Forgotten Transaction Fee

[WuLabsWuTecH]

Oops, I just forgot to check the transaction fee box when transferring from Mt. Gox to my wallet.  Usually 6 confirmations takes an hour,l but if I forgot to add a transaction fee, how long is it going to take my half BTC to show up in my wallet with 6 confirmations?

[BTCClicks]

I've had a transaction never confirm when I didn't include any transaction fees.

[WuLabsWuTecH]

So how do I fix this???

[roy7]

You can't change the fee after the fact so far as I know, so I think you just have to wait for some pool somewhere to get your feeless transaction into a block. Eventually.

[drakahn]

edit: i misread

you sent from mtgox afaik mtgox has deals with a pool or pools to include transactions from them, don't sweat it

[WuLabsWuTecH]

okies, i'll just have some patience then. thanks guys!

[WuLabsWuTecH]

for posterity, it just confirmed so it did it in just under 2 hours.

thanks again everyone!

[BitshireHashaway]

Do you know if it will always confirm that quickly? Because if it will you might as well not include any transaction fees, and just do it that way.

[WuLabsWuTecH]

I do not, but a poster above said that mt gox has apparently some deal with a pool to include their transactions even without transaction fees so maybe it's not required?

[annoyingbird]

I've had a transaction never confirm when I didn't include any transaction fees.

really? I thought that could never happen, what happened to your money?

[Captain-n00dle]

Basically, if you add a transaction fee, mining pools will favour your transaction for inclusion.
However lots of mining pools will include your transaction without a fee.
There is a graph of the length of time for approval: http://bitcoinstats.org or http://blockchain.info/charts/avg-confirmation-time.

Transactions that are particularly complicated (to/from lots of addresses) can sometimes "expire" because they take longer than two days to get confirmed. It's sometimes just unlucky.

[Folko85]

I always choose that transaction fee because the price of BTC is so volatile but I've always been curious how long it takes if i don't include it.

[Mccanical]

How fast does the transaction go through when you use a fee?

[robin0van0der0vliet]

I sent a transaction once without a fee, it didn't come through and after some days the network just forgot the transaction and I got my bitcoins back.

[Outsider7p]

BTC has a 0.5 LTC withdrawal fee, really bad business.

[helohe]

BTC has a 0.5 LTC withdrawal fee, really bad business.

I don't even understand the sentence

[WuLabsWuTecH]

BTC has a 0.5 LTC withdrawal fee, really bad business.

I don't even understand the sentence

I don't understand that sentence either...

[nobbynobbynoob]

BTC has a 0.5 LTC withdrawal fee, really bad business.

I don't even understand the sentence

The poster probably refers to the exchange BTC-e.

[annoyingbird]

Transactions that are particularly complicated (to/from lots of addresses) can sometimes "expire" because they take longer than two days to get confirmed. It's sometimes just unlucky.

is that two days a constant written in stone or could it be 3 days, 1 week etC?