# Gavin Andresen
# 2010-12-13 17:10:06
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2245.msg29804#msg29804

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 @p{brk}
What theymos said.  You're asking for the balance of the @p{(it}account@p{it)} named '1Fs5rqB2sXZ3kax1r3HfuYpK2ksSxLYJT8', and there is no such account. @p{par}

Whether bitcoin should return an error (instead of 0) if you ask for the balance of a non-existant account is debatable... @p{brk}