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Board Bitcoin Technical Support
Re: Beginner Issues
by
HCP
on 28/07/2018, 23:58:16 UTC
I just saved it and it said "Note: this is an offline transaction, to send you need to broadcast it"
Do I need to broadcast the transaction or am I in OK shape, just gotta wait for the person to confirm? I would post a screen shot but iIdont have anywhere to host it.
You need to broadcast the transaction. If it is showing as an "offline transaction" (or local transaction) in your Electrum transaction history, then it has not left your computer yet... so it will never be added to the blockchain. If it just shows as "unconfirmed", then it has been broadcast, but not included in a block yet.

I'd suggest that you get the TransactionID (right click on the transaction in your transaction history and select "Details" or "view on blockexplorer") and check on a block explorer to see if the transaction is visible to anyone else.

If the blockexplorers come up with "unknown transaction", you will need to open the transaction and click the "broadcast" button.