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93 sats \ 8 replies \ @freetx 1 Feb \ on: What do you think was the oldest transaction that cleared with the mempool? AskSN

I think official bitcoin node has a config setting to only keep 2 weeks (specified in blocks)....

the sender would initially see a "pending..." message in their client software and then after its removed see a "expired" or maybe "failed" message letting them know to resubmit.

73 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 1 Feb

If your node relays the transaction to your peers it can stay in the mempool indefinitely.

51 sats \ 4 replies \ @senf 1 Feb

If one single node in the entire world decided to use a different setting for purging old transactions, a valid transaction could be resubmitted to the mempool at any time and make it into a block.

My longest time to confirm was about two months.

14 sats \ 2 replies \ @Aardvark OP 1 Feb

I get so nervous that I fucked up every time I do it that I literally watch the mempool until a block confirms.

2 months would kill me

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @senf 1 Feb

It's good for you, you should try it sometime. 😄

9 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 1 Feb

Dying? I'll take it under consideration 😁

9 sats \ 0 replies \ @freetx 1 Feb

good point

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark OP 1 Feb

Interesting. I thought it could just get stuck until it cleared....

You learn something new every day, and usually several times a day on SN

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @freetx 1 Feb

my bitcoin.conf has: mempoolexpiry=336, which is only 2.3 days?! I don't remember setting that.....