Title: how to get back the bitcoins if I fail to send ? Post by: sftang301 on February 29, 2016, 03:49:47 PM Dear all,
I try to send my bitcoins from my wallet to others (at 16/2/2016), but up to now still is 0/unconfirmation. how can i get back the bitcoins? i am using v0.8.6-beta thanks! regards, ST Title: Re: how to get back the bitcoins if I fail to send ? Post by: --Encrypted-- on February 29, 2016, 04:02:31 PM stop re-broadcasting it and it'll be dropped by the network and returned to your wallet after all node stopped re-broadcasting it (should take one to three days.). core automatically re-broadcast your unconfirmed transactions so you'll need to get rid of them first by running core with -zapwallettxes command (or just enter it from the console.).
Title: Re: how to get back the bitcoins if I fail to send ? Post by: sftang301 on February 29, 2016, 04:17:31 PM thanks a lot, can you tell me how to stop re-broadcasting it?
do you mean quit the bitcoin-qt? Title: Re: how to get back the bitcoins if I fail to send ? Post by: achow101 on February 29, 2016, 04:32:28 PM thanks a lot, can you tell me how to stop re-broadcasting it? Yes. If you still want Bitcoin Core open, then you need to start it with the option -zapwallettxes. Also you should upgrade to the latest Bitcoin Core 0.12.0 because 0.8.6-beta is old outdated software.do you mean quit the bitcoin-qt? Title: Re: how to get back the bitcoins if I fail to send ? Post by: vannaria on February 29, 2016, 04:38:04 PM yes it's possibile... there are some sites that now accept at least 1 confirmation, before issue a payment or for example "rolling a dice" ...
anyone could scam, send a tx with low fees and then re broadcasting because it's not in a block ;) for a while :D Title: Re: how to get back the bitcoins if I fail to send ? Post by: sftang301 on February 29, 2016, 04:39:40 PM Thanks a lot!
so do i need to back up the wallet before i backup? and how can i use the command you mentioned? thanks for the help! regards, ST Title: Re: how to get back the bitcoins if I fail to send ? Post by: --Encrypted-- on February 29, 2016, 04:42:59 PM Thanks a lot! so do i need to back up the wallet before i backup? and how can i use the command you mentioned? thanks for the help! regards, ST do this (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1380174.msg14047031#msg14047031). or if you're using windows just create a shortcut, click properties, and add the command after the target directory (e.g "C:\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe" -zapwallettxes) Title: Re: how to get back the bitcoins if I fail to send ? Post by: unholycactus on February 29, 2016, 05:38:27 PM Thanks a lot! so do i need to back up the wallet before i backup? and how can i use the command you mentioned? thanks for the help! regards, ST Your wallet should always be backed up regardless. You never know what will happen to your hardware. Title: Re: how to get back the bitcoins if I fail to send ? Post by: ripplehd on March 01, 2016, 02:52:55 AM can you do this on blockchain.info, stopping the broadcast or would you need a software to do this because I deposited small amounts of btc on a gambling account and it said I have to deposit more btc to play but I don't have anymore Support wont help either,
Anyway i can get around this? Title: Re: how to get back the bitcoins if I fail to send ? Post by: shorena on March 01, 2016, 10:48:20 AM can you do this on blockchain.info, stopping the broadcast or would you need a software to do this because I deposited small amounts of btc on a gambling account and it said I have to deposit more btc to play but I don't have anymore Support wont help either, Anyway i can get around this? Not with blockchain.info no, but they return your coins to you after 3 days IIRC. Alternatively you would have to export the private key into a different wallet (e.g. electrum). Title: Re: how to get back the bitcoins if I fail to send ? Post by: sftang301 on March 02, 2016, 06:06:30 AM Thanks for the information, but i am using mac ios, what should i do?
thanks a lot! regards, ST Title: Re: how to get back the bitcoins if I fail to send ? Post by: shorena on March 02, 2016, 12:23:49 PM Thanks for the information, but i am using mac ios, what should i do? thanks a lot! regards, ST From your first post it looks like you are using a very old version of core (or qt as it was called back then). You should update to the latest version. #1 create a backup of your wallet.dat (just in case) #2 close core #3 get the latest version https://bitcoin.org/en/download #4 install it (just over the current version) #5 start core to see if your balance is in order and everything else is correct. If there is some error, let us know. if no error on #5 #6 close core #7 start core with -zapwallettxes to remove the unconfirmed transaction. Since I have no Mac I cant give you a step by step, but you need to open the terminal and start Bitcoin-cli -zapwalletxes this may require the full path. #8 let core rescan the blockchain for the TX that are already confirmed. #9 wait at least 24 hours to create a new TX to avoid further issues. Title: Re: how to get back the bitcoins if I fail to send ? Post by: sftang301 on March 02, 2016, 03:56:53 PM Thanks for the information!
can anyone tell me how to open the terminal in mac in order to run the command? thanks! regards, Stephen Title: Re: how to get back the bitcoins if I fail to send ? Post by: sftang301 on March 02, 2016, 04:21:52 PM I can open the terminal now, but what is the full path of bitcoin-qt? thanks!
regards, ST Title: Re: how to get back the bitcoins if I fail to send ? Post by: --Encrypted-- on March 02, 2016, 04:24:39 PM I can open the terminal now, but what is the full path of bitcoin-qt? thanks! regards, ST where did you install it to? that's where it is. we can't tell you that lol. but try this -> /Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/ |