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    TonyPhizzle
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    How to speed up bitcoin transaction?

    My trans has been unconfirmed for 14 hours now how do I speed it up

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    most of the time for me it take less than 10 mins are you sending or receiving

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    send with a Priority higher fee next time

    also if the "network" is busy, nothing much helps during those times

    you can check the Mempool size next time before you send, to see what you're up against:

    https://www.blockchain.com/charts/mempool-size

    https://www.blockchain.com/charts/mempool-count


    Right now, it looks pretty jammed up

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    Quote Originally Posted by TonyPhizzle View Post
    My trans has been unconfirmed for 14 hours now how do I speed it up
    bitaccelerate.com. I use it a lot and it works well. Just enter the i.d number of transaction. It's simple.

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    I'm on 25 hours+ I guess I picked a bad time based on those links, huh?

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    one time i had it go over 4 hours but mostly its been within 15 minutes for me. did you check to see how many confirmations your transaction has?

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    Polo, sorry if I'm missing your question, but zero, that's why I posted this. Looks like the BTC market is busier than ever so I'm assuming that why mine is talking so long. Jump in anyone if I'm wrong.

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    What's interesting and I have no idea if one is related to another, when I sent from Coinbase to Edge, it took maybe 20 minutes for the first confirmation to show. It's the Edge to sportsbook transaction that hasn't had one conformation since 2pm EDT yesterday.

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    wow no confirmations in 25 hours, damn. you know for sure it was sent right?

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    i always enter a higher transaction fee


    its like 50 cents for a 5x speed increase per 500 dollars

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    Quote Originally Posted by pologq View Post
    wow no confirmations in 25 hours, damn. you know for sure it was sent right?
    I'm pretty certain, copy and pasting addresses etc.

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    If I am sending and it took that long I would cancel it. Market could fluctuate a lot in this amount of time and maybe it has gone up??? There is absolutely no reason these transactions cannot be prompt.

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    https://bitcoinfees.net/

    check the chart and fee to see how much sat to send

    for now you need to send 210 sat for under 20 mins there are over 115000 unconfirmed transaction

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    Quote Originally Posted by RudyRuetigger View Post
    i always enter a higher transaction fee


    its like 50 cents for a 5x speed increase per 500 dollars

    That's a before the fact thing right...I can't do that now? If that's wrong I'm all ears. I've read that here often and don't understand how to do it.

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    Bucky & sense both good ideas, just never done it before, don't want to f*ck this up. This is a 4 digit transaction.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hotcross View Post
    send with a Priority higher fee next time

    also if the "network" is busy, nothing much helps during those times

    you can check the Mempool size next time before you send, to see what you're up against:

    https://www.blockchain.com/charts/mempool-size

    https://www.blockchain.com/charts/mempool-count


    Right now, it looks pretty jammed up


    Thank you!

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    i wish i had a better answer. sucks when it is a decent chunk of change too and you don't know what to do.

    this is you sending it to a book? can you check with your wallet and ask? i know with coinbase their support sucks ass.

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    I appreciate your help polo. I think I gotta wait it out. This is just new territory for me, over a day.

    Yes this is me sending it from the "second wallet" to the book.

    I checked the addresses, both on the mark. Think hotcross above has the right answer, unfortunately. Clogged system, gotta wait. Don't think I can cancel.

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    i don't think you can cancel either. good luck and keep us posted.

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    Customize your fees according to this chart. You can thank me later...

    https://bitcoinfees.net/


    Oops someone already posted the site.

    Also, there are sites where you can speed up your transactions but I haven't used it in years so I forgot the site. You can look into that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pologq View Post
    i don't think you can cancel either. good luck and keep us posted.
    Quote Originally Posted by Ghenghis Kahn View Post
    Customize your fees according to this chart. You can thank me later...

    https://bitcoinfees.net/


    Oops someone already posted the site.

    Also, there are sites where you can speed up your transactions but I haven't used it in years so I forgot the site. You can look into that.

    Thank you both. Will do polo. Appreciate you chiming in to help.

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    i have 2 bitcoin sends coming to me on my LocalBitcoins.com wallet... One from Betonline (8 hours now) and one from Nitrogen (3 hours now). No confirmations.. this seems pretty rare, both the send fees are decent, not sure wtf is going on

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    I use mempool.observer to see how many unconfirmed transactions. Right now there's an insane 124,000.

    If you use blockchair.com it will tell you where your transaction ranks in priority.

    The only free accelerator worth a damn is the viabtc. But you have to be quick since they only allow 100 per hour. So be ready at the top of the hour

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    Quote Originally Posted by RudyRuetigger View Post
    i always enter a higher transaction fee
    its like 50 cents for a 5x speed increase per 500 dollars
    Quote Originally Posted by Microphone View Post
    That's a before the fact thing right...I can't do that now? If that's wrong I'm all ears. I've read that here often and don't understand how to do it.

    Yes - if you're using a wallet which allows you to customize the fee before sending (not all wallets do),
    you check current estimated fees to be higher up the in priority of next blocks to be processed.

    Warning though, be sure you don't make a mistake because doing this "Customize your fees" it is possible to include a much higher fee than you really wanted to. But as other posters pointed out, check current fee levels at https://bitcoinfees.net/



    Quote Originally Posted by Microphone View Post
    Clogged system, gotta wait. Don't think I can cancel.
    Although you cannot cancel a transaction that you already sent,
    there is a more advanced method known as Replace By Fee, or RBF.
    I wouldn't recommend a novice trying to do this. It can be researched for those who want.



    ........................................ ..........................
    Again, the best course of action is to check the:
    1. Mempool Size,
    2. Mempool Transaction Count,
    3. Current estimated fees levels

    ...before sending, and then customize your fee accordingly.

    Alternatively, if the Mempool is too congested and fees too high, consider being patient and waiting for tomorrow / the next day to see if the situation has improved at all with the bitcoin network.

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    This transaction was from this morning. It's the most I ever paid for Priority on Blockchain. Maybe the fee is high only because BTC is high. Confirmed in 10 minutes.

    https://1drv.ms/u/s!AsvDA_SXNUYJlGsR...uq6fu?e=rvjcpR

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    Over 30 hours. Nothing.

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    I don't send bitcoin on busy days

    Here's another thought, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) or Ethereum (ETH) or Litecoin (LTC) usually send much quicker, with lower fees

    Discover how to transact with altcoins, and if the receiver is able to accept those in the future

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    Ethereum transfers are so much better for fast confirmations. Great alternative for payouts if your book offers it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Microphone View Post
    Over 30 hours. Nothing.
    if you post the txid aka "hash" i can look and see what i can do

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    Quote Originally Posted by DroopyDog View Post
    if you post the txid aka "hash" i can look and see what i can do
    Hi DD thanks.

    4d26a8df4ade486a19c12c18f57c48ced6d4339c 92bd5a447a674a32e74c5310

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    You're 38000/112000 in priority

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaabee View Post
    You're 38000/112000 in priority
    Yep I'm now 39660. Until the market settles I'm stuck.

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    wow that is crazy. they are that backed up?

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    Quote Originally Posted by pologq View Post
    wow that is crazy. they are that backed up?

    47060 out of 128315 at this moment. I'll lecture anyone now why they should put the extra fee in when doing BTC. Wish I knew how to do it before. At this rate I may get to bet on the 2021 Stanley Cup.

    Over 90.5 hours -395
    Under 90.5 hours +335

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    Hey Microphone

    I checked, if you use viabtc paid accelerator service, they want $44

    Im willing to bet youd be happy to pay that to end this nightmare.. I can vouch for the service, I just used it yesterday after waiting 28 hours for a confirmation, and mine confirmed 10 minutes later in the next block

    https://www.viabtc.com/tools/txaccelerator
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