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January 16, 2018, 01:17:40 PM |
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Is this correct: In order to use Bitcoin Armory I need the Bitcoin Core application but I don't need to download the whole blockchain, cause Armory connects to any external blockchain.
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January 16, 2018, 03:55:45 PM |
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Nope. You need a local copy of the block chain.
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If you aren't the sole controller of your private keys, you don't have any bitcoins.
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January 17, 2018, 06:06:22 PM |
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What do I have to enter into the "Bitcoin Home Dir", the same directory which contains the blockchain I downloadad via Bitcoin Core (in case Bitcoin Core does not use the standard directory)?
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January 17, 2018, 06:39:44 PM |
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What do I have to enter into the "Bitcoin Home Dir", the same directory which contains the blockchain I downloadad via Bitcoin Core (in case Bitcoin Core does not use the standard directory)?
Some users choose to install the block chain in non-standard locations and must provide Armory with a way to find that data so that it may function. |
If you aren't the sole controller of your private keys, you don't have any bitcoins.
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droark
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January 17, 2018, 06:42:39 PM |
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What do I have to enter into the "Bitcoin Home Dir", the same directory which contains the blockchain I downloadad via Bitcoin Core (in case Bitcoin Core does not use the standard directory)?
Only if you're installing the blockchain in a non-standard location. If you don't mess with that, Armory will find the blockchain automatically. |
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January 20, 2018, 06:09:37 PM |
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Should I enter the Bitcoin directory or the bin directory (which contains the executables)?
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January 20, 2018, 06:43:07 PM |
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Should I enter the Bitcoin directory or the bin directory (which contains the executables)?
Bitcoin folder. Standard location is C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin |
If you aren't the sole controller of your private keys, you don't have any bitcoins.
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January 20, 2018, 07:49:38 PM |
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I referred to the "Bitcoin Install Dir". Do I have to enter the "bin" or the "home" directory (from Bitcoin Core)?
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January 20, 2018, 09:46:42 PM |
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https://btcarmory.com/docs/pathingcovers pathing for Armory pretty well
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This is not some pseudoeconomic post-modern Libertarian cult, it's an un-led, crowd-sourced mega startup organized around mutual self-interest where problems, whether of the theoretical or purely practical variety, are treated as temporary and, ultimately, solvable.
Censorship of e-gold was easy. Censorship of Bitcoin will be… entertaining.
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January 21, 2018, 01:09:37 PM
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This ressource says nothinng about the "Bitcoin Install Dir" option within Armory. What exactly, do I have to enter into the field (in order to use bitcoind)?
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January 21, 2018, 04:32:51 PM |
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This ressource says nothinng about the "Bitcoin Install Dir" option within Armory. What exactly, do I have to enter into the field (in order to use bitcoind)?
Install dir is the directory that has bitcoin-qt.exe inside it. I'm getting the impression you are on linux, though? Blank should find it if installed properly, but yeah bitcoin-qt and bitcoind are in bin on linux. We can't give you an exact path because setups vary, dude, and you aren't giving us much info here about yours. |
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January 21, 2018, 07:51:10 PM |
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The problem is: I don't really know, what matters, so I'm unable to give any more specific information. No, I'm on a Windows machine and I'm using the portable versions of both of them, Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Armory.
I have something in mind, getting a sample configuration, step by step, in text form, how to set up the environment not using the default data locations, becaus due to having a small SSD running in my machine, using the default locations is not an option for me. I have to put them on an external drive.
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January 21, 2018, 08:01:16 PM |
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due to having a small SSD running in my machine, using the default locations is not an option for me. I have to put them on an external drive.
This is a very common problem and one, in my opinion, Core could have made easier to manage. Who, in this day and age, loads their C: with untold GB of application data?? I share your frustration with that. You have probably seen it but here is a primer on getting the big folder off your SSD. https://bitzuma.com/posts/moving-the-bitcoin-core-data-directory/ |
This is not some pseudoeconomic post-modern Libertarian cult, it's an un-led, crowd-sourced mega startup organized around mutual self-interest where problems, whether of the theoretical or purely practical variety, are treated as temporary and, ultimately, solvable.
Censorship of e-gold was easy. Censorship of Bitcoin will be… entertaining.
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January 21, 2018, 09:39:33 PM |
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The problem is: I don't really know, what matters, so I'm unable to give any more specific information. No, I'm on a Windows machine and I'm using the portable versions of both of them, Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Armory.
I have something in mind, getting a sample configuration, step by step, in text form, how to set up the environment not using the default data locations, becaus due to having a small SSD running in my machine, using the default locations is not an option for me. I have to put them on an external drive.
Run Bitcoin Core manually and Armory doesn't need to know where the "Bitcoin install directory" is, only where the block chain data is located. Start Bitcoin Core, let it sync fully, then start Armory. Pretty easy. Use a config file in the Armory folder (armoryqt.conf) to specify where your block chain is located. Example: satoshi-datadir=D:\Bitcoin Put the Armory database in the same place if you want. Example: dbdir=D:\Armory |
If you aren't the sole controller of your private keys, you don't have any bitcoins.
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January 23, 2018, 01:25:00 PM |
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Does it matter whether Bitcoin Core is running or not while Armory runs? The blockchain would not become updated if not.
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January 23, 2018, 05:30:16 PM |
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Does it matter whether Bitcoin Core is running or not while Armory runs? The blockchain would not become updated if not.
the recommended method is to uncheck "Let Armory run Bitcoin Core/bitcoind in the background" under file/settings and then have core running and synced when you launch Armory. |
This is not some pseudoeconomic post-modern Libertarian cult, it's an un-led, crowd-sourced mega startup organized around mutual self-interest where problems, whether of the theoretical or purely practical variety, are treated as temporary and, ultimately, solvable.
Censorship of e-gold was easy. Censorship of Bitcoin will be… entertaining.
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February 05, 2018, 11:25:17 PM |
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No matter what I do, Armory keeps saying he couldn't spawn the DB. The error log says absolutely nothing. Keeps Armory looking for the blockchain in the wrong directory? Why? "satoshi-datadir" does also not work, although Bitcoin Core (not installed) tells me "blockchain load complete".
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February 06, 2018, 12:16:58 AM |
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Are you absolutely sure you're invoking satoshi-datadir correctly and pointing it to the correct location? Can you please post your logs?
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February 06, 2018, 01:57:55 AM |
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Bitcoin Core (not installed) tells me "blockchain load complete".
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This is not some pseudoeconomic post-modern Libertarian cult, it's an un-led, crowd-sourced mega startup organized around mutual self-interest where problems, whether of the theoretical or purely practical variety, are treated as temporary and, ultimately, solvable.
Censorship of e-gold was easy. Censorship of Bitcoin will be… entertaining.
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February 06, 2018, 08:37:02 AM |
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Do you mean this file: (ERROR) ArmoryUtils.pyc:3716 - Unsupported language specified. Defaulting to English (en)
(ERROR) qtdialogs.pyc:3561 - User did not accept the EULA
(WARNING) ArmoryQt.py:262 - Armory startup was aborted. Closing.
(ERROR) ArmoryUtils.pyc:3716 - Unsupported language specified. Defaulting to English (en)
(ERROR) qtdialogs.pyc:3561 - User did not accept the EULA
(WARNING) ArmoryQt.py:262 - Armory startup was aborted. Closing.
(ERROR) ArmoryUtils.pyc:3716 - Unsupported language specified. Defaulting to English (en)
(ERROR) ArmoryQt.py:1862 - Failed to setup SDM
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "ArmoryQt.py", line 1857, in startBitcoindIfNecessary
File "SDM.pyc", line 188, in setupSDM
BitcoindError: bitcoind not found
(WARNING) SDM.pyc:396 - Spawning DB with command: ./ArmoryDB.exe --db-type="DB_FULL" --cookie --datadir="C:\Users\Andreas\AppData\Roaming\Armory\" --dbdir="C:\Users\Andreas\AppData\Roaming\Armory\databases"
(ERROR) BDM.pyc:199 - DB error: C:\Users\Andreas\AppData\Roaming/Bitcoin/blocks is not a valid path
(ERROR) ArmoryUtils.pyc:3716 - Unsupported language specified. Defaulting to English (en)
(ERROR) ArmoryQt.py:1862 - Failed to setup SDM
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "ArmoryQt.py", line 1857, in startBitcoindIfNecessary
File "SDM.pyc", line 188, in setupSDM
BitcoindError: bitcoind not found
(ERROR) BDM.pyc:199 - DB error: C:\Users\Andreas\AppData\Roaming/Bitcoin/blocks is not a valid path
(ERROR) ArmoryUtils.pyc:3716 - Unsupported language specified. Defaulting to English (en)
(ERROR) ArmoryQt.py:1862 - Failed to setup SDM
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "ArmoryQt.py", line 1857, in startBitcoindIfNecessary
File "SDM.pyc", line 188, in setupSDM
BitcoindError: bitcoind not found
(ERROR) BDM.pyc:199 - DB error: C:\Users\Andreas\AppData\Roaming/Bitcoin/blocks is not a valid path
(ERROR) ArmoryUtils.pyc:3716 - Unsupported language specified. Defaulting to English (en)
(ERROR) ArmoryQt.py:5951 - Socket already in use. Sent CLI args to existing proc.
(ERROR) ArmoryQt.py:5952 - Exiting...
(ERROR) ArmoryUtils.pyc:3716 - Unsupported language specified. Defaulting to English (en)
(WARNING) SDM.pyc:439 - Spawning bitcoind with command: C:\Andreas\Programme\bitcoin-0.15.0\bin\bitcoind.exe -datadir=G:\Blockchain -dbcache=1000
(ERROR) BDM.pyc:199 - DB error: C:\Users\Andreas\AppData\Roaming/Bitcoin/blocks is not a valid path
(ERROR) ArmoryUtils.pyc:3716 - Unsupported language specified. Defaulting to English (en)
(WARNING) SDM.pyc:439 - Spawning bitcoind with command: C:\Andreas\Programme\bitcoin-0.15.0\bin\bitcoind.exe -datadir=G:\Blockchain -dbcache=1000
(ERROR) BDM.pyc:199 - DB error: C:\Users\Andreas\AppData\Roaming/Bitcoin/blocks is not a valid path
(ERROR) ArmoryUtils.pyc:3716 - Unsupported language specified. Defaulting to English (en)
(WARNING) SDM.pyc:439 - Spawning bitcoind with command: C:\Andreas\Programme\bitcoin-0.15.0\bin\bitcoind.exe -datadir=G:\Blockchain -dbcache=1000
(WARNING) SDM.pyc:396 - Spawning DB with command: ./ArmoryDB.exe --db-type="DB_FULL" --cookie --satoshi-datadir="G:\Blockchain\blocks" --datadir="C:\Users\Andreas\AppData\Roaming\Armory\" --dbdir="C:\Users\Andreas\AppData\Roaming\Armory\databases"
(ERROR) ArmoryUtils.pyc:3716 - Unsupported language specified. Defaulting to English (en)
(WARNING) SDM.pyc:439 - Spawning bitcoind with command: C:\Andreas\Programme\bitcoin-0.15.0\bin\bitcoind.exe -datadir=G:\Blockchain -dbcache=1000
(WARNING) SDM.pyc:396 - Spawning DB with command: ./ArmoryDB.exe --db-type="DB_FULL" --cookie --satoshi-datadir="G:\Blockchain\blocks" --datadir="C:\Users\Andreas\AppData\Roaming\Armory\" --dbdir="C:\Users\Andreas\AppData\Roaming\Armory\databases"
(ERROR) ArmoryUtils.pyc:3716 - Unsupported language specified. Defaulting to English (en)
(WARNING) SDM.pyc:439 - Spawning bitcoind with command: C:\Andreas\Programme\bitcoin-0.15.0\bin\bitcoind.exe -datadir=G:\Blockchain -dbcache=1000
(WARNING) SDM.pyc:396 - Spawning DB with command: ./ArmoryDB.exe --db-type="DB_FULL" --cookie --satoshi-datadir="G:\Blockchain\blocks" --datadir="C:\Users\Andreas\AppData\Roaming\Armory\" --dbdir="C:\Users\Andreas\AppData\Roaming\Armory\databases"
(ERROR) ArmoryQt.py:1198 - 3 attempts to load blockchain failed. Remove mempool.bin.
(ERROR) ArmoryQt.py:1203 - File mempool.bin does not exist. Nothing deleted.
I'm confused I use the "portable" version that comes with the zip file. |
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