BTC transaction unconfirmed after 92 confirmations

[goatpig]

Do I have to have Bitcoin Core running to use Armory or do I leave it off & check the box to have bitcoind running in the background from Armory?

With 0.96.5 you can start the various binaries on your own, as long as you respect the order:

1st: bitcoind/bitcoin-qt
2nd: ArmoryDB
3rd: ArmoryQt

The other binaries will pick on existing instances.

I have pointed the top Armory Bitcoin install directory to D:\Program Files\Bitcoin

This isn't your Bitcoin binaries installation folder (where bitcoind/bitcoin-qt reside). ArmoryDB needs to know where your blockchain data lives instead. This page explains to you how to set paths for the blockain data:

https://btcarmory.com/docs/pathing

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[Tigerbill]

Thank you again & this is where I am kind of lost, I know very little about the use of commands & how to specify these paths. I take it is done in command prompt & does it need to be elevated?

Please would you walk me through the exact steps like I am a 2 year old..?

I am guessing I need to specify the D:\Program Files\Bitcoin directory the same as the paths in the QT?

Is there a way to do this where I just download the program & it works without any messing about like this? I am a noob when it comes to this stuff & I really am struggling here.

The strange thing being my son's installation didn't need any of this & it worked until I loaded my wallet on his machine, I just can't understand what is going on.

[BitMaxz]

The strange thing being my son's installation didn't need any of this & it worked until I loaded my wallet on his machine, I just can't understand what is going on.

Well without the armorylogs.txt and armorydb.txt we don't know exactly what happen to your wallet that is why we can't give you the right solution for your problem.

Sharing what inside from armorylogs.txt is safe to post here just make sure to use insert code tag before you post the whole armory logs.

[nc50lc]

Is there a way to do this where I just download the program & it works without any messing about like this? I am a noob when it comes to this stuff & I really am struggling here.

If everything is installed and using the default directories, you wouldn't have to set those paths since Armory knows the defaults.
But since your Bitcoin Core is installed in D: and its data directory is in D: as well, you'll have to manually set those paths for Armory to find them.

Please would you walk me through the exact steps like I am a 2 year old..?

The first part of his post is the simplest (band-aid) solution since you'll only need to open the applications in that particular order.
That way, you don't have to point to Armory where to find those binaries.
But the correct datadir should still be set. (you've already set those in the GUI)

• First, close Armory if it's running, open your Task Manager and check any Armory and Bitcoin Core related processes
  since sometimes, it lingers in the background. Alternatively, restart the PC.
• Now Open Bitcoin Core and let it sync to the tip, just let it running after syncing. (you may skip ArmoryDB)
• Lastly, Open 'ArmoryQt.exe' and it should be able to detect that Bitcoin Core is already running.

I have pointed the top Armory Bitcoin install directory to D:\Program Files\Bitcoin

Blockchain & Database Paths
Bitcoin Home Dir to D:\Users\myusername\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin

Armory Database Dir to C:\Users\anotherusername\AppData\Roaming\Armory\databases

The username is different on the C: drive, I thought to point that out, will that be a problem?

The strange thing being my son's installation didn't need any of this & it worked until I loaded my wallet on his machine, I just can't understand what is going on.

Wait, the file folder structure in D: is suspiciously similar to a Windows system directory.
It sounds like you've plugged your previous C: drive from your machine to your son's machine, then it's set to D: since it already has C:
If so, that not how you load your Armory wallet to your son's machine with a functional Armory installation.

You should've kept everything as is then just imported your wallet backup via "Import of Restore Wallet".
It accepts exported wallet/printed backups from "Wallet Properties->Backup This Wallet".

[goatpig]

Thank you again & this is where I am kind of lost, I know very little about the use of commands & how to specify these paths. I take it is done in command prompt & does it need to be elevated?

You can achieve this with config files. Read the "Config Files" section of https://btcarmory.com/docs/pathing, it's pretty straight forward.

Please would you walk me through the exact steps like I am a 2 year old..?

I can try to hand hold you but you have to tell me about your setup first:

- Do you have a custom datadir for Core? Where is your blockchain data if so?
- Do you have a custom dbdir for Armory? Where is it if so?
- Do you want Armory to automate bitcoind or do you want to control it yourself?

[Tigerbill]

Thank you for all the help & since I posted last, I decided to install Bitcoin Core on my C: drive, I have had to prune the blockchain. It is already updated & I have an install of Armory now on my C: drive also.

Today I loaded the Armory QT & it has started to update the blocks, currently 7% 444939 blocks & counting down.

If this fails I will go through everything you have all advised I do from here.

Thank you all again for your swift replies.  

[nc50lc]

Thank you for all the help & since I posted last, I decided to install Bitcoin Core on my C: drive, I have had to prune the blockchain. It is already updated & I have an install of Armory now on my C: drive also.

Armory doesn't support pruned blockchain, it wont sync properly since you're missing some blocks.

If this fails I will go through everything you have all advised I do from here.

You wouldn't have to if you set the correct paths and checked if those directories actually contain the necessary files.

Alternatively, share the log so that we can check what's causing the issue.
You can find it inside Armory's data directory (Yours is set in: C:\Users\anotherusername\AppData\Roaming\Armory),
"armorylog.txt" file, paste it in pastebin.com (remove usernames if you have to) and share the permalink here.

For example (the directories that you've set):

• Your  "D:\Program Files\Bitcoin" should have bitcoind.exe inside 'daemon' or 'bin' folder.
• Your "D:\Users\myusername\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin" should have blocks folder with more or less 600GB size.

[Tigerbill]

Oh wow ok, I am going to order a 2TB SSD for delivery next week & I will install Bitcoin Core (no prune) that's likely all my issues.

I ran out of space on this drive today & the wallet still had 30k blocks to go. I will make a clone & use the extra space for Bitcoin Core & Armory.

Thanks to you all for helping me try to understand this.

[Tigerbill]

Hello, I have installed the new drive, downloaded Bitcoin Core to my 2TB C: drive & I can happily tell you all the transaction is there, in both Armory 0.96 & 0.96.5.

I will read back through the help in regards to the order of the programs & using command prompt.

I am happy to say I didn't need to use it 

Cheers.