Electronero GUI

Copyright (c) 2017-2018, The Electronero Project

Development resources

• Web: electronero.org
• Mail: support@electroneropulse.org
• Github: https://github.com/electronero-project/electronero-gui
• Telegram: @etnxp on Telegram

Introduction

Electronero is a private, secure, untraceable, decentralised digital currency. You are your bank, you control your funds, and nobody can trace your transfers unless you allow them to do so.

Privacy: Monero uses a cryptographically sound system to allow you to send and receive funds without your transactions being easily revealed on the blockchain (the ledger of transactions that everyone has). This ensures that your purchases, receipts, and all transfers remain absolutely private by default.

Security: Using the power of a distributed peer-to-peer consensus network, every transaction on the network is cryptographically secured. Individual wallets have a 25 word mnemonic seed that is only displayed once, and can be written down to backup the wallet. Wallet files are encrypted with a passphrase to ensure they are useless if stolen.

Untraceability: By taking advantage of ring signatures, a special property of a certain type of cryptography, Monero is able to ensure that transactions are not only untraceable, but have an optional measure of ambiguity that ensures that transactions cannot easily be tied back to an individual user or computer.

About the GUI

Electronero and Electronero Pulse GUI was based on the core Monero implementation. It is open source and completely free to use without restrictions, except for those specified in the license agreement below. There are no restrictions on anyone creating an alternative implementation of Monero that uses the protocol and network in a compatible manner.

As with many development projects, the repository on Github is considered to be the "staging" area for the latest changes. Before changes are merged into that branch on the main repository, they are tested by individual developers in their own branches, submitted as a pull request, and then subsequently tested by contributors who focus on testing and code reviews. That having been said, the repository should be carefully considered before using it in a production environment, unless there is a patch in the repository for a particular show-stopping issue you are experiencing. It is generally a better idea to use a tagged release for stability.

Introduction

Electronero is a private, secure, untraceable, decentralised digital currency. You are your bank, you control your funds, and nobody can trace your transfers unless you allow them to do so.

Privacy: Electronero uses a cryptographically sound system to allow you to send and receive funds without your transactions being easily revealed on the blockchain (the ledger of transactions that everyone has). This ensures that your purchases, receipts, and all transfers remain absolutely private by default.

Security: Using the power of a distributed peer-to-peer consensus network, every transaction on the network is cryptographically secured. Individual wallets have a 25 word mnemonic seed that is only displayed once, and can be written down to backup the wallet. Wallet files are encrypted with a passphrase to ensure they are useless if stolen.

Untraceability: By taking advantage of ring signatures, a special property of a certain type of cryptography, Monero is able to ensure that transactions are not only untraceable, but have an optional measure of ambiguity that ensures that transactions cannot easily be tied back to an individual user or computer.

Sponsors

(https://mineful.com)

Supporting the project

Electronero is a 100% community-sponsored endeavor. If you want to join our efforts, the easiest thing you can do is support the project financially. Electronero donations can be made to the Electronero donation address via the donate command (type help in the command-line wallet for details). Else, here are our dev teams addresses. The funding goes to many developers who contribute and believe me, they are greatful for our assistance!

The Monero donation address is: 449JLhz9p6756c5tGACveuX76qa8UxMkFMd5uqG9SEJ3LcVJLjh4KvxJQ1Pf4yJmYgQRTrNPZhaga8eYynVqHfac9VWhF1m

The Bitcoin donation address is: 38jiBKevQHp8zhQpZ42bTvK4QpzzqWkA3K

The Electronero donation address is: etnkHfFuanNeTe3q9dux4d9cRiLkUR4hDffvhfTp6nbhEJ5R8TY4vdyZjT4BtWxnvSJ5nfD64eCAQfKMJHSym2dj8PQqeiKmBM

The Electroneum donation address is: etnkHfFuanNeTe3q9dux4d9cRiLkUR4hDffvhfTp6nbhEJ5R8TY4vdyZjT4BtWxnvSJ5nfD64eCAQfKMJHSym2dj8PQqeiKmBM

The Litecoin donation address is: LfUVH96Ey1jj1FzJSriE9kpSvL2eNzEBG5

The Bitcoin Cash donation address is: qpwvqz4kkhe96ggthpcg4aj5y62zftzxegwcl78a4u

The Sumokoin donation address is: Sumoo47CGenbHfZtpCVV4PRMSsXP38idFdt5JSj7VuJrD1nABoPHTBHgR6owQJfn1JU8BiWWohw4oiefGEjAn4GmbFYYtCcfPeT

About this project

This is the core implementation of Monero. It is open source and completely free to use without restrictions, except for those specified in the license agreement below. There are no restrictions on anyone creating an alternative implementation of Monero that uses the protocol and network in a compatible manner.

As with many development projects, the repository on Github is considered to be the "staging" area for the latest changes. Before changes are merged into that branch on the main repository, they are tested by individual developers in their own branches, submitted as a pull request, and then subsequently tested by contributors who focus on testing and code reviews. That having been said, the repository should be carefully considered before using it in a production environment, unless there is a patch in the repository for a particular show-stopping issue you are experiencing. It is generally a better idea to use a tagged release for stability.

Anyone is welcome to contribute to Monero's codebase! If you have a fix or code change, feel free to submit it as a pull request directly to the "master" branch. In cases where the change is relatively small or does not affect other parts of the codebase it may be merged in immediately by any one of the collaborators. On the other hand, if the change is particularly large or complex, it is expected that it will be discussed at length either well in advance of the pull request being submitted, or even directly on the pull request.

GUI development funding and/or some supporting services are also graciously provided by sponsors:

(https://hashfactory.com)

License

See LICENSE.

Installing the Monero GUI from a package

Packages are available for

• Arch Linux via AUR: monero-wallet-qt
• Void Linux: xbps-install -S monero-core
• GuixSD: guix package -i monero-core

Packaging for your favorite distribution would be a welcome contribution!

Compiling the Monero GUI from source

On Linux:

(Tested on Ubuntu 16.04 x86, 16.10 x64, Gentoo x64 and Linux Mint 18 "Sarah" - Cinnamon x64)

1. Install Monero dependencies

• For Ubuntu and Mint

  sudo apt install build-essential cmake libboost-all-dev miniupnpc libunbound-dev graphviz doxygen libunwind8-dev pkg-config libssl-dev libzmq3-dev

• For Gentoo

  sudo emerge app-arch/xz-utils app-doc/doxygen dev-cpp/gtest dev-libs/boost dev-libs/expat dev-libs/openssl dev-util/cmake media-gfx/graphviz net-dns/unbound net-libs/ldns net-libs/miniupnpc net-libs/zeromq sys-libs/libunwind

2. Grab an up-to-date copy of the monero-gui repository

   git clone https://github.com/electronero-project/electronero -gui.git

3. Go into the repository

   cd monero-gui

4. Install the GUI dependencies

• For Ubuntu 16.04 x86

  sudo apt install qtbase5-dev qt5-default qtdeclarative5-dev qml-module-qtquick-controls qml-module-qtquick-xmllistmodel qttools5-dev-tools qml-module-qtquick-dialogs

• For Ubuntu 16.04+ x64

  sudo apt install qtbase5-dev qt5-default qtdeclarative5-dev qml-module-qtquick-controls qml-module-qtquick-xmllistmodel qttools5-dev-tools qml-module-qtquick-dialogs qml-module-qt-labs-settings libqt5qml-graphicaleffects

• For Linux Mint 18 "Sarah" - Cinnamon x64

  sudo apt install qml-module-qt-labs-settings qml-module-qtgraphicaleffects

• For Gentoo

  sudo emerge dev-qt/qtcore:5 dev-qt/qtdeclarative:5 dev-qt/qtquickcontrols:5 dev-qt/qtquickcontrols2:5 dev-qt/qtgraphicaleffects:5

• Optional : To build the flag WITH_SCANNER

  • For Ubuntu and Mint

    sudo apt install qtmultimedia5-dev qml-module-qtmultimedia libzbar-dev

  • For Gentoo

    The qml USE flag must be enabled.

    emerge dev-qt/qtmultimedia:5 media-gfx/zbar

5. Build the GUI

• For Ubuntu and Mint

  ./build.sh

• For Gentoo

  QT_SELECT=5 ./build.sh

The executable can be found in the build/release/bin folder.

On OS X:

1. Install Xcode from AppStore

2. Install homebrew

3. Install monero dependencies:

brew install boost --c++11

brew install openssl - to install openssl headers

brew install pkgconfig

brew install cmake

brew install zeromq

Note: If cmake can not find zmq.hpp file on OS X, installing zmq.hpp from https://github.com/zeromq/cppzmq to /usr/local/include should fix that error.

4. Install Qt:

brew install qt5 (or download QT 5.8+ from qt.io)

If you have an older version of Qt installed via homebrew, you can force it to use 5.x like so:

brew link --force --overwrite qt5

5. Add the Qt bin directory to your path

   Example: export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/Qt/5.8/clang_64/bin

   This is the directory where Qt 5.x is installed on your system

6. Grab an up-to-date copy of the monero-gui repository

git clone https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui.git

7. Go into the repository

cd monero-gui

8. Start the build

./build.sh

The executable can be found in the build/release/bin folder.

Note: Workaround for "ERROR: Xcode not set up properly"

Edit $HOME/Qt/5.8/clang_64/mkspecs/features/mac/default_pre.prf

replace isEmpty($$list($$system("/usr/bin/xcrun -find xcrun 2>/dev/null")))

with isEmpty($$list($$system("/usr/bin/xcrun -find xcodebuild 2>/dev/null")))

More info: http://stackoverflow.com/a/35098040/1683164

On Windows:

1. Install msys2, follow the instructions on that page on how to update packages to the latest versions

2. Install Monero dependencies as described in monero documentation into msys2 environment As we only build application for x86, install only dependencies for x86 architecture (i686 in package name)

   pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-toolchain make mingw-w64-i686-cmake mingw-w64-i686-boost mingw-w64-i686-openssl mingw-w64-i686-zeromq mingw-w64-i686-libsodium
   
   

3. Install git into msys2 environment

   pacman -S git
   

4. Install Qt5 from official site

   • download unified installer, run and select following options:
     • Qt > Qt 5.7 > MinGW 5.3.0 32 bit
     • Tools > MinGW 5.3.0
   • continue with installation

5. Open MinGW-w64 Win32 Shell shell

   %MSYS_ROOT%\msys2_shell.cmd -mingw32

   Where %MSYS_ROOT% will be c:\msys32 if your host OS is x86-based or c:\msys64 if your host OS is x64-based

6. Install the latest version of boost, specifically the required static libraries

   cd
   wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.63.0/boost_1_63_0.tar.bz2
   tar xjf boost_1_63_0.tar.bz2
   cd boost_1_63_0
   ./bootstrap.sh mingw
   ./b2 --prefix=/mingw32/boost --layout=tagged --without-mpi --without-python toolset=gcc address-model=32 variant=debug,release link=static threading=multi runtime-link=static -j$(nproc) install
   

7. Clone repository

   cd
   git clone https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui.git
   

8. Build the GUI

   cd monero-gui
   export PATH=$(ls -rd /c/Qt/5.[6,7,8]/mingw53_32/bin | head -1):$PATH
   ./build.sh
   cd build
   make deploy
   

The executable can be found in the .\release\bin directory.