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Topic: Cant import old wallet.dat bitcoin Core (Read 1860 times)

newbie
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August 20, 2015, 03:17:54 AM
#9
Always make a couple backup dudes!
newbie
Activity: 4
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August 20, 2015, 01:22:30 AM
#8
The default wallet.dat size its about 86.KB my backup wallet.dat is 24.KB it´s that ok? The Backup is encrypted i know the pass but Bitcoin Core wont start with my wallet.dat

any other idea?
copper member
Activity: 1498
Merit: 1528
No I dont escrow anymore.
August 13, 2015, 12:53:42 PM
#7
Is there a way of downloading an older version of Bitcoin QT and try to place the wallet there? Thx

A few older versions are available here -> https://bitcoin.org/bin/
newbie
Activity: 4
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August 13, 2015, 08:04:23 AM
#6
Is there a way of downloading an older version of Bitcoin QT and try to place the wallet there? Thx
copper member
Activity: 1498
Merit: 1528
No I dont escrow anymore.
August 10, 2015, 04:26:22 AM
#5
You can also try to start bitcoin core with -salvagewallet to make it try to recover from a corupted file.

Another option would be to see what pywallet has to say about the file.

Hey, how do i do the -salvagewallet thing?

and is pywallet for mac?

Thx

You need to run bitcoin core via terminal and add the common to it. I have never done this on a Mac so I cant give you an exact step by step, but it should be very similar to linux. Open a terminal, enter bitcoin-cli -salvagewallet and hit return. You might get an error that bitcoin-cli can not be found, in this case you need to navigate to its directory.

Pywallet is written in python which is also available for MacOS. The commands (step 2-4) given here[1] have to be run via terminal as well.

[1] https://github.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet
newbie
Activity: 4
Merit: 0
August 09, 2015, 05:19:06 PM
#4
You can also try to start bitcoin core with -salvagewallet to make it try to recover from a corupted file.

Another option would be to see what pywallet has to say about the file.

Hey, how do i do the -salvagewallet thing?

and is pywallet for mac?

Thx
copper member
Activity: 1498
Merit: 1528
No I dont escrow anymore.
August 09, 2015, 04:34:26 PM
#3
You can also try to start bitcoin core with -salvagewallet to make it try to recover from a corupted file.

Another option would be to see what pywallet has to say about the file.
hero member
Activity: 672
Merit: 500
August 09, 2015, 04:05:07 PM
#2
I think the wallet could be corrupt. You can check that by deleting wallet.dat (backup first) and let Core creat a new wallet.dat. If Core starts without errors, then there is definitely something wrong with your wallet file. Are you positive that this wallet.dat is for Bitcoin, not a wallet.dat for an altcoin?
newbie
Activity: 4
Merit: 0
August 09, 2015, 03:19:54 PM
#1
Hello, i have an encrypted wallet.dat exported from an older Bitcoin Qt. I Fresh installed Bitcoin Core. Now when i replace my backup wallet.dat for the one in ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin Bitcoin Core crashes...

Any idea?

Thx

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