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Coins generated aren't confirmed for 100 blocks, and the classic bitcoin client won't show the generated coins as confirmed until the 120 block.
 
Coins generated aren't confirmed for 100 blocks, and the classic bitcoin client won't show the generated coins as confirmed until the 120 block.
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* [[Blocks]]

Revision as of 09:41, 20 February 2011

To protect against double spending, a transaction should not be considered as confirmed until a certain number of blocks in the block chain confirm, or verify that the transaction.

The classic bitcoin client will show a transaction as "n/unconfirmed" until 6 blocks confirm the transaction.

Coins generated aren't confirmed for 100 blocks, and the classic bitcoin client won't show the generated coins as confirmed until the 120 block.

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