Bitcoin txns stuck at 0 confirms after wallet.dat restore

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Quote from: BookLover on August 20, 2011, 08:26:13 AM

I don't know much about Ubuntu, but I have some ideas of what might be wrong. Did you put this file in the same one which your wallet is in by default, and do you have file extensions enabled for known file types?

P.S. How long have you tried to connect before turning off the client, on a bad day it can still take ~20 min.

Yes it's in the same folder as that which the wallet is in by default. I don't know if Linux has an "enable file extensions for know file types" option.

It has been on for 10min now, I'll leave it for a while longer. Before, I was canceling it after ~5min. But it doesn't seem to do doing anything though, still 0 blocks, 0 connections, but all my transactions are showing.

Quote from: RaTTuS on August 20, 2011, 02:36:15 AM

stop the client
in .bitcoin
create bitcoin.conf
and put

addnode=192.0.2.6
addnode=67.215.65.132
addnode=99.27.237.13
addnode=94.209.188.239
addnode=74.82.216.10
addnode=66.221.254.71
addnode=75.158.131.108
addnode=200.35.150.50

addnode=46.4.167.32
addnode=62.75.216.13
addnode=93.159.111.85
addnode=62.75.218.18
addnode=83.169.11.67
addnode=80.237.211.92
addnode=85.10.193.82
addnode=46.4.48.203
addnode=46.4.88.20

that in
restart the client

That is exactly what I did. Same thing with the sample bitcoin.conf suggested by Maged...

Quote from: Maged on August 17, 2011, 01:37:17 AM

Here's a sample file, if you want to see most of the options:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin#Sample_Bitcoin.conf

...but still nothing Cry

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I don't know much about Ubuntu, but I have some ideas of what might be wrong. Did you put this file in the same one which your wallet is in by default, and do you have file extensions enabled for known file types?

P.S. How long have you tried to connect before turning off the client, on a bad day it can still take ~20 min.

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Bite me

stop the client
in .bitcoin
create bitcoin.conf
and put

addnode=192.0.2.6
addnode=67.215.65.132
addnode=99.27.237.13
addnode=94.209.188.239
addnode=74.82.216.10
addnode=66.221.254.71
addnode=75.158.131.108
addnode=200.35.150.50

addnode=46.4.167.32
addnode=62.75.216.13
addnode=93.159.111.85
addnode=62.75.218.18
addnode=83.169.11.67
addnode=80.237.211.92
addnode=85.10.193.82
addnode=46.4.48.203
addnode=46.4.88.20

that in
restart the client

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I've tried both these, and still nothing Huh

Quote from: Maged on August 17, 2011, 01:37:17 AM

Here's a sample file, if you want to see most of the options:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin#Sample_Bitcoin.conf

Quote from: BookLover on August 16, 2011, 01:08:38 PM

Go to C/Users/your user account name/Appdata/Roaming/Bitcoin and put these lines in the bitcoin.conf file:

addnode=192.0.2.6
addnode=67.215.65.132
addnode=99.27.237.13
addnode=94.209.188.239
addnode=74.82.216.10
addnode=66.221.254.71
addnode=75.158.131.108
addnode=200.35.150.50

addnode=46.4.167.32
addnode=62.75.216.13
addnode=93.159.111.85
addnode=62.75.218.18
addnode=83.169.11.67
addnode=80.237.211.92
addnode=85.10.193.82
addnode=46.4.48.203
addnode=46.4.88.20

P.S. Appdata is a hidden file, to show hidden files go to folder options and deselect hide hidden folders.

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Here's a sample file, if you want to see most of the options:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin#Sample_Bitcoin.conf

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Bite me

create the file
I think it does not exist origannly - as there is no need

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Quote from: jackjack on August 16, 2011, 01:38:24 PM

~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf

Edit: you replace your wallet.dat so you know where is bitcoin.conf I guess Grin

I can't see bitcoin.conf, when I cd into ~/.bitcoin and run "ls -a" I get this:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~/.bitcoin$ ls -a
. blk0001.dat __db.001 __db.004 db.log wallet.dat
.. blkindex.dat __db.002 __db.005 debug.log
addr.dat database __db.003 __db.006 .lock

I tried running " $ nano ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf" - but it says it's a new file. BTW I'm using the latest version.

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~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf

Edit: you replace your wallet.dat so you know where is bitcoin.conf I guess Grin

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Quote from: BookLover on August 16, 2011, 01:08:38 PM

Go to C/Users/your user account name/Appdata/Roaming/Bitcoin and put these lines in the bitcoin.conf file:

Sorry, forgot to mention I use ubuntu Tongue

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Go to C/Users/your user account name/Appdata/Roaming/Bitcoin and put these lines in the bitcoin.conf file:

addnode=192.0.2.6
addnode=67.215.65.132
addnode=99.27.237.13
addnode=94.209.188.239
addnode=74.82.216.10
addnode=66.221.254.71
addnode=75.158.131.108
addnode=200.35.150.50

addnode=46.4.167.32
addnode=62.75.216.13
addnode=93.159.111.85
addnode=62.75.218.18
addnode=83.169.11.67
addnode=80.237.211.92
addnode=85.10.193.82
addnode=46.4.48.203
addnode=46.4.88.20

P.S. Appdata is a hidden file, to show hidden files go to folder options and deselect hide hidden folders.

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Quote from: jackjack on August 16, 2011, 09:55:38 AM

Replacing wallets is ok, that's not the problem
Maybe you configured a proxy in your old wallet?

Quote from: BookLover on August 16, 2011, 10:55:49 AM

Have you put any addnode commands in your bitcoin.conf file? They can really speed up the connection process.

How do I fix this?

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Have you put any addnode commands in your bitcoin.conf file? They can really speed up the connection process.

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Replacing wallets is ok, that's not the problem
Maybe you configured a proxy in your old wallet?

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There is nothing wrong with my connection or firewall because when I started the bitcoin program (before replacing the wallet.dat file) it was downloading normally. This is only happening after I close the program and replace the empty wallet with the one I am recovering. Or am I not supposed to do this?

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If you don't have connection, check your firewall
As soon as you will have connections, you will download the blockchain

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Yeah, the problem is that it's stuck on 0 connections and the block count is stuck on zero as well. It isn't downloading the block chain. How do I make it do so?

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bottom right corner of wallet xxxxx Blocks
when it reaches 141185 (current) all will be good again
new wallets require the blockchain to be re-downloaded or backed up and restores

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Hi,

I have a back up copy of an old wallet.dat that was on a machine that is not working. So I wanted to put it on my new bitcoin client (blank) on my new pc. I downloaded the btc client and deleted the empty wallet and replaced it with the one I want to recover. After I do that, I can see all the transactions from the backed-up wallet but everything is on 0 confirms and my balance is 0.00 even though it should be positive. Please help.

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