hello, i have a couple of coins in an electrum wallet but when i try to send them somewhere, i always get the error message "not enough funds" no matter how much i try to send or how high i set the fee. no addresses are frozen or prioritized. i have already tried regenerating the wallet from the seed but always get the same error. any possibilities to save those 2 coins?  Not sure what the problem is, hopefully someone else will help out. EDIT: I notice you are still on version 0.61, perhaps you could try to upgrade? |
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hi
with python pwd area:(seed)
if i didnt type any text and press <enter>, it doesnt complain
with pwd area (with 3 text boxes)
I leave first text box empty and type some new pwd into new and confirm areas, it complains and says incorrect password
this happens when I type in same pwd to both areas and different pwds to both areas
hmmm strange... My best guess is that you inadvertently set a password on the first run, perhaps by typing something in the textboxes by mistake? Anyway, if you don't have any coins yet in that wallet, i would recommend to rename the electrum.dat file (in Application Data\Electrum) to start over again. |
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hi
I am using electrum 1.01-e (windoze flatfly compact build, )
I was not able to connect to any server due to some reason(possibly firewall problem, note icon was red, blocks -1)
thomasv from IRC told me to manually change <connect to > field to
electrum.novit.ro:8081:h
it worked and network went green
now my question:
I didnt set any passwords with electrum client. I cannot change existing passwords (there are two pwd areas, one is python other is wallet encryption area)
are there some default passwords?
Hi, there is no default password. It is empty. What happens if you just set one, do you get an error message? The 2nd area is to confirm your new password, just type it again. |
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Is there some magic bitcoind RPC call to show the balance of *any* address (not especially one of yours)?
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Hey, I'm getting this error twice while starting bitcoind (0.7.0rc2 beta) on Windows XP. It then exits. Error: An error occurred while setting up the RPC port 8332 for listening: open: An address incompatible with the requested protocol was used
(0.6.3 on the other hand, is running fine on this system) EDIT: 1. Just to confirm that I made sure that 0.6.3 was NOT running at the same time 2. Tried to reboot, doesn't help 3. I'm actually getting another socket-related error first. Log follows. 4. Tried disabling the firewall, doesn't help Bitcoin version v0.7.0rc2-beta (2012-09-05 12:38:37 -0400)
Using OpenSSL version OpenSSL 1.0.1b 26 Apr 2012
Startup time: 09/08/12 08:08:52
Default data directory C:\Documents and Settings\xxx\Application Data\Bitcoin
Used data directory C:\Documents and Settings\xxx\Application Data\Bitcoin
Error: Couldn't open socket for incoming connections (socket returned error 1004
7)
Bound to 0.0.0.0:8333
Loading block index...
dbenv.open LogDir=C:\Documents and Settings\xxx\Application Data\Bitcoin\databa
se ErrorFile=C:\Documents and Settings\xxx\Application Data\Bitcoin\db.log
LoadBlockIndex(): hashBestChain=000000000019d6689c08 height=0 date=01/03/09 18
:15:05
Verifying last 0 blocks at level 1
block index 172ms
Loading wallet...
nFileVersion = 70002
wallet 1328ms
Loading addresses...
Loaded 0 addresses from peers.dat 0ms
RandAddSeed() 121624 bytes
mapBlockIndex.size() = 1
nBestHeight = 0
setKeyPool.size() = 100
mapWallet.size() = 0
mapAddressBook.size() = 1
Done loading
ThreadRPCServer started
Error: An error occurred while setting up the RPC port 8332 for listening: open:
An address incompatible with the requested protocol was used
Error: An error occurred while setting up the RPC port 8332 for listening: open:
An address incompatible with the requested protocol was used
send version message: version 60002, blocks=0, us=0.0.0.0:0, them=0.0.0.0:0, pee
r=127.0.0.1:0
ThreadRPCServer exited
Flush(false)
blkindex.dat refcount=0
DNS seeding disabled
ThreadIRCSeed exited
ThreadOpenAddedConnections started
ThreadMessageHandler started
ThreadOpenAddedConnections exited
ThreadSocketHandler started
ThreadOpenConnections started
ThreadMessageHandler exited
ThreadDumpAddress exited
ThreadSocketHandler exited
GetMyExternalIP() received [85.28.98.143] 85.28.98.143:0
GetMyExternalIP() returned 85.28.98.143
AddLocal(85.28.98.143:8333,5)
blkindex.dat checkpoint
blkindex.dat closed
wallet.dat refcount=0
wallet.dat checkpoint
wallet.dat detach
wallet.dat closed
DBFlush(false) ended 468ms
StopNode()
ThreadOpenConnections exited
Flushed 0 addresses to peers.dat 109ms
Flush(true)
DBFlush(true) ended 0ms
Bitcoin exited
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i am getting "Not enough funds" when attempting a transaction. there should be more than enough funds in the wallet and i even set a free. but whatever balance i type in the send field it is immediately shown red and i cant send any coins at all.
Any addresses that you have frozen, perhaps? (Check in the Receive tab) |
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Hmmm I will get a Windows 7 machine soon so hopefully I will be able to further investigate this... Well, it just happened once after startup without me loading the console. After it loaded once, that shadow window doesn't come up again console or not. The shadow remains after I quit electrum and I have no idea how to get rid of it! .....but loading electrum still leaves that halo of a shadow for a small window. I posted a screenshot some time ago. What could be causing that? Now gonna google python vs ruby  Love those showdowns... No other users reported this "shadow window" issue on Windows 7 (both 32 and 64bit), so it's pretty strange... Does it also happen when you type "e"? And are you able to close it somehow or do you have to kill the process? |
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.....but loading electrum still leaves that halo of a shadow for a small window. I posted a screenshot some time ago. What could be causing that? Now gonna google python vs ruby Love those showdowns... No other users reported this "shadow window" issue on Windows 7 (both 32 and 64bit), so it's pretty strange... Does it also happen when you type "e"? And are you able to close it somehow or do you have to kill the process? |
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Great! And thanks for your patience too! Please don't hate Python, without Python there would be no Electrum Yea, that worked like a charm  thanks for your efforts! I still hate Python though!!! Electrum is a great lightweight client Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but it doesn't work! It does work via the Python cmd console though, I just type e and thats it! using python 27. Just curious, does electrum work with python 32? @Sovereign108: How does this build work out for you? Hopefully this should fix the startup problem that you've experienced. OK, we're almost there... What about this one? As for Python 3.2, I don't know if Electrum runs on it, but the 2.7 branch is usually considered more stable for mission-critical applications (for now) and still has more libraries available anyway. Also, it is still being officially updated. |
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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but it doesn't work! It does work via the Python cmd console though, I just type e and thats it! using python 27. Just curious, does electrum work with python 32? @Sovereign108: How does this build work out for you? Hopefully this should fix the startup problem that you've experienced. OK, we're almost there... What about this one? As for Python 3.2, I don't know if Electrum runs on it, but the 2.7 branch is usually considered more stable for mission-critical applications (for now) and still has more libraries available anyway. Also, it is still being officially updated. |
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This should be the simplest way to get BTC using Ukash: http://mercabit.eu/ It is run by paraipan, one of the forum admins. |
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@Sovereign108: How does this build work out for you? Hopefully this should fix the startup problem that you've experienced. |
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Windows 7 Pro, Intel E6550, doesn't seems to download the blockchain =\
address: 1HprdL1oTsAWJUuuWhWS6NXgVvonm1uggh
thanks.
For my info, do you remember what server you selected when you first started Electrum? Could you try to delete or rename the empty wallet file (electrum.dat in your Application Data\Electrum directory) and launch Electrum again? |
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I am not sure what advantages a time locked address has over an offline address? I am just not seeing it.
However there are encryption algorithms which are time lock encryption.
Generate a private key & address.
Record the address.
Encrypt the private key with a time lock algorithm which requires x time.
Erase the private key.
The above 4 steps should likely be done on an offline non-persistent environment (i.e. live LINUX).
Start solving the time lock encryption problem.
You will have the private key after x time.*
* It isn't possible to specify the exact time as it will depend on hardware but time lock encryption algorithms are designed to make parallel work impossible (i.e. 2x GPU provides no more speed than 1x GPU). The single processor may get more powerful over time so if x is very long you may need to compensate for Moore's law.
Interesting... Do you know of any specific time-lock encryption open-source apps (on Linux or Windows)? |
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what if we could flag certain btc
Who's the "we"? What if "we" don't like your politics, your religion or "we" think you're funny looking and want to shut your coins down? The danger of centralization is far greater than the danger of decentralization. I think by "we" paulie means the owner of a given BTC address, so no centralization is involved... |
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perhaps this is a way to deal with the tainted/stolen coin problem:
what if we could flag certain btc with something like "this cannot be transferred from this address within X period" (able to be changed by the owner)? for example, in a long-term savings situation, this would allow even an unprotected walled, assuming all coins were marked, to be safe for a period of time.
of course protecting the data relating to when it becomes un-protected would be important information for hackers to have to do time-based attacks/extractions on wallet files, so unless that is figured out maybe this is useless.
but, just thinking out loud...
That's a feature I for one would LOVE to see. But I have no idea how complex it would be to implement properly... |
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Hey, this finally worked! Electrum is definitely fast and simple, I like the brain wallet thing and the fact that the wallet is in the cloud. So I hope I don't have to always start electrum via Python Console? Also, its called a compact build. Does that mean some features were trimmed off? Also try these commands:
set PythonHome=
set PythonPath=
and then:
e
Great news! I will try to make another build that fixes this issue for you (within the next few days). In the meantime, I guess it should work if you just clear the PYTHONPATH and PYTHONHOME environment variables in your Windows settings. This build is compact in the sense that it only includes essential Electrum files and dependencies, anything extra (add-on scripts, scanning module, etc) are not included to keep the package small and fast. If you want to experiment with all the extras, you will need to install it from source, at this time. |
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Also try these commands:
set PythonHome=
set PythonPath=
and then:
e
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I removed the offending environment variable pointing to the old Python version and only the newer python paths exist. I renamed the old python version folder so no program can point to it and this is the error message: Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 10 2012, 23:31:26) Type "electrum -help" for a list of available commands. (Full documentation at https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Electrum) --- 05/09/2012 12:58:14.09> echo ..\python27\python.exe (electrum) %WALLFILE% %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 > e.cmd 05/09/2012 12:58:17.72> e 05/09/2012 12:58:18.76> ..\python27\python.exe (electrum) ImportError: No module named site 05/09/2012 12:58:18.78> Ok, I upgraded that folder anyway to Python v3.2.3 and this is the error message: The folder called Python25 is actually Python 32 Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 10 2012, 23:31:26) Type "electrum -help" for a list of available commands. (Full documentation at https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Electrum) --- 05/09/2012 11:39:25.20> e File "C:\Csvn\Python25\\lib\site.py", line 159 file=sys.stderr) ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax 05/09/2012 11:39:30.04> Python (electrum) File "C:\Csvn\Python25\\lib\site.py", line 159 file=sys.stderr) ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax 05/09/2012 11:39:45.75> Yeah Python can easily turn into a version hell under Windows  Ok, let's force Electrum to use the correct environment: Type this into the console (probably easier to copy-paste that): echo ..\python27\python.exe (electrum) %WALLFILE% %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 > e.cmd then "e" again. Does that work any better? If yes, I will incorporate this change when I make my next build. If you just type "python" (without the quotes), what do you get? specifically, what version number is displayed? BTW, to exit the Python interpreter, type quit(). |
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Ok, I upgraded that folder anyway to Python v3.2.3 and this is the error message: The folder called Python25 is actually Python 32 Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 10 2012, 23:31:26) Type "electrum -help" for a list of available commands. (Full documentation at https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Electrum) --- 05/09/2012 11:39:25.20> e File "C:\Csvn\Python25\\lib\site.py", line 159 file=sys.stderr) ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax 05/09/2012 11:39:30.04> Python (electrum) File "C:\Csvn\Python25\\lib\site.py", line 159 file=sys.stderr) ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax 05/09/2012 11:39:45.75> Yeah Python can easily turn into a version hell under Windows Ok, let's force Electrum to use the correct environment: Type this into the console (probably easier to copy-paste that): echo ..\python27\python.exe (electrum) %WALLFILE% %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 > e.cmd then "e" again. Does that work any better? If yes, I will incorporate this change when I make my next build. |
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