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Ethereum: How exactly do I run the -rescan command for bitcoin-qt from console on a Mac?

Published by Terlumun Aondover on February 11th, 2025.

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Bitcoin -Qt team run -Rescan Mac: Step by step

Since you have downloaded the Ethereum blockchain from the torrent and importing your olde Wallet.dat. The “-Rescan’ is a powerful for a Bitcoin-Qt examer, that helps update to your walet information in the reflect in the blockchin. o the team management in the way the Mac console.

Prerequisites

Before trin the command “-Rescan, acke will have you to have:




Bitcoin-Qt installed and updated to the latt.



Wallet.dat Fele imported from old to the blockchain (eg torrent).



Ethereum enabled computer with Mac operating system.


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 Gradual Instructions 

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 Change the directory : Go to the directory of this prior For example:

bash



CD ~/Desktop/Ethereum Blockchain

Replant ~/desktop/etereum blockchain with the act the actual path to your Mac Ethereum blockchain files.

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Activate your Wallet : Activate your Wallet.dat file by moneying this one!

`bash



Wallet.dat Activate

This will make you confirm that you want to activate your wallet. Type yes' and press Enter to continue.




 Run -RESCAN team 

:

bash



./bitcoin -qt -rescan

Note: Prefix “./” This is necessary because the -Rescan is designed to update your wallet information with the input.

What to expect

The “-Rescan!

Started rescan thread: 0x12345678

Scan block #1 …

Scanned Block 1 succesfullly.

Competed Rescan Thread.

If you do not see any output or the process in excesively, you can have a problems wth you, wallet or blockchain. Try to restart Bitcoin-Qt and triy again.

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