Topic: My bitcoins completely disappeared and are gone - page 2. (Read 420 times)

Isn't just me that the OP might have been fallen to a copy and paste malware?

Clipboard Hijacker Malware Monitors 2.3 Million Bitcoin Addresses

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I think there's no need to update his client as he has downloaded the client recently, it's the latest. He also has mentioned about the new option on the latest version, address expiration (which is pretty misleading to the newbies, sometimes olders too). That's not the issue I think.

Providing us with the bitcoin address might help us identify any issues like how many confirmations, and whether there was a small fee included, although like others are suggesting it sounds like a sync issue, and you're not completely out of luck. Especially, if you're certain you copy, and pasted the correct address.

However, if you don't want to share the Bitcoin address for privacy reasons, then you can follow the instructions of updating your client, and connecting to a new server. Report back to us with your findings.

I am still using the older version and it sync fine.

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@OP can you update us after following the instruction given by the earlier replies?  If you really made a transaction, it should appear on the blockchain, better check if the address you pasted is the same as the address you intended to copy. If there is noting wrong with the receiving address then you will receive the transfer but if it is different then, possibly you are a victim of a malware and sad to say your BTC transfer goes to other wallet.

If the transaction has been sent from your Blockchain wallet, then there is nothing they can do to help - once the transaction is confirmed, it is irreversible.

First of all, check the transaction on a block explorer such as https://blockchair.com/. Does the address the coins have been sent to match the address from your Electrum wallet? If the address is correct, and blockchair shows the funds on that address, then your funds are safe and the problem is simply with your Electrum client not syncing properly. Don't panic. Try the following steps:

Make sure you are using the latest version of Electrum from https://electrum.org/#download, and that you verified it before installing. Older versions will not sync.
Switch to a different server by following the instructions above from OmegaStarScream.
Try disabling the proxy if one is enabled (Red/Green orb -> Proxy tab)
Check Electrum isn't being blocked by your firewall or VPN if you are using one.

If this is just a syncronization issue, you can check and confirm your funds on blockchain explorer, searching the address you used to received, if there's no outgoing transaction then your funds is still there and you only need to wait untill the syncing's complete, but most probably it doesn't take that long.

No, it doesn't. You would still get your funds.

Assuming that you're using an updated version of Electrum, you can try and connect to another server. Click on the green/red button on the bottom right, find another server, right-click it and select "Use as server" then see if that helps.

I am having a feeling that nothing wrong happened in your case since you are saying your wallet has not synchronized yet.


Can you share some information?

1. What version of Electrum you are using?
2. Are you okay to share the tx ID of the transfer?

My wild guess is that you are using an old version of Electrum.

Hello. I made a really big mistake today. I transferred funds from my blockchain wallet to my electrum wallet. I had done a practice transfer yesterday with a small amount of money, and everything worked perfectly. So I assumed I'd be able to just copy and paste the wallet address and send the money like normal.

I was really wrong though. I'm not totally sure why, but the money just never showed up. So now I'm out hundreds of dollars that I really desperately needed. I'm so defeated and disappointed right now I can barely bring myself to even bother with any of this.

I was reading something about wallet synchronization, and I'm not sure if that could be the problem. It says that my wallet is not fully synchronized (it has said "synchronizing...3/30" basically since I opened it today with no improvement). Could that have anything to do with it? Is there a way to get the wallet fully synchronized? It's just stuck on 3/30 indefinitely.

Can someone tell me what happened so it doesn't happen again? I hate bitcoins for this exact reason. Something goes wrong...and your money is just fn gone forever. The transaction is on blockchain...so I'm just really not sure what happened. But I'm thinking from now on I'm going to do small transfers in pieces and just move a little bit of money at a time. Losing hundreds of dollars that I couldn't afford to spend in the first place really hurts, and is going to affect my life for the immediate future. I just can't even tell you the effect that losing hundreds of dollars in one shot like that has for a person like me with very little in the first place. 

My wallet address expired 1 hour after the transaction. So it's now expired. Does that have an impact on whether or not my money could ever (even theoretically) get to my wallet?

Most importantly, is there anyone you can go to in a situation like this? Like blockchain or the electrum people? I'm pretty sure I'll never see this money...but I'd like to make sure this never happens again. To be honest this has sorta put me off bitcoin generally...and that sucks because bitcoins are necessary for lots of different types of online transactions.