electrum wallet is not letting me send any bitcoins.

[dylanbitcoin2]

I am trying to send bitcoins with my electrum wallet, tbut receive" error:server did not answer"

I installed it 2 days ago. I received $40 USD as practice. And now i was gonna send it back to my coin base wallet but i get this error so now i have $40 locked in the elctrum wallet...

servers are configured to automatically connect in the network. i am not sure what else to do .

[BitMaxz]

Can you give me your bitcoin address where your $40 in btc save?
Are you sure that your electrum wallet is not watch only? If you save the private key or seed phrase you can try to re-install electrum wallet..
Let me know if what OS you are using? If you are running windows 10 you should download the latest version of electrum wallet http://download.electrum.org/ 3.0 version
and recover your seed phrase after installed the latest version and try again if you  can send your bitcoin..

[TryNinja]

What version are you using? And is the big circle at the bottom right part of your wallet green?

Have you tried to manually change the server? Unmark "Select server automatically", right click a random server and choose "Use as server";

If nothing of this works, try to recreate your wallet with the same seed. I also have seen people having this same issue just to magically fix it alone later for no reason.

[dylanbitcoin2]

Can you give me your bitcoin address where your $40 in btc save?
Are you sure that your electrum wallet is not watch only? If you save the private key or seed phrase you can try to re-install electrum wallet..
Let me know if what OS you are using? If you are running windows 10 you should download the latest version of electrum wallet http://download.electrum.org/ 3.0 version
and recover your seed phrase after installed the latest version and try again if you  can send your bitcoin..

yea its not watch online.  I never saved the private key , is that important? I just saved the seed phrase that it told me to write down.

Also im using winows 7. my friend suggested that i have to low of a bitcoin balance to try sending $100 more... So i did.. I sent $100 more it went through.. Then i sent $120 to my coin base account and it went through... was weird...  so i guess im fixed.. but still paranoid to put big money in it for things like this happening.

i have the latest version. 3.0 i just downloaded it off the site a few days ago but my wallet works now i just needed more money to be able to send for some reason.

[pooya87]

I am trying to send bitcoins with my electrum wallet, tbut receive" error:server did not answer"

it is not version related, and you don't need seed or private key or recovery or anything. this error simply means there has been some problem with your communication with the Electrum Node (the server) that you are connected to.

possible reasons? you have connectivity issues on your end. the server may have gone down or was not listening for incoming tx messages when you tried broadcasting.

solution? simply change server! it usually happens automatically when Electrum fails to communicate with the servers.

workaround? use the Preview window and instead of clicking "Broadcast" click on "Copy". this will copy your signed transaction to clipboard (you can paste it in a text file to see what it is). now go to any of these https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transaction_broadcasting paste your transaction hex there and push it.

[Abdussamad]

Is this a 2fa wallet? Does it say 2fa or 2factor authentication in the electrum window title?

[dylanbitcoin2]

Is this a 2fa wallet? Does it say 2fa or 2factor authentication in the electrum window title?

no its not.

I am trying to send bitcoins with my electrum wallet, tbut receive" error:server did not answer"

it is not version related, and you don't need seed or private key or recovery or anything. this error simply means there has been some problem with your communication with the Electrum Node (the server) that you are connected to.

possible reasons? you have connectivity issues on your end. the server may have gone down or was not listening for incoming tx messages when you tried broadcasting.

solution? simply change server! it usually happens automatically when Electrum fails to communicate with the servers.

workaround? use the Preview window and instead of clicking "Broadcast" click on "Copy". this will copy your signed transaction to clipboard (you can paste it in a text file to see what it is). now go to any of these https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transaction_broadcasting paste your transaction hex there and push it.

good info. And hmm I am using a VPN for extra safety since i have a wallet in my pc so maybe the vpn messed with the connection who knows. Thank you for the  information. i will save the website in case this happens again and another srever doesnt work. really appreciated.