I have a TX with 6928 confirmations but total balance is still pending

[DannyHamilton]

True, but I meant the part where his 2.8 Bitcoin went from confirmed to pending. That part I don't get.

Can't answer that without a list of the transactions that the wallet has recorded.

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[DelivMan]

Scrolling through your posts now Danny (sorry i m a single tasker)

Before getting into the hassle of new VM etc etc
Wouldn't it be easier to get the 0.05 tx conf then to start all over again (isn't this hanging TX going to cause trouble in Electrum?)

These are my TX'ids:

0.0002 Tx: daaef9d532d1a79b715ec28f561af99782b2ed4251abbbdd4e3cb5294dd1f0c3
2.8000 Tx: 633f05443310c5012c5a0360299c3627b8d838af1fbe4aa4a4ab20d74521d04b

0.0500 Tx : ae55f12d13c656a2107729dc3d7e0c7f8b2295c56376e9557347ce3479b9104e (unconf)

Thanks for walking with me here guys!

Peter (not so much over and out for tonight yet)

[CoinEraser]

and a Bitcoin core installation v015.01 64 bit

Maybe you can try to install the latest version of the client. At the moment it is 0.15.1 (0.15.01 is older). Or try an older client for example 0.14.xx.
But always make a backup of your wallet first. Hope this bring your bitcoins back.

https://bitcoin.org/en/version-history

[DannyHamilton]

These are my TX'ids:

0.0002 Tx: daaef9d532d1a79b715ec28f561af99782b2ed4251abbbdd4e3cb5294dd1f0c3
2.8000 Tx: 633f05443310c5012c5a0360299c3627b8d838af1fbe4aa4a4ab20d74521d04b
0.0500 Tx : ae55f12d13c656a2107729dc3d7e0c7f8b2295c56376e9557347ce3479b9104e (unconf)

When you look on the "Transactions" tab of your Bitcoin Core wallet, those are the ONLY three transactions that are displayed?

And all three of them have a check-mark in the far left column?

[DelivMan]

Ok an update.

Created VM installed Electrum.
Then i moved Private key to Electrum. Total balance is available as predicted (Yeaaahhhh, pfff that's a relieve)

A used the option "pay to many" in Tools, that's a bit scary with comma separation functionality but works like a charm!
Finally I let Electrum  suggest the fee. It estimated that the Tx should be confirmed in about 5 blocks (should be 50 minutes right?)
Tx send to the network at 23:29.

This is the id:
e68efb8fdf5e7d068014fe3d1244ba1ad8f55068c63fb7993ff824b0b9dc7814

But  9 hours later... no confirmation, still not enough fee? The fee was 0.001, can I speed up the TX by using "Child pays for parent" option in Electrum ?
I kind of want to get this over with...


Yeah you were right the total was +/- 2.9. But the total shown in Bitcoin Core was 2.88 (it already deducted the 0.05 TX)

Only the  first two TX in Bitcoin Core where confirmed, the last one was (and is still) unconfirmed, it shows a question mark to the far left.

Well i guess i am one step further but not totally there yet...

Kind regards Peter

[LoyceV]

Created VM installed Electrum.
Then i moved Private key to Electrum. Total balance is available as predicted (Yeaaahhhh, pfff that's a relieve)

Congratulations, for real this time!

A used the option "pay to many" in Tools, that's a bit scary with comma separation functionality but works like a charm!

There is no 0.05BTC outgoing payment, did you accidentally forget a zero and send 0.5BTC?

Finally I let Electrum  suggest the fee. It estimated that the Tx should be confirmed in about 5 blocks (should be 50 minutes right?)
~
But  9 hours later... no confirmation, still not enough fee? The fee was 0.001, can I speed up the TX by using "Child pays for parent" option in Electrum ?
I kind of want to get this over with...

The current fee for a fast transaction is 536 sat/byte, you paid 358. It will go through eventually.

I've never used CPFP by myself, you can try it, or just patiently wait for it to confirm. Usually fees drop on Sundays, so if it doesn't happen today, it'll happen tomorrow.
My Bitcoin Core estimates it'll be within 8 hours.

Thanks for the tip

One more thing
The Electrum wallet you created only holds your imported private key. The 1.419153 BTC change went back to the address you exported from Bitcoin Core, and should also show up in Bitcoin Core again.
If you choose to keep using Electrum, you should make a new wallet (the one that gives you a 12 seed word phrase to write down), instead of only using the same imported address again.
Or, I expect your Bitcoin Core to be totally fine again, so you can also keep using that client.

[DannyHamilton]

Finally I let Electrum  suggest the fee. It estimated that the Tx should be confirmed in about 5 blocks (should be 50 minutes right?)
~
But  9 hours later... no confirmation, still not enough fee? The fee was 0.001, can I speed up the TX by using "Child pays for parent" option in Electrum ?
I kind of want to get this over with...

The current fee for a fast transaction is 536 sat/byte, you paid 358. It will go through eventually.

I've never used CPFP by myself, you can try it, or just patiently wait for it to confirm. Usually fees drop on Sundays, so if it doesn't happen today, it'll happen tomorrow.
My Bitcoin Core estimates it'll be within 8 hours.

It appears it is now confirmed. (34 confirmations at this point in time).

I find this website useful when trying to decide what fee I want to pay:
https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/

You can look at recent history with the selectors at the very top of the page:
(2h, 8h, 24h, 2d, 4d, 1w, 2w, 30d, 3m, 6m)

You can filter out the lower fee rates by clicking on the lowest fee rate you want to see in the key on any of the graphs.

As the number of UNCONFIRMED transactions increases in a particular fee range, the band of color for that range widens.  Each time a block is solved, you'll see a collapse of the highest fee rate bands of color at that time (as all the transactions at the highest fee rates are generally included in the block and therefore CONFIRMED).  You can see if the system is catching up with the backlog of UNCONFIRMED transactions at various fee rates, or if it would be a good idea to bump your fee into a slightly higher range to get confirmed more quickly.

[DelivMan]

Thank you guys, for the support! The transactions have been accepted in the network!

0.5 was correct and the previous was indeed 0.05. 0.5 was the total that i owed.

I think i can close this post.

(although it remains a mystery why core wasn't working in the first place)

A good, successful and healthy 2018 for all of you!

A grateful Peter

(I will have a look at Core again in 2018)