Print Page - Zeroed balances after restoring wallet

Title: Zeroed balances after restoring wallet
Post by: simpic on October 28, 2013, 07:29:50 PM

Hello,
i reinstalled os on my computer and i had to install again Electrum.
I simple copied electrum.dat file and i get again my wallet.

...but in "Receive" tab i noticed that every address has zeroed balance.
Why?

How to fix it?

Title: Re: Zeroed balances after restoring wallet
Post by: btcven on October 29, 2013, 12:40:42 PM

Have you waited for the headers to be download and SPV checked?

Try switching servers or restart the client

Title: Re: Zeroed balances after restoring wallet
Post by: simpic on October 29, 2013, 02:12:45 PM

Quote from: btcven on October 29, 2013, 12:40:42 PM

Have you waited for the headers to be download

What do you mean?

Quote

and SPV checked?

What is it?

Quote

Try switching servers or restart the client

Done, it doesn't fix the problem.

It isn't strange that the number under "Tx" is correct and all balance are 0?

Title: Re: Zeroed balances after restoring wallet
Post by: btcven on October 29, 2013, 09:51:40 PM

~~Can you explain what you've done? You are restoring from which version?~~

Oh you are not restoring, can you try renaming the electrum.dat and restoring from your seed?

Title: Re: Zeroed balances after restoring wallet
Post by: simpic on October 29, 2013, 10:59:53 PM

Quote from: btcven on October 29, 2013, 09:51:40 PM

~~Can you explain what you've done? You are restoring from which version?~~

Oh you are not restoring, can you try renaming the electrum.dat and restoring from your seed?

Nothing changed :(

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/7131/2kwz.png

Title: Re: Zeroed balances after restoring wallet
Post by: nomnomnom on October 30, 2013, 02:11:29 AM

There is another arrow which you can click to expand the change addresses, maybe it's there.

Title: Re: Zeroed balances after restoring wallet
Post by: btcven on October 30, 2013, 02:59:15 AM

^

Are you sure your balance is zero? You've hidden it. Check the change addresses as mentioned above

Title: Re: Zeroed balances after restoring wallet
Post by: simpic on October 30, 2013, 09:13:06 AM

Quote from: nomnomnom on October 30, 2013, 02:11:29 AM

There is another arrow which you can click to expand the change addresses, maybe it's there.

Nothing even on change addresses.
Anyway before format my pc every address had its Tx and its own balance.
Now after installed new OS and Electrum again every address had its Tx OK but its balance are zeroed

Quote from: btcven on October 30, 2013, 02:59:15 AM

Are you sure your balance is zero? You've hidden it. Check the change addresses as mentioned above

No, my balance is OK, the problem is that every address don't keep its balance after restoring wallet on fresh install of Electrum.

Title: Re: Zeroed balances after restoring wallet
Post by: TheButterZone on October 30, 2013, 10:53:43 AM

https://blockchain.info/address/1B5ifFq3CePUVj2iA5258Z7x7opK3AVdSh
https://blockchain.info/address/1FX2NDMcX1hz8CNi5gvUhsKbSzWZwRqgXM

Don't make us transcribe all of the addresses to show you they're (probably) all zero.

Title: Re: Zeroed balances after restoring wallet
Post by: simpic on October 30, 2013, 06:45:26 PM

Quote from: TheButterZone on October 30, 2013, 10:53:43 AM

You make me to finally understand!
I was wrong on change addresses, all are zero except 1 that is equals to my actual total balance.
It happened because before formatting my pc i send all my balance to MTGox, just for feel safer, then i withdraw again to my wallet.
Is it for this that all balances have been zeroed?

Title: Re: Zeroed balances after restoring wallet
Post by: TheButterZone on October 30, 2013, 08:05:40 PM

Yes, when you withdrew from Gox, you sent BTC to one address in your wallet, not all of them.

Title: Re: Zeroed balances after restoring wallet
Post by: simpic on November 04, 2013, 09:45:26 PM

Quote from: simpic on October 28, 2013, 07:29:50 PM

Hello,
i reinstalled os on my computer and i had to install again Electrum.
I simple copied electrum.dat file and i get again my wallet.

Today i formatted again and i installed again Ubuntu.
I installed Electrum 1.9 (before i was using 1.8.1) but the previous procedure that i used to restore my wallet now does not work.
Where to i have to put the electrum.dat file now?

Title: Re: Zeroed balances after restoring wallet
Post by: btcven on November 04, 2013, 10:01:40 PM

Quote from: simpic on November 04, 2013, 09:45:26 PM

Quote from: simpic on October 28, 2013, 07:29:50 PM

Hello,
i reinstalled os on my computer and i had to install again Electrum.
I simple copied electrum.dat file and i get again my wallet.

If you are updating or the electrum.dat is already in the /.electrum folder the client will turns it into the new wallet structure automatically

If you don't have labels that you would like to keep, you better use the seed to restore in the new 1.9

Title: Re: Zeroed balances after restoring wallet
Post by: ThomasV on November 04, 2013, 10:13:14 PM

Quote from: simpic on November 04, 2013, 09:45:26 PM

but the previous procedure that i used to restore my wallet now does not work.

can you explain how it is failing?

Title: Re: Zeroed balances after restoring wallet
Post by: simpic on November 05, 2013, 12:10:11 AM

Quote from: btcven on November 04, 2013, 10:01:40 PM

If you are updating or the electrum.dat is already in the /.electrum folder the client will turns it into the new wallet structure automatically
If you don't have labels that you would like to keep, you better use the seed to restore in the new 1.9

I save the electrum.dat file before formatting and now i don't know where to put it since Electrum 1.9 seems to have changed its structure: now there is a new folder named "wallets" in .electrum hidden folder.
I would keep all my labels... why is better to restore with seed?

Quote from: ThomasV on November 04, 2013, 10:13:14 PM

can you explain how it is failing?

I tried to copy my backup file to .electrum (as it was before) and in this way Electrum doesn't start.

Code:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/electrum", line 160, in <module>
    gui.main(url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/electrum_gui/qt/__init__.py", line 92, in main
    wallet = Wallet(storage)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/electrum/wallet_factory.py", line 11, in __new__
    return Wallet(config)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/electrum/wallet.py", line 172, in __init__
    self.fee                   = int(storage.get('fee_per_kb',20000))
TypeError: int() argument must be a string or a number, not 'NoneType'

If i go to see to the folder i see that the electrum.dat has been deleted and a new file named default_wallet results to be created in wallets folder.
Anyway Electrum doesn't start.

Title: Re: Zeroed balances after restoring wallet
Post by: ThomasV on November 05, 2013, 09:51:15 AM

if you are in trouble, restore from seed.

Title: Re: Zeroed balances after restoring wallet
Post by: simpic on November 05, 2013, 09:54:40 AM

Quote from: ThomasV on November 05, 2013, 09:51:15 AM

if you are in trouble, restore from seed.

And what about labels?

EDIT:
I think the problem is that new release of Electrum stores the wallet in "default_wallet" file in "wallets" folder.
So, how to restore the "electrum.dat" file?
Should i open a new topic about this issue?

Title: Re: Zeroed balances after restoring wallet
Post by: ThomasV on November 05, 2013, 10:23:55 AM

Quote from: simpic on November 05, 2013, 09:54:40 AM

Quote from: ThomasV on November 05, 2013, 09:51:15 AM

if you are in trouble, restore from seed.

menu-> file-> open and you can open any file

Title: Re: Zeroed balances after restoring wallet
Post by: simpic on November 05, 2013, 11:53:57 AM

Quote from: ThomasV on November 05, 2013, 10:23:55 AM

Quote from: simpic on November 05, 2013, 09:54:40 AM

Quote from: ThomasV on November 05, 2013, 09:51:15 AM

if you are in trouble, restore from seed.

menu-> file-> open and you can open any file

I can do this action only after i created a new wallet when i run for the first time Electrum (or when i delete .electrum folder).
Anyway i did as you said but nothing is happened.

Title: Re: Zeroed balances after restoring wallet
Post by: simpic on November 05, 2013, 12:04:50 PM

I created a new topic (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=325364.0)... i think other users could have the same problem.

Bitcoin Forum

Bitcoin => Electrum => Topic started by: simpic on October 28, 2013, 07:29:50 PM