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0 sats \ 10 replies \ @DarthCoin 10h \ parent \ on: Stacker Saloon

We got 1 confirmation

"unconfirmed" means BEFORE being included in 6 blocks "confirmed" means included in 6 blocks

33 sats \ 5 replies \ @ek 10h

I see what we're disagreeing on now:

"unconfirmed" means it's not included in any block at all "confirmed" means it was included in 6 blocks

Anything in between 1 and 6 blocks is neither confirmed nor unconfirmed.

If a tx has one confirmation, I would say it has one confirmation but it's not confirmed yet.

211 sats \ 4 replies \ @DarthCoin 10h

I think we wrongful use this term "confirmation". A tx really is never "confirmed", it is just included in 1 block or 1000 blocks. We only agree that after 6 blocks all wallet apps will not let the user to do a RBF anymore, therefore, we consider it "confirmed".

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 10h

I think we wrongful use this term "confirmation".

I can agree with that, let's keep it at that.

I see what you're saying now and it makes sense but the way you're saying it is extremely confusing, especially for noobs.

33 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 10h

Is the truth. Truth sometimes can confuse many people.

133 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 10h

True. I think we're at the point of the discussion where we only reply to each other with memes. I'll start:

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 10h

😂😂😂😂 good one. Yes this meme is good as a conclusion.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 10h

Yeah, the RBF'ed tx got 1 confirmation after it was mined but both were sitting in the mempool prior to that. Nothing special about a tx having one confirmation. This is the picture before your picture:

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 10h

I do not understand why did you moved the discussion from OP to Saloon. OP asked: Why isn't one confirmation enough for a bitcoin transaction? So my answer is: because only after 6 blocks a tx can be considered "confirmed". Until then you can use RBF.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 10h

So my answer is: because only after 6 blocks a tx can be considered "confirmed". Until then you can use RBF.

So this is what you teach noobs? So if a noob does RBF on a tx with 5 confirmations and it didn't work, what are you going to say to them why it didn't work?

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 10h

No, I never tell them to do double spends. But they are free to try it.