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Title: My electrum wont send funds to another wallet.
Post by: electdum on November 23, 2017, 08:40:50 AM
I have been trying to send funds to another wallet but it wont confirm. I have never had this problem before. Why wont it send? Can anyone help?

I need to convert funds asap


Title: Re: My electrum wont send funds to another wallet.
Post by: Potato Chips on November 23, 2017, 09:19:40 AM
I have been trying to send funds to another wallet but it wont confirm. I have never had this problem before. Why wont it send? Can anyone help?

I need to convert funds asap

The possibility on why this is happening isn't only one so we can't just guess and blurt out random solutions to you. But in most cases, its because of the transaction's miner fee. Although if you enabled your Dynamic Fees the odds are low.

But anyway to get a clear gist of things, post your TXID here:  


Title: Re: My electrum wont send funds to another wallet.
Post by: electdum on November 23, 2017, 09:37:37 AM
I have been trying to send funds to another wallet but it wont confirm. I have never had this problem before. Why wont it send? Can anyone help?

I need to convert funds asap

The possibility on why this is happening isn't only one so we can't just guess and blurt out random solutions to you. But in most cases, its because of the transaction's miner fee. Although if you enabled your Dynamic Fees the odds are low.

But anyway to get a clear gist of things, post your TXID here:  

2465e09a1221e243f7f72abc6eeebb319de742a8ec71465a45ae56facc1200b9

should I increase the fee?

Subtotal    £24.99
Shipping & Handling    £3.99
Discount (xbt)    -£5.00
Grand Total    £23.98
Grand Total to be Charged    $33.78

so i need to make sure the transaction after fee covers this.


Title: Re: My electrum wont send funds to another wallet.
Post by: electdum on November 23, 2017, 10:01:57 AM
how do I get this shit to send I tried increasing my fees and nothing

I have been waiting like 17 hours now for a £30 transaction?


Title: Re: My electrum wont send funds to another wallet.
Post by: mocacinno on November 23, 2017, 10:03:28 AM
I have been trying to send funds to another wallet but it wont confirm. I have never had this problem before. Why wont it send? Can anyone help?

I need to convert funds asap

The possibility on why this is happening isn't only one so we can't just guess and blurt out random solutions to you. But in most cases, its because of the transaction's miner fee. Although if you enabled your Dynamic Fees the odds are low.

But anyway to get a clear gist of things, post your TXID here:  

2465e09a1221e243f7f72abc6eeebb319de742a8ec71465a45ae56facc1200b9

should I increase the fee?

Subtotal    £24.99
Shipping & Handling    £3.99
Discount (xbt)    -£5.00
Grand Total    £23.98
Grand Total to be Charged    $33.78

so i need to make sure the transaction after fee covers this.

I dug up an old tool i wrote a long time ago... It still works for transactions sent from a non-segwit wallet (which is ok in your case, the wallet you use is not a segwit wallet):

https://www.mocacinno.com/feecheck.php?txid=2465e09a1221e243f7f72abc6eeebb319de742a8ec71465a45ae56facc1200b9

The fee is based on the SIZE of the transaction, not on the value of the output... A transaction with an output value of $33.78 can have a size of 225 bytes or 2000 bytes (or even more, or anything in between), it all depends on the number of inputs and outputs, and has nothing to do with the value...

In your case,  23 sat/byte isn't sufficient...
The link i posted also contains possible ways of fixing your problem. Eventough the tool is old, and desperately needs some updates, most tips and tricks are still valid.

Good luck!


Title: Re: My electrum wont send funds to another wallet.
Post by: Abdussamad on November 24, 2017, 09:43:04 AM
Here is a list of steps you can try: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1916963.msg19015496#msg19015496