"errorMessage" : "Could not allocate vin

[ec1warc1]

I got my IP address mixed up between two masternodes. I sent the DASH to a standby address, rebuilt both of the masternode configurations with the local wallet. ONE works fine:


masternode start-alias MN3
20:20:46

{
"alias" : "MN3",
"result" : "successful"
}

The other still produces this error:

masternode start-alias MN2

{
"alias" : "MN2",
"result" : "failed",
"errorMessage" : "Could not allocate vin 515272e08b8816daf9ff7633e89d5d746d20c9039c87211afa6c2f5455dddd5e:1 for masternode xxx.xx.xxx.244:9999"
}
(IP address changed to prevent attacks).

I assume that on the blockchain, there is a VIN assigned to my IP address for this node. I completely redid this for BOTH nodes, and the second one reassinged. Any idea why the one for MN2 doesn't budge? Dashd is not running.

 

[UdjinM6]

"Could not allocate vin" usually means that coins for this masternode are not in the wallet you trying to send start-alias command from. Make sure wallet is fully synced.

 

[ec1warc1]

Perfect answer, just what I needed. I was using two wallet files, and only one masternode.conf but trying to "masternode start-alias" from the same wallet. Of course, the one that had the coins deposited in that wallet worked, the other did not.

THANKS!

 

[mrearthbound]

That didn't work for me. I got the same "could not allocate vin" error, and the reason was I had an input of more than 1000 coins. I needed to have an input of *exactly* 1000 coins for that to work. I just sent myself 1000 coins so that I had an input of that amount and that was it.