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Title: Where r my coins? Post by: schnuber on May 06, 2013, 09:39:21 PM Hello guys
Where the heck r my coins? Ok here is what I've done. I have tried to make a secure wallet. So I booted my Laptop with a Unix Live distro. Then I installed the bitoin-ct client. I generated approximately 100 public keys and exported them in a csv file. I encrypted the wallet and then sent me the two files (.csv, .dat) to my own email address. I rebooted my computer and went for the Windows 7 OS. There I opened my existing wallet and made some tiny transfers (10mBTC each) on some of my formerly generated public keys which I looked up in the .csv file. On blockexplorer I assured myself the transactions succeeded. They are (025d8482512d94a80d259becc3f7d3c4de4a673e311e61dc28aebf8dfd662946, 9be0efb94e27bd6ccad39dcc203a8917672db2422580385da2f5a320af0b5d23, 69b2d07ebba6927e58b99d28381024ef641c6e42ca6422e76a6853b870affae2). Ok, so I wanted to verify the money has arrived on my new bitcoin wallet, so I simply closed the client, replaced the existing wallet.dat by the new encrypted one which I have sent me by mail and reopened the client and TADADADA... My coins are not there:) Can anyone please tell what's going on. Greets Title: Re: Where r my coins? Post by: Joshster on May 06, 2013, 09:40:25 PM Upload the keys to a online wallet such as Armory.
Title: Re: Where r my coins? Post by: schnuber on May 06, 2013, 09:43:08 PM Upload the keys to a online wallet such as Armory. And how should that bring back my coins? Title: Re: Where r my coins? Post by: Joshster on May 06, 2013, 09:44:47 PM Well you should have your private keys to your coins in your back up. You may be switching the Wallet.dat file wrong.
Title: Re: Where r my coins? Post by: Deafboy on May 06, 2013, 09:48:34 PM Quote I simply closed the client, replaced the existing wallet.dat by the new encrypted one Was it also on Live CD? Was the blockchain synchronized?Title: Re: Where r my coins? Post by: schnuber on May 06, 2013, 09:49:40 PM Quote I simply closed the client, replaced the existing wallet.dat by the new encrypted one Was it also on Live CD? Was the blockchain synchronized?Title: Re: Where r my coins? Post by: schnuber on May 06, 2013, 09:50:49 PM Well you should have your private keys to your coins in your back up. You may be switching the Wallet.dat file wrong. Ok, I'll check out armory. But I still don't get how I messed up my coinsTitle: Re: Where r my coins? Post by: Joshster on May 06, 2013, 09:51:24 PM Well you should have your private keys to your coins in your back up. You may be switching the Wallet.dat file wrong. Ok, I'll check out armory. But I still don't get how I messed up my coinsDon't worry, if you got the wallet.dat your coins should be safe. How many was it. Title: Re: Where r my coins? Post by: anyroll on May 06, 2013, 09:51:59 PM dont worry you will get them.
Title: Re: Where r my coins? Post by: schnuber on May 06, 2013, 09:52:42 PM only 30mBTC. Fortunately this was a test run yet. I actually don't bother about the coins. But I wonder what I missed.
Title: Re: Where r my coins? Post by: schnuber on May 06, 2013, 09:57:12 PM Could the problem be that the .dat file is not portable from linux to Win7?
Title: Re: Where r my coins? Post by: Deafboy on May 06, 2013, 09:58:23 PM What about -resync parameter? Is it still needed on 0.8.X after wallet change?
edit: Of course I meant -rescan. Title: Re: Where r my coins? Post by: schnuber on May 06, 2013, 10:00:53 PM What about -resync parameter? Is it still needed on 0.8.X after wallet change? No idea. I am a newbieTitle: Re: Where r my coins? Post by: Blazr on May 06, 2013, 10:01:23 PM Could the problem be that the .dat file is not portable from linux to Win7? Nope it works fine. You need to do a rescan, from terminal type bitcoind -rescan Title: Re: Where r my coins? Post by: schnuber on May 06, 2013, 10:02:38 PM Could the problem be that the .dat file is not portable from linux to Win7? Nope it works fine. You need to do a rescan, from terminal type bitcoind -rescan I have bitcoin-qt, There is no rescan command as far as I can see Title: Re: Where r my coins? Post by: Deafboy on May 06, 2013, 10:05:13 PM Just open command line, cd to the directory where bitcoin-qt is installed by doing:
cd "C:\Program Files\wherever_it_is\" bitcoin-qt.exe -rescan Title: Re: Where r my coins? Post by: schnuber on May 06, 2013, 10:13:35 PM Just open command line, cd to the directory where bitcoin-qt is installed by doing: cd "C:\Program Files\wherever_it_is\" bitcoin-qt.exe -rescan Voila, You guys are geniuses. It worked. Coins are there now. Thank you. greets Title: Re: Where r my coins? Post by: anyroll on May 06, 2013, 10:55:24 PM Yep no need to worry the blockchain will never scam you.
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