unconfirmed transaction/missing coins

[blaklab]

Hi, i sent my coins with out a fee and the transaction was never confirmed. Some of my coins returned but 2/3 of them are not back. I read on a forum that if i cancel the transaction they will return. The instructions are posted below. I can navigate here and have backed up my wallet but being new to coins wanted input if this is correct and will work. Thanks in advance for any help.

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 Backup Wallet (always before messing with your wallet)
    Start->Run->type "cmd" -> hit enter, a black command prompt window should appear
    Type

Code:

"C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe" -zapwallettxe

[efeaydin]

If an unconfirmed transaction stays unconfirmed for too much and if no one rebroadcasts it, it will be "forgotten". It'll take usually 3 days to be "forgotten". You can resend it then.

You can also double spend it with a higher fee.

Bitcoin Core

Bitcoin Core makes making Full RBF transactions very easy. Simply go to the transactions list, right click the transaction that is stuck, and choose the "Abandon Transaction" option.

If that option is greyed out, then you must go to the Bitcoin Core datadir and delete the mempool.dat file. Then restart Bitcoin Core with the -walletbroadcast=0 option and then you should be able to use "Abandon Transaction".

If the above two options fail for some reason, then you can start Bitcoin Core with the -zapwallettxes option to clear all unconfirmed transactions from your wallet.

Once the transaction is either Abandoned or cleared from the wallet, you can simply go to the Send tab and send the Bitcoin again but make sure that you include a sufficient transaction fee.

If none of these works, you can use a Transaction Accelerator.

[ranochigo]

Hi, i sent my coins with out a fee and the transaction was never confirmed. Some of my coins returned but 2/3 of them are not back. I read on a forum that if i cancel the transaction they will return. The instructions are posted below. I can navigate here and have backed up my wallet but being new to coins wanted input if this is correct and will work. Thanks in advance for any help.

Quote
 Backup Wallet (always before messing with your wallet)
    Start->Run->type "cmd" -> hit enter, a black command prompt window should appear
    Type

Code:

"C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe" -zapwallettxe

The correct command is -zapwallettxes.

Zapwallettxes will remove the transaction from your wallet and stop the rebroadcasting but will not force it out of the mempool in the other nodes. You can try to send another transaction using the inputs but it can get rejected if the transaction isn't out of the mempool in the other nodes.

Usually, you can successfully do this if the majority of the nodes and miners have your transaction dropped out of their mempool.

You can also double spend it with a higher fee.

If you don't have opt-in RBF enabled, you would require the participation of a miner or the condition which I've said above. Zapwallettxes will work just fine.

[miguelmorales85]

If an unconfirmed transaction stays unconfirmed for too much and if no one rebroadcasts it, it will be "forgotten". It'll take usually 3 days to be "forgotten". You can resend it then.

You can also double spend it with a higher fee.

Bitcoin Core

Bitcoin Core makes making Full RBF transactions very easy. Simply go to the transactions list, right click the transaction that is stuck, and choose the "Abandon Transaction" option.

If that option is greyed out, then you must go to the Bitcoin Core datadir and delete the mempool.dat file. Then restart Bitcoin Core with the -walletbroadcast=0 option and then you should be able to use "Abandon Transaction".

If the above two options fail for some reason, then you can start Bitcoin Core with the -zapwallettxes option to clear all unconfirmed transactions from your wallet.

Once the transaction is either Abandoned or cleared from the wallet, you can simply go to the Send tab and send the Bitcoin again but make sure that you include a sufficient transaction fee.

If none of these works, you can use a Transaction Accelerator.

What if the transaction ID is not even found ?

[aleksej996]

If an unconfirmed transaction stays unconfirmed for too much and if no one rebroadcasts it, it will be "forgotten". It'll take usually 3 days to be "forgotten". You can resend it then.

You can also double spend it with a higher fee.

Bitcoin Core

Bitcoin Core makes making Full RBF transactions very easy. Simply go to the transactions list, right click the transaction that is stuck, and choose the "Abandon Transaction" option.

If that option is greyed out, then you must go to the Bitcoin Core datadir and delete the mempool.dat file. Then restart Bitcoin Core with the -walletbroadcast=0 option and then you should be able to use "Abandon Transaction".

If the above two options fail for some reason, then you can start Bitcoin Core with the -zapwallettxes option to clear all unconfirmed transactions from your wallet.

Once the transaction is either Abandoned or cleared from the wallet, you can simply go to the Send tab and send the Bitcoin again but make sure that you include a sufficient transaction fee.

If none of these works, you can use a Transaction Accelerator.

What if the transaction ID is not even found ?

It means that nodes in the network are not even rebroadcasting it, since it is such a low fee. You can then safely do the above to remove that transaction from your client as well, so no one remembers it, like it never happened.