Ethereum is an open source blockchain-based software platform with thousands of decentralized applications (dApps) that power their native cryptocurrency, which can be sent and received worldwide without third-party intervention.

Ethereum was first conceived in 2013 by the Russian-Canadian programmer Vitalik Buterin and is designed as a platform for self-executing, permanent and immutable dApps with different use cases, from finance to games to art.

DApps, commonly known as Smart Contracts, are Ethereum transaction protocols that automatically perform certain functions and actions like processing transactions with predefined terms and agreements. Submitting a transaction, canceling it, or processing an outstanding Ethereum transaction are actions related to the operation of smart contracts.

What is an Ethereum transaction?

Transactions are cryptographically signed instructions from accounts.

The Ethereum network supports two main types of transactions: contract delivery transactions that have no recipients and regular transactions, the simplest type of transaction used to transfer Ether from one wallet to another.

A regular, sent ETH transaction that contains the sender’s identification number or the signature generated when the sender’s private key signs the transaction and confirms that the sender has authorized the particular transaction. The receiving address, the amount of Ether to be transferred from the sender to the receiver, information on Ethereum transaction fees and an optional field to include any data are all part of a regular Ethereum transaction that is sent.

Ethereum transactions must be mined to be valid and require a fee from the sender.

Ethereum miners verify legitimate transactions for rewards for their work in creating new ethers. When a miner solves a cryptographic (mathematical) puzzle, a transaction is considered validated. Like Bitcoin, Ethereum has a Proof-of-Work (PoW) system to prevent cyberattacks from an individual or group.

Requiring users to pay transaction fees when using the blockchain protects the Ethereum network from sloppy or malicious computing tasks, such as: B. Users sending large amounts of useless transactions to the blockchain.

Ethereum transaction lifecycle

An Ethereum transaction goes through a series of states, starting with an indefinite state, until it is confirmed in a block.

Unknown: An unknown status refers to a transaction that was not seen or processed by the network.

Pending: When a transaction is in a pending state, it waits for miners to select and process it – a process known as transaction pooling, also known as a “mempool”. Since miners prioritize higher gas prices, transactions with lower gas prices can be delayed for a long time in the pending phase. The lowest possible gas transactions are never picked up and remain “stuck” in a permanent limbo.

In the block: If a miner successfully selects a transaction and mines it in a block, he goes into the state in the block. The transactions in the block are called mining transactions. When the block is bifurcated, a transaction within the block can return to a pending state. When a broken transaction (i.e., a transaction in the block state) is rolled back from the network, it is known as a forked transaction.

Superseded: A transaction can be moved from the pending state to the superseded state if any of the following occurs:

• A new transaction with the same nonce from the same sender will change to the state in the block
• Another transaction with the same nonce and a 12% higher gas price goes into the pending phase, this time from the same sender.

Confirmation of the Ethereum transaction

Ethereum’s transaction confirmation is the number of blocks generated since the first block containing this transaction.

A pending Ethereum transaction must receive a certain number of confirmations. The higher the gas fee, the greater the certainty that the Ethereum network has processed and confirmed the transaction.

Last blocks can be remodeled, giving the impression that transaction processing has failed. Nevertheless, the transaction can be included in another block and still be valid. The probability of refactoring decreases with each subsequent block mining, ie the more confirmations, the more unchangeable the transaction becomes.

Ethereum transaction fees

A transaction fee is an incentive that users pay to block miners. It is used to send a specific transaction on the Ethereum blockchain.

Transaction fees on the Ethereum blockchain are also known as gas fees as they refer to gas, a pricing mechanism used on the Ethereum network that relates to the calculation required to process a miner’s transaction. The computing tasks of a transaction are measured in terms of gas costs.

On the other hand, every gas unit has a gas price in ether. While the complexity of a particular transaction determines the cost of gas, users can set their own gas prices and limits, or the maximum number of units of gas consumed by the transaction.

What is a nonce?

Nonce is an acronym for “number used only once” and refers to the total number of confirmed transactions sent from a given Ethereum address.

Ethereum wallets can transfer multiple transactions from one account with little latency between other accounts, which means that the nonce calculation is seen as the necessary mechanism to determine which transactions are processed first. Typically, Ethereum wallet applications are responsible for managing nonce for users.

How do I cancel an Ethereum transaction?

There are two main methods of canceling a pending Ethereum transaction: canceling in the application (app) or setting a custom nonce.

Typically, Ethereum transactions are pending or hanging for hours as users send with low gas fees. As a result, users often find it necessary to change Ethereum transactions.

It should be noted that an attempt to cancel can only be made if the transaction is still pending in the network. As a first step, you have to check in the block explorer whether the transaction is still pending. Primarily to insert the transaction hash, also known as the Ethereum transaction ID, and if the block explorer says “pending” the user can still try to cancel it.

The easiest way to cancel a stalled Ethereum transaction is to cancel in the app, ask the user to exit the Ethereum wallet app and close their browser, reopen it and log in again.

If these steps do not resolve the issue, you will need to make a custom nonce setting.

Canceling a pending Ethereum transaction by setting a custom nonce means that a 0 ETH transaction with a high gas price will be created to the user’s own address to prevent the previous transaction from getting stuck. Before submitting this second transaction, the user should write down the nonces that are being used by the original pending transaction and then reuse the nonce that they wrote down.

If a user has a lot of pending Ethereum transactions, it is best to start with the oldest transaction or lowest nonce value.

How can you speed up Ethereum transactions?

Users can speed up a slow Ethereum transaction by adding gas. This move could encourage Ethereum miners to prioritize it.

If an Ethereum user puts the gas price too low, other users have the option to outbid that first bid and the transaction will remain pending. If a transaction gets stuck, the network will not confirm any new transactions from the same wallet address until the miner confirms the first transaction.

In this situation, the user can either wait for the carrier to be ready to process the transaction at the set price or resend the original transaction but with a higher gas charge. By clicking the “Expedite” button in their Ethreum wallet, the transaction can be processed faster.

If the previous step didn’t work, the user can go to the Advanced tab to set the gas price manually.

Finally, users should search for transactions in the Blockchain Explorer (which allows users to look up information about activity on a particular blockchain network) by posting their hash to see if they are being processed. If the transaction does not appear immediately, you will have to wait a few minutes and refresh the page.

Can Ethereum transactions be reversed?

Ethereum wallets cannot undo completed Ethereum transactions.

If an Ethereum user accidentally sends money to the wrong address or the wrong amount to Ether, they can cancel the transaction while it is pending. As soon as the transaction has been confirmed and shown as “successful”, ie it has been added to the next block, it can no longer be undone. The Ethereum blockchain is immutable, so the data entered into the blocks cannot be changed. With that in mind, it is important to ensure that the transaction details are correct before hitting the submit button.

Finally, it’s worth noting that many blockchain startups have developed mechanisms that allow users to reverse Ethereum transactions.

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