Quote from: HCP on June 17, 2017, 02:25:34 AM

Quote from: Gtr003121 on June 17, 2017, 12:36:47 AM

Hello all, noob here. I bought a little btc in '13 and have had it in my desktop(HP Pavillion p6720f) core wallet ever since. I have been unable to sync with the bitcoin network. I lost my 12 word recovery phrase. The wallet opens and I have the wallet passcode, it's just not synced. Is/are there any alternative way/s to get the coins out? I would greatly appreciate any assistance.

Bitcoin Core (aka Bitcoin-QT) never used 12 word recovery phrase. Also, it has only had HD support as of v0.13.0 which was released in August of 2016. If you have had the wallet since 2013, it is NOT an HD wallet. It is just a "traditional" wallet comprised of a collection of private keys.

Have you upgraded to the latest version? (currently v0.14.1)... if not, this may explain why you are unable to sync.

If you have upgraded... and still can't sync, is your instance connecting to the network ok? If you goto "Help -> Debug Window -> Information" what does it say for "Network Connections"? It may be your firewall and/or router blocking the inbound/outbound connections.

If you just want to move to a new wallet... Goto "Help -> Debug Window -> Console" and then:

1. use the

Code:

listaddressgroupings

command to see all your addresses. (As a bonus, it also enables you to see which ones contain coins Wink

)

2. use

Code:

walletpassphrase "YOURPASSWORDHERE" 600

to unlock the wallet for 10 minutes (600 seconds)... you can use whatever number you like, just make it long enough to give you time to get all the keys out

3. use

Code:

dumprivkey "BITCOINADDRESS"

for each of the addresses you got in Step 1. You can do all, or only the ones with coins, it is up to you and whether or not you expect to receive payments to these addresses in the future.

4. Sweep (or Import) the private keys from Step 3. into the wallet of your choice. Sweeping is the recommended procedure as it effectively moves the coins to the new wallet/address... whereas import keeps them on the current (and now 'exposed') private keys...

Quote from: Gtr003121 on June 17, 2017, 02:25:04 AM

Thank you for the response. I copied my wallet.dat file to a USB drive. What would you say the minimum requirements are for a computer to be capable of downloading all blocks/syncing to the blockchain? I don't want to waste the time if the next computer I try can't sync either. Any idea?

Minimum specs here: https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-core/features/requirements

I tried the debug window and list adresss groupings. Next question/issue: it's showing zero balance. A while back I sent the total wallet contents to a friend and because the wallet wasn't synced, they were never sent. But when I type in my wallet address on the blockchain, it shows the correct balance. What do I do in this case?