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Hey all, so i had to re-install my ethereum wallet on a new pc as the old hard drive ran out of space.

I copied my Keystore file and have copied it into the newly downloaded wallet.

The wallet is taking days to fully sync, it's still about 1000 blocks away and never quite reaches 100%.

My wallet however is showing 0 ETH balance when i've checked the blockchain and it should hold approx 25 ETH.

Any idea why the wallet is not showing my balance and why it's taking so freaking long to sync?

which wallet are you using? the defacto wallet i would say is geth.

to resync with geth its highly recommended to use the --fast feature to minimize the effect the spam block transacitons that went on for weeks will have.

your balance wont be up to date until you are at a synchronized block that has your last transaction for that address.

use a blockchain expolorer website and plug in your address to get and accurate reading of what is actually in your account at current block.

"to resync with geth its highly recommended to use the --fast feature to minimize the effect the spam block transacitons that went on for weeks will have."

If the --fast feature is so useful, why it is not default setting?

Maybe this is a new feature, so not everybody likes it. It needs to be activated by the user specifically.

How to activate the --fast?