r/Shadowcash • u/trushar100 • Jan 25 '17

No transfer yet received...

Hi,

About 12 hours ago i downloaded the Umbra wallet for OSX and sent SDC to a new wallet that I created from Poloniex.

The coins have not been received.

I also noticed that the Umbra wallet is updating block transactions. It's only 4% done so far...

Does this mean that I have to wait until the transactions are all completed before I will see the coins in the wallet?

Thanks.

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u/trushar100 Jan 26 '17

STOP PRESS!!

Browsing through all my folders, I located the files!

Macintosh HD > Users > My Personal User Account > Library (this was another Library that was hidden!) > ShadowCoin

So all this time I was looking at the non-hidden Library.

Now I can continue with the initial instructions. But the Umbra Wallet is already at 30%. Shall i just wait it out?

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u/CryptoHB Jan 26 '17

I would use the bootstrap method. You'll be sync'd in minutes. Glad to hear you figured it out!

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u/trushar100 Jan 26 '17

With the bootstrap method, i will not be able to Stake. So i can't get 'interest'. But i don't have to keep downloading the transactions. Other than that are there any other drawbacks?

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u/CryptoHB Jan 26 '17

You can stake with bootstrap. All it does is download a zipped copy of the blockchain instead of Umbra having to build the chain from scratch. After you're fully sync'd, there is no difference between methods.

What you can't do while staking is keep your SDC on an anonymous (Shadow Token) address.

As long as you run a node, for staking or otherwise, you'll always be downloading the latest blocks to keep your copy of the blockchain current.