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hi

what are you doing while your are waiting for a confirmation of a transaction.

i am reading here and posting some stuff.

Wow. Is it that "painful" to wait for a confirmation? :D I just get on with my life and forget about it...

I mostly read bitcoin news, listen to the music and read forum in the meantime. I don't post much as I mostly lurk around.
If transaction is stubborn I watch movies or play some games.

I'm building a scale model of Venice from my snot. I only do this when waiting for confirmations so my descendants will have to continue it after I'm gone.

Sometimes you need to perform another action once it is confirmed, so you are sort of tied to your PC.

It's is more frustrating that it need be considering I am at a PC most of the time anyway :D

While I'm waiting for incoming transactions confirmation, I usually work on earning more in the meantime. While I'm waiting for the confirmation of outgoing transactions, I'm discussing with the client and helping him have a good time with me until we can proceed with the deal.

yes, thats correct. i need teh confirmation. because i can't use the BTC before. And i need them now. so i have to wait and wait and wait and wait.

Fooling around with my cats.  It's funny, because I'm waiting for a confirmation at this very second.  Need to convert bitcoin to fiat so I'm waiting and waiting.   And posting on this forum, which is always a delight.

I also have no problems with confirmation time.
Transaction done, close the client and forget till whatever.
Just use decent fee when sending, don't be a cheap snake and all the aggravation will be thing of the past. In case of receiving, as well I quickly check for 1 confirmation and than I close the block explorer, call me naive or stupid but I have had zero problems to date.
Fee, fee and fee is the key ;)  

i am using the standard fee of my wallet. this could be a solution. never thought about changing the fee. thanks for the tipp.

What if you send some BTC to, say, a trading website and you are waiting for them to confirm? You seem to miss the point.

Even with a good fee it still takes an amount of time.

I don't wait much, I have instructed electrum to always put the recommended fee by putting dynamic fees in it and the maximum I wait usually is 10-15 minutes.

During this time I can post on the forum or watch daily news , videos, trend, life etc.

If you're legendary on here as I AM NOW, all you have to do is call up the Core team and you don't even have to wait for another block. And they also double the Bitcoin you're sending as a courtesy.

Lol sounds a bit psychotic/sweaty IMO :D

totally agree lol - I don't even leave the wallet open I just start working again
then check back later. Plus I have never really had to wait long as long as I've
used the recommended amount of fee for sending.

You are right, didn't thought about this scenario, I'm long gone from trading, never had the nerve for it but back in the day I was always transferring my coins overnight...
so the answer to "what are you doing" is sleeping :) But it is exactly as I sad before, TX and forget till morning or whatever.
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               Gotta have tranquillity dude!

Just relax and hope nothing unexpected will happen. Had a few issues with uncomfirmed transactions but I'm trying not to think about it.

I am starting to think your way of life is superior :D

i started this topic @Today at 06:43:33 PM. still no confirmation. the fee was 0.0001 BTC. now it is 07:44:39 PM.

Since I am familiar with several altcoins, the bitcoin confirmation time makes me frustrated. I keep checking every 2-3 minutes to see if i've received m bitcoin or not.
A lot of my transactions are currency conversions so I' always in a rush to use the bitcoin as quickly as possible.

how funny, exactly the same over here. made some cleaning up on some small wallets (imported the keys on electrum) and now i am waiting for almost 2 hours without a confirmation.
the fee was high (50 cents), but one output is very small (600 sat.) which seems to be the problem. this never happened before so this is new to me.

While waiting for a Tx confirmation, it is best to listen to the blockchain music created by new transactions - https://chainflyer.bitflyer.jp/

wow. never heard of this website. this is just awesome. do you now which transaction makes which sound? does the sound depend of the amount that has been send or what?

I just transfer the funds and keep it in mind that it will be processed within a few minutes so I do not bring out time for the wait but I continue to complete my other works and tasks and a after a few minutes i often come and check that where it reached.

It doesnt take too long so i stay on my wallet and keep waiting

I also come to this forum and continue my participation in the bitcoin community and in that time the confirmation has taken place and I see the bitcoin transferred to the target address, the time of confirmation is not much longer it is only smaller time so I do not bother with that.

waiting for bitcoin transaction confirmation is really a big problem. some time it make you confused, because it take so much time that make you worry that if you have may not sent the bitcoin to some where else. there the bitcoin transaction conformation process should be make fast and without any delay.

Mostly just forget about it, unless it's some priority transaction for me, then i refresh the sh*t of blockchain.info/address until i see it confirmed - what else ..

This is brilliant! Not very tuneful, but I'm sure there's some artistic merit  ;D

This is not a big problem for me,I usually don't wait for the confirmation of a transaction,most of the times I close my wallet or even turn off my PC if I don't have something else to do.If the transaction is important then I'm killing some time watching videos,reading articles or browsing bitcointalk and check every five minutes until it's done.

Usually i go play some games, but i dont check the transaction every 10 minutes, as i know it takes a while i do play several games or watch tv, if i need those money i will wait otherwise i send and next day i log just to check those.

Its really hurt some time take very long time during this usually I play games or try to read some blog about bitcoins information

I entertain myself while watching some series or YouTube videos. Every 5-10 minutes I check whether or not my transaction has a confirmation already. That being said, I only check once every few minutes for confirmations when it's an important transaction. When it's not important, I'll either look back after a few hours, or some times even the next day. I know it will get confirmed since I always add appropriate fees.

Im reading books, i once read 700 page book before confirmation was registered  >:(

A majority of the time I am going and doing something else, like reading things or looking at some information related to whatever I am waiting for.

Worst case I just walk away and do something else while I wait for the confirmation to go through, but a majority of the time I'm aiming to do at least something with my time.

while waiting for transaction confirmation, sometimes I post here to get some coins. I also open my facebook, chat with my friend, and sometimes I do my college assignments, clean my room or another home activities, that's busy enough.

I am at work, working ... Well somewhat working bit almost done for the day thank goodness!!

Playing with my phone. That's what game apps are for.  :)

the same for me, i just do transactions to other websites usually so the confirmations come at the same time on all of the websites

when the first time i sent payment, i keep on checking every 5 minutes, but now i just let it be, because sometimes the transaction can take up to 3 hours, so if i keep on checking, it will waste my time, and so far every transaction i sent dont have any problem, so every time i send i just pray nothing bad will happen

And all of that is running for naturally, you will forget about waiting for the confirmation and doing your daily activities. I never think never think for waiting for the confirmation but I just remembering for checking my confirmation. :D

haha try to do another things like surfing or watching videos on yootube

you dont need to doing anything, just waiting for a confirmation is finish
if you want to fast transaction, you can increase fee

Do other stuff, because what can i do to faster the confirmation of a transaction ? nothing. So, i do other stuff and just wait for it. Like read some news and watch youtube.

usually i do personal stuff, i don't rely much on internet and i prefer to do some house works instead of wasting my time in the internet. what i mean is i want to finish all the task in the house that i should do before anything

There are a many daily activities in my lives and maybe i will not mentioning it in here, about the confirmation is just sleeping my desktop and doing my daily activities and i don't need for checking my confirmation because that is will finish for automatically and i don't need for filling my mind just into the confirmation story.

Reading bitcoin news on Coindesk

Nothing, just continue what I have doing before doing transactions and before that waiting for confirmations appeared.  I do not know why have you posted this but it seems that you have  a problem with it.  Maybe it takes too long for your transaction to confirm.  Is there a problem with your internet connection cause it seems like its bothering you.  Try to switch or find a better internet provider. ;D  Or you could make more bitcoin by not making too much attention with the "waiting for confirmation" thing.

While waiting for cofnirmation what I am doing is that I am surfing in the social medias like facebook and as well as watching some youtube videos. And if that is still enough I am researching some good trend to come with bitcoin and as well as what are the new trends in the technology. Because I need to keep on updated.

Just doing the things is will not wasting my time and having a usefulness for me, maybe just doing a trading at the same time is waiting about the confirmation but sometimes it's will taking more than 30 minutes and that is so bad for me.

Some wallet app has no option for increasing transaction  fee. Just like what we used here in asian country.


For me i'm just reading and browsing on 9gag website and it is very effective on killing time of waiting. Sometimes i already forgot that i have deposit some bitcoin because of enjoyment on reading funny facts! :D

If it didn't take longer than 10 minutes and the transaction doesn't matter much to me like transferring my bitcoin from wallet to another, I just browse around the net, but if it is important like cashing out, I wait for it and watch the number of confirmations while playing my favorite musical instrument... But sometimes I just don't mind it if I am busy...  :)

Not when you're in a time-sensitive situation where you got someone waiting on an important payment from you. If I'm not in a hurry then it's not a big concern but I still try to wait for it to fully confirm. If I'm at home, usually I'd just go play a few games of blitz chess while I wait and check back after half an hour or so.

While i waiting for a confirmation , i usually playing some games and check this forum or social media .
Just forget about confirmation , and check several times between 10 - 15 minutes and your transaction already confirmed.

the main problem of confirmation needs at the exchange site during deposit .
i am always paying high transaction charge manually to get sudden confirmation . so i never feels any need of doing another activity to wait confirmation. .

Forgetting about this and just remembering about the confirmation just making my mind is not focussed on the things is I doing it.

Hmm.. While i am waiting for the confirmation i am just reading here in the forum and taking a look on the informations about new coins and services .i also taking a look on my trading account if what  my invested coin status .
When you wait for the confirmation it will more longer on mind but when you forget it and get busy for the mean time its fast .

I never do a big amount transaction, just only a small transaction, confirmation was not so long only ~10 minutes and usually I check my facebook or play games while waiting for the transaction confirmed and sometimes i check the bitcoin market.

While im waiting for my transaction to be confirmed im doing some crappy thing like im wathcing pron or watching anime pron but sometimes im browing on my facebook reading what news on my newsfeed and annoying my girlfriend sending some random staff that can make her angry.

I usually wait for confirmation of the transaction to check my website and sometimes I waited while eating. I sometimes also checks whether the transaction has been successful or not.

I  also do the same.
I read some bitcoin`s blogs too, like http://cointelegraph.com

I'll tell ya what im not doing, siting around waiting on a confirmation, it will confirm when it does.... as long as you pay some fee then ur fine  ;D

I honestly gave up waiting for confirmations when I do transactions.  As long as I see that the transactions are pending, I walk away for I know it is on its way!  Has anyone ever had a transaction that was denied or reversed? 

I refresh the blockchain page to see if there is a new block mined and if my transaction was included on that block.

Sometimes i read the news about crypto, IT or even local newspapers, but since the transaction fees are good I wouldn't worry too much.

Reversal is impossible, but denied can happen. I seriously doubt that any zero fee (i.e. free) transactions get confirmed at all these days, and I know from experience that using the relay minimum (1000 satoshis) can take days. I guess 1000 satoshis is kind of like the new zero fees tx's.

what i am doing is get relax for a while with my glass of coffee and watching some movie, beside that i make a chat with my group on WA and BBM. i don't take too much thinking how long confirmations will be finished, because when i see there is any transaction i receive in my wallet, and its just show 0 confirmations, i know it will finished by itself, so better i used my time for doing other activities.

Doing other things chatting with friends while waiting for confirmation, we do not know how long we will wait for it, and that's part of the bitcointransaction some times need more time to wait for it.

You can read this interesting  blog / site too   http://criptomoedasfacil.com/ while you waiting for confirmations.

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I am mostly online when waiting on a confirmation.  Typically when I send or receive BTC it is "important", so usually I do not leave to go on errands or similar.  If I am using bitmixer.io, that takes more time (call it 30 minutes for everything to clear), then perhaps I will leave to go do something "productive".

Often I check the financial markets or financial websites (Zero Hedge, etc.) while waiting.  Or even post here at bitcointalk...

I do the same or just surfing on some internet sites with selling staff, such as eBay or Aliexpress, looking for things that I will buy with those money that I should to get.

Whenever there's a delay in confirmations even if I did pay the right amount of fee, I'd suspect an attack on the network and usually head towards /r/bitcoin on reddit to seek information on whether others are facing similar issues. If it's just me, I'd usually wait for the transaction to confirm and carry on with my usual work browsing videos or watching documentaries online or a couple of TV shows.

reading your thread  ;D

I just go do something else for a while and check back every now and then. I remember way back to my first few transactions though, I used to just stare at the confirmation page on the edge of my seat, refreshing and then wooting when the first confirmation finally happened. lol.

This is the most logic thing to do honestly. What else then find something else to do and check back in 1 hour. Sometimes I write it down (if it's a big amount) because yes there is no saying how long you will have to wait exactly. It's all a matter of time. So next time when you are waiting, try to find another job.

In the mean time you open a blockchain.info window with a autorefresh plugin. So you can check it while doing other tasks.

It isn't very long time, I noticed that exchanges and Casinos transactions are very fast, and most of my transactions are from exchanges or casions to my wallet, thus I don't wait a lot, in this time I often read some news on twitter or on Bitcoin news sites, or I make some tweets.

waiting for a confirmation, i just do other jobs online, like surfing ads and reading topics and threads in this forum and watching some helpful Youtube videos

There is a bunch of things to do, depends in what kind of mood I`m. Generally same like most people here, I`m reading news here, or on some social network, commenting, watching youtube, playing some free roll poker tournament.
I don`t think it`s horrible to wait transaction to confirm, I have patience. Usually when I`m sending bitcoin from wallet to casino, or otherwise it`s pretty fast. In some casino deposit is almost instant, and withdraw is going pretty fast also on some places.

I do nothing special when waiting for a confirmation, i just continue my work online and sometimes i disconnect and go offline and when i return back i find the transaction already confirmed.

While I'm waiting for confirmation I do usual daily things: reading news, browsing facebook, watching youtube videos and sports broadcasts. I don't really care about confirmation, because when I see pending transaction, I'm sure that I will receive money soon.

Hmm. Been a years or more since I started using Bitcoin and sending Bitcoin is part of my daily life (not really, maybe weekly?). I don't really mind the waiting times for normal transactions time and I usally do things that I normally do while waiting for my transactions to be accepted into the Bitcoin Blockchain system. These includes but not limited to, gaming, reading, posting and watching videos.

yeah of course confirmed it would happen so better sit down and be patient, it would be better if you did not wait you can do other activities so that you do not need to feel waiting for confirmation of the transaction. yeah that's what I always do

I usually make a transaction and that is it.
I don't wait for it to be confirmed. When the recipient does not get my coins he always has a way to contact me.
But since that never happened I suppose it all came through in time.
My transactions are never that urgent that I would need them be done in a couple of minutes.

For me, most of the confirmation times are unusually long- maybe I was just unlucky. I would just impatiently checking the blockchain.info website to see when the next block has been mined.

IF  im in a  hurry i always  look to the confirmation when im transferring bitcoin and sometimes   transfers are too long and sometimes   less than 2 minutes i guess it really depends  but  when im not in a hurry  i dont have to check it  if  its confirmed or  not as  long as  i saw the   progress i just  leave it  and do the usual stuffs.

i will just send my money and leave it even it not confirmed yet , why must wait until get confirmation ?

Because certain transactions have a high priority because people have made a deal and wait for it to get completed. If there is no priority, then there is basically no need to keep staring at the transaction till it gets its first confirmation, then you're right.

It is up to receiver of your bitcoin. Accepting a payment without confirmations is highly risky at it might get double spent. So, every merchants must wait till at least 3 three confirmations. Some companies, like Xapo are following 6 confirmations conventions. Confirmations will ensure your bitcoins not get reveresed by any chances.

This isn't a big deal for me, at least. As long as I saw the progress everything will be fine.

But it depends on the situation, if ever I need an urgent respond for those I like to deal quickly, Im just keep coming back to the respective page every 5 or 10 mins. Browsing other tabs is my common doings.

Lol I thought someone else would find a time when they will need bitcoin very urgent, maybe you have not come across that situation, but someday you will definitely feel it, by which time the transaction takes a long time but you need bitcoin that time? what would you do ?

I will keep hitting the F5 button on my keyboard, and when I feel bored with it I will read another topic on Bitcointalk. But usually I can't wait for it, so I will keep staring at it.

sometimes it takes a long time to confirm our transaction. for me i am just playing games online while waiting and reading some useful information and threads here. but sometimes the transaction it takes minutes 8 minutes is the fastest for me..

I don`t care about the confirmations of my transactions.

I don`t wait for them.I`m just doing other online work.

I`m a patient guy,i guess. ;D

Maybe just waiting until the transaction is confirmed, because sometimes it only takes few minutes. But if the confirmation is to long, i just browsing until the confirmation confirmed.

We are doing the same thing, i easily  lost  my temper especially  on waiting  confirmations   on bitcoin transfers i keep on refreshing the page   and hoping  the transaction  was completed  but  if it takes longer  i do  stream movies  or watching videos  on youtube   and   focus my mind  into other  things.

I also do things like you actually I really do not like to wait, but that I do not feel upset for a confirmation of a long normally I would forget about transactions that moment and do other activities such as reading news, watching youtube or the like, yeah maybe several times to refresh the transaction to see delivery status

Lol I thought you would not be able to use bitcoinmu when the confirmation has not been resolved because the current transaction confirmation could have been resolved had failed and bitcoin returned to sender. so before you accept the first confirmation you will not be able to use bitcoin it?

I am also having similar habit of refreshing pages and also I will watch new block generation in block explorers.
But if we are receiving bitcoins in blockchain.info wallet, we will be able to spend even before having any confirmations with that transaction.

nope i think in all stores, perjudia sites, or other facilities would always wait for confirmation, at least 1-3 confirmation so you can continue the next process, or in gambling usually balance will not go or can not be withdrawn before the transaction was getting one confirmation

yeah, there is nothing you can do about it to be honest, in my opinion you should just chill that time

No idea. I think, those are pretty random.

Lol useless you do refresh every second. it will have no effect on the transaction so that sooner, rather than spend time on things that are not definitely better to do useful and beneficial or profitable. you can do other work while waiting for the confirmation came, yeah that's what I always do

What I do is just keep on reading and keep on studying about the market of bitcoin. Learning is a continuous process and that is what I am doing while waiting for my transactions to get confirmed. But when I get lazy I just stare to my computer and just looking upon how many confirmations are going to be with my transaction.

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RocketSingh!  That music is kind of awesome.  Does sound at least semi-random, but catchy too.

"Someone" should be keeping track of awesome creative BTC-related websites like that one -- I have seen various creative ones but never got around to bookmarking or otherwise saving them.

really it is a complicated time for me. usually i start to do visit at bitcointalk forum to spent time . because i think it is like a newspaper and gives important news about Bitcoin . so it is better way to pass time instead to wait for confirmation .

I think it's like you do not have any activity, lol you better leave it and look for other fun things. besides, it will be confirmed automatically you do not need to refresh the page every time, you just need to leave it for a while transactions with other activities, you can check again after one hour or more

usually i don't need to wait for the confirmation . i usually pay manually more transaction charge if i meed fast confirmation . and when i need not direct and soon confirmation then i pays about 1k satoshi only .
so confirmation doesn't make to do something other forcly .

I just don't check it and doing this I can live my life without anxiety, you should do the same, that's it, check tomorrow, check after a couple hours when you have nothing to do... Just don't keep refreshing mate!

Yeah You are right. waiting is the most bored think, nobody like to waiting something. The same as you I preffer like to do anything else. Anyway I can't do anything that can make transaction faster. can better internet connectivity make transaction faster? Becouse I heard there are a new internet technology called 5G and 6G that make internet faster until terabyte per second.

I usually pay enough to get my transaction included within the next block so I'm usually just getting on with my life & whatever I need to do next.

I also do things like sometimes to wait for confirmation came I was confused to do anything, because usually confirmation came with quite a long time, so I might not look at him every minute, so to wait for it, usually I membuaka bitcointalk.org, yeah like that I do now

I think why people do not do anything other than wait? besides, I'm sure you have other activities that may be more beneficial than just wait, I usually go back to work when I finish sending bitcoin, and I did not really pay attention to how many minutes until the transaction get 1 confirmation

the website is definitely awesome, i have never heard about it before, one of the coolest things

When waiting for a transaction to be confirmed, i watch random videos in youtube to not get bore i hate thinking about it then fails me if i check the status.

When I'm waiting bitcoin transaction I play music to relax and watch video in youtube.
When transaction is uncomfired because sometimes it takes 24-48hrs to confirmed im vsry angry for that

Sitting around is too boring when yo uare waiting the confirmation this is true when you are fee the payment fee when you are mading some transaction or sending bitcoin to others sometimes it always take 30 minutes before it confirm.

wow that's a long time, I've never experienced, maybe you should increase your transaction fee for quickly confirmed.

I will watch the movies in some wet and refesh after a monent

I also do things like sometimes to wait for confirmation came I was confused to do anything, because usually confirmation came with quite a long time, so I might not look at him every minute, so to wait for it, usually I membuaka bitcointalk.org, yeah like that I do now

Yeah ,sitting is boring what do you think when being sitted?
I think best thing to do instead of sitting or watching on youtube is researching some informations you to learn on bitcoins like reading the comments on this forum .or if your a trader much better research for good altcoins. A gambler searching for good gambking house and techniques it will be worth the time you spend than anything else.

While waiting for confirmation, i do playing games,
reading some news, and mostly my time in trading.
In trading i check on what coins were I could buy and
sell coins.

I too do read news and check my email when I am waiting for the confirmation, Sometimes if its taking too long I start to brush my laptop and clean its top. But most of the time I just wait for it while doing other things in the house since I cash out always on weekends.

I do the same thing too sometimes especially when  im waiting  for the confirmation times  but sometimes when im in a hurry i do always check the transaction if its completed already  but  if  im not  in a hurry  i just let it go and dont  mind  it.

If i'm waiting for a confirmation, sure it'll be deal to buy/sell bitcoin for INR. So, sure i'll talk to my trader about the rate, fee and discounts  ;D

yeah i thought why be confused for a wait time of confirmation you can do whatever you want while waiting for the confirmation came, after all, it would not be so long, and if long can you leave for work again, if you want to deal quickly for urgent you can add fee

plenty my activity to waiting for confirmations of transactions and i have been watching movie or listening songs or sometimes reading some news who related for bitcoin update

yes it is true..  :D
I feel it, because if waiting transaction and think about it seems quite long and will never get confirmation.

watching youtube channel is great idea and we can drink coffee with snack hmm i think it would be a good too and this is what i am doing while waiting for a confirmation. but the last night, i am sleeping when i am waiting for a confirmation  ;D

when waiting for a confirmation, I just listen music, play video game, or talk to someone in social media.

Movies are takes for long are and for the confirmation of the blockchain is going really takes 30minutes before it confirmed depends on the fees you pay because if you are going to refresh and refresh you are going to get booored earn money while waiting this is actually doing right now.

when i am waiting for a confirmation usually i am playing games on gambling site
or surfing on bitcointalk to search new information and any news about new way to earn some bitcoin :)

i just don't mind my transaction's confirmation unless when i needed the amount urgently then i was just stopping by every minute then just read also some stuffs here to enjoy my self or focus on my project.

Not all the movies are long, there are short ones. Also, he talked about wet and refresh, I think he means porn, and people usually skip most of the useless scenes when watching porn.

Currently at least Blockchain confirmations are ~ 20 minutes only, and not up to 24 hours. So it is much more easy and faster to make BTC transfers through Blockchain. So in this time you can read threads at Bitcointalk forum  ;)

While waiting for the confirmation of Bitcoin transaction, I read topics in threads, comment on them if I have something to say.  And when am done with the reading and comment stuff, and the transaction is not yet confirmed, I then browse the net looking for some interesting stuff like news and games to download.

Not sure why a lot of people are having problems with the confirmation of their deposit/withdrawals. In sending Bitcoins, I don't have any problem with the confirmation. The reason for this is I'm using coins.ph and even if there's no transaction fee, the block gets mined so easily. I also have a blockchain wallet and there's a transaction fee. It's not that much of money but it really makes your confirmation almost instant.

In receiving Bitcoins, I just wait until it says "Receving" on my account and then I will log off. I don't have to withdraw those Bitcoins right away, anyway and I'm pretty sure that they will go to my account eventually. No need to keep an eye on it.

lol... Nothing like a porn between a transaction and other... Hope you don't work on a exchange lol

You also can watch some big bang theory, 20 min max...

Go read some book ladies and gentlemen. Education is the best step for a greater future.

surfing bitcoin info, social media and streaming video. sometimes I sleep if I'm sleepy. usually confirmation time not make long time,so I'm not concerned about how waiting time for it :D

I still do some things to make a living or just continue what I have left out doing.  But whenever I make some transaction like sending or paying bitcoins it do not take too long.  So if ever it would be long I did not mind it because I am doing some things instead of waiting for the confirmation.

I do is play online games and watching movie.  sometimes i read about trading altcoin

I think when you're doing a transaction with someone like buying bitcoin on them and you need them urgent. You can discuss the shipping fee bitcoin, cause them to increase the fee I'm sure confirmation will not be more than 10 minutes

Usually while i am waited the confirmation i will play some games or read book, but most of the time, i am going to browse internet looking for alt coin news, see the bitcoin trading market and read some news

I always opened bitcointalk or looking for good informations on new thread, and sometime i saw on poloniex about my order sell or buy. It was made my feels was not waiting confirmation. The time confirmation feel fast.

a lot of waiters at the moment....

https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FqTaU94N.png&t=569&c=cZoBkL4O0AFsOA

Yeah, right? This is ridiculous. Is bitcoin your only activity in your life that even waiting for a confirmation you can't even think of another thing to do? I really agree, just get on with your life and forget it. Duh.  :D

Well if i don't have any important things to do while waiting for that confirmation I would probably walk few miles four hours or an half and just enjoy playing pokemon then checking also the blocks once in a while.

Watching videos on YouTube, smoking, and drink a cup of coffe. Will make feel of bored because of waiting confirmation was gone. But it will not work for the people who don't like smoking and coffe.

Most of the time when the weather is good I go out for a while and take some energy and usually I don't look back for 30min or 1 hour. But when the weather is rainy or similar I prefer to watch trailers on youtube lol.

I just do the other stuff while it gets confirmed and later on i check if it is done or not yet, but mostly when i send bitcoins somewhere i keep looking on that site to see if they are confirmed or not yet and i also do some reading and posting here in that time like you.

Yes sometimes I do that too. If I am waiting for confirmation of payment, I waited with refer to YouTube or some articles are for. Sometimes I also check whether the transaction has been successful or not.

It's natural to refresh the transaction screen many times to check if the transaction was included in the recent mined block.

Bitcoin is made in this way that there is some delay between unconfirmed and confirmed transaction, sometimes it takes longer sometimes it get confirmed within few minutes.

I prefer to continue the work that I was doing before making that transaction like continue reading the e-book or something similar and not worry too much about the transaction.

Waiting the transaction confirmation is very very borred. Do not make youre self getting stress just hear any music or read any bitcoin news that more fun. Just take it easy friend.

While i am waiting for confirmations i am doing some things that i will do later for example doing ,reports ,cooking and some household chores .i do not waste time because every second and every minute is worthy to done the things.

lol.. Why would you want to wait for confirmation? :D
Just leave it once you made transaction, you can check it later to see is it already done or not.
Of course I do other activities, like reading, watching videos, and stuff.

Usually im watching tv or i will be playing a game making a transaction or not with bitcoins, i just came later to check if the transaction has been done, i dont think it takes a long period at all, knowing how bitcoins does work.

I never had to wait the confirmation time since i used 3rd party for any transaction in order to get fast confirmation, however when i send bitcoin and it took many time, iam just going to leave it honestly , I never had a serious problem with time confirmation like people had.
Even there are some people waiting the confirmation till 5 hours. I think it's crazy, but it must the fee.

While waiting the comfimation im still looking something that i can lean my time on maybe playing video games while waiting to get not boooored while waiting specially when im doing gambling etc and when i needed the money its urgent everything sometimes depends on the fees were are going to pay.

Every time I waited for the confirmation of transaction that I made, what I do is I'm reading in the bitcointalk.org and posting in the thread section forum. So that my time of waiting will not be wasted anyhow. 

That's good and ideal way of waiting some transaction to confirm than doing nothing or just watching on youtube or television
such a wasting of time .i don't think people nowadays are very addicted to social networking sites some of them.are just wasting time on it.

I can relate to what you are doing while waiting for the confirmation. I am playing through my smartphone and my favorite game now is Zelda the Minish Cap even though this is already an old game with game boy. I am using gameboy emulator. Because every time I am checking my transaction to get confirmed it is making me annoyed so I need to have stress reliever.

When the sender sends me the transaction link, I don't wait anymore because I know that it is not reversible. I don't have to wait for it because I'm not going to use it right away anyway. When sending Bitcoins, I've never had any problems with the confirmation because it will only take like 15 minutes up to 30 minutes maximum. I just do other stuffs while it's still sending like making my homework, reading articles, books, watching youtube videos, basically just to pass the time.

I usually like to click the refresh button of the blockchain website but now I realized that even if I click that several times, it takes time for the transaction to be confirmed. So I do other things like watching youtube videos or playing rpg games  :)

Nothing just keep waiting

I keep hitting the F5 button and watch till it confirms, usually when i transfer big amount .5 BTC above, i keep my eyes on the screen and will be a big relief once it confirms and land on my wallet.

If I know that I input the correct fees on a certain transaction and made sure that the destination address is correct, I just leave it as it is and check back in an hour or so. I don't stress too much on waiting for it, sometimes I just take a nap or play some games of dota and look back to see whether the tx is already confirmed in the network.

Lol same stuff i did when I'm waiting for my transaction confirmation.  I don't know maybe it is already my habbit.  Another thing is that, I try to entertain myself so I forgot about the frustration of waiting by watching youtube ( funny stuff) and other movies online.  Once the confirmation is at 2, i try to hit refresh (F5) again until it hit 3 confirmation and be credited to my online wallet.

If i was gambling i immediately start gambling because few sites like satoshimines require 0 confirmation to show your bitcoin in balance while if i was depositing or transferring bitcoin for other purposes i keep one tab with blockchain.info so that i can see if any new block get fined or not. Till new block shown in that tab i play mobile games usually.

waiting confirmation iam read about information bitcoin
type captcha in faucet site
and several time iam write comment and posting in bitcointalk forum

When i am waiting for a confirmation of a transaction, i usually worry whether i can not receive my bitcoin. Although i know those bitcoins belonged to me, i can't help myself stop thinking about losing bitcoin. Strange

lol i usually do the same thing as you when im waiting for my transactions to confirm.

but sometimes if the transaction is important enough i just include a hefty fee so it gets confirmed in like 5 minutes. that saves alot of time.

Honestly sometimes it takes a long time to confirm some of my transaction but i just stay here in bitcointalk to read some new thread and comments..
The other part i just gamble few satoshis in poker.. just for past time.

Correct! Though I have lost some bitcoin when I attempted to make payment few year back when was very new to bitcoin, I have not been having any issues since then because the maximum time it take for any transaction I take is normally 15 minutes and no more than whatsoever. We always need to emphasize the sender to include enough fees for the sake of getting quick confirmations.

That's funny, if you put a high fee, it will be fast, you don't need to keep refreshing, just come back 10 min later and if you use a lower fee, just do others stuffs...

For me, refreshing like this sounds crazy. lol

Well with me, I haven't experienced with the transaction to have a very long confirmation because usually the time is able to reach 5-10 minutes. And while I am waiting for the transaction to be confirmed, I am just waiting for it and watching some videos. Since I am a Dota addict, I am watching some highlights for 5-10 minutes.

But on one of the post I saw that one transaction was cancelled and the reason was that the sender did not paid sufficient fees for the transaction so you have to wait at least for the first confirmation after that you can stay satisfied as after one confirmation no one can reverse the transaction.

I think it's useless and wasted your time, why do not you try looking for the bustle useful addition to refresh the page lol ?

so i guess everyone here have same feeling as me?
i mean lately bitcoin transaction required confirmation longer than usual
it's annoying sometimes when you need the money in hurry but then the confirmation take up to 24 hours  >:(
even i put higher fee there sometimes a delay , i have tried 1 mbtc fee and it's still required 2 hours , so i just wait it without doing nothing.

Why do your need to wait for a comfirmation? The money isnt going anywhere. It's not like a bank that you have to phone them to cancel the transaction.

A bitcoin transaction is not final until it has 1-3 confirmations, so just do the transaction and go do your thing, the money isnt going anywhere.

Do not think to much just simple, we do not have to be stay in front of our computers. We can do something else like washing, watching tv, and something else. We can not do anything to make the transaction faster.

I don't know what you'd be doing beyond browsing other things online or doing something else to make your time productive. There isn't a reason to do nothing while you wait for a transaction to go through.

I personally either read the news or work on something else.

Just enjoy it do some thing else like hear music, playing hide and seek, or pray for the faster transaction.  Haha just kidding. Long time confirmation is problem of bitcoin. The future of bitcoin will mote bright if the transaction is faster about less than a half minute so big undustry like mall or etc can use bitcoin as a payment. Why it is so long time???

this is what i am doing while i am waiting the confirmation. and i think its really help me to get enjoy my life, because waiting for confirmation can make me boring and don't want wait for too long.

You enjoyed while waiting its good but then why don't doing some other things that help you than listening to a music ,im just suggesting .hehe. we don't know why it takes a lot of time of confirmations maybe in some reason it is really designed for it not to fast .Some good news is other business fund blockchain technology and researching for the improvements of blockchain hoping that may succeed on this so we can transfer or send faster transactions.

I don't usually wait for the confirmation. What I do first when I am receiving money is checking the link of the blockchain if the wallet address is the right address that is sending Bitcoin to me. It is also similar when I am sending money to provide proof that I have sent the Bitcoin that is needed to the said address. Well I am doing that to provide transparency to both sides in case of a confusion happen.

uh.. pretty much anything? Mostly continuing what I was originally doing before sending bitcoins.