<p>You can either import the keys into an <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Category%3aEWallets" rel="nofollow">eWallet</a> that allows for that, or try taking your wallet to someone else who has a fully synchronised Bitcoin client. If you replace their wallet with yours (remember to make a backup!), the client should synchronise your wallet with the network and you will see your transactions. You can take the updated wallet.dat file back with you and use it until your Bitcoin synchronises.</p>

<p>Both of those options carry risk - in the first case you entrust the safety of your Bitcoins to a third party, and in the second case - to your friend. The risk could be mitigated (for example, encrypting your wallet will still let it be synchronised, but the private keys will be safer), but should always be kept in mind.</p>

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2012-10-20T07:32:30.507Z
2012-10-20T07:32:30.507Z
ThePiachu
<p>Blockhain.info offers a browser-based tool that will sync a Blockchain.info/wallet with your local Bitcoin-Qt wallet.dat (and vice-versa).</p>

<p>To use this you set up RPC on your client (bitcoin.conf contacins rpcuser=,rpcpassword=) and then run Bitcoin-Qt as a server (-server).</p>

<p>Then you use the browser plug-in (on Chrome, or the Blockchain verifier tool for Firefox or Safari) and perform a sync.</p>

<p>You can then spend the funds from Blockchain.info/wallet.</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://blockchain.info/wallet/demo-account#sync-bitcoind" rel="nofollow">https://blockchain.info/wallet/demo-account#sync-bitcoind</a>  &lt;-- Demo account, don't sync with this wallet, ... use your own Blockchain.info/wallet when you do the RPC.</li>
</ul>

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2012-10-21T19:02:09.603Z
2012-10-21T19:02:09.603Z
Stephen Gornick
<p>I used QT to generate an address, and have received some coins, but they're not showing up because it hasn't synced yet. It looks like syncing will take 2 days. Can I access the coins before then? Maybe dumping the wallet and importing with another client?</p>

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2012-10-20T00:22:39.723Z
You can use any online wallet service that lets you import private keys.
David Schwartz
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2012-10-21T18:54:49.673Z
Version 0.7.1 of the Bitcoin.org client supports a new approach to manually downloading and then importing blockchain data, through bittorrent.  And version 0.7.0 introduced -loadblock.  Those still won't make the load instantaneous but will at least be faster than the normal P2P network method.
Stephen Gornick
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2012-10-21T18:56:15.117Z
Also, ultraprune (and LevelDB) is coming in an upcoming release of the Bitcoin.org client which will dramatically improve the initial blockchain download process and subsequent ongoing verification.
Stephen Gornick
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2012-10-21T19:33:52.470Z
A a follow up to @StephenGornick, here is a torrent for a bootstrap.dat that will get you upto block 197,000: Torrent info hash: 0bb0521942f586ed96203c6f4d136324756f8a9a
Torrent magnet link:
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:0bb0521942f586ed96203c6f4d136324756f8a9a&dn=bootstrap.dat

Filename: bootstrap.dat
Byte size: 2491771562
SHA1: e70ca90775dfdb13fd0014425805a0bdf4a31677
SHA256: a3f258e7af030165360596e4cb0b9beb24b4ce97352c22e65349b89ad5fc5d3e
Streblo
<bitcoin-core><wallet><synchronization>
Is there a way to access my BItcoins before Bitcoin qt syncs?
Edmund
# Is there a way to access my BItcoins before Bitcoin qt syncs?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-10-19)

I used QT to generate an address, and have received some coins, but they're not showing up because it hasn't synced yet. It looks like syncing will take 2 days. Can I access the coins before then? Maybe dumping the wallet and importing with another client?

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

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You can use any online wallet service that lets you import private keys.  
> **username_2**: Version 0.7.1 of the Bitcoin.org client supports a new approach to manually downloading and then importing blockchain data, through bittorrent.  And version 0.7.0 introduced -loadblock.  Those still won't make the load instantaneous but will at least be faster than the normal P2P network method.  
> **username_2**: Also, ultraprune (and LevelDB) is coming in an upcoming release of the Bitcoin.org client which will dramatically improve the initial blockchain download process and subsequent ongoing verification.  
> **username_3**: A a follow up to @username_2, here is a torrent for a bootstrap.dat that will get you upto block 197,000: Torrent info hash: 0bb0521942f586ed96203c6f4d136324756f8a9a Torrent magnet link: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:0bb0521942f586ed96203c6f4d136324756f8a9a&dn=bootstrap.dat  Filename: bootstrap.dat Byte size: 2491771562 SHA1: e70ca90775dfdb13fd0014425805a0bdf4a31677 SHA256: a3f258e7af030165360596e4cb0b9beb24b4ce97352c22e65349b89ad5fc5d3e  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2012-10-20. Score: 2

You can either import the keys into an [eWallet](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Category%3aEWallets) that allows for that, or try taking your wallet to someone else who has a fully synchronised Bitcoin client. If you replace their wallet with yours (remember to make a backup!), the client should synchronise your wallet with the network and you will see your transactions. You can take the updated wallet.dat file back with you and use it until your Bitcoin synchronises.

Both of those options carry risk - in the first case you entrust the safety of your Bitcoins to a third party, and in the second case - to your friend. The risk could be mitigated (for example, encrypting your wallet will still let it be synchronised, but the private keys will be safer), but should always be kept in mind.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2012-10-21. Score: 0

Blockhain.info offers a browser-based tool that will sync a Blockchain.info/wallet with your local Bitcoin-Qt wallet.dat (and vice-versa).

To use this you set up RPC on your client (bitcoin.conf contacins rpcuser=,rpcpassword=) and then run Bitcoin-Qt as a server (-server).

Then you use the browser plug-in (on Chrome, or the Blockchain verifier tool for Firefox or Safari) and perform a sync.

You can then spend the funds from Blockchain.info/wallet.

* <https://blockchain.info/wallet/demo-account#sync-bitcoind> <-- Demo account, don't sync with this wallet, ... use your own Blockchain.info/wallet when you do the RPC.


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