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sent a few to mining rentals and yobit and im getting long confirmation times

Heres the blockchain i sent at 15.20 and now its 21.30 and Very Soon (High Priority) i paid the correct fee anyone know whats going on ? cheers

https://blockchain.info/tx/2589ba36131773444926ed335949774dd368789aed31227e918a52c90796086d

The fees are enough to get the transaction confirmed but this tx should be confirmed first: https://blockchain.info/tx/e857e62afdc9962f6938f800a62c247923b14c03de1fffcbe0a50b5cc2f7185e

what do i do ? do i leave it and hope for the best or will it eventually confirm ? i thaught it was the correct fee

When that transaction that i posted above the link is confirmed and then after few other transaction after this then it's your turn, you should wait and hope for the best.

thanks for the reply how do i set it so the correct fees are being sent im using bitcoin core thanks again for your help

Dont use unconfirmed inputs. The TX you posted[1] is fine, but it requires another TX[2] to confirm first or within the same block. This 2nd TX is also fine, but it requires a 3rd TX[3] to be confirmed first or within the same block. The fee the 3rd TX pays is very low and it will take some time to get a confirmation.

What you can do is rebroadcast it. You take its raw formatted version here[4] and either use your own node[6] or someone elses[5] to send it again every ~30 minutes until its confirmed.

[1] https://blockchain.info/tx/2589ba36131773444926ed335949774dd368789aed31227e918a52c90796086d
[2] https://blockchain.info/de/tx/3a72a5890c36f6bb6f73238fc4557480e3f0d5bf08b12c7aa91ddfa048ccd64e
[3] https://blockchain.info/de/tx/e857e62afdc9962f6938f800a62c247923b14c03de1fffcbe0a50b5cc2f7185e
[4] https://blockchain.info/de/tx/e857e62afdc9962f6938f800a62c247923b14c03de1fffcbe0a50b5cc2f7185e?format=hex
[5] https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transaction_broadcasting

Edit:
[6] open console and enter:


it will confirm with the TX ID if done correct.

thank you for that i think i just did it correct , im using bitcoin core how do i make sure that i sent the right fee when i send any more and also what do you mean Dont use unconfirmed inputs thanks again

You used a transaction's (namely [2] linked above) output as input in a transaction ([3]) you created. Since the transaction ([2]) was not confirmed when you did so you have an unconfirmed input in your TX. Im not entirely sure if core even allows this by default, but be that as it may. You should avoid doing so. You can manually select the inputs core uses in a transaction if you enable coin control in the options menu. If you did you will have a new "inputs" button in the send tab, that allows you the select which inputs to use. As long as the input you use have at least 1 confirmation (number of confirmation, value and address you received them on is listed in the inputs window) this should not happen again. If you create TX by hand or via the command line you can also pass parameters accordingly to filter unconfirmed inputs, e.g. by using listunspend with 1 (which is default anyway) instead of 0.

Its not really your fault, because the issue is that someone else used a low fee and you are kinda stuck with the issues down the line, but as long as you wait for a confirmation before using the coins you will not make that chain longer.

thank you ive done the broadcasts again  thanks for your help so all i need to do is wait now isit ?

how long would you say i need to wait ? i got    BTC0.09050370 waiting to confirm :(

all confirmed thanks for the help guys  :) :)