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Topic: mt gox to Bitcoin client - noob question (Read 2518 times)

member
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June 11, 2011, 03:41:23 AM
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If you're running window, you can try:

Code:
"c:\Program Files (x86)\Bitcoin\bitcoin.exe" -addnode=69.164.218.197 -addnode=64.22.103.150 -addnode=173.242.112.53 -addnode=178.79.147.99 -addnode=184.106.111.41 -addnode=91.85.220.84 -addnode=173.224.125.222 -addnode=86.5.50.90 -addnode=178.255.199.86

You may need to remove the `(x86)` or change the drive letter depending where you've installed bitcoin.
legendary
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Might there be another client that I can try?
legendary
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It says "windows can not find bitcoin".  I did start menu, run, and pasted your code in.  Correct?
member
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Try running this command to launch bitcoin:

Code:
bitcoin -addnode=69.164.218.197 -addnode=64.22.103.150 -addnode=173.242.112.53 -addnode=178.79.147.99 -addnode=184.106.111.41 -addnode=91.85.220.84 -addnode=173.224.125.222 -addnode=86.5.50.90 -addnode=178.255.199.86

I believe that the IRC channel which is used to find peers can fill up, and this command will manually assign you peers instead.
legendary
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anyone???
legendary
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Any ideas anyone?
legendary
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I also uninstalled and reinstalled the client, and played with the options a fair bit to no avail.
legendary
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It worked for a little while but now can not connects again.  I've restarted, turned Avast on and off, shut down the client and restarted- nothing will make it connect again.
sr. member
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0.3.21-beta.  And thank you for your help!

I can confirm that version 2.22 does not come with preloaded blocks, so at some point you downloaded the blocks you have. have you tried restarting your computer?
legendary
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0.3.21-beta.  And thank you for your help!
sr. member
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In the lower right hand corner of the client window?  It says 129413 blocks.

what version of the client do you have? click help>about to see the version number.

im going to check if it comes with some preloaded blocks.
legendary
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In the lower right hand corner of the client window?  It says 129413 blocks.
sr. member
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yeah, i tried that and it made no difference. 

is the number of blocks at 0 or do you have some already?
legendary
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yeah, i tried that and it made no difference. 
sr. member
Activity: 350
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I have windows XP sp3, and use Avast. 

have you tried temporarily disabling the avast to see if the block count goes up when you do? you may have to close and reopen the client after you do so.
legendary
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I have windows XP sp3, and use Avast. 
sr. member
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My client is not connected.  What should I do?

Do you have a firewall/antivirus? also what is your OS
legendary
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My client is not connected.  What should I do?
member
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When you send bitcoins to another address, you get the change back (if any), to a new made address, so even for end users more than 100 addresses can easily be used (although all the older addresses will have a balance of zero).
sr. member
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yep, once the block that contained that transaction is downloaded and read by the client, it will show up in the window.

Make sure you have backed up your wallet.dat file properly as well, put it on a flash drive and store that flash drive in a safe place, you may even want to have it on 2 separate flash drives and check to make sure they are okay make a new backup every 2-4 weeks. buy separate brands to be safer.
^Fixed

Remember that you only have 100 spare keys in your keypool that get backed-up, and that most outgoing transactions will use one of these keys.

This leads me to the question, why would an end user need more than 100? although your idea, making new backups would probably be better than just checking.
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