what is often in bitcoin-conf

It’s regular for it to be empty (0 bytes).

It solely has contents in case you intentionally change the configuration.

[I am] not seeing transactions on my pockets.dat kind file [which was] opened and synced to the blockchain

If the blockchain is just not totally synced you will notice the “catching-up” icon at backside proper of the bitcoin-qt window:

If in case you have upgraded Bitcoin-core, you need to examine {that a} copy of your outdated pockets.dat is within the place anticipated by bitcoin-core. For instance, in Home windows 10 a default location can be %AppDatapercentRoamingBitcoinwallets

is [there] a hyperlink [between] bitcoin.conf = 0 bytes AND not seeing transactions on my pockets

No.

In peculiar use of Bitcoin core, there isn’t a hyperlink between these two observations.

For those who had beforehand modified the bitcoin.conf to relocate pockets.dat when utilizing an older model of Bitcoin core however didn’t comply with a traditional improve course of that preserves bitcoin.conf then there could possibly be a causative hyperlink. I might examine considered one of my backups to see the earlier contents of bitcoin.conf.

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