I have a
receiving transaction showing as "Local" in Electrum, so, I understand no longer on the network. Yet, when I right-click on the transaction > View on block explorer, the tx page loads. It says the transaction is "Unconfirmed".
Could you possibly enlighten me on the confusion over Electrum telling me the transaction is 'Local', yet, showing up on a block explorer as 'Unconfirmed'?
I initiated the transaction myself 2 months ago (I read that transactions are dropped after 1-2 weeks - that's another point of confusion for me), from an exchange to this wallet in question.
I imagine the issue stem from the fee rate that is/was too low: 14.0/vB.
FYI:
When I right-click on the transaction > Details then click on the button 'Broadcast', I get the following message:
"The server returned an error when broadcasting the transaction.
Consider trying to connect to a different server, or updating Electrum.
mempool min fee not met
Your transaction is paying a fee that is so low that the bitcoin node cannot fit it into its mempool. The mempool is already full of hundreds of megabytes of transactions that all pay higher fees. Try to increase the fee."
I hesitate taking further step e.g. trying to connect to a different server, since I am confused about the Local-tx-yet-can-be-found-on-a-block-explorer question.