<p>Removing all block chain and retrieving it again solved this problem. I guess -rescan should help too.</p>

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2013-06-11T07:21:27.857Z
2013-06-11T07:21:27.857Z
Jonas
<p>I use Bitcoin-Qt. Decided to make another wallet and transfer some bitcoins there. Wanted to give that wallet to my friend as a gift. What I did was:</p>

<ol>
<li>renamed wallet.dat file to 1_wallet.dat</li>
<li>started Bitcoin-Qt it created new wallet.dat file</li>
<li>copied address of new wallet</li>
<li>renamed wallet.dat to 2_wallet.dat and 1_wallet.dat back to wallet.dat</li>
<li>transferred some bitcoins to new wallet address</li>
</ol>

<p>finally after transaction was confirmed I still didn't see bitcoins in a new wallet. What I did wrong? Is it possible to get back these bitcoins?</p>

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2013-05-16T07:52:32.973Z
Have you tried starting bitcoin with the `-rescan` command line option?
cdecker
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2013-05-16T13:58:25.567Z
cdecker should probably post that as an answer, that's my best guess too. If it was confirmed, it is irrevocably in that second address.
David Ogren
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2013-05-16T18:04:57.670Z
And just to make sure, ... your client is in sync as well?
Stephen Gornick
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Bitcoins didn't arrive to new wallet
Jonas
# Bitcoins didn't arrive to new wallet

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-05-16)

I use Bitcoin-Qt. Decided to make another wallet and transfer some bitcoins there. Wanted to give that wallet to my friend as a gift. What I did was:

1. renamed wallet.dat file to 1\_wallet.dat
2. started Bitcoin-Qt it created new wallet.dat file
3. copied address of new wallet
4. renamed wallet.dat to 2\_wallet.dat and 1\_wallet.dat back to wallet.dat
5. transferred some bitcoins to new wallet address

finally after transaction was confirmed I still didn't see bitcoins in a new wallet. What I did wrong? Is it possible to get back these bitcoins?

**Tags:** bitcoin-core

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Have you tried starting bitcoin with the `-rescan` command line option?  
> **username_2**: username_1 should probably post that as an answer, that's my best guess too. If it was confirmed, it is irrevocably in that second address.  
> **username_3**: And just to make sure, ... your client is in sync as well?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2013-06-11. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

Removing all block chain and retrieving it again solved this problem. I guess -rescan should help too.


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