Re: Should I Let Bitcoin Core Finish Scanning My Old Wallet?
I just clicked on file > open a wallet
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I just close Bitcoin Core and my Pc and I reopened them. I wanted to repeat the process but Bitcoin Core continues where it stopped earlier. It remains 4 years and 21 weeks :
You've properly loaded it, good.-snip-
I just close Bitcoin Core and my Pc and I reopened them. I wanted to repeat the process but Bitcoin Core continues where it stopped earlier. It remains 4 years and 21 weeks :
If you want to double-check, you don't have to repeat IBD if the blocks are intact, just rescan from block 0 and it'll scan those available blocks.
Go to "Console" (Window->Console) and type rescanblockchain to rescan with default args.
I am sorry to be so ignorant but i don't know the wallet name. where does i find it?
I hope that a lot of spammers sent a lot of dusts
Old wallet.dat files don't have a specific wallet name.I hope that a lot of spammers sent a lot of dusts
In the new versions, the wallet name is equivalent to the folder where it's located: ...\bitcoin\wallets\<wallet_name>\wallet.dat
As for "dusts", it's usually those old addresses with large amount of Bitcoins are being targeted.
Thank you for your help. I entered the command rescanblockchain and I got this : "Can't rescan beyond pruned data. Use RPC call getblockchaininfo to determine your pruned height. (code -1)"
But you know what is worst? I think that actually the Bitcoin Core 25 cannot open my 2011 wallet.dat file... I'm sorry to have misled you.
(I was misleading because of the text at the bottom of the video "sync with the network...3 years and 27 weeks" which made me think that the software use my file to sync it with the blockchain (while it's not)).
Here is a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=recqagQ0Hss
The error message which appear in the window : "Wallet file verification failed. "C:/Users/imwon/AppData/Roaming/Bitcoin/wallets/my old wallet 2011/wallet.dat is corrupted. Try the tool bitcoin-wallet to fix it or restore a backup."
Conclusion, I need to open the wallet.dat file with the good Bitcoin Core client... And I can't find it
