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Other => Beginners & Help => Topic started by: mistermayi on March 29, 2013, 08:03:41 PM



Title: Making transactions while wallet is syncing
Post by: mistermayi on March 29, 2013, 08:03:41 PM
This may be an obvious question, but can a new wallet receive bitcoins while it's syncing with the network?


Title: Re: Making transactions while wallet is syncing
Post by: alberthendriks on March 29, 2013, 08:07:15 PM
I installed QT yesterday and while it was synchronizing, I sent bitcoins to it. After the synchronization was complete, the bitcoins appeared in the wallet.


Title: Re: Making transactions while wallet is syncing
Post by: mistermayi on March 29, 2013, 08:08:23 PM
I installed QT yesterday and while it was synchronizing, I sent bitcoins to it. After the synchronization was complete, the bitcoins appeared in the wallet.
Thanks!  :)


Title: Re: Making transactions while wallet is syncing
Post by: Arthur Randolph on March 29, 2013, 08:38:33 PM
For all that matters, you could generate a bitcoin address by hand without ever touching a computer or internet and have someone send money to it.
The synchronization process is basically you reading through all the transactions ever to find out if someone sent you money.