The total value has now surpassed 6 figures USD and I still cannot get in touch with a miner who will have no trouble mining this non-standard transaction.
Who knows, may be this stuck due to incorrect public key will make for you a good investment decision to hold bitcoin during its jump up to 100kUSD per 1 BTC. And later during its jump from 100kUSD up to 500kUSD per 1 BTC your issue will be resolved.
It is like an external factor forcing you to hold bitcoin and not change it to fiat...
In some sense, yeah that is true. It's definitely gone up since I sent it into the address by alot. On the other hand, I could have invested it into altcoins or projects that would have multiplied the USD value even further. It isn't all too bad... but I am worried that BTC/USD price will drop significantly before I can get the BTC out.