I've got coins in a wallet.dat from the initial version back in June - v0.3.3.1
How do I safely get those coins into the latest version? I see reports that others have lost coins updating to the new version so I don't want to make a mistake
You should import the wallet using the 'import legacy wallet' button in the GUI. After you import the legacy wallet, you will need to restart 'siad'. Please don't open any version of the software older than 0.3.3.3.
The GUI for OSX isn't working. I've let it sit for hours wondering if it's supposed to be loading the blockchain.
Errors came up first time I opened the GUI.
I made a mistake packaging the binary. The fix will be ready soon, we are cleaning up a few other mistakes as well before putting out 0.4.2.
BEFORE I INVEST QUESTIONS:
1. Can I share my files with other Sia users or post them up like torrents?
2. Is there a a torrent system where people can get paid for seeding?
3. Are there any other coins working right now that allow me to do what Sia Coin does?
4. What does Sia stand for?
5. What makes Sia different from Storj?
1. Yes. siafiles.com is a site to help facilitate this. A lot of the infrastructure for sharing is still under construction.
2. Not yet, but such a system is planned, and can easily be integrated with the existing protocol. No hardforks or softforks will be needed, just fancier client software.
3. I don't think so. Storj is still in development. They have been rewarding people for offering storage to the network, but do not have downloads working yet.
4. Sia stands for highly efficient free market decentralized cloud storage.
5. The biggest thing is that the Sia protocol has launched, while the storj protocol is still in test-group-B (from what I last remember). Fundamentally, the goals of the two projects are very similar. Sia has a strong long-term enterprise focus.
Ok, so I deleted everything except the wallet files. Let it sync and now I have 2568971.37 SC again when I unlocked my wallet. Still 5M SC short...
I'll wait a few more blocks as suggested and restart the wallet completely. I'll know more in a few hours.
edit: I'm now at block 16275 (for future ref.)
Have shut down the wallet (reboot comp) for over 8 hours. Restarted sia gui 0.4.1 just now. Still a balance of only 2568971.37 S and should be
7568971.37 S
I tried everything I can think of and haven't deleted any wallet files in the process. Still there's 5M SC missing from my wallet.
I'm still out 5.000.000SC or half my total balance after a single deposit to poloniex. All suggested fixes didn't work.
kept original wallet files, restarted, resync, wait a few blocks, unlock, restart,... (tried in different order)
I am still working with Pito001 via PM to figure out where the coins went. At this point we're not sure what address they are in, but by using the block explorer and the client's transaction history, we should at least be able to figure that out. Once we know what address the coins have landed in, we can continue to narrow things down.