Sent BTC without paying a fee

[coinzat]

If you are looking for making transactions without fees then you can use coinbase as they pay the fees and will not charge you as long as you do not make tiny transactions

[alanbrockall]

If you are looking for making transactions without fees then you can use coinbase as they pay the fees and will not charge you as long as you do not make tiny transactions

Thanks but I am not looking to make free transactions I just did not realise fees were associated with transactions. It was my first time sending bitcoins and in future I will always add a fee. Just gutted now that I have a never ending transaction that has cost me £32.
That's a very expensive loss for me considering it may never be credited back to my wallet.

I use the main core client because coinbase and other online wallets could close any day and take your bitcoins with them. The risk is too high

[alanbrockall]

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Your coins are still in your 1DBS9 address, it is reported as "spent" because it is used in a transaction. If that transaction never confirms, the 0.1 btc can be released back to "unpsent" status (with a bit of work in core client).

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Thanks. So if I do something with the bitcoin core client could I get refunded?

[ranochigo]

Thanks. So if I do something with the bitcoin core client could I get refunded?

If the transaction doesn't get confirmed, you can execute the client with a -zapwallettxes tag. This will remove unconfirmed transactions and scan the blockchain for confirmed transactions.
On Windows,

Code:

C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -zapwallettxes

or on mac and linux, use a terminal and enter bitcoin-qt -zapwallettxes. You need to wait for a while for the mempool to drop your transaction.

[faince222]

You cannot sent btc without paying a fee. To be honest, you can send btc without paying any fee but you risk that your transaction will approved after many many many time (something like one day or more), or, btc will return back on the starter address.

[alanbrockall]

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If the transaction doesn't get confirmed, you can execute the client with a -zapwallettxes tag. This will remove unconfirmed transactions and scan the blockchain for confirmed transactions.
On Windows,

Code:

C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -zapwallettxes

or on mac and linux, use a terminal and enter bitcoin-qt -zapwallettxes. You need to wait for a while for the mempool to drop your transaction.
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Ahhhh that's great you are fantastic! -zapwallettxes worked immediately and credited back to my wallet.
Thanks very much

[Deepcleen]

In old times, miners will process transactions without a fee. Now, these guys will not process one without a fee.