I need help on a 24 hr unconfirmed transaction on blockchain If anyone can please help I transferred $254 worth of bitcoin to my coinbase account and it has been 24 hours now and it still has 0/3 confirmations so my money is just floating out there somewhere. I'm very confused because my first transaction literally took 20 mins and it was for about the same amount. Is everything alright or do I need to worry? I see people saying stuff about raising the miner fee but from what I have seen you can't do that once it has been sent. If everything is ok and I have nothing to worry about then that's great but I'm really starting to worry here. I thought bitcoin transaction were stress free but here I'am freaking out. I can't imagine if it was a big transaction what I would do. Please Help! Has this happened to anyone? Is this normal? How do I avoid this is the future or is this completely normal (because everything I read says 30 mins)? First time poster so please take it easy on me I would appreciate it. Thank You for your time
It's "normal" but it shouldn't be :/ https://blockchain.info/unconfirmed-transactions when this goes pretty high there is a large list of transaction that needs to process and the miners are selecting the transactions that have the largest fee density. If you want you can post your transaction here and I'll give a more detailed explanation for your specific situation. The good way to avoid this is to adjust your miner/transaction fee in consequence of the size of the backlog.