@Charles-Tim
Great description and as you say most of these ''accelerators' don't achieve anything.
I'm still waiting on my tx, if there a better way to monitor it once its been inputted to ViaBTC?
The increased fee's are ridiculous, over £9 for the smallest increase.
How long will it take approx?
Thanks
I don't see any ViaBTC blocks here[1], so I would imagine it's very soon.
You can use Blocknomics wallet watcher if you want to monitor your address[2]. AFAIK, they only send notifications when a transaction is confirmed, and not before, so it should help you.
[1]
https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/blocks/btc[2]
https://www.blockonomics.co/blockonomics#/