Do we have to run monero daemon and simple wallet together? Or, can the wallet be open when the daemon isn't?
I think it can, however it won't be up to date... as it is the daemon job to watch the blockchain
Now, the whole cryptonote system is not geeky just crappy.
It even kills my network bandwidth when it runs.
Thinking it has been around since btc, and it is still a piece of crap... I don't understand why anybody want to make cryptonotes...