Glad to hear it worked out. 
Topic: Need help to not lose bitcoins (Read 1871 times)
Thanks. Glad to hear it worked out.
Glad to hear it worked out. It's just so that it wraps into the available width. Delete the space.
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The tip should be on its way.
Haha, I see. It looked funny on my widescreen monitor.
It's just so that it wraps into the available width. Delete the space.
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I'm confused about the space in the middle of your address.
Yeah, I've seen that on blockexplorer sometimes. I suspect it happens occasionally when it's busy.
<- My address is right over there.
And no problem, always glad to help.
<- My address is right over there.
And no problem, always glad to help.
Ok cool. I was trying to use blockexplorer.com earlier, but for some reason it kept timing out. But blockchain.info worked just fine.
Thanks again Revalin, what address should I use to send you a tip once my blockchain finishes?
Thanks again Revalin, what address should I use to send you a tip once my blockchain finishes?
Ok, thanks Revalin. One last question though. How can I check the blockchain to see the transaction I sent?
10 is plenty. The update is usually limited by the speed of your CPU and disk, not the number of connections.
0.6.2 should update faster than 0.3.23. Just give it a bit.
0.6.2 should update faster than 0.3.23. Just give it a bit.
Ok, I have the updated wallet up and running and everything looks good. The only problem now is that I'm only getting 10 connections. Is there any way to speed up the blockchain update?
Actually, the sourceforge blockchain is only to block 170k. If you're already within 10k blocks of finished then there's no point in downloading it again.
All you have to do is exit, update to 0.6.2, then fire it up again. It will pick up where it left off.
All you have to do is exit, update to 0.6.2, then fire it up again. It will pick up where it left off.
But I will need to put my wallet.dat file somewhere after installing 0.6.2, correct?
Where does it need to go?
You don't need to move it at all. But back it up just in case.
On an old version you'll need to go to C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin it might be hidden.
%APPDATA%\Bitcoin
On Windows 7, that means C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin
But you shouldn't have to do anything manually. Upgrading won't delete the wallet.dat, so it'll already be there when you start it up again.
On Windows 7, that means C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin
But you shouldn't have to do anything manually. Upgrading won't delete the wallet.dat, so it'll already be there when you start it up again.
Actually, the sourceforge blockchain is only to block 170k. If you're already within 10k blocks of finished then there's no point in downloading it again.
All you have to do is exit, update to 0.6.2, then fire it up again. It will pick up where it left off.
All you have to do is exit, update to 0.6.2, then fire it up again. It will pick up where it left off.
But I will need to put my wallet.dat file somewhere after installing 0.6.2, correct?
Where does it need to go?
Actually, the sourceforge blockchain is only to block 170k. If you're already within 10k blocks of finished then there's no point in downloading it again.
All you have to do is exit, update to 0.6.2, then fire it up again. It will pick up where it left off.
All you have to do is exit, update to 0.6.2, then fire it up again. It will pick up where it left off.
After installing it, start a cmd window and run "c:\path\to\bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -rescan".
I'm guessing that before I run the updated wallet I need to download the latest blockchain and put both it and my wallet.dat file somewhere. Where do I need to put these?
If you have a backup of your wallet.dat which contains the address you sent them to there is absolutely no risk of losing coins. It will take a very long time to download the blockchain but that is to be expected. 0.3.23 is ancient any particularly reason you are still using that? worst case scenario you can export the private key from your wallet.dat and import it into another wallet.
As Revalin indicated coins don't go to your client. The go the blockchain (alll 20,000+ nodes all around the planet). Your wallet.dat simply contains the keys which let you spend/transfer coins you have received. You don't need to be online, or have a client up to date, or even have a computer to receive bitcoins.
As Revalin indicated coins don't go to your client. The go the blockchain (alll 20,000+ nodes all around the planet). Your wallet.dat simply contains the keys which let you spend/transfer coins you have received. You don't need to be online, or have a client up to date, or even have a computer to receive bitcoins.
Yeah, the reason I'm still using it is simply that I haven't used my wallet in forever. In hindsight, I should have just sent my coins from the EclipseMC account straight to an account on MtGox or something.
After installing it, start a cmd window and run "c:\path\to\bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -rescan".
How do I run the updated Wallet with -rescan? I'm using windows and I'll be installing "bitcoin-0.6.2-win32-setup.exe".
If you have a backup of your wallet.dat which contains the address you sent them to there is absolutely no risk of losing coins. It will take a very long time to download the blockchain but that is to be expected. 0.3.23 is ancient any particularly reason you are still using that? worst case scenario you can export the private key from your wallet.dat and import it into another wallet.
As Revalin indicated coins don't go to your client. The go the blockchain (alll 20,000+ nodes all around the planet). Your wallet.dat simply contains the keys which let you (and only you) spend/transfer coins you have received. You don't need to be online, or have a client up to date, or even have a computer to receive bitcoins.
As Revalin indicated coins don't go to your client. The go the blockchain (alll 20,000+ nodes all around the planet). Your wallet.dat simply contains the keys which let you (and only you) spend/transfer coins you have received. You don't need to be online, or have a client up to date, or even have a computer to receive bitcoins.
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