• Table of Contents
  • Vocabulary
  • What are harvesters, farmers, full nodes, and timelords?
  • What is a proof of space?
  • What is a VDF/proof of time?
  • What is XCH, TXCH, and mojos?
  • Chia vs chia - "chia" capitalization
  • Plotting
  • What is k?
  • How big are plot sizes (k)?
  • What k-size should you plot?
  • What is recommended for plotting?
  • Can I plot more than one plot at a time?
  • Can I make plots on one machine and move it to another machine?
  • What is the secondary temp directory -2, and how should I set it?
  • My plotting attempt got "Caught plotting error: Not enough memory..."?
  • My plotting attempt ended with "RuntimeError: bad allocation"?
  • My computer/drive went into power save or rebooted while plotting?
  • Do I have to be connected to the internet or synced to plot?
  • Is there any advantage in plotting larger k sizes?
  • Is the final size of the plotted space the only variable in how often I can win block rewards?
  • How do I know if my plots are OK?
  • Full Node
  • What is this UPnP Error?
  • Why should I not run more than one node on a home network and what's this about UPnP?
  • Why does my node have no connections? How can I get more connections?
  • I am seeing blocks and connections but my node says "Not Synced"
  • What is the new database?
  • What is the difference between Wallet Mode and Farming Mode?
  • What are trusted peers and how do I add them?
  • Farming
  • How do I tell if I'm farming correctly?
  • Does it matter how fast my internet connection is?
  • I have only 10 TB, will I ever win XCH?
  • What is the plot filter and why didn't my plot pass it?
  • Can I join a farming pool?
  • I have heard that it's recommended that a winning plot be deleted on mainnet?
  • Do my plots "wear out" or "go bad"/"go stale" over time? Will I have to regularly re-plot?
  • Is it possible to have a proof but not get a reward?
  • Wallet
  • How do I send or receive a transaction?
  • What is the Coin model?
  • What are HD Keys?
  • How many confirmations do I need to trust that a chia transaction is final?
  • Why is my wallet not synced? Why can I not connect to wallet from the GUI?
  • Why do I have a negative balance? Why is my pending transaction not confirming?
  • Where can I buy Chia?
  • I was running the light wallet beta app and I upgraded to the latest beta and my offer history disappeared. How do I get that back?
  • Why does the wallet tab tell me that it’s synced, but when I look at the full node tab, it still shows that I’m syncing?
  • I lost my offer history, and I have open offers. How do I cancel those offers since I can’t access the open offers through the wallet?
  • Why don’t new CAT tokens automatically show up in my wallet anymore?
  • Why does the 1.3 beta show a version 1.2.12?
  • Why is my balance incorrect in the 1.3 beta wallet?
  • Offers
  • What are Chia Offers?
  • After creating an offer file, why does my spendable balance differ more than the amount specific in the offer?
  • I plan on making many offers and I want to ensure that my coins aren’t locked up?
  • When canceling an offer, when should I check the “cancel on blockchain” checkbox?
  • If I cancel my offer on the blockchain, will other people be able to fulfill it?
  • I’m accepting an offer, but it shows a Unknown CAT, what should I do?
  • Where can I share my offers?
  • Why am I seeing the following error when trying to share an offer to Keybase: “Failed to upload offer to Keybase:...”?
  • Why do I see this error in Keybase when I click to Join Chia_Offers - “This team does not exist or it has no public information available”?
  • Why don’t I see the offers option in my wallet?
  • How do I know if I’m getting the right exchange value for an offer?
  • Will my Offers sync across different Chia wallets on different machines?
  • Can my coin be spent on another computer with a wallet that uses the same keys, even if I am running two wallets on two different computers and I have an open Offer on one computer?
  • What is the Duck Sauce CAT?
  • Support/Miscellaneous
  • What are the minimum officially supported OS versions?
  • Can I run this on a Raspberry Pi 3 or 4?
  • How do I upgrade and keep my keys and plots?
  • What are the plans for the project and what are its tokenomics?
  • How can I contribute?
  • What microphone is Gene using?