"Assertion Failed!" on Startup after Re-install #20905

issue uugr33 opened this issue on January 11, 2021
  1. uugr33 commented at 5:48 PM on January 11, 2021: none

    Asked this question in stackexchange and was directed here.

    I have had Bitcoin Core on this computer before, and it worked fine for over a year with no trouble. I had recently uninstalled it, and today attempted to re-install, but, after running setup, on attempting to open bitcoin-qt.exe, the following error appears:

    Assertion failed! Program: C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe File: wallet/scriptpubkeyman.cpp, Line 720 Expression: mapKeys.empty()

    ...with three options, Abort, Retry, and Ignore. Running from the command prompt with -rescan does not help.

    Any assistance would be very much appreciated.

    To reproduce

    This happens consistently when opening bitcoin-qt.exe, including after uninstalling and reinstalling further. I have tried installing on both a C:\ and D:\ drive, and the same error appears on both.

    System information

    I am running bitcoin-0.20.1-win64, Windows 10. Downloaded from bitcoincore.org. C:\ is SSD, and D:\ is HDD.

  2. uugr33 added the label Bug on Jan 11, 2021
  3. MarcoFalke added the label Wallet on Jan 11, 2021
  4. achow101 commented at 10:34 PM on January 12, 2021: member

    The original stackexchange question is: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/101369/re-installed-bitcoin-core-assertion-failed-on-startup

    From the comment there, it seems that this is resolved?

  5. uugr33 closed this on Jan 12, 2021

  6. uugr33 commented at 11:31 PM on January 12, 2021: none

    Yes, it's been resolved. The issue was with an old wallet.dat file which I did not realize the recent installation of Bitcoin Core still recognized.

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