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April 08, 2013, 03:11:50 AM Last edit: April 08, 2013, 05:56:22 AM by hicks |
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Hi guys, it looks like some of my bitcoins were stolen, but it might be another problem, maybe due to a crash. Any help would be appreciated. I used Bitcoin-qt, version (0.7) (don't remember precisely which version), with an encrypted wallet, Windows 7.
Sequence of events: 1. Last Saturday, with Bitcoin-qt, version (0.7), I transfer some bitcoins to Mt.Gox and sell them. I did not backup my wallet.dat at that time (but I still had an earlier backup). The client shows the correct amount of remaining bitcoins in my wallet. 2. Yesterday, Windows crashes. When I restart Bitcoin-qt, it complains that my wallet is corrupted and my blockchain, too. I make a copy of the corrupted wallet. 3. Since there is a new version of Bitcoin-qt, I update to the latest version (0.8 ), delete the bitcoin data directory (to get rid of the corrupt blockchains), put my old backup of the wallet (from before the transaction in 1.) in the data directory, download the blockchain from sourceforge and restart the client. 4. After it finishes synchronizing with the network, there is suddenly another transaction shown in the client, with almost the same, but slightly different amount of Bitcoins send to an unknown address (not my Mt.Gox account). The transaction happened at the very same time than my Mt. Gox transaction.
Were my Bitcoins stolen or is it a problem caused by my computer crashing and not having a recent backup of my wallet? Is there a way to repair my wallet?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
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