installed bitcoin 3.21 Do I need to set anything up?

[ninjacob]

I got an instawallet and got some 0.02 bitcoins from the faucet. Tryed to transfer them from my instawallet to my wallet on my desktop but it still shows balance as 0

What must I do for them to appear in my wallet? I am about to start buying up larget quantities so I'm more then a little curious as to why it doesnt work.

Can anyone help me out?

Thanks

[mewantsbitcoins]

Is your client connected to the network and blockchain up to date?

[ninjacob]

Who would I know that? And how would I do that?

When I open up bitcoin, all that I can do is "Send coins" or "adress book" I don't see any of these 2 options permitting me to set up anything.

Little help here d:

[mewantsbitcoins]

At the bottom right corner there are few numbers. Could you tell us the number of connections and blocks

[ninjacob]

o connections
8500 blocks
0 transactions

[mewantsbitcoins]

The problem here is that your client is not connected to the network and cannot download the blockchain(record or all transactions). You will be able to read about it in depth once our wiki is back up.

Try going to Settings->Options and check "Map port using UPnP". Restart the client and give it some time. If you see number of connections and blocks increasing, that means it's working. Once you have ~127815 blocks, you'll see your correct balance.

[ninjacob]

I'm running on a mac.

I do have "Settings" but the only thing in there is "generate coins" or "you receiving adress"

edit: ok it's under preferences, but it's grayed out. Meaning I can't check the box at all.

[mewantsbitcoins]

I am sorry - my mistake.
You can find "Map port using UPnP" in Preferences

[ninjacob]

it's grayed out.
I cannot click the box.

[divergenta]

Why doesn't people read the FAQ?

[mewantsbitcoins]

It maybe due to how your firewall is configured.

As a quick fix, open terminal and type:

Code:

cd /Applications/

Code:

Bitcoin.app/contents/macos/bitcoin -addnode=69.164.218.197 -addnode=64.22.103.150 -addnode=173.242.112.53 -addnode=178.79.147.99 -addnode=184.106.111.41 -addnode=91.85.220.84 -addnode=173.224.125.222

[ninjacob]

I have no idea how that worked but my bitcoin is showing some new blocks and connections.

I did not even have to check any boxes. I just put in that code.

Will I have to do that everytime I want it to update or was that a 1 time only thing?

Well I hope this isnt a message to scammers "this guy will punch in any code he sees on a forum" haha

Thanks! (:

[mewantsbitcoins]

Your client was struggling to find nearby peers and all we did was specify certain reliable nodes to connect to.
The problem is discussed at length on this thread: http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=9821.0
This should be fixed in the next release which is due very soon.

If you check "Map port using UPnP" box, in all likelihood you won't have to do this again.
My guess would be that In System preferences->Security->Firewall tab changing your settings is locked. If you press on the lock icon in the left bottom corner and enter your password you should then be able to go into your bitcoin preferences and check "Map port using UPnP"

[ninjacob]

Well thanks a lot!
I'll just let my bitcoin get up to date block wise and see if  my 0.02 bitcoins are in there (:

[ninjacob]

Great success!
The bitcents are there.

thanks again.