Topic: has anyone ever had an unconfirmed transaction not going through? - page 2. (Read 1658 times)
February 24, 2015, 08:26:18 AM
I had one without fee and it took almost 10 days to get first confirmation,if your transaction is legll, then it will eventually get confirmed.
February 24, 2015, 08:25:37 AM
I have done loads of transactions and all my unconfirmed transactions have been confirmed and bitcoin credited
Some merchants will ask customers to wait for the confirmations but what is the actual risk? and what could happen other than the transaction being confimed?
Some merchants will ask customers to wait for the confirmations but what is the actual risk? and what could happen other than the transaction being confimed?
I made one without fees that did not get confirmed for ~8 days IIRC. I had to double spend it, which is what merchants are afraid of. After enough time has passed most (if not all) nodes will forget about the transaction and its unlikely that it gets confirmed. I could create another transaction that spends the same inputs, but instead of paying the merchant I pay someone else. Should my new transaction be confirmed the old transaction becomes invalid and can never be confirmed.
Which payment processor did that merchant use for your order?
Aren't they are able to seperate transactions with and without any fees?
That's quite an important feature, especially for the protection of merchants.
February 24, 2015, 08:18:12 AM
People can double spend and have the btc fail and come back to them. So the merchant loses btc.
February 24, 2015, 08:16:57 AM
I have done loads of transactions and all my unconfirmed transactions have been confirmed and bitcoin credited
Some merchants will ask customers to wait for the confirmations but what is the actual risk? and what could happen other than the transaction being confimed?
Some merchants will ask customers to wait for the confirmations but what is the actual risk? and what could happen other than the transaction being confimed?
I made one without fees that did not get confirmed for ~8 days IIRC. I had to double spend it, which is what merchants are afraid of. After enough time has passed most (if not all) nodes will forget about the transaction and its unlikely that it gets confirmed. I could create another transaction that spends the same inputs, but instead of paying the merchant I pay someone else. Should my new transaction be confirmed the old transaction becomes invalid and can never be confirmed.
I see, this would mean that there is a lot of transactions that will never be confirmed..
But if money left my btc address and will never reach recipient's btc address where does the money go then?
The unconfirmed transaction will eventually be dumped from the nodes mem pool.
If your wallet thinks it has been spent, simply make sure to synchronize it or import the private key in another (better connected) wallet.
February 24, 2015, 07:36:08 AM
I have done loads of transactions and all my unconfirmed transactions have been confirmed and bitcoin credited
Some merchants will ask customers to wait for the confirmations but what is the actual risk? and what could happen other than the transaction being confimed?
Some merchants will ask customers to wait for the confirmations but what is the actual risk? and what could happen other than the transaction being confimed?
I made one without fees that did not get confirmed for ~8 days IIRC. I had to double spend it, which is what merchants are afraid of. After enough time has passed most (if not all) nodes will forget about the transaction and its unlikely that it gets confirmed. I could create another transaction that spends the same inputs, but instead of paying the merchant I pay someone else. Should my new transaction be confirmed the old transaction becomes invalid and can never be confirmed.
I see, this would mean that there is a lot of transactions that will never be confirmed..
But if money left my btc address and will never reach recipient's btc address where does the money go then?
February 24, 2015, 07:26:25 AM
I have done loads of transactions and all my unconfirmed transactions have been confirmed and bitcoin credited
Some merchants will ask customers to wait for the confirmations but what is the actual risk? and what could happen other than the transaction being confimed?
Some merchants will ask customers to wait for the confirmations but what is the actual risk? and what could happen other than the transaction being confimed?
I made one without fees that did not get confirmed for ~8 days IIRC. I had to double spend it, which is what merchants are afraid of. After enough time has passed most (if not all) nodes will forget about the transaction and its unlikely that it gets confirmed. I could create another transaction that spends the same inputs, but instead of paying the merchant I pay someone else. Should my new transaction be confirmed the old transaction becomes invalid and can never be confirmed.
February 24, 2015, 07:22:53 AM
I have done loads of transactions and all my unconfirmed transactions have been confirmed and bitcoin credited
Some merchants will ask customers to wait for the confirmations but what is the actual risk? and what could happen other than the transaction being confimed?
Some merchants will ask customers to wait for the confirmations but what is the actual risk? and what could happen other than the transaction being confimed?
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