Topic: Can unconfirmed transactions take a while to show up? (Read 611 times)

CAVirtex implements what is referred to as a hosted (shared) EWallet service.  So you have no control over the bitcoins with you withdraw, you are simply submitting a request to CA VirtEx to withdraw and it is up to them to service that request.   

In nearly all instances of legitimate activity your client will know of the withdrawal withing seconds once CA VirtEx broadcasts the withdrawal to the Bitcoin network.   So it is pretty safe to say that if you don't see your withdrawal on the blockchain then VirtEx didn't send it.

This can happen if the EWallet provider uses cold storage for coins, and the current level of coins in their hot wallet is insufficient to serve the demand.  The delay will vary based on approach and security practices surrounding the cold wallet.  For instance, a competing exchange in Europe can only access the cold wallet during business hours since access requires physical access to occur at a bank vault.

There are instances of spam-like activity where a transaction is sent and peer nodes refuse to relay it right way.  That's not the profile of a withdrawal fro CA VirtEx though so that's not likely what happened here.

tl:dr; wait a bit longer.  If you wait more than half a day and still don't see the withdrawal, then contact the exchange.

i had a weird experience using blockchain today. my transaction never showed but i still got my coins. never happened to me before but i still got them so i didnt mind.

Same thing happened to me over the past few days during some late night trades on bitfloor. Just wait awhile, theyll show up.

Just be patient. If you're sure that you sent the coins to the *correct* address, they will show up eventually. Sometimes the network is just slow.

If transaction is broadcasted to network, you will see it in about 10 minutes.
Once I waited a week for withdrawal transaction from Mtgox. They told me there were some glitches on their side.

Hey, I just withdrew some BTC from my cavirtex account. Normally when I do this, I can check the address at blockchain.info and see an unconfirmed transaction on there right away... However, this time I've been waiting about half an hour and I still can't see my transaction. It looks like the withdrawal wasn't even made at all!

Do I just have to be more patient? I'm getting kind of worried that I might have pasted an extra space at the end or beginning of my withdrawal address, or something else screwed up and now I've lost my coins... Or is it common for unconfirmed transactions to take a while to appear in the system?