Bitcoin transaction with 0.0001 BTC fee not getting confirmed?

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I sent the following transaction a few hours ago with Bitcoin-QT: https://blockchain.info/tx/b5682b48484a8752be62c6b4036eaf8a8f005d9ea75cbff434476b7506a9e3a2

And the transaction still has not been confirmed. I attached 0.0001 BTC transaction fee.

Did I lose the money? Can I do something to speed up the confirmation of the transaction?

SChang

Posted 2013-11-19T02:08:47.850

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Question was closed 2017-12-09T15:28:14.513

looks to me like it says your transaction will take up to 26 hours and that your transaction fee was low – Mark S. – 2013-11-19T05:31:48.573

@MarkS. Is it possible to double spend it with an added fee? I'm using bitcoin-qt on mac. – SChang – 2013-11-19T06:36:29.723

I don't think any standard wallet will let you double-spend... you would have to hack the transaction yourself. And even then it probably wouldn't work unless you mined the block yourself. – RentFree – 2013-11-20T15:51:46.657

Answers

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There is a time limit for transmission by most clients. I think Bitcoin-qt used 3 days. After that you can spend it again

RentFree

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