Transaction taking ages to confirm

[topherhf]

Hello all,

I sent some btc to someone and my transaction is still uncomfirmed. been 14+ hours !


https://blockchain.info/tx/89a3a489cbc39a57f257faf6ac3a0913f6b6b93c6d85b0a4d8a28e335bb4d92d


Help please anyone ?

[altcoinhosting]

Hello all,

I sent some btc to someone and my transaction is still uncomfirmed. been 14+ hours !


https://blockchain.info/tx/89a3a489cbc39a57f257faf6ac3a0913f6b6b93c6d85b0a4d8a28e335bb4d92d


Help please anyone ?

the transaction has a size of 616 bytes, and has 28710 satoshi's fee = 46.6 satoshi's per byte.
https://bitcoinfees.21.co/ tells us at time of writing 110 satoshi's per byte are recommended to have a decent chance of getting into the next block

The same site can be used to estimate you'll have an average waiting time of a maximum of 16 hours with 46 satoshi's per byte... Your transaction might be confirmed pretty soon, but it's more likely it'll take several more hours i'm afraid.

Don't worry, just wait it out... I'm currently also waiting on a transaction that had a sub-ideal fee.

If you're really in a hurry, there are a couple of options, but none of them are both easy and free (double spending the inputs, RBF, CPFP, tipping a pool to include your transaction). If you're not a hurry, just wait a bit

[topherhf]

Hello all,

I sent some btc to someone and my transaction is still uncomfirmed. been 14+ hours !


https://blockchain.info/tx/89a3a489cbc39a57f257faf6ac3a0913f6b6b93c6d85b0a4d8a28e335bb4d92d


Help please anyone ?

the transaction has a size of 616 bytes, and has 28710 satoshi's fee = 46.6 satoshi's per byte.
https://bitcoinfees.21.co/ tells us at time of writing 110 satoshi's per byte are recommended to have a decent chance of getting into the next block

The same site can be used to estimate you'll have an average waiting time of a maximum of 16 hours with 46 satoshi's per byte... Your transaction might be confirmed pretty soon, but it's more likely it'll take several more hours i'm afraid.

Don't worry, just wait it out... I'm currently also waiting on a transaction that had a sub-ideal fee.

If you're really in a hurry, there are a couple of options, but none of them are both easy and free (double spending the inputs, RBF, CPFP, tipping a pool to include your transaction). If you're not a hurry, just wait a bit

Yeah, I am not in hurry. Thanks for the answer. Let's see then when it will get confirmed !

[ahmedjadoon]

My transaction at Coinbase is also taking a lot longer than usual for first confirmation.

[topherhf]

My transaction at Coinbase is also taking a lot longer than usual for first confirmation.

God, What's happening to bitcoins ?

[altcoinhosting]

My transaction at Coinbase is also taking a lot longer than usual for first confirmation.

God, What's happening to bitcoins ?

Don't worry, just a lot of unconfirmed transactions probably:
https://blockchain.info/charts/mempool-count?timespan=1week
http://bitcointicker.co/networkstats/

When the mempool is getting more and more unconfirmed transactions, the people that want fast confirmations start to bid higher and higher... Everything still works as designed.

[topherhf]

My transaction at Coinbase is also taking a lot longer than usual for first confirmation.

God, What's happening to bitcoins ?

Don't worry, just a lot of unconfirmed transactions probably:
https://blockchain.info/charts/mempool-count?timespan=1week
http://bitcointicker.co/networkstats/

When the mempool is getting more and more unconfirmed transactions, the people that want fast confirmations start to bid higher and higher... Everything still works as designed.

Hey,

Can you please tell me about Orphan blocks ?

[altcoinhosting]

My transaction at Coinbase is also taking a lot longer than usual for first confirmation.

God, What's happening to bitcoins ?

Don't worry, just a lot of unconfirmed transactions probably:
https://blockchain.info/charts/mempool-count?timespan=1week
http://bitcointicker.co/networkstats/

When the mempool is getting more and more unconfirmed transactions, the people that want fast confirmations start to bid higher and higher... Everything still works as designed.

Hey,

Can you please tell me about Orphan blocks ?

orphan blocks have little or nothing to do with your initial question, but since you asked:
I coudln't put it more clear than this answer: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/5859/what-are-orphaned-and-stale-blocks

https://blockchain.info/orphaned-blocks

[mrkevio]

Don't worry, you chose a relatively small fee compared to the transaction size. I had a transaction size over yours and preferred to pay 10k satoshis only. I was told it's possible for my transaction to never be confirmed and I was scared; I woke up the next day with it already confirmed for hours. You know need patience and it'll be confirmed soon.

[topherhf]

Don't worry, you chose a relatively small fee compared to the transaction size. I had a transaction size over yours and preferred to pay 10k satoshis only. I was told it's possible for my transaction to never be confirmed and I was scared; I woke up the next day with it already confirmed for hours. You know need patience and it'll be confirmed soon.

I am also scared to be honest because I need this transaction to get confirmed !

[jonnybravo0311]

Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot you can do about that transaction.  You could try to double spend it (start Bitcoin core with -zapwallettxes to remove the unconfirmed transaction), then create a new transaction with higher fees.

You could try to contact some of the larger pools (macbook-air for f2pool) to see if they'll push your transaction.

Or you can wait.  There are currently over 40k unconfirmed transactions.

[leowonderful]

Like everybody else has said, RBF is going to be your best bet if you really don't want to do the transaction anymore. Don't worry, I've got a transaction of nearly 0.72 BTC with 55 sat/byte, and it's been unconfirmed for 5 hours. Give it time

If you are running on a blockchain.info wallet and you don't really want to open up your pc to make a transaction, you can use coinb.in to make and sign one. It's easy and simple, just provide your private key. I've used it for situations like this many times.

[ahmedjadoon]

Don't worry, you chose a relatively small fee compared to the transaction size. I had a transaction size over yours and preferred to pay 10k satoshis only. I was told it's possible for my transaction to never be confirmed and I was scared; I woke up the next day with it already confirmed for hours. You know need patience and it'll be confirmed soon.

I am also scared to be honest because I need this transaction to get confirmed !

I faced a similar issue a few days back transaction not getting confirmed due to low fee but user "QuickSeller" got my transaction confirmed in minutes when I sent him 0.0001 BTC. He has access to some pool . PM him.

[jonnybravo0311]

Don't worry, you chose a relatively small fee compared to the transaction size. I had a transaction size over yours and preferred to pay 10k satoshis only. I was told it's possible for my transaction to never be confirmed and I was scared; I woke up the next day with it already confirmed for hours. You know need patience and it'll be confirmed soon.

I am also scared to be honest because I need this transaction to get confirmed !

I faced a similar issue a few days back transaction not getting confirmed due to low fee but user "QuickSeller" got my transaction confirmed in minutes when I sent him 0.0001 BTC. He has access to some pool . PM him.

Pretty sure he's with macbook-air on f2pool.