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Vile Vixen and Miss Bitcointalk 2021-2023
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December 05, 2012, 01:45:18 AM |
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First of all, I assume you mean 0.7.1, not 9.7.1. And it should contain two versions of each executable, one for 32-bit systems (i386) and one for 64-bit systems (amd64). The error message you're getting indicates that you're running the wrong one for your kernel - if you're running a 32-bit kernel, you can only run 32-bit binaries, regardless of the fact that you have a 64-bit CPU. Try running the 32-bit version of bitcoind (although from the sound of things, you probably actually want to run bitcoin-qt instead).
You can find a slightly out-of-date version of bitcoind (but not bitcoin-qt) in Debian Sid. Due to the fact that is out of date and it doesn't have bitcoin-qt, I'd advise against trying this unless all else fails.
To get access to your bitcoins from an old installation of Bitcoin, you'll need the wallet.dat file. It is a binary file, not a text file; I'm not sure what you mean by a text file with the encrypted key, but I don't think it's what you think it is. None of the text files in the Bitcoin directory will help you get your coins back. If you're unable to recover your old wallet.dat file, I'm afraid whatever coins you had are gone forever.
Also note that the current version of Bitcoin does not mine coins by itself (earlier versions did, but used the CPU only, not your graphics card; this feature was removed due to how ludicrously ineffective CPU-only mining is). For that, you need to also install a bitcoin miner. If you didn't install a miner before, you either weren't mining any bitcoins at all, or, if you were using a very old version of Bitcoin, you were mining an extremely small quantity of bitcoins.
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