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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: sickboy on November 19, 2011, 05:06 am

Title: How Do You Track BTC Confirmations?
Post by: sickboy on November 19, 2011, 05:06 am
I realize that most anyone accepting BTC will have you wait for at least 6 confirmations before any trnsactions can be made. I was wondering though. In this day and age all my transactions are from Instawallet, Tradehill, or Get-Bitcoin. None of these exchanges, SR even, show the progress of confirmations like the classic BTC client fer yer desktop did.

Does anyone know of a way to track the confirmations? Sometimes I just get bored and need to know now.
Title: Re: How Do You Track BTC Confirmations?
Post by: triangle_list on November 20, 2011, 12:37 am
Go to blockexplorer.com , search by address or transaction id until it shows up in a block, that's your 1