When users are able to replace transactions before they are placed into a block, that essentially
makes unconfirmed transactions much riskier.
Not exact matches
The malleability fix
made any feature that relied on
unconfirmed transactions less risky and easier to design.
When you
make a bitcoin payment, the
transaction message is sent to the network and passed around all the network participants (called» nodes»), and remains in an «
unconfirmed» state.
«It fixes bitcoin's scalability issues,
makes it even harder to manipulate
unconfirmed transactions,» cryptocurrency trader Toye Martin told International Business Times.
However, upon closer inspection, XT leaves at least some of these challenges, and the reality is that XT would not have
made transaction confirmation immediate and would not have reduced the risk of double - spending for
unconfirmed transactions.
You can try to
make a
transaction when there are less
unconfirmed transactions.