and have already created an account according to the other guides. +This guide will show how to perform various operations from the `monero-wallet-cli` UI. The guide assumes you are using the most recent version of Monero and have already created an account according to the other guides. ## Checking your balance -Since the blockchain handling and the wallet are separate programs, many uses of `simplewallet` +Since the blockchain handling and the wallet are separate programs, many uses of `monero-wallet-cli` need to work with the daemon. This includes looking for incoming transactions to your address. -Once you are running both `simplewallet` and `bitmonerod`, enter `balance`. +Once you are running both `monero-wallet-cli` and `monerod`, enter `balance`. Example: @@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ may instead give you an integrated address, which is both of these packed into a transfer ADDRESS AMOUNT PAYMENTID -Replace ADDRESS with the address you want to send to, AMOUNT with how many monero you want to send. -and PAYMENTID with the payment ID you were given. If the receiving party doesn't need one, just -======= Replace `ADDRESS` with the address you want to send to, `AMOUNT` with how many monero you want to send, and `PAYMENTID` with the payment ID you were given. Payment ID's are optional. If the receiving party doesn't need one, just omit it. @@ -70,7 +67,7 @@ If you have your own Monero address, you just need to give your standard address You can find out your address with: - address + address Since Monero is anonymous, you won't see the origin address the funds you receive came from. If you want to know, for instance to credit a particular customer, you'll have to tell the sender to use @@ -116,7 +113,7 @@ to an address), then you can check this way: check_tx_key TXID TXKEY ADDRESS Replace `TXID`, `TXKEY` and `ADDRESS` with the transaction ID, per-transaction key, and destination -address which were supplied to you, respectively. simplewallet will check that transaction +address which were supplied to you, respectively. monero-wallet-cli will check that transaction and let you know how much monero this transaction paid to the given address. @@ -124,7 +121,7 @@ and let you know how much monero this transaction paid to the given address. If you want to get a last chance confirmation when sending a payment: - set always-confirm-transfers 1 + set always-confirm-transfers 1 ## How to find a payment to you @@ -137,22 +134,22 @@ You can give more than one payment ID too. More generally, you can review incoming and outgoing payments: - show_transfers + show_transfers You can give an optional height to list only recent transactions, and request only incoming or outgoing transactions. For example, - show_transfers in 650000 + show_transfers in 650000 will only incoming transfers after block 650000. You can also give a height range. If you want to mine, you can do so from the wallet: - start_mining 2 + start_mining 2 This will start mining on the daemon usin two threads. Note that this is solo mining, and may take a while before you find a block. To stop mining: - stop_mining + stop_mining diff --git a/knowledge-base/user-guides/restore_account.md b/knowledge-base/user-guides/restore_account.md index 23a5502d..f9ead4bb 100644 --- a/knowledge-base/user-guides/restore_account.md +++ b/knowledge-base/user-guides/restore_account.md @@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ attribution: "" --- -# bitmonerod +# monerod -`bitmonerod` is the daemon software that ships with the Monero tree. It is a console program, and manages the blockchain. While a bitcoin wallet manages both an account and the blockchain, Monero separates these: `bitmonerod` handles the blockchain, and `simplewallet` handles the account. +`monerod` is the daemon software that ships with the Monero tree. It is a console program, and manages the blockchain. While a bitcoin wallet manages both an account and the blockchain, Monero separates these: `monerod` handles the blockchain, and `monero-wallet-cli` handles the account. -This guide assumes you have already set up your VPS account and are using SSH to tunnel into the server console. +This guide assumes you have already set up your VPS account and are using SSH to tunnel into the server console. ## Linux, 64-bit (Ubuntu 14.04) ### Make sure that port 18080 is open -`bitmonerod` uses this port to communicate with other nodes on the Monero network. +`monerod` uses this port to communicate with other nodes on the Monero network. Example if using `ufw`: `sudo ufw allow 18080` Example if using `iptables`: `sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 18080 -j ACCEPT` ### Download the current Monero Core binaries - + wget https://downloads.getmonero.org/linux64 ### Make a directory and extract the files. - + mkdir bitmonero tar -xjvf linux64 -C bitmonero ### Launch the daemon - + cd bitmonero - ./bitmonerod - + ./monerod + ### Options: Show list of all options and settings: - ./bitmonerod --help + ./monerod --help Launch the daemon as a background process: - ./bitmonerod --detach - -Monitor the output of `bitmonerod` if running as daemon: + ./monerod --detach + +Monitor the output of `monerod` if running as daemon: tail -f ~/.bitmonero/bitmonero.log - \ No newline at end of file +