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Bitcoin QT client / core wallet closing abruptly (crash fixed)

coinguides — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 06:05:16 +0000

Is your Bitcoin wallet closing without any warning or notification? Well, you are not alone. Issues like this are common and in most cases the problem occurs when you force shutdown the wallet. If that is the case then probably you might have messed up your blockchain file. You’ll need to delete the blk.dat files …

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A quick tip on creating and editing your masternode configuration file

coinguides — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 06:37:27 +0000

Has your masternode stopped working or is it not stable enough? What you need to note is that if your masternode has a laggy performance or if it disconnects randomly then you’ll end up losing your payments. For this reason make sure your nodes are running 24 x 7 without any performance issues. There are …

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A list of useful commands to help manage your Masternodes & Linux VPS

coinguides — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 02:59:59 +0000

With growing number of masternode coins you might be interested in setting up and running your own masternode. It can be either to earn a passive income or to test the environment or to understand how the whole system works. Actually most of the masternode coins are based on Dash or PIVX so the requirements …

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How to backup core wallet and how to replace wallet.dat backup file

coinguides — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 12:32:44 +0000

We were recently contacted by a user who informed us that their hard disk got corrupt and as a result they can’t access their wallets anymore. But fortunately they had several copy of wallet.dat file. So we advised them to install latest version wallet in another machine and import the original wallet.dat to new wallet …

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Monero wallet: “Daemon failed to start” error – What is it & how to fix?

coinguides — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 09:47:09 +0000

After the recent Monero upgrade several users reported that they were unable to access their Monero GUI wallet. Actually they were able to open their wallets but can’t get the daemon to start. After starting; the wallet returns the following error message: “Daemon failed to start – Please check your wallet and daemon log for …

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What does -rescan, -reindex command do & How to rescan / reindex wallet?

coinguides — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:12:05 +0000

Core wallet is quite sensitive and two commands which is used to fix a large number of wallet related issues are - rescan and -reindex. Are you getting any error when starting your core wallet? Or is your local blockchain database broken / corrupt? This can occur when copying blockchain from one computer to another, …

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Core wallet: “No block source available” – How to fix this?

coinguides — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 07:23:05 +0000

Trying to sync our core wallet can be quite challenging at times and everyone of us might have gone through this stage atleast once. Whichever coin it; if you haven’t opened your wallet in a while then you need to patiently wait for it to completely synchronize. Also it can get quite frustrating if the …

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Masternode requirements – Why VPS? and why home PC is not suitable?

coinguides — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:49:21 +0000

Masternode technology is an invention of Dash. They are special nodes on the network that are more than just another peer connection. Apart from running full nodes and relaying transactions they provide several functions to the network. To run a masternode you need two things: 1. A certain amount of coins that needs to be …

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How to create Bootstrap file to speed up wallet initial synchronization

coinguides — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 12:54:44 +0000

Most of the Altcoin core wallets are based on Bitcoin QT wallet. At some point of time you may face synchronization issues with your core wallet. If your wallet is not syncing then there are quite a few ways to troubleshoot and fix it. If none of the troubleshooting methods work then only way to …

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Wallet won’t sync – Why your wallet is not syncing and how to fix this

coinguides — Sun, 02 Sep 2018 12:50:21 +0000

The reason why users choose core wallet is to run a full node, support the network and additionally have full control over their funds as it offers better privacy and security. On the other hand why users won’t choose QT wallet is mainly because of wallet sync issues. Before we can use this wallet we …

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