Need some help, Transaction not confirmed, really confused :S

[wmike]

Hey guys, I ended up buying bitcoin off my buddy lastnight.

I downloaded multibit....set up the wallet....and he transferred me the bitcoin.

I then paid him.

It was showing lastnight that i got the bitcoin, but the transaction is not yet confimed, so i said whatever and turned off my computer.

Its now about 18 hours later, i open up my wallet right now so i can send to BTC-e and it still says "transaction not yet confirmed. Seen by 3 peers"

Then i looked at the date in multibit and it says the 17th, my computers time and date was wrong....i hope that doesnt affect anything.

So i fixed the time.

I then click veiw transaction on blockchain and block explorer and they say the date as today.

At the bottom of my multibit wallet it says synchronizing with network fot about a half hour now, 221 block downloading...but i dont see any progress on the green bar.

So what exactly needs to be done so i can transfer these to BTC-E?

Did i mess something up with my computer clock being the wrong time? Or do i just wait? Does multibit NEED to be open?

Thanks ahead of time for any responses

[cr1776]

Hi,
Do you know if you paid a fee? If you share the transaction number (but never the private key) people can help look into it.

Hey guys, I ended up buying bitcoin off my buddy lastnight.

I downloaded multibit....set up the wallet....and he transferred me the bitcoin.

I then paid him.

It was showing lastnight that i got the bitcoin, but the transaction is not yet confimed, so i said whatever and turned off my computer.

Its now about 18 hours later, i open up my wallet right now so i can send to BTC-e and it still says "transaction not yet confirmed. Seen by 3 peers"

Then i looked at the date in multibit and it says the 17th, my computers time and date was wrong....i hope that doesnt affect anything.

So i fixed the time.

I then click veiw transaction on blockchain and block explorer and they say the date as today.

At the bottom of my multibit wallet it says synchronizing with network fot about a half hour now, 221 block downloading...but i dont see any progress on the green bar.

So what exactly needs to be done so i can transfer these to BTC-E?

Did i mess something up with my computer clock being the wrong time? Or do i just wait? Does multibit NEED to be open?

Thanks ahead of time for any responses

[DannyHamilton]

At the bottom of my multibit wallet it says synchronizing with network for about a half hour now, 221 block downloading...but i dont see any progress on the green bar.

This is s bit of a concern.  Does it still say 221?  You may need to reset.  There are instructions on how to do so here at the MultiBit help page:

https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_resetBlockchain.html

Similar instructions here:
https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_support_sentBitcoinToMultibitButTheyNeverArrived.html


Do you have the transactionID?  If so, you can search for the transaction at the blockchain.info website.  Use the search box here:
https://blockchain.info/

If blockchain.info displays that the transaction is unconfirmed, then the sender probably didn't include a sufficient transaction fee.  It could take a few days (or weeks) for it to be confirmed.

If blockchain.info displays that the transaction is confirmed, then you just need to get your MultiBit wallet synchronized with the blockchain.