Help, IM new and lost track of money

[Petarosus18]

Hello,
First I must apologize for newb question...
I bought bitcoins on bitcoin ATM- used Electrum- swept from private key, and then I received no money no nothing...... I saved that file from transaction, I have bitcoin wallet adress which is mine...but nothing shows up in transaction history...
Please help!

[longbob72]

Can you post the address which private key you sweeped? Did the bitcoins left that address?

[Petarosus18]

Can you post the address which private key you sweeped?

What do you mean? I dont want to post adress to get my bitcoins stolen. My question is, after you sweep the bitcoins....where does the bitcoins go? I have zero balance on my wallet opened in Electrum!

[longbob72]

Can you post the address which private key you sweeped?

What do you mean? I dont want to post adress to get my bitcoins stolen. My question is, after you sweep the bitcoins....where does the bitcoins go? I have zero balance on my wallet opened in Electrum!

Posting the address won't get your bitcoins stolen... Posting the private key will.
When you sweep, the bitcoins is transferred to a new address. But because you said you didn't get any transaction it might be possible that the transaction never get broadcasted.

[eaLiTy]

Hello,
First I must apologize for newb question...
I bought bitcoins on bitcoin ATM- used Electrum- swept from private key, and then I received no money no nothing...... I saved that file from transaction, I have bitcoin wallet adress which is mine...but nothing shows up in transaction history...
Please help!

just share the details of your purchase and post your bitcoin address,if you sweep your coins it must show on your wallet

this is from the FAQ of electrum

Sweeping private keys means to send all the bitcoins they control to an existing address in your wallet. The private keys you sweep do not become a part of your wallet. Instead, all the bitcoins they control are sent to an address that has been deterministically generated from your wallet seed.

To sweep private keys go to Wallet menu -> Private Keys -> Sweep. Enter the private keys in the appropriate field. Leave the ‘Address’ field unchanged. That is the destination address and it’ll be from your existing electrum wallet.

[Petarosus18]

IM such a newb:-(.
Receiving adress (public) is 1DMv6SKNL4EaJ3hiwvV4Cd9JfG1eUQWRFo (in Electrum program)
Public bitcoin key (not the private one Iev sent it from)- is 1GBjWxsiUxmcnoat4vhgsHL43n6s9yH986

What happened was-
1. I bought bitcoins on bitcoin ATM on paper wallet...
2. I used blockchain earlier btu not this time. they dotn have import anymore
3. Downloaded Electrum and started new wallet (with seed)
4. Clicked on Sweep private key- and have written there my private key (from paper wallet)
5. I saved that file from it, and receiving adress was - 1DMv6SKNL4EaJ3hiwvV4Cd9JfG1eUQWRFo
6. My balance (while that adress is one of the supposed wallets) - is zero, and also I cannot sweep it again- it doesnt work anymore.
Tahts what happened:-(

[longbob72]

IM such a newb:-(.
Receiving adress (public) is 1DMv6SKNL4EaJ3hiwvV4Cd9JfG1eUQWRFo (in Electrum program)
Public bitcoin key (not the private one Iev sent it from)- is 1GBjWxsiUxmcnoat4vhgsHL43n6s9yH986

What happened was-
1. I bought bitcoins on bitcoin ATM on paper wallet...
2. I used blockchain earlier btu not this time. they dotn have import anymore
3. Downloaded Electrum and started new wallet (with seed)
4. Clicked on Sweep private key- and have written there my private key (from paper wallet)
5. I saved that file from it, and receiving adress was - 1DMv6SKNL4EaJ3hiwvV4Cd9JfG1eUQWRFo
6. My balance (while that adress is one of the supposed wallets) - is zero, and also I cannot sweep it again- it doesnt work anymore.
Tahts what happened:-(

That's the normal process and should've worked fine. Also we can see a transaction of 0.27995BTC being sent to 1DMv6SKNL4EaJ3hiwvV4Cd9JfG1eUQWRFo so it should've showed up in your electrum wallet.

Check the network icon at the bottom right of your electrum wallet. If it's red or orange then close and open electrum again (sometimes it lags if left open too long.).

[Petarosus18]

It finally showed up, but its unconfirmed.. Its taht unconfirmed alright? Is it normal?
Thank you guys!!!!!

[longbob72]

It finally showed up, but its unconfirmed.. Its taht unconfirmed alright? Is it normal?
Thank you guys!!!!!

It's normal, it'll be confirmed once the miners includes your transaction in a block.
0.0005BTC fee is high enough so it shouldn't take too long to get a confirmation.

[cr1776]

It finally showed up, but its unconfirmed.. Its taht unconfirmed alright? Is it normal?
Thank you guys!!!!!

It looks like it has one confirmation - according to blockchain.info and blockexplorer.com.  It just takes a bit of time.

https://blockexplorer.com/address/1DMv6SKNL4EaJ3hiwvV4Cd9JfG1eUQWRFo
https://blockchain.info/address/1DMv6SKNL4EaJ3hiwvV4Cd9JfG1eUQWRFo

[Petarosus18]

Thank you guys... Its working now. Much love to you all...
 

[eaLiTy]

Thank you guys... Its working now. Much love to you all...
 

good to hear that your coins are now confirmed ,you can now close this thread.