Okay... well that's basically what I thought. What it should come down to is how much the miner is getting payed.
But here's the thing... When I try to increase the sat/byte for TX to prioritize my transaction it is getting treated like spam instead. Totally ignored with 0 confirmations after waiting days. Other (smaller) transactions I have sent with the recommended sat/byte are going through.
Did you spend them at the same time? There is a myriad of factors that can affect the time it takes for the transaction to confirm; fees is the main thing. With that, the whole thing about transaction confirmation is the competition. It doesn't matter how much fee you pay, since there is a limited size, if others pay more than you, they will get it confirmed first. But here's the thing... When I try to increase the sat/byte for TX to prioritize my transaction it is getting treated like spam instead. Totally ignored with 0 confirmations after waiting days. Other (smaller) transactions I have sent with the recommended sat/byte are going through.
You have to give an example of a transaction that isn't confirming.
So if all this is true, and Core-QT is so smart, and knows the right amount of sat/bytes... and I try to go higher than that... why is this happening??
Did you use the built-in floating fee with the estimated confirmation? That should be fairly accurate. 