my bitcoins isnt there

[kralleo]

i just bought my first bitcoins. i gave them the adress that wallet shows me. but it just isnt there. i deleted all my app data except wallet.dat the blocks still syncing in. can you help me? did i just lose 550Dolars?

[Uncurlhalo]

You wont actually receive the bitcoins until the blockchain is fully synced. Just wait a while. How far along is the syncing? it can sometimes take a while. You can enter the address you gave and enter it at a site like blockchain.info and it can tell you whether they actually sent the coins or not.

[bitChick_mauRa]

Be patient.   They will come.

[kralleo]

i am worried because i deleted the files. but if you say so i will be patient.

[kralleo]

You wont actually receive the bitcoins until the blockchain is fully synced. Just wait a while. How far along is the syncing? it can sometimes take a while. You can enter the address you gave and enter it at a site like blockchain.info and it can tell you whether they actually sent the coins or not.

is the site trusted. i read that i should encrypt etc. i dont understand that much.

[PinkBatman]

Search for your address here http://blockchain.info/

[Uncurlhalo]

i am worried because i deleted the files. but if you say so i will be patient.

If you didn't delete the wallet.dat you are fine.

[casascius]

i am worried because i deleted the files. but if you say so i will be patient.

If you didn't delete the wallet.dat you are fine.

Copy wallet.dat to removable media right now, less can go wrong if you do that.

[kralleo]

thanks i cpied the wallet.dat and i searched in the site. i can see the transaction. i have 66 thousands more blocks to go. i will wait til the end. cant sleep without seeing the money there. thanks guys.

[Tachikoma]

Next time use Electrum, no need to download blockchain. See sig