<p>I now have a full node on an external drive, no pruning.
I connected sparrow to Bitcoin Core, but now the wallet in Sparrow and the same wallet on Bitcoin Core is missing 4 transactions, and then of course shows an incorrect balance, and a list of my utxos before those 4 transactions.</p>
<p>If I disconnect from Bitcoin Core and connect back to a public server it will then show all transactions again like normal.</p>
<p>The 4 transactions have over ten thousand confirmations and my node is fully synced to the latest block.</p>
<p>What can be the explanation for this?</p>

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2023-08-22T12:15:49.457Z
Is it possible to import a key into Sparrow, without importing it into Bitcoin Core?
RedGrittyBrick
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2023-08-22T12:30:07.737Z
Hi RedGrittyBrick, I may have misunderstood your question, and maybe it wasn’t for me, but here it goes: whenever I load a wallet in Sparrow it automatically appears in Bitcoin Core. I am not sure if one can disable this.
adam744
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2023-08-22T13:03:25.433Z
Is your Bitcoin Core node fully synced?
Pieter Wuille
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2023-08-22T13:09:09.737Z
Hi Pieter Wuille, yes it is.
adam744
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2023-08-22T13:37:22.720Z
Have you configured pruning in bitcoin.conf
RedGrittyBrick
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2023-08-22T13:39:01.067Z
Did you create the affected wallet with sparrow connected to a public server and not connected to Bitcoin core?
RedGrittyBrick
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2023-08-22T13:42:33.577Z
Does this apply: [I’ve restored my wallet but some of my funds are missing](https://sparrowwallet.com/docs/faq.html#ive-restored-my-wallet-but-some-of-my-funds-are-missing)
RedGrittyBrick
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2023-08-22T14:01:29.797Z
All I have in conf file is "server=1". And yes, I created the wallet long before I started running a Bitcoin Core node. I should have added that the 4 transactions that are missing are the most recent ones. I tried drastically increasing gap limit in Sparrow but the results were the same.
adam744
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2023-09-01T14:59:30.317Z
update: there must have been some sort of file corruption or something, because now I cannot even start bitcoin core, it never syncs headers… Thank you regardless, RedGrittyBrick.
adam744
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Bitcoin Core not loading transactions
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# Bitcoin Core not loading transactions

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-08-22)

I now have a full node on an external drive, no pruning.
I connected sparrow to Bitcoin Core, but now the wallet in Sparrow and the same wallet on Bitcoin Core is missing 4 transactions, and then of course shows an incorrect balance, and a list of my utxos before those 4 transactions.

If I disconnect from Bitcoin Core and connect back to a public server it will then show all transactions again like normal.

The 4 transactions have over ten thousand confirmations and my node is fully synced to the latest block.

What can be the explanation for this?

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, sparrow-wallet

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Is it possible to import a key into Sparrow, without importing it into Bitcoin Core?  
> **username_0**: Hi username_1, I may have misunderstood your question, and maybe it wasn’t for me, but here it goes: whenever I load a wallet in Sparrow it automatically appears in Bitcoin Core. I am not sure if one can disable this.  
> **username_2**: Is your Bitcoin Core node fully synced?  
> **username_0**: Hi username_2, yes it is.  
> **username_1**: Have you configured pruning in bitcoin.conf  
> **username_1**: Did you create the affected wallet with sparrow connected to a public server and not connected to Bitcoin core?  
> **username_1**: Does this apply: [I’ve restored my wallet but some of my funds are missing](https://sparrowwallet.com/docs/faq.html#ive-restored-my-wallet-but-some-of-my-funds-are-missing)  
> **username_0**: All I have in conf file is "server=1". And yes, I created the wallet long before I started running a Bitcoin Core node. I should have added that the 4 transactions that are missing are the most recent ones. I tried drastically increasing gap limit in Sparrow but the results were the same.  
> **username_0**: update: there must have been some sort of file corruption or something, because now I cannot even start bitcoin core, it never syncs headers… Thank you regardless, username_1.  

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