Hello,
i bought some bitcoin from Belgacoin.com, this was sent to my address, but it's not showing up in my bitcoin core wallet.
Does it need to be syncronised first or are there additional steps i have to take?
It's behind 49 weeks and i can't download on my current network due to some kind of restrictions.
Help please!
i bought some bitcoin from Belgacoin.com, this was sent to my address, but it's not showing up in my bitcoin core wallet.
Does it need to be syncronised first or are there additional steps i have to take?
It's behind 49 weeks and i can't download on my current network due to some kind of restrictions.
Help please!
Import your private key ( using dumpprivkey in core wallet console ) to Simplified Payment Verification (SPV) Wallets such as multibit or bither.
SPV wallet downloads only block headers from other nodes, hence synching is much faster.
For even faster synching, import your private key to a trusted centralized wallet (which are using centralized server for blockchain query), like greenaddress wallet or or electrum or mycelium (mobile)
Explore different bitcoin wallets which best serve your needs
https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet
I wouldn't bother with SPV based wallets. Electrum looks great, I like the HD features, but honestly a noob will probably do better with a blockchain.info address.
If he starts stacking serious Bitcoin at the end of the day the safest way is Core, which hopefully soon when pruning gets properly implemented will not be such a pain in the ass to sync with.
Please don't use Blockchain.info. You can go with either Multibit HD or Electrum. Both are user-friendly. When you create a wallet, you will get a seed, save it safely. It is needed to restore your wallet if something happens to the application or computer.