From b28a140b48a9199e7ea6e94205a44e0ca0529ce5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Cross Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2017 23:55:26 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] FAQ improvements (#116) --- doc/FAQ.md | 20 +++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/FAQ.md b/doc/FAQ.md index 2398123d..42937c0f 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ.md +++ b/doc/FAQ.md @@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ ## What features does it have? -- Uses monero v0.11.0.0 +- Uses Monero v0.11.0.0 - Support for Android >= 5.0 with ARM processor - Testnet and Mainnet - Generate new wallets -- Recover wallets form mnemonic seed or from keys -- Create Watch Only wallets from address + viewkey +- Recover wallets from mnemonic seed or from keys +- Create *Watch Only* wallets from address + viewkey - Multiple wallets - View wallet details (address, keys, etc.) - View transactions including details and copy to clipboard @@ -21,15 +21,15 @@ - Only 5 decimal places shown in transactions (full amount in details - click on transaction) - All significant figures shown in balance - QR Code scanning - make sure to *ALWAYS* verify the scanned code is what it is advertised to be! -- QR Code for receiving with conversion of XMR to USD/EUR and back through kraken API +- QR Code for receiving with conversion of XMR to USD/EUR and back through Kraken API - Backup wallets to `backups` folder in main wallet folder (old backups are overwritten) - Rename wallets - Archive (=Backup and delete) - 3 Default nodes + History of last 5 used nodes ## My new testnet wallet does not update -Since testnet block times are very variable, the algorithm calculating block height does not -produce good results - so in general you testnet wallet will not work out of the box. +Since testnet block times are highly variable, the algorithm calculating block height does not +produce good results - so in general your testnet wallet will not work out of the box. The remedy is simple: restore from seed and the correct / current block height. Take the block number of your first transaction or the current block height from the @@ -64,7 +64,13 @@ WalletName.keys ### From where? -This depends on your installation - you could search for them in your home directory or check the settings of your current client. Places to try are `C:\Users\\Documents\Monero\wallets` for Windows or `~/.bitmonero/wallet` in Linux. Or just search for `WalletName.keys`. +This depends on your installation - you could search for them in your home directory or check the settings of your current client. Places to try are: + +- Windows: `%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Monero\wallets` +- Mac: `~/Monero/wallets` (for the GUI) or `~/.bitmonero/wallets` for the daemon. +- Linux: `~/.bitmonero/wallet` + +...or just search for `WalletName.keys`. ### What if don't have these files?