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. |