well it wouldnt be a new thing to bitcoin if it wasnt getting a confirmation for a hour and a half, block times are fluctuating wildly there are sometimes even near instant blocks

to be honest i never worry about it though sometimes it makes me mad if i make a transaction to the website and it requires confirmations that might take so long to happen

The whole thread should be deleted. Block confirmation time is working as designed. Use the search function and you'll find hundreds of threads saying the same thing you said. This whole thread is a waste of space.

I dont know where you get your numbers, but there are way more unconfirmed TX than just 10k. Note the large drops on the 30d graph are system reboots, not backlocks cleaned up.

You were a bit unlucky there. On the other hand this is transaction i made today (https://blockchain.info/tx/991b67bc5f7772b8582150b465c654a09c06e42e26f03b801eb79b8d97cf915f)
it was confirmed as soon as i made it literealy it took just like 1 minute to first confirmation :]

Care to share your Tx hash?

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https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1465796.msg15012021#msg15012021

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The hash is a hash of the transaction with some modifications. Those modifications are: the input scripts areblanked out (replaced with 0x00), the input that is currently being signed is given an input script of the output script the transaction refers to, and the sighash code is appended to the end. Then that is hashed and that hash is signed. The signature produced is then placed into its corresponding input's scriptsig.

This link might help: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/3374/how-to-redeem-a-basic-tx

The signature is the signature of the hash of the transaction. The hash is computed on the fly and if the signature does not validate to the specified public key with the hash as the input, then the signature, and thus transaction, is invalid.

Cool. And will the satoshi client be able to do this (as in : spend from
an unconfirmed TX with large fees) ?

What you are proposing is entirely impossible. It is not possible to "dissect and reassemble" an already broadcasted transaction without having the private keys that spend the inputs. You cannot add inputs or outputs to the transaction because the signatures for each input ensure that the transaction has not been modified in any way.

Otherwise anyone would be able to steal other people's Bitcoin.

The solution to your problem is called Child Pays For Parent (CPFP).

don't make yourself waiting for something that won't happen this year. it's too much just to happen in such a short time. i think if we reach $500 and manage to stay above that price level for the rest of the year, then that's a great achievement. more can we not ask for.