A queue state that people read as a problem. The part worth attention happens before you press the button, not after.
- What it literally says
- The withdrawal has been requested and not yet sent.
- What it actually means
- It is queued on the platform side. Withdrawals are frequently batched or delayed briefly, which is ordinary and more common at busy periods.
- What it does not mean
- That it has failed or been refused. It also does not mean it can be edited, because once it broadcasts nobody can recall it, including the platform.
- What to do
- Before confirming, compare the ends of the destination against your own wallet. Afterwards, wait.
- If it looks different
- Pending for far longer than usual across several attempts is worth noting the dates of, and is still not something a message will accelerate.
The check before you confirm
Compare the first and last several characters of the destination in the field against your wallet. It takes three seconds and it is the only thing standing between a substitution and a payment that cannot be recalled. This is the same failure described in subaddress, in the other direction.
When to withdraw
Sooner than feels necessary. A balance sitting on a platform is exposed to everything that can happen to a platform, including things that are nobody's fault, and to your own account being lost, which is considerably more likely.
The quiet version of the loss is attention. Money left somewhere for months belongs to somebody who has stopped watching, and by the time they look again the situation may have changed in ways they had no reason to notice.
What cannot be undone
The destination. Everything else about a withdrawal is recoverable in the sense that you can try again, and the address is not. A mistyped or substituted destination is final, which is why the three second check before confirming is the whole content of this entry.