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Core balance 0, blockchain shows 1 btc, private key dump is empty
by
premoguy
on 29/11/2020, 17:16:38 UTC
Hi all, hope someone can help me with this.

After installing core and messing with it for a while, I sent some btc to test it out.  I was able to send this btc from core with no incident, or so I thought.  Apparently I let those transactions expire with too low of fee.  Anyway, I sent a whole btc to the same receiving address. Here is the public key
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qpn4z80zls524lv94nt3mpdhlf3s6qz5u2pv4fd

Bitcoin-qt shows the incoming transaction, along with the previous incoming and 2 outgoing.  The amount should at least add up to the second deposited amount, but the available balance says 0.  Core is unaware of how to spend these btc now, apparently.  I have dumped the keys and imported the private key associated with the above address - no coins.

The master private key also shows 0 transactions.  I have rescanned, zapped, and rescanned again.  I have downloaded the entire blockchain again.  QT shows the transactions I made and received but shows 0 balance, and bitcoind shows no evidence of any transactions.  Can anyone tell me how to access this Bitcoin?

I am on ubuntu 20.04.1.  I installed Bitcoin core in May.  Thanks for any help you can give!