negative balance #9887

issue btcid opened this issue on February 28, 2017

btcid commented at 7:35 AM on February 28, 2017: none
Describe the issue

Can you reliably reproduce the issue?

If so, please list the steps to reproduce below:

bitcoin-cli getbalance '*' and bitcoin-cli listaccounts

Expected behaviour

same as bitcoin-cli getbalance the result is 61.65250439

Actual behaviour
```
bitcoin-cli getbalance '*'
-14.03410034
```
```
bitcoin-cli listaccounts
{
  "": -14.03410034
}
```
Screenshots.

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What version of bitcoin-core are you using?

"version": 130200, "protocolversion": 70015, "walletversion": 130000,

Machine specs:
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04
- CPU: 4
- RAM: 8Gb
- Disk size: 200Gb
- Disk Type (HD/SDD): SSD
jonasschnelli commented at 7:59 AM on February 28, 2017: contributor

AFAIK this has to do with the internals of the accounting system.

Related: #3810 #3816 #2079
jonasschnelli added the label Wallet on Feb 28, 2017
ryanofsky commented at 10:39 AM on February 28, 2017: member

Also #9614. bitcoin-cli getbalance and bitcoin-cli getbalance * compute balances differently, and the latter can (temporarily) show low or negative balances if there are multiple unconfirmed transactions that spend the same inputs. From #9614, "The biggest difference is that GetBalance sums up all unspent TxOuts paying to the wallet, while [getbalance *] sums up both spent and unspent TxOuts paying to the wallet, and then subtracts the values of TxIns spending from the wallet."
laanwj commented at 11:22 AM on February 28, 2017: member

Yes, this is a known issue, that will go away when the accounting system (which is already deprecated) goes away. @ryanofsky @jonasschnelli thanks for summarizing.
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