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Various members here at bitcointalk suggested I check with the service I briefly explore in this thread. Thank you guys!
Normally I do not "do" small transactions, but my blockchain.info iPhone app has not worked well for months now. I have been unable to transfer normal amounts of BTC -- getting one of two error messages. I DID find that I could send out rather small amounts (
BTC0.001 -
BTC0.0026 or so) somewhat freely.
My problem with doing this was that the transactions took very long to confirm (often 3 days), and naturally I vented...
The real problem is that the app would only send out trx with just
BTC0.0001 as a fee, and that is such a low amount (BTC for trx byte size) that miners have little incentive to confirm. And the app does not permit a larger fee (say 0.0002), so there I was, stuck waiting to get my small amount out of my iPhone bit by bit.
Here is the nice little service. As long as any trx has a fee of
BTC0.0001 or more, you can "accelerate" the transaction using a service with ViaBTC (looks like a miner in China). Go here:
https://www.viabtc.com/tools/txaccelerator/Enter the transaction number, and the captcha, then ViaBTC will speed up the trx! I do not know the mechanics behind it, but it has worked for me some 10 times now as I work down the balance in my iPhone.
Highly recommended! Typically it speeds up each trx quite a bit (and apparently NOT just waiting for ViaBTC to win a block), I typically only have to wait some 1 - 3 blocks for the trx to confirm.
EDIT:
I just made two more trx, ran ViaBTC's service, and both confirmed in the next block. Nice service.
So who's my favorite miner now...?
