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<p><strong>Are my funds now lost for ever?</strong></p>
</blockquote>
<p>No, funds sent in transactions that are not yet confirmed are still under the control of the sender. No one else has control over them.</p>
<p>See <a href="https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/transaction/b6a37f8459f0e76f8fb5fb7f63c51048dae65b7b847f3c7ce63dcb27746d94f4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">information about your transaction at a blockchain explorer</a></p>
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<pre><code>Your transaction fee:  1 satoshi per byte
Recommended fee:      52 satoshi per byte

Transaction status:           Waiting for confirmations 0 of 6
Est. time to 1 confirmation:  in 1 day
</code></pre>
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<p>That particular explorer's estimate seems optimistic.</p>
<p>See <a href="https://bitcoinfees.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bitcoinfees.net/</a></p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/y1V0Y.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/y1V0Y.png" alt="chart showing expected confirmation time for various fee rates" /></a></p>
<p>Remember, the transaction-fee you offer is effectively your bid in an auction of space in the next block of the blockchain. Your low-bid transaction will wait until miners run out of transactions with higher bids. That might take months with a very very low bid</p>
<p>The appropriate actions available are described in <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/9046/why-is-my-transaction-not-getting-confirmed-and-what-can-i-do-about-it">Why is my transaction not getting confirmed and what can I do about it?</a></p>

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<p>I wanted to as much my funds in BITCOINS to be exchangeed and transfared to my SKRILL ACCOUNT in €.
So in the ATOMIC cryptowallet I choose the lowest fee for this transaction. I sent BTC to the exchanger on 31st of January 2024 around 11 o'cock in the afternoon and today is 4th of February 2024 and my transaction has still STATUS <strong>PENDING</strong>.
ARE MY FUNDS LOST FORBEVER? BUT WHY THEN ATOMIC WALLET OFFERS SO LOW FEES?
OR IF MY FUNDS ARW NOT LOST, HOW LONG I WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MY FUNDS WILL BE IN MY SKRILL ACCOUNT OT BACK TO MY ATOMIC CRYPTOWALLET?</p>
<p>MY HASH: b6a37f8459f0e76f8fb5fb7f63c51048dae65b7b847f3c7ce63dcb27746d94f4</p>

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Are my funds now lost for ever?
Peter
# Are my funds now lost for ever?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-02-03)

I wanted to as much my funds in BITCOINS to be exchangeed and transfared to my SKRILL ACCOUNT in €.
So in the ATOMIC cryptowallet I choose the lowest fee for this transaction. I sent BTC to the exchanger on 31st of January 2024 around 11 o'cock in the afternoon and today is 4th of February 2024 and my transaction has still STATUS **PENDING**.
ARE MY FUNDS LOST FORBEVER? BUT WHY THEN ATOMIC WALLET OFFERS SO LOW FEES?
OR IF MY FUNDS ARW NOT LOST, HOW LONG I WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MY FUNDS WILL BE IN MY SKRILL ACCOUNT OT BACK TO MY ATOMIC CRYPTOWALLET?

MY HASH: b6a37f8459f0e76f8fb5fb7f63c51048dae65b7b847f3c7ce63dcb27746d94f4

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2024-02-03. Score: 0

> **Are my funds now lost for ever?**

No, funds sent in transactions that are not yet confirmed are still under the control of the sender. No one else has control over them.

See [information about your transaction at a blockchain explorer](https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/transaction/b6a37f8459f0e76f8fb5fb7f63c51048dae65b7b847f3c7ce63dcb27746d94f4)

> ```
> Your transaction fee:  1 satoshi per byte
> Recommended fee:      52 satoshi per byte
>
> Transaction status:           Waiting for confirmations 0 of 6
> Est. time to 1 confirmation:  in 1 day
>
> ```

That particular explorer's estimate seems optimistic.

See <https://bitcoinfees.net/>

[![chart showing expected confirmation time for various fee rates](https://i.sstatic.net/y1V0Y.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/y1V0Y.png)

Remember, the transaction-fee you offer is effectively your bid in an auction of space in the next block of the blockchain. Your low-bid transaction will wait until miners run out of transactions with higher bids. That might take months with a very very low bid

The appropriate actions available are described in [Why is my transaction not getting confirmed and what can I do about it?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/9046/why-is-my-transaction-not-getting-confirmed-and-what-can-i-do-about-it)


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