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2014-07-15 16:48:01 Bitcoin version v0.9.2.0-g505681f-beta (Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:26:02 +0200)
2014-07-15 16:48:01 Using OpenSSL version OpenSSL 1.0.1h 5 Jun 2014
2014-07-15 16:48:01 Using BerkeleyDB version Berkeley DB 4.8.30: (April 9, 2010)
2014-07-15 16:48:01 Default data directory
2014-07-15 16:48:01 Using data directory c:\bitcoin\data
2014-07-15 16:48:01 Using at most 250 connections (2048 file descriptors available)
2014-07-15 16:48:01 Using 8 threads for script verification
2014-07-15 16:48:01 Using wallet wallet.dat
2014-07-15 16:48:01 init message: Verifying wallet...
2014-07-15 16:48:01 CDBEnv::Open : LogDir=c:\bitcoin\data\database ErrorFile=c:\bitcoin\data\db.log
2014-07-15 16:48:02 Bound to [::]:8333
2014-07-15 16:48:02 Bound to 0.0.0.0:8333
2014-07-15 16:48:02 AddLocal(66.232.104.157:8333,5)
2014-07-15 16:48:02 init message: Loading block index...
2014-07-15 16:48:02 Opening LevelDB in c:\bitcoin\data\blocks\index
2014-07-15 16:48:02 Opened LevelDB successfully
2014-07-15 16:48:02 Opening LevelDB in c:\bitcoin\data\chainstate
2014-07-15 16:48:02 Opened LevelDB successfully
2014-07-15 16:48:11 LoadBlockIndexDB(): last block file = 157
2014-07-15 16:48:11 LoadBlockIndexDB(): last block file info: CBlockFileInfo(blocks=132, size=35903286, heights=310658...310789, time=2014-07-14...2014-07-15)
2014-07-15 16:48:11 LoadBlockIndexDB(): transaction index enabled
2014-07-15 16:48:11 LoadBlockIndexDB(): hashBestChain=000000000000000033cd828bf6b8662f424f165def4ccd6d3bf0aa86c89a4680 height=310789 date=2014-07-15 04:05:56 progress=0.998249
2014-07-15 16:48:11 init message: Verifying blocks...
2014-07-15 16:48:11 Verifying last 288 blocks at level 3
2014-07-15 16:48:41 No coin database inconsistencies in last 289 blocks (116571 transactions)
2014-07-15 16:48:42 block index 40463ms
2014-07-15 16:48:42 init message: Loading wallet...
2014-07-15 16:48:42 nFileVersion = 90200
2014-07-15 16:48:42 Keys: 0 plaintext, 1920 encrypted, 414 w/ metadata, 1920 total
2014-07-15 16:48:42 wallet 234ms
2014-07-15 16:48:42 init message: Rescanning...
2014-07-15 16:48:42 Rescanning last 37 blocks (from block 310752)...
2014-07-15 04:03:13 UpdateTip: new best=0000000000000000254ad6360f213075ec51b80209d4ec432b84f25c165151d1 height=310788 log2_work=79.720254 tx=42550544 date=2014-07-15 04:02:37 progress=0.999999
2014-07-15 04:03:13 ProcessBlock: ACCEPTED
2014-07-15 04:03:57 receive version message: /Satoshi:0.8.1/: version 70001, blocks=308362, us=, them=5.44.169.75:8333, peer=5.44.169.75:51840
2014-07-15 04:04:15 receive version message: /bitcoinseeder:0.01/: version 60000, blocks=230000, us=, them=0.0.0.0:0, peer=178.18.90.41:52823
2014-07-15 04:05:09 socket recv error An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host. (10054)
2014-07-15 04:05:11 ResendWalletTransactions()
2014-07-15 04:06:00 UpdateTip: new best=000000000000000033cd828bf6b8662f424f165def4ccd6d3bf0aa86c89a4680 height=310789 log2_work=79.720361 tx=42550658 date=2014-07-15 04:05:56 progress=1.000000
2014-07-15 04:06:00 ProcessBlock: ACCEPTED
2014-07-15 04:06:32 Unable to open file c:\bitcoin\data\blocks\blk00157.dat
2014-07-15 04:06:32 ERROR: ReadBlockFromDisk : OpenBlockFile failed