Transaction not found in mempool

[swogerino]

I don't know if this is the correct section as I rarely read this but I think it should fit here.I always get my mining payments to Exodus wallet and from there I send to Electrum or Ledger.I have been doing so since many years now but yesterday a strange thing happened.I get like 0.00052 daily in Bitcoin and split it in two payments because I have the rig with a friend,I sent 0.00025 to my friend with 1 satoshi fee (I always use 1 satoshi) and it got there,when I send the second 0.00025 with the same fee it didn't arrive and when I checked the transaction on blockchain.com webpage it says invalid transaction or transaction not found in the mempool.

[nc50lc]

It simply means that it's not in their node's and other nodes' mempool.
Since it didn't arrived in your Electrum wallet, then the selected server doesn't have that transaction as well.

There can be a lot of reasons but let's start with your Exodus wallet where the transaction is created:
try to do a rescan - https://support.exodus.com/article/75-how-do-i-refresh-my-wallet
Since the transaction isn't in any mempool, it could be removed after a rescan, then you can re-send it again to your Electrum.

[swogerino]

It simply means that it's not in their node's and other nodes' mempool.
Since it didn't arrived in your Electrum wallet, then the selected server doesn't have that transaction as well.

There can be a lot of reasons but let's start with your Exodus wallet where the transaction is created:
try to do a rescan - https://support.exodus.com/article/75-how-do-i-refresh-my-wallet
Since the transaction isn't in any mempool, it could be removed after a rescan, then you can re-send it again to your Electrum.

Thanks a lot,I sent it again after the Rescan with 9 Satoshi fee/byte and I think it worked,yes it finally came it says unconfirmed.Maybe it was because I sent it with the lowest possible fee of 1 Satoshi/byte when I did so yesterday,could this have been the error so for next time I will make sure to send it with some more Satoshi as fees?

[hosseinimr93]

Maybe it was because I sent it with the lowest possible fee of 1 Satoshi/byte when I did so yesterday,could this have been the error so for next time I will make sure to send it with some more Satoshi as fees?

Currently, the mempool is almost empty and even transactions paying 1 sat/vbyte should be confirmed very fast. Note that even if the network is so busy, usually transactions paying 1 sat/vbyte can still be broadcast to the network.
The problem was probably from Exodus which didn't broadcast your transaction and there was no need to pay 9 sat/byte for your transaction.

[nc50lc]

There shouldn't be any problem with 1sat/B fee as it's follow the standard rules.
It shouldn't be dropped from mempools either since the size haven't reached the default maximum within this past few days.

I think it was just an issue in your connection to Exodus' server at that time.