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July 05, 2012, 12:38:09 AM
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I seem to have some coins on my hard drive somewhere that i cant locate entirely. What i mean is when i open my bitcoin client I see around 130 coins show up in my wallet and then disappear. I know for the fact this isnt a glitch because it has happened numerious times before.

reply if you know whats going on or knw what i should do.
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July 05, 2012, 01:44:06 AM
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Quote from: bombshelterzero on July 05, 2012, 12:38:09 AM
I seem to have some coins on my hard drive somewhere that i cant locate entirely. What i mean is when i open my bitcoin client I see around 130 coins show up in my wallet and then disappear. I know for the fact this isnt a glitch because it has happened numerious times before.

reply if you know whats going on or know what i should do.

Bitcoins are never really "stored" on your hard drive.  The private keys that lets you spend your coins is stored in the wallet.dat file.

Ignore any totals that appear when you just launch the client and it downloads the latest blocks -- when it is caught up, then it will show the balance that you can use to spend.

 - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/FAQ#I_was_sent_some_bitcoins_and_they_haven.27t_arrived_yet.21_Where_are_they.3F
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July 05, 2012, 01:48:45 AM
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Quote from: Stephen Gornick on July 05, 2012, 01:44:06 AM
Quote from: bombshelterzero on July 05, 2012, 12:38:09 AM
I seem to have some coins on my hard drive somewhere that i cant locate entirely. What i mean is when i open my bitcoin client I see around 130 coins show up in my wallet and then disappear. I know for the fact this isnt a glitch because it has happened numerious times before.

reply if you know whats going on or know what i should do.

Bitcoins are never really "stored" on your hard drive.  The private keys that lets you spend your coins is stored in the wallet.dat file.

Ignore any totals that appear when you just launch the client and it downloads the latest blocks -- when it is caught up, then it will show the balance that you can use to spend.

 - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/FAQ#I_was_sent_some_bitcoins_and_they_haven.27t_arrived_yet.21_Where_are_they.3F


ic..what if i have multiple wallet.dat? how can i set them to the  client so it recognizes that there diferent
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July 05, 2012, 03:03:38 AM
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Quote from: bombshelterzero on July 05, 2012, 12:38:09 AM
I seem to have some coins on my hard drive somewhere that i cant locate entirely. What i mean is when i open my bitcoin client I see around 130 coins show up in my wallet and then disappear. I know for the fact this isnt a glitch because it has happened numerious times before.

reply if you know whats going on or knw what i should do.

The other day, I thought someone accidentally sent me 137 coins but then it disappeared, it was just a glimpse second. Enough for the naked eye to see.
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July 05, 2012, 03:37:42 AM
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Quote from: bombshelterzero on July 05, 2012, 01:48:45 AM

ic..what if i have multiple wallet.dat? how can i set them to the  client so it recognizes that there diferent

If you are swapping different wallets, you simply close the client, back up the current one, then replace it with the other one.

Or some people keep multiple wallet.dats on a drive at the same time (e.g., each gets a different name) and use a symlink to point to the one they want to use.

Other clients support multiple wallets.  Multibit, I believe, is one of them.
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July 05, 2012, 04:07:06 AM
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It's a glitch.
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July 09, 2012, 07:27:54 PM
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Lol, What your reading is 123.45678 as the client loads
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July 09, 2012, 08:00:42 PM
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Quote from: JackRabiit on July 09, 2012, 07:27:54 PM
Lol, What your reading is 123.45678 as the client loads

Yeah, when I saw that for the first time I was like "yay, somebody sent me some coins" :P it was nice for a couple seconds.. ;)
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