Reply on this topic, post following info:
- the transaction id
- wether or not you're the sender or the receiver (or both)
- which addresses belong to your wallet (also list the change addresses). I can also work the other way around: in this case, tell me which address you were trying to fund
- which wallet software you're using
- acknowledge that your transaction is in my mempool (check requirement 2 ^^)
- acknowledge there's nothing "strange" going on with your transaction
- acknowledge you will rectify your situation, so that in the future you'll add sufficient fees... I will not help accelerate transactions for freeloaders that just keep cheaping out on the fees!!!
- if you tipped me, you can list the transaction id of the tip (not required)
What a great way to make stupid people publicly reveal their btc addresses, ownership, wallet software and other details. Excellent idea indeed. Big brother is surely very proud of you.
Are you calling me a scammer or just an idiot? There are dozens of people asking for help with their stuck transactions every single day. I've been trying to help them, and i know from experience that without this information it is hard to help them. If they don't want to give out this info, it's their own choice, i'm defenatly not forcing anybody to use my [free] service... It's not like i'm asking their private key anyways (and i never will), all info i ask is either already visible publicly, or not important (AFAIK)... The only thing that happens is that their addres can be tied to their bitcointalk username AND that i'll try to solve their problem.
The reason for asking this info:transaction id => the transaction should already be in the mempool of a lot of nodes (see requirements), so it is already public knowledge... There isn't much i can do to help them without the txid anyways...
sender or receiver => i think it's rather hard to help someone without knowing if they can do a CPFP, or double spend the inputs...
which addresses are theirs => i don't want to spend time creating a CPFP using outputs to an address for which the user doesn't own the key
which wallet software => impossible to guide them trough signing a CPFP if i don't know which wallet they're using
acknowledgement of the transaction being in my mempool => don't want to spend time looking up transactions that have a high probability of having dust outputs, unconfirmed parents,... If it's in my node, it has a high chance of being "clean"
acknowledgement of nothing strange going on => same as point above
acknowledgement of user having fixed the problem => making sure i don't have to help the same person twice
For everybody wanting to use this service: if you give me the information i request, there is a chance law enforcement can potentially link your forum identity to the wallet used to send/receive. IF you're either a privacy concerned user, or you're doing something illegal, it might be unwise to ask for my help by posting the information requested in the OP