Blocked 0.26 BTC for Over a Year Need Help!

So my transaction with 0.26 BTC just got rejected after being stuck for a whole year. It doesn’t show in my wallet anymore. Here's the transaction ID: 342326dcc3b724d6ada90ef65cfbac7a5c61666a8ae7fb7b5dd2683551299f9b. Anyone have tips on how I can get my bitcoins back?

Dude, that’s not the blockchain's fault. Your transaction probably never made it there. It was just chilling in the mempool and got dropped because of your super low fee. I think it's around 1 sat/vbyte, right? Some nodes might still have it though.

Who sent the transaction? Not asking for names but like, was it you or a service? Also, what wallet you using? That could help figure out how to do a CPFP.

Yeah, as long as that fee stays at 1 sat/vbyte, it’s staying stuck. No miner is gonna waste their resources confirming such a low fee transaction. I don’t even know why someone would go that low unless they set it manually.

What do you mean invalid output? Just because it’s low doesn't mean it’s invalid. Maybe the wallet used mixed addresses and that caused confusion.

Listen, the issue here is about fee rates. Higher fees get priority, yours is too low. If you want to retry, gotta up that fee to at least 4 sat/vbyte at minimum. Otherwise, you might not see your funds.

Come on, it’s about hashing power. Miners obviously look for profitable transactions. They’re not gonna confirm 1 sat/vbyte when the average is around 6. I checked the tx on a block explorer and saw it had an invalid tag.

Transaction? Miners confirm them, wallets just create them. And about your fee, it's actually 1 sat/vbyte, not just 1 sat. That won’t cut it.

If you’re still pending, then you’re out of luck with how low that fee is. You’ll need a new transaction with a much higher fee from somewhere else. Alternatively, if you own the address in question, consider recreating the transaction.

Not sure if we're arguing over semantics here... But yeah, wallets don’t include transactions, they just help you manage fees. Your transaction doesn’t show priority either way.

+1 to that typo! I think we all get a little too focused on details, but yeah, we should keep things clear for those reading.

The node running your wallet dropped that transaction from its mempool. But hey, it might still be viewable on block explorers. Just try rebroadcasting it with the raw transaction info.

Thanks all for your insights. My wallet still shows the tx pending. Balance still at 0.000000 BTC though. I use Bitcoin Core, and I haven’t a clue how to do this CPFP stuff.

CPFP means using an unconfirmed input for a new transaction, but Bitcoin Core doesn’t let you do that from the GUI. You’d have to hit the command line.

So if it’s Bitcoin Core, things get a bit tricky. You may need to create a transaction manually which could help, but the original input was already spent, right?

Seems like your original transaction was dropped but then maybe showed up again somewhere else? It's weird timing if that happened right after you posted.

Could be that the sender found this thread and acted fast. Either way, if you’re not the sender, you really can’t do much.

A malicious sender? I don't think it’s anything like that. The funds went to the same address.

Checked it out and they sent it across 17 transactions which add up to 0.26 BTC.

I pointed that out too! But we still don’t have all the info from the OP. Until he replies, we’re just guessing.