He's got an old version of Electrum so he needs to update it.
screenshot says 2.5.1
IT WORKED!
I feel like there were a number of people who posted comments that may have helped, and may have worked, but this was the simplest and it didn't require me to uninstall or reinstall anything. Should I donate the money to Electrum? Or do you want it personally/ Please advise, and thank you everyone for your help.
I don't know the best way to handle this, but your advice was the most simple. If you want to designate someone else to receive it, I'm happy to send it wherever you'd like.
I do not accept donations.
if by chance you have saved a copy of the wallet while it was not working, and still have it, I would be happy to take a look, in order to find out what the issue was
(remove all the bitcoins first, using the working copy, and email the file to me)
edit: if you want to donate to the project, I suggest you donate to one of the electrum servers
Do you have any charity or cause you'd like me to donate the bounty to? I sincerely appreciate your help! I thought those coins were gonzo. Please let me know if I can donate the coins to a worthy cause.