You only paid a fee rate of 80.361 sat/B

https://blockchain.info/tx/a4a7cea37ddce86d82361d31ea4232109ed384e7dab6565afe4b188152ad781e

For fast confirmations you need to pay a rate of 360 satoshis/byte today according to https://bitcoinfees.21.co/

To prevent it happening again first make sure you are using the latest version of electrum. Afterwards click tools in your electrum wallet's menu bar, then click preferences, then click the fees tab. Check the box marked "use dynamic fees".

To speed up your current transaction's confirmation time you can try using this free service at the start of each hour.

https://www.viabtc.com/tools/txaccelerator/

Alternatively you can email support@viabtc.com and pay 0.01BTC to get your transaction confirmed.

A cheaper option is contacting these two miners clicking these links and offering to pay to get confirmation.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=358020

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=16114

They charged 0.0001 BTC per transaction last year, but probably want more now.


If you choose to do nothing your transaction will either eventually confirm, or the network will forget about it and your Bitcoins will return yo your wallet.