is blockchain.info down or something?
I sent money from there to two different places before 4pm et, both have 0 confirmations
I'm fairly new at bitcoin still but shouldn't it be done by now??
I'm fairly new at bitcoin still but shouldn't it be done by now??
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It's not blockchain.info in particular. Confirmations are regularly taking an hour or more.
They should happen in less than 10 mins when the system is working as designed.
I 'think' it has to do with the fight over what the next version of the code should be, which has been going on for near a year now.
Hopefully once solved we can get back to reliable fast transfers..Comment -
oh ok thanks chief
not that it matters much for an hr, but is my $800 volatile to the fluctuation of bitcoin during this process?Comment -
1 hr 12min and in acct
never would have guessed that longComment -
Yes you're vulnerable to price changes during that wait time :\
Thankfully right now it's pretty steady and trending up so not a problem. Which has been the case for over 90% of bitcoins life btw.
Next time you send try adding about 50% to whatever the blockchain suggested fee is to give yourself a better chance of being picked up by a miner faster. So if it says 35cents, change it to 48cents. No need to go any larger as it wont help most of the time..Comment