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Title: newb question
Post by: haitispaceagency on February 23, 2013, 05:34:14 AM
what does it mean when a payment i sent is at -1 confirmations? It still got through idk wats going on


Title: Re: newb question
Post by: bitcoinsrock on February 23, 2013, 05:50:16 AM
I'd like to know this too. Anyone?


Title: Re: newb question
Post by: Stephen Gornick on February 23, 2013, 07:04:02 AM
what does it mean when a payment i sent is at -1 confirmations? It still got through idk wats going on

Negative 1?   Which client or site is this?


Title: Re: newb question
Post by: gILisH on February 23, 2013, 11:57:21 AM
I second the ambiguity.
Did you mean minus confirmation ? or was it just a hifen ?
Here is a link :
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Confirmation


Title: Re: newb question
Post by: haitispaceagency on February 23, 2013, 04:12:36 PM
what does it mean when a payment i sent is at -1 confirmations? It still got through idk wats going on

Negative 1?   Which client or site is this?

Yes, negative. I don't think its a hyphen because my other transactions just have 77 confirmations 248 confirmations etc without any hypens


Title: Re: newb question
Post by: Stephen Gornick on February 24, 2013, 02:28:38 AM
Yes, negative. I don't think its a hyphen because my other transactions just have 77 confirmations 248 confirmations etc without any hypens

Ok, which client or site is this?


Title: Re: newb question
Post by: 21after2 on February 24, 2013, 02:37:34 AM
A negative confirmation? Now that's a new one on me. o.O


Title: Re: newb question
Post by: haitispaceagency on February 24, 2013, 03:04:12 AM
Yes, negative. I don't think its a hyphen because my other transactions just have 77 confirmations 248 confirmations etc without any hypens

Ok, which client or site is this?
electrum.


Title: Re: newb question
Post by: Stephen Gornick on February 24, 2013, 10:17:24 AM
Yes, negative. I don't think its a hyphen because my other transactions just have 77 confirmations 248 confirmations etc without any hypens

Ok, which client or site is this?
electrum.

I'ld report it as a bug then.  There's no such thing as negative confirmations.


Title: Re: newb question
Post by: PartTimeLegend on February 24, 2013, 12:09:51 PM
Do you have the tx id?


Title: Re: newb question
Post by: DannyHamilton on February 24, 2013, 02:21:39 PM
Ok, which client or site is this?
electrum.

Perhaps you'll get faster and better answers if you ask your question in the Electrum subforum (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=98.0)?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=98.0


Title: Re: newb question
Post by: haitispaceagency on February 25, 2013, 04:02:19 AM
Ok, which client or site is this?
electrum.

Perhaps you'll get faster and better answers if you ask your question in the Electrum subforum (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=98.0)?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=98.0
ok maybe heres a picture sent this payment at like 18:50 or so
https://i.imgur.com/PR8OuNf.png


Title: Re: newb question
Post by: DannyHamilton on February 25, 2013, 04:05:24 AM
ok maybe heres a picture sent this payment at like 18:50 or so

https://i.imgur.com/PR8OuNf.png

It looks like that transaction has over 30 confirmations already:

http://blockchain.info/tx/6d462330f1c9a3c2b99f7722b3a955612b5a9ed43b8f3c4eec0fa886fe9fbf19

Perhaps you'll get faster and better answers if you ask your question in the Electrum subforum (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=98.0)?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=98.0