user66581: I have bitcoind running on windows and currently it's syncing the blockchain. Nevertheless, command getbalance always returns zero as value. Even if I seach for an address which has bitcoin.
E.g.
C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\daemon>bitcoin-cli.exe getbalance "[address...]"
0.00000000

Why does it always return 0? I would like to get the address balance of a specific address. I used an address from blockchain.info which had a balance before the current downloaded block.

user24925: getbalance only applies to addresses you own (and are in your wallet.dat).

66581: <p>I have bitcoind running on windows and currently it's syncing the blockchain. Nevertheless, command getbalance always returns zero as value. Even if I seach for an address which has bitcoin.</p>

<pre><code>E.g.
C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\daemon&gt;bitcoin-cli.exe getbalance "[address...]"
0.00000000
</code></pre>

<p>Why does it always return 0? I would like to get the address balance of a specific address. I used an address from blockchain.info which had a balance before the current downloaded block.</p>
 24925: <p><code>getbalance</code> only applies to addresses you own (and are in your <code>wallet.dat</code>).</p>
