Title: want to delate the electrum wallet from pc Post by: roselee on March 24, 2016, 04:25:13 PM hi
today i got a real big shock i opened the electrum wallet and wow it told all my bitcoins are gone it is a very old version i didnt use it my bitcoin qt wallet tells all my btc are still there now i thought i better delate the electrum but dont know becouse its part like synct with my bitcoin core wallet has anyone an idea 1. why it told me my btc are gone? 0 balance 2. can i just erase it with win deinstall? and would that have any affect on the adresses i use also in bitcoin qt? it was realy strange to see a 0 balance Title: Re: want to delate the electrum wallet from pc Post by: unamis76 on March 24, 2016, 04:44:15 PM 1. It's probably not connecting anywhere. If you have a old version you should probably update. Do you have a green icon on bottom right?
2. Yes, you can. If you used a portable version or just the executable you can just delete Electrum folder. Title: Re: want to delate the electrum wallet from pc Post by: --Encrypted-- on March 24, 2016, 04:48:29 PM has anyone an idea 1. why it told me my btc are gone? 0 balance 2. can i just erase it with win deinstall? and would that have any affect on the adresses i use also in bitcoin qt? 1. few possibilities here. old version bug (lower than 2.x.x . maybe higher), connection/server issues, wrong wallet file. 2. if you're talking about the wallet file, it won't be deleted when you uninstall electrum so you've got to do it manually. default wallet directory in windows is %appdata%\Electrum\wallets . it can't affect the bitcoin qt in any way. same thing goes for the addresses. of course if you have doubts you can always export your private keys. Title: Re: want to delate the electrum wallet from pc Post by: roselee on March 24, 2016, 08:39:18 PM thanks for the replys
it would be very interesting to find out what it is now that the first shock of missing coins if over ( ;D ) i am curious wath was. i went on blockechain info and checked the adress and there it showed the transaktion but in 2 pices i mean it moved that coins to two adresses i know i moved on part of the coins myself but not that bigger second part now i wonder is that a normal move coins do if you transfer part of a coinamont from one adress lets say to a escrow ? i mean i can be wrong but as i understand bitcoin you have an adress and you sign lets say the amount of 10 to it so you cant just move 1 out of it couse originaly there are 10 signed to that adress could it be that to move there are new adresses created ? or am totaly wrong ? Title: Re: want to delate the electrum wallet from pc Post by: --Encrypted-- on March 24, 2016, 08:51:11 PM thanks for the replys it would be very interesting to find out what it is now that the first shock of missing coins if over ( ;D ) i am curious wath was. i went on blockechain info and checked the adress and there it showed the transaktion but in 2 pices i mean it moved that coins to two adresses i know i moved on part of the coins myself but not that bigger second part now i wonder is that a normal move coins do if you transfer part of a coinamont from one adress lets say to a escrow ? i mean i can be wrong but as i understand bitcoin you have an adress and you sign lets say the amount of 10 to it so you cant just move 1 out of it couse originaly there are 10 signed to that adress could it be that to move there are new adresses created ? or am totaly wrong ? sounds like you're talking about change address. most wallets have this feature turned on by default. when you send any amount of btc to an address and you have some bitcoin left, they will be sent to a newly-generated (if not specified) address. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Change Title: Re: want to delate the electrum wallet from pc Post by: roselee on March 25, 2016, 05:55:49 AM thanks yes thats how i imaged it.
and the old version of electrum i have on my pc has a bug that does no sumarie of coins in adresses i guess then all i would have to do is to update it ? its a 1.9. something version Title: Re: want to delate the electrum wallet from pc Post by: --Encrypted-- on March 25, 2016, 06:00:32 AM thanks yes thats how i imaged it. and the old version of electrum i have on my pc has a bug that does no sumarie of coins in adresses i guess then all i would have to do is to update it ? its a 1.9. something version yes update to the latest version. keep a copy of the wallet file just in case. and write down the seed if you haven't done that already. Title: Re: want to delate the electrum wallet from pc Post by: roselee on March 25, 2016, 09:06:49 AM what is a seed ?
and where do i find it Title: Re: want to delate the electrum wallet from pc Post by: --Encrypted-- on March 25, 2016, 09:16:44 AM what is a seed ? and where do i find it seed is a combination of random words that you can use to restore your wallet when/if you lose them. you can find your wallet seed by clicking the seed icon on the bottom right corner or from the option Wallet > Seed. |