DeepBit pool thread for newbies

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I did that and I received a webpage with details (even for all the transactions after the day mentioned), Bitcoin app keeps saying that it is catching up. I tried getting a new address and updating it on the account as well about 5 days ago. I had transactions on the web and they still are not showing in the Bitcoin app.

Ok, do you see the number of connections in your bitcoin client ? Should be more than 0 if shown.

If you don't know how to rescan your wallet and you are sure that this is your address, you can back up your wallet.dat, delete everything in that folder (bitcoin's data and DB folder) except your wallet.dat and launch the client again, so it will only have the wallet.dat there.

amount of connections varies -I get 12 connections as of right now, synchro wheel keeps rotating and saying that it's "catching up", 189160 blocks downloaded of transaction history. Last received block was generated 31 days ago.

[AndrewBUD]

Do you keep this OP updated? You are not really paying  0.00003262705594458 BTC per share? with a 3% fee?

[[Tycho]]

Do you keep this OP updated? You are not really paying  0.00003262705594458 BTC per share? with a 3% fee?

No. Please check the pool's website for actual PPS rate.
The first post wasn't updated for a while, sorry.

[[Tycho]]

amount of connections varies -I get 12 connections as of right now, synchro wheel keeps rotating and saying that it's "catching up", 189160 blocks downloaded of transaction history. Last received block was generated 31 days ago.

If the blocks number keeps increasing then you just have to wait until it caches up.

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If the blocks number keeps increasing then you just have to wait until it caches up.

number stayed the same for last two days
will try to back up the wallet and redo it

[[Tycho]]

number stayed the same for last two days
will try to back up the wallet and redo it

You can also archive all those files and folders except your wallet.dat and send this archive to sipa (bitcoin developer) so he can check this and see what caused your client to stop downloading blocks.

[BitCoiner2012]

How do I switch the method of payment/participation for my "main" account? How do I even log in to one of the worker accounts? Hm..

Running 5850 at round 350, thanks!

[[Tycho]]

How do I switch the method of payment/participation for my "main" account? How do I even log in to one of the worker accounts? Hm..

Click on the worker name in that table.

[BitCoiner2012]

How do I switch the method of payment/participation for my "main" account? How do I even log in to one of the worker accounts? Hm..

Click on the worker name in that table.

I can do that if I make a worker, but my "main" worker has no "name" so I can't click on it.

[[Tycho]]

How do I switch the method of payment/participation for my "main" account? How do I even log in to one of the worker accounts? Hm..

Click on the worker name in that table.

I can do that if I make a worker, but my "main" worker has no "name" so I can't click on it.

Disable "advanced workers table" in your settings, then you'll have something to click.
You can give it a tail.

[AndrewBUD]

Do you keep this OP updated? You are not really paying  0.00003262705594458 BTC per share? with a 3% fee?

No. Please check the pool's website for actual PPS rate.
The first post wasn't updated for a while, sorry.

Okay,,, I was going to sign up right away LoL

[the_mining_wizard]

cool i think ill point my mining rig in deep bits direction

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amount of connections varies -I get 12 connections as of right now, synchro wheel keeps rotating and saying that it's "catching up", 189160 blocks downloaded of transaction history. Last received block was generated 31 days ago.

If the blocks number keeps increasing then you just have to wait until it caches up.

So I waited for a little bit - number doesn't change, stays at the same value.
To my wonder (and maybe yours as well) my wallet.dat disappeared from a "Bitcoin" folder. Ones I could find there are wallet.h and wallet.cpp. I happened to have a backup of it in another folder (archived). What advice would you give me now?

Thanks in advance

[[Tycho]]

To my wonder (and maybe yours as well) my wallet.dat disappeared from a "Bitcoin" folder. Ones I could find there are wallet.h and wallet.cpp. I happened to have a backup of it in another folder (archived). What advice would you give me now?

What is exact path to this folder ? I don't think that any source files belong there.

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To my wonder (and maybe yours as well) my wallet.dat disappeared from a "Bitcoin" folder. Ones I could find there are wallet.h and wallet.cpp. I happened to have a backup of it in another folder (archived). What advice would you give me now?

What is exact path to this folder ? I don't think that any source files belong there.

Bitcoin program went to default location - C:\Program Files\Bitcoin

[[Tycho]]

Bitcoin program went to default location - C:\Program Files\Bitcoin

Yes, but actual database and wallet are stored somewhere in your profile - https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Data_directory

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Bitcoin program went to default location - C:\Program Files\Bitcoin

Yes, but actual database and wallet are stored somewhere in your profile - https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Data_directory

my bad, it's there
I tried to do a search and it found the file only in my back up folder somehow.

I tried transferring money from that wallet to another one, that was created with different app and it went through without any issues.



EDIT: just checked all the previous transactions on deepbit for status - once I click on the block, it shows my address and says "Not yet redeemed".
Is that bringing any light to the discussion?

[[Tycho]]

EDIT: just checked all the previous transactions on deepbit for status - once I click on the block, it shows my address and says "Not yet redeemed".
Is that bringing any light to the discussion?

This means that those coins aren't yet spent by you.

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EDIT: just checked all the previous transactions on deepbit for status - once I click on the block, it shows my address and says "Not yet redeemed".
Is that bringing any light to the discussion?

This means that those coins aren't yet spent by you.

they are not being shown in my wallet either

but just right now I tried to reinstall bitcoin and clean up all the registry entries about it and reistalled it (with the old wallet) - client started catching up with lost/missing blocks and is half way though the process

if it catches up completely - that would bring a pleasant smile to my face

[DeepBit]

Hope so.
This was possibly caused by some lockup in your bitcoin client's database. Sadly you didn't saved your debug.log file, that would be interesting to check.
As long as you have your "old" wallet.dat, everything should be fine.

Also there is another option - you can load this wallet.dat, then use your bitcoin client to export a private key for this address (see dumpprivkey), then use blockchain.info or mtgox to sweep funds from all involved unspent transactions and send them somewhere else. (if you trust those sites, of course).