Topic: Using Armory on the BCH chain - page 8. (Read 46034 times)

I completely uninstalled the original Bitcoin wallet including hidden files. That way it can't interfere. I couldn't even cleanly install ABC without removing previous wallet.

If you don't want to delete the Bitcoin wallet. Why not cut and paste the Bitcoin hidden folder to a thumb drive until BCH is extracted? Then after extracting BCH, put the Bitcoin file back and reinstall the program. Then you won't have to download the block chain again and your settings will be saved.

It looks to me like you have to uninstall the Bitcoin Client and it's hidden folder. Then Reinstall ABC wallet. And you might have to re-download the ABC Block chain.  

Another thing you could try is to uninstall Armory. And delete the hidden Amory files also. Nuke it. Then restore Armory. If you're ABC wallet is working normal.  Then it is likely corrupted Armory data on your online computer. I originally was going to do that but decided to Scan and Rebuild the data base instead.  

i built from source.

this is what i'm seeing.  the Armory GUI overlapping the terminal window.  blocks are up to date and continuously being successfully added  on the BCH chain (when i query bitcoin-cli getblockcount) yet no blocks are being recognized by Armory.

https://imgur.com/zjCRo3a

i should add that this BCH chain in the guest VM is on the same machine that holds the BTC chain on the host.  it could be some sort of socket interference, altho i'm not trying to run them at the same time.  i've been reading about TIME WAIT's binding the socket but i'm not sure.

You did download the Linux version?

https://download.bitcoinabc.org/0.16.1/linux/

Do you have:
in the bitcoin.conf file in the Bitcoin-ABC data directory (ie. the directory with the wallet.dat)? It's also possible that the VM setup is causing the issue with Bitcoin-ABC being able to talk to bitcoind...

tried your method but it fails inside an Ubuntu VM.  Armory shows "Node Offline" but with the correct number of initial blocks as it must be seeing the previously running bitcoind.  i've unchecked the Setttings box that allows Armory to control bitcoind.  the background Armory Terminal  window shows "BDM is ready!" but no further blocks get appended to this window altho bitcoind is keeping up and appears to be running properly.  any help would be appreciated.

Yes. Bitcoin-abc. I fixed the error.

Thank you very much for your reply!!

(1) First move all BTC coins off of your Armory wallets and Bitcoin Core wallet to a safe place. I'm using a hardware wallet that will hold both BTC, BCH and other altcoins.

(2) Uninstall  Bitcoin Core.

(3) Configure your computer to show hidden files (google methods for your particular computer). Delete all hidden Bitcoin Core hidden files and blockchain. Google or use youtube to find files if you don't know. Your looking for a folder labeled Bitcoin. Delete it.

Or. If you intend to use the Bitcoin Core wallet later. Why not cut and paste the hidden Bitcoin File to a large enough Thumb drive? Then you could put it back later and won't have to download the blockchain later. I just deleted mine. 

(4) Download bitcoin-abc-0.16.1 (Bitcoin-qt) for windows https://download.bitcoinabc.org/0.16.1/win/

(5) Install and synchronize new ABC (bitcoin-qt). Could take several days. Not easy to find the wallet install in the downloaded folders. If you use a zip file you will have to extract the files. "Hint" Open the files with the most data in them.

(6) Open Armory and in "User" tab and set to "expert" in both online and offline computers.

(7)  Also in Armory (online computer) go to File/Settings and uncheck the box at the top of the page that says. "Let Armory run Bitcoin Core/bitcoind in the background".

( Shut down Armory and bitcoin-abc. Restart computer for the hell of it.

(9) Open up the new ABC wallet you previously synchronized. Wait until it is synchronized. Leave it on.

(10) Then open up Armory and let it synchronize.

(11)  Go to Help tab in Armory and select "Rebuild and Rescan Data Bases"

(12) You should be able to see the BCH balance in a few hours. To move the BCH you just follow the directions at   "the first post of this thread".    

May you sum up the procedure?

I've moved all the free BCH in both wallets today. I think this is the easiest way. Especially if you don't understand computer code.

And one more thing when doing an offline transaction. Don't forget to change your offline signing wallet to expert. If you don't the window to choose BCH won't come up.

The prices are low now. But when the next big one comes expect 18 times the value of the last little blip of $18,000 per BTC. I'll be glad I waited.    

Good to see you managed to get it sorted...

Logically, rebuilding and rescanning was always likely to be the best option. Especially if you had made BTC transactions after the fork... That would confuse the hell out of Armory as it tried to use a database built on a different chain with transactions that don't exist on the current chain in use!

Just a shame the price of everything has dumped so much...

Also, for future reference... Try the "edit" button instead of multi posting

I went to the Armory Help button/Rebuild and Rescan Data Base. Took a few hours and now I see the full balance of my wallets as they should be. So I guess I can now send the coins out of the wallet and be done with it. 



As Jojo69 suggested I used bitcoin-abc-0.16.1-win64     

I have my Armory node online by unchecking the "let Armory run Bitcoin Core in the background" box. Then restarting Armory after starting Bitcoin ABC. Still no balance. So I have to do some type of computer whiz kid trick Or just uninstall and rebuild my Armory Wallets.

Would Rebuild and Rescan Data Bases do it? Or should I completely nuke it?  

Oh. It's Friday night. Everyone is out having a big night watching "I Love Lucy" reruns.     Crickets............................           

I started up Armory without deleting just for kicks. It shows zero balances and node is offline. When it is fixed will it show a BCC balance?

Well. My BCH ABC wallet is synchronized.

 I guess I'll just uninstall Armory. Delete hidden Armory files. Reinstall Armory. Restore online quick wallet with paper back up. Then go to the offline computer with thumb drive and get data from the offline wallet to the online transmitting computer.

Would it hurt to turn on Armory to see if I can do without all this?

I wonder if I can do this with Bitcoin Gold?        

I'd still rebuild the Armory DB to be safe. I'm not intimately familiar with the DB code (yet) but I know the DB can go haywire if it thinks something is in a place where it actually isn't. I suppose the OP can try with what they have (assuming no post-fork Txes) but I wouldn't count on it working, and would rebuild to be safe.

(That said, I seem to recall a copy of the DB working when I dumped my Bcash coins at launch. Maybe I'm wrong!)

Yeah, you'll likely need to rebuild Armory... as the existing database it has built from Bitcoin blockchain will likely not line up with the Bitcoin Cash blockchain (ie. missing inputs/transactions etc) if you have transactions etc from AFTER the fork.

NOTE: "Windows" locations used for convenience

Instead of installing to a "unique" location and using a "unique" data directory location (for example C:\Program Files\BitcoinABC and C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\BitcoinABC) like all the other "QT" clones do... The BitcoinCash devs deliberately setup the installers for Bitcoin ABC to install to the same default location that Bitcoin Core uses. Specifically C:\Program Files\Bitcoin and C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin.

The upshot of this, was that any user that wasn't paying attention, and was just clicking "next-next-next" through the installer and during first run, would end up overwriting their Bitcoin Core install with Bitcoin ABC... furthermore, Bitcoin ABC would "take over" the data directory (ie. Blocks and Chainstate folders etc)... which would effectively "corrupt" the blocks folder making it no longer work with Bitcoin Core... as "invalid" blocks (as far as BTC is concerned) were being added into Blocks folder etc.

The Bitcoin Cash camp were trying to be "THE" Bitcoin... instead of accepting their fate as an "altcoin". I suspect this was also why they only added "replay protection" at the 11th hour when it was obvious they were not going to succeed usurping Bitcoin.


If you work on a truncated chain and reindex with Bitcoin ABC and then let it finish syncing up to todays date... and then do a "Rebuild and Rescan Databases" in Armory... theoretically, that should really be the same as a complete resync/build using a "from scratch" Bitcoin ABC and Armory... But without needing Bitcoin ABC to sync up to 1st August 2017.

At the end of the day, either way should really work... and depending on your syncing speed, a truncated chain may only save a few hours or a day or two... If speed is not a concern, then a "clean" install is probably  less likely to cause you issues