From 2585c8f48c75679c449eeaf28a34e46410df369d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "judymcconville@roadrunner.com" Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 07:57:30 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Edited ch01.asciidoc with Atlas code editor --- ch01.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ch01.asciidoc b/ch01.asciidoc index 586ce4d8..da7fb5a2 100644 --- a/ch01.asciidoc +++ b/ch01.asciidoc @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ Meanwhile, Alice's wallet is constantly "listening" to published transactions on .Confirmations **** -((("getting started", "confirmations")))((("confirmations", "bitcoin wallet quickstart example")))((("confirmations", see="also mining and consensus; transactions")))At first, Alice's address will show the transaction from Joe as "Unconfirmed." This means that the transaction has been propagated to the network but has not yet been recorded in the bitcoin transaction ledger, known as the blockchain. To be confirmed, a transaction must be included in a block and added to the blockchain, which happens every 10 minutes, on average. In traditional financial terms this is known as _clearing_. For more detail on propagation, validation and clearing (confirmation) of bitcoin transactions, see <>. +((("getting started", "confirmations")))((("confirmations", "bitcoin wallet quickstart example")))((("confirmations", see="also mining and consensus; transactions")))((("clearing", seealso="confirmations")))At first, Alice's address will show the transaction from Joe as "Unconfirmed." This means that the transaction has been propagated to the network but has not yet been recorded in the bitcoin transaction ledger, known as the blockchain. To be confirmed, a transaction must be included in a block and added to the blockchain, which happens every 10 minutes, on average. In traditional financial terms this is known as _clearing_. For more detail on propagation, validation and clearing (confirmation) of bitcoin transactions, see <>. **** Alice is now the proud owner of 0.10 bitcoin that she can spend. In the next chapter we will look at her first purchase with bitcoin, and examine the underlying transaction and propagation technologies in more detail.((("", startref="BCbasic01")))