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Title: BTS still stuck on old blockchain
Post by: JamesK56 on March 18, 2016, 04:42:14 pm
I still have about 80,000 BTS on the old chain that I cannot transfer because my client WILL NOT synch past block 2605505.  Is there another way to remove those BTS from the old wallet to my 2.0 wallet.  I'm a technical idiot so it should not be too difficult a process or I get lost and frustrated.  Have managed to move all my BTS that was purchased prior to block 2605505.  Any suggestions.  I have tried numerous times to delete and reboot but it still stops synching at same block.
Title: Re: BTS still stuck on old blockchain
Post by: Riverhead on March 18, 2016, 06:31:42 pm

Make sure you are on 0.9.3c client so you have access to the wallet_export_keys command. If the wallet file is a recent backup you may not need to sync the whole chain as your wallet would contain all the keys.

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wallet_export_keys <json_filename>                Exports encrypted keys to a JSON file
Exports encrypted keys to a JSON file

Parameters:
  json_filename (filename, required): the full path and filename of JSON file to generate
Title: Re: BTS still stuck on old blockchain
Post by: JamesK56 on March 18, 2016, 07:11:40 pm
I transferred the BTS to my .9.3 wallet after the last block i was able to synch so those most recent BTS are not showing in the client and i just cannot seem to get past that block.  It shows severe network problems with low delegate participation rate which is what it has been telling me for the last 301 days.  Any other way to download just the blocks I need to get the BTS onto the old wallet so that I can access and transfer?
Title: Re: BTS still stuck on old blockchain
Post by: bytemaster on March 18, 2016, 07:46:18 pm
I believe someone has a full blockchain available for download so you don't have to sync the old chain.
Title: Re: BTS still stuck on old blockchain
Post by: abit on March 18, 2016, 09:39:48 pm
Migration guide here: https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,20822.0.html

Full 0.x blockchain data download here: https://mega.nz/#!P8BhCZ4I!NZHkhUEbrgVTNRI1QXhDJI6ly7z1Fv2nFgrpQM1UWDQ

There is also a torrent file here http://docs.bitshares.eu/bitshares/migration/legacy-blockchain.html
Title: Re: BTS still stuck on old blockchain
Post by: unreadPostsSinceLastVisit on March 19, 2016, 03:41:48 am
Everybody will be happy to coach you through it if you choose to take a stab yourself. If not, @xeroc has offered to do this for people as a service for a fee.
Title: Re: BTS still stuck on old blockchain
Post by: xeroc on March 20, 2016, 10:19:35 am
Erm .. does the bts1 chain actually have more than 2.6m blocks?
Title: Re: BTS still stuck on old blockchain
Post by: abit on March 20, 2016, 05:16:54 pm
Erm .. does the bts1 chain actually have more than 2.6m blocks?
Sure..

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"blockchain_head_block_num": 3832292,
Title: Re: BTS still stuck on old blockchain
Post by: xeroc on March 21, 2016, 08:26:12 am
thanks for checking ..
Title: Re: BTS still stuck on old blockchain
Post by: JamesK56 on March 21, 2016, 10:01:42 pm
Thanks for the suggestions and help. As suggested above I have now downloaded the blockchain file into a  MEGA cloud account that I set up.  Not sure what I'm doing but how do I connect my old client to this blockchain file to access the remaining BTS?
Title: Re: BTS still stuck on old blockchain
Post by: xeroc on March 22, 2016, 08:28:28 am
Your raw blockchain data is stored in %APPDATA%\Roaming\Bitshares .. just replace the 'chain' or the 'raw_chain' folder in there with the downloaded folder