<p>Armory does not work if the blockchain is pruned. You must have the full blockchain in order for Armory to work.</p>

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2017-10-28T15:44:34.903Z
2017-10-28T15:44:34.903Z
Ava Chow
<p>I bought BTC a few years ago and stored them in cold storage. I encrypted it and saved it in google drive.</p>

<p>Some time ago I decided to check on it. But I couldn't open Bitcoin Armory at all, so in the end I downloaded it via terminal (with cask and homebrew). And that worked!</p>

<p>I opened it, saw I had money but for some reason I couldn't send it. Whenever I would press send button, nothing happened.</p>

<p>So, I reinstalled it a few times and still nothing.</p>

<p>So, I decided a few days ago to delete entire blockchain, remove Bitcoin Core and Armory and remove all files from application support and start over.</p>

<p>Now, I finally downloaded the blockchain with pruning and Armory is stuck on organizing blockchain for a few days now.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/TZevP.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/TZevP.png" alt="Armory issue"></a></p>

<p>So, today I decided to export the keys into Electrum but Electrum says there no Bitcoins inside of it...</p>

<p>I am worried that in the process I didn't accidentally lose them.</p>

<p><strong>My question is, should it take this long? 
And what can I do to speed it up, to get to the funds faster?</strong></p>

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Armory issues on macOSX
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# Armory issues on macOSX

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-28)

I bought BTC a few years ago and stored them in cold storage. I encrypted it and saved it in google drive.

Some time ago I decided to check on it. But I couldn't open Bitcoin Armory at all, so in the end I downloaded it via terminal (with cask and homebrew). And that worked!

I opened it, saw I had money but for some reason I couldn't send it. Whenever I would press send button, nothing happened.

So, I reinstalled it a few times and still nothing.

So, I decided a few days ago to delete entire blockchain, remove Bitcoin Core and Armory and remove all files from application support and start over.

Now, I finally downloaded the blockchain with pruning and Armory is stuck on organizing blockchain for a few days now.

[![Armory issue](https://i.sstatic.net/TZevP.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/TZevP.png)

So, today I decided to export the keys into Electrum but Electrum says there no Bitcoins inside of it...

I am worried that in the process I didn't accidentally lose them.

**My question is, should it take this long?
And what can I do to speed it up, to get to the funds faster?**

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, armory, mac


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-10-28. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

Armory does not work if the blockchain is pruned. You must have the full blockchain in order for Armory to work.


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