S O L V E D ! ! !
ONE of the wallet backups on the USB drive was corrupt - When I tried to open DASH Core after copying in that backup wallet file, I got the now all too familiar "wallet.dat file corrupt, salvage failed" -
BUT - The second backup file is ALL RIGHT ( Whew!!! ) and DASH has...
As per instructions above and on the atlassian DASH Wallet Restore info page -
I've just used SHIFT + COMMAND + G ( this is a Mac ) and copied " ~/Library/Application\ Support/DashCore/ " into the file search window and I get:
"The folder can't be found."
Uh . . . .
"What th - ?!!" ( as...
Thanks for nodding in, Strophy -
As I said above - in my third entry to this thread - I did not double click the wallet.dat. file - I copied one of the saved-to-USB wallet.dat files - ensuring that I had added that all important final " ." at the end of the word "dat" - then I opened DASH...
NO FURTHER ALONG . . .
I have only just discovered that the proper title of the "wallet.dat" file includes a final 'period' or 'full stop' at the end of the file name - e.g. wallet.dat.
This 'dot' at the end of the file name automatically makes the wallet backup file want to open using DASH...
Thanks, UdjinM6 - I was *hoping* you ( or another equally knowledgeable DASH-walla ) might respond.
Now: I'm a doughball. I have a teency amount of experience with BASH from a Linux version I've been using in various forms for several years, but it's honestly negligible. I do not know how to...
Dear DASH 'ers -
My first post here after my first ever crypto purchase yesterday: Problems! ( problems, problems...!!! ) . . .
Using the DASH Core Wallet - Mac OS X 10.10.3 - Wallet Encrypted -
Purchased the DASH from a broker via Bittylicious Exchange. I used a receiving address from my...