Bitcoin core wallet balance not appearing

[LoyceV]

How do i look(check) the addresses on ech wallet.dat file? can you maybe show me how can i check/look with images or a video plz?
i haen focus on litecoin core wallet yet maybe after iam succeed with bitcoin core wallet first.

I think you should take a step back first! You're looking at maybe 10-15,000 euro in Litecoin, and potentially 400,000 euro in Bitcoin. You should NOT be doing any of this on a system connected to the internet, especially if you don't really know what you're doing, and are just trying different wallets with different (and the wrong) software. You're one mistake (or malware) away from losing a small fortune!
Learn how to do this offline: get a separate system for your wallet with keys, and separate your online tasks from your keys. So download the blockchain on an online system, copy it to your offline system, and load your wallet there. This may very well be the most profitable bit of learning you'll do in your life, so don't rush it.
I could write a lot more about this, but it's probably better if you take it easy, start reading more about it, get yourself a paranoid attitude so you doubt everything you read, and make sure you understand things before doing anything.

[Keerook]

How do i look(check) the addresses on ech wallet.dat file? can you maybe show me how can i check/look with images or a video plz?
i haen focus on litecoin core wallet yet maybe after iam succeed with bitcoin core wallet first.

I think you should take a step back first! You're looking at maybe 10-15,000 euro in Litecoin, and potentially 400,000 euro in Bitcoin. You should NOT be doing any of this on a system connected to the internet, especially if you don't really know what you're doing, and are just trying different wallets with different (and the wrong) software. You're one mistake (or malware) away from losing a small fortune!
Learn how to do this offline: get a separate system for your wallet with keys, and separate your online tasks from your keys. So download the blockchain on an online system, copy it to your offline system, and load your wallet there. This may very well be the most profitable bit of learning you'll do in your life, so don't rush it.
I could write a lot more about this, but it's probably better if you take it easy, start reading more about it, get yourself a paranoid attitude so you doubt everything you read, and make sure you understand things before doing anything.

Is it safe to let someone look at it via teamview for example or is there any other apps which can be safe?

[LoyceV]

Is it safe to let someone look at it via teamview for example or is there any other apps which can be safe?

NO!

The moment someone sees your keys, your coins WILL be stolen.

[Satofan44]

How do i look(check) the addresses on ech wallet.dat file? can you maybe show me how can i check/look with images or a video plz?
i haen focus on litecoin core wallet yet maybe after iam succeed with bitcoin core wallet first.

You must load each wallet.dat by putting it in the Bitcoin Core directory. You copy one wallet in the directory, then you load Bitcoin Core and check the addresses of that wallet. You repeat this until you go through all the wallets.

To find the addresses you can click on Window on the top menu as in image 1 then click on Receiving addresses. This will open a window like the one I show in image 2.






It is not hard at all, you just need to manage to do it once properly.

[Cricktor]

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IIRC, I wrote it already that OP could benefit to load all wallets with unique names in Bitcoin Core (needs maybe some preperation beforehand) and run a resync from blockchain for all loaded wallets in parallel. I'm pretty sure this is faster than dealing with every wallet one at a time.

But this optimization can be ignored if it's too complicated for newbies or less experienced users.

@Keerook: do you know if your Bitcoin Core node is pruned or has the full unpruned blockchain. The size of the default datadir for Bitcoin Core MacOS version ("~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/") should be in the ballpark of ~700GiB for a fully synced and unpruned Core node (don't have real numbers as I'm currently not near any of my full nodes).

As I can't fiddle with my nodes at the moment, I can't remember how to reliably query pruned or not status via command-line. (You can likely easily see it in the settings of your node in the GUI.)

This matters because a resync of a pruned node likely triggers a full re-download of the blockchain, depending from which blockheight the resync should start. If you have no clues, you'd likely start the resync from Genesis block on and then basically every pruned node would start the blockchain download from scratch like an IBD (initial blockchain download).

I work with my node mostly from the command-line and the last time I had to load a foreign or externally created wallet is quite long ago, so I'm not sure if loading a "foreign" wallet from the GUI triggers automatically a resync from block 0.

And LoyceV is very correct to point out that with such values at stake, nobody should do this with "hot" wallets on an online system. You have to be sure that the system holding the wallets with private keys is safe and free of malware and it stays so. If you don't know if your device is safe, assume it's not safe. Setup a safe device offline and keep it offline. Then proceed as LoyceV already wrote. This of course needs sufficient storage for the full Bitcoin blockchain, likely on an external drive (SSD prefered).

[Keerook]

How do i look(check) the addresses on ech wallet.dat file? can you maybe show me how can i check/look with images or a video plz?
i haen focus on litecoin core wallet yet maybe after iam succeed with bitcoin core wallet first.

You must load each wallet.dat by putting it in the Bitcoin Core directory. You copy one wallet in the directory, then you load Bitcoin Core and check the addresses of that wallet. You repeat this until you go through all the wallets.

To find the addresses you can click on Window on the top menu as in image 1 then click on Receiving addresses. This will open a window like the one I show in image 2.

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It is not hard at all, you just need to manage to do it once properly.

I downloaded the bitcoin core wallet on other pc its now synchronisering another week after its done i will try it thank you for helping

[Keerook]

Goodmoring,


I didnt understand how to load all the files at once can you show me through a video or image plz? Right now iam synchronising the bitcoin core wallet on my other laptop its taking one week.

or you mean there is other app where i can do that safely? If you dont want to explain i understand Thank you anyway

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IIRC, I wrote it already that OP could benefit to load all wallets with unique names in Bitcoin Core (needs maybe some preperation beforehand) and run a resync from blockchain for all loaded wallets in parallel. I'm pretty sure this is faster than dealing with every wallet one at a time.

But this optimization can be ignored if it's too complicated for newbies or less experienced users.

@Keerook: do you know if your Bitcoin Core node is pruned or has the full unpruned blockchain. The size of the default datadir for Bitcoin Core MacOS version ("~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/") should be in the ballpark of ~700GiB for a fully synced and unpruned Core node (don't have real numbers as I'm currently not near any of my full nodes).

As I can't fiddle with my nodes at the moment, I can't remember how to reliably query pruned or not status via command-line. (You can likely easily see it in the settings of your node in the GUI.)

This matters because a resync of a pruned node likely triggers a full re-download of the blockchain, depending from which blockheight the resync should start. If you have no clues, you'd likely start the resync from Genesis block on and then basically every pruned node would start the blockchain download from scratch like an IBD (initial blockchain download).

I work with my node mostly from the command-line and the last time I had to load a foreign or externally created wallet is quite long ago, so I'm not sure if loading a "foreign" wallet from the GUI triggers automatically a resync from block 0.

And LoyceV is very correct to point out that with such values at stake, nobody should do this with "hot" wallets on an online system. You have to be sure that the system holding the wallets with private keys is safe and free of malware and it stays so. If you don't know if your device is safe, assume it's not safe. Setup a safe device offline and keep it offline. Then proceed as LoyceV already wrote. This of course needs sufficient storage for the full Bitcoin blockchain, likely on an external drive (SSD prefered).

[LoyceV]

I didnt understand how to load all the files at once can you show me through a video or image plz?

Just load them one at a time. It takes a while to sync, but you shouldn't rush any of this anyway.

or you mean there is other app where i can do that safely?

Nothing is absolutely safe. So after syncing your other laptop, remove it's internet connecting, and never connect it again. That gives you a safe offline system to load all wallets. If any of them have a balance, don't rush by connecting it to the internet again!

synchronising the bitcoin core wallet on my other laptop its taking one week.

If your system is low on RAM and it's already showing 1 week at the start, chances are that estimate increases a lot once it progresses.

[Cricktor]

I didnt understand how to load all the files at once can you show me through a video or image plz? Right now iam synchronising the bitcoin core wallet on my other laptop its taking one week.

As LoyceV said, there's no need and safety benefit to rush it. To play it safe, you should first sync the full blockchain (a pruned node won't make much sense in your case when you want your device to be offline once it has been synced). Your later offline Core node can resync your wallets in offline mode. To maintain safety your laptop must stay offline after the blockchain has been synced to tip (for you it doesn't matter if the synced chain tip is tomorrow or day after tomorrow or whenever the sync finishes in the next future days).

Let us know when your non-pruned Core node has been fully synced and you have put it offline permanently. Again: it must stay offline as long as there's any wallet file on it and it hasn't been securely wiped completely! This is to maintain the security of your wallets. No online periods or moments allowed or your risk compromising your wallets. It's safer to be more paranoid than less paranoid or even reckless.

You said you're not an experienced computer user, so we'd better asume the worst and go a safe path. It will take more time and effort, so that's what it is. Nobody should be interested to have you risk any coins you might find and have.

You didn't answer to my question if your syncing node on your other laptop is pruned or is not pruned. It's safe for you to answer this here.

or you mean there is other app where i can do that safely? If you dont want to explain i understand Thank you anyway

Not that I would know one and considering your scope of computer knowledge. Stick to Bitcoin Core (verified to be the genuine one).