Error: Transaction creation failed!

[DannyHamilton]

Yes..it's 3 am.  Danny if you want me to install a remote desktop I would.

I'm using an Apple MacBook Pro, and I don't have any remote desktop software installed here.  Is there something I can use that is web hosted, or do I need to install somehting on my computer?

[DannyHamilton]

help > debug window > OPEN debug log file
look for a 3 digit error code with Transaction creation failed!

I checked the log file he sent me.  There is no such error in there.

[Vexual]

How does rolling up his "dust" solve the probelm?

[Vexual]

His/her sorry, I nearly forgot that ladies can be Ecore too!

[ECore]

OK...the first step worked and I got the code you had.

but when I went to sign it, it said:


argument 1 must be hexadecimal string (not 'unsigned_raw_transaction_in_byte_form') (code -8)

[DannyHamilton]

How does rolling up his "dust" solve the probelm?

He's made an assumption that the problem is due to the "dust" as seen in this post:

- snip -
Where do I begin?  I know it has to do with the thousands of bitvisitor deposits that I've had....

I don't have enough information to tell if he's right or not, but rolling up the dust isn't really a bad thing to do anyhow.

If he's right, then this will solve the problem.  If he's not right, then at least he'll know that the "dust" isn't the issue and he can move on to other avenues of investigation.

[Vexual]

If it was my wallet, I would back up my wallet, then look for the error code, if none, then i would send a small amount to myself with a raw tx and a fee.
I would not attempt to sign 20 bitcoins into a raw tx with no fee.

[Vexual]

How does rolling up his "dust" solve the probelm?

He's made an assumption that the problem is due to the "dust" as seen in this post:

- snip -
Where do I begin?  I know it has to do with the thousands of bitvisitor deposits that I've had....

I don't have enough information to tell if he's right or not, but rolling up the dust isn't really a bad thing to do anyhow.

If he's right, then this will solve the problem.  If he's not right, then at least he'll know that the "dust" isn't the issue and he can move on to other avenues of investigation.

but you're only rolling the big "dust"

[DannyHamilton]

OK...the first step worked and I got the code you had.

but when I went to sign it, it said:

argument 1 must be hexadecimal string (not 'unsigned_raw_transaction_in_byte_form') (code -8)

Did you literally enter:

Code:

signrawtransaction unsigned_raw_transaction_in_byte_form 

Did you miss the part where I said:

"Replacing unsigned_raw_transaction_in_byte_form with the actual unsigned raw transaction in byte form above."

[ECore]

Yes, I'm not sure what this part means.

[DannyHamilton]

but you're only rolling the big "dust"

Can't get it all at once without significant transaction fees.  Have to keep the transaction under 10 kilobytes.

Once this transaction is successfully confirmed, we can wait a few hours (ECore can get some sleep) while the transaction gains enough confirmations to have a high priority again, then we can roll up more dust.  Continue the processes until there is no more dust.

[ECore]

Did you literally enter:

Code:

signrawtransaction unsigned_raw_transaction_in_byte_form


Huh

Did you miss the part where I said:

"Replacing unsigned_raw_transaction_in_byte_form with the actual unsigned raw transaction in byte form above."

I'm not sure what this part means replacing it with "actual unsigned raw transaction in byte form above"

and yes, i did just literally enter that.


so now do I have to start over or can I just sign it when i figure out what to do next

[DannyHamilton]

Yes, I'm not sure what this part means.

The output of "createrawtransaction" is a long string of letters and numbers.

You need to use that actual string of letters and numbers in place of the unsigned_raw_transaction_in_byte_form that I typed as a placeholder.

The command should look like this:

Code:

signrawtransaction 0100000034f1d0df9678dd37aeb88a11a196caf5d569095fa92c4446bb194f2a80b48d99e90000000000ffffffff410cfe18b7768a03df520e52afc5090901abfb3b46191abf280bf9bf0cb6de9a0100000000ffffffffc02757d88619b0bd1ed0765d10ff5170d39a069cfb443b9193dda8290c745e200000000000ffffffff00d398e169c11143d2c292640e2211b9650a20f2e4889bd934f6f6ee18bc84330000000000ffffffff3fc375488dcc6d14ff321dde45460226f0a6958df565c4901525d599ffe187360a00000000ffffffff62963acf477ba7610c66487fb1cc7aea90a142c2fb5aa966abf09c7113683d371d01000000ffffffff73743d09bb27e1200bce2cf94f43dff13fac3b84fcc1045d6ecb1cb58c6510780300000000ffffffff54354ab6b010f10c6532981b3666c2f8eb42f02369ef77e5d3a2200173e1d0990300000000ffffffffd1fd73e13c2f370eaed38f9b381e2aa1b78bffc94c7bf25e8af689136e4055e00300000000ffffffffb2d13865b7b7366dced2656be6486c020a342ea0a119a7289e760626fd06722c9f00000000ffffffffdc05e77458522cb040a4961fe56f82192f462a0c7a54e3b45a3ee9612f54d1640100000000ffffffff036b05101bd87321df1203a6c038455a7e93d8a8daa0bc2766e47a23dd114d031600000000ffffffff9b10cf8a2723d90d89cb3b4681013bf1d5b21edb703f92d895094c73e433f0940000000000ffffffff2ae2c6607237710d442483d148db7a8533a05c25398466757a75582265608be01200000000ffffffffa9c6f98794cc13f7cee4b067f7e863708a8736f966cd3eba23fc88ca3841fcfd1200000000ffffffff313b9e285dc97925764eb9d7564784157189f93f70ec2bf41fc1abdff9d0242b0d00000000ffffffffe61ae0eca7d43527c79c68e74cab6b078c22c4be6067f921e4ce5190d806b7b53a00000000ffffffff50b28c7df7ebf317cd3625f49c8d145393ec322a47b9e573b195dcd8dab9e83e3100000000ffffffffce861273e777a2ac2f65850d29635bb261f42d36c884670ae55b72b0d340ef892000000000ffffffff89732f476bbb66abca254c667f1dd0865a9bd00932c6180fb335844485027c5c3900000000ffffffff6904dbe2948340b6c79353a2d5aaf8979bc19addad365ab27177b6569fe69832d600000000ffffffff51575910c3b29c9aab055ff63148d0fbcedf67754a65b2bbdd41800f7ad439780200000000ffffffff9739dca64717c7cd0e0d74f793061166a1fe77bc3f28948bc9f91a97030528d13700000000ffffffffa34777ea4f26b731277c46208476f1b01dd8012c3a0e9f09ab5300948d19ff622f00000000ffffffff7609e87b4ed18490f86364e5df54d20afd4ddae838e8df2dc8c163928b00e9683f00000000ffffffff24bbc67d2e298012b32ad74b45005a933b93739500acb1bd3f605cf5b3f2a2a02300000000ffffffff7625ba3f8fe636109f362732c40404e5878880176ef487977022b0c5e4aff1f40000000000ffffffff2a54cb9370f49ef12c5c9c8f1e9868eca8bc83e1deb8ba646356cbcb116de7ae2b00000000ffffffffb1046f57780678a8f58be9cabd9ed44160d08597099788169fc2ad1126590da90000000000ffffffff2d91e966c8c6cd99590bbe4e65da0524e5b4ba7dc341f886ac498911e9f031ef0100000000ffffffffd60029c9624efa381fa035e911627f8bd50d8c9c7598af9569e28f161e1cde021f00000000ffffffff1a4cb8e3e7720cf9a7444ff089e963a37ca81473c41894077f8798ce537b0b370100000000ffffffff16c5c3b820200001698fe0657b62c89ec629eb3d3b313f92626d0a2c3ef827350d00000000ffffffff257b3731c0d50b8635f634a40c62256f01d85561ea2bdaaf32a008686ceda3590200000000ffffffff321fddc11a2011e68c34dc3ae48dd9db8e2b1a3c212bec17b8978fba2210f98f1400000000ffffffffce3458a38708d1f2df32db8d7b3a2c11aec37872e75922964119cb43c640bd9f0100000000ffffffff7cce9846d7c53750ae1018706aa571f1148b8c3a73afa02d1ed2e8144bf391ae0000000000ffffffff3f5ae73df419a8213ffa99095a1ba9a5b570b13f2e64f402c0e3544a9b615cc10a00000000ffffffff702a1678603547ecfda519dfe0ff6848af8dc2f9c4add62789fcdbfd6efbbbd30100000000ffffffff9ebad55feb053d23b17bd5f5d12ac042c8636ae8383bf99623fcc9d601cbe8e01a00000000ffffffff41e94d33fe0062fb26f68ad287010c25e1f46a0d467404cff1d3f3b29f532caa4100000000ffffffff41cda8b0d21299b3ed67f99962652ee1298d6b9b40578e9ac9548f7ef654cd4d3700000000ffffffff8e8f9f98afb05ec9f6c0d7f9a2686b02c1d8459014d9f3b6e3576caae48670771d00000000ffffffff6b42106ee3c628dd735c973807ef91d5099b04e97aec714b6382247552fbf9df0d00000000fffffffff47dfc59fd28f2b1c623a66c441a2c3e28185e144e914b83cec31bdacfbb91ff3d00000000ffffffff3741be932b960c4f35ac555c51b82d53d2f6f715545701cffd65d76f4edab1080200000000ffffffff4c1482b8a9fa94e8d9fd800fe0cf9383024e87cf0fb3fe8bd33898d2312f1a091d00000000ffffffff8283ad41809d32b02d9d619c5531409954a634ef9b15e3d8f2db93d1cd18f3330200000000ffffffff1116de27fdf58a688d36c873cf46b7611ecb37ee00ed4379bead7ded170d2e470300000000ffffffffaf75e091c43461146e61da8fb4e9e3895d487da9af9afa0c4d23778b4ade32540d00000000ffffffff20b8fc32b9c6c858fcd2e82139ca53ce2fd71885af3e836a45b59ea9610fb97d0700000000ffffffff53ff82acb7454f1340de92a8e2a65f525e913e9f0a2c9d1a027afaf7b14918970d00000000ffffffff0192083d8a000000001976a91491371dd0cfe48038e5958e00c604096bff46862588ac00000000

[Vexual]

but you're only rolling the big "dust"

Can't get it all at once without significant transaction fees.  Have to keep the transaction under 10 kilobytes.

Once this transaction is successfully confirmed, we can wait a few hours (ECore can get some sleep) while the transaction gains enough confirmations to have a high priority again, then we can roll up more dust.  Continue the processes until there is no more dust.

A noble endeavour to be sure, but will it fix the problem?

[DannyHamilton]

so now do I have to start over or can I just sign it when i figure out what to do next

No. No need to start over.  You just need to use the output from createrawtransaction (assuming you still have it available) in place of the unsigned_raw_transaction_in_byte_form that I typed as a placeholder.

[ECore]

Yes, I'm not sure what this part means.

The output of "createrawtransaction" is a long string of letters and numbers.

You need to use that actual string of letters and numbers in place of the unsigned_raw_transaction_in_byte_form that I typed as a placeholder.

The command should look like this:

Code:

signrawtransaction 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

Isn't that exactly what it should be?  I'm not sure what it is that I would do differently then since that is the exact number.

[DannyHamilton]

A noble endeavour to be sure, but will it fix the problem?

Don't know.  It's a worthwhile effort even if it doesn't fix the problem.  Worst case: his wallet is no longer littered with dust outputs and at least he'll know that the dust isn't causing his problem and he can move on to investigating other potential causes.

[Vexual]

thats not the worst case

[DannyHamilton]

Isn't that exactly what it should be?

Yes.

I'm not sure what it is that I would do differently then since that is the exact number.

If you trust me, you can just use my command straight out of the code block.

The issue is that a scammer could create a signrawtransaction command that would pay the bitcoins to himself instead of you.  If you create the command yourself using the output from the createrawtransaction command, then you are able to see (from the text of the createrawtransaction command) where the bitcoins are being sent, so you know that they won't be stolen.

By running the createrawtransaction command yourself, you create your own raw transaction that you can then sign.

[ECore]

OK.  I signed it, but then I got this:


03:21:38

Error: Please enter the wallet passphrase with walletpassphrase first. (code -13)


03:22:05

walletpassphrase (i put my wallet passphrase in)


03:22:05

walletpassphrase <passphrase> <timeout>
Stores the wallet decryption key in memory for <timeout> seconds. (code -1)

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ugh...