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Expand Up @@ -4,24 +4,41 @@ The `Settings` tab provides tools for customizing configuration options.
### Wallet
![settings-wallet](media/black_settings-wallet.png)

(1) **Close this wallet:** Click here to safely close the current wallet
(2) **Create a view-only wallet:** Click here to generate a view-only (or audit) wallet, which is capable to see existing outgoing transactions and all incoming transactions. See this [user-guide](https://getmonero.org/resources/user-guides/view_only.html) for more information.
(3) **Show seed & keys:** This button will redirect you to the [Seed and keys](#seed-and-keys) tab.
(4) **Rescan wallet balance:** Click here to rescan the blockchain for all the transaction. *Note: You will lose any information not stored on the blockchain (this includes destination addresses, tx secret keys, tx notes, etc.)*
(5) **Change wallet password:** Click here to change your password.

### Layout
![settings_layout](media/black_settings-layout.png)

The `layout` tab is where you can adjust the settings of the GUI wallet. The most important options are:

(1) **Hide balance:** If you are running your wallet in public, you may want to hide its balance. This can be useful for point of sales systems.
(2) **Enable Payment ID:** Long payment IDs are disabled by default. Click here to enable it. This can be useful for transfers to exchanges that require a long payment ID such as Binance (at the time of writing).
(3) **Lock wallet:** Set this to automatically lock your wallet after N minutes of inactivity. This ensures no one is able to use your wallet while you are away from keyboard.

### Local Node
![settings_local-node](media/black_settings-node-local_node.png)

(1) **Start/Stop Local Node:** Depending on its current state, either start or stop the local node.
(2) **Blockchain location:** Manually enter a non-default path to the blockchain.
(2) **Blockchain location:** Manually enter a non-default path to the blockchain, or click `change` to choose a new path.
(3) **Startup flags:** When using a local node, this will be where you enter additional command line options.
(4) **Bootstrap Address:** Enter the hostname or IP address of the bootstrap remote node. See section [8.1 Bootstrap nodes](#8.1-bootstrap-nodes) for a brief explanation of what is a bootstrap node.
(5) **Bootstrap Port:** Enter the port of the bootstrap remote node.
(4) **Bootstrap Address:** Enter the hostname or IP address of the bootstrap remote node. See section [Bootstrap nodes](#bootstrap-nodes) for a brief explanation of what a bootstrap node is.
(5) **Bootstrap Port:** Enter the port of the bootstrap remote node.


### Remote Node
Use a remote node, do not download the blockchain. Check the ['About remote nodes' section](#8-about-remote-nodes) of this guide.
Use a remote node, do not download the blockchain. Check the ['About remote nodes' section](#about-remote-nodes) of this guide.

![settings_remote-node](media/black_settings-node-remote_node.png)

(1) **Address:** Enter the hostname or IP address of the remote node.
(2) **Port:** Enter the port of the remote node.
(3) **Daemon Username:** enter a username in case authentication to the remote node is required.
(4) **Daemon Password:** enter a password in case authentication to the remote node is required.
(4) **Daemon Password:** enter a password in case authentication to the remote node is required.
(5) **Trusted Daemon:** By default, data requests to remote nodes are obfuscated, and this process requires more resources. If your remote node is under your control (i.e. a dedicated server of your own) you can mark it trusted so that data requests will not be obfuscated anymore (just like a local node).

### Log
![settings-log](media/black_settings-log.png)
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(3) **Wallet path:** Where the wallet is located on your computer.
(4) **Wallet creation height:** Change the block height that a wallet rescan will go back to.
(5) **Wallet log path:** Where the logs for this wallet will be saved.
(6) **Copy to clipboard:** Copy all these informations to the clipboard.
(6) **Wallet mode:** Display the wallet mode chosen in the [wizard](#choose-wallet-mode).
(7) **Copy to clipboard:** Copy all information to clipboard.

## Seed and keys
![seed-keys](media/black_seed-keys.png)
![seed-keys](media/black_seed-keys_2.png)

The `Seeds & Keys` tab displays your wallets mnemonic seed as well as your secret view key, public view key, secret spend key, and public spend key.

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