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Confirmation

An indication that a transaction has been included in a block, with each later block adding another confirmation.

Why it matters

More confirmations generally make a transaction harder to reverse, which helps recipients decide when to treat a payment as settled.

If a transaction is in the latest block and five more blocks follow it, it has six confirmations.

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