Questions tagged [bitcoin-qt-setup]
Building, compiling, installing and debugging Bitcoin-Qt the easy-to-use windowed program that is the main program in the Bitcoin-Core application.
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Is it safe to install Bitcoin Core using a package manager?
For example, on macOS:
brew install --cask bitcoin-core
Or on Ubuntu:
snap install bitcoin-core
Etc.
In particular, what attack vectors might I be exposing myself to if I choose to install Bitcoin ...
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Generate regtest blocks with Bitcoin-Qt
I'm prepping for a tabconf workshop and trying to make the simplest uX for workshop attendees.
Using bitcoincore.org for binaries: The Mac dmg doesn't come with a bitcoin-cli like with Linux. It does ...
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Export private keys from a wallet.dat file using BTCrecover
Is there a way to export private keys from a wallet.dat file using BTCrecover? I've been unsuccessful in achieving this using Bitcoin-qt or pywallet with an older wallet.dat file from 2018.
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Age OLd bitcoin core wallet ".dat or .bak or nothing or Dumpwallet .txt or dumping pywallet "recorder type wallet ??
I have one wallet.dat "or lot of wallet", but he's valids !
why, when I loadwallet or import my dumpwallet file,
My bitcoins...
With old age, on old wallet bitcoin-qt (bitcoin core) version ,...
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A few of my addresses that have funds show empty through my node
I have recently connected sparrow wallet to my own node to get away from using a private electrum server.
But some of the addresses I have bitcoin in are not being recognized. I know they have funds ...
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Bitcoin-qt constructing a transaction and choosing the index of the ins and outs
While using Bitcoin-qt I understand there is the "Coin Selection" option.
Is there also a way to choose the ordering index of the utxo's for the inputs or outputs?
I'm trying to avoid the ...
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Why does bitcoind store block data in a different directory than bitcoin-qt does?
I downloaded the bitcoin blockchain with
./bitcoin-qt
When I first executed the command I could tell him to use a mounted hard drive. All the data goes there. So far so good.
Now I want to experiment ...
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Transactions remain unconfirmed, even with 10X recommended 2 block BTC/kB
I have never been able to successfully send BTC from my wallet in Bitcoin Core. I'm sure this question has been asked before, but I could not find a sufficient match to my problem, due to most ...
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Bitcoinqt 2009-2010
Im not asking if you can recover an account without phrase of wallet.dat file
I have several questions however
First what payment service did bitcoin qt first use, i remember i had to use debit and ...
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Can Bitcoin Core Blockchain initial sync time in BitcoinQT be sped up?
Given the following platform hardware and internet data speed (provided below), what settings are recommended for fastest possible blockchain download and sync?
This is the hardware I'm running:
Note:...
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What does setting the "-server" flag do?
I'm running the GUI version of Bitcoin Core. But I want to also be able to interact with bitcoin-cli in my Windows console. Apparently I need to set the -server flag before running bitcoin-qt, or set ...
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Limit in adding Watch address in bitcoin core
Is there any limit in adding number of watch address to bitcoin wallet? Am thinking of adding thousands of address to watch list. If i do so what are complications we may face, performance impact?
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Error in configuring Qt with Bitcoin Core on Windows
I was following this (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/build_msvc/README.md) documentation to install Bitcoin core on Windows 10.
I have successfully configured Bitcoin core with ...
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Why can't I use Bitcoin-QT while bitcoind is running as a Windows service under NSSM?
Why can't I use Bitcoin-QT while bitcoind is running as a Windows service under NSSM?
Is there a trick to this?
For me to use Bitcoin-QT, I have to stop my windows service and then open it.
Or should ...
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Bitcoin Core Error
I'm having an issue downloading the bitcoin blockchain on a new computer. I downloaded it all day yesterday without issue (80% downloaded) and then when I woke up this morning the computer was still ...
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Bitcoin-qt attempts to load its old wallets. How can I configure it so that it does not do it?
Warning: Skipping -wallet path that doesn't exist. Failed to load database path '/home/jerzy/.bitcoin/testnet3/wallets/blank'. Path does not exist.
I get this warning anytime I launch it with nohup ~/...
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Is there a faster way to download IBD for bitcoin core?
I am trying to setup a node using bitcoin core https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-core/
but it is taking ages to download. Running for past 2 days and downloaded only 15 % . I have a decent internet ...
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Running bitcoin-qt as client
I want to configure bitcoin-qt to work as a 'client' for parallel bitcoind server (the same way as bitcoin-cli), but I don't see any relevant configuration options. In my PC bitcoind has folowing ...
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Can I merge blockchain downloads?
I downloaded the most recent 15GB of the Bitcoin blockchain. But I also have a back up from a year ago when I downloaded some more. Can I merely copy the old blockchain files into ~/.bitcoin and have ...
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Payout address format has changed?
When I run bitcoin-qt, it sets up a default wallet. When I ask it for the recipient address for this wallet, I was expecting something like 1FGasdfasdfasdf123asdfasdf. However what it actually ...
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QT compiling for Debian systems
Bitcoin version : 0.21
System: Ubuntu 18.04
All dependencies installed.
I am using Depends system to compile QT wallet. I compiled all three (Mac, Windows, and Ubuntu) successfully. All run just fine....
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I found 10 different wallet.dat files on my computer. How can I tell which has money in it? Bitcoin-core-qt
In cygwin I did "find / -name wallet*.dat" and found 10 wallet*.dat files on my Windows box.
Some have 2005 dates, some are newer.
Q: How can I determine which one has the money in it?
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BTC wallet recovery: I have a 12 word backup, what do I do?
I have the 12 key seed phrase from a 10 year old Bitcoin-qt acct, but don't know what tool to use to turn it into a wallet. Obviously I am terrified to put the seed phrase into any ONLINE tool. I want ...
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Unable to return BlockHashes when I run this generatetoaddress
I have downloaded and fully synced with my Mac last Saturday, my Bitcoin Core version is v0.21.0 and my Bitcoin-Qt version 5.9.8.
I did run other RPC commands such as "getrpcinfo" and it did ...
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Error compile bitcoin mac OS
I have straggle to compile bitcoin core on mac OS machine. it has an error as the following:
/usr/local/include/QtCore/qglobal.h:667:65: error: expected '>'
typename = std::enable_if_t<...
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Can I start a Bitcoin Private Node using bitcoin-qt?
Currently I am starting a private node using:
bitcoind -regtest -port=11111 -datadir=.\data -rpcport=11112
I can't find the -regtest option in qt.
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Why can't I minimize to tray when I launch Bitcoin on startup?
If I set Bitcoin Core to start on system login, the option to "Hide tray icon" and "Minimize to tray" become disabled. On my system (Pop_OS!) This causes bitcoin-qt to be neither ...
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PLEASE help me get armoury to online on my mac?
Macos 10.11.6 El Capitan
Armoury 0.93.3
BitcoinQT v0.17.1
I have to use those software versions to get them to open in OS10.11
I cannot get armoury to go online. PLEASE HELP ME.
Both apps open ...
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Can I remove the initial bitcoin folder after installing its binaries to /usr/local/bin?
I know this's kinda a noob question, but I really want to be sure I'm not making a mistake.
I want to install Bitcoin Core GUI on my Linux by the following steps:
Download bitcoin-0.20.1-x86_64-linux-...
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Bitcoin core Recent Transactions seems Empty
I have setup bitcoin core 0.20.1.
Everything is set up correctly, I made a transaction on main net - but it is not showing under recent transactions. Though transaction is confirmed on blockchain.
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Bitcoin QT wallet.dat file location? [duplicate]
It's been since 2013 when i was mining bitcoin that i have used and synchronized this wallet. I've tried a few times several years ago but it literally takes days, if not weeks now to synchronize, AND,...
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Running both bitcoind and bitcoin-qt for use with lightning
I've been toying around with bitcoin & lightning nodes.
I like having the Bitcoin Core Qt GUI around for things, but also like being able to change specific configuration / startup flags (maybe ...
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Can I see transactions in bitcoin-qt without downloading blocks? if I have a server with blocks on the local network?
I have server with bitcoind (synchronized), port 18443 opened. And I tried to connect to rpc server with bitcoin-qt in my mac. With this configuration:
regtest=1
rpcuser=<login>
rpcpassword=<...
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Should I Encrypt my Wallet for Cold Storage?
I understand that the Bitcoin QT wallet is already encrypted to some extent when I use a password. Is it best-practice to further encrypt the wallet file for long term storage?
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Bitcoin V0.1 Not Connected
My Bitcoin V 0.1 says, "not connected" when I try to generate coins. I have ensured the port is connected through the firewall. Also, I have read that V 0.1.3 corrected this problem. However,...
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Do I really have to place my wallet file in the data directory?
I run bitcoin-core QT and I downloaded the full ledger data to an external HD so I can move between machines. My wallet.dat file is secured someplace else.
I start-up the QT client giving the external ...
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Delete Bitcoin Qt Mac: System folder inflated in size, although "Application Support/Bitcoin/" and app deleted
I downloaded Bitcoin Qt and the entire blockchain, now I'd like to delete it.
I followed instructions from various search results, which all instructed to delete the app and to delete all data (where ...
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Flatpak bitcoin-core not generating .cookie file
I'm using the version of Bitcoin-Qt 0.18.1 that comes with Flatpak. I've looked in the Bitcoin datadir, which is in ~/.var/app/org.bitcoincore.bitcoin-qt/data/ and there isn't any .cookie file there. ...
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Bus error (core dumped)
Running a new install of Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS and downloading blocks in bitcoin-qt up to over 70% when pgm quits with "Bus error (core dumped)".
Anyone else gets this or how to fix it? (-rescan didn't ...
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OCP-QT Wallet (Based on Bitcoin QT) Cannot fnd Locales 'qrc_bitcoin.cpp'
I a trying to Compile an Altcoin wallet that has been Forked off Bitcoin but i am getting this error when i try to compile:
/usr/lib/qt5/bin/rcc -name bitcoin src/qt/bitcoin.qrc -o qrc_bitcoin.cpp
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Validate 3rd party transactions on Bitcoin-qt debug window
Is there a way to validate a random transaction via transaction ID on the debug window? Imagine I want to validate a transaction between 2 wallets I don't control.
I believe its possible to check if ...
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After downloading the entire Bitcoiin blockchain from a torrent, what are my next steps to link it to Bitcoin Core 0.17.1?
I downloaded the entire bitcoiin blockchain into my external mounted drive as seen below and named the directory bcore.
I then did a symlink to that folder like this in my home folder (~) location :
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Does Bitcoin Core v0.17.0 run on native wayland?
I'm trying to run bitcoin core v0.17.0 on Wayland on Fedora 29. When I run bitcoin-qt I receive
Warning: Ignoring XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland ...
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How to recover Bitcoin sent to example address on Bitcoin.org info page
Please,
I am very new and accidentally loaded funds into a sample wallet on the Bitcoin.org information site instead of my personal wallet.
This happened October 11, 2018.
Would you please help ...
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Failed to build Bitcoin Core from source, Ubuntu 17.10
I'm building from source v0.16.0 on Ubuntu 17.10
I cloned the repo, checked out on v0.16.0, ran ./autogen.sh followed by ./configure CXXFLAGS="--param ggc-min-expand=1 --param ggc-min-heapsize=32768"
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Getting Started With Script
I would like to manually write a few locking and unlocking scripts to get a deeper feel for that part of the network. What is the simplest step-by-step set of instructions to set up everything needed ...
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How to listen to an address or transaction_id continuously?
I am running bitcoin core on my node. I have two questions.
1) I want to get notified whenever there a new transaction in the blockchain.
2) If I give an address, I should get all the details about ...
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Splitting BTC and BCH from cold storage using bitcoin core wallet sending to exodus
I had BTC long before the forks of BCH (bitcoin cash) and any of the others.
I wanted to finally split some BCH off of my BTC and so this is what I attempted to do
Bitcoin Core Wallet Send to Exodus ...
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Compiling bitcoin-qt error: ld.exe: cannot find -lsecp256k1
I have followed the guide "Building headless Bitcoin and Bitcoin-qt on Windows" but with a more recent altcoin source code to test.
The compilation stop on ld.exe: cannot find -lsecp256k1
Is one ...
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txtnindex=1 but balances still zero?
I'm running a full node (v0.16.0). I added txnindex=1 to my configuration file and restarted the Bitcoin-Qt. It took 2+ days to build the index but when I check addresses with known final balances>0 ...
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