# Unable to send vtxos to Bark Store, vtxos locked **URL:** \ **Category:** Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [November 12, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://community.second.tech/t/unable-to-send-vtxos-to-bark-store-vtxos-locked/162 "2025-11-12T02:23:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![arkanaut](https://community.second.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@arkanaut](https://community.second.tech/u/arkanaut)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://community.second.tech/t/unable-to-send-vtxos-to-bark-store-vtxos-locked/162/1 "2025-11-12T02:23:54Z")
Hi folks, I’m following along with the tutorial using the latest bark (build from source 12-Nov-2025) against the esplora endpoint. I’ve gone to the faucet and received my 30k sats. I’m not sure what happened, but somehow they moved from spendable\_sat=30000 to pending\_in\_round\_sat=30000. I’ve run “refresh --all” but that doesn’t seem to do much. Send sats via a lighting invoice then fails due to insufficient funds. ```auto ❯ bark vtxos [2025-11-12 02:10:05.585 INFO] Connecting to Ark server using TLS... [2025-11-12 02:10:06.026 INFO] Syncing wallet... [2025-11-12 02:10:06.160 INFO] Syncing 0 pending lightning receives [ { "id": "f79a1a5c05a38e1090f0aee94e89aa1606651581f33af581e6130d62ade370e3:0", "amount_sat": 30000, "policy_type": "pubkey", "user_pubkey": "031a2e41b52cda3a1f333b64dc2c08b8cdc34b4d8928126519af7233f5da8d8653", "server_pubkey": "02f0f358c1b6173ddecec1ad06b42d3762f193e6ff98a3e112292aec21129f9f6b", "expiry_height": 278118, "exit_delta": 12, "chain_anchor": "081e6d409ce4977aca12297b922c39d7a1040caf5fb35e9f4a177bccd0322a03:0", "exit_depth": 2, "arkoor_depth": 1, "state": "Locked" } ] ❯ bark refresh --all [2025-11-12 02:16:19.453 INFO] Connecting to Ark server using TLS... [2025-11-12 02:16:19.994 INFO] Syncing wallet... [2025-11-12 02:16:20.127 INFO] Syncing 0 pending lightning receives [2025-11-12 02:16:20.192 INFO] Refreshing 0 vtxos... [2025-11-12 02:16:20.192 INFO] Skipping refresh since no VTXOs are provided. [2025-11-12 02:16:20.193 INFO] No round happened ❯ bark send [2025-11-12 02:20:13.478 INFO] Connecting to Ark server using TLS... [2025-11-12 02:20:13.946 INFO] Syncing wallet... [2025-11-12 02:20:14.082 INFO] Syncing 0 pending lightning receives [2025-11-12 02:20:14.151 INFO] Sending bolt11 payment of 0.00005000 BTC to invoice An error occurred: Could not find enough suitable VTXOs to cover lightning payment Caused by: Insufficient money available. Needed 0.00005000 BTC but 0 BTC is available ``` Where am I going? Many thanks for your help! ---
**Author:** ![arkanaut](https://community.second.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@arkanaut](https://community.second.tech/u/arkanaut)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 7:50am UTC](https://community.second.tech/t/unable-to-send-vtxos-to-bark-store-vtxos-locked/162/2 "2025-11-12T07:50:15Z")
So I managed to get another 10k from the faucet and I quickly managed to spend 5k on bone in the Bark store… leaving me with 5k in spendable vtxos. I then ran `bark refresh --all` which threw the following error. ```auto ❯ bark refresh --all [2025-11-12 07:44:19.442 INFO] Connecting to Ark server using TLS... [2025-11-12 07:44:19.587 INFO] Syncing wallet... [2025-11-12 07:44:19.636 INFO] Syncing 0 pending lightning receives [2025-11-12 07:44:19.663 INFO] Refreshing 1 vtxos... [2025-11-12 07:44:19.665 INFO] Refreshing 1 VTXOs (total amount = 0.00005000 BTC). [2025-11-12 07:44:19.710 INFO] Waiting for a round start... An error occurred: error on event stream Caused by: error converting rpc round event rpc conversion error: invalid unsigned_round_tx ``` Now I have 35k in pending vtxos… ```auto ✗ bark balance [2025-11-12 07:44:42.312 INFO] Connecting to Ark server using TLS... [2025-11-12 07:44:42.468 INFO] Syncing wallet... [2025-11-12 07:44:42.519 INFO] Syncing 0 pending lightning receives { "spendable_sat": 0, "pending_lightning_send_sat": 0, "pending_lightning_receive": { "total_sat": 0, "claimable_sat": 0 }, "pending_in_round_sat": 35000, "pending_board_sat": 0, "pending_exit_sat": 0 } ``` Is there a way to unlock those VTXOs ? Why did the `bark refresh --all` fail ? Many thanks for your help. ---
**Author:** ![erik](https://community.second.tech/user_avatar/community.second.tech/erik/32/186_2.png) [@erik](https://community.second.tech/u/erik)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.second.tech/t/unable-to-send-vtxos-to-bark-store-vtxos-locked/162/3 "2025-11-12T12:29:20Z")
The error message looks like you compiled bark on `master`. We improved the [code](https://gitlab.com/ark-bitcoin/bark/-/merge_requests/1070) which participates in a round and introduced a breaking change at the protocol level. If you run `0.1.0-beta.2` the error message will disappear ---
**Author:** ![arkanaut](https://community.second.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@arkanaut](https://community.second.tech/u/arkanaut)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://community.second.tech/t/unable-to-send-vtxos-to-bark-store-vtxos-locked/162/4 "2025-11-13T03:04:48Z")
Switching to the `0.1.0-beta.2` did indeed remove the error message when running `bark refresh --all`. Thank you! However, my funds are still stuck in `pending_in_round_sat` ```auto ❯ bark balance [2025-11-13 03:02:37.518 INFO] Connecting to Ark server using TLS... [2025-11-13 03:02:37.715 INFO] Syncing wallet... [2025-11-13 03:02:37.767 INFO] Syncing 0 pending lightning receives { "spendable_sat": 0, "pending_lightning_send_sat": 0, "pending_lightning_receive": { "total_sat": 0, "claimable_sat": 0 }, "pending_in_round_sat": 35000, "pending_board_sat": 0, "pending_exit_sat": 0 } ``` How can I get them to `spendable_sat` ? Many thanks for your help. ---
**Author:** ![arkanaut](https://community.second.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@arkanaut](https://community.second.tech/u/arkanaut)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 7:28am UTC](https://community.second.tech/t/unable-to-send-vtxos-to-bark-store-vtxos-locked/162/5 "2025-11-14T07:28:50Z")
Hi there, My vtxos still seem stuck in pending/locked. I have 35,000 sats stuck in pending\_in\_round\_sat for over 2 days. The wallet shows two VTXOs in “Locked” state that appear to be stuck in an unfinished round. **Environment Details** - bark version: 0.1.0-beta.2 (commit 0d2984c2a81a9c91f0550880496818f04cf63e06) - Server: [https://ark.signet.2nd.dev/](https://ark.signet.2nd.dev/) - Chain source: [https://esplora.signet.2nd.dev/](https://esplora.signet.2nd.dev/) - Network: Bitcoin Signet Current Balance Status ```auto { "spendable_sat": 0, "pending_lightning_send_sat": 0, "pending_lightning_receive": { "total_sat": 0, "claimable_sat": 0 }, "pending_in_round_sat": 35000, "pending_board_sat": 0, "pending_exit_sat": 0 } ``` **Locked VTXOs** Running `bark vtxos --all` shows two VTXOs stuck in “Locked” state: 1. 30,000 sats - VTXO ID: f79a1a5c05a38e1090f0aee94e89aa1606651581f33af581e6130d62ade370e3:0 2. 5,000 sats - VTXO ID: 3f345ba932d312fcaba2da7cefb6633a7b8d18fb2f62e47d2087acdba7019135:1 Both share the same chain anchor: 081e6d409ce4977aca12297b922c39d7a1040caf5fb35e9f4a177bccd0322a03:0 **Timeline** - Nov 12, 2024 ~07:44 UTC: Last successful payment (Lightning) - this appears to be when the VTXOs became locked - Nov 12-14, 2024: Ran bark balance and bark maintain multiple times per day - Current: Still showing “Syncing 2 pending round states…” in debug logs but no resolution **Debug Log Pattern** The logs consistently show the wallet attempting to sync these pending rounds: [2025-11-14T06:03:31.581Z DEBUG bark::round] Syncing 2 pending round states… This has been repeating for 2+ days with no change in status. **Questions** 1. Low round traffic: Is it possible the round is stuck because there aren’t enough other participants on the signet server to complete the round transaction? 2. Round confirmation: Do I need to wait for other users to participate in rounds before my locked VTXOs can be processed? 3. Manual intervention: Is there a way to manually check the status of the round transaction or cancel/retry the pending round? 4. Expected behavior: How long should VTXOs typically remain in “Locked” state during normal round processing? **What I’ve Tried** - Ran bark balance multiple times (auto-syncs) - Ran bark maintain multiple times over 2+ days - Verified connection to server (config shows proper TLS connection) - Checked movements and VTXO states The VTXOs remain locked with no progress. Any guidance would be appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![erik](https://community.second.tech/user_avatar/community.second.tech/erik/32/186_2.png) [@erik](https://community.second.tech/u/erik)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 8:15am UTC](https://community.second.tech/t/unable-to-send-vtxos-to-bark-store-vtxos-locked/162/6 "2025-11-14T08:15:31Z")
We don’t do migration scripts for all versions (yet). We usually recommend to drain your funds. I’d recommend to just clear your wallet and delete the `~/.bark/`-folder and start again