Electrum unconfirmed

[Psyguy]

Hi so I know there's already plenty of these posts but just want a little insight Astro I should do or if I should simply wait it out. I a relatively new to BTC although have made around 20 total transactions using my electrum wallet

So earlier after purchasing some BTC I send them to my electrum.
Next before that transaction has full confirmations I send them to a wallet I have on another website.
This transaction has now been 'unconfirmed' for over 6 hours.

What can I do ?

[achow101]

What are the txids of your transactions?

You probably have a low fee, but your second transaction, because they spent from an unconfirmed transaction, cannot be confirmed until the first one does.

[kolloh]

I'd recommend enabling Dynamic fees in Electrum under Preferences. This is much better at estimating fees and you can better control how quickly the transaction will occur using a slider.

I'd recommend running both of your txids through Via's Accelerator at https://www.viabtc.com/tools/txaccelerator/ which should help speed up the confirmation time if Via mines a block.

[Psyguy]

I'd recommend enabling Dynamic fees in Electrum under Preferences. This is much better at estimating fees and you can better control how quickly the transaction will occur using a slider.

I'd recommend running both of your txids through Via's Accelerator at https://www.viabtc.com/tools/txaccelerator/ which should help speed up the confirmation time if Via mines a block.

Dynamic fees was already enabled ?

Okay thanks, what is via accelerator ?

[Psyguy]

What are the txids of your transactions?

You probably have a low fee, but your second transaction, because they spent from an unconfirmed transaction, cannot be confirmed until the first one does.

[kolloh]

I'd recommend enabling Dynamic fees in Electrum under Preferences. This is much better at estimating fees and you can better control how quickly the transaction will occur using a slider.

I'd recommend running both of your txids through Via's Accelerator at https://www.viabtc.com/tools/txaccelerator/ which should help speed up the confirmation time if Via mines a block.

Dynamic fees was already enabled ?

Okay thanks, what is via accelerator ?

Where did you have the fee slider set to then? If you want a fast confirmation, you should try moving the slider more to the right. All the way to the right will be within 1-2 blocks usually but is also the most expensive fee rate.

Via Accelerator is a feature which allows Via ( a mining pool ) to include your transaction in the next block that it mines. This is useful for help speeding up the confirmation of transactions that had lower fees in them.