Can Bitcoins get lost somewhere out there?

[awesome31312]

Total Received   0.14522078 BTC   

Final Balance   0.02576602 BTC

What's weird is that I'm supposed to have 0.03+ BTC

What's REALLY weird is that I do, but every time I make a transaction, it sort of "refreshes" my final balance, meaning I can spend more than 0.03 BTC, but it SHOWS I have 0.02, 

[Rubber Ducky]

A wallet is a collection of addresses. It moves bitcoins from one address to another as you conduct transactions. If you take any one address and start looking up its balance on blockchain.info you will be confused. It won't give you the complete picture. So simple solution is to a) understand that your wallet is managing multiple addresses for you b) stop looking at blockchain.info!

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Apart from the above if you want more detailed information then please read about change addresses and before asking any follow up questions search the forum because this keeps coming up all the time!

[BunsenBurner]

Very likely some of your bitcoin is now in your change addresses.

If you are using bitcoin core, you can click "Help", "Debug Window", "Console" and enter "listunspent" to see which addresses your bitcoin is in.

[SOAD]

What wallet are you using? I've read that sometimes one like blockchain.info wotn synch up right, but bitcoins can't really get lost. 

[MUFC]

What's REALLY weird is that I do, but every time I make a transaction, it sort of "refreshes" my final balance, meaning I can spend more than 0.03 BTC, but it SHOWS I have 0.02, 

Have all your coins confirmed fully? Maybe post your wallet addresses if you're ok with that and people can offer further advice.

[KIRAZ]

Which wallet are you using there, What's your address and is there any unconfirmed tx there?

[Mybitcoinz]

Maybe it's a bug of your wallet, what are you using, Multibit?

[minerpumpkin]

You could give us the addresses you're using and we cant try and point out some of the potential problems you're experiencing! It could for example be that you've spend too much on transaction fees. Maybe some of the inputs aren't confirmed and thus aren't spendable yet. Maybe your lightweight client got hiccups and you could try and refresh the chain.

[DannyHamilton]

My best guess is that you are using a wallet that uses new addresses for change.

To verify this, you need to answer a few simple questions:

• What wallet are you using?
• Where are you getting the 0.14522078 BTC number from?
• Where are you getting the 0.02576602 BTC number from?
• Where are you getting the 0.03+ BTC number from?

[awesome31312]

My best guess is that you are using a wallet that uses new addresses for change.

Yes; To all who asked, I'm using the Armory client

[hyperdimension]

This is weird. Look the address in the blockchain.info page for movements.

[MightyBTC]

Total Received   0.14522078 BTC   

Final Balance   0.02576602 BTC

What's weird is that I'm supposed to have 0.03+ BTC

What's REALLY weird is that I do, but every time I make a transaction, it sort of "refreshes" my final balance, meaning I can spend more than 0.03 BTC, but it SHOWS I have 0.02, 

Blockchain final balance is what you might be talking about? That doesn't matters you will get bitcoin onto your client and are spendable after certain confirmations on the network

[BunsenBurner]

My best guess is that you are using a wallet that uses new addresses for change.

Yes; To all who asked, I'm using the Armory client

In that case, you should find addresses in your Armory client with the label "[[ Change received ]]."

https://bitcoinarmory.com/about/faqs/

Why is there a "[[ Change received ]]" address listed in my wallet?

When you create a bitcoin (BTC) transaction, it's much like spending cash at a merchant. When you pay more for an item than it costs, you are returned the excess payment or “change.” Here's how it works.Alice has 10 BTC in her wallet and wants to send 2 BTC to Bob. Alice doesn't have a wallet with exactly 2 BTC, so when she creates the transaction and selects “send,” Alice actually sends the entire 10 BTC. However, the entire amount does not go to Bob.Instead, when the transaction was created, the Armory client automatically created the new unused “[[ Change received ]]” address for Alice because she is owed 8 BTC back in excess payment. It's normal for most wallet applications to select a change address for you. The change address is important because sending coins back to the original address reduces your privacy. The only time a change address is not used is if you have a previous transaction output that is exactly the same size as the recipient amount + fee. In other words, if you have exact change.

When the transaction is processed, Bob receives 2 BTC to his wallet address and the remaining 8 BTC return back to Alice's wallet using the next automatically generated address, with the label "[[ Change received ]]."

Change addresses are a normal part of wallet operation, and are intended to be mostly transparent to the user. They should not be treated differently than any other addresses. Ignore them. If you are an advanced user and wish to customize the change address behavior, you can do so when sending coins in "Expert Usermode".

[awesome31312]

Thanks guys. It was under "Total spendable funds" for me

[cookiemonsterwhat]

You probably sent the wrong amount like I did lol.

[BitcoinHeroes]

Total Received   0.14522078 BTC   

Final Balance   0.02576602 BTC

What's weird is that I'm supposed to have 0.03+ BTC

What's REALLY weird is that I do, but every time I make a transaction, it sort of "refreshes" my final balance, meaning I can spend more than 0.03 BTC, but it SHOWS I have 0.02, 

Try reinstalling your wallet, remember to backup your wallet.dat file..

[DubFX]

What wallet are you using? I've read that sometimes one like blockchain.info wotn synch up right, but bitcoins can't really get lost. 

I have never had problem with blockchain.info and i've transfered quite alot of money thought their mywallet.

[InwardContour]

That's a really strange issue, I have never read before about that, the only thing I would do is to contact armory support in the alternative clients subforum.

[asganauei]

That's a really strange issue, I have never read before about that, the only thing I would do is to contact armory support in the alternative clients subforum.

This is the Armory subforum, check it out:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=97.0

[Banjiro]

What wallet are you using? Your wallet error.