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Title: Transaction Not Recording
Post by: AriBitcoin on December 14, 2016, 05:34:31 AM
Hello,

So, I mistakenly sent a transaction with very low fees (suggested by the Bitcoin Core), then I removed the transaction from my wallet and rescanned ( in order to get my balance back).

Then, I put another transaction and my balance was deducted. However, the transaction has still not been recorded in any of the explorer sites (probably due to double spend-ish attempt).

What should I do? Please advise.


Title: Re: Transaction Not Recording
Post by: AriBitcoin on December 14, 2016, 05:35:39 AM
Also, the old transaction is still in the network (unconfirmed).


Title: Re: Transaction Not Recording
Post by: AriBitcoin on December 14, 2016, 05:42:42 AM
Okay, so I've rebroadcasted the 2nd transaction manually using Blockchain's PushTX tool. Now, at Blockchain, both transactions exist; but at BlockExplorer, only the old one.


Title: Re: Transaction Not Recording
Post by: AriBitcoin on December 14, 2016, 05:44:22 AM
Okay, so some nodes have started to show the 2nd attempt as 'double-spend'.


Title: Re: Transaction Not Recording
Post by: steven0021 on December 14, 2016, 05:46:43 AM
TXID would help.
It's likely that your first transaction is still present in many nodes' mempool, so it wasn't relayed through the network successfully. You'll just need to wait until most nodes drops the first transaction.

And don't make 4 posts in a row. Use the edit button.


Title: Re: Transaction Not Recording
Post by: AriBitcoin on December 14, 2016, 05:47:26 AM
Thank you, Steven!

Old: https://live.blockcypher.com/btc/tx/b5d986a67e26b96ec6b104ae066acf4bff913a68ab59336cd284ad002e406b38/
New: https://live.blockcypher.com/btc/tx/07a56ef2c7443455d8fc0cd3278291ee03324309fd980452eaf3024a01dbad57/


Title: Re: Transaction Not Recording
Post by: jaceefrost on December 14, 2016, 05:49:51 AM
Okay, so some nodes have started to show the 2nd attempt as 'double-spend'.
The transaction will be dropped because of double spending. The balance will then be sent back to your wallet once it got dropped. You just have to wait.
If you are sending make sure that you are atleast sending with a fee of 90 sat/byte so it will be confirmed under priority.


Title: Re: Transaction Not Recording
Post by: AriBitcoin on December 14, 2016, 05:52:31 AM
Okay, so some nodes have started to show the 2nd attempt as 'double-spend'.
The transaction will be dropped because of double spending. The balance will then be sent back to your wallet once it got dropped. You just have to wait.
If you are sending make sure that you are atleast sending with a fee of 90 sat/byte so it will be confirmed under priority.

What about the first one, though?


Title: Re: Transaction Not Recording
Post by: steven0021 on December 14, 2016, 06:01:36 AM
Thank you, Steven!

Old: https://live.blockcypher.com/btc/tx/b5d986a67e26b96ec6b104ae066acf4bff913a68ab59336cd284ad002e406b38/
New: https://live.blockcypher.com/btc/tx/07a56ef2c7443455d8fc0cd3278291ee03324309fd980452eaf3024a01dbad57/

Well it looks like you sent the old one just a hour ago so it's not a surprise that many nodes still have it. A node will only start dropping a tx after 24 - 72 hours unless a double spend tx got confirmed.

The new transaction have a high enough fee though so it may confirm in few hours (probably sooner).


What about the first one, though?

The conflicting transaction will be dropped once the other transaction get a confirmation. It can either be the first or the second.


Title: Re: Transaction Not Recording
Post by: shorena on December 14, 2016, 06:34:53 AM
Its confirmed -> https://blockchain.info/tx/07a56ef2c7443455d8fc0cd3278291ee03324309fd980452eaf3024a01dbad57


Title: Re: Transaction Not Recording
Post by: AriBitcoin on December 14, 2016, 10:23:15 AM
So, finally, I've successfully sent the money.

Result: First transaction is still unconfirmed and will be invalidated in some time. The 2nd transaction has been confirmed and received.

Thank to you to all of you for your assistance!