BUILDING actually means confirmed, but being confirmed doesn't mean that it can't be undone with a re-org. It just gets less and less likely with each block, which is why the ConfidenceType is called BUILDING.
The >6 threshold is just a convention. Depending on the usecase, one (or even none) might be enough. On 10/02/2017 09:49 AM, Edik Edik wrote: > Now BUILDING with depths exceeding 100... > > I have to assume that >6 = CONFIRMED I guess! > > Ed > > > On Sunday, October 1, 2017 at 9:25:43 PM UTC+1, Edik Edik wrote: > > Hi Guys > > I am receiving callbacks that indicate that the transaction is > BUILDING... it's good ))) > > However when I look at the transaction.confidence.depthInBlocks it > can indicate a block depth of perhaps 40 (seems to be maximum so far). > > Can I assume when the block depth > 6 that the transaction is confirmed? > > If so, should BUILDING really be telling us CONFIRMED? > > Many thanks... again! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "bitcoinj" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to bitcoinj+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:bitcoinj+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bitcoinj" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bitcoinj+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
