Bitcoin transaction unconfirmed since 8 hours

[fentanyl08]

Hello! I sent a $2 worth bitcoin transaction from my blockchain.info wallet and set the fee to the recommended "Regular" but the transaction is still unconfirmed since 8 hours https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/ec135ab9221318121a1994598425886f126a7101438a8b9a563c83628400205e
Is there any way to get this confirmed?

[ranochigo]

The mempool has been spiking periodically today. If the trend persists, you should have the transaction confirmed within a day or two.

A little advice, don't use Blockchain.info wallet. They are pretty unreliable in terms of fee estimates and is generally a bad wallet to use. Legacy addresses results in you paying a higher total fee as compared to a bech32 wallet. Try looking for alternatives like Bitcoin Core or Electrum.

[bob123]

The mempool is quite filled right now.
To have a transaction confirmed within the next hours, a fee roughly 10x higher is necessary.

Since RBF is disabled, you can not simply replace the transaction with a new one.
However, if you are in control of either 3KmJRzcoUYNy96jPZjtjsMd1akKtfVAMjW or 18nMCYpPe9W7FWFaCEgt983b5van2Q4rg4, you can spend that new unconfirmed output with a fee high enough to pay for both transactions.

This will confirm both of your transactions at the same time.
But since the overall value of the transaction is ~5$, it really is not worth it.

RBF would have been a cheaper option. I would recommend you to stop using blockchain.com.
Use a proper wallet. Not a web wallet. You could have chosen an appropriate fee easily and would have been able to bump the fee.

[JeromeTash]

1. The fee is so low according to the current stat of mempool - https://mempool.space. It's at only 3 sats/byte.  You might have to wait for over 24 hours or beyond for the transaction to get confirmed


2.  Your transaction is not Replace-by-fee (RBF) enabled so it won't be possible to bump the fee for it to get confirmed quicker.

[fentanyl08]

Thank you guys for your responses!