Transaction Strength
time to wait for confidence
What Does This Mean?
A higher Bitcoin Transaction Strength means you can be more confident that a transaction will not be reversed or invalidated through a double-spend or orphaned blocks.
Current Waiting Times
This table, calculated as of right now, shows the amount of time to wait depending on your appetite for risk.
STRENGTH | TIME TO WAIT | # OF BLOCKS |
Very Low Value Transactions | 08 MIN 51 SEC | 1 Block |
60% Strength : Low Value Txs | 00 MIN 00 SEC | Blocks |
80% Strength | 00 MIN 00 SEC | Blocks |
95% Strength | 00 MIN 00 SEC | Blocks |
99% Strength : High Value Txs | 00 MIN 00 SEC | Blocks |
Example: With a transaction strength of 80%, *IF* the largest mining pool wanted to be malicious, they would have 20% chance of success after confirmations/blocks.
Largest Mining Pool
has % of the Bitcoin network hashrate.
99% Bitcoin Transaction Strength
To be 99% certain your transaction will not be double-spent, you should wait:
00 MIN 00 SEC. The average time for block creation is 08 MIN 51 SEC
CREDIT to @thomaskerin for assisting with the maths. / github source