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Title: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: kohlanta on August 19, 2012, 10:41:23 PM I own this address:
1MR6pXDZ6gpBVN8n61SqCNF61vU8ZzRu8Y If you look it up in the blockchain, you can see that currently it contains 44,914.031337 BTC When I try to restore the wallet containing this address in bitcoind on ubuntu, it tells me the balance is zero. Here are some outputs: Code: $ bitcoind getinfo Code: $ bitcoind validateaddress 1MR6pXDZ6gpBVN8n61SqCNF61vU8ZzRu8Y As you can see, the address is present in the wallet, and the blockchain is up to date, yet the balance reads zero. If anyone with the correct privileges feels it is appropriate, I would very much appreciate a repost of this in the main tech support section. 100 btc to anyone who can help me solve this problem. Thanks! Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: fcmatt on August 19, 2012, 10:42:27 PM Do a rescan please. Bitcoin -rescan
Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: kohlanta on August 19, 2012, 10:45:12 PM that means I should stop the wallet, delete everything but wallet.dat and bitcoin.conf, and then start it up again, right?
Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: fcmatt on August 19, 2012, 10:46:25 PM that means I should stop the wallet, delete everything but wallet.dat and bitcoin.conf, and then start it up again, right? No. You can just stop bitcoin client and run the command. Keep blockcahin there. Also is command line arg of -datadir=xxx to make sure it knows where to look in case it is not seeing it. Also command of -checkblocks to makr sure integrity of blockchain Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: Lethos on August 19, 2012, 10:49:07 PM Just follow these steps:
Shut down the Bitcoin program. Copy your backed-up wallet.dat into your bitcoin data directory. If copying into existing profile, delete files blk*.dat to make the client re-download the block chain. *pray to which ever god of your choosing* Generally speaking aslong as you have these backups, you are fine. Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: JingleBalls on August 19, 2012, 10:51:38 PM As you can see, the address is present in the wallet, and the blockchain is up to date, yet the balance reads zero. If anyone with the correct privileges feels it is appropriate, I would very much appreciate a repost of this in the main tech support section. 100 btc to anyone who can help me solve this problem. Thanks! That certainly is a lot of BTC, good luck in getting them back. From the sounds of it the rescan is exactly what's needed. Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: kohlanta on August 19, 2012, 10:52:09 PM sorry it's a bit over my head. I did:
Code: bitcoind help Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: Tachikoma on August 19, 2012, 10:53:17 PM sorry it's a bit over my head. I did: This should do the trick:Code: bitcoind help Code: bitcoind -rescan If that still doesn't fix it you could try the undocumented -checkblocks, please note that this can take quite some time. Code: bitcoind -checkblocks Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: Lethos on August 19, 2012, 10:53:27 PM sorry it's a bit over my head. I did: Code: bitcoind help bitcoind -rescan https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: Jutarul on August 19, 2012, 10:54:30 PM sorry it's a bit over my head. I did: This should do the trick:Code: bitcoind help Code: bitcoind -rescan bitcoind --help Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: fcmatt on August 19, 2012, 10:54:53 PM sorry it's a bit over my head. I did: Code: bitcoind help windows C:\Program Files (x86)\Bitcoin\bitcoin.exe -rescan linux bitcoind -rescan Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: kohlanta on August 19, 2012, 10:56:56 PM success! where would you like your coins sent fcmatt?
Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: JingleBalls on August 19, 2012, 10:58:42 PM Do you also own the other addresses that end in .031337 BTC?
Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: Jutarul on August 19, 2012, 11:00:24 PM ok, doing the rescan now. Thank you for the help! I guess the reward will go to fcmatt if this works since he was the first to respond :) I'll let you know the result as soon as the scan is done. wow there was a reward!? ;D Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: JingleBalls on August 19, 2012, 11:01:31 PM 'bitcoind --help' shows it, 'bitcoind help' shows commands for the running daemon. Good luck with it, if the wallet.dat file is the right one everything should be fine. Btw, why are you offering 100BTC to recover 40 BTC?? Check again, 44914.03133700 is in that address. Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: fcmatt on August 19, 2012, 11:01:57 PM 'bitcoind --help' shows it, 'bitcoind help' shows commands for the running daemon. Good luck with it, if the wallet.dat file is the right one everything should be fine. Btw, why are you offering 100BTC to recover 40 BTC?? http://blockexplorer.com/address/1MR6pXDZ6gpBVN8n61SqCNF61vU8ZzRu8Y 44,000+ btc Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: kohlanta on August 19, 2012, 11:07:53 PM Do you also own the other addresses that end in .031337 BTC? what addresses are those? Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: Jutarul on August 19, 2012, 11:08:15 PM ok, doing the rescan now. Thank you for the help! I guess the reward will go to fcmatt if this works since he was the first to respond :) I'll let you know the result as soon as the scan is done. Makes me wonder whether this is a viable business model: Technical support for large holders of bitcoins who have a lack of computational skills. Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: Lethos on August 19, 2012, 11:10:11 PM Matt apparently just made 100 btc, seems like a good days work (~1k dollars).
Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: fcmatt on August 19, 2012, 11:10:29 PM now this prob does not matter but how old is this wallet.dat file? are we talking ancient compared to the bitcoin client you
are running today? Just thinking outside the box... but if it was really old it would probably throw off an error like: wallet corrupted Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: Tachikoma on August 19, 2012, 11:11:51 PM ok, doing the rescan now. Thank you for the help! I guess the reward will go to fcmatt if this works since he was the first to respond :) I'll let you know the result as soon as the scan is done. Makes me wonder whether this is a viable business model: Technical support for large holders of bitcoins who have a lack of computational skills. Most technical issues however often requires exposure to your wallet to solve things. Which in return requires a lot of trust. It's still an entertaining idea though if you can find the initial few customers who are willing to trust you with their computer and thus wallet :) now this prob does not matter but how old is this wallet.dat file? are we talking ancient compared to the bitcoin client you are running today? Just thinking outside the box... but if it was really old it would probably throw off an error like: wallet corrupted It was already fixed, go give him your address! :) success! where would you like your coins sent fcmatt? Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: fcmatt on August 19, 2012, 11:13:52 PM Matt apparently just made 100 btc, seems like a good days work (~1k dollars). I would be very amazed to find out I actually get 100 btc out of this. In case I do here is my address: 18MjdXpTyek3ESTPc2HCQnATv1jY4acUeR I am trying to think what to do next if this does not work for the OP. Now you could delete everything (always have a backup of wallet.dat no matter what) and start over. Delete meaning the blockchain and everything else except the client but basically that was already done. So what else could be the problem? Hmm Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: Lethos on August 19, 2012, 11:17:33 PM Matt apparently just made 100 btc, seems like a good days work (~1k dollars). I would be very amazed to find out I actually get 100 btc out of this. In case I do here is my address: 18MjdXpTyek3ESTPc2HCQnATv1jY4acUeR I am trying to think what to do next if this does not work for the OP. Now you could delete everything (always have a backup of wallet.dat no matter what) and start over. Delete meaning the blockchain and everything else except the client but basically that was already done. So what else could be the problem? Hmm You do realise if what you suggest doesn't work, and what you just suggested now, is what my original suggestion was. Guess where that btc should go :P I admit the rescan should work. Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: fcmatt on August 19, 2012, 11:18:26 PM Matt apparently just made 100 btc, seems like a good days work (~1k dollars). I would be very amazed to find out I actually get 100 btc out of this. In case I do here is my address: 18MjdXpTyek3ESTPc2HCQnATv1jY4acUeR I am trying to think what to do next if this does not work for the OP. Now you could delete everything (always have a backup of wallet.dat no matter what) and start over. Delete meaning the blockchain and everything else except the client but basically that was already done. So what else could be the problem? Hmm You do realise if what you suggest doesn't work, and what you just suggested now, is what my original suggestion was. Guess where that btc should go :P I admit the rescan should work. true. i got lucky and just happened on this thread at the right time. starting from scratch does not seem reasonable since it was just done. Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: fcmatt on August 19, 2012, 11:20:28 PM success! where would you like your coins sent fcmatt? 18MjdXpTyek3ESTPc2HCQnATv1jY4acUeR thank you very much. Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: Jutarul on August 19, 2012, 11:22:59 PM Matt apparently just made 100 btc, seems like a good days work (~1k dollars). I would be very amazed to find out I actually get 100 btc out of this. In case I do here is my address: 18MjdXpTyek3ESTPc2HCQnATv1jY4acUeR I am trying to think what to do next if this does not work for the OP. Now you could delete everything (always have a backup of wallet.dat no matter what) and start over. Delete meaning the blockchain and everything else except the client but basically that was already done. So what else could be the problem? Hmm You do realise if what you suggest doesn't work, and what you just suggested now, is what my original suggestion was. Guess where that btc should go :P I admit the rescan should work. true. i got lucky and just happened on this thread at the right time. starting from scratch does not seem reasonable since it was just done. Can't a man spend 100 BTC in peace? ;D It's not as if the forum doesn't contain plenty of threads where this procedure was already outlined.... Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: Lethos on August 19, 2012, 11:26:49 PM Matt apparently just made 100 btc, seems like a good days work (~1k dollars). I would be very amazed to find out I actually get 100 btc out of this. In case I do here is my address: 18MjdXpTyek3ESTPc2HCQnATv1jY4acUeR I am trying to think what to do next if this does not work for the OP. Now you could delete everything (always have a backup of wallet.dat no matter what) and start over. Delete meaning the blockchain and everything else except the client but basically that was already done. So what else could be the problem? Hmm You do realise if what you suggest doesn't work, and what you just suggested now, is what my original suggestion was. Guess where that btc should go :P I admit the rescan should work. true. i got lucky and just happened on this thread at the right time. starting from scratch does not seem reasonable since it was just done. Well done Matt, lucky indeed. Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: Tachikoma on August 19, 2012, 11:27:43 PM OP Delivers (http://blockchain.info/address/18MjdXpTyek3ESTPc2HCQnATv1jY4acUeR).
Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: fcmatt on August 19, 2012, 11:29:29 PM got the coins. that was supremely generous of you.
good luck with your sizable fortune of BTC! I am jealous of that wallet. Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: the joint on August 19, 2012, 11:40:53 PM Hell yeah, fcmatt :D Congrats.
Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: bitcon on August 20, 2012, 02:03:20 AM nice. a lot faster than calling india also.
Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: 2D on August 20, 2012, 02:09:03 AM Geez! I bet those were mined with a CPU too!
Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: JingleBalls on August 20, 2012, 02:24:59 AM Do you also own the other addresses that end in .031337 BTC? what addresses are those? https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=92423.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=92423.0) top 10, grats :D Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: arobincaron on August 20, 2012, 02:36:59 AM Can't a man spend 100 BTC in peace? ;D It's not as if the forum doesn't contain plenty of threads where this procedure was already outlined.... An honest man. You earned a lot of respect today! Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: 16P7cPxX5aGzFijz7uDiQiB3p on October 02, 2012, 07:07:00 AM Pretty awesome story bro. I too have some coins in cold storage and sometimes freak out that I'll never see them again.
Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: gwern on November 01, 2015, 06:13:33 PM Followup: the address in question represented Silk Road 1 profits/balances https://www.reddit.com/r/SilkRoad/comments/3r3s81/how_ulbricht_paid_100_to_learn_about_bitcoind/
Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: Coinonomous on November 01, 2015, 07:10:56 PM Followup: the address in question represented Silk Road 1 profits/balances https://www.reddit.com/r/SilkRoad/comments/3r3s81/how_ulbricht_paid_100_to_learn_about_bitcoind/ Good catch, very interesting! :) Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: Mickeyb on November 01, 2015, 07:59:39 PM Followup: the address in question represented Silk Road 1 profits/balances https://www.reddit.com/r/SilkRoad/comments/3r3s81/how_ulbricht_paid_100_to_learn_about_bitcoind/ So how the heck did he manage to organize a whole silk road, Ross Ulbricht, and he didn't know about as basic function as bitcoind-rescan. I don't get it. He was honest enough to send that reward of 100 bitcoins though. Much respect for that! Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: Quickseller on November 02, 2015, 02:40:18 AM Followup: the address in question represented Silk Road 1 profits/balances https://www.reddit.com/r/SilkRoad/comments/3r3s81/how_ulbricht_paid_100_to_learn_about_bitcoind/ The address in the OP is almost certainly one that belong(ed) to SilkRoad1. The OP sent 44k BTC via 7269a8ebe71559e6337cab93fe75340dca91deeeed2af11be86affc9a23b50ab to ba3d545781 (https://www.walletexplorer.com/wallet/ba3d545781a0d7f3), which received ~6k BTC via 39f3c6fa684bfe3413cd35179687c6ba04df1649d7427e74118c8bd88c30d7d8 (https://www.walletexplorer.com/txid/39f3c6fa684bfe3413cd35179687c6ba04df1649d7427e74118c8bd88c30d7d8) only ~30 minutes later, and the wallet that tx sent "from" belongs to SilkRoad1 Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: elyas772 on November 02, 2015, 03:03:35 AM sorry im newbie
i want to ask i tried ceck your address at blockchain and your balance is zero ??? https://blockchain.info/address/1MR6pXDZ6gpBVN8n61SqCNF61vU8ZzRu8Y Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: fcmatt on November 20, 2015, 04:25:34 PM so it was not an early adopter who needed help. go figure right? small world.
Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: BlindMayorBitcorn on November 20, 2015, 05:08:02 PM so it was not an early adopter who needed help. go figure right? small world. :D Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: equator on November 20, 2015, 09:12:03 PM just now saw this thread and read the full conversation and after 3 yrs found a news that the OP was a silk route money laundering and he got some problem with wallet and his computer and got solved through this forum member and he paid him the bounty amount. very interesting.
Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: jaberwock on November 20, 2015, 10:00:37 PM First I thought that was another troll , then I saw the topic is from 2012, then that SR1 and maybe the Dread Pirate Robert himself posted here,
This topic belongs to the story of BTC Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: tnrmedia on November 21, 2015, 09:28:32 AM First I thought that was another troll , then I saw the topic is from 2012, then that SR1 and maybe the Dread Pirate Robert himself posted here, This topic belongs to the story of BTC I too wonder first and think it as latest thread. Imagine the value of 4000+ BTC's present value :)- After checking the date of the OP Post I realize the matter and my heart beat go down :)- (OP himself cleared his balance in 2012 itself) Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: Quickseller on November 21, 2015, 12:44:08 PM so it was not an early adopter who needed help. go figure right? small world. i would consider DPR of SR1 to be a pretty early adopter (2011). Although it is fairly unlikely that he will be using Bitcoin very much moving forward unfortunately. Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: fcmatt on November 24, 2015, 05:51:41 PM so it was not an early adopter who needed help. go figure right? small world. i would consider DPR of SR1 to be a pretty early adopter (2011). Although it is fairly unlikely that he will be using Bitcoin very much moving forward unfortunately. heh. true. good point. I was thinking more in terms of someone who mined them i suppose. I was speculating they were not gotten in the most legal of ways and thus not my stereotypical early adopter. Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: krumblez on November 26, 2015, 10:01:44 PM What a funny (and inciteful) thread !
Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: Loimu on November 26, 2015, 10:43:06 PM Yeah, very interesting read even years later. Who would have guessed?
Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: eddie13 on November 26, 2015, 11:01:48 PM Seems he had other technical problems where he payed 10BTC and 5BTC bounties for help also..
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=138688.0 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=149467 Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: Snorek on November 27, 2015, 12:08:20 AM Seems he had other technical problems where he payed 10BTC and 5BTC bounties for help also.. My God. Who would have thought that bitcoin will be worth so much... I always have bittersweet feelings when I read some old and necroed topics like this.https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=138688.0 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=149467 Maybe in the 2020 we will cross $10.000 for 1 bitcoin too? Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: Quickseller on November 27, 2015, 01:45:18 AM so it was not an early adopter who needed help. go figure right? small world. i would consider DPR of SR1 to be a pretty early adopter (2011). Although it is fairly unlikely that he will be using Bitcoin very much moving forward unfortunately. heh. true. good point. I was thinking more in terms of someone who mined them i suppose. I was speculating they were not gotten in the most legal of ways and thus not my stereotypical early adopter. Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: crazyearner on November 27, 2015, 05:46:44 AM Seems he had other technical problems where he payed 10BTC and 5BTC bounties for help also.. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=138688.0 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=149467 Yeah back then Bitcoin wasn't as expensive then or had as big a value. Back in 2012 to 2013 prices where all over the place. I got into bitcoin back in 2011 even tho I knew of it back in 2009 passed up as worthless wish I would of gone with my other thoughts and looked more into it and got into back then then fully getting into it in 2011 but made a small fortune since then so guess never to late to get into Bitcoin but if would of took it on then could of been set for life. Small rewards then now worth a good amount would be nice if price tumbles down to price what where then would give so many people wanting to get into it another chance. Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: quad588 on November 27, 2015, 05:50:40 AM wow I wish I was around to write "use -rescan" for over $35k USD ..
But who would have guess 3 years ago. Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: vanessa98 on September 12, 2017, 08:36:41 PM Whoah... I hope the guy who recieved the 100 btc for the technical support held the coins until now.
Thats just crazy.. and that person now is pretty much a happy camper.. for saying to do a simple "rescan". Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: mrdueri on September 13, 2017, 05:22:23 AM 40,000 BTCs or $40,000 in BTC? Big difference lol.
Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: boxabl on September 13, 2017, 12:59:15 PM It's interesting to witness a bit of BTC history in this thread.
Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: escapefrom3dom on September 13, 2017, 06:05:36 PM so how did it end: was the access restored or everything just remained in it's original place?
Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: jk_14 on September 13, 2017, 08:17:33 PM so how did it end: was the access restored or everything just remained in it's original place? If you check the first page of the thread you'll see that he was able to restore access to his wallet. I'm more curious as to how many Bitcoins he kept to this day.Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: Angelam2018 on September 14, 2017, 04:32:46 AM Amazing - as someone late to the bitcoin party it's so interesting to go back and see posts from that time. It must have been such a great time to be in the community
Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: xskl0 on September 14, 2017, 01:38:55 PM Buy a new computer and download Electrum from the oficial website. If you can send me 0.1 Bitcoin I will be very gratefull :)
1xskLo18yeiJUb5Ekd6pXtoM6Vp3h8fEQ Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: LFC_Bitcoin on September 14, 2017, 05:00:33 PM 40,000 bitcoin's is an obscene amount to think about owning in this day. I hope the OP made good use of the opportunity presented to him. I like reading good stories involving very early adopters but there are equally as many horror stories e.g. the 10,000 bitcoin pizza.
Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: jk_14 on September 15, 2017, 12:13:30 AM 40,000 bitcoin's is an obscene amount to think about owning in this day. I hope the OP made good use of the opportunity presented to him. I like reading good stories involving very early adopters but there are equally as many horror stories e.g. the 10,000 bitcoin pizza. Pretty sure stories like the 10,000 Bitcoin Pizza add to the publicity of Bitcoin. So even though the buyer of the pizza has surely regretted his move, he helped make Bitcoin more successful.Title: Re: can't restore wallet with over 40k btc in it. Please HELP! Post by: Angelam2018 on September 15, 2017, 11:18:42 AM 40,000 bitcoin's is an obscene amount to think about owning in this day. I hope the OP made good use of the opportunity presented to him. I like reading good stories involving very early adopters but there are equally as many horror stories e.g. the 10,000 bitcoin pizza. Pretty sure stories like the 10,000 Bitcoin Pizza add to the publicity of Bitcoin. So even though the buyer of the pizza has surely regretted his move, he helped make Bitcoin more successful.so true ... it must have been hard back then to even imagine how much would have changed in ten years. Just think what another ten is going to do! |