Topic: Electrum - Bitcoin client for the common users (friendly and instant) - page 14. (Read 110103 times)
April 21, 2013, 12:35:46 PM
I don't think there is anything anyone can do if you did not write down your seed properly. You could try to bruteforce the word you know is wrong with one of the other words from the list but that's about it. There has been no code change seed wise since recent versions. So unless you were running a version that was two years old it should work if you wrote it down properly. There should be twelve words, and they should be typed in, in the other you got them.
April 21, 2013, 10:43:39 AM
I've uploaded the list of words used for you here.
Thanks, I've been through the list and one seed does have one word wrong and for the other seed all the words are on the list but I still get the error "Cannot decode this". If I can find someone trustworthy to help me regain both the wallets I'd like to pay towards a VPS to run Electrum over I2p using the new bitcoin I2p patch. As well as offering electrum over Tor as well if possible on a the same VPS. With a basic instructions on using it added to the electrum how-to. I can't do that but I'd pay BTC2.50 for each seed recovered towards a VPS. Or donate BTC2.50 for each seed recovered towards Electrum devolpment or a/the dev(s)/'s coffee bill.
April 21, 2013, 08:31:14 AM
I've uploaded the list of words used for you here.
April 21, 2013, 07:34:18 AM
Both of the seeds to my two offline wallets don't work. There's nearly BTC50.00 between them have I really copied both seeds wrong? I just went to check them today and move them and both seeds don't work. I've used electrum before by seed in just writing them down and it always worked. Am I doing something wrong or have I lost BTC50.00 
Explain the steps you follow that don't work, it used to work for you the same way?
I'm entering twelve correctly spelt words that I had wrote down and printed off for both wallets and I'm getting the message "Can not decode this". Does anyone know how I access the electrum dictionary on Xubuntu. So I can check the words off.
April 20, 2013, 07:55:15 PM
Both of the seeds to my two offline wallets don't work. There's nearly BTC50.00 between them have I really copied both seeds wrong? I just went to check them today and move them and both seeds don't work. I've used electrum before by seed in just writing them down and it always worked. Am I doing something wrong or have I lost BTC50.00
Explain the steps you follow that don't work, it used to work for you the same way?
April 20, 2013, 04:29:28 PM
Both of the seeds to my two offline wallets don't work. There's nearly BTC50.00 between them have I really copied both seeds wrong? I just went to check them today and move them and both seeds don't work. I've used electrum before by seed in just writing them down and it always worked. Am I doing something wrong or have I lost BTC50.00
April 18, 2013, 03:41:44 PM
Note: I just noticed that the "RELEASE-NOTES" file inside "Electrum-1.7.3.tar.gz" was not updated - it only contains the information up to version 1.7.2.
April 17, 2013, 01:58:23 PM
Can you connect to electrum.bysh.me? I can check the server for errors.
Will do right now.reporting back: tried switching while running but didn't connect. Exited and started again, still no connect but does have your server selected in list. 09:37 UTC. Tried a few others with same result. Exited with ecdsa.org as default and started again and connected to that one. But doesn't update my last transaction.
Could not find an error in my logs. Try Sebastian's suggestion and redownloading the headers from the server.
No debug msgs on linux console.
Closed and reverted blockchain file and comes up with my dates again but still no connect. My original blockchain file is 18.5 MB but the one just tried downloading was only 17.7 MB.
edit: just tried changing to TCP mode on ecdsa.org and it sync'd, and then reverted to "not connected", and then it changed server back to SSL mode and disabled other modes (without my doing anything). Very odd.
April 17, 2013, 01:29:53 PM
Can you connect to electrum.bysh.me? I can check the server for errors.
Will do right now.reporting back: tried switching while running but didn't connect. Exited and started again, still no connect but does have your server selected in list. 09:37 UTC. Tried a few others with same result. Exited with ecdsa.org as default and started again and connected to that one. But doesn't update my last transaction.
Could not find an error in my logs. Try Sebastian's suggestion and redownloading the headers from the server.
April 17, 2013, 12:20:54 PM
Can you connect to electrum.bysh.me? I can check the server for errors.
Will do right now.reporting back: tried switching while running but didn't connect. Exited and started again, still no connect but does have your server selected in list. 09:37 UTC. Tried a few others with same result. Exited with ecdsa.org as default and started again and connected to that one. But doesn't update my last transaction.
Only a guess... try deleting blockchain-file when electrum is closed. It helped for me. But always make backup before replacing or deleting something. I do it simply by packaging them into a RAR-Archive.
April 17, 2013, 04:33:26 AM
Can you connect to electrum.bysh.me? I can check the server for errors.
Will do right now.reporting back: tried switching while running but didn't connect. Exited and started again, still no connect but does have your server selected in list. 09:37 UTC. Tried a few others with same result. Exited with ecdsa.org as default and started again and connected to that one. But doesn't update my last transaction.
April 17, 2013, 04:08:02 AM
Can you connect to electrum.bysh.me? I can check the server for errors.
April 17, 2013, 03:20:03 AM
edit:
What is the new "limit" value in the servers list and what happened to P and F?
(I checked the release notes but no mention there of this change)
What is the new "limit" value in the servers list and what happened to P and F?
(I checked the release notes but no mention there of this change)
Maybe its the number of transactions stored? I had a wallet restored from a pruned server and he only give me some last transactions. So i guess the number is the transactionnumbers given. Minus/0 probably means without limit.
The server-side got rewritten and Abe support is being dropped. This means that every new server will most likely be a pruning server but using a high limit basically means that it acts as an old full server. The limit is the history limit for a given address.
On another front I sent some bitcoin this morning and have restarted Electrum several times now trying to get it to sync properly. Still shows only 1 confirm even though blockchain shows 34, and it's been 5 hours. Something odd is happening as I've seen a few reports of this. I'm using ecdsa.org but have tried a couple others. When I switch server it no longer syncs after about 5 seconds. I don't know how long it waits now as I gave up and switched back.
April 17, 2013, 03:01:45 AM
edit:
What is the new "limit" value in the servers list and what happened to P and F?
(I checked the release notes but no mention there of this change)
What is the new "limit" value in the servers list and what happened to P and F?
(I checked the release notes but no mention there of this change)
Maybe its the number of transactions stored? I had a wallet restored from a pruned server and he only give me some last transactions. So i guess the number is the transactionnumbers given. Minus/0 probably means without limit.
The server-side got rewritten and Abe support is being dropped. This means that every new server will most likely be a pruning server but using a high limit basically means that it acts as an old full server. The limit is the history limit for a given address.
April 16, 2013, 12:43:18 PM
edit:
What is the new "limit" value in the servers list and what happened to P and F?
(I checked the release notes but no mention there of this change)
What is the new "limit" value in the servers list and what happened to P and F?
(I checked the release notes but no mention there of this change)
Maybe its the number of transactions stored? I had a wallet restored from a pruned server and he only give me some last transactions. So i guess the number is the transactionnumbers given. Minus/0 probably means without limit.
Only the initial version of the plugin the labels were not encrypted. Right now every data associated with Electrum is encrypted.
Good to know. But my concern is more about the servers hosting and so on. I case bitcoin would become illegl government could get some infos from that server if the owner has to work with them maybe. But one could use a proxy and junkmail to access and register the site.
For now i think i will remain with backups and hope that i can recreate my wallet with the backups.
April 16, 2013, 11:55:09 AM
Seems blockchain.info hasn't been updating their price info. It's still showing as around $91, so wallet balance in USD is way out.
edit:
What is the new "limit" value in the servers list and what happened to P and F?
(I checked the release notes but no mention there of this change)
edit:
What is the new "limit" value in the servers list and what happened to P and F?
(I checked the release notes but no mention there of this change)
April 16, 2013, 10:34:34 AM
Im not sure about the label plugin. Labels are not encrypted but transactions and addresses? The website on the other hand claims everything is encrypted. I now used a junkmail to register and hope not too many infos can be connected through it.
Only the initial version of the plugin the labels were not encrypted. Right now every data associated with Electrum is encrypted.
April 16, 2013, 10:18:20 AM
I can chose this server but i cant chose a connection type. SSL is chosen but i guess its gray in reality. When i click ok then nothing changes. It remains at the status it was before. That is Not connected at the moment. I appears after minutes claiming to synchronize.
Im not sure about the label plugin. Labels are not encrypted but transactions and addresses? The website on the other hand claims everything is encrypted. I now used a junkmail to register and hope not too many infos can be connected through it.
I would prefer its not needed to store data on more places. So ill check if i have a backup of electrum.dat. Maybe its corrupted somehow.
Edit: I solved it... i made a backup of blockchain and electrum.dat to replace it. Then i first checked deleting the blockchain and start... and it worked... The Timestamp was gone but i could chose a server with SSL, the option were back again, it loaded the timestamps and all is fine again. So the blockchain was broken probably.
Im not sure about the label plugin. Labels are not encrypted but transactions and addresses? The website on the other hand claims everything is encrypted. I now used a junkmail to register and hope not too many infos can be connected through it.
I would prefer its not needed to store data on more places. So ill check if i have a backup of electrum.dat. Maybe its corrupted somehow.
Edit: I solved it... i made a backup of blockchain and electrum.dat to replace it. Then i first checked deleting the blockchain and start... and it worked... The Timestamp was gone but i could chose a server with SSL, the option were back again, it loaded the timestamps and all is fine again. So the blockchain was broken probably.
April 16, 2013, 10:05:28 AM
Im not sure why but since yesterday my electrum doesnt work anymore. I used electrum 1.7.2 portable and it didnt connect. Because it claimed there is a new version i thought maybe something changed and i need the new version. So im now using the version 1.7.3.
The problem is, that it doesnt connect. When i go into the list of servers there is the list, but only the names, nothing filled in at Limit and the dropdown for SSL and so on only shows grayed out options.
After a restart i was able to chose ecdsa.org with TCP and submitted. It claimed synchronizing but didnt come to an end. When i go back into options it says ecdsa.org with SSL. And all options are grayed out. TCP, HTTP, SSL and HTTPS. I cant chose it at any server.
I then restarted and my list of transactions was empty. It says Synchronizing but nothing happens at the end.
I would like to keep all my labels and would prefer not to kill all infos with a new electrum.dat. I mean i had this problem some time ago too and i cant always fill in the infos again.
The problem is, that it doesnt connect. When i go into the list of servers there is the list, but only the names, nothing filled in at Limit and the dropdown for SSL and so on only shows grayed out options.
After a restart i was able to chose ecdsa.org with TCP and submitted. It claimed synchronizing but didnt come to an end. When i go back into options it says ecdsa.org with SSL. And all options are grayed out. TCP, HTTP, SSL and HTTPS. I cant chose it at any server.
I then restarted and my list of transactions was empty. It says Synchronizing but nothing happens at the end.
I would like to keep all my labels and would prefer not to kill all infos with a new electrum.dat. I mean i had this problem some time ago too and i cant always fill in the infos again.
Can you manually try a server? Try electrum.bysh.me for instance.
If you are afraid of losing your labels you could always use the 'labels' plugin to keep those synced between installations and computers.
April 16, 2013, 09:41:16 AM
Im not sure why but since yesterday my electrum doesnt work anymore. I used electrum 1.7.2 portable and it didnt connect. Because it claimed there is a new version i thought maybe something changed and i need the new version. So im now using the version 1.7.3.
The problem is, that it doesnt connect. When i go into the list of servers there is the list, but only the names, nothing filled in at Limit and the dropdown for SSL and so on only shows grayed out options.
After a restart i was able to chose ecdsa.org with TCP and submitted. It claimed synchronizing but didnt come to an end. When i go back into options it says ecdsa.org with SSL. And all options are grayed out. TCP, HTTP, SSL and HTTPS. I cant chose it at any server.
I then restarted and my list of transactions was empty. It says Synchronizing but nothing happens at the end.
I would like to keep all my labels and would prefer not to kill all infos with a new electrum.dat. I mean i had this problem some time ago too and i cant always fill in the infos again.
The problem is, that it doesnt connect. When i go into the list of servers there is the list, but only the names, nothing filled in at Limit and the dropdown for SSL and so on only shows grayed out options.
After a restart i was able to chose ecdsa.org with TCP and submitted. It claimed synchronizing but didnt come to an end. When i go back into options it says ecdsa.org with SSL. And all options are grayed out. TCP, HTTP, SSL and HTTPS. I cant chose it at any server.
I then restarted and my list of transactions was empty. It says Synchronizing but nothing happens at the end.
I would like to keep all my labels and would prefer not to kill all infos with a new electrum.dat. I mean i had this problem some time ago too and i cant always fill in the infos again.
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