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Other => Beginners & Help => Topic started by: Sigamora on April 23, 2018, 06:17:53 PM



Title: double spending
Post by: Sigamora on April 23, 2018, 06:17:53 PM
Theoretically...

I sent all my N btc to a friend.

"Imagination, and here a double spending comes"

It turns out that 2*N btc has been sent.

Is it possible to have below zero balance on my btc balance becouse of double spending?


Title: Re: double spending
Post by: mfyilmaz on April 23, 2018, 06:23:36 PM
just read the whitepaper of Satoshi and you will see for yourself that there is no way to make double spendings ;)


Title: Re: double spending
Post by: 3acaga on April 23, 2018, 06:35:51 PM
Hi, no bitcoin will never double costs - even if you mistakenly clicked several times to send a transaction.
Just wait until tomorrow plz.


Title: Re: double spending
Post by: boyinggabra on April 23, 2018, 06:38:47 PM
i never encounter this before..

i just make sure correct addresses are entered and a decent internet connection..


Title: Re: double spending
Post by: alexispundi on April 23, 2018, 06:43:09 PM
i never encounter this before..

i just make sure correct addresses are entered and a decent internet connection..

i agree..

in the ethereum network.. theres a warning if you are sending the same amount to be double spent..

not sure in btc


Title: Re: double spending
Post by: MintDice on April 24, 2018, 02:22:27 PM
As 3acaga said, just wait. Read this thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1802177.0

Cheers!


Title: Re: double spending
Post by: Thirdspace on April 24, 2018, 04:17:04 PM
Theoretically...
---snip---
It turns out that 2*N btc has been sent.

Is it possible to have below zero balance on my btc balance becouse of double spending?

you said "Theoretically...", so you haven't actually done this yet?
if you managed to broadcast 2*N BTC with the same utxo used, you didn't actually send 2*N BTC out of your wallet
if those 2 txs has different txid, you were simply doing a double spend attempt and only one will be confirmed
"a below zero balance" is only temporary, it will get corrected after your wallet is synchronized correctly


Title: Re: double spending
Post by: Sigamora on April 25, 2018, 04:51:06 PM
Theoretically...
---snip---
It turns out that 2*N btc has been sent.

Is it possible to have below zero balance on my btc balance becouse of double spending?

you said "Theoretically...", so you haven't actually done this yet?
if you managed to broadcast 2*N BTC with the same utxo used, you didn't actually send 2*N BTC out of your wallet
if those 2 txs has different txid, you were simply doing a double spend attempt and only one will be confirmed
"a below zero balance" is only temporary, it will get corrected after your wallet is synchronized correctly

I assumed that someone had more than 50% hashrate in order to make it possible. Anyway thanks a lot!