Topic: I send BTC to offline wallet (Read 634 times)

nvm i find the right key and wow it really worked thanks alot for all help guys u guys are trully legends <3

how do i know which key is right and wrong i got like 100 and i cant just copy paste everything until i find the right one?

Call it an "address", using wallet might mislead others into thinking that you're talking about a wallet software or a wallet file with set of addresses.

Okay, when following HCP's guide, look for that particular address when exporting the WIF private key.
The correct private key should be in the next 2 lines after the address, don't forget to tick "Include Unused (Address Pool)" to display them all.

here is the wallet i send it too and i send it before it was connected with bitcoin core cause i didnt research and thought i only needed a wallet on armory https://imgur.com/a/CQEboJZ

The addresses tab is hidden by default, you can enable it by clicking "View/Visa->Show Addresses".
But since that wallet seems connected and synced, it looks like you've imported the wrong private key or you've sent a "different Bitcoin" to Armory before.

Do you still have the TXID of the inbound transaction?

ok i followed every step but this is how my electrum looks like no adress is showing up https://imgur.com/a/9sUQ94Q

Don't worry, your coins are not "gone"... you'll be able to get them back!


If Electrum won't accept the key, there is likely some minor formatting issue with the key, like extra text or spaces etc.

Assuming the Armory address you sent BTC to starts with a "1", then the private key you want to be pasting to Electrum will start with a "5"... If the address you sent coins to starts with a "3", let me know, because the instructions will be slightly different.


 if you followed my guide, then you should have made sure that the "Omit spaces in key data" box was checked, it's VERY important... extra spaces will prevent you being able to paste into Electrum!



If you got something that looks like this:
That will not work with Electrum... so make sure that the "Omit Spaces in key data" is checked!


Yo need to have output in Armory that looks like:

Then you simply need to copy just the PrivBase58 value... so you want to copy this part only: 5Kb8kLf9zgWQnogidDA76MzPL6TsZZY36hWXMssSzNydYXYB9KF


Then you can paste that into Electrum, using "File -> New/Restore -> Import Bitcoin Addresses or Private Keys":



Paste in the private key, and click "Next":



You'll be asked if you want to add a wallet password, you can enter one or leave it blank, then click "Next", and the wallet will be created with your address and you should be able to see your transaction history and balance etc:

i dont know how to sweep and cant find any button about it too and i tried too paste my keys to electrum but cant press next for some reason so i guess my coins are gone cause i cant fix the problem. its easier to show pictures so i know where ishould be and how it would look like

In that case, follow my guide here to find the private key for the address that you sent your bitcoins to. Simply look through the list of address until you find the one you sent coins to (should be right at the top), then import or sweep that private key (will be labelled as "Plain Base58") using a "light" (aka SPV) wallet like Electrum.

NOTE:
- You should only download Electrum from: https://electrum.org/
- And you should really take the time to verify it as per the instructions here: https://bitcoinelectrum.com/how-to-verify-your-electrum-download/

i dont undersatand how to run server 1 on bitcoin core and isnt there a easier too just refund cause armory is too complicated too me tbh and i dont have that much disk for it too. i bought my btc on btcx and emailed them for refund but they cant do shit so i have too contact armory or just accept that im never gonna get back my btc cause icant see my btc anywhere but blockchain

No, everything is fine.
The mistake was on my side due to me misinterpreting your logfile. I was looking at earlier entries, where the correct path wasn't set yet, as pointed out by HCP.

You need to look at the bottom of the log file next time

The pathing looks fine... assuming that the Bitcoin Core datadir is "D:\BTC\Bitcoin"

I see that the "Connected" message is in purple and not green which generally means that Armory is not able to connect to the Bitcoin Core node "properly". I'd suggest making sure that the Bitcoin Core node is being started with "server=1" in the bitcoin.conf.

Once "Connected" is showing in Green, if you still have zero blocks, try doing the "Help -> Rebuild and Rescan Databases" option in Armory.

i dont have the bitcoin core on the same disk maybe thats the error? and it think its fully synced cause ive rebuild and rescan armory once but i am so lost so i actually have no idea of anything so please explain more detail

Do you have core installed and fully synced?

If so, can you verify the above mentioned path is actually where your blockchain is stored? Is the data directory the same as the path above (satoshiDir) ?
If not, you'll need to install core and have it fully synced to be able to see your coins in armory.

i just pasted it all hope its right
https://pastebin.com/4csPbAvq

Export your logs by clicking File -> Export Log File or by opening it directly located in:

Then upload them to https://pastebin.com/ or a similar service and post the URL.

how do i send my logs?

It's failing to find your blockchain data. You need to post logs.

ive done the same and this is how it looks like, (i have the latest updates on both armory and bitcoin core)
https://imgur.com/a/rYCIroF

Yes. Armory is connected to core.

You can't see your coins yet because your wallet is synced up to block 389815 (according to your screenshot).
However, your transaction was included in block 633007.

Once core has passed this block, you will see your coins.





If the address you sent the coins to is from armory, no. You did not lose your BTC.

With a transaction, you are transferring the ownerships of UTXO's (your BTC's) to a different public key.
And with the corresponding private key, you are able to spend them.

Just because you don't see them in your wallet yet, doesn't mean that you don't own them.

I just noticed TWO things:

1. It looks like you might be running an "old" version of Armory...
2. Your Armory has only scanned 390000 blocks... the current blockheight is 633000+... you're missing nearly half the blockchain!

Can you please confirm you are running 0.96.5 from here: https://btcarmory.com/0.96.5-release/
and what version of Bitcoin Core are you running? And is it fully synced?

If you are using 0.96.5 and at least Bitcoin 0.19+ and you're still not seeing your transactions etc... you will need to post your Armory log files

Copy/paste the contents of your armorylog.txt and dbLog.txt files to: https://pastebin.com/  and click the "create new paste" button... then post the unique URLs generated here.

https://imgur.com/a/1PIbL8w

ok. Is now everything set correctly? I can't see these bitcoins now too.

There was hint when I 1st opened that I have to go online and then do 1st transaction, I didin't do that, do you think I lost my BTC?

You'll only be able to 'see' that transaction once Armory synced Bitcoin Core and it will requires a lot of bandwidth, disk space (about 300GB) and Bitcoin Core software.
If you got the resources and willing to use it for a secure Bitcoin wallet, then proceed on fixing the "offline" problem.

Users will only guess unless you provide the last few lines of armorylog.txt in Armory's data directory.
My guess is you haven't installed Bitcoin Core; Armory won't turn "online" alone.

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If you do not want to use Armory, you can send it to another Client like Electrum by doing the previous "watch-only" suggestion,
minus the "watch-only Armory wallet" because it will also require you an online Armory.
Try to use coinb.in (may be incompatible) to create the unsigned Raw transaction by simply loading the legacy address in the "New->Transaction page"
and provide the output: destination address and amount (note: the excess will be used as transaction fee),
sign it using your offline Armory using "Offline Transactions" and broadcast the Signed Raw transaction online (broadcast link).

You can also export the address' private key and sweep it to other clients/wallets just like this user did: /index.php?topic=5233141.0

"Node Offline" means your Armory wallet is not able to connect to the RPC server of your Bitcoin Core node.

Are you running Bitcoin Core with the:
option in your bitcoin.conf file?

If you're not, then Armory will not be able to connect to Bitcoin Core to get new block data (until you restart Armory and it is able to rescan the database files directly... and you won't be able to send transactions, as Armory achieves this using Bitcoin Core RPC calls.

I want to see these bitcoins on the wallet. Is everything set correctly?
https://imgur.com/a/l30MjfT

You can not "recover" your coins in terms of undo the transaction.
The transaction is already confirmed and the funds now belong to the address you sent them to.

You don't need to be online to receive BTC and you don't need to be online to send BTC.
You just need an internet connection to broadcast a transaction.

If you want to spend/access your coins, do this:


If not, what exactly do you want to achieve ?

You need to be online when you want to spend your coins. Your Armory wallet doesn't need to be online for receiving coins.

Is this your Armory address?
If yes and you have access to your wallet, your coins are safe. Don't worry.

For spending coins, you have two options. (The second one is more secure)
1. Make your Armory wallet online and spend your coins.
2. Create a watch-only wallet in an online computer, make an unsigned transaction in your online computer. Sign it in your offline computer and broadcast it using your online computer.  
For detailed instruction, visit this link.

If you don't want to spend your coins, no need to do anything. Just keep your wallet backup very very secure.

Hi,
I've send my BTC to my armory wallet, I have read that I can't send until I go online one time, I didin't go online.... but I sent them.

Is there any possibility to recover these bitcoins?

I have wallet with this payment request:
1BUcEuRzycUjzpVAW1y7A25AnxCA5N9hTX

https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1BUcEuRzycUjzpVAW1y7A25AnxCA5N9hTX