<p>You can only increase the fee with BIP125 (opt in replace by fee) if your original transaction did already signal that it <em>can be replaced</em>.</p>

<p>If you made your transaction with Bitcoin Core 0.12, your transaction doesn't signal replicability.</p>

<p>Since Bitcoin Core 0.14 there is a global option called <code>-walletrbf</code> that makes sure, all your transactions do signal replaceability.</p>

<p>What you can do in your case is...</p>

<ul>
<li><p>CPFP (child-pays-for-parent).<br />You can try to create a follow-up transaction with your change output of your original transaction that hasn't confirmed. The follow-up transaction should have a high fee. If a miner wants to mine your follow-up transaction with high fees, he must also pick your original transaction (an unconfirmed transaction chain).</p></li>
<li><p>If it doesn't confirm, try abandoning the transaction (since Core 0.13) and re-spend your input</p></li>
<li>Try to use -zapwallettxns (google)</li>
</ul>

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I sent it with Blockchain.info, am I still able to do RBF or CPFP?
user6613235
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Jonas Schnelli
<p>I have a transaction with a $0.01 fee that has been unconfirmed for almost a day now, I got searching and found the replace-by-fee tools by Peter Todd.</p>

<p>I set up a full node with Bitcoin 0.12.0 and it's downloading the blocks right now.</p>

<p>Would the tools work to increase the fee? Is it safe?</p>

<p>The transaction is a deposit into some website, would I still get the deposit?</p>

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2017-02-17T19:26:48.487Z
For your last question, only the website people can answer that.  It depends on whether their software is written to support RBF.
Nate Eldredge
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@NateEldredge Aha, another question (excuse my newbiness), is an RBF transaction sent with the same transaction ID?
user6613235
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2017-02-17T20:14:37.647Z
No, the txid is a hash of the transaction itself.  Any change to the transaction (including a change in the fee) results in a changed txid.
Nate Eldredge
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Possible duplicate of [Why is my transaction not getting confirmed and what can I do about it?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/9046/5406)
Murch
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Would replace by fee increase the fee on my transaction?
user6613235
# Would replace by fee increase the fee on my transaction?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-02-17)

I have a transaction with a $0.01 fee that has been unconfirmed for almost a day now, I got searching and found the replace-by-fee tools by Peter Todd.

I set up a full node with Bitcoin 0.12.0 and it's downloading the blocks right now.

Would the tools work to increase the fee? Is it safe?

The transaction is a deposit into some website, would I still get the deposit?

**Tags:** transaction-fees, replace-by-fee

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: For your last question, only the website people can answer that.  It depends on whether their software is written to support RBF.  
> **username_0**: @NateEldredge Aha, another question (excuse my newbiness), is an RBF transaction sent with the same transaction ID?  
> **username_1**: No, the txid is a hash of the transaction itself.  Any change to the transaction (including a change in the fee) results in a changed txid.  
> **username_2**: Possible duplicate of [Why is my transaction not getting confirmed and what can I do about it?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/9046/5406)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2017-02-17. Score: 2

You can only increase the fee with BIP125 (opt in replace by fee) if your original transaction did already signal that it *can be replaced*.

If you made your transaction with Bitcoin Core 0.12, your transaction doesn't signal replicability.

Since Bitcoin Core 0.14 there is a global option called `-walletrbf` that makes sure, all your transactions do signal replaceability.

What you can do in your case is...

* CPFP (child-pays-for-parent).  
  You can try to create a follow-up transaction with your change output of your original transaction that hasn't confirmed. The follow-up transaction should have a high fee. If a miner wants to mine your follow-up transaction with high fees, he must also pick your original transaction (an unconfirmed transaction chain).
* If it doesn't confirm, try abandoning the transaction (since Core 0.13) and re-spend your input
* Try to use -zapwallettxns (google)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I sent it with Blockchain.info, am I still able to do RBF or CPFP?  

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