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Board Bitcoin Technical Support
Re: [Feb 2024] Fees are lower, wait for opportunity to Consolidate your small inputs
by
LoyceV
on 29/02/2024, 08:16:25 UTC
Bitcoin Core by default only keeps your transaction in its mempool for 336 hours (14 days) before kicking it out:
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  -mempoolexpiry=<n>
       Do not keep transactions in the mempool longer than <n> hours (default:
       336)
But I'm sure you already knew that.
I knew that, but I meant a transaction made by my own wallet in Bitcoin Core. Did that change? I remember (years ago) I had an unconfirmed zero-fee transaction for months, until I double spent it. I don't think it ever stopped broadcasting it.