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I have several transactions stuck in the mempool through Sparrow. The Sparrow help forum from their Telegram thread asked me to go to sparrownodevalidator.com so that my server receptor can be updated.  This sounds odd. Does anyone have any experience with sparrow's node validator and updating their server like this?

Stuck transaction due to mempool congestion or error broadcasting the transaction on sparrow wallet which of this is your problem? Because I don’t trust any telegram handle. If it is node issue you can easily choose to switch nodes from the wallet application no need to go to any unknown site that could expose your keys or privacy too much

It is similar to the Sparrow website: https://sparrowwallet.com/

Avoid.

Sparrow support replace-by-fee to increase the fee.

It would be better to increase the fee of the last transaction until it is enough to get all the transactions confirmed.

As mentioned above by Charles-Tim, you should avoid the website in question. That's a scam.
If you have unconfirmed transaction, that's due to the low fee and nothing else.


Are you the sender or the receiver?
How much is the fee used for your transaction?

If you are the sender and you are in a hurry, you can bump the fee.
If you are the receiver and you in a hurry, you can do CPFP.

The site you shared with us has nothing to do with stuck transactions that site is phishing and please avoid accessing the site be very careful and don't use telegram to contact Sparrow support there are many scammers out there.

Here's the result after I checked the website it includes spyware and malware.

- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/751555d784e98dff5dab0d5f0766ae7038ae4df4680efdefa7e6b6ac357f8e0f/detection

If you already access this site better scan your PC and let the anti-virus clean these malware/spyware/viruses.

The sparrow help forum? Does such a thing exist? There are many scams on Telegram, there are many online scams too. Keep in mind that you shouldn't click on any random google search result you see when you type something.
Do not download anything from unofficial site and unofficial telegram channel, always verify every source that you check. Do not download any fake Sparrow wallet or you'll end up like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/168g5q8/sparrow_wallet_upgrade_and_sats_are_gone/
What server receptors should be updated? I don't understand.

Official Sparrow Developer: Craig Raw (https://twitter.com/craigraw)
Official Sparrow Wallet website: sparrowwallet.com (https://sparrowwallet.com)
Official Sparrow Github page: https://github.com/sparrowwallet/

You can visit mempool.space (https://mempool.space) to check bitcoin transaction fees.
You can use RBF (Replace by Fee) option to increase fee and get transaction confirmed soon.
You can use CPFP (Child Pays For Parent) if you can't use RBF but since you use Sparrow, you'll be able to use RBF, so, this function might not be interesting for you.

Thanks everyone for the replies. Tremendous help.

btw viabtc.com has a free accelerator that may work for you.

if you want to share the tx that is stuck we can see if it will work with viabtc.

With Sparrow wallet, you can use Replace by Fee
How do I increase the fee on a broadcasted transaction?[url]

 (https://sparrowwallet.com/docs/faq.html#how-do-i-increase-the-fee-on-a-broadcasted-transaction)
Replace by fee is helpful and you should always check that your broadcast transaction is RBF opt-in. It it is not opted in, you will not be able to use RBF to bump transaction fee later and you will have the only choice left, Child-Pay-For-Parents that are more expensive and harder to use for newbies.