Hello, how do I get my bitcoin from umbrel to another wallet. My node running on Raspberry Pi have been off for over 6 months and I am out of space on my 1T HD. I rebooted it recently and my node is not syncing and I can’t see my funds. How do I get my Sats off Umbrel. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Here are a few screenshots
hey, the screenshots explain what’s happening. Bitcoin Core stopped because the drive is effectively full, not because the sats disappeared.
That 49.8 GB shown as available is almost exactly 5% of the drive. On some older Pi setups that space is reserved for the system, so Bitcoin Core can’t actually write to it.
Don’t uninstall Lightning Node or reset the wallet. I’d uninstall Electrs first since its 56 GB is only a rebuildable index, not wallet keys or funds. Then open Bitcoin Node → Settings → Optimization, set “Prune Old Blocks” to around 500 GB, save, and let Bitcoin Node catch up. Pruning disables transaction indexing, so Electrs and some other apps won’t work while the node stays pruned.
Once Bitcoin Node is synced again, Lightning Node should catch up and show the wallet balance. If Bitcoin Core still shows a new “No space left” error after this, post the fresh log before trying a reindex.
Do you remember whether the sats were in Lightning Node’s Bitcoin Wallet, in open Lightning channels, or in a separate wallet connected through Electrs? The recovery path is different for each. Also, don’t post or send your 24 words to anyone.
ok, this one is straightforward. The full disk left Bitcoin Core’s settings.json file unreadable. This isn’t blockchain or wallet data.
Go to the Umbrel home screen, right-click Bitcoin Node, and select Stop. Then open Files and go to Apps → bitcoin → data → bitcoin. Right-click settings.json, select Rename, and rename it to settings-backup.json.
Go back to the home screen and start Bitcoin Node again. Don’t use the Restore Defaults button inside Bitcoin Node, since that could undo the pruning change. Renaming this file won’t touch your blockchain data or Lightning funds.
If Bitcoin Node stops again, post the new error log from that attempt.
ah, 0.5.4 explains why those options aren’t there. I wouldn’t update yet while the node is in this state. Fix this file and make sure you can access the wallet first, then update afterward.
On a computer connected to the same network, open Terminal and run:
ssh umbrel@umbrel.local
Use your Umbrel dashboard password. Nothing will appear while you type the password, which is normal. Once connected, run these commands one at a time:
~/umbrel/scripts/app stop bitcoin
mv ~/umbrel/app-data/bitcoin/data/bitcoin/settings.json ~/umbrel/app-data/bitcoin/data/bitcoin/settings-backup.json
~/umbrel/scripts/app start bitcoin
Give Bitcoin Node around 10–15 minutes to start. If it stops again, post the new error log.
Once the node is working and your funds are accessible, you can update. Moving a Raspberry Pi from umbrelOS 0.5 to 1.x is a separate microSD migration, so I wouldn’t mix that into the recovery right now.
It works! Thank you for your help, sir. Can I buy you a coffee? shoot me a lighting address.
you’re all good, thanks for the offer though! I’ll take the successful restart as my coffee. 