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Board Bitcoin Technical Support
Re: All about "stuck" transactions and what you can do to fix them
by
DannyHamilton
on 08/03/2017, 21:32:04 UTC
I deliberately created the no-fee transaction http://blockr.io/tx/info/74ccfd796cf2cb404a2245f699fd0e5cdf2a3a6b8a7b9cf1169ff2f87c124557 from my Armory wallet in order to see how long it would take to be confirmed into the blockchain.  https://bitcoinfees.21.co/ indicates something like 23-Inf blocks but the number is some sort of best case scenario.

Inf means "infinite".  I wouldn't call that a "best case scenario".

I think maybe some/most/all miners aren't bothering to include any no-fee transactions in the reserved section of blocks anymore.

You are almost certainly correct.

I asked the 21.co guys and they said they might try to improve that portion of their fee reporting page.

You're looking for them to report a time that is longer than infinity?

I don't think so but will my Armory wallet eventually timeout or something automatically

No, it will not.

or will I have to take deliberate steps to rectify the situation?

Yes, you will.