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Im having a problem, most of my transactions for the day are not getting confirmed and 90% of them are from satoshidice.... can anyone help me out or give me some advice? thanks in advance... my address is 1Az7NhADZmP25yEzDqFhMnQbHChQfQkwwU   :D

It is probably cause you need to download all the transactions in the bitcoin-qt (assuming your using it), before yours will get confirmed.

im sorry i didnt mention that i am using blockchain.info for the wallet... thanks for the reply though... im fairly new to bitcoin so i dont know too much... hopefully you guys can help me out...

Same here.Its been like 8 hours,and I only got 8 active connections it says "catching up" dl 178282 of 179529 block of transaction history ..How much longer is it going to take?I got 1 red bar,and 2 gold bars,and 1 empty bar.That spinning icon on the lower right,what is that?

8 connections isn't a lot i am assuming your using bitcoin-qt since what you described. There are websites where you can download the transaction history and just pop it into bitcoin-qt so look into that, but if you keep open frequently it will not be that bad after the first time.

8 connections (3 bars) is normal if your firewall doesn't allow incoming Bitcoin connections, but you don't need incoming connections to download the blockchain or send or receive transactions, so this isn't the problem. The spinning icon indicates that Bitcoin is still downloading the blockchain (or trying to), it will change to a green tick when the blockchain is fully downloaded and up to date. What block is it up to now? As long as it's not stuck on one particular block then there should be no problem, you just need to give it more time.

You need to pay a miner fee. If you have more than four outputs you should pay 0.001 BTC.

This is thanks to satoshidice, before I had no big problems sending no fee transactions, now even if I pay I often have to wait.

they all confirmed now but i pay .005 btc for every tranaction i send so iknow that wasnt the problem... its all good now though  :D
thanks everyone for the replies!!!

Today is happening to me for the first time after 1 year I am sending BTC with no fee when not requested.
I sent 5 BTC to my GLBSE account 12 hours ago and it is still at 0 confirmations.
I wonder when (and at this point: if) they will reach their destination.
So what is the minimum fee to get a sure and relatively fast tx? 0.005?

Ok,update..I got 20 active connections ,and all the bars are full. small bars red,other 3 gold,spinning still.. Same number though.. dl 178282 blocks of transaction history.Last  received  block was generated 8 days ago..Still have the WARNING :Displayed transactions may not be correct!You may need to upgrade,or the other nodes may need to upgrade(bottom left side of wallet)....What should I do?

Perhaps it's because there are way too many transactions waiting to be confirmed on the network?  ???

I just checked http://bitcoincharts.com/bitcoin/txlist/ (http://bitcoincharts.com/bitcoin/txlist/), there are 1580 unconfirmed transactions (749099 bytes), which is the highest I've seen.

Probably your block database is getting corrupted for some reason. Maybe due to an antivirus or a bad disk.

wow, i'm used to it being 300-400... they might have to start paginating results!

also for some reason, the thread title reminds me of:
http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/m/myboomerangwontcomeback.shtml

I have bitcoin.qt.exe and bitcoind.exe on my allowed list,so it should'nt be a problem with my anti-virus,firewall..Which should I check on the option settings,on the wallet?

Update.. 25 connections.. DL'd 178282 of 179773 blocks of transaction history .. ??? Last received block,was generated 9 days ago..I think I'm stuck on 178282?

there are online sites that you can download the transaction history thru http and just put it where your bitcoin-qt can get at it

Can I export my wallet,to a online wallet?Then maybe their software can complete my transaction?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=78742.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=78742.0)

that should help you, but I have never done it so I can't say anything from experience

Can I reinstall bitcoin..And some how,save my wallet,then add it back to the newly installed bitcoin wallet?

ok if you do that then you would still need to download all transactions, the reason for this, is cause it needs to see if that address has any coins or balance or what is the history of the address and the only way to do that is to look thru all transactions. There is really no way of getting around it that isn't secure.

well I think I need to reinstall..I'm at 178282 of 179813   ...Its been stuck on 178282 for days already..Any link,or info. on how to save the wallet.Uninstall,then reinstall,Then add my wallet back to the new reinstalled bitcoin wallet?

you need to save the wallet.dat file which will have all your private keys for all your bitcoin addresses, then uninstall bitcoin, then reinstall it, add the wallet.dat file back to the original spot, then run bitcoin application with the rescan option then your done good luck, I would research this more cause based on the operating system your using there is different ways of doing things, i just gave you the general idea of what should happen

how do I save?Do I just click file,then backup wallet?I'm using windows vista. 32bit...If anyone has done this before,can You give me a step by step...I'll give you 1 coin,when I'm able to get my coins..

Stop Bitcoin, as in close the program.
Press the windows button and on the search field of the start menu write 
and press Enter
On the dir that opens, copy the file called wallet.dat to another location
Delete everything safely if you wish, or in alternative delete everything except the wallet.dat file.
Reinstall Bitcoin

On a side note: I don't think uninstalling Bitcoin will delete any files inside the data dir. Not even sure if the uninstallation procedure asks if the user wishes to delete the data dir.
You'll have to delete them yourself.

Ok...Did all that...Now after I install the new bitcoin. I just replace the new wallet with the old wallet right?

If you don't run Bitcoin after installing there won't be a wallet.dat on the directory, so you can put the old one in and run it after doing that. That way it will not create a new wallet.dat, it will just recognize that it's already there.
It will only create a new wallet.dat if on the first run it doesn't find one in the data dir.

tl;dr : Right lol

no you have to add the parameter -rescan to the program
after you have replaced the new wallet.dat with your wallet.dat

Not if he's downloading the whole blockchain from the beginning or do as I say and doesn't run it before putting the old wallet.dat there.

Also, newer versions of Bitcoin don't need the -rescan to be passed as a parameter as they do it automatically whenever they find a new wallet.dat in the data dir

Ok update... Kept the old wallet,put it on my desktop..Downloaded the new bitcoin..set it up,didn't run it..Replaced the old wallet ,and trashed the new wallet...Started up the new bitcoin,and synced.Almost @ 100% synced,and real player tries to enter the internet,I deny,and my comp shuts down...Restart logged back in ,unistalled real player...Then I start up bitcoin again,I get a quick view of my wallet.. says 124 bitcoins, 0 confirmed..I should just have half of that by the way,that need confirming..Then I get error loading BLKindex.dat,when I start up bitcoin...WTF?Should I try again?And repeat what I did?I made a quick vid capture of the problem..  heres the link.. http://depositfiles.com/files/88dcsyy09

Are you sure there is enough space on your HDD or that it's not corrupted?

Any way, you can just delete the blk0001.dat and blkindex.dat and start downloading the blockchain again.
No need for a complete reinstall.
Maybe just delete the blkindex.dat and leave the other. <-- Try this first.
Going to watch the video next.

just make sure you have at least 3gbs cause my bitcoin wallet uses at least 2gbs right now!

Mission accomplished I think..Did the same thing compied my old wallet to desktop,then uninstalled..Reinstalled..I then,looked for where the new wallet should be, by searching explorer %APPDATA%\Bitcoin..Nothing came up..So I just launched bitcoin,then closed it real fast..Search explorer %APPDATA%\Bitcoin ,and I found it this time..Deleted the new wallet,and added the old wallet..Restarted my computer,and started synchronizing..Oh, also what I did, was fix my power settings..I chose never to turn off hard disk,when plugged in.And never to sleep,when plugged in..Also on the  wallet settings,click options,and check all the boxes,above "connect through SOCKS4 proxy".Ok I got the green check mark,my balance on my wallet is correct 65.00 BTC.Also it says 0 unconfirmed..Thats normal right?I got +65.00 BTC on recent transactions..So I'm done right?Or do they need to be confirmed,in order to work?

If they all have the green check mark on the transactions window they should be good to spend. :)
Taking into consideration that you're at it for the last 2 days they should be more than confirmed ;D

Ok psy thanks..I need to pay you a coin...Let me try to send you 1.00 BTC..  I need a  BTC address,to send it too..

Before you do that... On the transaction list, do all the transactions have the green checkmark on the left or do they have an interrogation mark?
If they have the green checkmak you can send it to the address in my signature.
If they have the interrogation mark I'll explain you how to do a rescan.

yeh all green..whats the label?Do I need your label?Or do I add our address,then my label?

OK sent it..Don't think I needed to add a label..Let me know how long it takes,for you to receive it.

Only my address. The label is for you to insert, as a way for you to regonize the address. It's not mandatory.
But I would advise to always insert a label.
Imagine that 5 months from now you make a mistake and you send bitcoins to my address as a result of that mistake. With no label you would be kind of SOL, with a label you would say, Hey, it's psy's address, let me ask him for my Bitcoins back. :)

BTW, 1 BTC arrived just now :) Thank you very much!

labels are just for you, not one else sees them so you know what the address are.

Ok..How long does it usually take to receive?

Some seconds most of the time. Waiting for confirmations is another matter, but you'll see the funds unconfirmed in a few seconds.
Right now they have 1 confirmation and could already be spent, alebeit with some risk that the transaction could be reversed by a fork on the blockchain.

Ok..Confirmed,I see it on my wallet,thanks again...Now I got to turn these coins into cash?What the best way,without getting Fee gouged?

Depends.
Where do you live? Europe, US? And how do you plan to cash out?

I'm in USA,Cali. Cash,or WU..Just would like to get the current value of the coin.

No Dwolla? That would be the cheapest for you, being in the US.

Ok,guess I look into it..Or try to find people,that wanna trade...

I can also do paypal.Just ask for you to pay whatever fee,they charge to send and receive the payment.

Open a thread on the Marketplace. On the Currency Exchange subforum.
Just don't sell to newbies who'll most likely screw you. I'm sure there will be some respectable member there willing to buy your bitcoins with Paypal.
In doubt if someone is trusted, ask me and I'll take a look ;)

ok,thanks,just started a thread on there..