I disconnected my router and connected the netbook directly to my cable from my ISP. I had scanned it while it was on my lan and had some ports open. I used a remote port scan site to see what ports I had opened. They were all closed -- even those that were open.
Now, things are complicated. There is a system where the computer can ask the router to open ports for it on its behalf but that system is considered too powerful. A single compromised system on your network can leave all of your devices exposed.
To test whether your port is open on your host (local computer):
telnet localhost 8333
If you get a connection message then the port is open. Press Control+C to get out.
If it says something like "port not open", then there something wrong with the settings on your computer. We cannot blame your router or anything else.
Now see if you can connect from another computer on the same LAN:
telnet your.LAN.IP 8333
You may find that some routers isolate hosts from each other on the LANs. It may be that your computer has a restriction from allowing connections from another host to connect. Your computer's fire wall settings are designed to protect you from worms. But if you purposely run a server you want to be exposed to the Internet. You pray there are no Zero day exploits and keep your system up to date.
If you cannot connect via telnet from the other computer, you have some settings to fix on your system and possibly your router.
Finally, once your have your bitcoin server exposed throughout your LAN, then you should see whether you can connect from the outside world. There is a port scanner at www.grc.com or you could ask a friend to try the steps above. Of course you need your global IP. Not your LAN IP. The router should forward requests at port 8333 to the same port inside to your.LAN.IP.
If you are unable to get it exposed to the larger Internet, it may be the router or ISP.
sdp
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Blockchain wallet is not trusted at all. The trusted ones are Bitcoin Core, multibit electrum,etc.
apples and oranges here..just stop comparing full client, web wallet and light wallets and it will be fine.
I agree with op.
New members don't need to use qt.
Just use blockchain wallet or a similar trusted wallet.
This is what I do.
Blockchain wallet is not trusted at all. The trusted ones are Bitcoin Core, multibit electrum,etc. New members don't need to use qt.
Just use blockchain wallet or a similar trusted wallet.
This is what I do.
I´m fairly ignorant but i´m trying to learn (without losing the few bitcoin i have). What is the best way to update Bitcoin QT? For someone that as a poor understanding is kind of scary. I dont even know the version that i´m running 
Is there a step by step manual or something?
Is there a step by step manual or something?Make a backup of your wallet.
Install most recent version.
And you're done. If any problem occurs, you can downgrade and recover the wallet from the backup.
To check the version, running Bitcoin-QT, just click in the menu Help > About.
It will show a screen like this one: http://ubuntu-tricks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Screenshot-4.png
I´m fairly ignorant but i´m trying to learn (without losing the few bitcoin i have). What is the best way to update Bitcoin QT? For someone that as a poor understanding is kind of scary. I dont even know the version that i´m running Is there a step by step manual or something?
Is there a step by step manual or something? 
3-4 days to download the blockchain is not viable tho, we are losing a TON of potential nodes with such a sloppy client.
There is nothing sloppy here, the software is literally over a hundred times faster than it originally was, and much more reliable too-- in general. What it's doing is just fundamentally hard-- it is independently and autonomously verifying over 70 million transactions. There are many recent improvements and more in the pipeline, and more that we know are possible but haven't started on yet... but nothing can magically make it fast and easy. And these reasons, among others, are part of why almost all of the developers of Bitcoin Core are not in favor a >2000% increase in operating cost as a step function in the recent block size drama-- if you think it's bad now, try it with several times the load. The problem here is that it seems that Core thinks that all of the nodes that it has connected are misbehaving. It calculated their banscore, and that is greater than the threshold set, so it automatically disconnects. It looks like it might not be connecting to any nodes because of this. Open help > debug window and tell us what you see next to "Number of connections" I think it is stuck at 28 weeks because that was the most recent block that the bootstrap.dat file had.
It's doing this because this persons state is corrupted and they have rejected the chain as invalid. As far as its concerned these peers are just attacking it by feeding it invalid blocks.Why precisely it rejected the chain is hard to say without a log of where the rejection happened, and even with those logs it can be hard to know why without more testing. This can be due to hardware errors, or due e.g. to antivirus software corrupting the database. (or bugs, but I am not aware of any that would cause chainstate corruption right now). The corruption can be resolved with a reindex, but without knowing why it happened it may just corrupt again before you even finish the reindex.
Unfortunately, Bitcoin is a fantastic hardware test. (The unfortunate part is that a surprisingly large amount of hardware is slightly flaky)
I remember having a similar issue when I was running the Qt core client on a Windows VPS. The syncing slows down for a while, but it will definitely go past that. Just leave it running in the background for a few hours or days as appropriate. Not efficient, but not necessarily a major issue.
McAfee creates more problems than it solves. Also good luck in getting that out of your PC. It kind of latches on to anything like a leech and very hard to remove. Much worse than a virus.
Well hearing that he installed McAfee made me question his skill (he did mention customers). As far as removing it goes, it should be pretty simple to remove it for a experienced user. You can always take the hard way out and boot a live CD and manually destroy everything.It took ages to me too and this was before 0.0.9 when it was even slower
3-4 days to download the blockchain is not viable tho, we are losing a TON of potential nodes with such a sloppy client.
AFAIK the problem is the CPU and HDD. I've used some coins that were RAM heavy in the past which slowed down their syncing time (e.g. Monero). You can't blame the client for this.3-4 days to download the blockchain is not viable tho, we are losing a TON of potential nodes with such a sloppy client.
However you can always download the blockchain via torrent if you want a quicker way. Without pruning syncing will always take a long time.
Ok I think I figured it out, the firewall is probably blocking any incoming connections. Mcafee (which I never wanted) controls the windows firewall. I can't even view the mcafee settings since my trial expired, what a piece of shit 
So maybe bitcoin qt isnt that bad afterall, I'll update if it works after removing firewall.
So maybe bitcoin qt isnt that bad afterall, I'll update if it works after removing firewall.
McAfee creates more problems than it solves. Also good luck in getting that out of your PC. It kind of latches on to anything like a leech and very hard to remove. Much worse than a virus.
If my bitcoin executable is whitelisted on my firewall, do I still need to manually open 8333? How can I know if thats the correct port?
I haven't changed anything and from what i've read here I assume 8333 is still the default port?
I haven't changed anything and from what i've read here I assume 8333 is still the default port?
Yes, 8333 is still the default port. Your local firewall is only one part of the picture though. If you want outgoing connections reaching your machine and its sitting behind a router you will need to configure the router accordingly. On most routers its called "port forwarding" and its forwarding traffic coming from the internet on (a) certain port(s) to a specific machine in your local network. Make sure your local machine running the bitcoin client has the same IP (via the routers DNS settings) and the rule allows port 8333 to be forwarded to that IP.
Contrary to what some have posted, you do need 8333 open outgoing to sync the blockchain.
Another bullshit claim. As of this moment getaddr.bitnodes.io shows 59 full nodes listening on a non-default port, different than 8333. Ok, if someone changed the default port to something other than the default they would then need to open/forward said port in lieu of 8333. You got me and my "bullshit".
I also think that it's not worth helping you because when you ask for help and then disregard the answers you get, it's just rude. This is like stopping someone in the street to get directions and then walking the opposite way.
And even worse, you end up with some ridiculous rant about the core client based on your 'technical skills'. Obviously, it has no merit and simply shows that not only you don't know, but you don't even know that you don't know.
Being rude is only a minor issue. I think for non-technology-experts it is important to develop a feel for how the hucksters behave versus how somebody with some knowledge behaves, even if they don't immediately know the right answer.And even worse, you end up with some ridiculous rant about the core client based on your 'technical skills'. Obviously, it has no merit and simply shows that not only you don't know, but you don't even know that you don't know.
I remember helping my friend's kids (high-school age) set up their AT&T DSL. They asked me a question, I smiled and took a breath to answer and they immediately told me "Stop, don't tell us! Let us make 3 guesses!". The attitude to learning and problem solving seems to be probably more important than the detailed knowledge.
I cannot erase what I know from my brain, but I'm trying to learn purely by interpersonal attitude clues how people can make a judgment about the value of the advice. The hucksters seem to have this apparent confidence in their manner, that's probably why they are called "con men" in the American parlance. The true experts tends to be more nonchalant or irreverent when talking about their area of expertise.
It is always easier to make better guesses about that in person, not through the written medium. The intonation of "Why you would do that?" can say a lot of things that are somewhat difficult to explain in writing.
^ Yet another person that looks down on anyone who isn't a tech expert. I was just asking if it's possible, I wasn't claiming Bitcoin could use all ports.
Does it make you feel better about yourself to rant and rave about other people who you don't think have enough knowledge? Everyone is an expert in their own field, but you will never learn anything from others if you insult everyone that isn't a tech geek. Hopefully you don't act like that in real life, or you'll never climb the business/corporate ladder, they'll hide you in a dark corner of a server room.
I certainly have enough technical knowledge to handle Bitcoin transactions smoothly, there's not much to it.
I also think that it's not worth helping you because when you ask for help and then disregard the answers you get, it's just rude. This is like stopping someone in the street to get directions and then walking the opposite way.Does it make you feel better about yourself to rant and rave about other people who you don't think have enough knowledge? Everyone is an expert in their own field, but you will never learn anything from others if you insult everyone that isn't a tech geek. Hopefully you don't act like that in real life, or you'll never climb the business/corporate ladder, they'll hide you in a dark corner of a server room.
I certainly have enough technical knowledge to handle Bitcoin transactions smoothly, there's not much to it.
And even worse, you end up with some ridiculous rant about the core client based on your 'technical skills'. Obviously, it has no merit and simply shows that not only you don't know, but you don't even know that you don't know.
dont despair, it took me arround 3-4 days to my laptop to have it fully sync, was more hard than on my current pc.
but is just a question of time, soon orlater it will sync, just be patient
sometimes on my laptop it seems like was frozen but it was not
btw you can check it the database it is increasing, if it is, then you just need to w8 a little bit more
but is just a question of time, soon orlater it will sync, just be patient
sometimes on my laptop it seems like was frozen but it was notbtw you can check it the database it is increasing, if it is, then you just need to w8 a little bit more
It took ages to me too and this was before 0.0.9 when it was even slower
3-4 days to download the blockchain is not viable tho, we are losing a TON of potential nodes with such a sloppy client.
Contrary to what some have posted, you do need 8333 open outgoing to sync the blockchain.
Another bullshit claim. As of this moment getaddr.bitnodes.io shows 59 full nodes listening on a non-default port, different than 8333. Obviously, the time to sync will be much longer when one's node can access only less than 1% of the global full nodes.But my point stands: in a completely unregulated market like Bitcoin everyone has to be really vigiliant and keep their bullshit detectors tuned really sensitive. Otherwise you are going to be just another mark exploited by the cons that concentrate on this forum.
Libertarian capitalism is cruel that way. The essence of the functioning speculation markets is that there has to be a constant supply of people willing to take the "stupid" side of the trades.
^ Yet another person that looks down on anyone who isn't a tech expert. I was just asking if it's possible, I wasn't claiming Bitcoin could use all ports.
Does it make you feel better about yourself to rant and rave about other people who you don't think have enough knowledge? Everyone is an expert in their own field, but you will never learn anything from others if you insult everyone that isn't a tech geek. Hopefully you don't act like that in real life, or you'll never climb the business/corporate ladder, they'll hide you in a dark corner of a server room.
I certainly have enough technical knowledge to handle Bitcoin transactions smoothly, there's not much to it.
Yeah right, tech expert. Just another cycle in the Bitcoin evolution.Does it make you feel better about yourself to rant and rave about other people who you don't think have enough knowledge? Everyone is an expert in their own field, but you will never learn anything from others if you insult everyone that isn't a tech geek. Hopefully you don't act like that in real life, or you'll never climb the business/corporate ladder, they'll hide you in a dark corner of a server room.
I certainly have enough technical knowledge to handle Bitcoin transactions smoothly, there's not much to it.
Year ago we had rubbish hauling contractors from London pretending to be ASIC designers and offering miners for preorder.
So this year we'll have Florida tourist trinket stall (?) owners pretending to be cryptocurrency expert usability consultants.
I'm not a car mechanic, but I've heard that the 4-stroke engine in my car only fires once every 4 strokes. How about providing a button that would let the engine fire once in every stroke? It already has 4 valves in every cylinder, right? Just a proposal, right? I'm not a total crackpot, right?
This is the real problem with computing-related services in the USA. To be able e.g. cut hair and/or shave one has to have cosmetology license. It doesn't guarantee nice haircut or clean shave, but one at least can be confident of not getting lice or AIDS.
Nothing like this exists in the field of computing services. Any fool who wouldn't pass the lowest-level information technology exam certification (A1?) can come up and spout completely spurious and deranged advice, both about IT and general career development.
It is the essence of a free market. Caveat emptor!
Looks like you're on to something here, 0 incoming connections and 8 outgoing connections.
That is typical if you do not have port 8333 open and forwarded. You only get more than 8 connections (i.e. incoming) when your firewall is configured properly. You don't need to do this to sync the blockchain, though, evidenced by the fact you were able to sync up to a point; you should have just deleted the installation and run it again at the beginning.
Contrary to what some have posted, you do need 8333 open outgoing to sync the blockchain. For example my personal firewall blocks all traffic, in or out, so I specifically had to open 8333 outgoing for the sync and incoming to be a contributing full node.
I wonder if it's possible to open up Bitcoin to all ports in a future release? So that our lovely internet companies can't stop Bitcoin nodes from installing as long as the internet is on. Successful core installations would drastically increase.
Stay away from this dude! Never make a mistake of being his "customer". This is classic example of a total dumbass who has no basic understanding of networking and computing. "Open up Bitcoin to all ports"? How so?This guy is completely incompetent on several levels:
1) Typing "mcafe" to google gives "mcafee removal tool" as a second choice. One doesn't even to have to type the whole 6 letters of the company name to learn how to remove the expired antivirus.
2) Many (if not most) ISP offer a ISP-side firewall as a protection to the beginning customers who may have trouble understanding and configuring their equipment. This is especially important to the ISPs that use DSL equipment (like AT&T) because of the possible complication in accidentally setting "bridge mode" in the equipment (and also due to older releases of Windows supporting native DSL protocol which is ATM(Asynchronous Transfer Mode) not the IP).
3) Every ISP that I've seen has a self-service way of removing this ISP-side firewall. I haven't seen AT&T pages recently, but couple of years ago this was just a couple of clicks on their customer service pages. Other ISPs require changing the login from e.g. "[email protected]" to something like "[email protected]/nofw" or "[email protected]".
4) Bitcoin Core for sure doesn't require any incoming connections to properly synchronize.
Again, stay away! The completely technically incompetent vendors is one of the major risks for Bitcoin users. If you need a refresher go lookup the history of shtylman and his Bitfloor that is detailed on this forum (especially his hare-brained implementation of "air gap").
If using the Internet required something like the driver license this guy would have failed his exams at the level of not being able to tell which way is left and which way is right. Not being able to tell the difference between incoming and outgoing connections is about the same level of incompetence.
This is just a beautiful example of stupid vendor serving the stupidest customers.
I've recommended Bitcoin QT to all my customers who use Bitcoin longterm, and never had one successfully install it ever. The average joe simply doesn't understand the internal workings of networks and computers, so they got little chance of a successful Bitcoin install if any problems arise. Seems like big companies like AT&T are default blocking the Bitcoin port, so most people end up with no synchronization and give up. Not pulling that out of my ass, customers tell me that their wallet stopped loading. End result is a lot less nodes and a lot more theft; hackers stealing funds is a major plague that isn't talked about enough, and it scares away many users. The most advanced thing I've seen my customers with is multibit which is kinda better cause users can save their Bitcoins by importing wallet and private keys somewhere else, but still it is quite hackable. And I've had literally hundreds of customers, most use blockchain.info and localbitcoins wallets, both notoriously insecure.
I wonder if it's possible to open up Bitcoin to all ports in a future release? So that our lovely internet companies can't stop Bitcoin nodes from installing as long as the internet is on. Successful core installations would drastically increase.
I wonder if it's possible to open up Bitcoin to all ports in a future release? So that our lovely internet companies can't stop Bitcoin nodes from installing as long as the internet is on. Successful core installations would drastically increase.
Edit: I'm preserving turtlehurricane's signature, because something is telling me this is going to be another disaster.
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I've recommended Bitcoin QT to all my customers who use Bitcoin longterm, and never had one successfully install it ever. The average joe simply doesn't understand the internal workings of networks and computers, so they got little chance of a successful Bitcoin install if any problems arise. Seems like big companies like AT&T are default blocking the Bitcoin port, so most people end up with no synchronization and give up. Not pulling that out of my ass, customers tell me that their wallet stopped loading. End result is a lot less nodes and a lot more theft; hackers stealing funds is a major plague that isn't talked about enough, and it scares away many users. The most advanced thing I've seen my customers with is multibit which is kinda better cause users can save their Bitcoins by importing wallet and private keys somewhere else, but still it is quite hackable. And I've had literally hundreds of customers, most use blockchain.info and localbitcoins wallets, both notoriously insecure.
I wonder if it's possible to open up Bitcoin to all ports in a future release? So that our lovely internet companies can't stop Bitcoin nodes from installing as long as the internet is on. Successful core installations would drastically increase.
So you're saying that the problem lies in the companies in the USA? That's a bit different from the thread title. This would only be partially Bitcoin QT's problem as it is tied to a single port.I wonder if it's possible to open up Bitcoin to all ports in a future release? So that our lovely internet companies can't stop Bitcoin nodes from installing as long as the internet is on. Successful core installations would drastically increase.
However, I've had a much different experience as I'm across the globe. I haven't found any issue in regards to Bitcoin QT or any other wallet (altcoins; in the past). You have to consider that most of the work is being done on the protocol and internal functions (bugfixes and whatnot) rather than the GUI and simplifying the installation/usage.
this qt is indeed horrible
I expected some improvement with patching to 10.2 but instead it jsut got worse
You made a mistake. You've patched to 0.10.2; not 10.2. Anyhow I'm still on a older version; what's wrong with 0.10.2?I expected some improvement with patching to 10.2 but instead it jsut got worse
Id like to add some points here. If you (OP) have problems with core/qt, why suggest it to someone else in the first place? If people constantly complain about something, why suggest it to the next person? Suggesting bitcoin core/qt to people with low tech skills should be no problem in itself. The only thing I did on a windows machine was to double click the executable, verifying the checksum is not something most people do anyway. The most linux distros have repos with bitcoin core/qt.
Even though I never had any issue with core/qt I would not recommend it to certain people, but rather suggest a wallet like Multibit or Electrum. They are as secure as bitcoin core/qt, easy to use and esp. with Electrum its easy to create a backup.
If you still get this problem when it downloads up to December 2014, I would be interested in the hash value of last accepted block, I am running bitcion-qt now and it reports 24 weeks behind.
If BitcoinXT branch succeeds it will be potentially even more bandwidth intensive to run a node. The war itself will be as damaging, we might see a loss of confidence as people won't know which is going to be a winning side and there be a loss of adoption and use and thus value of bitcoin.
sdp
If BitcoinXT branch succeeds it will be potentially even more bandwidth intensive to run a node. The war itself will be as damaging, we might see a loss of confidence as people won't know which is going to be a winning side and there be a loss of adoption and use and thus value of bitcoin.
sdp
I've recommended Bitcoin QT to all my customers who use Bitcoin longterm, and never had one successfully install it ever. The average joe simply doesn't understand the internal workings of networks and computers, so they got little chance of a successful Bitcoin install if any problems arise. Seems like big companies like AT&T are default blocking the Bitcoin port, so most people end up with no synchronization and give up. Not pulling that out of my ass, customers tell me that their wallet stopped loading. End result is a lot less nodes and a lot more theft; hackers stealing funds is a major plague that isn't talked about enough, and it scares away many users. The most advanced thing I've seen my customers with is multibit which is kinda better cause users can save their Bitcoins by importing wallet and private keys somewhere else, but still it is quite hackable. And I've had literally hundreds of customers, most use blockchain.info and localbitcoins wallets, both notoriously insecure.
I wonder if it's possible to open up Bitcoin to all ports in a future release? So that our lovely internet companies can't stop Bitcoin nodes from installing as long as the internet is on. Successful core installations would drastically increase.
So you're saying that the problem lies in the companies in the USA? That's a bit different from the thread title. This would only be partially Bitcoin QT's problem as it is tied to a single port.I wonder if it's possible to open up Bitcoin to all ports in a future release? So that our lovely internet companies can't stop Bitcoin nodes from installing as long as the internet is on. Successful core installations would drastically increase.
However, I've had a much different experience as I'm across the globe. I haven't found any issue in regards to Bitcoin QT or any other wallet (altcoins; in the past). You have to consider that most of the work is being done on the protocol and internal functions (bugfixes and whatnot) rather than the GUI and simplifying the installation/usage.
this qt is indeed horrible
I expected some improvement with patching to 10.2 but instead it jsut got worse
You made a mistake. You've patched to 0.10.2; not 10.2. Anyhow I'm still on a older version; what's wrong with 0.10.2? I expected some improvement with patching to 10.2 but instead it jsut got worse
I've been trying to install Bitcoin QT on my new laptop for several days now.
I really don't think that QT is for end-users with some laptops. If you want to run full node and support bitcoin, just order some VPS. If you just want to use bitcoin, go with electrum or multibit. if you want to store it, print paper wallets...simple.
dont despair, it took me arround 3-4 days to my laptop to have it fully sync, was more hard than on my current pc.
but is just a question of time, soon orlater it will sync, just be patient sometimes on my laptop it seems like was frozen but it was not
btw you can check it the database it is increasing, if it is, then you just need to w8 a little bit more
but is just a question of time, soon orlater it will sync, just be patient
sometimes on my laptop it seems like was frozen but it was notbtw you can check it the database it is increasing, if it is, then you just need to w8 a little bit more
Im against propaganda also, but it's a fact that his ISP blocked bitcoin core port, theres no conspiracy there, it's a fact.
What right do they have to block people's ports? If im paying for a line i want no limits on it, and i want to be asked if i agree with such a thing. This is not DPR Korea.
I acknowledge that being a fact indeed. However,you don't have to ask such questions. Since people are so convinced that ISPs have no rights, sue them and see what happens.What right do they have to block people's ports? If im paying for a line i want no limits on it, and i want to be asked if i agree with such a thing. This is not DPR Korea.
It requires some simple diagnostic to identify the port that it is closed. Then all you have to do is call your ISP and you're done.
Is this really hard for people? What OP is doing is that he is generalizing his problem. I don't think that the majority of users (so far) have had problems with the Core. Besides, there is a reason why the software is in beta.
For the record I'm in complete control of my router(s) and the ISP has been told not to lock anything.
Update: Corrections and additions.
Okay, how about you stop spreading nonsense and propaganda? It is unfortunate that you've had problems with the software. After making such a post, you do not deserve help.
Whenever I've installed Bitcoin Core I had none (zero) problems so far. This is on your end. You have no idea what the word 'difficult' means when setting up things on a computer. Try compiling Bitcoin yourself (or similar projects involving multiple libraries) and see what happens. All the propaganda that the governments are coming after Bitcoin is just FUD. Bitcoin is steadily being adapted by major corporations and legalized in various places. Nobody can stop Bitcoin, deal with it.
You should really educate yourself before you start making such walls of text.
Whenever I've installed Bitcoin Core I had none (zero) problems so far. This is on your end. You have no idea what the word 'difficult' means when setting up things on a computer. Try compiling Bitcoin yourself (or similar projects involving multiple libraries) and see what happens. All the propaganda that the governments are coming after Bitcoin is just FUD. Bitcoin is steadily being adapted by major corporations and legalized in various places. Nobody can stop Bitcoin, deal with it.
You should really educate yourself before you start making such walls of text.
Im against propaganda also, but it's a fact that his ISP blocked bitcoin core port, theres no conspiracy there, it's a fact.
What right do they have to block people's ports? If im paying for a line i want no limits on it, and i want to be asked if i agree with such a thing. This is not DPR Korea.
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Time and time again government agencies and banks are publishing laws about Bitcoin that say it is dangerous due to widespread theft, and a laundry list of all other possible negatives with no positives, which is the definition of bias. There are big forces at work trying to keep Bitcoin down and it's had a major effect, Bitcoin's market capitalization has constantly declined for most of the time between now and the peak in late 2013, when Bitcoin hit the scene and got the attention of all the banks and lawmakers. It's been quite steady for 6 months since January though, even bad news constantly released by the government and outright destruction of major Bitcoin players isn't causing drastic crashes. I think this is because Bitcoin is inexorably expanding across the globe and there's more demand to buy it. I think Bitcoin will grow in capitalization nicely from now until many years in the future, unfortunately the government of the USA is likely to obliterate the major Bitcoin corporations like Coinbase, and the smaller corps with several million of sales per year will be forced out of business by regulations. They will say Bitcoin is a direct threat to freedom by funding terrorism and drugs, even though it greatly expands our freedom, and there's magnitudes more greenbacks used for illicit purposes. Ultimately the price of Bitcoin will go sky high as it becomes completely black market and the government and banks cut off all supply flow that they can, and seize as much Bitcoin and money as possible.
Bitcoin corporations who are trying to do it by the book are writing their own death warrants by giving the government complete knowledge of their operations. They won't be around much longer. Major warning signs are already there, Coinbase which used to be a great exchange for all Americans is now banning their biggest customers. It's obvious the government is over their shoulder controlling them, and gradually mutilating their business until one day they issue arrest warrants for all the executives and raid their building, seizing all customer funds regardless of what theyre being used for.
Okay, how about you stop spreading nonsense and propaganda? It is unfortunate that you've had problems with the software. After making such a post, you do not deserve help.Time and time again government agencies and banks are publishing laws about Bitcoin that say it is dangerous due to widespread theft, and a laundry list of all other possible negatives with no positives, which is the definition of bias. There are big forces at work trying to keep Bitcoin down and it's had a major effect, Bitcoin's market capitalization has constantly declined for most of the time between now and the peak in late 2013, when Bitcoin hit the scene and got the attention of all the banks and lawmakers. It's been quite steady for 6 months since January though, even bad news constantly released by the government and outright destruction of major Bitcoin players isn't causing drastic crashes. I think this is because Bitcoin is inexorably expanding across the globe and there's more demand to buy it. I think Bitcoin will grow in capitalization nicely from now until many years in the future, unfortunately the government of the USA is likely to obliterate the major Bitcoin corporations like Coinbase, and the smaller corps with several million of sales per year will be forced out of business by regulations. They will say Bitcoin is a direct threat to freedom by funding terrorism and drugs, even though it greatly expands our freedom, and there's magnitudes more greenbacks used for illicit purposes. Ultimately the price of Bitcoin will go sky high as it becomes completely black market and the government and banks cut off all supply flow that they can, and seize as much Bitcoin and money as possible.
Bitcoin corporations who are trying to do it by the book are writing their own death warrants by giving the government complete knowledge of their operations. They won't be around much longer. Major warning signs are already there, Coinbase which used to be a great exchange for all Americans is now banning their biggest customers. It's obvious the government is over their shoulder controlling them, and gradually mutilating their business until one day they issue arrest warrants for all the executives and raid their building, seizing all customer funds regardless of what theyre being used for.
Whenever I've installed Bitcoin Core I had none (zero) problems so far. This is on your end. You have no idea what the word 'difficult' means when setting up things on a computer. Try compiling Bitcoin yourself (or similar projects involving multiple libraries) and see what happens. All the propaganda that the governments are coming after Bitcoin is just FUD. Bitcoin is steadily being adapted by major corporations and legalized in various places. Nobody can stop Bitcoin, deal with it.
You should really educate yourself before you start making such walls of text.
I called AT&T to unblock the port, and totally deleted all files and re-installed, and now its downloading nicely. 12 gb so far. Still only in december 2013 tho.
No one hit the nail on the head here for the 0.045 btc bounty, but I'll be sending 0.01 btc to the people who provided hints that pointed me in the right direction once its completely synchronized.
No one hit the nail on the head here for the 0.045 btc bounty, but I'll be sending 0.01 btc to the people who provided hints that pointed me in the right direction once its completely synchronized.
Wait.. Your provider is blocking common bitcoin port by default ? Or you just mean for them to remote port forward on your router via remote router login?
Anyways glad to see you making progress. Keep us informed on how's it going.
cheers
Bitcoin Core was the first wallet that I ever used/downloaded, I still have it but only use it for change really & the signature campaign that I am in, the entirety of my main stash is in cold storage.
I initially used Core because back then as a total noob I wanted to use the 'official product', basically just wanted to be safe & not get scammed.
It takes way too long to download & even now when I catch up on a weeks worth of blocks or something it often gets stuck on e.g. '12 hours to go' for ages so I have to close it down & start it back up again to kick it back into action.
If I started again as a noob today with more knowledge I wouldn't bother downloading the whole blockchain with Core.
What are you using for cold storage?I initially used Core because back then as a total noob I wanted to use the 'official product', basically just wanted to be safe & not get scammed.
It takes way too long to download & even now when I catch up on a weeks worth of blocks or something it often gets stuck on e.g. '12 hours to go' for ages so I have to close it down & start it back up again to kick it back into action.
If I started again as a noob today with more knowledge I wouldn't bother downloading the whole blockchain with Core.
Im paranoid myself with anything that doesn't have the blockchain downloaded locally myself. Electrum would be just as good I guess, but im used to core.
Is Armory better and works faster?
I'd start over. Something is corrupt. Remove Bitcoin QT including the bitcoin %appdata% . Disable antivirus. Connect direct to internet bypassing router and download QT. You'll get far more than 8 active connections (I've had 28 connections doing this, essentially you're running a full node). It will still take a day or so to download all the transactions. Then go back through your router and reenable antivirus. (I use v0.9.3.0 so this may not help with the latest version)
Have you tried restarting your computer? 
yes, restart and shutdown is not the same result on Win8 ...
if you don't have change this on energy proprieties. 
Don't use bitcoin qt then. I agree it is a bit of a ballache for new users but I don't really think there's any need to use it with all the lite clients we have nowadays. Get one of them or a blockchain.info wallet and you're good to go immediately.
No, I will never leave my coins and private keys on a website I don't control. Maybe that's fine for people who use small amounts of Bitcoin, I use hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Bitcoin so it simply isn't an option. why not? if the computer is clean and he is not using it for something else i can't see any problem, you have a easy spendable wallet in this way, and to be secure that your destkop is clean , format the hdd everytime you put you precious wallet inside
there are virus that target the bios yes, but this is another story
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2015-06-07 20:06:24 ERROR: AcceptBlockHeader : block is marked invalid
The last block you downloaded failed validation, was marked as invalid and written to disk. At this point, you are stuck behind it.
1. Install the latest official client.
2. Then use the RPC command "reconsiderblock lastblock you have", i.e. reconsiderblock 331000 (or 330299 or 331001)
You get the right number with "getinfo".
Don't use bitcoin qt then. I agree it is a bit of a ballache for new users but I don't really think there's any need to use it with all the lite clients we have nowadays. Get one of them or a blockchain.info wallet and you're good to go immediately.
No, I will never leave my coins and private keys on a website I don't control. Maybe that's fine for people who use small amounts of Bitcoin, I use hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Bitcoin so it simply isn't an option. It doesnt have to be. He can move the wallet.dat away from PC and to a secure drive while he's not using it. Right now it's important for OP to sync with the network,
nothing more. Later he can just return the wallet.dat to its place.
At this point i would delete everything but the wallet itself, just copy it and return there later (check manualy for roaming/bitcoin/), and reinstall core. There's no chance router is giving you problems with port now if it worked before..
Check out Electrum if you're considering to change you client, im starting to move there also, but mainly because core is slow, not because i think its bad overall.
cheers
Don't use bitcoin qt then. I agree it is a bit of a ballache for new users but I don't really think there's any need to use it with all the lite clients we have nowadays. Get one of them or a blockchain.info wallet and you're good to go immediately.
No, I will never leave my coins and private keys on a website I don't control. Maybe that's fine for people who use small amounts of Bitcoin, I use hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Bitcoin so it simply isn't an option. I'm going to have to go ahead and advise against storing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of BTC on a laptop connected to the internet.
Bitcoin Core was the first wallet that I ever used/downloaded, I still have it but only use it for change really & the signature campaign that I am in, the entirety of my main stash is in cold storage.
I initially used Core because back then as a total noob I wanted to use the 'official product', basically just wanted to be safe & not get scammed.
It takes way too long to download & even now when I catch up on a weeks worth of blocks or something it often gets stuck on e.g. '12 hours to go' for ages so I have to close it down & start it back up again to kick it back into action.
If I started again as a noob today with more knowledge I wouldn't bother downloading the whole blockchain with Core.
I initially used Core because back then as a total noob I wanted to use the 'official product', basically just wanted to be safe & not get scammed.
It takes way too long to download & even now when I catch up on a weeks worth of blocks or something it often gets stuck on e.g. '12 hours to go' for ages so I have to close it down & start it back up again to kick it back into action.
If I started again as a noob today with more knowledge I wouldn't bother downloading the whole blockchain with Core.
there are other light weight wallets better suited for you if you don't like having the entire blockchain on your computer. but newbies don't know that unfortunately. they don't know what the difference is and complain about bitcoin core being very slow.
I can't imagine being a noob and trying to download the whole blockchain in 2015.
have you try since 56% of Bitcoin network have move to the v0.10.x branch ... ?
you may have a little surprise to see that only CPU and Hard Drive slow down ... the download process (ORPHAN identification, to be precise).
Bitcoin Core was the first wallet that I ever used/downloaded, I still have it but only use it for change really & the signature campaign that I am in, the entirety of my main stash is in cold storage.
I initially used Core because back then as a total noob I wanted to use the 'official product', basically just wanted to be safe & not get scammed.
It takes way too long to download & even now when I catch up on a weeks worth of blocks or something it often gets stuck on e.g. '12 hours to go' for ages so I have to close it down & start it back up again to kick it back into action.
If I started again as a noob today with more knowledge I wouldn't bother downloading the whole blockchain with Core.
I initially used Core because back then as a total noob I wanted to use the 'official product', basically just wanted to be safe & not get scammed.
It takes way too long to download & even now when I catch up on a weeks worth of blocks or something it often gets stuck on e.g. '12 hours to go' for ages so I have to close it down & start it back up again to kick it back into action.
If I started again as a noob today with more knowledge I wouldn't bother downloading the whole blockchain with Core.
Bitcoin Core (formerly QT) wasn't designed as the ultimate user friendly wallet.. thats why noobs shouldn't run Bitcoin Core. Bitcoin Core should only be run by those that want to support the network and understand the requeriments (HD space and a powerful computer). Sadly I wish Bitcoin Core as less sys requeriment intensive so it could be run in any cheap laptop.
I still use it because im so used to it and im basicaly lazy to move my funds to any other wallet.
I also find more secure a wallet.dat file encrypted than a Brain wallet for example. I wish I could trust brain wallets but im too paranoid lol.
Not only it is CPU and RAM and HDD intensive, the problem is a lot of people have problems downloading the blockchain. For example me. For some reason the download is super slow and takes ages to get green lines on the peers thing. I have bitcoin-qt whitelisted on my firewall.. dunno. It takes fucking ages to download. I can't imagine being a noob and trying to download the whole blockchain in 2015.I still use it because im so used to it and im basicaly lazy to move my funds to any other wallet.
I also find more secure a wallet.dat file encrypted than a Brain wallet for example. I wish I could trust brain wallets but im too paranoid lol.
Is Bitcoin XT any better in this aspect?
Ok I think I figured it out, the firewall is probably blocking any incoming connections. Mcafee (which I never wanted) controls the windows firewall. I can't even view the mcafee settings since my trial expired, what a piece of shit
So maybe bitcoin qt isnt that bad afterall, I'll update if it works after removing firewall.
So maybe bitcoin qt isnt that bad afterall, I'll update if it works after removing firewall.
uninstall the antivirus software.
Ok I think I figured it out, the firewall is probably blocking any incoming connections.
remove QoS strategy ... if you can.
Bitcoin Core (formerly QT) wasn't designed as the ultimate user friendly wallet.. thats why noobs shouldn't run Bitcoin Core. Bitcoin Core should only be run by those that want to support the network and understand the requeriments (HD space and a powerful computer). Sadly I wish Bitcoin Core as less sys requeriment intensive so it could be run in any cheap laptop.
I still use it because im so used to it and im basicaly lazy to move my funds to any other wallet.
I also find more secure a wallet.dat file encrypted than a Brain wallet for example. I wish I could trust brain wallets but im too paranoid lol.
I still use it because im so used to it and im basicaly lazy to move my funds to any other wallet.
I also find more secure a wallet.dat file encrypted than a Brain wallet for example. I wish I could trust brain wallets but im too paranoid lol.
The problem here is that it seems that Core thinks that all of the nodes that it has connected are misbehaving. It calculated their banscore, and that is greater than the threshold set, so it automatically disconnects. It looks like it might not be connecting to any nodes because of this. Open help > debug window and tell us what you see next to "Number of connections" I think it is stuck at 28 weeks because that was the most recent block that the bootstrap.dat file had.
I actually did that yesterday, downloaded the 21 GB torrent and put it in that folder. For some reason Bitcoin QT keeps renaming it as bootstrap.dat.old, which makes me think it's not using it.
It does that once it is done using it. The bootstrap file is not up to date with the rest of the network. It is in fact quite behind it. If you are using the latest version of Bitcoin Core, the bootstrap.dat file is not necessary.It would help us diagnose the issue if you could post your debug.log.
I've decided to give 0.045 BTC to the person who gives me the info I need to get my wallet working.
Have you tried restarting it using the -reindex -rescan flags?
You make a shortcut to the qt .exe file, then right click the shortcut and select properties from the list shown. Add this to the end of the text shown in the target field.
-reindex -rescan
Be sure to include a space between the original text in the field and -reindex -rescan
Double click the shortcut to start your bitcoin wallet using the -reindex -rescan flags
It's been a while since I downloaded the bitcoin wallet.
How long does it take to synch a new wallet now?
it took me a week to get tired, bored and impatient with it being downloaded with a slow net connection. Been using one of the smaller wallets "that doesn't need a month's wait". How long does it take to synch a new wallet now?
No my laptop is high quality. If you actually read the post you would see that Bitcoin QT has stopped synchronizing for me, it is not making any progress, not even 1 block more.
open the CPU/Hard drive activity to see if you are in 100% ... of using power.
because you have a very low PC.
netbook, especially ... instead of recreate the blockchain in 2-3 days (continuous working) ... do this in ... 1 week.
connection is not the point.
Hard drive and CPU are the point.
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actually, you need less than 24h to download the 40Go of blockchain ... and 1-2 days for recreate the blockchain (CPU and Hard Drive).
netbook, especially ... instead of recreate the blockchain in 2-3 days (continuous working) ... do this in ... 1 week.
connection is not the point.
Hard drive and CPU are the point.
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actually, you need less than 24h to download the 40Go of blockchain ... and 1-2 days for recreate the blockchain (CPU and Hard Drive).
It's been a while since I downloaded the bitcoin wallet.
How long does it take to synch a new wallet now?
To be honest though, bitcoin hasn't ever forked and I never had to download a new wallet since long time,
and that is good because I think some people have troubles trying to get their coins from an old wallet into a new wallet.
How long does it take to synch a new wallet now?
To be honest though, bitcoin hasn't ever forked and I never had to download a new wallet since long time,
and that is good because I think some people have troubles trying to get their coins from an old wallet into a new wallet.
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