You won't lose any coins unless you delete the wallet.dat file. So if you are concerned you already have a backup of your wallet.dat right? If you don't STOP and make a backup of the wallet.dat.
Now you can delete the blockchain (all other .dat files EXCEPT the wallet.dat) and relaunch the client and it will download it again. You can never lose access to coins unless you lose the wallet.dat file.
If after deleting blockchain it still doesn't download correctly there are a couple places where you can download a complete copy, then relaunch the client. If you are concerned about spoofed block chain (not possible) you can use the -checkblocks command line argument (bitcoind -checkblocks) to force the client to reverify each block.
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I dont want to do anything to lose the bitcoins I have in the wallet ive got a fair amount in there and not looking for them to just poof away!! anyone have any ideas ive tried doing the port and its still just stuck on 152083
how do i go about getting the file from someone else? should i try uninstalling and downloading the client again would this solve my problem? such a mind bender it was working fine a few days ago
Someone maintains a downloadable copy of the block chain you can grab as well. This will download much faster than waiting for the client to do it from scratch.
Tried the 8333 port
I have a belkin router if that makes a difference I went to my virtual servers screen and typed in 8333 in all the necessary areas
I am pretty sure blockchain is necessary for me to get my btc, right now it is currently stuck at 152083 my firewall is not blocking it and I have about 11-20 connections on average and nothing changes
thanks to both of you for replying! much appreciated I hope i can figure this problem out soon, I read that i should delete my blockchain file and redownload from 0 but am trying to use this as my last possible option hope to get this sorted asap!!
I have a belkin router if that makes a difference I went to my virtual servers screen and typed in 8333 in all the necessary areas
I am pretty sure blockchain is necessary for me to get my btc, right now it is currently stuck at 152083 my firewall is not blocking it and I have about 11-20 connections on average and nothing changes
thanks to both of you for replying! much appreciated I hope i can figure this problem out soon, I read that i should delete my blockchain file and redownload from 0 but am trying to use this as my last possible option hope to get this sorted asap!!
do you really need the blockchain, or are you just trying to use a client?
in the second case, here is a client that does not need the blockchain: http://ecdsa.org/electrum
note that I did not test it on windows.
in the second case, here is a client that does not need the blockchain: http://ecdsa.org/electrum
note that I did not test it on windows.
always 8333, for bitcoin
So ive been reading everything i can to fix this problem and have been trying to add the fallback nodes,
After looking up how to do so on my router I come to a section where it asks me the port numbers but on the fallback nodes wiki it only tells me IP addresses where do i find out port numbers so i can add them to my router
this is shitty!!!!!!! cant seem to figure out the problem, cant give up but ive ran into many walls and have come to ask the community what i can do,
thank you in advance
After looking up how to do so on my router I come to a section where it asks me the port numbers but on the fallback nodes wiki it only tells me IP addresses where do i find out port numbers so i can add them to my router
this is shitty!!!!!!! cant seem to figure out the problem, cant give up but ive ran into many walls and have come to ask the community what i can do,
thank you in advance
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