My transaction has been unconfirmed for over 12 hours because of low fees

[radbulldog]

Status: 0/unconfirmed, not in memory pool

This is going to be a problem. It looks like your client has created the transaction, but it is only stored locally in your wallet file. It has not been broadcast (or it was rejected when your client attempted to broadcast it), nor is it in the mempool of your local node waiting to be broadcast. It's possible that it's been invalidated by inputs being used/double spent in other transactions.

In Bitcoin Core, if you goto the console ("Window -> Console") and use the following commands:

Code:

getrawtransaction 1d66b0f1a56e7b45c9390491513c39bdf2b3d2a76d346dfee919992c6dcfa835

If it's not in his mempool nor blockchain, but he's using the GUI (bitcoin-qt)
he can use right-click menu of the transaction in the 'transactions' tab and select "Copy raw transaction" to get the raw transaction.

But you're right, I think there's a bigger problem somewhere since the transaction wasn't broadcast.

Can you try to use "-zapwallettxes" to remove those unconfirmed transactions or to clear up your core wallet.

If it's not in his mempool, he can just abandon it, it's one of the options in the same right-click menu (clickable for "not in mempool" txns).

I tried resync error so I'll reindex and start all over. Thanks

Why? Guess you'll have to wait until it's finished since you've already started it.
Is your blockchain pruned?

No it was pruned to dump at 2GB by default now am downloading it fully hopefully prevent future troubles like this. Or is there a way to prune without the full download?

[nc50lc]

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Why? Guess you'll have to wait until it's finished since you've already started it.
Is your blockchain pruned?

No it was pruned to dump at 2GB by default now am downloading it fully hopefully prevent future troubles like this. Or is there a way to prune without the full download?

Ah, so that's why you've resync.
What I'm thinking is it might be not necessary depending on the cause of the issue.

But since resync is already initialized, there's nothing you can do but to finish it, and hopefully that might fix the issue.

[hosseinimr93]

Can you try to use "-zapwallettxes" to remove those unconfirmed transactions or to clear up your core wallet.

The zapwallettxes option has been removed from the latest version of bitcoin core. (Click here to see the reference.)

To radbulldog

It's possible that the address(es) you are trying to send bitcoin from has no balance at all. Maybe the outputs have been spent in another transaction and that's why your transaction wasn't broadcast even by your own node.

Is there any reason you are running a full node?
If you only want to make a transaction and you have valid unspent outputs in your wallet, you should be able to export your private keys from bitcoin core and import it into other wallets like electrum.

Note that if you use electrum, there's no need to download the blockchain.

For exporting your private keys from bitcoin core, you can use the following command.

Code:

dumpwallet <your wallet name>

You can also use the following command to export private key of a specific address.

Code:

dumpprivkey <Your bitcoin address>

For importing your private key(s) into electrum, select "Import bitcoin addresses or private keys" when creating the wallet and enter your private keys.

Warning:
Download electrum only from its official website and do not forget to verify your download.