173 confirmations but no bitcoins in wallet :(

[generic.user]

Hello there,

Yet another tinkering incompetent newbie to the forum here. I am hoping someone can help me out

I bought some bitcoin from a website and immediately transferred it all to my desktop wallet (Electrum), as usual. However, the transaction is not in the wallet, nor is it pending to go into the wallet. I have been waiting for over 24 hours. I have followed the TX ID and its confirmed to my address but there are no sign of the coins.
I was using an old version of Electrum so I downloaded the latest version and rebooted my computer but still no joy. Below is the page where the transaction can be found. Any help would me much appreciated

https://blockchain.info/address/12iLmMG ... o7nbWhArZa

[bitkilo]

Hello there,

Yet another tinkering incompetent newbie to the forum here. I am hoping someone can help me out

I bought some bitcoin from a website and immediately transferred it all to my desktop wallet (Electrum), as usual. However, the transaction is not in the wallet, nor is it pending to go into the wallet. I have been waiting for over 24 hours. I have followed the TX ID and its confirmed to my address but there are no sign of the coins.
I was using an old version of Electrum so I downloaded the latest version and rebooted my computer but still no joy. Below is the page where the transaction can be found. Any help would me much appreciated

https://blockchain.info/address/12iLmMG ... o7nbWhArZa

It sounds like maybe your new wallet hasn't full sync yet.

Try checking the Network Preferences and making sure you are properly connected to servers and then leave Electrum open so it can sync.

[generic.user]

Thank you for taking the time to read this post.

The problem was here since before I updated electrum. Also in the bottom right hand corner of the electrum wallet it has a green circle for adequate connection (sometimes it shows arrows when it is syncing but this only takes a few seconds). So I don't think that this is the problem?

[generic.user]

My coins just came through. I have another idea as to way it took so long, I was in a hurry when I transferred to my desktop wallet and did not set my own transaction fee. I always thought this meant that the block would be slower to gain confirmations as oppose to depositing into my account. Which is the case?

[generic.user]

Now the coins are gone again, I have no clue what is going on...

EDIT: Now they are back again. *shrugs shoulders*

[MalcolmFoster]

Hi. I am so glad you posted your question. I understand next to nothing about Bitcoin (except it's potential) and, at 70, do find it too complicated. Some 9 months after buying some Bitcoin as a little experiment (it seems to have gone up x5 in the meantime:-) I have still not managed to withdraw any from my Hashflare online wallet into my Electrum 2.7.18 offline wallet. A week ago, after messing about with addresses, I was told my transfer of 0,2 BTC was successful. Like you, I got a Blockchain summary to confirm that, showing the remaining balance and fee deducted. Still nothing in my wallet. Date is shown as unknown, balance 0 with just the word "Synchronizing......." showing in the bottom LH corner. I am hoping I have not lost it and will try to replicate the changes you made as suggested by your helper so fingers crossed. I have not found Hashflare very helpful but maybe they cannot be.

I have also messaged the creator of Electrum (Thomas Voegtlin) about this who very kindly offered help to users on this forum but I still await a reply - if one comes.

One last point, after buying 4 times my intended amount (due to multiple payment hiccups), the equivalent of about 1 BTC, the rising graph over all that time showed only about 0.4 BTC mined to date. Yet, on the Blockchain summary, it shows a `Balance' of 18 BTC! I can't believe I have acquired that amount in mining since that time so would you, or anyone else, know what that amount represents? Many thanks.