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<body style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<h1>Superior Kryptonia Fast GUI Wallet</h1>

<p>Copyright (c) 2014-2018, The X Project<br>
Date: March 18, 2018</p>
<p>Copyright (c) 2014-2018, The Superior Coin Project<br>
Date: March 18, 2018 <br>Part of this may Include Source Code from the MONERO Project</p>


<h2>Preface</h2>

<p>This ReadMe does not aim to be a complete introduction to Superior. If you are new to Superior or even to
cryptocurrencies in general you find a good introduction on reddit at
<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Superior/comments/5zgail/rsuperior_newcomers_please_read_everything_you_need/">Newcomers Please Read. Everything You Need To Know</a>.
You also find a lot of good tutorials on <a href="https://www.superior.how/">Superior.How</a>.
<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/monero/comments/5zgail/rsuperior_newcomers_please_read_everything_you_need/">Newcomers Please Read. Everything You Need To Know</a>.
You also find a lot of good tutorials on <a href="https://www.moneoro.how/">Superior.How</a>.
</p>

<p>Please note that Superior and its software are constantly evolving and progressing; it probably won't take
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<h2>Content of the Package</h2>

<p>You just installed the <i>Superior GUI wallet</i> for Windows, release Kryptonia Fast, more exact version 0.12.0.0.
The wallet enables you to send and receive Superiorj in a secure and very private way.
The wallet enables you to send and receive Superior Coin in a secure and very private way.
</p>

<p>Also included is the <i>Superior daemon</i>, so you have everything now to run a so-called <i>full node</i>
and become part of the network of nodes that manages the Superior blockchain; you don't need to install additional
packages in order to start.</p>

<p>For checking whether there are already newer versions of this package you can go to the
<a href="https://getsuperior.org/downloads/">Downloads</a> page on <a href="https://getsuperior.org/home">getsuperior.org</a>,
<a href="https://superior-coin.com">superior-coin.com</a>,
the official Superior site.</p>

<h2>Upgrading</h2>
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<p>However if your Internet access makes it difficult to run a full node, or if you have simply no room to store
the blockchain locally (around 50 GB in spring 2018, and of course growing), you can compromise and try to connect
to a remote node. One way of finding such a node is checking
<a href="https://superiorworld.com/#nodes">this page</a>.
<a href="">comingsoon</a>.
</p>

<h2>Initial Blockchain Download</h2>
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a way usually requires some technical knowledge.</p>

<p>If you want to try you may start e.g. with
<a href="https://superior.stackexchange.com/questions/2479/how-do-i-enable-incoming-connections-eli5">this Superior Stack Exchange</a>
<a href="https://monero.stackexchange.com/questions/2479/how-do-i-enable-incoming-connections-eli5">this monero Stack Exchange</a>
question.</p>

<h2>Troubleshooting</h2>

<p>The Superior software and especially the GUI wallet are "work in progress", and sometimes things go wrong.</p>

<p>Please note that despite any technical problems that you may encounter your superiorj are almost always safe: You may
<p>Please note that despite any technical problems that you may encounter your superior are almost always safe: You may
not be able to move them or you even may not see how many you currently have, but you most probably won't loose any.
But do remember that the seed needed to re-create the wallet <b>is</b> critical, however: <b>Never loose your
seed!</b></p>
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<table cellpadding="3" border="1">
<tr>
<td><i>x (Try GUI Wallet Low Graphics Mode)</i></td>
<td><i>(Try GUI Wallet Low Graphics Mode)</i></td>
<td>Run the GUI wallet in a mode that allows for low-graphics
environments, e.g. systems with very simple non-hardware-accelerated or emulated / virtualized video cards;
also try if the display is simply slow or lags
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><i>x (Try Daemon, Exit Confirm)</i></td>
<td><i>(Try Daemon, Exit Confirm)</i></td>
<td>
Run the Superior daemon in a window that does not automatically close if
the daemon should exit because of a fatal error; useful in cases where the normal daemon icon
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</tr>

<tr>
<td><i>x (Try Kill Daemon)</i></td>
<td><i>(Try Kill Daemon)</i></td>
<td>
Kill any running daemon (technically, any process called <i>superiord.exe</i>), whether
with or without any visible window, for starting "with a clean slate"; easier than
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</tr>

<tr>
<td><i>x (Check GUI Wallet Log)</i></td>
<td><i>(Check GUI Wallet Log)</i></td>
<td>Open the log with status and error messages of the GUI wallet program in Notepad;
experienced people have a chance to diagnose technical problems with the wallet,
usually by looking at the last few lines of this log</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><i>x (Check Daemon Log)</i></td>
<td><i>(Check Daemon Log)</i></td>
<td>
Open the log with status and error messages of the daemon in Notepad; again, the last few
lines of this (possible very long) log are usually the most important for troubleshooting
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><i>x (Check Default Wallet Folder)</i></td>
<td><i>(Check Default Wallet Folder)</i></td>
<td>
Open the standard wallet folder in Windows Explorer; useful e.g. if you want to backup
your wallets
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><i>x (Check Blockchain Folder)</i></td>
<td><i>(Check Blockchain Folder)</i></td>
<td>
Open the folder containing the blockchain in Windows Explorer
</td>
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WizardForm.WizardBitmapImage2.Bitmap.LoadFromFile(ExpandConstant('{tmp}\FinishImage.bmp'));
// Additional wizard page for entering a special blockchain location
blockChainDefaultDir := ExpandConstant('{commonappdata}\bitsuperior');
blockChainDefaultDir := ExpandConstant('{commonappdata}\superior-coin');
s := 'The default folder to store the Superior blockchain is ' + blockChainDefaultDir;
s := s + '. As this will need more than 50 GB of free space, you may want to use a folder on a different drive.';
s := s + ' If yes, specify that folder here.';
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; Icons for troubleshooting problems / testing / debugging
; To show that they are in some way different (not for everyday use), make them visually different
; from the others by text, and make them sort at the end by the help of "x" in front
Name: "{group}\Utilities\x (Check Blockchain Folder)"; Filename: "{win}\Explorer.exe"; Parameters: {code:BlockChainDir}
Name: "{group}\Utilities\x (Check Daemon Log)"; Filename: "Notepad"; Parameters: {code:DaemonLog}
Name: "{group}\Utilities\x (Check Default Wallet Folder)"; Filename: "{win}\Explorer.exe"; Parameters: "{userdocs}\Superior\wallets"
Name: "{group}\Utilities\x (Check GUI Wallet Log)"; Filename: "Notepad"; Parameters: "{app}\superior-wallet-gui.log"
Name: "{group}\Utilities\x (Try Daemon, Exit Confirm)"; Filename: "{app}\superior-daemon.bat"
Name: "{group}\Utilities\x (Try GUI Wallet Low Graphics Mode)"; Filename: "{app}\start-low-graphics-mode.bat"
Name: "{group}\Utilities\x (Try Kill Daemon)"; Filename: "Taskkill.exe"; Parameters: "/IM superiord.exe /T /F"
Name: "{group}\Utilities\ (Check Blockchain Folder)"; Filename: "{win}\Explorer.exe"; Parameters: {code:BlockChainDir}
Name: "{group}\Utilities\ (Check Daemon Log)"; Filename: "Notepad"; Parameters: {code:DaemonLog}
Name: "{group}\Utilities\ (Check Default Wallet Folder)"; Filename: "{win}\Explorer.exe"; Parameters: "{userdocs}\Superior\wallets"
Name: "{group}\Utilities\ (Check GUI Wallet Log)"; Filename: "Notepad"; Parameters: "{app}\superior-wallet-gui.log"
Name: "{group}\Utilities\ (Try Daemon, Exit Confirm)"; Filename: "{app}\superior-daemon.bat"
Name: "{group}\Utilities\ (Try GUI Wallet Low Graphics Mode)"; Filename: "{app}\start-low-graphics-mode.bat"
Name: "{group}\Utilities\ (Try Kill Daemon)"; Filename: "Taskkill.exe"; Parameters: "/IM superiord.exe /T /F"

; Desktop icons, optional with the help of the "Task" section
Name: "{userdesktop}\GUI Wallet"; Filename: "{app}\superior-wallet-gui.exe"; Tasks: desktopicon
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