{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"npub1sa86gng3pvs3jgyt5majwcrhn8ck5qxgy9pjqxkh79u638cd7dys28y304","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub1sa86gng3pvs3jgyt5majwcrhn8ck5qxgy9pjqxkh79u638cd7dys28y304","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"📅 Original date posted:2013-11-15\n📝 Original message:On Nov 15, 2013, at 05:10 PM, Luke-Jr \u003cluke at dashjr.org\u003e wrote:\n\nOn Saturday, November 16, 2013 12:41:56 AM Drak wrote:\nSo \"a payment clears after one confirmation, but you might want to wait\nuntil the payment has been confirmed n times\".\nThen at least you are not using the same word for two different meanings\nand you're using stuff more familiar in popular lexicon.\nI dont think it's helpful for users if we use the word \"blocks\".\n\n\"Confirmations\" in a numeric context isn't correct, though. We're using to it \nbecause we've been using Bitcoin so long, but to the average person they would \nexpect it to mean something more than it is. If not referring to blocks, then \nperhaps \"witnessed N times\"?\n\nWhy not call it \"Clearing\" for transactions with \u003c 6 confirmations and \"Cleared\" for \u003e= 6?\n \nThe round ticker should be enough of an indication of the progress.\n\n\n-------------- next part --------------\nAn HTML attachment was scrubbed...\nURL: \u003chttp://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20131116/efd41732/attachment.html\u003e"}