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Title: BTC transaction not confirming. is this normal
Post by: carebear on May 04, 2013, 12:53:32 PM
https://blockchain.info/address/1CbtAKkGy2sYmiwKnZBbZRTUggQK9CoAQB

It's been like this with 0 confirms for about 20 minutes


Title: Re: BTC transaction not confirming. is this normal
Post by: juve4v on May 04, 2013, 12:54:07 PM
patience is a bless...and a virtue


Title: Re: BTC transaction not confirming. is this normal
Post by: carebear on May 04, 2013, 12:56:15 PM
I didn't check any of the options when withdrawling from mtgox.

 Use a Green Address

 Open Transaction (6 Confirmations)

 Pay 0.0005BTC Fee For Faster Processing (Required for Transactions below 0.01 BTC)

Should that be a problem?


Edit: woot! a confirmation.


Title: Re: BTC transaction not confirming. is this normal
Post by: carebear on May 04, 2013, 12:59:30 PM
I seriously think there are better coins than bitcoin... Bitcoin just takes fucking AGES to confirm.

IMO, LTC or any of the other fast transacting coins should take it's place.


Title: Re: BTC transaction not confirming. is this normal
Post by: Joshster on May 04, 2013, 01:02:58 PM
It doesn't take that long, your free to use what ever currency you want to.


Title: Re: BTC transaction not confirming. is this normal
Post by: piepu75 on May 04, 2013, 01:05:14 PM
Yep

I too still waiting for a bunch of confirmations. I have the amount in wallet but there is not usable because it has been seen only of 1 node and I still wait to be seen by more nodes. Long time to wait.


Title: Re: BTC transaction not confirming. is this normal
Post by: Joshster on May 04, 2013, 01:12:36 PM
Yep

I too still waiting for a bunch of confirmations. I have the amount in wallet but there is not usable because it has been seen only of 1 node and I still wait to be seen by more nodes. Long time to wait.


Better than getting your money locked up by PayPal for 6 months.


Title: Re: BTC transaction not confirming. is this normal
Post by: Stephen Gornick on May 04, 2013, 01:22:36 PM
It's been like this with 0 confirms for about 20 minutes

Incidentally, no fee was paid.    I don't think it mattered with this last transaction because no blocks occurred for about a half hour before your transaction got confirmed, so it appears your transaction was included in the first block following when your transaction was broadcast.

But normal variance can cause longer delays between blocks.  Around once every two days there is an hour between blocks (on average, when hashing capacity is near the target).