[EXTRA TIP] Monero is encrypted unlike regular coins. Your Monero might be not visible on your Monero GUI or anything you use for managing it if you use a public node. Get your own node because it is all encrypted. I am having this problem where I got my money confirmed to be lying on my address but until I download the whole blockchain (they say its about 100GB) then I won't see it. What I figured is that due to that encryption your wallet does not know and cannot know it got any money on it unless it brute forces all entries on the blockchain with its keys. Anyone who knows better - correct me, I speculate here.

I am waiting till it downloads.