Bitcoin QT not synching

[shorena]

1.Close wallet.
2.Delete your 'blocks' and 'chainstate' folder in your 'C:/User/appdata/roaming/bitcoin/'  folder.
3.Open wallet.
4.Profit.

***NOTE*** DO NOT DELETE WALLET.DAT FOLDER. In fact, this is an excellent time to back up that file as it contains all of your addresses and c0ainZ.

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#3 write.

[ranochigo]

Thanks.  I've sent the contents of the temp wallet to a new seeded wallet.  But the transaction hasn't shown up in the new wallet yet (or the old).  I've saved a copy of the transaction.  When I open it there's a 'broadcast' button.  I haven't pressed that.  How do I make sure the transaction has completed properly?

There should be a transaction ID, that looks somewhat like this 224d7baa8f57b5b7f275b671e7d412089b90bf4f061456729aff9ec373dac448

If you go to https://www.blocktrail.com/BTC/ and enter your transaction ID into the search box it should show your transaction (with your addresses). If it does not, the transaction still needs to be broadcasted.

If the electrum wallet does not show it, try closing and reopening it. Sometimes this only works once the transaction is confirmed.

I would actually go for other block explorers like blockexplorer.com. One problem that I've discovered recently, blocktrail does not display all the transactions. I sent a transaction with 0.00001BTC/kb fee and it showed up on blockexplorer and blockchain.info but not blocktrail. I believe they have a stricter policy.

[peonminer]

1.Close wallet.
2.Delete your 'blocks' and 'chainstate' folder in your 'C:/User/appdata/roaming/bitcoin/'  folder.
3.Open wallet.
4.Profit.

***NOTE*** DO NOT DELETE WALLET.DAT FOLDER. In fact, this is an excellent time to back up that file as it contains all of your addresses and c0ainZ.

#1 read all the posts
#2 think
#3 write.

  You got me Was trying to give a quick jump @ it during the btc crash and ultimately didn't read through the thread Don't burn me at the stake, please?

[Gabriel1918]

Thanks.  I've sent the contents of the temp wallet to a new seeded wallet.  But the transaction hasn't shown up in the new wallet yet (or the old).  I've saved a copy of the transaction.  When I open it there's a 'broadcast' button.  I haven't pressed that.  How do I make sure the transaction has completed properly?

There should be a transaction ID, that looks somewhat like this 224d7baa8f57b5b7f275b671e7d412089b90bf4f061456729aff9ec373dac448

If you go to https://www.blocktrail.com/BTC/ and enter your transaction ID into the search box it should show your transaction (with your addresses). If it does not, the transaction still needs to be broadcasted.

If the electrum wallet does not show it, try closing and reopening it. Sometimes this only works once the transaction is confirmed.

Thanks once again.  I didn't press the broadcast button. Now that I have the transaction is showing as pending in both wallets.  Presumably it'll be confirmed soon enough.  I'm still trying to get my head around how Bitcoin works.  It seems very hit and miss to me at the moment, and risky and a bit stressful as a result.  But at least now I have a functional walet that I can make some sense of thanks to all of you!  Cheers.

[shorena]

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  You got me Was trying to give a quick jump @ it during the btc crash and ultimately didn't read through the thread Don't burn me at the stake, please?

Nah, no burnings today.

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Thanks once again.  I didn't press the broadcast button. Now that I have the transaction is showing as pending in both wallets.  Presumably it'll be confirmed soon enough.  I'm still trying to get my head around how Bitcoin works.  It seems very hit and miss to me at the moment, and risky and a bit stressful as a result.  But at least now I have a functional walet that I can make some sense of thanks to all of you!  Cheers.

It will get easier. If you have questions just ask.

[Gabriel1918]

Appreciated.  The transaction confirmed last night.  I've made copies of the wallet.  Is there anything else I could do for security or is that enough?  BTW, who gets paid the transaction fees?

[ranochigo]

Appreciated.  The transaction confirmed last night.  I've made copies of the wallet.  Is there anything else I could do for security or is that enough?  BTW, who gets paid the transaction fees?

Are you using a HD wallet? If so, just make a few copy of the seed and you're fine. Security wise, try using an antivirus and scan regularly. Of course, that isn't enough, you must ensure that you don't download anything suspicious or go to any suspicious website. If you want it to be extra safe, use an offline computer, download this script: https://github.com/pointbiz/bitaddress.org. And open the html with the browser. You can go to paper wallet, generate a paper wallet and print it. Optionally, you can encrypt it with BIP38, there's an option for that. You can then use a mobile phone with mycelium and use their cold storage feature to spend it in the future.

Miners. They are given the incentive to mine your transaction for you. After the block rewards ends, the fee will be their only revenue. And also, they help to prevent network spam by making the cost higher, most miners confirm those with fees first.

[shorena]

Appreciated.  The transaction confirmed last night.  I've made copies of the wallet.  Is there anything else I could do for security or is that enough?  BTW, who gets paid the transaction fees?

To secure an electurm wallet you have to #1 keep the seed safe (preferably offline), #2 have a strong password and #3 keep your machine free from malware. As long as you have your seed you can forget your password, as long as your password is strong enough and you have no keylogger on your system you can risk that the wallet file is stolen.

The fee is part of the reward for miners to find a block. Currently they also get a 25 BTC bonus, but over time the bonus will decrease (halfes every 4 years) and fees will be the only incentive for miners to find blocks.

[BTCBinary]

Have you tried to export the wallet to the blockchain.info site. If you have tried all that methods to solve and haven't made it, I guess you should't try to export your wallet.dat to the blockchain.