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Title: Weird balance
Post by: Suushi on April 23, 2013, 03:15:53 PM
Hey!

I have a strange question.
My Bitcoin wallet shows 0.00 .. but when I ask "getbalance <account>" then it tells me I have some moneiz:

http://screencast.com/t/Npamma8Ifyww

I have no idea why it's so, any ideas?


Title: Re: Weird balance
Post by: CIYAM on April 23, 2013, 03:18:21 PM
Accounts can have negative balances and are *not* directly related to addresses (except for incoming txs) - perhaps you have another account that cancels out the one that you are seeing (in any case accounts are not relevant to actual bitcoins held).

Advice - if you think of accounting like an accountant then do not use Bitcoin accounts (they are nothing like that and they have led many users to confusion).


Title: Re: Weird balance
Post by: Suushi on April 23, 2013, 03:24:22 PM
Well, that might mean that it's a bug ?

Those are my transactions for that wallet: http://screencast.com/t/ubxxZDNpzF5

Also any ideas how I could fix it? so it shows 0.00 ?

Also these are my accounts: http://screencast.com/t/BrdHntIMfp


Title: Re: Weird balance
Post by: CIYAM on April 23, 2013, 03:41:18 PM
It's not a bug but "just the way it works" - I also had tried using "accounts" initially and after finding more and more problems just gave up on them (as most others have) - perhaps it would be just best to forget about them?


Title: Re: Weird balance
Post by: Suushi on April 23, 2013, 07:46:20 PM
Okay thank you :)