Wow pretty sure I just got jipped then.
My 1 BTC is completely missing from my address according to block explorer... for some reason it seems like my address changed since the last time I've used it, or Tradehill completely threw away my BTC
This whole thing seems compeltely unreliable.... jesus fucking christ. Why the hell is my address different now than it was before? I sent this data in a week ago and it still isn't here, now I have a different address and I'm still jipped of about $14 USD worth of bitcoin. Fuck this!
Topic: Where did my bitcoin go? Maybe I just don't know how to use program? - page 2. (Read 3120 times)
June 26, 2011, 11:23:10 PM
June 26, 2011, 10:41:45 PM
Definately plunk your address into blockexplorer.com and have it check for a transaction on your address. You'll see the block #. Then make sure your bitcoin app has at least that block count loaded. I've noticed that near the upper end they load much slower than the lower count ones. Until that block has been grabbed by your bitcoin app it won't know about the transaction.
Hopefully you didn't enter a wrong address when you did the transaction. AFAIK that would put funds in someones else's hands or a void address which can't be claimed.
Hopefully you didn't enter a wrong address when you did the transaction. AFAIK that would put funds in someones else's hands or a void address which can't be claimed.
June 26, 2011, 09:28:52 PM
Oh wow the orignal bitcoin folder is almost 500mb
I can't have that on my C/ drive where my OS is, I don't have that kind of space to push around, only enough for the OS and essential programs :\
EDIT: I did what you said, and still at 0 balance plus my bitcoin address is now different... doesn't look good...
I can't have that on my C/ drive where my OS is, I don't have that kind of space to push around, only enough for the OS and essential programs :\
EDIT: I did what you said, and still at 0 balance plus my bitcoin address is now different... doesn't look good...
A wallet makes new keys, but never gets rid of old ones. If you don't see the address the coin was sent to in your address book then you have the wrong wallet file. If you moved the old wallet file when you backed it up a new one was created in it's place and you need to put the original back.
Did you put the address into blockexplorer.com to see if the transaction actually happened?
June 26, 2011, 08:30:00 PM
Oh wow the orignal bitcoin folder is almost 500mb
I can't have that on my C/ drive where my OS is, I don't have that kind of space to push around, only enough for the OS and essential programs :\
EDIT: I did what you said, and still at 0 balance plus my bitcoin address is now different... doesn't look good...
I can't have that on my C/ drive where my OS is, I don't have that kind of space to push around, only enough for the OS and essential programs :\
EDIT: I did what you said, and still at 0 balance plus my bitcoin address is now different... doesn't look good...
The bitcoin client changes addresses (keys) automatically, though I thought it happens after receiving coins. But IF you are using the original wallet.dat (to which you sent that coin) it may take a while before you see the coin received, particularly if that happened a while ago.
June 26, 2011, 08:26:31 PM
just backup the wallet.dat file..no need to back up whole folder..let the other files stay there..
June 26, 2011, 08:24:23 PM
Oh wow the orignal bitcoin folder is almost 500mb
I can't have that on my C/ drive where my OS is, I don't have that kind of space to push around, only enough for the OS and essential programs :\
EDIT: I did what you said, and still at 0 balance plus my bitcoin address is now different... doesn't look good...
I can't have that on my C/ drive where my OS is, I don't have that kind of space to push around, only enough for the OS and essential programs :\
EDIT: I did what you said, and still at 0 balance plus my bitcoin address is now different... doesn't look good...
June 26, 2011, 08:19:40 PM
turn off the program, move back the original wallet file, check the balance, encrypt and backup the wallet file and delete it from the bitcoin directory 
June 26, 2011, 07:59:33 PM
Actually, I did. In effort to have increased security I have my Wallet.dat file point to another directory per the command line:
-datadir=F:\(DIRECTORY)
I just don't want it inside my C:/ drive for security reasons, and because that drive is dedicated to my OS.
-datadir=F:\(DIRECTORY)
I just don't want it inside my C:/ drive for security reasons, and because that drive is dedicated to my OS.
June 26, 2011, 07:36:42 PM
Is it possible you moved the original wallet.dat file? If you moved the original wallet.dat file that would also explain why no bitcoin has arrived.
June 26, 2011, 07:30:43 PM
At 133,000 currently. Didn't know I had to leave it open for a while in order for me to get anything, thanks for the info.
Yup. Check the blockexplorer. Once you pass your block number you should see it show up.
You don't have to leave it open to 'get anything'. You own the BTC whether you run your program or not. It's just that it won't show up in your program until your program has downloaded the block which says you now own the BTC. There are about 133,433 blocks at the moment, and about 6 new ones are made each hour.
June 26, 2011, 07:24:09 PM
At 133,000 currently. Didn't know I had to leave it open for a while in order for me to get anything, thanks for the info.
Yup. Check the blockexplorer. Once you pass your block number you should see it show up.
June 26, 2011, 07:19:55 PM
At 133,000 currently. Didn't know I had to leave it open for a while in order for me to get anything, thanks for the info.
June 26, 2011, 07:18:02 PM
When you open the Bitcoin app, at the bottom next to connections, how many blocks does it say? If it's low (under 100,000) you probably need to leave the app open for a while.
June 26, 2011, 07:12:23 PM
Okay wondering this for a while now. I transferred from Tradehill 1 BTC to my bitcoin account about a week ago. I copied the "Your Bitcoin Address" field, pasted it into the appropreate withdraw line from Tradehill and sent the funds to said address.
Funny thing is, my amount was withdrawn from my Tradehill funds, but I still have a 0 wallet balance according to the program. I've never used it before so I wasn't sure if I had to do something in order to connect to recieve the transaction before it shows up in my wallet.
Anyone got any light on why this is happening?
Funny thing is, my amount was withdrawn from my Tradehill funds, but I still have a 0 wallet balance according to the program. I've never used it before so I wasn't sure if I had to do something in order to connect to recieve the transaction before it shows up in my wallet.
Anyone got any light on why this is happening?
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