Oops! I was using the [] when entering the address. Your response fixed the problem and gave me the private key.
So far I am successfully downloading Bitcoin-QT on another computer. I have about a year of blocks left to download. Thank you for all of your support. I didn't not do a good job of researching this wallet beforehand. Other than it was the most secure.
Topic: Bitcoin .11 Initial Blockchain Download Problem (Read 3579 times)
My wallet was unlocked before I did the dumpprivkey[] call. Yet, I still got the Invalid Bitcoin address (code -5).
I went to Blockchain.info to find the right address. It lists:
Total Transactions = 1
Total Received = amount of my BC transaction
Total Balance = amount of my BC transaction
Why Bitcoin-QT telling me my address code is invalid when Blockchain.info recognizes it?
I went to Blockchain.info to find the right address. It lists:
Total Transactions = 1
Total Received = amount of my BC transaction
Total Balance = amount of my BC transaction
Why Bitcoin-QT telling me my address code is invalid when Blockchain.info recognizes it?
Not sure, might be a typo issue. Make sure its as below, just with your address.
dumpprivkey 1EaNWN7iLpEFS6EtRw1EajssLgaXW5FBf2
Why does Blockchain list BC received when I have not completed the transaction so to speak?
The transaction is completed without your wallets knowledge. Your local copy does not matter. Thats why you can export the private key and use it elsewhere.
My wallet was unlocked before I did the dumpprivkey[] call. Yet, I still got the Invalid Bitcoin address (code -5).
I went to Blockchain.info to find the right address. It lists:
Total Transactions = 1
Total Received = amount of my BC transaction
Total Balance = amount of my BC transaction
Why Bitcoin-QT telling me my address code is invalid when Blockchain.info recognizes it? Why does Blockchain list BC received when I have not completed the transaction so to speak?
I went to Blockchain.info to find the right address. It lists:
Total Transactions = 1
Total Received = amount of my BC transaction
Total Balance = amount of my BC transaction
Why Bitcoin-QT telling me my address code is invalid when Blockchain.info recognizes it? Why does Blockchain list BC received when I have not completed the transaction so to speak?
The initial synchronization is beginning to be a hassle so I thought I might get my private key and transfer my wallet to Blockchain.info.
I followed the directions in [How do I export my private keys from my Bitcoin-QT?] to get my private key. All I get back for dumpprivkey[] is Invalid Bitcoin address (code -5). I thought maybe I had the wrong address so I entered listreceivedbyaddress 0 true.
There are only a couple of addresses since I have a new wallet. All of the addresses returned the same Invalid Bitcoin address. What is going on? I know one of these addresses was used to give to an exchange for my new BC. Is it simply because my blockchain is incomplete and the transaction is incomplete?
If your wallet is locked you will need to use the walletpassphrase command before dumping the private keys to unlock the wallet. I followed the directions in [How do I export my private keys from my Bitcoin-QT?] to get my private key. All I get back for dumpprivkey[] is Invalid Bitcoin address (code -5). I thought maybe I had the wrong address so I entered listreceivedbyaddress 0 true.
There are only a couple of addresses since I have a new wallet. All of the addresses returned the same Invalid Bitcoin address. What is going on? I know one of these addresses was used to give to an exchange for my new BC. Is it simply because my blockchain is incomplete and the transaction is incomplete?
The initial synchronization is beginning to be a hassle so I thought I might get my private key and transfer my wallet to Blockchain.info.
I followed the directions in [How do I export my private keys from my Bitcoin-QT?] to get my private key. All I get back for dumpprivkey[] is Invalid Bitcoin address (code -5). I thought maybe I had the wrong address so I entered listreceivedbyaddress 0 true.
There are only a couple of addresses since I have a new wallet. All of the addresses returned the same Invalid Bitcoin address. What is going on? I know one of these addresses was used to give to an exchange for my new BC. Is it simply because my blockchain is incomplete and the transaction is incomplete?
I followed the directions in [How do I export my private keys from my Bitcoin-QT?] to get my private key. All I get back for dumpprivkey[] is Invalid Bitcoin address (code -5). I thought maybe I had the wrong address so I entered listreceivedbyaddress 0 true.
There are only a couple of addresses since I have a new wallet. All of the addresses returned the same Invalid Bitcoin address. What is going on? I know one of these addresses was used to give to an exchange for my new BC. Is it simply because my blockchain is incomplete and the transaction is incomplete?
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I also tried importing my wallet.dat file into Blockchain.info in hopes to simply drop QT altogether but I keep getting connection refused. Isn't it looking for my encryption passphrase when it requests a password? Please someone help b/c I am about to throw my computer out the window.
I also tried importing my wallet.dat file into Blockchain.info in hopes to simply drop QT altogether but I keep getting connection refused. Isn't it looking for my encryption passphrase when it requests a password? Please someone help b/c I am about to throw my computer out the window.
They no longer offer that service. The site is still there but the script behind it was removed.
You would have to export the private keys yourself.
Here is the log right before it shut down again.
2015-09-19 18:53:58 LoadExternalBlockFile: Processing out of order child 000000000000007e163d3c7e43d39c5616e334249e3584dfbed7b9266f5e818a of 000000000000013e3836ba653f5b31c02bcadd70b1b1b8d0eacf89ab927360f2
2015-09-19 18:53:58 LevelDB read failure: Corruption: block checksum mismatch
2015-09-19 18:53:58 Corruption: block checksum mismatch
2015-09-19 18:54:18 Error reading from database: Database corrupted
The problem is that second to last line.2015-09-19 18:53:58 LoadExternalBlockFile: Processing out of order child 000000000000007e163d3c7e43d39c5616e334249e3584dfbed7b9266f5e818a of 000000000000013e3836ba653f5b31c02bcadd70b1b1b8d0eacf89ab927360f2
2015-09-19 18:53:58 LevelDB read failure: Corruption: block checksum mismatch
2015-09-19 18:53:58 Corruption: block checksum mismatch
2015-09-19 18:54:18 Error reading from database: Database corrupted
This could be a hardware error like your hard drive failing. Run some hardware diagnostics to check that.
Would you let me know specifically what I need to do uninstall/reinstall while saving my keys? Do I simply need to save my wallet.dat file and reinsert into ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/ after reinstall?
You only need the wallet.dat file.
Here is the log right before it shut down again.
2015-09-19 18:53:58 LoadExternalBlockFile: Processing out of order child 000000000000007e163d3c7e43d39c5616e334249e3584dfbed7b9266f5e818a of 000000000000013e3836ba653f5b31c02bcadd70b1b1b8d0eacf89ab927360f2
2015-09-19 18:53:58 LevelDB read failure: Corruption: block checksum mismatch
2015-09-19 18:53:58 Corruption: block checksum mismatch
2015-09-19 18:54:18 Error reading from database: Database corrupted
Would you let me know specifically what I need to do uninstall/reinstall while saving my keys? Do I simply need to save my wallet.dat file and reinsert into ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/ after reinstall?
2015-09-19 18:53:58 LoadExternalBlockFile: Processing out of order child 000000000000007e163d3c7e43d39c5616e334249e3584dfbed7b9266f5e818a of 000000000000013e3836ba653f5b31c02bcadd70b1b1b8d0eacf89ab927360f2
2015-09-19 18:53:58 LevelDB read failure: Corruption: block checksum mismatch
2015-09-19 18:53:58 Corruption: block checksum mismatch
2015-09-19 18:54:18 Error reading from database: Database corrupted
Would you let me know specifically what I need to do uninstall/reinstall while saving my keys? Do I simply need to save my wallet.dat file and reinsert into ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/ after reinstall?
The debug log is huge. Would you let me know what specifically to look for in there?
There isn't anything really specific, it is just looking through it for anything that indicates database errors and shutdown. At least post everything from the last run of bitcoin core if you don't want to post everything.
The debug log is huge. Would you let me know what specifically to look for in there?
This is odd. Can you post a copy of the Debug log here? That might be able to help.
My saga continues. I thought reindexing was the answer to my problems. I entered /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt.app/Contents/MacOS/Bitcoin-Qt -reindex into my terminal. Everything was going fine for a while until Bitcoin crashed. I keep getting "Error reading data from database."
Now I am stuck in reindexing with Bitcoin continually crashing. Would someone point me to straightforward instructions on uninstalling/reinstalling the Bitcoin-QT while maintaining my existing keys? Do I just need to pull out my wallet.dat file?
I also tried importing my wallet.dat file into Blockchain.info in hopes to simply drop QT altogether but I keep getting connection refused. Isn't it looking for my encryption passphrase when it requests a password? Please someone help b/c I am about to throw my computer out the window.
Now I am stuck in reindexing with Bitcoin continually crashing. Would someone point me to straightforward instructions on uninstalling/reinstalling the Bitcoin-QT while maintaining my existing keys? Do I just need to pull out my wallet.dat file?
I also tried importing my wallet.dat file into Blockchain.info in hopes to simply drop QT altogether but I keep getting connection refused. Isn't it looking for my encryption passphrase when it requests a password? Please someone help b/c I am about to throw my computer out the window.
I have ping times ranging from 50-800 ms on my eight outbound peers. So I don't think that is a problem.
It appears there is synching occurring but there is a disconnect with my blockchain. After putting in the time to try and resolve this issue I would rather not go down another rabbit hole. Is there anything I can do to get my blockchain to reflect the recently downloaded activity.
It appears there is synching occurring but there is a disconnect with my blockchain. After putting in the time to try and resolve this issue I would rather not go down another rabbit hole. Is there anything I can do to get my blockchain to reflect the recently downloaded activity.
Is there any solution to my dilemma. I have been told to sit tight, but I have done this for over a day with no change. Would it be best to uninstall and reinstall? How do I transfer my keys?
Go to the Debug console and click the peers tab. Check that they have a ping time. Sometimes bitcoin core will say you have connections but you don't really have the connections if there is no ping time.If you want to extract your keys, you can use pywallet to extract the keys and import them elsewhere. You can also import the wallet file to blockchain.info and send the coins to a new wallet.
I have been synching all day through peers. There 8 outbound connections working to a current sync height of 375150. Unfortunately, none of this peer synching is making it onto my own blockchain on file.
My blockchain has remained at 340401 for over a day since correcting my network problem. Closing and opening the app seems to have no affect. Occasionally, I will open Bitcoin back up and my wallet will show "no block chain available." Closing and reopening again seems to fix the problem. Although nothing changed with my blockchain.
Is there any solution to my dilemma. I have been told to sit tight, but I have done this for over a day with no change. Would it be best to uninstall and reinstall? How do I transfer my keys?
My blockchain has remained at 340401 for over a day since correcting my network problem. Closing and opening the app seems to have no affect. Occasionally, I will open Bitcoin back up and my wallet will show "no block chain available." Closing and reopening again seems to fix the problem. Although nothing changed with my blockchain.
Is there any solution to my dilemma. I have been told to sit tight, but I have done this for over a day with no change. Would it be best to uninstall and reinstall? How do I transfer my keys?
It indicates 33MB received and 3 MB sent since restart in the network traffic window.
Not sure how to read the disk load other than this indicator. The wallet synch arrow on the bottom right has not moved since acquiring a new ISP. Any ideas?
Not sure how to read the disk load other than this indicator. The wallet synch arrow on the bottom right has not moved since acquiring a new ISP. Any ideas?
Not entirely sure. My best guess is that you are syncing just fine (you download data, I would assume this data is checked and stored) but since 0.11 can sync out of order it does not show any progress yet. I would just let it be for a while.
It indicates 33MB received and 3 MB sent since restart in the network traffic window.
Not sure how to read the disk load other than this indicator. The wallet synch arrow on the bottom right has not moved since acquiring a new ISP. Any ideas?
There seems to be a nice tutorial here. https://support.apple.com/en-sg/HT201464. How much disk space do you have? High disk/CPU load from Bitcoin Core could indicate that Bitcoin Core is actively synchronizing. Could you post the log file? Not sure how to read the disk load other than this indicator. The wallet synch arrow on the bottom right has not moved since acquiring a new ISP. Any ideas?
It indicates 33MB received and 3 MB sent since restart in the network traffic window.
Not sure how to read the disk load other than this indicator. The wallet synch arrow on the bottom right has not moved since acquiring a new ISP. Any ideas?
Not sure how to read the disk load other than this indicator. The wallet synch arrow on the bottom right has not moved since acquiring a new ISP. Any ideas?
Ok, the starting height of all peers is 375058 which is greater than the 340401 blocks shown in my wallet. The network traffic tab indicated >80MB received so it appears the problem is not with my peers.
None of this traffic is being added to my block. I restarted Bitcoin to see if that would fix the problem. The message "No block source available" has disappeared but my blocks remain at 340401. What is the disconnect between my peers and my own block?
None of this traffic is being added to my block. I restarted Bitcoin to see if that would fix the problem. The message "No block source available" has disappeared but my blocks remain at 340401. What is the disconnect between my peers and my own block?
Did you receive any data (>10 MB) since the restart? Is your CPU / disk load very high?
Ok, the starting height of all peers is 375058 which is greater than the 340401 blocks shown in my wallet. The network traffic tab indicated >80MB received so it appears the problem is not with my peers.
None of this traffic is being added to my block. I restarted Bitcoin to see if that would fix the problem. The message "No block source available" has disappeared but my blocks remain at 340401. What is the disconnect between my peers and my own block?
None of this traffic is being added to my block. I restarted Bitcoin to see if that would fix the problem. The message "No block source available" has disappeared but my blocks remain at 340401. What is the disconnect between my peers and my own block?
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