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How long can an ETH transaction get stuck for?

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SERIOUSLY, I had no idea ETH was SO FUCKING SHIT.

I've had a transaction pending for 19 hours, I just made another one and I had no idea I can't make further transactions until that previous one goes through.

The vast majority of my ETH is in that particular wallet too.

My first question is how long until that transaction fails, if it will ever fail, how long can it get stuck for?

Or is that like asking how long is a bit of string?

At the time I just opted for the average gas fees suggested by the network. It was for quite a small amount, around $30 in value.

And how do I cancel a transaction using MEW?

I read through the MEW details on how do this, and it says something about sending 0 ETH to yourself with the same nonse, but all i've ended up with is three more transactions that are now also pending since the first one's still fucking stuck.

I couldn't see anywhere in the process of sending myself a 0 transaction how I could 'input' the same nonse?

I don't even know what a nonse is.

I'm just trying be be ahead of the game as I've got 500K DEC on uniswap I want to get by early November to buy me a tract of LAND.

Surely the ETH network can't be so shit that my MEW wallet can now be fucked for several days or Weeks?