From 1f8c932436708c496d74c2e98afd43b9f97086ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "David A. Harding" Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 12:52:57 -1000 Subject: [PATCH] CH12: You can spend bitcoins even if they aren't confirmed --- ch10.asciidoc | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ch10.asciidoc b/ch10.asciidoc index d091e5d7..dd676fb6 100644 --- a/ch10.asciidoc +++ b/ch10.asciidoc @@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ new block, containing transactions that occurred since the last block, is "mined" every 10 minutes on average, thereby adding those transactions to the blockchain. Transactions that become part of a block and added to the blockchain are considered "confirmed," which allows the -new owners of bitcoin to spend the bitcoin they received in those +new owners of bitcoin to know that irrevocable effort was expended +securing the bitcoin they received in those transactions. ((("fees", "mining rewards")))((("mining and consensus", "mining rewards