test transfer goof

[spoonbender]

Hello,

Yesterday I attempted to move a small bitcoin transaction to a new address that I attempted to generate in my Multibit wallet. The transaction seemed to be accepted, but then two things happened:

1) the transaction was received at the same address as it was sent from (how can that even happen?), and
2) the transaction balance showed up as minus 11 cents (yes, I tried to transfer the entire amount).

Today the transaction says it's still being confirmed and is still at a negative balance. How do I fix this?

[grux]

You are most likely reading the blockchain.info wrong.
Bitcoin shows sends as negative amounts when it's from an address you own.

[pand70]

2) the transaction balance showed up as minus 11 cents (yes, I tried to transfer the entire amount).

Those 11 cents was probably the 0.0001 BTC transaction fee

[spoonbender]

You are most likely reading the blockchain.info wrong.
Bitcoin shows sends as negative amounts when it's from an address you own.

I think you are saying it shows as deductions, and I get that - it's like taking money out of your checking account. But I've got an actual negative balance showing.

2) the transaction balance showed up as minus 11 cents (yes, I tried to transfer the entire amount).

Those 11 cents was probably the 0.0001 BTC transaction fee

Yes. I believe you are correct. But how do I get the balance back to zero? I mean, you can't have a negative balance - if you did that at a bank, they'd charge you an overdraft fee...

[DannyHamilton]

Hello,

Yesterday I attempted to move a small bitcoin transaction to a new address that I attempted to generate in my Multibit wallet. The transaction seemed to be accepted, but then two things happened:

1) the transaction was received at the same address as it was sent from (how can that even happen?), and
2) the transaction balance showed up as minus 11 cents (yes, I tried to transfer the entire amount).

Today the transaction says it's still being confirmed and is still at a negative balance. How do I fix this?

If this actually happened the way you described it, then it sounds like a bug in MultiBit.  In that case you should ask in the MultiBit forum.

However, your description of events sounds unlikely.  It seems more likely that you are misunderstanding something you are seeing.

[spoonbender]

Thank you. I have posted the question here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=359086.new#new with link to a screenclip.