Sent small transaction, and took out large amount of my bitcoins.

[chennan]

So, I've been using multibit for a while now as a lightweight client and haven't ever had a problem until now.  I tried to send a small transaction of 5mBTC and here are the following issues that happened:

1) It failed to send the 5 mBTC
2) It ended up taking out 136.15 BTC from my balance and is, I guess (?), sending it back to me.  In the top I have "+Unconfirmed 136.15" so I guess that's what's going on, but I don't understand why.
3) It looks like there was a problem with the nodes it was connected too.


I set my transaction fees to .15 rather than the usual .1 and this still happened. How can I fix this problem and (hopefully) get my bitcoin back? Do I just wait and let multibit do it's thing?

[Jhanzo]

How does the transaction detail look like?  Is it showing the address you intended to send the btc to?  Posting the transaction ID here can make things easier.

[chennan]

How does the transaction detail look like?  Is it showing the address you intended to send the btc to?  Posting the transaction ID here can make things easier.

Here's the raw transaction details:

Code:

TxID:
  5953dd5f09df4c45e118dd5f76622944aefe70cd448db5b36ccace3ef2abf70d: Pending/unconfirmed.
     in   PUSHDATA(72)[3045022100968055600606a05077146f04d80e9a2ac676a4e766c480a64b38bf6c660a57bb0220670312bd44a01db3163a9010be6dd0b0673194b0d630e026321807bb842861f701] PUSHDATA(33)[027180f8941dc650d8cb77223cde159752cec0c2d0b448a29e534bdb476f16a184] 0.1413 BTC
          outpoint:f1de29535b3eca7c84208dc141e5e0b5859171e8eedb2c857576a6deb4a15f21:1 hash160:8872f4d71849f6b33f7e8023a38791dec23aa981
     out  DUP HASH160 PUSHDATA(20)[7e8103001ea364601b04fc384e355c96cb4eaac8] EQUALVERIFY CHECKSIG 0.005 BTC
     out  DUP HASH160 PUSHDATA(20)[1f9db630cec470a2bddd4ca4549b7859cb01d1db] EQUALVERIFY CHECKSIG 0.13615 BTC
     fee  0.00015 BTC

0100000001215fa1b4dea67675852cdbeee8719185b5e0e541c18d20847cca3e5b5329def1010000006b483045022100968055600606a05077146f04d80e9a2ac676a4e766c480a64b38bf6c660a57bb0220670312bd44a01db3163a9010be6dd0b0673194b0d630e026321807bb842861f70121027180f8941dc650d8cb77223cde159752cec0c2d0b448a29e534bdb476f16a184ffffffff0220a10700000000001976a9147e8103001ea364601b04fc384e355c96cb4eaac888ac98bfcf00000000001976a9141f9db630cec470a2bddd4ca4549b7859cb01d1db88ac00000000

Size: 226 bytes

Status #1: Waiting for feedback about this transaction from the bitcoin network
 Status#2: This transaction did not pay bitcoins to any payment request

edit: Status #1 meaning the first status I get when going through the details.. also the address was 1CXth4bzYYwPbLCv3Dxpyj9HbNsekni1V9

[Jhanzo]

So you're sending 0.005 to 1CXth4bzYYwPbLCv3Dxpyj9HbNsekni1V9, is that right?
Got that address from the raw transaction and I can't find the transaction in any block explorer.  I think it is indeed a network problem.  Try verifying the network from Tools > Verify network and make sure that you have a green light at the bottom right of the client.

[chennan]

So you're sending 0.005 to 1CXth4bzYYwPbLCv3Dxpyj9HbNsekni1V9, is that right?
Got that address from the raw transaction and I can't find the transaction in any block explorer.  I think it is indeed a network problem.  Try verifying the network from Tools > Verify network and make sure that you have a green light at the bottom right of the client.

hmm.. that's weird, because my peer count is a 10 and I just now verified it.  I'm still confused about what it's saying about "Waiting for feedback about this transaction from the bitcoin network".. how long will something like this take since the tx id isn't showing up in blockexplorer?

[Jhanzo]

So you're sending 0.005 to 1CXth4bzYYwPbLCv3Dxpyj9HbNsekni1V9, is that right?
Got that address from the raw transaction and I can't find the transaction in any block explorer.  I think it is indeed a network problem.  Try verifying the network from Tools > Verify network and make sure that you have a green light at the bottom right of the client.

hmm.. that's weird, because my peer count is a 10 and I just now verified it.  I'm still confused about what it's saying about "Waiting for feedback about this transaction from the bitcoin network".. how long will something like this take since the tx id isn't showing up in blockexplorer?

Usually it shows up in seconds for transaction with high enough fee, and yours have high enough fee.  I'm not sure what went wrong but I pushed it to https://blockchain.info/pushtx manually, so it should show up in block explorers now.

Edit:
In case this happens again, just take the raw transaction and push it to network using the link above.  The raw tx is that long thing above size that begins with 010000000.

[chennan]

So you're sending 0.005 to 1CXth4bzYYwPbLCv3Dxpyj9HbNsekni1V9, is that right?
Got that address from the raw transaction and I can't find the transaction in any block explorer.  I think it is indeed a network problem.  Try verifying the network from Tools > Verify network and make sure that you have a green light at the bottom right of the client.

hmm.. that's weird, because my peer count is a 10 and I just now verified it.  I'm still confused about what it's saying about "Waiting for feedback about this transaction from the bitcoin network".. how long will something like this take since the tx id isn't showing up in blockexplorer?

Usually it shows up in seconds for transaction with high enough fee, and yours have high enough fee.  I'm not sure what went wrong but I pushed it to https://blockchain.info/pushtx manually, so it should show up in block explorers now.

Edit:
In case this happens again, just take the raw transaction and push it to network using the link above.  The raw tx is that long thing above size that begins with 010000000.

Ok perfect, that's good to know.

Just a fyi, the transaction actually ended up going through and I received my change back from the extra taken out. Thanks for the help Jhanzo!

[Jhanzo]

Ok perfect, that's good to know.

Just a fyi, the transaction actually ended up going through and I received my change back from the extra taken out. Thanks for the help Jhanzo!

You're welcome!  Yeah, I saw the tx got a confirmation (pretty fast) after it got broadcasted > https://blockchain.info/tx/5953dd5f09df4c45e118dd5f76622944aefe70cd448db5b36ccace3ef2abf70d