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<p><strong>I [ran Bitcoin] core with -zapwallettxes</strong></p>
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<p>The <a href="https://bitcoincore.org/en/releases/0.21.0/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Release Notes for Bitcoin Core 0.21.0</a> say</p>
<blockquote>
<p>The -zapwallettxes startup option has been removed and its functionality removed from the wallet. This option was originally intended to allow for rescuing wallets which were affected by a malleability attack. More recently, it has been used in the fee bumping of transactions that did not signal RBF. This functionality has been superseded with the abandon transaction feature.</p>
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<p>I think that was released 2021-01-14, nearly three years ago.</p>
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<p><strong>Any suggestions ?</strong></p>
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<li><p>If you have a wallet backup I suggest restoring it and using <code>abandontransaction</code></p>
<blockquote>
<p><code>abandontransaction &quot;txid&quot;</code></p>
<p>Mark in-wallet transaction  as abandoned
This will mark this transaction and all its in-wallet descendants as   abandoned <strong>which will allow</strong>
<strong>for their inputs to be respent</strong>.  It can be used to replace &quot;stuck&quot; or evicted transactions.
<em>It only works on transactions which are not included in a block and are not currently in the mempool</em>.
It has no effect on transactions which are already abandoned.</p>
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<p>(my emphasis)</p>
</li>
<li><p>Possibly relevant? - <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/1249/13866">How exactly does -rescan work?</a></p>
</li>
<li><p>Whatever you do, use <code>backupwallet</code> first.</p>
</li>
</ol>

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2023-12-06T09:03:42.573Z
My bit coin core version was very old,and I have used -zapwallettxes before upgrading. I cannot abandon transactions because the answer is the "transaction is not in your wallet". I have upgraded bitcoin core now, but the wallet is empty. I can see old addresses but no transaction. Is there a way to see old transactions ?
Fabrizio Bitti
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2023-12-06T09:26:06.470Z
Option 2 above.
RedGrittyBrick
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RedGrittyBrick
<p>I initially set a low fee to one transaction, trying to cancel the transaction I runned bit coin core with -zapwallettxes and all transactions in bit coin core disappeared. I still can see the transaction unconfirmed in mempool, but cannot cancel it from my wallet because is no longer listed. I have tryed -bumpfee but the answer is &quot;the transaction is not in your wallet&quot;. Now I really do not know what to do. The transaction is unconfirmed. I cannot bumb the fees , I cannot cancel it. I would like to recover those bitcoin and send it either to the destination or back to the source wallet.</p>
<p>Txid: 9e43c1a702acec274d9d2fc727f4e4693f13eacaeb8a8edaec76d622e7771be2</p>
<p>Any suggestions ?</p>

<bitcoin-core><unconfirmed-transactions><wallet-recovery>
Stuck in the middle between unconfirmed transaction and empty wallet
Fabrizio Bitti
# Stuck in the middle between unconfirmed transaction and empty wallet

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-12-05)

I initially set a low fee to one transaction, trying to cancel the transaction I runned bit coin core with -zapwallettxes and all transactions in bit coin core disappeared. I still can see the transaction unconfirmed in mempool, but cannot cancel it from my wallet because is no longer listed. I have tryed -bumpfee but the answer is "the transaction is not in your wallet". Now I really do not know what to do. The transaction is unconfirmed. I cannot bumb the fees , I cannot cancel it. I would like to recover those bitcoin and send it either to the destination or back to the source wallet.

Txid: 9e43c1a702acec274d9d2fc727f4e4693f13eacaeb8a8edaec76d622e7771be2

Any suggestions ?

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, unconfirmed-transactions, wallet-recovery


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-12-05. Score: 0

> **I [ran Bitcoin] core with -zapwallettxes**

The [Release Notes for Bitcoin Core 0.21.0](https://bitcoincore.org/en/releases/0.21.0/) say

> The -zapwallettxes startup option has been removed and its functionality removed from the wallet. This option was originally intended to allow for rescuing wallets which were affected by a malleability attack. More recently, it has been used in the fee bumping of transactions that did not signal RBF. This functionality has been superseded with the abandon transaction feature.

I think that was released 2021-01-14, nearly three years ago.

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> **Any suggestions ?**

1. If you have a wallet backup I suggest restoring it and using `abandontransaction`

   > `abandontransaction "txid"`
   >
   > Mark in-wallet transaction as abandoned
   > This will mark this transaction and all its in-wallet descendants as abandoned **which will allow**
   > **for their inputs to be respent**. It can be used to replace "stuck" or evicted transactions.
   > *It only works on transactions which are not included in a block and are not currently in the mempool*.
   > It has no effect on transactions which are already abandoned.

   (my emphasis)
2. Possibly relevant? - [How exactly does -rescan work?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/1249/13866)
3. Whatever you do, use `backupwallet` first.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: My bit coin core version was very old,and I have used -zapwallettxes before upgrading. I cannot abandon transactions because the answer is the "transaction is not in your wallet". I have upgraded bitcoin core now, but the wallet is empty. I can see old addresses but no transaction. Is there a way to see old transactions ?  
> **username_1**: Option 2 above.  

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