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I'm not really sure what to make of this guy. Legit or scammer?
I first found out about RH when the pulse chain sacrifice was going on and was definitely intrigued after watching one of his livestreams.
Watched a number of his interviews and I can understand why he has the cult following he does. Has this guy ever been interviewed by someone who actually understands crypto? Also, how much of what he says is actually true?
I feel like the people praising him are the ones who made some scratch off hex and the ones who don't like him are internet trolls calling him a scammer/con artist without providing any evidence.
What do you guys think?
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Any way to check when a wallet was created?
On one of my previous attempts I copied the address of the wallet I loaded to core and wrote it down to compare and see if the wallet is the one I am trying to access or the "test wallet". Checked it out on blockchain.com and saw that it was an empty wallet with 0 transaction so assumed it was the test wallet address. Earlier, I opened the old wallet.dat folder and did a search for "name" and the address I saw was the same one I had written down (empty wallet).
I don't think it is possible to find the creation date of a wallet I'm assuming, but it would be helpful to aid my theories on what happened here. The old wallet was modified in 2017 which is around the time my uncle asked one of his colleague if he knew how to access the wallet. Perhaps the wallets were swapped or perhaps there was nothing in there to begin with but I am really curious on why the file says it was modified in 2017.
Anyway, just wanted to thank each and every one of you guys for helping me out with this. Learned a great deal and am looking forward to contributing to this forum!
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Hello,
I renamed the old Bitcoin data directory in "E" so it won't be used by Bitcoin Core.
In "C:\Users\BTC!\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin". I created a txt file and renamed it bitcoin.conf and opened it with a text editor(sublime text) and on the config file I wrote:
datadir=E:\Bitcoin
prune=0
dbcache=2048
assumevalid=0000000000000000000838f7c65a28f84af44d2120a7dfb334cc7d11063de2a1
I then created a new folder in the root of Drive "E" and renamed it "Bitcoin".
After starting Bitcoin Core (without any start parameters) for it to create the data directory's contents, instead of the data directory's contents going to "E:\Bitcoin" they are going straight to the root of Drive "E". Am I messing something up here?
Should the bitcoin.conf file be in the root of "C:\Users\BTC!\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin" or should I be putting it into "daemon" or "doc"? In "doc" there is a file called "bitcoin-conf.md" however.
Thanks in advance!
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Here's a step by step on what I did from the beginning, maybe it will help.
1. Run Bitcoin core 2.Uncheck prune storage 3.Create test wallet(which gave me the wallet folder)> Go to bitcoin core data directory>test wallet folder> rename wallet.dat to wallet-test.dat> copy old wallet.dat and paste in test wallet folder 4. Let Bitcoin Core synch 5. Close BTC core and rerun 6. File> Open Wallet which only shows test wallet.
I hope that you've closed Bitcoin Core when you're swapping the wallet.dat files or there will be issues during the scan process of those wallet files. ( you said you've watch video tutorials so they must have mentioned it)
The " wallet-test.dat" is in the " test wallet" folder so it won't be included to the open wallet selection menu, it should be outside that folder, but inside the 'wallets' folder. The folders inside the 'wallets' folder are considered as 1 wallet ( the wallet name is the folder's name) and it will use the wallet.dat file inside it. If you want to use a renamed wallet.dat file, you should paste it in 'wallets' folder's root, not in the other folders inside it. Only 1 wallet shows in the " Wallets:" drop-down menu because you've replaced the test wallet's wallet.dat with the old wallet, so the one's recognized by Bitcoin Core is the old wallet. If there's no balance, it's either the wallet is empty or it there's an issue with the scan process. Since you've disabled pruned settings ( and have enough disk space?), you can use -rescanblockchain command to try to rescan for the wallet's balance but the current wallet may have issue already if you've swapped them while Bitcoin Core is open. If you properly swapped them, you can enter rescanblockchain into the 'console' ( Window->Console) and wait for it to finish ( note: it will take a while to finish and may look like it's syncing but it's not actually downloading anything) If you improperly swapped them, you can just do this instead: - Close Bitcoin Core.
- Get a copy of the old wallet and rename the copy into "old_wallet.dat"
- Go to 'wallets' folder and copy old_wallet.dat into it (not inside test wallet folder).
- Open Bitcoin Core and it should be in the menu "File->Open wallet", select "old_wallet" and it will be loaded.
- Once it finished scanning, the correct balance should show-up.
Mind if I pm you? Earlier last night I was actually able to select the wallet for the first time and after clicking on it I saw a prompt along the lines of "loading wallet" and for a few minutes the wallet was actually loading. Then the "loading wallet" prompt was still on the screen but there was no indication that it was actually loading. Looked like it froze or something. I let it "load" over night and I guess it crashed bitcoin core. When I re-opened bitcoin core this morning I was no longer able to select the wallet. |
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Finished synching but on the drop-down menu I only see the test wallet and not the old wallet.
Here's a step by step on what I did from the beginning, maybe it will help.
1. Run Bitcoin core 2.Uncheck prune storage 3.Create test wallet(which gave me the wallet folder)> Go to bitcoin core data directory>test wallet folder> rename wallet.dat to wallet-test.dat> copy old wallet.dat and paste in test wallet folder 4. Let Bitcoin Core synch 5. Close BTC core and rerun 6. File> Open Wallet which only shows test wallet.
I believe I messed up somewhere along the line but this is the complete breakdown.
Also, will definitely be tipping you lovely humans for all your help. Happy New Years!
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Just a quick update: Still synching from yesterday and currently on 70%, Should be ready by tomorrow! Happy New Years to you guys and have a blessed year! Thank you guys for all the help you have provided so far. Let's see if I run into any other issues. Will keep you guys updated  |
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Super noob at this and am definitely stuck so I uninstalled and starting from step 0. One of the biggest issues I was having is after downloading bitcoin core, without even running the program, I am looking at the folders and I don't see a folder for the wallet. On my last attempt, The folder didn't appear until after I ran bitcoin core and clicked create wallet and named it "test". After following the steps on this post and watching numerous videos what I'm getting at is I need to replace the "test" wallet.dat file with the backed up wallet I am trying to access. After I do this however, when I click file>open wallet>, I only see "test" and not the other wallet. In my previous attempt I had first synched, closed bitcoin core, replaced existing wallet.dat with the wallet I am trying to access, and then ran bitcoin core again. The message I received was something along the lines of "Wallet loading failed: Prune: last wallet synchronization goes beyond pruned data. You need to -reindex. (download the whole blockchain again in case of pruned node)" Clicked ok and then ran bitcoin core again. This time I don't recall the message I received but it was a different error and I assumed it was because I did not have enough storage to download the whole blockchain again. Now I will be beginning from scratch on a different device.
Would someone please be able to help me out with a step by step that a third grader could follow? Thank you in advance!!!!!
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I have followed the steps provided, How can I load up the wallet I have saved? The image below shows the files from bitcoin core. Thank you guys for the help you have provided me with.
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You can also rename a copy of the wallet.dat file then paste it in that folder, And in Bitcoin Core, use the menu: " File->Open wallet", select that wallet from the list and it will be loaded and will rescan ( that could take a while to complete). But no one mentioned but it's important that " prune" setting must be disabled when you started the initial blockchain download or else, you'll have to resync Core after loading the wallet file. The setting is in: " Settings->Options..->Prune block storage to", it will also resync to disable that setting. Just experienced this hahah, seems like I need to grab an external hard drive to meet storage requirements. Is there a way of finding the wallet address using the files I possess? Would be really helpful to see if this is worth pursuing considering time+effort+expenses. Also, couple years ago my uncle asked his colleagues to help him out with this issue, they were probably too lazy to try but I'm a little worried someone may have already accessed it and moved whatever he had inside to another wallet. This way I could see the contents of the wallet or any transactions that may have happened. |
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I have followed the steps provided, How can I load up the wallet I have saved? The image below shows the files from bitcoin core. Thank you guys for the help you have provided me with.  |
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Anytime, even now. After synchronisation Bitcoin Core should display updated balance, transactions etc. And then it will be possible to move coins to other wallet. But there is also other solution: without waiting for full synchronisation (download of full blockchain) you my try to dump private keys and import them into other, maybe more user friendly client, like Electrum. Google for command ’dumpprivkeys’, you need to do something like: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/5933I have the original backed up on a different computer, will this suffice or do I have to back it up on the device I am currently syncing on? Also, I watched a couple tutorials on how to back it up and I am seeing people using "back up" from Bitcoin Core to achieve this. Is there another method to back it up? Cheers! |
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Should I back it up after I synch?
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Hello all, I am wondering if it is possible to recover an old wallet from 2011-2013 without the key phrases. I believe I have the backup but I am not entirely sure. The folders/files I have are: blocks (file folder) chainstate (file folder) database (file folder) testnet3 (file folder) .lock banlist.dat db.txt debug.txt fee_estimates.dat mempool.dat peers.dat wallet.dat I am currently synching Bitcoin Core to maybe help locate the wallet address first. Not really sure what I am dealing with here so hopefully I can get some insight on this situation. Thanks in advance!  |
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