First off, I'm gonna say that I went to gifted schools and such growing up but I get the picture that I am not as smart as most people on this sub. Hence why I'm offering the money. I think I really might need someone to walk me through this.
First let me explain what happened. I sent money from my electrum wallet to AB. I barely had enough to cover what I wanted and I didn't understand how bitcoin transaction fees really worked so I set fee at 0. Obviously I see how dumb this was now. It's been nearly 3 days and the transaction has no confirmations. I figure I was totally fucked but I see now that you can double spend to clear stuck transactions.
So far I've read a guide and tried to use coinbin which didn't work, and I also tried using a program called Gansta which did not work. I think I might have to end up using bitcoin core. From what I understand I just have to create an identical transaction and increase the fee? Electrum doesn't allow for double spending.
Can anyone help me out? If you can successfully walk me through this I will send $20 worth of BTC. I just got paid today so it's no problem. This is a 4 year old account with lots of history and I wouldn't just fuck somebody over, you'd really be doing me a huge favor.
Basically there's really not much you can do. I was in the same situation and you can't always increase the fee for a transaction already sent. Just wait a few days or in you're unlucky, a couple weeks, and it will appear in the wallet you tried to send from. That's it really, just be patient. I've been there and done that and it sucks but your coins will be back in the end.