Topic: Are my "segwit" funds lost? (Read 188 times)

Thx. That is it. I am online now.

Ready for another test transaction.
Do I need to keep something specific in mind before I do so?

Add listen=1 in there and try again.

I just installed fresh, recent bitcoin-QT providing alternative blockchain location during installation/first run.
Then I placed a config file "bitcoin.conf" into the blockchain data directory with the following content:


Here is the QT debug log: https://pastebin.com/kM6uqwVa

That means ArmoryDB cannot find your node. What settings are you running BitcoinQt with?

Man, that is such a relief!

I did restore the paper backup on my day to day PC after I let the bitcoin core download the entire blockchain fresh again.
I assume the massive problems with armory from the other thread were because of the blockchain beeing corrupted in some way; I moved it multiple times between multiple PCs using USB drive (with different OS's) and downgraded bitcoin core at some point (supporting older blockchain format) and later back up again.
This might have been the reason why armory got stuck on block 300K-something for days - but may be it was the week CPU :-) Does not matter now.

I see my restored wallet (armory was ready after just one hour), and I see my 0.01 BTC outgoing test transaction from january and the most important part - I see the rest BTC as a spendable amount in the same wallet!

Jeez am I happy to see that!

A recap from this and the another thread of mine:

1) I had an initial amount X BTC on a legacy address (1.......) in a wallet restored from paper backup
2) I did a successfull test transaction to a segwit address (3......) on my trezor about 0.01 BTC
3) Armory reported the full balance going out and then the remaining amount coming in again. The block explorer confirms this: one legacy input address and two segwit output addresses.
4) But the remaining balance was "not spendable", because my armory back then was stuck in the past block 300K-something
5) Now after fresh paper backup restore on another PC and with fresh blockchain data I see the remaining amount in my restored wallet.

Unfortunatelly armory shows me "node offline (513764 blocks)".

Now I need final assistance how to proceed from here to be ablo to transfer the rest out. I am in advance user interface and did nothing sofar after armory reported ready syncing the transaction history.
Bitcoin core is managing the blockchain running in parallel.
Armory is set up not to manage bitcoinditself.
Both (bitcoin-QT and Armory) are pointed to the blockchain data in a non-standard location.
Bitcoin-QT is set up to start the RPC server by means of "bitcoin.conf" entry "server=1". bitcoin.conf is inside the blockchain data directory.

Please provide me with detailed instructions, since I will not risk any klick without beeing instructed to do so :-)

Yes. Forever means forever, at least in here.

First of all, what was the initial transaction id?
when you sent the small test amount, the rest was sent to a change address in armory, the paper wallet only contains one address and as long as you have spent the funds there, its no longer useful. if you made a backup of armory, it is still possible to recover you coins.

Hi,

there I am again. I had a real hard time to get armory running on windows to restore an old paper wallet.
At the end, I did not manage to do so because of the hardware beeing no powerfull enough in the long run.

I will close that disscussion there and open a new topic because I have a real bad feeling about one thinkg.

As you can read in my initial post here https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/armory-on-windows-just-does-not-sync-2771447 - please have a look at that first post only.

You will see, that I was able to make one and only one test transaction from my restored non-segwit address to a segwit address on my trezor.
As a result I have seen a strange result after the transaction. From the memory I can describe it as follows:

1) My small test amount went to my trezor address (and has been received there correctly)
2) All the rest went out as well from the non-segwit address to a second segwit-address and the total balance of my armory wallet was OK but not spendable - armory was stuck in block three hundred something and did not get the confirmation.

I can see the result today on blockchain info exactly like this: one input, with two outputs leaving 0 BTC on my input address.

I left it at that point and then started to ask for help in the other thread to get armory to fatch the entire transaction history up to the recent blocks five hundred and something.
Long story short - I did not manage to get it this far and just gave up until I have a new PC.

BUT, during the process of try and error I deleted the "armory user-directory" completely one time.

Now the final question: Is my old paper wallet of any use now there is this nice sounding info at the beginning, that the "Paper wallet is *Forever*".
I kind of had that in mind, deleting my armory user directory, beeing sure the paper wallet is all I need until the end of days of that wallet.

Now - does that *Forever* mean, that also all future addresses from that wallet, including the segwit adresses are save to be restored?

If not - I am preatty fu...ed!

Please give me the true now *goatpig*, so I can start getting drunk for the rest of the year.