<p>Miners naturally select the  highest fee transactions to include in the blocks they create.  At 300 sat/byte, the fee you paid is too low for the transaction to be immediately included in a block.  </p>

<p>See <a href="https://core.jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#8h" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://core.jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#8h</a> to visualize the current set of transactions waiting to clear.  As you can see, transactions at your fee level have not been reliably clearing since ~7h ago.</p>

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2018-01-03T13:59:17.447Z
ok thanks is there a solution on how to fix this?
Nadeem Zoya
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2018-01-03T18:51:34.817Z
Seems it's gone through.  If it hadn't, you can speed it up by trying 'child pays for parent' (search for that).  Or easier is just to wait and the tx is dropped from the mempool after a few weeks.
marvb
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2018-01-03T13:47:38.477Z
2018-01-03T13:47:38.477Z
marvb
<p>hi i have a deposit stuck in the blockchain im not understanding why, its been stuck for 7 hours now without any confirmations, what is the explanation behind why the transaction is stuck?</p>

<p><a href="https://live.blockcypher.com/btc/tx/e83922d98fc5f4a882e1ae04c3d1d56b1eee092a5e1caa2788f8a8fd5553460b/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://live.blockcypher.com/btc/tx/e83922d98fc5f4a882e1ae04c3d1d56b1eee092a5e1caa2788f8a8fd5553460b/</a></p>

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Bitcoin deposit stuck 0 confirmations high confidence/low priority
Nadeem Zoya
# Bitcoin deposit stuck 0 confirmations high confidence/low priority

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-03)

hi i have a deposit stuck in the blockchain im not understanding why, its been stuck for 7 hours now without any confirmations, what is the explanation behind why the transaction is stuck?

<https://live.blockcypher.com/btc/tx/e83922d98fc5f4a882e1ae04c3d1d56b1eee092a5e1caa2788f8a8fd5553460b/>

**Tags:** transactions, blockchain, confirmations


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-01-03. Score: 1

Miners naturally select the highest fee transactions to include in the blocks they create. At 300 sat/byte, the fee you paid is too low for the transaction to be immediately included in a block.

See <https://core.jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#8h> to visualize the current set of transactions waiting to clear. As you can see, transactions at your fee level have not been reliably clearing since ~7h ago.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: ok thanks is there a solution on how to fix this?  
> **username_1**: Seems it's gone through.  If it hadn't, you can speed it up by trying 'child pays for parent' (search for that).  Or easier is just to wait and the tx is dropped from the mempool after a few weeks.  

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