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Title: wallet transaction errors
Post by: jamesc on July 28, 2014, 06:44:41 pm

I'm having a problem with transaction errors.  I restored my wallet json backup into a new 0.2.4 blockchain.  Several errors showed up in wallet_get_pending_transaction_errors.  I deleted each transaction in error and did a re-scan.  The error queue was empty.  Just so you know, my wallet backup was made with an earlier release 0.2.2.

Now, I can't transfer between my own accounts in that wallet anymore.  My last attempt left the transaction stuck in the web_wallet in "Pending" state.  The wallet_get_pending_transaction_errors shows the transaction is considered a duplicate_transaction ...

So, my question is, what is the easiest way to fix this?  Can I delete the wallet and json transactions from the wallet backup then import again?  Could I just import a key or keys from the backup?

thank you...

Title: Re: wallet transaction errors
Post by: Myshadow on July 31, 2014, 12:24:44 am

Hi jcalfee1,

Just ran into this same issue myself. the Wiki was invaluable! https://github.com/BitShares/bitshares_toolkit/wiki
My fix was as follows.

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wallet_dump_private_key <address_or_public_key>
used public key for <address_or_public_key>(account name didn't work)copied private key and account name to a secure place.

Quit out of Bitshares X

Deleted entire default directory out of appdata\roaming\Bitshares X\wallets\ (BACKUP DEFAULT DIRECTORY JUST IN CASE!!!!!!)

loaded up bitshares X > accepted EULA > Inputted Secure Password to create new wallet > cancelled account creation and went to console.

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wallet_import_private_key <wif_key> [account_name] true true
Where <wif_key> is the copied private key and [account_name] is the account name you copied previously. This got me a clean account back but i don't know whether it actually was rescanning the blockchain or not... coz no funds showed up. i also ran the following just to make sure(probably unneeded)

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wallet_rescan_blockchain 1 90000   
Hope this helps!

Title: Re: wallet transaction errors
Post by: jamesc on July 31, 2014, 09:11:54 pm

Good idea.  I have been holding out for a fix.  I'm told there is a fix in the rename account where it will rename a local account first (instead of a registered account).  They said it was not released yet so this could very well do the trick.  In other words, my hypothesis is that I will just rename my account to account.local then the registered account will be revealed (maybe after a rescan).

Also, this issue showed up that I believe describes what happened:

https://github.com/dacsunlimited/bitsharesx/issues/10


Not sure if they saw this.  This should probably be moved to https://github.com/BitShares/bitshares_toolkit.  Regardless, the fix should be on its way.

Title: Re: wallet transaction errors
Post by: Myshadow on August 01, 2014, 12:21:13 am

Interestingly, the pending transactions that i thought weren't confirmed by the blockchain and I deleted using the following in Bitshares X 0.2.1:

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wallet_clear_pending_transactions
(which is depreciated in version 0.2.3 btw) Showed up after reimporting the private key to a new wallet, and the recipient shows as UNKNOWN. i guess this happens because I don't have private keys for those accounts and have only reimported the one i have registered, so are unrecoverable.

So beware, hang on to all the private key's you've created because those "pending" transactions from version 0.2.1 ARE included in the blockchain.