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Hi I'm new to this so may be asking a stupid question.
I just sent a payment for 198.52 mBTC. There were two outputs. One for 196.39 mBTC that arrived. There was another output of 2 mBTC that didn't arrive and wasn't refunded to the first wallet. I looked on google and I read that the 2 mBTC was change for the transaction. Can somebody tell me how I retrieve this 2 mBTC as it's not in my wallet?
Many thanks
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You don't need to retrieve it.
Your own wallet created that output, and sent it back to a different address under its own control. Your wallet's balance should reflect this change.
Thanks for getting back to me. The issue is that my wallets balance does not reflect this change. The recipient has 196.39 mBTC and I have a balance of zero. the 2 mBTC has disappeared. – Wilbur – 2017-08-06T01:11:01.863
Also I just checked my addresses (receiving and change) and the address the change was outputted to isn't in the list. – Wilbur – 2017-08-06T01:18:40.143
What wallet software? – Pieter Wuille – 2017-08-06T02:03:13.493
I am using Electrum on my Mac. – Wilbur – 2017-08-06T09:41:57.010
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Possible duplicate of How does change work in a bitcoin transaction?
– Pieter Wuille – 2017-08-05T09:15:59.893