<p>I'm not an expert, but have you tried setting the transaction to "abandoned" ? 
Also disabling the wallet broadcasting in the meanwhile?</p>

<p>You can check this two links on how to recover a wrong transaction and how to do a proper full rbf </p>

<p><a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Fee_bumping#I_sent_the_stuck_transaction" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Fee_bumping#I_sent_the_stuck_transaction</a></p>

<p><a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1802212.0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1802212.0</a></p>

<p>( i am aware that by this time either the transaction is forgotten or confirmed  but there would be more people that needs this answer (in fact that's how i got here))</p>

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2017-06-18T17:42:16.167Z
The asker states "I tried using abandontransaction to clear it and didn't have any success."
Murch
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2017-06-19T00:02:20.400Z
Follow the steps on those links. 
For me, it didn't allowed me to mark as abandoned until i disabled the wallet connection.

Also if the transaction hasn't been accepted _yet_ you can still do an *rbf*.

As soon as i tried the rbf my transaction got accepted (so be aware of that too).
Nande
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2017-06-04T04:30:13.117Z
2017-06-04T04:30:13.117Z
Nande
<p>thanks for taking the time to help.</p>

<p>I tried to move btc from my Bitcoin Core wallet to my Electrum wallet and thinking that I was in no hurry tried sending it with the minimum transaction fee. After several days with no confirmations, I found out that was a stupid idea as the transaction is sitting in purgatory while all others with higher fees are moving ahead of mine. Lesson learned.</p>

<p>I tried using abandontransaction to clear it and didn't have any success. Then I tried loading Bitcoin Core using zapwallettxes command and got it to clear and the coins were back in my wallet. I attempted to transfer to my Electrum wallet about 1 hour later only to find the transaction back in the history but still 0 confirmations. 
I tried using zapwallettxes and reloading with the same results but created a transfer to my Electrum wallet as soon as it was finished loading, this time making the transaction fee the fastest available. It has now been over 24 hours and still I have 0 confirmations on the new transaction. 
What am I missing here? I'm far from an expert at this, but do have some basic knowledge and can follow any directions given. Any help is much appreciated.</p>

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Abandoned transaction with low fee and now can't get any transactions to confirm
wlsharp
# Abandoned transaction with low fee and now can't get any transactions to confirm

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-05-30)

thanks for taking the time to help.

I tried to move btc from my Bitcoin Core wallet to my Electrum wallet and thinking that I was in no hurry tried sending it with the minimum transaction fee. After several days with no confirmations, I found out that was a stupid idea as the transaction is sitting in purgatory while all others with higher fees are moving ahead of mine. Lesson learned.

I tried using abandontransaction to clear it and didn't have any success. Then I tried loading Bitcoin Core using zapwallettxes command and got it to clear and the coins were back in my wallet. I attempted to transfer to my Electrum wallet about 1 hour later only to find the transaction back in the history but still 0 confirmations.
I tried using zapwallettxes and reloading with the same results but created a transfer to my Electrum wallet as soon as it was finished loading, this time making the transaction fee the fastest available. It has now been over 24 hours and still I have 0 confirmations on the new transaction.
What am I missing here? I'm far from an expert at this, but do have some basic knowledge and can follow any directions given. Any help is much appreciated.

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, transaction-fees, unconfirmed-transactions, electrum


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-06-04. Score: 0

I'm not an expert, but have you tried setting the transaction to "abandoned" ?
Also disabling the wallet broadcasting in the meanwhile?

You can check this two links on how to recover a wrong transaction and how to do a proper full rbf

<https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Fee_bumping#I_sent_the_stuck_transaction>

<https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1802212.0>

( i am aware that by this time either the transaction is forgotten or confirmed but there would be more people that needs this answer (in fact that's how i got here))

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: The asker states "I tried using abandontransaction to clear it and didn't have any success."  
> **username_1**: Follow the steps on those links.  For me, it didn't allowed me to mark as abandoned until i disabled the wallet connection.  Also if the transaction hasn't been accepted _yet_ you can still do an *rbf*.  As soon as i tried the rbf my transaction got accepted (so be aware of that too).  

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