bitcoin/bitcoin — Issue #647: confusing warning message
Author: dooglus
Created: 2011-11-20 22:08:26+00:00
State: open

Running tests on rc6, I sent 1 BTC to a new wallet, and now am trying to send it back so I can delete the test wallet.

I've been trying for almost 24 hours, but it won't let me send the 1 BTC back - probably because it wants to add the fee on.

If I ask to send 0.99995 BTC instead, it tells me:

"This transaction is over the size limit."

which makes no sense at all to a new user. They're going to think size = quantity of BTC.

But it doesn't really make any sense to me either. i only have one key in use, it's not making up a bigger transaction from multiple coins. There's no change. I would have thought this is about the smallest transaction possible.

So the message is confusing to a new user, and also pretty much incorrect, unless the "size limit" is seen as something dynamic which depends on the amount being transferred and the age of the coins involved.