Title: Triangle. Where are my bitcoins/ Post by: Steed on September 25, 2015, 07:59:59 PM Hi,
Yersterday I tried sending a 5btc transaction, but for some reason I got a triangle and it got never sent. Problem is my bitcoins seem to be gone?? I resetted the blockchain and transactions three times already, but the transaction line with the triangle disappeared, as well as my bitcoins! How can I get them back and where are they? Title: Re: Triangle. Where are my bitcoins/ Post by: Dr Charles on September 25, 2015, 08:02:11 PM can you provide a txid? or wallet address you attempted to send to/from?
Title: Re: Triangle. Where are my bitcoins/ Post by: jim618 on September 27, 2015, 01:38:33 PM If you see a triangle in the status it basically means the transaction was not sent to the Bitcoin network successfully.
When you do a reset blockchain and transactions it resyncs your wallet to what is on the blockchain. It is what is on the blockchain that is definitive. Title: Re: Triangle. Where are my bitcoins/ Post by: Steed on September 27, 2015, 06:41:39 PM Thanks for the input guys..
I think I understand what went wrong. I think the balance of my Multibit was not correct when I tried to send 5BTC to another address.. My balance appeared to be 5.65 before transaction, but in reality is was 3.43 . So the transaction got rejected because I tried sending BTC that didn't exist. I have multiple wallets with varying amounts of bitcoin, so it can get a little confusing. Luckily I keep a log in Excel for all my transactions and when I carefully consulted it, it seemed the 5.65 couldn't have been right (although the wallet said 'online'). So they aren't gone luckily! Title: Re: Triangle. Where are my bitcoins/ Post by: Dr Charles on September 28, 2015, 12:03:25 PM Congrats... 5 BTC would have been a hell of a loss lol
Title: Re: Triangle. Where are my bitcoins/ Post by: barrerboy on September 29, 2015, 01:53:35 PM My granddaughter is trying to send me 1 BTC with multibit, her program shows it is sent but blockchain.info shows it still there. She thinks she may have been offline when she sent it.
You wrote: "If you see a triangle in the status it basically means the transaction was not sent to the Bitcoin network successfully. When you do a reset blockchain and transactions it resyncs your wallet to what is on the blockchain. It is what is on the blockchain that is definitive." How exactly do you do a reset? Title: Re: Triangle. Where are my bitcoins/ Post by: shorena on September 29, 2015, 01:59:29 PM My granddaughter is trying to send me 1 BTC with multibit, her program shows it is sent but blockchain.info shows it still there. She thinks she may have been offline when she sent it. You wrote: "If you see a triangle in the status it basically means the transaction was not sent to the Bitcoin network successfully. When you do a reset blockchain and transactions it resyncs your wallet to what is on the blockchain. It is what is on the blockchain that is definitive." How exactly do you do a reset? Multibit -> Tools (menu bar at the top) -> Reset blockchain and transactions -> new tab opens -> click Reset blockchain and transactions - let it sync Multibit HD -> Manage wallet -> Repair wallet -> Next -> let it sync Title: Re: Triangle. Where are my bitcoins/ Post by: barrerboy on September 29, 2015, 02:20:20 PM Oops, have found reset and sent instructions to granddaughter, will report on result.
Thank you Shorena, your reply came in while I am typing this. I sent all my children and grandchildren 1 BTC for Christmas, Dec 2014. Heady days, worth $1000 Mt. Gox said! Offering to buy it back from all of them now for $300. I think Bitcoin has a way to go before muggles can easily trade and safely store it. |