<p>Because you have paid a lower fee than others, so your transaction is put last. Your coins will return to your wallet, but can take up to 4-6 days before that happens. Hope it helps you. </p>

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2017-05-24T11:43:46.883Z
Your transaction is put in something called mempool, from there it  goes to a block when one is created, the higher fee you pay, bigger chance your transaction will be confirmed.
Mogens
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Mogens
<p>I first time bought a smaller piece of bitcoin and wanted to do some shopping from that, but I still my wallet contains only not confirmed bitcoins.</p>

<p>My questions are:</p>

<ol>
<li>Why the confirmation takes so long?</li>
<li>I saw a page that shows the total count of unconfirmed transactions, its increasing, not decreasing - could it mean that my transaction will never be confirmed?</li>
<li>How does the confirmation work?</li>
</ol>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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How many days the verification could take?
user50097
# How many days the verification could take?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-05-24)

I first time bought a smaller piece of bitcoin and wanted to do some shopping from that, but I still my wallet contains only not confirmed bitcoins.

My questions are:

1. Why the confirmation takes so long?
2. I saw a page that shows the total count of unconfirmed transactions, its increasing, not decreasing - could it mean that my transaction will never be confirmed?
3. How does the confirmation work?

Thanks!

**Tags:** transactions, confirmations


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-05-24. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

Because you have paid a lower fee than others, so your transaction is put last. Your coins will return to your wallet, but can take up to 4-6 days before that happens. Hope it helps you.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Your transaction is put in something called mempool, from there it  goes to a block when one is created, the higher fee you pay, bigger chance your transaction will be confirmed.  

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