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Re:Mt.Gox Withdrawals by nkuttler on Thursday February 06, 2014 @06:48AM (#7189864)
I see, thanks. I don't really see how that could lead to so many dealyed transactions though.
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Re:Mt.Gox Withdrawals by Anderkent on Thursday February 06, 2014 @08:37AM (#7190251)
A freshly mined coin is not valid for 120 generations. That's to avoid transactions being voided if the very end of the blockchain switches (if the chain is A->B->C, and you spend coins mined in B in C, but then the chain is overtaken by A->D->E->F, your transaction is invalid (coins genrated in B won't appear in the new chain))
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Re:Mt.Gox Withdrawals by nkuttler on Thursday February 06, 2014 @09:50AM (#7190628)
Yes, I know.
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