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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Oops, I hit the wrong button on my phone!
by
iram66680
on 12/11/2015, 13:51:27 UTC
So I saw the Bitcoin price dropping yet again so I figured I should transfer it to Gemini just in case it really started to tank. But my stupid fat fingers accidentally hit the "send without transaction tax" option and now my bitcoins are floating in space on the interwebs all by their lonesome. It's been 8 hours. I read somewhere that it can take up to 3 days if i'm correct? Well lesson learned, turn on the light and have some coffee before messing with my phone.  Grin

You have heard that it can takes up to 3 days but I have heard that they can remain in air for to many more days. No one have interest to give confirmations to your bitcoins without earnings its "work" fee. Must be some generous person which will accept those and can make possible that your own again those. So you must pray to be someone such. Otherwise maybe you can have again your bitcoins even after months.
Nope. Most miners do actually mine free transactions but it is quite hard. Your transaction needs to have enough coin age and be small in size. You need to also make sure that the miners have knowledge of your transactions. Most nodes have a limit on their free transaction and it can get dropped from mempool if not rebroadcast often but you could spend it again if that's so.