How long does a BTC xcation stay unconfirmed for? & (UNSPENT) mean?

[jubalix]

I have had a transaction siting with unconfirmed for about 4 hours now?

what to do???

EDIT after about 12 Hours this went through...!

What I am upset about is the service I used took a fee, but paid the miners 0, and gave me no notice of this, and no option to pay the miner....So totally out of My control and they were still taking money

[kokjo]

to answer the question in the subject line: as long as a miner don't want to include it.
what you do is WAIT!

[jubalix]

to answer the question in the subject line: as long as a miner don't want to include it.
what you do is WAIT!

So I had this sent from an exchange,  I suspect they did not pay much to the miner but took a percentage from me anyway....


If a miner never wants to include what happens?

[kokjo]

If a miner never wants to include what happens?

it does not work that way. a single miner can include your transaction, but a single miner can't force other miners to not include it.

have you downloaded the whole blockchain? the tx might already been comfirmed, but you can't see it yet becuase you have yet to download the block that confirmes it.

[jubalix]

If a miner never wants to include what happens?

it does not work that way. a single miner can include your transaction, but a single miner can't force other miners to not include it.

have you downloaded the whole blockchain? the tx might already been comfirmed, but you can't see it yet becuase you have yet to download the block that confirmes it.

I have checked using blockchain.info still not confirmed

[kokjo]

If a miner never wants to include what happens?

it does not work that way. a single miner can include your transaction, but a single miner can't force other miners to not include it.

have you downloaded the whole blockchain? the tx might already been comfirmed, but you can't see it yet becuase you have yet to download the block that confirmes it.

I have checked using blockchain.info still not confirmed

then wait!

[jubalix]

If a miner never wants to include what happens?

it does not work that way. a single miner can include your transaction, but a single miner can't force other miners to not include it.

have you downloaded the whole blockchain? the tx might already been comfirmed, but you can't see it yet becuase you have yet to download the block that confirmes it.

Sadly I have heard people having it unconfirmed up to 3 days, but I believe you can have it longer. It all depends on the miner, so be nice to it.

I have checked using blockchain.info still not confirmed

Now it says 1G##### (4 BTC - Output)
      187U#####- (Unspent) 4 BTC

what does unspent mean?

[kokjo]

If a miner never wants to include what happens?

it does not work that way. a single miner can include your transaction, but a single miner can't force other miners to not include it.

have you downloaded the whole blockchain? the tx might already been comfirmed, but you can't see it yet becuase you have yet to download the block that confirmes it.

Sadly I have heard people having it unconfirmed up to 3 days, but I believe you can have it longer. It all depends on the miner, so be nice to it.

I have checked using blockchain.info still not confirmed

Now it says 1G##### (4 BTC - Output)
      187U#####- (Unspent) 4 BTC

what does unspent mean?

that you have not yet used it.

[jubalix]

so I see this

1AvjCeWVv2sjLBAUbZqfVTdDzUJMUHpJsA (8.5995 BTC - Output)--->


1GcJa4cyJTudmWuotQECkreAq6pxwhojff - (Spent) 4 BTC ---->   too ---> my address  
1AvjCeWVv2sjLBAUbZqfVTdDzUJMUHpJsA - (Unspent) 4.5995 BTC


---> my address 187Usr2XcgVFEXhZ5Da3VFiGu2fxELktcx - (Unspent) 4 BTC


Network Propagation
0% - 1 Nodes - (Very Poor)

[DannyHamilton]

What I am upset about is the service I used took a fee, but paid the miners 0, and gave me no notice of this, and no option to pay the miner....So totally out of My control and they were still taking money

Complain to the service that you expect them to pay a miners fee.  Refuse to use their service until they agree. Let others know what service it is so they can avoid it as well.

[DeathAndTaxes]

or stop using the service, or shame them but publicly posting they aren't including fees for timely processing.

[DannyHamilton]

Complain to the service that you expect them to pay a miners fee. Refuse to use their service until they agree.

or stop using the service

Let others know what service it is so they can avoid it as well.

or shame them by publicly posting they aren't including fees for timely processing.