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February 15, 2018, 04:01:51 PM |
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"Normal" transactions and Coinbase transactions are pretty different.
For "normal" transactions, the inputs are referenced from another transaction and so on. If the blocks were to get orphaned, those transactions are still valid and they can still be confirmed in another block. 6 Confirmations is a decent number of confirmations to deter attacks without 51% of the hashrate.
For Coinbase transactions, there isn't a referenced inputs for there. If the block somehow gets orphaned, any subsequent transactions from that coinbase transaction would immediately be invalid as well. This could affect many transactions, as long as they are linked to that coinbase transaction. The more confirmations there is, the harder it is to happen.
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