Transactions stuck with high fee

[pissing]

I have 2 transactions that seemt to be stuck:

https://blockchain.info/tx/5cbcafff22ee5db5b7a86c8ea340793cefa8002fb9f34d0477875c4634895dc0

https://blockchain.info/tx/8900ce587d50cd5979fa285d76010a91a7c3ac2185a9a7d376ec0ff858dc87c6

The second one I think I gave quite a high fee too.

This seems to be happening more and more, I cant remember the last transaction I sent that went through without a seriously long delay.

Has something changed/the fees needed increased significantly in the last 6 months?

Is there anywhere I can learn a bit about this fee stuff that will make sense, I dont want to be a high level bitcoin expert but would likea passive understanding of the fees used/needed?

[susila_bai]

I just saw that your 2nd transaction fees is quite high, but even then if you are getting delay then i think that their is some problem with the blocks or wallets,

I am also facing the same problem i am using electrum and have sent with high fees but still after 15 hrs it did not got confirmed.

[pissing]

Could something be becoming unstable? i might just be unlucky but I cant remember the last time I had a problem free transaction, I dont make many but it could well be my luck

[Andrew1337]

Also I have some trouble . I have 5 transactions in my wallet ( blockchain wallet ) unconfirmed for 6 days . I think they have lot of problems .

[achow101]

Your first transaction has confirmed.

Your second transaction spends from this unconfirmed transaction: https://blockchain.info/tx/72b2bf6117119e10b50b57a412e68111c8bdd5bc6651e68e694862ec1b7d37b1. That transaction spends from this other unconfirmed transaction: https://blockchain.info/tx/2e8b79e9e7d8035da432c4847983b61874bab334ecd6a2fd5c4ecc72ee3ad980. Your transaction cannot confirm until both of these confirm too.

[pissing]

Your first transaction has confirmed.

Your second transaction spends from this unconfirmed transaction: https://blockchain.info/tx/72b2bf6117119e10b50b57a412e68111c8bdd5bc6651e68e694862ec1b7d37b1. That transaction spends from this other unconfirmed transaction: https://blockchain.info/tx/2e8b79e9e7d8035da432c4847983b61874bab334ecd6a2fd5c4ecc72ee3ad980. Your transaction cannot confirm until both of these confirm too.

Thanks for clearing that up in a language I understand!