Need help with pywallet, please

[Fizpok]

Hi,
I have installed this thing. It runs the wallet from the default location. Windows.
It reports success when importing private keys.
But a) I can not see them when open wallet with wallet-qt, and
b) When I use pywallet to DUMP, keys are not there either.
Any suggestions?

[jackjack]

Are you sure you import keys in the same wallet that you dump?
If you can't see the address in the dump right after the import, there's definitely a problem.
How do you import? Something like 5j82Ds8... or an hex key (14d1b5a40c7e...) ?

If you need to solve this quick you can import through bitcoin-qt. I'd still like some help/info to fix it if it's a bug.

[Fizpok]

Address sample: 5KhNXwTHccfDWTuKugwBGdRoXk8h7vms16MgE84YX3Vshn5dxf7
I run --web, I see the directory (c:\users...) and name (wallet.dat), I type the path to import file (d:\Temp\test.txt).
It displays "File imported", VERY fast. Like 500 keys per second.

I cannot use bitcoin-qt. The whole problem is - it is too slow. I was hoping, pywallet imports keys faster, as I have a large list: store, customers, list of keys for each etc. It can easily be 10,000, which means overnight processing in bitcoin-qt (it does 1 key per second with rescan set to false).

BTW:
a) should bitcoin-qt be that slow?
b) will pywallet be any faster, if I fix the problem? Because if it does not, I need to look for another solution

[jackjack]

Address sample: 5KhNXwTHccfDWTuKugwBGdRoXk8h7vms16MgE84YX3Vshn5dxf7
I run --web, I see the directory (c:\users...) and name (wallet.dat), I type the path to import file (d:\Temp\test.txt).
It displays "File imported", VERY fast. Like 500 keys per second.

I cannot use bitcoin-qt. The whole problem is - it is too slow. I was hoping, pywallet imports keys faster, as I have a large list: store, customers, list of keys for each etc. It can easily be 10,000, which means overnight processing in bitcoin-qt (it does 1 key per second with rescan set to false).

BTW:
a) should bitcoin-qt be that slow?
b) will pywallet be any faster, if I fix the problem? Because if it does not, I need to look for another solution

a) Yes I think so
b) I'm not sure, give it a try. If not, it's because when you import a private key, you also need to import the public key. And calculating the public key from the private key takes some time. So I don't think you can do anything to be faster

I thought you were importing a single address, that was odd it didn't work
I think I see what happens, you surely didn't format the test.txt file correctly
A line must be like this:

5KhNXwTHccfDWTuKugwBGdRoXk8h7vms16MgE84YX3Vshn5dxf7;label, whatever you want

[Fizpok]

It works.
Thank you VERY MUCH

Address sample: 5KhNXwTHccfDWTuKugwBGdRoXk8h7vms16MgE84YX3Vshn5dxf7
I run --web, I see the directory (c:\users...) and name (wallet.dat), I type the path to import file (d:\Temp\test.txt).
It displays "File imported", VERY fast. Like 500 keys per second.

I cannot use bitcoin-qt. The whole problem is - it is too slow. I was hoping, pywallet imports keys faster, as I have a large list: store, customers, list of keys for each etc. It can easily be 10,000, which means overnight processing in bitcoin-qt (it does 1 key per second with rescan set to false).

BTW:
a) should bitcoin-qt be that slow?
b) will pywallet be any faster, if I fix the problem? Because if it does not, I need to look for another solution

a) Yes I think so
b) I'm not sure, give it a try. If not, it's because when you import a private key, you also need to import the public key. And calculating the public key from the private key takes some time. So I don't think you can do anything to be faster

I thought you were importing a single address, that was odd it didn't work
I think I see what happens, you surely didn't format the test.txt file correctly
A line must be like this:

5KhNXwTHccfDWTuKugwBGdRoXk8h7vms16MgE84YX3Vshn5dxf7;label, whatever you want

[jackjack]

Glad it worked 
Is it faster than bitcoin-qt?

[Fizpok]

Glad it worked 
Is it faster than bitcoin-qt?

It is a bit faster, but from what I learned on this forum, it is not because it is faster but because bitcoind works slower ON MY COMP, then it does on other people's software.

[Fizpok]

I mean other people's hardware