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Topic: Forgotten Transaction Fee (Read 759 times)

newbie
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April 29, 2013, 12:43:27 AM
#19


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?
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April 28, 2013, 08:34:26 PM
#18
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.
sr. member
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April 28, 2013, 08:28:07 PM
#17
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...
newbie
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April 28, 2013, 09:57:12 AM
#16
BTC has a 0.5 LTC withdrawal fee, really bad business.

I don't even understand the sentence
newbie
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April 28, 2013, 09:39:53 AM
#15
BTC has a 0.5 LTC withdrawal fee, really bad business.
newbie
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April 28, 2013, 08:29:33 AM
#14
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.
newbie
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April 28, 2013, 07:28:24 AM
#13
How fast does the transaction go through when you use a fee?
newbie
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April 28, 2013, 05:45:22 AM
#12
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.
newbie
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April 28, 2013, 05:43:23 AM
#11
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.
newbie
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April 28, 2013, 04:05:20 AM
#10
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?
sr. member
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April 28, 2013, 03:50:31 AM
#9
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?
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April 27, 2013, 01:54:48 PM
#8
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.
sr. member
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April 27, 2013, 01:38:45 AM
#7
for posterity, it just confirmed so it did it in just under 2 hours.

thanks again everyone!
sr. member
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April 27, 2013, 01:36:31 AM
#6
okies, i'll just have some patience then. thanks guys!
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April 27, 2013, 12:30:23 AM
#5
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
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April 27, 2013, 12:29:12 AM
#4
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.
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April 27, 2013, 12:27:49 AM
#3
So how do I fix this???
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April 27, 2013, 12:03:54 AM
#2
I've had a transaction never confirm when I didn't include any transaction fees.
sr. member
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April 26, 2013, 11:56:14 PM
#1
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?
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