<p>You should check the following:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Are you sure you entered the right address to receive the Bitcoins?</p>

<ul>
<li>If the address is not correct, the coins are lost</li>
</ul></li>
<li><p>Did your Bitcoin client download all the blocks in the chain? (>150000)</p>

<ul>
<li>If not, you need to let it run for awhile, until it downloads all the blocks, making sure that you have a couple connections and the block number is slowly increasing in your client application</li>
</ul></li>
</ol>

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2011-11-25T20:20:36.623Z
2011-11-25T20:20:36.623Z
ThePiachu
<p>Did you allow ample time after downloading the bitcoin app to allow the entire block chain to be downloaded from within the app? If not, then the most recent transaction wont be visible to you.</p>

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2012-07-06T10:31:26.850Z
2012-07-06T23:04:24.600Z
2012-07-06T23:04:24.600Z
user12312341
<p>I bought 1.25 BTC but after 2 days I see nothing. What is wrong?
This is the <a href="http://blockexplorer.com/a/4CkCXPJxFa">transaction</a>.</p>

<p>Also, I went to freebitcoins.appspot.com, since they claim thay they give for free 0.005 bitcoins per visitor. I did everything correct and the site said that I could see the transaction at freebitcoins.appspot.com/recent_sends.</p>

<p>But when I clicked on my transaction, it said: No such transaction</p>

<p><a href="http://blockexplorer.com/tx/1eaf91e7d4ae3a8f976eaa346f4332d8bfd999d209ef899612e5b2995db0eeb9">http://blockexplorer.com/tx/1eaf91e7d4ae3a8f976eaa346f4332d8bfd999d209ef899612e5b2995db0eeb9</a></p>

<p>Please guys tell me what is wrong?</p>

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2013-05-13T00:18:35.620Z
Also, search on Blockchain.info will show transactions that have not yet made it into a block.
Stephen Gornick
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2011-11-26T01:13:16.493Z
If you see the transactions in block explorer, you have the Bitcoins. Block explorer is showing you the actual live network data.
David Schwartz
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2011-11-28T11:24:49.820Z
If you know the transaction ID but it doesn't appear in block explorer, it means this is a floating transaction which hasn't been included in a block yet. This transaction already appears in BE at the time I'm writing this. For a list of known floating transactions you can use for example http://bitcoincharts.com/bitcoin/ .
Meni Rosenfeld
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How long does it take to receive bitcoins?
nowfor2
# How long does it take to receive bitcoins?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2011-11-25)

I bought 1.25 BTC but after 2 days I see nothing. What is wrong?
This is the [transaction](http://blockexplorer.com/a/4CkCXPJxFa).

Also, I went to freebitcoins.appspot.com, since they claim thay they give for free 0.005 bitcoins per visitor. I did everything correct and the site said that I could see the transaction at freebitcoins.appspot.com/recent\_sends.

But when I clicked on my transaction, it said: No such transaction

<http://blockexplorer.com/tx/1eaf91e7d4ae3a8f976eaa346f4332d8bfd999d209ef899612e5b2995db0eeb9>

Please guys tell me what is wrong?

**Tags:** transactions, confirmations, receiving

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: If you see the transactions in block explorer, you have the Bitcoins. Block explorer is showing you the actual live network data.  
> **username_3**: If you know the transaction ID but it doesn't appear in block explorer, it means this is a floating transaction which hasn't been included in a block yet. This transaction already appears in BE at the time I'm writing this. For a list of known floating transactions you can use for example http://bitcoincharts.com/bitcoin/ .  
> **username_1**: Also, search on Blockchain.info will show transactions that have not yet made it into a block.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2011-11-25. Score: 5

You should check the following:

1. Are you sure you entered the right address to receive the Bitcoins?

   * If the address is not correct, the coins are lost
2. Did your Bitcoin client download all the blocks in the chain? (>150000)

   * If not, you need to let it run for awhile, until it downloads all the blocks, making sure that you have a couple connections and the block number is slowly increasing in your client application


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### Answer by username_5 on 2012-07-06. Score: 1

Did you allow ample time after downloading the bitcoin app to allow the entire block chain to be downloaded from within the app? If not, then the most recent transaction wont be visible to you.


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