Help on a transaction

[JDMET]

I need help.  I had a bitcoin transaction sent to my Electrum wallet.  The address and ammount sent have been verified, but the funds are not showing up in my  Electrum history, or I am just not seeing them there.  It appears that a transaction did take place on 10/15/2018 but it's as if no BTC were deposited instead of the 0.9090100 that was sent and my history balance was not increased.  What do I do now?

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[bob123]

I need help.  I had a bitcoin transaction sent to my Electrum wallet.  The address and ammount sent have been verified, but the funds are not showing up in my  Electrum history, or I am just not seeing them there.  It appears that a transaction did take place on 10/15/2018 but it's as if no BTC were deposited instead of the 0.9090100 that was sent and my history balance was not increased.  What do I do now?

What version of electrum are you using ? If you are not using 3.2.3, update it: https://electrum.org/#download.

Did you check the transaction on a block explorer (e.g. blockcypher or blockchain.com) ?
If the explorer shows that the transaction has been confirmed AND the receiving address is correct, then you have successfully received the transaction.

You can verify (if you are not 100% sure) whether your wallet holds the address by either looking in the address-tab or entering the following command into the console (View -> Show Console -> Console tab):

Code:

ismine("1YourAddress")

If it returns true AND the block explorer shows a confirmed transaction, it's just a display/network issue (maybe old version, do you have a green or red circle at the bottom right corner of electrum?).

[NeuroticFish]

my history balance was not increased.  What do I do now?

First of all try to look at the transaction on a block explorer. You get the tx id and paste it at https://www.blockchain.com/explorer
Then you can look at the confirmations. I think that if there are no confirmations at all, Electrum doesn't increase the amount. If there are no confirmations, then there's a different type of issue we have to handle (ask for re-send, CPFP, ...).

Another possible thing would be that your Electrum is not connected or you don't own the receiving address (see the ismine and red circle parts in the previous post).

[mocacinno]

You may have that problem just cuz you`re using not secure resources. I can suggest you to use bitcoin mixer for transfers and mixing various bitcoins. It`s secure and anonymous.

hmmm  

bob123 was completely correct, NeuroticFish was mostly correct (unconfirmed transactions should show up in electrum's history)... But Bitexpert11's sollution shows that he's not a Bit expert (pun intended).

I've never heared about the mixer that's being linked to (this doesn't mean anything, exept that it might not be a popular mixer), but more important: using a mixer has nothing to do with transactions not showing up in your wallet's history. As a matter of fact, using a mixer is just adding an extra variable in the mix. A mixer is usefull if you want to break the link between the senders and your wallet...

To repeat the previous posters:

• Verify if the transaction exist on a block explorer and is funding the address you entered while withdrawing
• Double check if the address is correct
• Change the electrum server by clicking the button in the right bottom corner
• Make sure you have an official electrum version (check the signature of ThomasV)
• Make sure you have the latest electrum version
• Make sure a local firewall isn't blocking you (either a firewall on your pc, or on your own network)
• Restart your wallet and reboot your pc

If nothing else works, but you are sure your address is correct, and a funding tx exists, you can always download a clean electrum copy on a new device that's on a different network, and restore your wallet from seed...