How can replace-by-fee speed up a stuck crypto roulette deposit?

Replace-by-fee lets you rebroadcast a bitcoin transaction that is sitting unconfirmed with a higher fee attached, and the new version takes the place of the old one in the queue. It works only on Bitcoin and Litecoin, only when the original transaction was sent with the replace-by-fee flag turned on, and only while the original is still unconfirmed. Used correctly, it turns a deposit that has been stuck for two hours into one that lands in the next block.

The 5 steps below assume you sent a bitcoin deposit at a fee that turned out to be too low, the cashier shows it as pending with zero confirmations, and you want it credited before the session is over. The procedure is the same at most crypto roulette sites, because the casino is only watching for the transaction to confirm.

1. Confirm the transaction is replaceable – Open it in a block explorer by its transaction ID. Explorers show a replace-by-fee flag or a note reading “RBF enabled” when the option was set. If the flag is absent, skip to the list at the end.
2. Check the current fee market – A mempool viewer shows the fee rate needed for the next block, the next three blocks and the next six. Note the next-block figure. Your new fee must be above it and must also exceed the original fee by at least the network’s minimum increment, usually one satoshi per byte.
3. Bump the fee in your wallet – Find the pending transaction and choose the option labelled “increase fee”, “speed up” or “bump”. Enter a rate at or above the next-block figure from step two. The wallet builds a replacement with the same inputs, the same casino address and the same amount, and only the fee changes, taken from the change output.
4. Broadcast and note the new ID – The replacement has a new transaction ID. The old one is dropped from the network’s queue within a few minutes.
5. Tell the cashier if it does not update on its own – Most casino deposit monitors track the address rather than the transaction ID, so they see the replacement land and credit it normally. If the cashier still shows the old ID as pending after the new one confirms, open a support ticket with both IDs and the deposit is credited by hand within the hour at most sites.

Replace-by-fee will not help in three cases.

• Flag not set – The original transaction was sent without replace-by-fee, so the network rejects any replacement. The alternative is child-pays-for-parent: send a second transaction that spends the change output of the stuck one, at a high enough fee to cover both. Miners take the pair together. Wallets that support this label are CPFP.
• Already confirmed – Once the original has one confirmation, it cannot be replaced, and the deposit will be credited once the casino’s confirmation count is reached. Bumping is not needed.
• Wrong coin – Ethereum, Tron, Solana, and most other chains have no replace-by-fee. Ethereum allows a stuck transaction to be replaced by sending a new one with the same nonce and a higher gas price, which most wallets offer as “speed up”, and the effect is the same. Chains with fixed fees, such as XRP and Cardano, do not get stuck on fees.

A stuck deposit is a queue problem, not a lost deposit. The coins are in the network’s waiting room with your casino address on them, and replace-by-fee is the way to move them to the front.