electrum showing 2 seperate entries in send transaction only sent one

[tbit]

Hi
I am using electrum 1.9 client - I sent 0.5 bitcoin - which shows correctly in the History
But right clicing the entry and looking at transaction there are 2 transactions - one for 0.5 and one for 0.788 - in 'Outputs'
I have not sent any other apart from the 0.5 , and only the 0.5 one shows in history - I do not understand what the 0.788 entry is doing there , also the 0.5 has been in 'pending' for 2 hours now ..
very confused and a bit worried ..
Any ideas ?

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[ThomasV]

Hi
I am using electrum 1.9 client - I sent 0.5 bitcoin - which shows correctly in the History
But right clicing the entry and looking at transaction there are 2 transactions - one for 0.5 and one for 0.788 - in 'Outputs'
I have not sent any other apart from the 0.5 , and only the 0.5 one shows in history - I do not understand what the 0.788 entry is doing there , also the 0.5 has been in 'pending' for 2 hours now ..
very confused and a bit worried ..
Any ideas ?

the 0.788 output is probably your change

[tbit]

thank you for the quick reply , sorry but what is 0.788 change - I only sent 0.5 ..  ?
how does that work ?
also seperate issue - it has been stuck in pending for 2 hours ..
thanks

[btcven]

thank you for the quick reply , sorry but what is 0.788 change - I only sent 0.5 ..  ?
how does that work ?
also seperate issue - it has been stuck in pending for 2 hours ..
thanks

Your transaction was formed from the total sum of 1.288 BTC (plus fee). You sent 0.5 BTC to a destination address, paid a fee and the 0.788 BTC was sent back to you to a change address (in the Receive tab under "Change").

If the client shows synchronizing try restarting the client or switching servers (red/green button in the bottom-right)

[Raoul Duke]

also seperate issue - it has been stuck in pending for 2 hours ..

Electrum does that a lot. Just restart it.