Hi guys and gals,

Hadn't used my BTC in quite a while but wanted to make a purchase at a local store that accepts BTC.

My bitcoin-qt was 50 weeks out of date, so I decided to switch to Electrum rather than wait for the blockchain to download.

I made a small transfer from Bitcoin-qt to my new Electrum wallet to test, it worked out fine and the BTC showed up almost immediately. About 30 minutes later I transferred the rest to the same address and they never arrived!

I checked the transactions at Blockchain.info and saw the first transaction, but the second is not there. The transaction ID of the missing transaction also did not show up.

Both transactions were from August 5th.

I'm not quite sure how to proceed. Are my hard earned BTC lost forever? Do I need to update my blockchain on bitcoin-qt to find out if they bounced back? I haven't experienced this issue in the past, would appreciate any advice.

kilgore