I would pay a miner to include my transaction

[bfisher1968]

I would pay a miner to include my transaction in a block and not wait the many hours it is taking. This fee would be including the fee I already paid.

[achow101]

just part with a higher transaction fee. if you pay a high enough few, you transaction will be confirmed relatively quickly.

[bfisher1968]

My problem is who sent me the btc, enough fees, but not enough to get it quickly.

just part with a higher transaction fee. if you pay a high enough few, you transaction will be confirmed relatively quickly.

[achow101]

What you need is Child-Pays-For-Parent (CPFP) where you create a transaction with a transaction fee for two transactions. Unfortunately, most pools don't use this yet. If you look around in the mining section, you may be able to find a pool that does this and you can relay both of your transactions to that pool in hopes that it finds a block and can confirm your transaction. Otherwise, the best you can do is wait. After this spam attack ends and the backlog is cleared, the transaction will confirm.