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Calculating address balance

Is there some method how you can calculate the balance of an address without resorting to web-based API's? When I import a private key the rescanning of bitcoind takes hours. I know to get a balance ...
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Bitcoin-qt Wallet empty

I just reinstalled Bitcoin-qt and exchanged the new wallet.dat file with my old one. The Address for receiving coins is shown correctly in Bitcoin-qt but the balance is 0.00 BTC. The Block chain is ...
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Compute the balance of every address

As I understand, when Bitcoins are created the beneficiary's Bitcoin address is made public. Likewise, when Bitcoins are transfered, both the source and destination Bitcoin addresses are made public. ...
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How to update balance of imported address in electrum

Imported an address into electrum, but the balance of the address shows up as zero. Checked the address on http://blockexplorer.com and it's not zero. The address was imported from bitcoinqt when ...
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Zero balance showing in Bitcoin client

Yesterday i baught 1 bitcoin and i got a confirmation email that the amount was send to my wallet...only my wallet shows 0.00 balance!...i did install the bitcoin client after i purchased my ...
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Why does blockchain.info show a different balance from bitcoin-qt?

I just created a wallet on blockchain.info by importing my wallet.dat from Bitcoin-QT. My Bitcoin-QT shows a balance of 3.991 BTC, while blockchain.info shows a balance of 3.016. Where does the ...
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How does Bitcoin keep track of account balances?

I downloaded the latest bitcoin client and am waiting for it to connect. How does it remember how much money a person has? Do I create an account and the balance is associated with the account each ...
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What's the probability of vanity pools causing RIPEMD-160 (public key hash) collisions?

As Bitcoin vanity pools become more popular, the possibility of using that power to derive another person's Base58 public key hash becomes slightly more likely. I'd like to know if anyone has done ...
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Wallet balance zero after restoring wallet.dat

I recently restored my wallet.dat file from another machine. The wallet.dat came from a Linux machine (debian), and was restored to a Windows bitcoin install. After restoring I can see the correct ...
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Balance still not available?

I just sent bitcoins from one wallet to another to make my life easier. This was the goal, anyway. My balance in my new wallet went up, but it's still not available after 3 hours. Why might this be? ...
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After sending some bitcoins, why do I have zero available to spend when I clearly didn't send my entire balance?

With some of the clients I use regularly (Multibit, Bitcoin for Android), I've noticed that, after I send bitcoins to an address, I have 0 BTC available to spend despite having perhaps a several ...
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Why are balances not in the blockchain?

Currently one needs to traverse the full blockchain to determine the balance of a certain address. Wouldn't it be much more efficient to include the new balance along with each transaction? That way ...
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How do you get the balance of an address in your wallet using the rpc interface?

The current rpc interface only allows you to see either 1. The balance of the entire wallet 2. How much was received by an address (which is okay... if you never spend) Basically, I want to know how ...
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Is there an Android app that will scan a QR code and show the balance?

What I'm looking for is an app that lets a person scan a QR code containing a Bitcoin address and then see the balance and transaction history for that address. For a specific use case, a mobile ...