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March 17, 2013, 05:08:28 PM |
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After accumulating some bitcoins in local wallet, I realized, that my system automatically backed up my /home on a cloud, including my unencrypted wallet. I followed these steps to create a new wallet and transfered my btc to it. Finally, blockchain.info shows that transaction is ok, but the client (bitcoin-qt) shows me 0 in my new wallet. Where is my money, man?
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March 17, 2013, 05:21:39 PM |
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More info please, e.g.
what happened to your wallet.dat file? what OS? which bitcoin-qt version?
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John (John K.)
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March 17, 2013, 05:25:19 PM |
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After accumulating some bitcoins in local wallet, I realized, that my system automatically backed up my /home on a cloud, including my unencrypted wallet. I followed these steps to create a new wallet and transfered my btc to it. Finally, blockchain.info shows that transaction is ok, but the client (bitcoin-qt) shows me 0 in my new wallet. Where is my money, man? If 1MXRztcCUUTktCsUD6vcNADENzwwTTuGAB is indeed an address in your Bitcoin-QT wallet, be rest assured it's safe. You probably need to finish synchronizing before it shows up.
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yvv (OP)
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March 17, 2013, 05:32:06 PM |
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ubuntu linux 2.10, bitcoin-qt 0.8. Here I copypaste new address from the running client
1MXRztcCUUTktCsUD6vcNADENzwwTTuGAB
This is where I sent my bitcoins to. blockchain.info shows 39 confirmations at the moment, but my client shows 0 balance.
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yvv (OP)
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March 17, 2013, 05:41:59 PM |
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Here is what I did exactly. I closed client, moved wallet.dat --> wallet_old.dat, started client, copied new address (1MXRztcCUUTktCsUD6vcNADENzwwTTuGAB), closed client, moved wallet.dat --> wallet_new.dat, copied wallet_old.dat --> wallet.dat, sent btc to 1MXRztcCUUTktCsUD6vcNADENzwwTTuGAB, closed client, moved wallet_new.dat --> wallet.dat, started client, see no money What have I done wrong?
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Raoul Duke
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March 17, 2013, 05:44:38 PM |
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Insert rescan=1 in the bitcoin.conf file, on the same folder where your wallet.dat is. If a bitcoin.conf file doesn't exist, create one yourself. Now start bitcoin-qt normally and wait for it to do it's stuff, including downloading any blocks still missing. When you get your bitcoins back you can send some here: 1PKyq6aMKcCwn8cmb9Jc5SkNydLsQb5n7K Just to see if it's working, you know...
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John (John K.)
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March 17, 2013, 05:45:09 PM |
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Here is what I did exactly. I closed client, moved wallet.dat --> wallet_old.dat, started client, copied new address (1MXRztcCUUTktCsUD6vcNADENzwwTTuGAB), closed client, moved wallet.dat --> wallet_new.dat, copied wallet_old.dat --> wallet.dat, sent btc to 1MXRztcCUUTktCsUD6vcNADENzwwTTuGAB, closed client, moved wallet_new.dat --> wallet.dat, started client, see no money What have I done wrong? You forgot to run the -rescan option I would guess. Just restart bitcoin-qt with -rescan and it'll automatically rescan for the newest balance.
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yvv (OP)
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March 17, 2013, 06:09:07 PM |
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Yes, rescan option did it. My money is back Many thanks to you guys for help. If bitcoin devs read this forum, I would like to ask a feature to add a rescan button to standard client. Just for lammers like myself, who use ubuntu.
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March 17, 2013, 06:52:42 PM |
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Insert rescan=1 in the bitcoin.conf file, on the same folder where your wallet.dat is. If a bitcoin.conf file doesn't exist, create one yourself. Now start bitcoin-qt normally and wait for it to do it's stuff, including downloading any blocks still missing. When you get your bitcoins back you can send some here: 1PKyq6aMKcCwn8cmb9Jc5SkNydLsQb5n7K Just to see if it's working, you know... This ^^
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Raoul Duke
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March 17, 2013, 07:44:59 PM |
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If you used my method of inserting rescan=1 in the bitcoin.conf file, don't forget to remove it, or else it will rescan the whole blockchain every time you start it. Yeah, yeah, I know it's obvious, but so is backing up the wallet.dat before messing with it, and most of the time people forget about it when they aren't told to do so
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