BTC showing up in blockchain but not in wallet

[aurora]

whats up with that? Blockchain shows I have coins under certain address but when I launch bitcoin wallet it shows nothing under same btc address. Can anyone advise on this issue? please
P.S. wallet is up to date

[Severian]

P.S. wallet is up to date

What client are you using?

[aurora]

bitcoin qt

[Severian]

version 0.7.0?

[deepceleron]

1. Ensure that really is your address, that it is listed in "Receive coins",

2. Close Bitcoin and the taskbar icon, and relaunch it with the command-line option bitcoin-qt -rescan, to search for payments to you,

3. Look under "Transactions" to discover payments in and out of your wallet to that or other addresses.

[aurora]

version 0.7.0?

4.7.4

[Severian]

4.7.4

?

[aurora]

under help-about qt-
it says "this program uses qt version 4.7.4

[aurora]

i sent more coins to same address and they are showing in wallet, But this lost transaction just not in wallet. Please help

[Severian]

under help-about qt-
it says "this program uses qt version 4.7.4

Qt is the framework, not the actual application. Look under "About Bitcoin-Qt", not "About Qt".

[aurora]

1. Ensure that really is your address, that it is listed in "Receive coins",

2. Close Bitcoin and the taskbar icon, and relaunch it with the command-line option bitcoin-qt -rescan, to search for payments to you,

3. Look under "Transactions" to discover payments in and out of your wallet to that or other addresses.

how do you launch bitcoin qt with command line option?

[aurora]

under help-about qt-
it says "this program uses qt version 4.7.4

Qt is the framework, not the actual application. Look under "About Bitcoin-Qt", not "About Qt".

0.6.2..thanks

[deepceleron]

If you are on Vista or Win7, paste the line
"\Program Files (x86)\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe" -rescan
into the start menu search bar. (remove the " (x86)" if you are using 32 bit Windows). It will take several minutes for Bitcoin to start up because it will scan for missing transactions before presenting the user interface.

[Severian]

Find wallet.dat in the Bitcoin directory, make a copy and save it elsewhere. Upgrade to 0.7.0 from bitcoin.org.  After upgrade, move a copy of wallet.dat back to Bitcoin directory. Fire up application and wait for blockchain to download.

[aurora]

Find wallet.dat in the Bitcoin directory, make a copy and save it elsewhere. Upgrade to 0.7.0 from bitcoin.org.  After upgrade, move a copy of wallet.dat back to Bitcoin directory. Fire up application and wait for blockchain to download.

thanks. Thats what I'm going to do. Right now running rescan, see if it works

[deepceleron]

Find wallet.dat in the Bitcoin directory, make a copy and save it elsewhere. Upgrade to 0.7.0 from bitcoin.org.  After upgrade, move a copy of wallet.dat back to Bitcoin directory. Fire up application and wait for blockchain to download.

These instructions make no sense. While it is good to have a backup of the wallet, you are doing nothing in this description which will fix the problem. The wallet and current data files are not affected by a Bitcoin software upgrade (in fact, you can uninstall Bitcoin completely and the data files will remain untouched for your security), and a software upgrade does not solve the issue, since he can receive coins sent to him now, and is just missing a transaction.

[aurora]

If you are on Vista or Win7, paste the line
"\Program Files (x86)\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe" -rescan
into the start menu search bar. (remove the " (x86)" if you are using 32 bit Windows). It will take several minutes for Bitcoin to start up because it will scan for missing transactions before presenting the user interface.

Thanks. Rescan didnt work. Will try to upgrade to new qt

[Severian]

Even if -rescan works, upgrade anyway.

[deepceleron]

If you post the receiving address and transaction amount (and date you think it was sent), others can look it up to see if what you think is a transaction actually was processed through the Bitcoin network..

[Severian]

These instructions make no sense. While it is good to have a backup of the wallet, you are doing nothing in this description which will fix the problem. The wallet and current data files are not affected by a Bitcoin software upgrade (in fact, you can uninstall Bitcoin completely and the data files will remain untouched for your security), and a software upgrade does not solve the issue, since he can receive coins sent to him now, and is just missing a transaction.

I didn't ascertain what OS he was using and I'm ultra paranoid about wallet.dat.

I had mucho difficulty with blockchain synching pre-0.7.0 client. I was merely relaying my own experience.