<p>I don't think you'll find your address(es) in debug.log, but you can use the <em>listaddressgroupings</em> command without needing to download the blockchain. Open the debug window in bitcoin-qt and type &quot;listaddressgroupings&quot; (or use bitcoin-cli).</p>
<p>You can inspect the balance in each of the addresses using a standard blockchain explorer like <a href="https://mempool.space/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://mempool.space/</a>.</p>

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QMdEW4pbr
<p>Any addresses will be in the wallet.dat file and can be viewed or extracted without any need to download (synchronise with) the whole blockchain.</p>
<p>You can check the balance of an address by using several different public blockchain explorers and checking the results are consistent.</p>
<p>See also</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/101767/13866">dumpwallet output documentation &amp; explanation?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/853/13866">What do the different .dat files contain?</a></li>
</ul>

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RedGrittyBrick
<p>I cannot download the entire block chain (I’ve tried four times now and failed) so I can’t replace my encrypted old wallet.dat file into  the blockchain and do the rescan to check my coin balance. My question is, can I find my Bitcoin address in the debug.log file. Is there a way to use the information in this file to check my Bitcoin balance?</p>

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Can I find the address of my Bitcoin in the debug.log file?
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# Can I find the address of my Bitcoin in the debug.log file?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-04-28)

I cannot download the entire block chain (I’ve tried four times now and failed) so I can’t replace my encrypted old wallet.dat file into the blockchain and do the rescan to check my coin balance. My question is, can I find my Bitcoin address in the debug.log file. Is there a way to use the information in this file to check my Bitcoin balance?

**Tags:** blockchain, synchronization, wallet.dat


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-05-06. Score: 1

I don't think you'll find your address(es) in debug.log, but you can use the *listaddressgroupings* command without needing to download the blockchain. Open the debug window in bitcoin-qt and type "listaddressgroupings" (or use bitcoin-cli).

You can inspect the balance in each of the addresses using a standard blockchain explorer like <https://mempool.space/>.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2021-04-28. Score: 0

Any addresses will be in the wallet.dat file and can be viewed or extracted without any need to download (synchronise with) the whole blockchain.

You can check the balance of an address by using several different public blockchain explorers and checking the results are consistent.

See also

* [dumpwallet output documentation & explanation?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/101767/13866)
* [What do the different .dat files contain?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/853/13866)


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