I did read that. Thanks. While it makes sense, why then doesn't the mempool just grow with unconfirmed transactions forever? At this point, I'm not sure what I need to do other than pay an ugly fee (higher than than the value) to get the money (which of course means it's lost). The original plan sounded like letting those unconfirmed transactions expire from the mempool and then sending smaller batches of inputs and doing that recursively. When I try to send smaller batches, it won't let me as it's double spending since Electrum still finds the transactions in most of the servers to which I connect it manually. Any ideas?

https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/address/12bFgn3AU9GYCBKS6AdB73PbgJUwGAfbub

Thanks!

Not having touched the wallet, I am still monitoring the transaction. I did notice that despite the 12/9 date, it's still out there. So....is it longer than 14 days? Or am I actually just screwed somehow?

https://blockchain.info/tx/f829817ed1f3e7dbaa6a32761aa72a96fe79cfdddd37b97a888d67e4ac703239

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I'll nuke the wallet and restore it in 14 days. Thanks.

Thanks so much This is best explanation I've heard to date anywhere. Question: how long does it take to fall off the mempool? And does Electrum try to resend the transaction?

Thanks again!!

Yeah. I did that. I figured it was the size. The broadcast services that took it are the ones that I'm 99.9% sure already had it. Maybe this is why it's not confirming? Can I wait for it to time out of the mempool and then work it as 2 separate/smaller (or more) transactions then combine those? Given the size, the fee is high, so I was trying a lowball fee with a Child Pays For Payment strategy. Would love some advice on sweeping up this dust into a single output at the lowest fee possible. I can be patient with it...no emergency.

Thanks again.

I *think* I found it, but it says too long when I try to broadcast it: https://api.blockcypher.com/v1/btc/main/txs/9e341182ed1942b8d1023645f37a693bd37f712befd590d6201eac9246a11aba?limit=50&includeHex=true

Actually, how do you use the Transaction Broadcast feature? It wants a "Raw Transaction" and I"m not sure what to supply there. Looks like it's the json for the transaction, but I'm not sure how to get that. I'm using Electrum.

Thanks again!

Blessed be you forever and may the bitcoins rain down on you from the skies. Thank you!!

Fair. I guess I'm more worried that fees keep moving in the wrong direction.

Will those transactions that are out there expire? how long does that take?

Thanks!

I hvae an old wallet that I found the private key for. Yes, you can laugh. It was one of those: I'll put it somewhere safe. And forgot where that was. It has a lot of dust with which I would've dealt earlier when fees were lower, but need to sweep it now. Needless to say, the fees are UGLY now (like $2,000 fee on $3,000 worth). So I put it out there with Electrum to lowball it and then put in a CPFP. Neither have transacted. In fact, when I look at various transaction explorers, it doens't even show up on a lot of them. Also, ViaBTC's Accelerator doesn't seem to be up and running (and ConfirmTX is one of those places that doesn't recognize the txnID).

Original transaction: https://www.blocktrail.com/BTC/tx/9e341182ed1942b8d1023645f37a693bd37f712befd590d6201eac9246a11aba
Same transaction example not-found: https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/tx/9e341182ed1942b8d1023645f37a693bd37f712befd590d6201eac9246a11aba

CPFP transaction: https://www.blocktrail.com/BTC/tx/bd920dff3bfcf5a3f12512f3918a6055192e2f1a1e5b62742edf738ba6b31ddf

Questions:
* Can I just wait for those to expire (how long will this take?) And just lowball the fee even further (10 sats/B)? Then do another CPFP?
* Why is my txnID unrecognized in a lot of places? Is this why it's not getting mined? No exposure?
* What's up with ViaBTC's Accelerator? Down temporarily or for the count?

Thanks!