<p>It looks like you actually have an LTC wallet.</p>

<p>Bitcoin is the base source for many coins (Litecoin, Dogecoin, etc). Due to this, the wallet files are often compatible.</p>

<p>If you open the wallet for another coin, you will usually see the kind of situation you describe - unconfirmed transactions that don't show up on explorers/cannot be broadcast.</p>

<p>If you convert <code>15m5h2E3L4Hy4t7qnZn1ooVmegCRNdkezB</code> to an LTC address, you get <code>LPz2xEXsQiY2KgozxhmK5pZXrtZhVWZyEG</code>, which has confirmed transactions on the <a href="http://explorer.litecoin.net/address/LPz2xEXsQiY2KgozxhmK5pZXrtZhVWZyEG" rel="nofollow noreferrer">litecoin chain</a>.</p>

<p>Try opening the wallet in Litecoin-qt instead.</p>

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2018-04-24T22:31:35.240Z
2018-04-24T22:31:35.240Z
Raghav Sood
<p>If you receive 'missing parents' then your transactions are incorrect
So you can't redeem any bitcoin from them</p>

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2018-01-15T21:10:37.930Z
thanks for reply but cant theses txs be added to the mempool by a miner and thus search for parents
user7861
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2018-01-16T02:11:00.407Z
No it doesn't work like that, your tx have an output that doesn't exist. And no node in the bitcoin network will accept such a transaction because it doesn't comply with the consensus rules. Without these roles, anyone can create and credit themselves bitcoin out of thin air
youssef
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2018-01-15T04:13:44.737Z
2018-01-15T04:13:44.737Z
youssef
<p>Found a wallet.dat from 2013/14 with some btc received from a pool as i did a bit of mining.  4 received transactions in latest bitcoin core wallet but 0 confirmations and says not in mempool.  Balance is 0. TXs not found on Blockchain.  The address comes up but shows only a recent tx i tried on the wallet just to see if it worked.  the old txs are nowhere to be seen. Tried rebroadcasting but came back with 'missing parents'</p>

<p>some help would be greatly appreciated</p>

<p>15m5h2E3L4Hy4t7qnZn1ooVmegCRNdkezB  this is the address concerned.</p>

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old wallet.dat from 2013/14 with some btc not confirmed or in mempool
user7861
# old wallet.dat from 2013/14 with some btc not confirmed or in mempool

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-14)

Found a wallet.dat from 2013/14 with some btc received from a pool as i did a bit of mining. 4 received transactions in latest bitcoin core wallet but 0 confirmations and says not in mempool. Balance is 0. TXs not found on Blockchain. The address comes up but shows only a recent tx i tried on the wallet just to see if it worked. the old txs are nowhere to be seen. Tried rebroadcasting but came back with 'missing parents'

some help would be greatly appreciated

15m5h2E3L4Hy4t7qnZn1ooVmegCRNdkezB this is the address concerned.

**Tags:** wallet.dat, lost-transactions


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-04-24. Score: 1

It looks like you actually have an LTC wallet.

Bitcoin is the base source for many coins (Litecoin, Dogecoin, etc). Due to this, the wallet files are often compatible.

If you open the wallet for another coin, you will usually see the kind of situation you describe - unconfirmed transactions that don't show up on explorers/cannot be broadcast.

If you convert `15m5h2E3L4Hy4t7qnZn1ooVmegCRNdkezB` to an LTC address, you get `LPz2xEXsQiY2KgozxhmK5pZXrtZhVWZyEG`, which has confirmed transactions on the [litecoin chain](http://explorer.litecoin.net/address/LPz2xEXsQiY2KgozxhmK5pZXrtZhVWZyEG).

Try opening the wallet in Litecoin-qt instead.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-01-15. Score: 0

If you receive 'missing parents' then your transactions are incorrect
So you can't redeem any bitcoin from them

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: thanks for reply but cant theses txs be added to the mempool by a miner and thus search for parents  
> **username_2**: No it doesn't work like that, your tx have an output that doesn't exist. And no node in the bitcoin network will accept such a transaction because it doesn't comply with the consensus rules. Without these roles, anyone can create and credit themselves bitcoin out of thin air  

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