# How long for a buy to move from "pending" to completed? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [July 31, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/how-long-for-a-buy-to-move-from-pending-to-completed/3510 "2017-07-31T04:27:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![jdogresorg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forums.counterparty.io/jdogresorg/32/1349_2.png) [@jdogresorg](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/jdogresorg)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/how-long-for-a-buy-to-move-from-pending-to-completed/3510/2 "2017-07-31T15:46:13Z")
more information such as your order transaction hash would help diagnose the issue. Most times when a match takes place the funds are available in your account as soon as the order matching transaction is processed… However, if your trying to use BTC to buy/sell things on the DEX, it might be that your order matched, but the system is waiting on the buyer to send a BTCPAY transaction to pay for the funds. These links might be helpful to you 🙂 [https://counterparty.io/docs/trade/](https://counterparty.io/docs/trade/) > [@What BTC sellers on the Counterparty Distributed Exchange need to know?](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/what-btc-sellers-on-the-counterparty-distributed-exchange-need-to-know/1183): > > Notice Starting November 5, 2014, the BTC Sell functionality has been removed from Counterwallet, but retained on the protocol level. This information still applies, but the interface is accessible only via the CLI and API. Introduction Trading on the Counterparty Distributed Exchange (DEx) currently treats bitcoin sell order differently. The core reason is that it is impossible to escrow BTC without a trusted mididle man. Because Counterparty’s mission is to allow secure P2P trading withou… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/how-long-for-a-buy-to-move-from-pending-to-completed/3510)._