HoboNickels - HBN - High Fast Stake - Version 2.0! More Secure, Less Intensive

[Biomech]

My 1.5 wallet was working fine last night.  I get up this morning and my laptop is off.  Windows 7 update shut down my laptop... *grumble*.  Power on.  Run HBN wallet Qt.... CRASH!  What the...huh?  Oh, more Windows 7 updates need to go in.  Click Shutdown.  Power on.  Rerun HBN wallet Qt... CRASH!  I really hate Windows sometimes... is there a wallet for Ubuntu or other OS that doesn't have to constantly update and shut down/reboot the computer?  I'd really appreciate that...

What is going on?  I have $100 in HBN I can't get to or see... can't even stake them!

I'd post images of the crash, but not not sure how to here.  If necessary, I can send them via Email.  Just want my wallet working again...

"Bad Windows 7 update... BAD boy!"  [Smack it with a rolled up newspaper]

I run Ubuntu. You have to compile it yourself, but it's fairly simple. PM me if you run into any issues.

[Tranz]

My 1.5 wallet was working fine last night.  I get up this morning and my laptop is off.  Windows 7 update shut down my laptop... *grumble*.  Power on.  Run HBN wallet Qt.... CRASH!  What the...huh?  Oh, more Windows 7 updates need to go in.  Click Shutdown.  Power on.  Rerun HBN wallet Qt... CRASH!  I really hate Windows sometimes... is there a wallet for Ubuntu or other OS that doesn't have to constantly update and shut down/reboot the computer?  I'd really appreciate that...

What is going on?  I have $100 in HBN I can't get to or see... can't even stake them!

I'd post images of the crash, but not not sure how to here.  If necessary, I can send them via Email.  Just want my wallet working again...

"Bad Windows 7 update... BAD boy!"  [Smack it with a rolled up newspaper]

I PM'd this to you on CCT, but here it is again, and for anyone else that may need it.

Please see this page about corrupted block chains.
https://cryptocointalk.com/topic/9588-hbn-trouble-shooting-guide-assert-failure/
http://wiki.hobonickels.info/index.php?title=Replace_Blockchain
 

Please see this page about corrupt wallets.
https://cryptocointalk.com/topic/9590-hbn-trouble-shooting-guide-wallet-corruption/

If it does turn out to be a corrupt wallet and you are still having trouble, please let me know. I have been able to recover any wallet that has become bad.

[Luposian]

I just deleted the "txleveldb" folder (it's sitting in the trashcan, so it hasn't been permanently deleted), but now that the wallet is open, and downloading the blockchain again, it shows 0.00 HBN!!!  Will my balance return, or did I do the wrong thing?

[wmikrut]

I just deleted the "txleveldb" folder (it's sitting in the trashcan, so it hasn't been permanently deleted), but now that the wallet is open, and downloading the blockchain again, it shows 0.00 HBN!!!  Will my balance return, or did I do the wrong thing?

When downloading the block chain again, delete all files EXCEPT for any file ending in .dat and hobonickels.conf (if you have a .conf file).

Re-launching the wallet will start downloading the chain.
Your balance may show as zero until the block chain download catches up to where you started having transactions.

[Tranz]

I just deleted the "txleveldb" folder (it's sitting in the trashcan, so it hasn't been permanently deleted), but now that the wallet is open, and downloading the blockchain again, it shows 0.00 HBN!!!  Will my balance return, or did I do the wrong thing?

When downloading the block chain again, delete all files EXCEPT for any file ending in .dat and hobonickels.conf (if you have a .conf file).

Not necessary. Only delete the txlevedb and blk001.dat

Re-launching the wallet will start downloading the chain.
Your balance may show as zero until the block chain download catches up to where you started having transactions.

Correct, using the 2nd link under corrupt block chain will give you a start point of only a few months ago.

[Luposian]

Now that I've started downloading the blockchain (I have 1yr and 85days... remaining), should I just let it go or stop it and delete the "txleveldb" folder and  "blk001.dat" file and then download/install the latest blockchain file, to speed things up?  Where does that go exactly?  I'm still kinda confused.  At least I know what was munging up the wallet... how'd it get corrupted?  Windows 7 shut it down too fast or force quit it or something?

[Tranz]

Now that I've started downloading the blockchain (I have 1yr and 85days... remaining), should I just let it go or stop it and delete the "txleveldb" folder and  "blk001.dat" file and then download/install the latest blockchain file, to speed things up?  Where does that go exactly?  I'm still kinda confused.  At least I know what was munging up the wallet... how'd it get corrupted?  Windows 7 shut it down too fast or force quit it or something?

No problem letting it go. It is always best to create your own index file rather then use someone else.

The reason is still a bit of a mystery to me. It has to deal with how leveldb closes and opens files, and when it flushes to disk. I have put code into HBN that knows when win shuts down gracefully and allows the wallet to do so as well. Are you sure it was a normal Win shutdown and not a power failure or other type of shutdown.

[Luposian]

Laptop.  If it had been a power failure that lasted several hours, it might have caused a forced hibernation of my system, but then we would have also seen our microwave and other non-network clocks blinking, which they were not.  Also, the laptop would have indicated a drained battery, which it did not.

I know of no other shutdown other than a forced auto-reboot/shutdown due to a Windows 7 update... unless the laptop overheated and shut down?  Hmm... that's a possibility I had not considered... my lappy had been running awfully hot lately.  Dunno why, either.  Maybe I should take it off of full speed in the Power Setting and set it back to Acer-recommended or similar?

[Biomech]

Now that I've started downloading the blockchain (I have 1yr and 85days... remaining), should I just let it go or stop it and delete the "txleveldb" folder and  "blk001.dat" file and then download/install the latest blockchain file, to speed things up?  Where does that go exactly?  I'm still kinda confused.  At least I know what was munging up the wallet... how'd it get corrupted?  Windows 7 shut it down too fast or force quit it or something?

No problem letting it go. It is always best to create your own index file rather then use someone else.

The reason is still a bit of a mystery to me. It has to deal with how leveldb closes and opens files, and when it flushes to disk. I have put code into HBN that knows when win shuts down gracefully and allows the wallet to do so as well. Are you sure it was a normal Win shutdown and not a power failure or other type of shutdown.

I've seen Windows update be anything BUT graceful several times, especially on laptops. Particularly Windows 8/8.1 (which were the inspiration for me moving on to Linux), but it caught me out a couple of times on 7 too. I have since made a rule of making updates NOT be automatic, regardless of how much Windows nags about it. Once started, the process will screw your computer up badly if interrupted, so I find it better to do it on my terms.

There are a lot of cool things about Windows. I used it for nearly it's whole history, and I won't bash it in general, but it seems that Microsoft recently has been out to screw over their users. Either that, or they lost all their talent to the competition. I've not bothered to look at 10, but judging by RT and Windows 8, they seem to want people to move on to Linux or (shudder) OSX. 

[Arsenay]

Status: conflicted, broadcast through 3 nodes
Date: 20.12.14 20:58
Source: Generated
Debit: 0.00 HBN
Net amount: -249.998 HBN
Transaction ID: c25daa534a93e56c11915d2faf8ca6ea5ab18bdec9fdb5e0d4b323dcce1faa83

Status: conflicted
Date: 20.12.14 19:34
Source: Generated
Debit: 0.00 HBN
Net amount: -249.998 HBN
Transaction ID: edc4ca3a08098f5f477fa1d44e9a1f12ddbe4ee4b385a23a985d45f0dbe1acea

Status: conflicted
Date: 20.12.14 17:21
Source: Generated
Debit: 0.00 HBN
Net amount: -5.975327 HBN
Transaction ID: 59774df08881321edcd4e6a64a7058a9e107b881fc1068e2354503d1891fc30e

Status: conflicted
Date: 20.12.14 17:02
Source: Generated
Debit: 0.00 HBN
Net amount: -249.998 HBN
Transaction ID: b3be3ca48c94d812b8c4ba4fcce440876e819e5bba3708ac2ac1dadc9797b0b7

Status: conflicted
Date: 20.12.14 16:54
Source: Generated
Debit: 0.00 HBN
Net amount: -249.998 HBN
Transaction ID: a05d9741eaeb6e290120c7fe43880aed5a21f86409414c12fe9c648c505ec6fb

Status: conflicted
Date: 20.12.14 16:07
Source: Generated
Debit: 0.00 HBN
Net amount: -37.44 HBN
Transaction ID: 42c81abd3a5817948e4d71b5fd499c8e23471ce7755efed3a291789f441359bd

Status: conflicted
Date: 20.12.14 12:36
Source: Generated
Debit: 0.00 HBN
Net amount: -249.998 HBN
Transaction ID: ce7b3ea91545e9fbb47ac40a34ddca55a2e3d15a37592f1d203dbe64fcb26dbc

Status: conflicted
Date: 20.12.14 12:16
Source: Generated
Debit: 0.00 HBN
Net amount: -10.80 HBN
Transaction ID: 352074cf04446c7ddf2bcf99aba761061474692366ade0cb7a383429e7d96aea


errors day for me 

[Zels]

Hi, perhaps Tranz or someone else can enlight me

Checking my add on the explorer ( http://hbn.cryptocoinexplorer.com/address?address=ErmqaiunrcguMEhpDP5uqEQhRKmn3oViWv ) he show me 6706.15625
But on my wallet, only 6679.99642. Diff of around 28 HBN not showing on my wallet.

Did some coin get lost somewhere in my wallet or the block explorer reporting wrong number?  Wallet running fine for many month, update to 1.5 went without trouble.

Is there any way to rescan all my coin to recover/double check all my coin to see if some are wandering around ?


Edit:
2nd problem  
Just runned wallet with -salvage flag to check if it would find some of my ghost coin, but nothing more ^^

Now in debug windows (after the -salvage, and even restarted without the flag), with listtransactions it's only return receive coin, and no more all the POS generated.
Before, listtransaction did return every transations: receive/pos/send ...
PS. The GUI still show the pos transactions, and wallet keep minting without trouble.

Did I broke something else ?  


Edit 2:  (Promis, after this one I'll sleep ! )

Looks like after the salvage or repair, client did a backup a my wallet named somethings like wallet.number(timestamp perhaps?).bak and a wallet.dat (Don't worry, I did a backup myself too before trying  , just didn't tried to get my old wallet back ^^ )
Just renamed the wallet.dat to something else, and then renamed the wallet.number.bak to wallet.dat, restarted client, and now listtransations is working again, even for the 3 pos i got during this time  

Many things I've to learn still it seems

[Tranz]

Hi, perhaps Tranz or someone else can enlight me

Checking my add on the explorer ( http://hbn.cryptocoinexplorer.com/address?address=ErmqaiunrcguMEhpDP5uqEQhRKmn3oViWv ) he show me 6706.15625
But on my wallet, only 6679.99642. Diff of around 28 HBN not showing on my wallet.

Did some coin get lost somewhere in my wallet or the block explorer reporting wrong number?  Wallet running fine for many month, update to 1.5 went without trouble.

Is there any way to rescan all my coin to recover/double check all my coin to see if some are wandering around ?


Edit:
2nd problem  
Just runned wallet with -salvage flag to check if it would find some of my ghost coin, but nothing more ^^

Now in debug windows (after the -salvage, and even restarted without the flag), with listtransactions it's only return receive coin, and no more all the POS generated.
Before, listtransaction did return every transations: receive/pos/send ...
PS. The GUI still show the pos transactions, and wallet keep minting without trouble.

Did I broke something else ?  


Edit 2:  (Promis, after this one I'll sleep ! )

Looks like after the salvage or repair, client did a backup a my wallet named somethings like wallet.number(timestamp perhaps?).bak and a wallet.dat (Don't worry, I did a backup myself too before trying  , just didn't tried to get my old wallet back ^^ )
Just renamed the wallet.dat to something else, and then renamed the wallet.number.bak to wallet.dat, restarted client, and now listtransations is working again, even for the 3 pos i got during this time  

Many things I've to learn still it seems

The block explorer could be off as well. The other start up switch that may yield the missing(if there truly are any) coins would be -zapwallettxes.

The final thing to try, if you are really want to play would be to remove the blk001.dat the folders txleveldb and database, and then restart the client and it will rescan and look for all coins.

I think the 2 things that you already did, were more then enough. As it is most likely the block explorer that is off, not your wallet.

[Luposian]

Can I simply archive the txleveldb folder, when it's done syncing, and simply use the latest copy the next time it gets munged up?  It's the only thing I deleted and my coins are all showing up again. Whew!

[georgidimitrov]

Can I simply archive the txleveldb folder, when it's done syncing, and simply use the latest copy the next time it gets munged up?  It's the only thing I deleted and my coins are all showing up again. Whew!

Yes, you can. I myself do a backup of txleveldb+database+blk0001.dat once a week.

[Tranz]

Can I simply archive the txleveldb folder, when it's done syncing, and simply use the latest copy the next time it gets munged up?  It's the only thing I deleted and my coins are all showing up again. Whew!

Yes, you can. I myself do a backup of txleveldb+database+blk0001.dat once a week.

To save the block chain you backup txleveldb + blk001.dat.  The wallet uses wallet.dat and database.  Saving those 4 files, while the client is NOT running, is a great way to quickly backup.

The way I do it is before a windows update or other reason I know I am shutting down. I shut down the client and then create a backup_date folder and copy those 4 things mention above into that folder.  I only do it once in a while.

[micax1]

The way I do it is before a windows update or other reason I know I am shutting down. I shut down the client and then create a backup_date folder and copy those 4 things mention above into that folder.  I only do it once in a while.

Doing same - pretty usefull as i had problems before... once after accident power off wallet dat was corrupted. Backup helped me greatly.
Maybe it`s good idea to add quick-backup feature into client itself?

[Tranz]

The way I do it is before a windows update or other reason I know I am shutting down. I shut down the client and then create a backup_date folder and copy those 4 things mention above into that folder.  I only do it once in a while.

Doing same - pretty usefull as i had problems before... once after accident power off wallet dat was corrupted. Backup helped me greatly.
Maybe it`s good idea to add quick-backup feature into client itself?

There is one for the wallet already, under file. I think adding one for the block chain is a good idea as well. It maybe tricky or not doable with txleveldb, and allowing the client to still be active.  But might be worth investigating.

[Arsenay]

Maybe it`s good idea to add quick-backup feature into client itself?

or better not to use for such applications windows ))
is also a good idea  

[Tranz]

Maybe it`s good idea to add quick-backup feature into client itself?

or better not to use for such applications windows ))
is also a good idea  

Corruption on other OS is also possible. Less likely. But if you pull the disk out from under an application that is currently writing to it, you will get unpredictable results.

[Arsenay]

Maybe it`s good idea to add quick-backup feature into client itself?

or better not to use for such applications windows ))
is also a good idea  

Corruption on other OS is also possible. Less likely. But if you pull the disk out from under an application that is currently writing to it, you will get unpredictable results.

hmmm
no
for example xfs set to zero all "unpredictable results".
ps:
due to the loss of important data under win xp
I moved to the Linux (Debian) 14 years ago.