<p>Read this issue: 
<a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/2079" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/2079</a></p>

<p>As  gavinandresen commented December 06, 2012</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Yes, that is a 'WONTFIX'.</p>
  
  <p>A sendall account  command that took the account to exactly
  zero might be a good solution, although you can still run into edge
  cases like "what if the account contains 0.000001 BTC" (fee to sendall
  might be greater than that).</p>
</blockquote>

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<p>Any one can explain me why I get a negative balance after execute a sendfrom ?</p>

<p>"sendfrom myaccount btcaddress amount"
and right after
"getbalance myaccount" return  a negative balance</p>

<p>I don't really understand why the balance is negative ...</p>

<p>After 1confirmation, the balance come back to his real value.</p>

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# Negative balance after sendfrom bitcoind

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-11-02)

Any one can explain me why I get a negative balance after execute a sendfrom ?

"sendfrom myaccount btcaddress amount"
and right after
"getbalance myaccount" return a negative balance

I don't really understand why the balance is negative ...

After 1confirmation, the balance come back to his real value.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-11-02. Score: 1

Read this issue:
<https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/2079>

As gavinandresen commented December 06, 2012

> Yes, that is a 'WONTFIX'.
>
> A sendall account command that took the account to exactly
> zero might be a good solution, although you can still run into edge
> cases like "what if the account contains 0.000001 BTC" (fee to sendall
> might be greater than that).


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