Help! Multibit made transaction vanish!

[sickhouse]

Whats this? When I am checking transactions today it is gone!!


LOOK ITS NOT HERE! WTF!!!

[Rmcdermott927]

Whats this? When I am checking transactions today it is gone!!


LOOK ITS NOT HERE! WTF!!!

The transaction didn't disappear.   It was either A) broadcast to the network and went exactly where it was supposed to and your db for multibit got corrupted, or B) It wasn't broadcast and that money is still at your address.

Just look at those addresses on blockchain.info to see where it went.  If B is the case, you can export your private keys from multibit and sweep them into a different wallet.

[oblivi]

Thats why im still too paranoid to leave Bitcoin Core lol..
OP its probably nothing bad, just a wallet-side problem, like the poster above said, check on blockchain.info. I doubt the transaction didn't went thought. What fee did you use?

[SebastianJu]

I have read things like that happen often with multibit. The suggestion again was the use of some menu entry that checks the database again and repairs it. Im not sure anymore how it was named. You might ask in the thread for multibit though. Subforum alternative clients.

[achow101]

Find the address you made that transaction from and look it up in Blockchain.info. If you see the transaction there, then that means it was broadcast to the network and your multibit database is corrupted. However, if you don't see it, that means that your transaction was "forgotten" by the network. A transaction will be "forgotten" after several hours of being unconfirmed if it is not continuously broadcast. The only node that will continuously broadcast an unconfirmed transaction is the one that sent it, and if you turned off your computer or closed Multibit for the night, then it will stop broadcasting that transaction and the network will have "forgotten" it.

[sickhouse]

It has been over 12 hours. It's gone and nothing on blockchain.

[achow101]

It has been over 12 hours. It's gone and nothing on blockchain.

Does blockchain show that you still have the 1 BTC that was spent? If it does, that means the network "forgot" the transaction, e.g. you will still have the Bitcoin and can still spend it.

[SaktoWuN]

just refresh blockchain and transactions for that wallet, takes a few minutes, but when its done everything should be synced properly and your transaction should show.

[sickhouse]

just refresh blockchain and transactions for that wallet, takes a few minutes, but when its done everything should be synced properly and your transaction should show.

Done nothing happens.
Dude it's gone from transactions and it had that triangle shape.

[sickhouse]

I have read things like that happen often with multibit. The suggestion again was the use of some menu entry that checks the database again and repairs it. Im not sure anymore how it was named. You might ask in the thread for multibit though. Subforum alternative clients.

I've also read about it. Which wallet should I use instead?

[achow101]

What is the address that sent the funds?

[Rmcdermott927]

Export your private keys and import them into another wallet.   It is literally impossible for BTC to just disappear.  The BTC is at one of the keys in your wallet.    Blockchain.info has a really good import\sweep function.   Try that.

[iram66680]

just refresh blockchain and transactions for that wallet, takes a few minutes, but when its done everything should be synced properly and your transaction should show.

Done nothing happens.
Dude it's gone from transactions and it had that triangle shape.

How much fees did you pay? I suspect that you didn't pay enough fees/kb and the network dropped your transaction after it was in the mempool was so long since the miners didn't include your transaction. What is the current wallet balance? The amount that was gone should probably be added back.

Edit: I checked https://blockchain.info/address/1B3aR7x1MzD5FxrGhfTcbhRibCCdBRBjy3 and there is no such transaction with 1.0001BTC. The address should have an extra 1.0001BTC compared to your first picture. Try sending again but with at least 0.00001BTC/kb fees this time.

[SebastianJu]

I have read things like that happen often with multibit. The suggestion again was the use of some menu entry that checks the database again and repairs it. Im not sure anymore how it was named. You might ask in the thread for multibit though. Subforum alternative clients.

I've also read about it. Which wallet should I use instead?

You might use electrum though it has certain risks of connecting your bitcoin addresses. Ask me by pm if you want to know what i mean.

I would suggest using armory. It eats a lot of harddisc space because it needs bitcoin-qt too but so far it seems to be the best client privacy wise...

Oh wait... lately i found a study that mentioned darkwallet is very good too. I didnt check it out yet.

[SebastianJu]

Export your private keys and import them into another wallet.   It is literally impossible for BTC to just disappear.  The BTC is at one of the keys in your wallet.    Blockchain.info has a really good import\sweep function.   Try that.

This... either the bitcoins are on your sending address still, they are on the target address or they went to another address in your wallet or elsewhere. The best thing to do is check blockchain.info for the sending address. Then you KNOW where your coins are.

[pooya87]

It has been over 12 hours. It's gone and nothing on blockchain.

are you missing bitcoin or just a transaction that you have sent before?

if you are missing a (unconfirmed) transaction and you still have the coins it probably couldn't broadcast it to the network so it was removes from your wallet.

move your topic here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=99.0
it is the dedicated section for Multibit wallet, you might find better responds there.

You might use electrum though it has certain risks of connecting your bitcoin addresses. Ask me by pm if you want to know what i mean.

can you explain what you mean by "connecting your bitcoin addresses"
what risks? are you talking about importing his old addresse private keys into Electrum?

[Velkro]

The transaction didn't disappear.   It was either A) broadcast to the network and went exactly where it was supposed to and your db for multibit got corrupted, or B) It wasn't broadcast and that money is still at your address.

Agree, either it was send or you still have it in your wallet. Just reset blockchain & transactions in your multibit.

[SebastianJu]

It has been over 12 hours. It's gone and nothing on blockchain.

are you missing bitcoin or just a transaction that you have sent before?

if you are missing a (unconfirmed) transaction and you still have the coins it probably couldn't broadcast it to the network so it was removes from your wallet.

move your topic here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=99.0
it is the dedicated section for Multibit wallet, you might find better responds there.

You might use electrum though it has certain risks of connecting your bitcoin addresses. Ask me by pm if you want to know what i mean.

can you explain what you mean by "connecting your bitcoin addresses"
what risks? are you talking about importing his old addresse private keys into Electrum?

One could get connected his bitcoin addresses through the use of change addresses normally. Most arent aware that when you post one address of yours, that its likely that you reveal even more addresses you own. That could lead to others know what you do elsewhere. Electrum implements an even further risk. Though i wont state this in public since i dont like this problem being exploited.

[RealBitcoin]

Report this bug immediately to the developers, I`m also using Multibit for quick transactions, and Im starting to get worried wtf 

[SebastianJu]

Report this bug immediately to the developers, I`m also using Multibit for quick transactions, and Im starting to get worried wtf 

Dont worry, we spoke about electrum as an alternative client. And its not a bug there, its normal by design, but still a risk.

Multibit has the same risk, though a number of times less.

Like i said, its well known and no bug, its simply how the wallets are created.