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July 03, 2012, 09:00:10 PM |
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i just bought my first bitcoins. i gave them the adress that wallet shows me. but it just isnt there. i deleted all my app data except wallet.dat the blocks still syncing in. can you help me? did i just lose 550Dolars?
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Uncurlhalo
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July 03, 2012, 09:02:24 PM |
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You wont actually receive the bitcoins until the blockchain is fully synced. Just wait a while. How far along is the syncing? it can sometimes take a while. You can enter the address you gave and enter it at a site like blockchain.info and it can tell you whether they actually sent the coins or not.
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July 03, 2012, 09:04:50 PM |
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Be patient. They will come.
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July 03, 2012, 09:06:03 PM |
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i am worried because i deleted the files. but if you say so i will be patient.
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July 03, 2012, 09:07:14 PM |
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You wont actually receive the bitcoins until the blockchain is fully synced. Just wait a while. How far along is the syncing? it can sometimes take a while. You can enter the address you gave and enter it at a site like blockchain.info and it can tell you whether they actually sent the coins or not.
is the site trusted. i read that i should encrypt etc. i dont understand that much. |
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Uncurlhalo
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July 03, 2012, 09:10:02 PM |
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i am worried because i deleted the files. but if you say so i will be patient.
If you didn't delete the wallet.dat you are fine. |
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The Casascius 1oz 10BTC Silver Round (w/ Gold B)
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July 03, 2012, 09:14:31 PM |
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i am worried because i deleted the files. but if you say so i will be patient.
If you didn't delete the wallet.dat you are fine. Copy wallet.dat to removable media right now, less can go wrong if you do that. |
Companies claiming they got hacked and lost your coins sounds like fraud so perfect it could be called fashionable. I never believe them. If I ever experience the misfortune of a real intrusion, I declare I have been honest about the way I have managed the keys in Casascius Coins. I maintain no ability to recover or reproduce the keys, not even under limitless duress or total intrusion. Remember that trusting strangers with your coins without any recourse is, as a matter of principle, not a best practice. Don't keep coins online. Use paper or hardware wallets instead.
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kralleo (OP)
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July 03, 2012, 09:20:36 PM |
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thanks i cpied the wallet.dat and i searched in the site. i can see the transaction. i have 66 thousands more blocks to go. i will wait til the end. cant sleep without seeing the money there. thanks guys.
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July 03, 2012, 09:27:50 PM |
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Next time use Electrum, no need to download blockchain. See sig  |
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