Unconfirmed Transaction | Installed Python/Pywallet... need help

[LowcountryMiner]

Longtime listener, first time caller...

Howdy folks! Glad to be part of the forums around here, maybe this thread can later be moved to the Tech Support section at a later time... but for now, this is the only section I can post it. I'm somewhat computer literate, but not that hardcore.

I've had an unconfirmed transaction since 10:20 EST this morning... I am the sender.

Status: 0/unconfirmed
Date: 3/14/13 10:20

I'm running Bitcoin-Qt v0.8.0 as my wallet. On a Mac.

Since the transaction went into limbo, I have done the following...

1. Upgraded my client to the v8, and am currently re-loading the chain... 95%
2. Transferred my wallet to a Windows 7 platform computer, running v.0.7.2 of Bitcoin-Qt
3. Downloaded/Installed Python w/twisted package
4. Downloaded/Installed Pywallet
5. Stuck from here... need a brief walk-through please! (is there a PW for youtube video?)

When I go to load the pywallet module with Python(IDLE), I get the following message/error:
"Error: Inconsistent indentation detected..." < I "untabify the region", save it, run the module, and it loads the Pywallet but instantly pops up a box saying "The program is still running! Do you want to kill it?", whether I click OK or Cancel it does the same thing and shuts down pywallet before I can get to the "--web" section to re-set my transactions.

Do I need to try accessing it straight from the Python command prompt instead?

'c:\pywallet' is the location of my pywallet.py file...

ANY HELP?! Thanks in advance...

I'll gladly make a donation if it leads me to successfully "delete the Txs from your wallet and -rescan it and your coins will come back."... to quote member "captmooseinc".

[LowcountryMiner]

Well sh1t!

I just re-checked the block-chain and within the 10 minutes of creating that thread the transaction went though...

I'll still gladly take any advice on the previous question in the case that this happens again? -LCM

[Stephen Gornick]

I'll still gladly take any advice on the previous question in the case that this happens again? -LCM

Ya, pay the fee so it doesn't happen again.

An unconfirmed payment from you means a miner hasn't included it into a block.   

Your bitcoin client will notice if a transaction has not confirmed, and will re-broadcast it periodically.   If you delete the transaction, your client won't rebroadcast it.

Just because you delete it from your wallet doesn't mean the transaction won't eventually confirm later.

Incidentally, pywallet does not have any way to delete the transactions, nor delete the private keys.  It can be used to export the private keys, and then later you can create a new wallet and import those keys.  But bitcoin-Qt has a Debug console where you can do all that from now anyway.

[LowcountryMiner]

But bitcoin-Qt has a Debug console where you can do all that from now anyway.

Please elaborate...

[Stephen Gornick]

Please elaborate...

How to export keys from the Debug console?

Or how to get to the debug console?    The Debug Console option is in the pull-down menu, like Help -> Debug Console maybe?  (I'm not using a machine with Bitcoin-Qt installed at the moment and I can't remember exactly which pull-down.)

The command to get a list of all addresses in your wallet:
  listaddressgroupings

Then to get the private key for each:
  dumpprivkey [address]

Then to import the private key for each:
  importprivkey [private key]

You can copy and paste from the Debug Console into an editor, and then create the commands to somewhat automate it.

Here's more on importing:
 - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/How_to_import_private_keys