Unconfirmed Transactions Problem

[abel1337]

I have experienced this problem twice in using bitcoin. Last few months i experienced this kind of problem. I recieved my bitcoin 12 hours after I withdrawn. Today its been 13 hours my transaction is still unconfirmed Im hopping that I will recieved my bitcoin any time today. I needed it cause Im converting it to Fiat today.

[pedrog]

People need to start using other coins, bitcoin simply can't handle all these transactions, continuing doing bitcoin transactions will just aggravate the problem.

It has become clear for quite some time now that it is not reliable to transact using bitcoin.

[1Referee]

Explain me how it woks then, im waiting just 8 hours to get 1 confirmation on one small buy ( Buy one steam game) with "High Priority" fees that never confirms

It would be easier for you to share the transaction ID so we can look into it, or at least tell us what the fee and byte size of your transaction is. My only guess at this point is that your fee/byte ratio is on the very low side.

I had experienced such a slow down as well some time ago. It was a +900byte transaction with 0.0001BTC in fees. It look nearly half a day to get confirmed. Can it be that the coins that you have bought your steam game with, is a collection of a lot dusty faucet payouts? That could explain this slow down as well.

Edit:

im bought btc from btc seller, and not from steam game, its still slow, 16 hours still unconfirmed
tx : cb6c39ea9d7724275f2d297d610349501e3db6e10f9241e11cb9956bf36a9751

The fee is simply too low in order to make it interesting for pools to include your transaction into their block. The fee should be at least in the 0.0005 regions.

[perris21]

im bought btc from btc seller, and not from steam game, its still slow, 16 hours still unconfirmed
tx : cb6c39ea9d7724275f2d297d610349501e3db6e10f9241e11cb9956bf36a9751

Size   226 (bytes)
Received Time   2016-10-25 19:21:14
Estimated Confirmation Time   Very Soon (High Priority)
Relayed by IP    5.9.16.236 (whois)
Visualize   View Tree Chart
Inputs and Outputs
Total Input   3.949661 BTC
Total Output   3.949548 BTC
Fees   0.000113 BTC
Estimated BTC Transacted   0.246 BTC

[pedrog]

im bought btc from btc seller, and not from steam game, its still slow, 16 hours still unconfirmed
tx : cb6c39ea9d7724275f2d297d610349501e3db6e10f9241e11cb9956bf36a9751

Size   226 (bytes)
Received Time   2016-10-25 19:21:14
Estimated Confirmation Time   Very Soon (High Priority)
Relayed by IP    5.9.16.236 (whois)
Visualize   View Tree Chart
Inputs and Outputs
Total Input   3.949661 BTC
Total Output   3.949548 BTC
Fees   0.000113 BTC
Estimated BTC Transacted   0.246 BTC

Also not confirming anytime soon.

[perris21]

Hope will confirmed before 24 hours

[dedmax]

23 hours past transaction still unconfirmed, debate for max blocksize increase is on.

[codehtcmail]

im bought btc from btc seller, and not from steam game, its still slow, 16 hours still unconfirmed
tx : cb6c39ea9d7724275f2d297d610349501e3db6e10f9241e11cb9956bf36a9751

Size   226 (bytes)
Received Time   2016-10-25 19:21:14
Estimated Confirmation Time   Very Soon (High Priority)
Relayed by IP    5.9.16.236 (whois)
Visualize   View Tree Chart
Inputs and Outputs
Total Input   3.949661 BTC
Total Output   3.949548 BTC
Fees   0.000113 BTC
Estimated BTC Transacted   0.246 BTC

Same here 37314769f700174a2316f7fde266e4818ede7bd12dee76e9bf79160da99188e6
55sat/b and no confrimation after mare than 12 hours

[Carlton Banks]

People need to start using other coins, bitcoin simply can't handle all these transactions, continuing doing bitcoin transactions will just aggravate the problem.

It has become clear for quite some time now that it is not reliable to transact using bitcoin.

Wrong.

It's completely predictable, and your assertion is irresponsible nonsense. If someone can tolerate waiting for up to 72 hours, there's a fee for that. And if you can't wait 10 minutes, there's a fee for that too.

I realise you're one of these hard fork idiots, and so we're all still waiting for an answer to this question: why don't you just fork your actual self to a different community? Altcoin, Tumblr safe-space, whatever. But no-one actually wants you people around, as all you do is create a bad atmosphere. Go and be positive about something you approve of, or just go away.

im bought btc from btc seller, and not from steam game, its still slow, 16 hours still unconfirmed
tx : cb6c39ea9d7724275f2d297d610349501e3db6e10f9241e11cb9956bf36a9751

Size   226 (bytes)
Received Time   2016-10-25 19:21:14
Estimated Confirmation Time   Very Soon (High Priority)
Relayed by IP    5.9.16.236 (whois)
Visualize   View Tree Chart
Inputs and Outputs
Total Input   3.949661 BTC
Total Output   3.949548 BTC
Fees   0.000113 BTC
Estimated BTC Transacted   0.246 BTC

226 bytes / 0.000113 BTC = 50 satoshis per byte.

You need to pay more than 60 satoshis per byte to attain reliable transaction confirmations.

[TastyChillySauce00]

i guess 40k transactions which are now currently waiting also included with microtransaction which only having small fees that actually and the transaction that's lack of fees and having low priority,you just need to set the proper fees to get high priority,and i think 1mb is not a problem for now,it's just my opinion by the way

[Carlton Banks]

People need to start using other coins, bitcoin simply can't handle all these transactions, continuing doing bitcoin transactions will just aggravate the problem.

It has become clear for quite some time now that it is not reliable to transact using bitcoin.

Agree. The bitcoin network as become such a joke it's not even funny. But don't forget to pay exorbitant transaction fees so you might have a chance your transaction doesn't take one day to confirm.

If 6 cents is "exorbitant", maybe Bitcoin needs slightly less scrooge-ish users?

[codehtcmail]

This is what makes me angry :



A 0 kb Block although there is a ton of transactions that need confirmation.

[Carlton Banks]

This is what makes me angry :



A 0 kb Block although there is a ton of transactions that need confirmation.

Start mining then.


What is this, the thread where everyone whinges, but exercises zero imagination to solve their own problems? The victim thread?

[Carlton Banks]

Agree. The bitcoin network as become such a joke it's not even funny. But don't forget to pay exorbitant transaction fees so you might have a chance your transaction doesn't take one day to confirm.

If 6 cents is "exorbitant", maybe Bitcoin needs slightly less scrooge-ish users?

6 cents for a bitcoin transaction. Lol. When did you use the network for the last time? I have paid almost 0.35 cents for mine and it will take hours and hours to confirm.

35 cents is exorbitant to you? Maybe join a sig campaign? Oh no, you already have.


If you don't like it, find something cheaper. Calling the network a "joke", based upon your own inadequacies, isn't something that you should expect to be taken seriously.

[mummybtc]

When people talk about unconfirm transactions they don't mention the transaction fee, if you want your transaction to be moved fast you need to put a reasonable transaction fee.

[Mastsetad]

Explain me how it woks then, im waiting just 8 hours to get 1 confirmation on one small buy ( Buy one steam game) with "High Priority" fees that never confirms

I personally never faced any problems like that with my transactions in bitcoin, i can't really understand why that happens, because it is because of the load on network because of too much transactions at once, or maybe because of low fees, never read anything about this problem as never faced it, the ones who face it should read more about it.

[Carlton Banks]

Yes it's expensive for me when transactions should be free (you remember how it was like at the beginning?). And especially for transactions that takes hours and hours to confirm. But if people like you like to pour money into the mining cartel it's your choice. Bitcoin is becoming a network where only the richest can do quick and reliable transactions, pretty disappointing.

If you don't understand why the fees are needed (and you were in Bitcoin "at the beginning", as you describe), then your complaint belongs in the garbage. If you don't want to learn about the system you're using, so that you can get the best advantage from it, that's your problem.

[Carlton Banks]

Blockspace is, and needs to be, a scarce resource. Scarce resources have a market price. It didn't take me "since the beginning" of Bitcoin to learn this basic fact.

[LGD2Business]

Perhaps you need to pay more fees.
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Maybe core devs want you to pay more fees, so they are happy about the 40k transactions waiting?
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Maybe core devs want smaller transaction volume?  If they leave the blocks at 1 MB, then people will have to pay higher fees.  If people have to pay higher fees, then less people will use bitcoin.  If less people use bitcoin, then there will be less transactions.  If there are less transactions, then the 1MB blocks won't be full anymore. If the 1MB blocks aren't full, then people won't need to increase the fees anymore.  The system will eventually reach an equilibrium.  Maybe core devs want Mush smaller transaction volume with much higher fees?

Yes, I have to pay more fees, like 10 cents at least instead of 6 cents. I raised my tx fees in Electrum.
I don't know what Core devs think but they all should think different. Just look at Jeff Garzik's tweet about that.
Jeff Garzik ‏@jgarzik  11 hr.
Just paid $0.19 equiv. in #bitcoin transaction fees, to send $2.00 equiv. in BTC.

[topcoiner]

Perhaps you need to pay more fees.
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Maybe core devs want you to pay more fees, so they are happy about the 40k transactions waiting?
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Maybe core devs want smaller transaction volume?  If they leave the blocks at 1 MB, then people will have to pay higher fees.  If people have to pay higher fees, then less people will use bitcoin.  If less people use bitcoin, then there will be less transactions.  If there are less transactions, then the 1MB blocks won't be full anymore. If the 1MB blocks aren't full, then people won't need to increase the fees anymore.  The system will eventually reach an equilibrium.  Maybe core devs want Mush smaller transaction volume with much higher fees?

Yes, I have to pay more fees, like 10 cents at least instead of 6 cents. I raised my tx fees in Electrum.
I don't know what Core devs think but they all should think different. Just look at Jeff Garzik's tweet about that.
Jeff Garzik ‏@jgarzik  11 hr.
Just paid $0.19 equiv. in #bitcoin transaction fees, to send $2.00 equiv. in BTC.

That's almost 10% fees 

This is madness to pay so much percentage...