# Transaction stuck in blockchain with 621 sat/Byte fee

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/transaction-stuck-in-blockchain-with-621-sat-byte-fee/3994>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 22, 2017, 8:21am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/transaction-stuck-in-blockchain-with-621-sat-byte-fee/3994 "2017-12-22T08:21:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![AliAshraf](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/aliashraf/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@AliAshraf](https://bisq.community/u/AliAshraf)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 8:21am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/transaction-stuck-in-blockchain-with-621-sat-byte-fee/3994/1 "2017-12-22T08:21:42Z")

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My trade is hanging for 15 hours now to complete its first step: waiting for blockchain confirmation. It is the txId ade89bd23762ac493a117cc15b795538f3dee390b55520360f311ee0e4f04a7d.

It is my first trade on Bisq and Idk but isn’t it a fault of the client software that makes bad estimates about the required fee?

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**Author:** ![cbeams](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/cbeams/32/3396_2.png) [@cbeams](https://bisq.community/u/cbeams)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/transaction-stuck-in-blockchain-with-621-sat-byte-fee/3994/2 "2017-12-22T14:48:53Z")

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I see that this transaction is now confirmed: [https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/tx/ade89bd23762ac493a117cc15b795538f3dee390b55520360f311ee0e4f04a7d](https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/tx/ade89bd23762ac493a117cc15b795538f3dee390b55520360f311ee0e4f04a7d)

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**Author:** ![AliAshraf](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/aliashraf/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@AliAshraf](https://bisq.community/u/AliAshraf)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/transaction-stuck-in-blockchain-with-621-sat-byte-fee/3994/3 "2017-12-22T16:34:29Z")

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Well, after almost 23 hours! My bigger concern is if I have to experience such a delay frequently. I think the client software is not so good in estimating tx fees. Am I wrong?

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**Author:** ![alexej996](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/alexej996/32/491_2.png) [@alexej996](https://bisq.community/u/alexej996)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/transaction-stuck-in-blockchain-with-621-sat-byte-fee/3994/4 "2017-12-22T18:24:14Z")

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Bisq is using a popular fee estimation service at [bitcoinfees.earn.com](http://bitcoinfees.earn.com) (former [bitcoinfees.21.co](http://bitcoinfees.21.co)).  
Fee estimation is hard however as it is always just an estimate and never an exact number.  
Bitcoin had very turbulent times with transaction congestions these days.