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Title: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: Kman54 on June 10, 2011, 06:22:55 AM Sorry, I've searched and searched before posted but I couldn't find the answer.
I transferred BTC from mt gox to my client and 4 hours later I've still not seen anything show up in the client. Yes I've emailed support but I wanted to see if this is normal or I should be concerned? I appreciate the help. Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: ctoon6 on June 10, 2011, 06:25:59 AM Sorry, I've searched and searched before posted but I couldn't find the answer. I transferred BTC from mt gox to my client and 4 hours later I've still not seen anything show up in the client. Yes I've emailed support but I wanted to see if this is normal or I should be concerned? I appreciate the help. do you have the blockchain downloaded. there are a total of 129745 blocks right now, 1 more every 10 minutes. so by the time you read this there will be more. Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: Kman54 on June 10, 2011, 06:36:26 AM 129222 and building - so does that mean I just haven't downloaded the full chain yet?
Sorry I've just always kept my BTC in the exchange or mybitcoin.com but decided it was time to embrace the client. Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: ctoon6 on June 10, 2011, 06:52:07 AM yep, once the block that contained that transaction is downloaded and read by the client, it will show up in the window.
Make sure you have backed up your wallet.dat file properly as well, put it on a flash drive and store that flash drive in a safe place, you may even want to have it on 2 separate flash drives and check to make sure they are okay every 2-4 weeks. buy separate brands to be safer. Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: Maged on June 10, 2011, 07:16:28 AM yep, once the block that contained that transaction is downloaded and read by the client, it will show up in the window. ^FixedMake sure you have backed up your wallet.dat file properly as well, put it on a flash drive and store that flash drive in a safe place, you may even want to have it on 2 separate flash drives and Remember that you only have 100 spare keys in your keypool that get backed-up, and that most outgoing transactions will use one of these keys. Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: ctoon6 on June 10, 2011, 07:19:48 AM yep, once the block that contained that transaction is downloaded and read by the client, it will show up in the window. ^FixedMake sure you have backed up your wallet.dat file properly as well, put it on a flash drive and store that flash drive in a safe place, you may even want to have it on 2 separate flash drives and Remember that you only have 100 spare keys in your keypool that get backed-up, and that most outgoing transactions will use one of these keys. This leads me to the question, why would an end user need more than 100? although your idea, making new backups would probably be better than just checking. Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: titeuf_87 on June 10, 2011, 08:31:21 AM When you send bitcoins to another address, you get the change back (if any), to a new made address, so even for end users more than 100 addresses can easily be used (although all the older addresses will have a balance of zero).
Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: tiptopgemdotcom on June 10, 2011, 08:41:29 AM My client is not connected. What should I do?
Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: ctoon6 on June 10, 2011, 08:42:19 AM My client is not connected. What should I do? Do you have a firewall/antivirus? also what is your OS Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: tiptopgemdotcom on June 10, 2011, 08:44:59 AM I have windows XP sp3, and use Avast.
Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: ctoon6 on June 10, 2011, 08:46:26 AM I have windows XP sp3, and use Avast. have you tried temporarily disabling the avast to see if the block count goes up when you do? you may have to close and reopen the client after you do so. Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: tiptopgemdotcom on June 10, 2011, 08:49:25 AM yeah, i tried that and it made no difference.
Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: ctoon6 on June 10, 2011, 08:50:58 AM yeah, i tried that and it made no difference. is the number of blocks at 0 or do you have some already? Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: tiptopgemdotcom on June 10, 2011, 08:53:19 AM In the lower right hand corner of the client window? It says 129413 blocks.
Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: ctoon6 on June 10, 2011, 08:55:16 AM In the lower right hand corner of the client window? It says 129413 blocks. what version of the client do you have? click help>about to see the version number. im going to check if it comes with some preloaded blocks. Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: tiptopgemdotcom on June 10, 2011, 08:57:08 AM 0.3.21-beta. And thank you for your help!
Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: ctoon6 on June 10, 2011, 09:07:26 AM 0.3.21-beta. And thank you for your help! I can confirm that version 2.22 does not come with preloaded blocks, so at some point you downloaded the blocks you have. have you tried restarting your computer? Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: tiptopgemdotcom on June 10, 2011, 06:58:33 PM It worked for a little while but now can not connects again. I've restarted, turned Avast on and off, shut down the client and restarted- nothing will make it connect again.
Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: tiptopgemdotcom on June 10, 2011, 07:01:48 PM I also uninstalled and reinstalled the client, and played with the options a fair bit to no avail.
Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: tiptopgemdotcom on June 10, 2011, 08:22:04 PM Any ideas anyone?
Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: tiptopgemdotcom on June 11, 2011, 07:17:44 AM anyone???
Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: jamoes on June 11, 2011, 07:23:20 AM Try running this command to launch bitcoin:
Code: bitcoin -addnode=69.164.218.197 -addnode=64.22.103.150 -addnode=173.242.112.53 -addnode=178.79.147.99 -addnode=184.106.111.41 -addnode=91.85.220.84 -addnode=173.224.125.222 -addnode=86.5.50.90 -addnode=178.255.199.86 I believe that the IRC channel which is used to find peers can fill up, and this command will manually assign you peers instead. Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: tiptopgemdotcom on June 11, 2011, 07:46:32 AM It says "windows can not find bitcoin". I did start menu, run, and pasted your code in. Correct?
Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: tiptopgemdotcom on June 11, 2011, 08:27:21 AM Might there be another client that I can try?
Title: Re: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question Post by: jamoes on June 11, 2011, 08:41:23 AM If you're running window, you can try:
Code: "c:\Program Files (x86)\Bitcoin\bitcoin.exe" -addnode=69.164.218.197 -addnode=64.22.103.150 -addnode=173.242.112.53 -addnode=178.79.147.99 -addnode=184.106.111.41 -addnode=91.85.220.84 -addnode=173.224.125.222 -addnode=86.5.50.90 -addnode=178.255.199.86 You may need to remove the `(x86)` or change the drive letter depending where you've installed bitcoin. |