Hi, I would think this has been discussed before, though I can't find anything relevant when I search the forums so:
I'm trying to make a secure wallet (to hold my btc from my refunded bASIC orders..what a mess!). I've had no problems up until the last step, confirming the balance. When I loaded the secure wallet.dat back into the ./bitcoin directory and launched the program, and waited some 18hrs for the blockchain to download (using bitcoin-qt 0.72) , the balance shows as 0! I expect 0.03 that I sent to be there, as seen here:
http://blockexplorer.com/address/1KLzQCkiNpjBVJyEJaLSSUzC63xrG9S6MDWhat the hell am I doing wrong? I don't care so much about the 0.03btc mystery as I do about just getting a secure wallet working. I have a live ubuntu cd ready to go and am just as willing to try something other than
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/How_to_set_up_a_secure_offline_savings_wallet Perhaps a paper wallet would be ok, if that's easier. Again, sorry if this is obvious and has been answered already, I couldn't find anything using the frustratingly crappy search function in these forums.